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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Too much taking heede is losse. [Too much taking heed is loss.]
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
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To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
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Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.
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Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
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If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
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Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
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Time is the rider that breaks youth.
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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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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Who hath no head, needes no heart.
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Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul mark the decay And growth of it if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.
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Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
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The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues a Deity.
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Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
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Take the gentle path.
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