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Favour will as surely perish as life.

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.
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