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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
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He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
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Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.
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Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?
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You cannot flea a stone.
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To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
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Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
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Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
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In time comes he whom God sends.
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An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
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Many things are lost for want of asking.
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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
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The first dish pleaseth all.
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To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
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Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
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Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
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Life without a friend is death without a witnesse. [Life without a friend is death without a witness.]
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Thursday come, and the week's gone.
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