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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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• You cannot know wine by the barrell.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Knows

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

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• Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Tables, Creatures

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1868). “The Poetical Works of George Herbert: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes”, p.320

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• God sends cold according to clothes.

  George Herbert

  Clothes, Cold

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.293

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• He that makes a good war makes a good peace.

  George Herbert

  War, Good War

  'Outlandish Proverbs' (1640) no. 420

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• Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Night, Two

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

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• He that is drunken * * * Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins.

  George Herbert

  Veins, Slides, Kind

  "The Temple". Poems by George Herbert, The Church Porch, Stanza 6, 1633.

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• Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.

  George Herbert

  Hands, Gold, Lost

  George Herbert, John N. Wall (1981). “The Country Parson ; The Temple”, p.215, Paulist Press

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• A pittifull looke askes enough.

  George Herbert

  Enough

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• Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.

  George Herbert

  Bees, Longing, Idle

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.330

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• Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

  George Herbert

  Care, Shields

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.322

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• Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

  George Herbert

  Eye, Elbows, Disease

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.324

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• Dogs are fine in the field.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Fields, Fine

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.272

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• Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
  [Honour and profit lie not in one sack.]

  George Herbert

  Lying, Profit, Honour

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• Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

  George Herbert

  Profit, Fingers, Rings

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.251

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• I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

  George Herbert

  Lightning, Thunder

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

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• I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
  [I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir.]

  George Herbert

  Heirs, Holes, Mice

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• If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

  George Herbert

  White, Should, Flocks

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

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• If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
  [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]

  George Herbert

  Grief, House, Folly

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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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• Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

  George Herbert

  Ells, Inches, Ill

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.298

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• Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

  George Herbert

  Ill, Vessel

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319

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• Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.338

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• Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
  [Who hath none to still him, may weep out his eyes.]

  George Herbert

  Eye, His Eyes, May

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• Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.

  George Herbert

  Saint, Blame, Peter

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

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