George Herbert Quotes About Giving
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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
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What one day gives us, another takes away from us. [What one day gives, another takes away from us.]
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He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
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Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
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Give loosers leave to talke.
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To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
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Fooles give to please all but their owne.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Who is the honest man? He that doth still and strongly good pursue To God, his neighbor, and himself most true: Whom neither force nor fawning can Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due.
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To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
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Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
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Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]
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He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
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He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
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Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.
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Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, Know them and practise them: then shall I give For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.
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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]
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To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.
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He that lends, gives.
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God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
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Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!
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If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
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Promising is the eve of giving.
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The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
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If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]
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He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
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The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
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