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Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
George Herbert
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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Every day brings his bread with it.
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Without businesse debauchery.
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Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
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Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
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Who hath no head, needes no heart.
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'It's this accursed Science,' I cried. 'It's the very Devil. The mediaeval priests and persecutors were right, and the Moderns are all wrong. You tamper with it-and it offers you gifts. And directly you take them it knocks you to pieces in some unexpected way.'
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Heresie is the school of pride.
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A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.
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Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
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Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!
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