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He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.

George Herbert

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Poet
Politician
Priest
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Montgomery
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Eloquent

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To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
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At the games end we shall see who gaines.
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The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
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Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
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The eye is bigger then the belly. [The eye is bigger than the belly.]
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When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
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Little losses amaze, great tame.
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The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
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Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married. [Take heed of a person marked, and a widow thrice married.]
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