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• Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Would Be, Saws

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.131

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• One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Daughter, Fathers Day

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.168

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• Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

  George Herbert

  Money, Poor

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

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• Love and a cough cannot be hid.

  George Herbert

  Love, Valentines Day, Valentine's Day

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.141

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• Better the feet slip then the tongue.

  George Herbert

  Feet, Tongue, Slips

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• Humble Hearts have humble desires.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

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• Some evils are cured by contempt.

  George Herbert

  Hate, Evil, Hatred

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.324

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• Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
  [Life without a friend is death without a witness.]

  George Herbert

  Witness, Spanish Proverb

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• A crooked log makes a strait fire.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Crooked

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.317

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• The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

  George Herbert

  Cost, Tongue

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

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• The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

  George Herbert

  Tails, Cows, Lost

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.270

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• The goate must browse where she is tyed.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.317

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• Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

  George Herbert

  Dinner, Hunger, Pastime

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.317

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• By all means use sometimes to be alone.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Solitude, Use

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.8

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• Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
  [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]

  George Herbert

  Sea, Land, Settling

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• Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.

  George Herbert

  Friends, Salt

  "Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert". Book compiled by George Herbert et al., 1651.

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• There is more talke then trouble.

  George Herbert

  Trouble

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

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• The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

  George Herbert

  White, Snow, Filth

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• Things well fitted abide.

  George Herbert

  Wells

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.383

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• In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.

  George Herbert

  War, Men, Hunting

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.326

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• The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

  George Herbert

  Sheep, Safety

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

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• There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

  George Herbert

  Literature, Force, Gentle

  "Beauties of Rev. George Herbert".

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• Who gives to all, denies all.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Deny

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.140

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• The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Doe, Bottles

  "Jacula Prudentum" by George Herbert, 1651.

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• Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening

  George Herbert

  Wind, Soul, Affliction

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.306

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