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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then by stars at their nativities.
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Welcome evill, if thou commest alone. [Welcome evil, if thou comest alone.]
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Sundays observe think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.
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The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
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Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
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Though punishment be slow, still it comes.
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Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
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Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
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A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
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Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
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Sink not in spirit who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
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To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
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He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
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You cannot flea a stone.
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The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
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If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
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There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
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