"Who covets more is evermore a slave." — Robert Herrick
"Who covets more is evermore a slave."
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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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In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.
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More Covets Quotes
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one of 17 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.
— Baltasar Gracian
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and…
— Seneca the Younger
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The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses…
— Francis Beaumont
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But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Do no harmful actions, do not become attached to the cycle of death and rebirth, show kindness, respect the old…
— Dogen
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
— Cato the Elder
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
— Ben Jonson
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Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.
— Robert Herrick
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A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for…
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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When someone covets something they desire and lust over it.Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem...
— Sara Shepard
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What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by…
— Thomas Harris
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