Quote #65

Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.

More from George Herbert

  1. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
  2. One sword keeps another in the sheath.
  3. Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.
  4. God's mill grinds slow, but sure.
  5. Time is the rider that breaks youth.
  6. He that lends, gives.
  7. Thursday come, and the week is gone.
  8. Words are women, deeds are men.

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