George Herbert Quotes - Page 24

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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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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig's tail you can never make a good shaft.]

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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]

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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.

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An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]

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Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).

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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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The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty. [The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty.]

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Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]

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Life without a friend is death without a witnesse. [Life without a friend is death without a witness.]

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

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The dark grave, which knows all secrets, can alone reclaim the fatal doubt once cast on a woman's name.

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I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why. [I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

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They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).

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

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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.

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The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]

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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

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I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire. [I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir.]

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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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Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe. [Three helping one another, bear the burden of six.]

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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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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. [Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]

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When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet. [When the tree is fallen, all go with their hatchet.]

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He that is drunken * * * Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins.

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If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. [If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.]

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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]

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Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies. [Health and sickness surely are men's double enemies.]

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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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The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile. [The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.]

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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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A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

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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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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

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Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.

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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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A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as forThy laws Makes it and th'action fine.

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He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne. [He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.]

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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.]

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For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

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The God of love my shepherd is, And he that doth me feed: While he is mine, and I am his, What can I want or need?

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He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house. [He that would be well needs not go from his own house.]

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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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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

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How wide is all this long pretense! There is in love a sweetness ready penned, Copy out only that, and save expense.

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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).

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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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He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after. [He that lives not well one year sorrows seven years after.]