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Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
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The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts not.
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There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
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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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God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
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The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures.
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And now in age I bud again,
After so many deaths I live and write;
I once more smell the dew and rain,
And relish versing: O my only light,
It cannot be That I am he
On whom thy tempests fell all night.
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Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.
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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 lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
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He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the winter after.
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States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.
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The subtle chymick can devest And strip the creature naked, till he finde The callow principles within their nest: There he imparts to them his minde, Admitted to their bed-chamber before They appeare trim and drest To ordinate suitours at the doore.
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I got me flowers to strew Thy way;
I got me boughs off many a tree:
But Thou wast up by break of day,
And brought'st Thy sweets along with Thee.
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Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Judge not the preacher, for he is thy Judge:
If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
The worst speaks something good: if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky,
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;
For thou must die.
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Grief melts away Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing.
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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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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.
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What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
[What one day gives, another takes away from us.]
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You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.
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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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