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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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The noise is greater then the nuts.
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Cities seldome change Religion only.
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To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
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Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
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Death keeps no calendar.
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A small heart hath small desires.
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The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
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The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
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The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
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Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.
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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
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He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
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That which two will, takes effect.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing. [Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.]
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Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
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A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
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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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