Kings Quote by Robert Herrick Download Open image “In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.” — Robert Herrick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Kings Moderation Ought Sheep
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Copy Share Image
“If a king should fall under such contempt or envy that he could not keep his subjects in their duty but by oppression and… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“So he had them into the slaughter house, where was a butcher killing a sheep. And behold, the sheep was quiet and took her… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back. He stumbled beneath the weight, shirtless under the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back, the passage went. He stumbled beneath the weight,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Whatever comes, let's be content withal; Among God's blessings there is not one small. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head;… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
“Have ye beheld (with much delight) A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed?… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Buying, possessing, accumulating--this is not worldliness. But doing this in the love of it, with no love of God paramount--doing it so that thoughts… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Show me thy feet, show me thy legs, thy thighs Show me those fleshy principalities; Show me that hill where smiling love doth sit,… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Plenty of white space and generous line spacing,and don't make the type size too miserly. Then you will be assured of a product fit… — Giambattista Bodoni Copy Share Image
I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar Ray Robinson. — George Clinton Copy Share Image
I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
What is accurately portrayed is the rich humanity not just of Martin Luther King but of the movement, which was a multiracial movement. You… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
If Jesus is king in heaven then the Kingdom of God is in heaven. If Jesus is king, reign on earth then the Kingdom… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization. — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive. — Five for Fighting Copy Share Image
The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth. — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image