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• A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Be Kind

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.170

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• A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

  George Herbert

  Dwarves, Two, Giants

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• Castles are Forrests of stones.

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  Castles, Stones

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• Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
  [Old praise dies unless you feed it.]

  George Herbert

  Praise, Dies

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• Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

  George Herbert

  House

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

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• A disarmed peace is weake.

  George Herbert

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

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• Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know your selfe.

  George Herbert

  Favour, Knows

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

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• Fear kills more than disease.

  George Herbert

  Fear, Disease

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• The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
  [The war is not done so long as my enemy lives.]

  George Herbert

  War, Long, Enemy

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• Folly growes without watering.

  George Herbert

  Folly

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344

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• The most effective mirror is definitely an previous good friend.

  George Herbert

  Good Friend, Mirrors

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• Everyone puts his fault on the Times.

  George Herbert

  Faults

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• Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

  George Herbert

  Fortune, Misfortunes

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.278

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• When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Drink, Drowning

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• Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

  George Herbert

  Revenge, Pardon, Slander

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.333

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• Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.

  George Herbert

  Judgement, Action, Security

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.297

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• Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.

  George Herbert

  Home, Dry, Bread

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

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• For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Shoes, Want

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

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• Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

  George Herbert

  Plant, Barefoot

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.318

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• Vertue never growes old.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.318

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• The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

  George Herbert

  Sweet, Honey, Bees

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.255

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• Good workemen are seldome rich.

  George Herbert

  Rich, Good Work

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.352

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• Better never begin than never make an end.

  George Herbert

  Laziness, Ends, Speakers

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• Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

  George Herbert

  Broads, Shoulders

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

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• All things require skill but an appetite.

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  Food, Skills, Appetite

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.303

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