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HERBERT, George Quotes
(1593-1633), English divine and poet
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set the tables, still he would not be certain to win the game.
Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, thy clothes, and thy habitation.
No sooner is a temple built to God, but the devil builds a chapel hard by.
The back door robs the house.
Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for every one has need to be forgiven.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Play not for gain, but sport; who plays for more than he can lose with pleasure stakes his heart.
When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.
God's mill grinds slow but sure.
Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God.—It is for cowards to lie.
Get money to live; then live and use it, else it is not true that thou hast gotten.—Surely use alone makes money not contemptible.
Ply the pleasure that bites tomorrow.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
A verse may find him who a sermon flies.
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day, and in the morning what thou hast to do.—Dress and undress thy soul; mark the decay and growth of it.—If with thy watch, that too be down, then wind up both; since we shall be most surely judged, make thine accounts agree.
God's mill grinds slow but sure.
If I have but enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself and them; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.
Praise the sea, but keep on the land.
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day, and in the morning what thou hast to do; dress and undress thy soul; mark the decay or growth of it. If with thy watch, that too be down, then wind up both. Since thou shalt be most surely judged, make thine accounts agree.
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
The virtue of a coward is suspicion.
A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie; a fault which needs it most grows two thereby.
Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.
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