George Herbert Quotes

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Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.
[Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.]

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Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller, Though he alights sometimes still goeth on.

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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
[In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]

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When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

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In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

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Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

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Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.

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He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time.

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Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

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The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
[The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]

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Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still.

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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]

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Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market.

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Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

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Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

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The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.

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He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

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As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
So did I weave myself into the sense.

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I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

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Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.

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We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.

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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

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Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

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The fleet Astronomer can bore, And thred the spheres with his quick-piercing mind: He views their stations, walks from dore to dore, Surveys, as if he had design'd To make a purchase there: hee sees their dances, And knoweth long before, Both their full ey'd aspects, & secret glances.

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The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).

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Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

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Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]

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Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!

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A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.

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God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,

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