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Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.
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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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I know the ways of Pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it.
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The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house.
[The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.]
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Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.
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Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.
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If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.
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Get to live;
Then live, and use it; else, it is not true
That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone
Makes money not a contemptible stone.
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When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]
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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame
But borrowed thence to light us thither.
Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
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A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
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The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
[The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty.]
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When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
[When a friend asks, there is no to-morrow.]
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
[He that would be well needs not go from his own house.]
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The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
[The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between both.]
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Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son makes him a foole.
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Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
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Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And thou must die.
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Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
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I envy no man's nightingale or spring;
Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme,
Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the fowler he is.
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There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt.
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From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies nothing, for ever.
[From a choleric man withdraw a little; from him that says nothing, for ever.]
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If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there.
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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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