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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all.
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One flower makes no garland.
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It's not good fishing before the net.
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One foole makes a hundred.
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A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.
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If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends civility plays the rest A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best.
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
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One stroke fells not an oke.
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Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
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Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
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Of all smells, bread of all tastes, salt.
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Gold thou mayst safely touch but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.
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Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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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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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
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