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Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
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Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
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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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Shee spins well that breedes her children.
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Beare with evill, and expect good.
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No Alchymy to saving.
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Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
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Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
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Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.
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A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
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Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
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Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
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At Court, every one for himselfe. [At court, everyone for himself.]
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Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
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Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
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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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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
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Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
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Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
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