George Herbert Quotes

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Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky
Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.

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If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.

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What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
[What one day gives, another takes away from us.]

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If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

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Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another.

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Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.

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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

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Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.

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A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.

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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.

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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
[While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]

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In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

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Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance.

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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

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Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.

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Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
[Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]

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The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
[The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.]

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He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is courteous.

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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.

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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

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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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Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
[Who hath none to still him, may weep out his eyes.]

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When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.

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A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.

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Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.

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O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde; And like a dolphins skinne, his clothes combin'd With his desires!

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You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.

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The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
[The little cannot be great unless he devour many.]

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He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
[He that is fallen cannot help him that is down.]

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