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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
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Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms but the sure traveller, Though he alights sometimes still goeth on.
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Wine ever paies for his loding.
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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None is borne Master.
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A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
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The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
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Many things are lost for want of asking.
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The eye will have his part.
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If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there.
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Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
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To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
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They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
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Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
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War is death's feast.
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Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people.
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When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
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Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
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In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
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Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
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