George Herbert Quotes
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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
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Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
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A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
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Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And thou must die.
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Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
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Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]
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If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.
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That which sufficeth is not little.
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The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick sleepes.
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Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
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The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
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He that believes all misseth; he that believes nothing, hits not.
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He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
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Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
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Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
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Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
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Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. [Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]
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Living well is the best revenge.
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Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son makes him a foole.
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All flesh is not venison.
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He that preacheth giveth almes.
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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
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Life is half spent before we know what it is.
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Many things are lost for want of asking.
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Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
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At Court, every one for himselfe. [At court, everyone for himself.]
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Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
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Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.
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