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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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One enemy is too much.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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Judge not the preacher for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preaches patience.
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Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
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Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
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Avoid,Profaneness come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.
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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
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Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. [Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]
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The first blow is as much as two.
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The comforters head never akes.
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Many things are lost for want of asking.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
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Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
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God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.
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Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word. [Of him that speaks ill, consider the life more than the word.]
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Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
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Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good.
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