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• The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

  George Herbert

  Men, Singing, Shops

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.360

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• The slothful is the servant of the counters.

  George Herbert

  Servant

  George Herbert (1862). “The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse”

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• The soule needs few things, the body many.

  George Herbert

  Needs, Body

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.166

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• The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.256

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• The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

  George Herbert

  Tongue, Quills

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

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• The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

  George Herbert

  Thread

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

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• The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
  [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]

  George Herbert

  Cutting, Steel, Tongue

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• The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

  George Herbert

  People, Teeth, Ease

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.343

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• The vertue of a coward is suspition.

  George Herbert

  Coward

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

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• The way is an ill neighbour.

  George Herbert

  Way, Ill, Neighbour

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.283

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• The wife is the key of the house.

  George Herbert

  Keys, Wife, House

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.319

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• The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
  [The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]

  George Herbert

  Wise, Hands, Mouths

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• The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.

  George Herbert

  Beast, Ill

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.139

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• The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).

  George Herbert

  Physicians

  George Herbert (1862). “The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse”

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• The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
  [The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty.]

  George Herbert

  Law, Twenties, Suits

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• The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

  George Herbert

  Husband, Masters

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

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• There are many waies to fame.
  {There are many ways to fame.]

  George Herbert

  Way, Fame

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• There are more men threatned then stricken.
  [There are more men threatened than stricken.]

  George Herbert

  Men, Threatened

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• This world is nothing except it tend to another.

  George Herbert

  World, This World

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

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• Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.

  George Herbert

  Doe

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.361

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• Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.

  George Herbert

  House

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.334

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• Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
  [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]

  George Herbert

  Lying, Overcoming, Well Dressed

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• Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

  George Herbert

  Bites, Gentiles

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• Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

  George Herbert

  Men, Bread, Spaniards

  George Herbert (1846). “The Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.345, London : W. Pickering

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• Thursday come, and the week's gone.

  George Herbert

  Gone, Thursday, Week

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

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