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Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms but the sure traveller, Though he alights sometimes still goeth on.
George Herbert
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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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