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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
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States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.
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A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
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Hee that hath right, feares he that hath wrong, hopes.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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He that once deceives is ever suspected.
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To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary.
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If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
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To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
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A crooked log makes a strait fire.
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The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
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Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
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Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.
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Man is all symmetry Full of proportions, one limb to another, And all to all the world besides Each part may call the farthest, brother For head with foot hath private amity And both with moons and tides.
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A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
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It's good tying the sack before it be full.
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
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Service without reward is punishment.
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