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Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead.
Robert Herrick
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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
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London
England
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Who covets more is evermore a slave.
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Humble we must be, if to heaven we go High is the roof there, but the gate is low.
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When words we want, love teacheth to indite And what we blush to speak, she bids us write.
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Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.
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Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.
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Then be not coy, but use your time And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.
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Men are suspicious prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.
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In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.
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Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.
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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold New things succeed, as former things grow old.
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