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George Herbert quotes (page 19 of 64)
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"An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue."
"A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe."
"Praise day at night, and life at the end."
"Pardon all but thy selfe. [Pardon all but thyself.]"
"Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men."
"The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both. [The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between both.]"
"The goate must browse where she is tyed."
"A good bargaine is a pick-purse. [A good bargain is a pick-purse.]"
"Hee is rich enough that wants nothing."
"A gift much expected is paid, not given."
"Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches."
"Who hath no head, needes no heart."
"Who gives to all, denies all."
"If a good man thrive, all thrive with him."
"Fear kills more than disease."
"Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich."
"He that is not in the warres is not out of danger."
"Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett."
"He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle."