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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
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He that sends a foole expects one.
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Good is god, but better carries it.
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Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
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What one day gives us, another takes away from us. [What one day gives, another takes away from us.]
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Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
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Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.
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It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
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Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying. [Labor as long-lived, pray as ever dying.]
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Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
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Hope is the poor man's bread.
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Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, / The bridal of the earth and sky.
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Waight and measure take away strife.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
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Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
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The first blow is as much as two.
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