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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
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Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
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Give loosers leave to talke.
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Let all live as they would die.
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He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
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Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]
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Emptie vessels sound most.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Advise none to marry or go to war.
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
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A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
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Greene wood makes a hott fire.
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Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. [Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another.]
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Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes. [Who hath none to still him, may weep out his eyes.]
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Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.
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Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying. [Labor as long-lived, pray as ever dying.]
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