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Goods are theirs that enjoy them.

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
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Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
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An Idle youth, a needy Age.
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