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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
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Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. [Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another.]
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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Valour that parlies is neare yeelding. [Valor that parleys is near yielding.]
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Never was strumpet faire.
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Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig's tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.
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You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
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He that studies his content, wants it.
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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
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Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
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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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When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
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