"He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail……" — Robert Herrick
"He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale."
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Robert Herrick
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78 Quotes by Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick has 78 quotes on this site.
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What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: the sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
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But ne'er the rose without the thorn.
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Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers…
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Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.
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Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift…
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Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.
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Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips…
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Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence.
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I do love I know not what; Sometimes this, and sometimes that.
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My soul I'll pour into thee.
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Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.
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Who covets more is evermore a slave.
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More Fears Quotes
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one of 1,771 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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No one loves the man whom he fears.
— Aristotle
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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those…
— Adam Arkin
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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters…
— J. J. Abrams
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Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
— Isaac Asimov
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Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual…
— Margaret Atwood
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
— Francis Bacon
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
— Francis Bacon
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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
— Francis Bacon
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
— Abu Bakr
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A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour…
— Honore de Balzac
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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
— A. C. Benson
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My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man…
— Aeschylus
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