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• Those that God loves, do not live long.

  George Herbert

  Death, Long, God Love

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

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• He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

  George Herbert

  Littles

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.303

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• Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

  George Herbert

  After Death

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.358

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• Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Smell, May

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.321

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• When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.

  George Herbert

  Needs, Mirth, Sin

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.5

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• An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

  George Herbert

  Names, Ill, Wounds

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.229

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• Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

  George Herbert

  Desire, Quitting, Dies

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.315

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• To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.

  George Herbert

  Sheep, Wind, Giving

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.318

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• Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.351

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• Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then by stars at their nativities.

  George Herbert

  Stars, Parent, Example

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.367

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• Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.

  George Herbert

  Morning, May, Bees

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.358

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• In a retreat the lame are formost.
  [In a retreat the lame are foremost.]

  George Herbert

  Lame, Retreat

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• Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
  [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]

  George Herbert

  Lying, Spurs, Reason

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• Money wants no followers.

  George Herbert

  Money, Followers, Want

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.328

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• At the games end we shall see who gaines.

  George Herbert

  Games, Ends

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.310

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• Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

  George Herbert

  Lying, World

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.319

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• Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

  George Herbert

  Sheep

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.369

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• If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

  George Herbert

  Might, Hares, Ifs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.334

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• The house shows the owner.

  George Herbert

  House, Owners, Shows

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.139

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• Everyone is a master and servant.

  George Herbert

  Masters, Servant, Masters And Servants

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• Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

  George Herbert

  Mother, Steps, Fortune

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert: With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes”, p.326, [s.n.]

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• If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
  [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

  George Herbert

  Dog, Giving, Bark

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• Power seldome grows old at Court.

  George Herbert

  Court, Grows

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.324

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• They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

  George Herbert

  Favour, Action, Worthy

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.184

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• Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

  George Herbert

  Two, Easier, Chimneys

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.359

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