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• Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

  George Herbert

  Fall, Heaven, Faces

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.261

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• Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.

  George Herbert

  Cows, Sells

  George Herbert (1836). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple”, p.172

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• Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

  George Herbert

  Woods, Weak

  George Herbert (1856). “The Works of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse: Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, Incumbent of Bear Wood. With Illustrations”, p.321

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• Wine ever paies for his loding.

  George Herbert

  Wine

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• Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
  [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]

  George Herbert

  Wine, Enemy, Firsts

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• Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Cost

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.178

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• Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

  George Herbert

  Wine

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

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• Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
  [Wood half-burnt is easily kindled.]

  George Herbert

  Half, Woods

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• Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Discretion

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.148

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• You cannot flea a stone.

  George Herbert

  Stones, Fleas

  George Herbert (1836). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple”, p.171

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• You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

  George Herbert

  Wind, Mills

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

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• You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Lows

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

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• You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

  George Herbert

  Garden, Land, May

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

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• You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Rivers, May

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.346

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• You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.

  George Herbert

  Strikes

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.162

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• Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.

  George Herbert

  Broken, Pot, Whole

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.328

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• If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

  George Herbert

  Art, Home, Speak

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• Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky
  Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.

  George Herbert

  Success, Mean, Sky

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.14

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• A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Brave, Valor

  George Herbert (1842). “The Temple: And the Country Parson”, p.81

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• Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.

  George Herbert

  Enemy, Victory, May

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• You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

  George Herbert

  Life, Pairs, Windmills

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.312

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• A snow year, a rich year.

  George Herbert

  Years, Snow, Aging

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.296

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• How wide is all this long pretense!
  There is in love a sweetness ready penned,
  Copy out only that, and save expense.

  George Herbert

  Long, Poetry, Sweetness

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.103

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• As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
  So did I weave myself into the sense.

  George Herbert

  Flames, Wind, Poetry

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.103

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• I envy no man's nightingale or spring;
  Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme,
  Who plainly say, My God, My King.

  George Herbert

  Kings, Spring, Loss

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.52

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