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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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A City that parlies is half gotten. [A city that parleys is half gotten.]
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But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no more essential permanence as a final expression of the human mind, than the Scottish Longer Catechism.
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An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
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Good is god, but better carries it.
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We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.
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