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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Evening words are not like to morning.
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Avoid,Profaneness come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.
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Money refused loose its brightness.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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Sink not in spirit who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
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Death keepes no Calender.
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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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Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all.
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He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
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He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Good is god, but better carries it.
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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.
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Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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