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The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
[The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.]
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Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.
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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
[He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]
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Man is all symmetrie,
Full of proportions, one limbe to another,
And all to all the world besides:
Each part may call the farthest, brother:
For head with foot hath privite amitie,
And both with moons and tides.
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
[He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
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Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience.
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Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
[Of him that speaks ill, consider the life more than the word.]
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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
[Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
[The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]
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You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.
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Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.
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God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.
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He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the winter after.
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A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.
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Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
[Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.]
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When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven.
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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
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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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The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether escaped.
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In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.
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Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
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When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
[When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]
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Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme valleys.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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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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