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• Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.

  George Herbert

  Purses

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.342

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• Hee that lives well is learned enough.

  George Herbert

  Enough, Wells

  George Herbert (1959). “The works of George Herbert”

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• If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.

  George Herbert

  Men, Long, Care

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert: With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes”, p.313, [s.n.]

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• If you must flie, flie well.

  George Herbert

  Wells, Ifs

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• In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
  [In every country the sun rises in the morning.]

  George Herbert

  Country, Morning, Sun

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• In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
  [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]

  George Herbert

  Swim, World, Bottom

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• The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede.
  [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]

  George Herbert

  Wise, Deeds

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• The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
  [The rich knows not who is his friend.]

  George Herbert

  Rich, Knows

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• The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

  George Herbert

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

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• Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

  George Herbert

  Banquets, Ill

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

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• There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.

  George Herbert

  Sea, Three, Court

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

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• Wee know not who lives or dies.

  George Herbert

  Knows, Dies

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

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• Weight justly and sell dearely.

  George Herbert

  Weight, Sells

  George Herbert (1846). “The Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319, London : W. Pickering

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• Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

  George Herbert

  Snow, Water, Pounds

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.323

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• Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
  Like season'd timbered, never gives;
  But though the whole world turn to coal,
  Then chiefly lives.

  George Herbert

  Sweet, Giving, Soul

  'Outlandish Proverbs' (1640) no. 420

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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.

  George Herbert

  Art, Dirty, Men

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• He hath no leisure who useth it not.

  George Herbert

  Leisure

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

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• Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance.

  George Herbert

  Witty, Laughter, Ignorance

  George Herbert (1835). “The Works of George Herbert: Poems”, p.9

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• Gold thou mayst safely touch; but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.

  George Herbert

  Hands, Gold, Sticks

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.8

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• Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.

  George Herbert

  Fool, Hours, Wit

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.11

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• In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
  [In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.]

  George Herbert

  Husband, Wife, Gentleness

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• A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Men, Purpose

  George Herbert (1853). “The works of the rev. George Herbert, with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life, by W. Jerdan”, p.385

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• Anothers bread costs deare.

  George Herbert

  Cost, Bread

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.331

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• Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner (for filth).

  George Herbert

  House, Noise, Filth

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• Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
  [Of him that speaks ill, consider the life more than the word.]

  George Herbert

  Speak, Ill

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