Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
GEORGE HERBERTWhether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
More George Herbert Quotes
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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A little labour, much health.
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Weening is not measure.
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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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