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In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.
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The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether escaped.
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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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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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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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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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A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.
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Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise
Their Master's flower, but leave it having done,
As fair as ever and as fit to use;
So both the flower doth stay and honey run.
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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
[I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir.]
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The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.
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Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
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The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope; Blessings are plentiful and rife. More plentiful than hope.
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An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
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Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.
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Sorrow was all my soul; I scarce believed, Till grief did tell me roundly, that I lived.
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Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.
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In thy discourse, if thou desire to please;
All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie:
Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease;
Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
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Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then.
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Gold thou mayst safely touch; but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.
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If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
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It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
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They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
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Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
[Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]
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That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle and the distaffe.
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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
The country parson
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