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• An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

  George Herbert

  Bees, Made, Oath

  George Herbert (1941). “The works of George Herbert”, Oxford University Press

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• At Length the Fox turnes Monk.

  George Herbert

  Foxes, Monk, Length

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.318

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• Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.

  George Herbert

  Ashes, Divine

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.349

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• A faire death honours the whole life.

  George Herbert

  Whole Life, Honour, Whole

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.341

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• Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

  George Herbert

  Wife, Married

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.363

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• In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before.

  George Herbert

  Cheater, Wallets

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.306

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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.]

  George Herbert

  Daughter, Son, Your Son

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• Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
  [Three helping one another, bear the burden of six.]

  George Herbert

  Three, Bears, Six

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• Three women make a market.

  George Herbert

  Three

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.169

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• Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Debt, Literature

  George Herbert, Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT (1862). “The Works of George Herbert ... Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, etc”, p.334

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• One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

  George Herbert

  Fathers Day, Son, Enough

  George Herbert, Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT (1862). “The Works of George Herbert ... Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, etc”, p.315

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• Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.

  George Herbert

  Food, Smell, Taste

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.297

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• Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.

  George Herbert

  Feet, Bed, Dry

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.335

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• A dead Bee maketh no Hony.

  George Herbert

  Bees

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

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• It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

  George Herbert

  Stakes

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.343

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• That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle and the distaffe.

  George Herbert

  Spun

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.348

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• Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

  George Herbert

  Truth, Honesty, Lying

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.98

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• By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Meditation, Soul

  "The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel".

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• A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.

  George Herbert

  Morning, Children, Latin

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.357

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• I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.

  George Herbert

  Bird, Tree, Wish

  'Affliction (1)' (1633) l. 55

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• Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

  George Herbert

  Pace

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

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• Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

  George Herbert

  Mother, Noses, Wipe

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.288, London, Pickering

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• Praise day at night, and life at the end.

  George Herbert

  Night, Praise, Ends

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.295

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• To gaine teacheth how to spend.
  [To gain teacheth how to spend.]

  George Herbert

  Gains

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• A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
  [A good bargain is a pick-purse.]

  George Herbert

  Purses, Bargains, Picks

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