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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
[While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
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Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance.
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By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
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Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.
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Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
[Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]
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The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
[The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.]
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He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is courteous.
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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.
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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.
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Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
[Who hath none to still him, may weep out his eyes.]
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When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.
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Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.
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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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You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.
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The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
[The little cannot be great unless he devour many.]
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He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
[He that is fallen cannot help him that is down.]
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
[He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.]
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My body is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another, And all to all the world besides: Each part may call the farthest, brother: For head with foot hath private smity, And both with moon and tides.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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It is better to be the head of the lizard than the tail of the lion.
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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)
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