George Herbert Quotes

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• Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
• One flower makes no garland.
• He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
• God sees hearts as we see faces.
• He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
• Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!
• This missing science of heredity, this unworked mine of knowledge on the borderland of biology and anthropology, which for all practical purposes is as unworked…
• It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell.
• By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear.
• Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
• Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
• To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.
• It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
• Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.
• He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
• A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
• Money refused loose its brightness.
• In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.
• Do well and right and let the world sink.
• Step by step the ladder is ascended.

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