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The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.
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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig's tail you can never make a good shaft.]
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