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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Judge not the preacher for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preaches patience.
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The effect speakes, the tongue needes not. [The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.]
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The wife is the key of the house.
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Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
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Armour is light at table.
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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Too much taking heede is losse. [Too much taking heed is loss.]
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Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
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The noise is greater then the nuts.
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Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.
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A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
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Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe, Whence cam'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine? I know thy parentage is base and low: Man found thee poor and dirty in a mine.
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Though punishment be slow, still it comes.
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Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
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Good service is a great inchantment.
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When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
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O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde And like a dolphins skinne, his clothes combin'd With his desires!
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Health and mony goe farre. [Health and money go far.]
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