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When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
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He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
[He that doth what he should not shall feel what he would not.]
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Whereas my birth and spirit rather took
The way that takes the town;
Thou didst betray me to a lingering book,
And wrap me in a gown.
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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 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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God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens, and to rivers foords.
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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
[He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.]
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Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market.
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If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends; civility plays the rest; A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best.
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A verse may finde him, who a sermon flies
And turns delight into a sacrifice
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If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
[If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.]
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Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.
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Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.
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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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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime,
'T is angels' music.
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The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.
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If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.
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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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Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe,
Whence cam'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine?
I know thy parentage is base and low:
Man found thee poor and dirty in a mine.
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By no means run in debt: take thine own measure.
Who cannot live on twenty pound a year,
Cannot on forty.
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Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then.
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He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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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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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
The complete English poems
The English poems of George Herbert
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