George Herbert citations

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“370. Would you know what mony is, go borrow some.”

“429. Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat; and hee that hath one sonne makes him a foole.”

“391. To a crazy ship all windes are contrary.”

“Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it.”

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

“682. One father is more than a hundred schoole-masters.”

“495. 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.”

“169. God heales, and the physitian hath the thankes.”

“Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie.”

“562. When the tree is fallen all goe with their hatchet.”

“778. He that doth what he should not shall feele what he would not.”

“901. Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.”

“314. The absent partie is still faultie.”

“Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime,
'T is angels' music.”

“[ The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. ]”

“74. Hearken to Reason, or shee will bee heard.”

“649. A beane in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.”

“Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.”

“310. Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.”

“850. He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.”

“502. A penny spar'd is twice got.”

“775. A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.”

“241. An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.”

“196. Hee that lookes not before finds himself behind.”

“1011. The eye is bigger then the belly.”

“906. Silkes and satins put out the fire in the chimney.”

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

“A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two.”

“876. One houre's sleepe before midnight is worth three after.”