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• To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.

  George Herbert

  Writing, Two, Praise

  George Herbert (1874). “The complete works in verse and prose of George Herbert: for the 1. time fully collected and collated with the orig. and early editions and mss. and much enl. ...”, p.68

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• Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

  George Herbert

  Doe

  George Herbert (1846). “The Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.333, London : W. Pickering

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• Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

  George Herbert

  Littles, Little Things

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.328

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• If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Knaves, Knows

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

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• Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Men, Laughing

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.321

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• Every thing new is fine.

  George Herbert

  Fine

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.294

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• To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.

  George Herbert

  Bells, Fool

  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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• Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.

  George Herbert

  Hands, Giving, Clown

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

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• In every Art it is good to have a master.
  [In every art it is good to have a master.]

  George Herbert

  Art, Masters

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.165

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• A City that parlies is half gotten.
  [A city that parleys is half gotten.]

  George Herbert

  Cities, Half

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• Beate the dog before the Lyon.

  George Herbert

  Dog

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.355

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• Trust not one night's ice.

  George Herbert

  Trust, Night, Ice

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

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• Little pitchers have wide eares.
  [Little pitchers have wide ears.]

  George Herbert

  Ears, Littles, Hearing

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• The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Hard

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• The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.

  George Herbert

  Men, Giving, Sick

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.371

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• He that goeth farre hath many encounters.

  George Herbert

  Encounters, Goeth

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.345

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• Every ill man hath his ill day.

  George Herbert

  Men, Ill

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

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• A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Scabs, Combs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.370

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• Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.

  George Herbert

  Spring, May, Springtime

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

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• He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Ocean, Sea

  Jacula Prudentum (published posthumously, 1651).

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• This missing science of heredity, this unworked mine of knowledge on the borderland of biology and anthropology, which for all practical purposes is as unworked now as it was in the days of Plato, is, in simple truth, ten times more important to humanity than all the chemistry and physics, all the technical and indsutrial science that ever has been or ever will be discovered.

  George Herbert

  Plato, Knowledge, Science

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• Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.

  George Herbert

  Made, Trade

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

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• It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

  George Herbert

  Inferiority, Literature, Spirit

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.298

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• A garden must be looked unto and dressed as the body.

  George Herbert

  Garden, Body

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

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• Money refused loose its brightness.

  George Herbert

  Brightness, Refuse

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