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That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle and the distaffe.
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Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know your selfe.
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There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
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For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible.
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Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).
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Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
[Take heed of a person marked, and a widow thrice married.]
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The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
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The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
[The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]
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A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
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He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.
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When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
[When the tree is fallen, all go with their hatchet.]
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The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.
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Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
[Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]
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Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more
Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart;
Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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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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If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
[What one day gives, another takes away from us.]
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If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.
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Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another.
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Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.
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A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.
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Born:
April 3, 1593
Died:
March 1, 1633
(aged 39)
Bio:
George Herbert was a Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest.
Known for:
The Temple (1633)
Poems of George Herbert
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