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Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least.
Robert Herrick
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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
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England
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Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.
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Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones come and buy. If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer: There, Where my Julia's lips do smile There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
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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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He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale.
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