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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
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God sends a curst cow short horns.
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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, / The bridal of the earth and sky.
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A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
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At Court, every one for himselfe. [At court, everyone for himself.]
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Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
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A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
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Marry your sonne when you will your daughter when you can. [Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.]
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If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
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It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
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Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
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God oft hath a great share in a little house.
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A crooked log makes a strait fire.
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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
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Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
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Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
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He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.
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God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens, and to rivers foords.
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The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.
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Love makes one fitt for any work.
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