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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
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Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
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Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
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God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.
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The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians in sutes.
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A trade is better then service.
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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.
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To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
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The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
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Ill ware is never cheape. [Ill ware is never cheap.]
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To be too busie gets contempt.
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Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
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The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
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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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To buy deare is not bounty.
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Such a Saint, such an offering.
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To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.
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