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Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
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The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
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To a boiling pot flies come not.
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Too much taking heede is losse. [Too much taking heed is loss.]
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Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
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The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
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The house shows the owner.
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Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
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The first blow is as much as two.
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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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Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
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