George Herbert quotes - page 3

A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine. (George Herbert)
The best smell is bread the best savor, salt the best love, that of children. View quote
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A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two. View quote
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For want of a nail, the shoe is lost for want of a shoe the horse is lost and for want of a horse the rider is lost. View quote
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Trust not one nights ice. View quote
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Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in any thing To do it as for Thee. View quote
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Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will. View quote
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Words are women, deeds are men. View quote
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One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes. View quote
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The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines accords. View quote
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Into a mouth shut flies flie not. (George Herbert)
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely. View quote
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743. God's mill grinds slow but sure. View quote
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Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men. View quote
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Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin. View quote
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him. View quote
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Hee that lives well is learned enough. View quote
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To a boiling pot flies come not. View quote
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To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure. View quote
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583. Thursday come and the week's gone. View quote
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting. (George Herbert)
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them. View quote
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When war begins, then hell openeth. View quote
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Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest. View quote
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An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept. View quote
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