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They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
George Herbert
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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Marry your sonne when you will your daughter when you can. [Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.]
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A Lyons skin is never cheape.
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When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. [When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
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Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
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