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George Herbert
Follow not truth...
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Source: Jacula...
Many things are...
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Source: Jacula Prudentum, 1651.
--...
A great ship...
A great ship asks deep water.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...
Dare to be...
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
The worst speak...
The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth...
A man of...
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
The resolved mind...
The resolved mind hath no cares.
Source: In
There is great...
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
Source: In
You must lose...
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
A lean compromise...
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Our father is...
Our father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
Source: In 1,911 Best Things...
Where your will...
Where your will is ready, your feet are light.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Wit's an unruly...
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.
The cow knows...
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
Source:
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Without danger you...
Without danger you cannot get beyond danger.
Source:
-- George Herbert, (Apr 3...
Follow not truth...
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Source: Jacula...
Many things are...
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Source: Jacula Prudentum, 1651.
--...
A great ship...
A great ship asks deep water.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...
Dare to be...
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
The worst speak...
The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth...
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