Quote #52

When you are an anvil, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

More from George Herbert

  1. The best mirror is an old friend.
  2. He that lies with dogs, riseth with fleas.
  3. Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
  4. He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wis…
  5. Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.
  6. The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
  7. Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.
  8. Trust not one night's ice.

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