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A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. [When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]
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Mend your clothes and you may hold out this year.
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Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an ill, it doubles his fault.
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He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
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