147 ordspråk av George Herbert
George Herbert
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy
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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
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Beare with evill, and expect good.
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Better a snotty child than his nose wip'd off
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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Bibles laid open, millions of surprises
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But as I raved and grew more fierce and wild / At every word, / Methought I heard one calling, `Child'; / And I replied, `My Lord'.
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By suppers more have been killed than Galen ever cured
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Calmness is always Godlike
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Courtesie on one side only lasts not long.
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Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most grows two thereby
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Death is still working like a mole, / And digs my grave at each remove.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer
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Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
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