A Quote by George Herbert
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
The drunkard forfeits man and doth divest
All wordly right, save what he hath by beast.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son makes him a foole.
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
... God cometh sometimes unto the soul when it hath neither called, nor prayed unto, nor summoned Him. And He doth instil into the soul a fire and a love and a sweetness not customary, wherein it doth greatly delight and rejoice ... Thus doth the soul feel that God is mingled with it and hath made companionship with it.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
But on one man's soul it hath broken, / A light that doth not depart; / And his look, or a word he hath spoken, / Wrought flame in another man's heart.
There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non vivit, He that teacheth, and liveth not thereafter. 3. Qui nescit, & non interrogat, He that knoweth not, and doth not enquire to understand.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out.
What makes a Man love Death, Fanny? Is it because he hopes to avert his own by watchin' the Deaths of others? Doth he hope to devour Death by devourin' Executions with his Eyes? I'll ne'er understand it, if I live to be eight hundred Years. The Human Beast is more Beast than Human, 'tis true.
He that doth righteousness; that is, righteousness which the gospel calleth so, is righteous; that is, precedent to, or before he doth that righteousness. For he doth not say, he shall make his person righteous by acts of righteousness that he shall do; for then an evil tree may bear good fruit, yea, and make itself good by doing so; but he saith, He that doth righteousness is righteous; as he saith, He that doth righteousness is born of him.
Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise Him as it rolls like drums in the march of the God of armies? Do not the mountains praise Him when the woods upon their summits wave in adoration? Doth not the lightning write His name in letters of fire? Hath not the whole earth a voice? And shall I, can I, silent be?
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