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• True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame
  But borrowed thence to light us thither.
  Beauty and beauteous words should go together.

  George Herbert

  Beauty, Light, Flames

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.186

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• Ah my deare God! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.

  George Herbert

  Love, Faith, Clean

  'Affliction (1)' (1633) l. 65

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• Reason and speech we onely bring.

  George Herbert

  Speech, Reason

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.75

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• Give me simplicity, that I may live,
  So live and like, that I may know Thy ways,
  Know them and practise them: then shall I give
  For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.

  George Herbert

  Life, Giving, Simplicity

  George Herbert (1709). “The temple, sacred poems and private ejaculations. [With] The synagogue”, p.179

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• Love bade me welcome, but my soul drew back.

  George Herbert

  Sad, Soul, Welcome

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• He that believes all misseth; he that believes nothing, hits not.

  George Herbert

  Believe

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• He that needs five thousand pound to live,
  Is full as poor as he that needs but five.

  George Herbert

  Needs, Pounds, Poor

  George Herbert (2015). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Herbert (Illustrated)”, p.38, Delphi Classics

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• Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?

  George Herbert

  Heart

  George Herbert (2015). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Herbert (Illustrated)”, p.223, Delphi Classics

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• Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.

  George Herbert

  Grace, Folly

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• But who does hawk at eagles with a dove?

  George Herbert

  Eagles, Doe, Hawks

  'The Sacrifice' (1633) l. 91

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• Be useful where thou livest.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Verse”, p.265

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• An ill deed cannot bring honor.

  George Herbert

  Honor, Deeds, Ill

  George Herbert (1877). “Beauties of Rev. George Herbert, A. M.”

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• Calmness is great advantage; he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire.

  George Herbert

  Fire, May, Advantage

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

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• Let anger's fire be slow to burn.

  George Herbert

  Fire

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• Would it even be possible to add a "suggested wallpaper" feature that analyzes your favored walls and shows similar ones?

  George Herbert

  Wall, Add, Shows

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• Punishment is lame, but it comes.

  George Herbert

  Punishment, Lame

  George Herbert (1836). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple”, p.149

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• A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

  George Herbert

  Memories, Men, Rocks

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.185

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• Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

  George Herbert

  Glasses, Alcohol, Drink

  'The Church-porch', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

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• Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

  George Herbert

  Wish, Literature, Hell

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.146

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• The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

  George Herbert

  Taken, Literature, Holes

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.187

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• Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it.

  George Herbert

  Knowledge, Grace, Guides

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 364, 1895.

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• Let all live as they would die.

  George Herbert

  Life, Dies

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.316

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• The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
  God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

  George Herbert

  Patience, Want, Speak

  'The Church Porch' (1633) st. 72

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• He that respects not is not respected.

  George Herbert

  Respect

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.305

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• A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.

  George Herbert

  Teamwork, Dwarves, Two

  "The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall".

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