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• The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

  George Herbert

  Atheist, Atheism, Devil

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.186

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• Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.

  George Herbert

  Enemy, No Friends, Needs

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.328

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• To a boiling pot flies come not.

  George Herbert

  Pot, Boiling

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

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• Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.

  George Herbert

  Debt, Rich

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.315

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• Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

  George Herbert

  Men, Young, Old Man

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.245

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• Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

  George Herbert

  Shoes, Knows

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• If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.

  George Herbert

  Men, Good Man, Thrive

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.315

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• Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.

  George Herbert

  Knows

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.323

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• The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house.
  [The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.]

  George Herbert

  Glasses, House, Looks

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• Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

  George Herbert

  May, Easier

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.367

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• On a good bargain think twice.

  George Herbert

  Thinking, Think Twice, Bargains

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.260

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• If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Would Be, Done

  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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• Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Liars, Thieves

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• Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

  George Herbert

  Truth, Errors, Faults

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.107

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• My house, my house, though thou art small, Thou art to me the Escurial.

  George Herbert

  Art, House

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.304

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• He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.

  George Herbert

  Danger

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.364

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• Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more
  Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart;
  Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.

  George Herbert

  Sports, Heart, Gambling

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.102

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• Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market.

  George Herbert

  Home, Play

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

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• Every path hath a puddle.

  George Herbert

  Adversity, Puddles, Path

  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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• All things in their beeing are good for something.

  George Herbert

  All Things

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

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• Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

  George Herbert

  Feet, Deception, Physicians

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.143

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• The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.

  George Herbert

  Hurt, Tree, Plant

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

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• He that burnes most shines most.

  George Herbert

  Shining

  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.320

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• Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

  George Herbert

  Love, Life, Garden

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

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• God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

  George Herbert

  Wrath, Giving, Weight

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.258

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