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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Advise none to marry or go to war.
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One enemy is too much.
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Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.]
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He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.
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The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
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Love makes one fitt for any work.
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In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
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Time is the rider that breaks youth.
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Hee that lives well is learned enough.
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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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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He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
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No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
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He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
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Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
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