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Words and feathers the wind carries away.

George Herbert

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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One slumber finds another.
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If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends civility plays the rest A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best.
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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
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Hee that is a master must serve (another).
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Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
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Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
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The body is more drest then the soule.
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He that contemplates hath a day without night.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
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Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
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