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• The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
  [The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between both.]

  George Herbert

  Men, Ill, Remedy

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

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• Better never begin than never make an end.

  George Herbert

  Laziness, Ends, Speakers

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• There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.

  George Herbert

  Sea, Three, Court

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

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• Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
  Like season'd timbered, never gives;
  But though the whole world turn to coal,
  Then chiefly lives.

  George Herbert

  Sweet, Giving, Soul

  'Outlandish Proverbs' (1640) no. 420

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• Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe,
  Whence cam'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine?
  I know thy parentage is base and low:
  Man found thee poor and dirty in a mine.

  George Herbert

  Art, Dirty, Men

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• Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Littles, Hares

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.310

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• God oft hath a great share in a little house.

  George Herbert

  House, Littles, Poverty

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.294

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• The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope; Blessings are plentiful and rife. More plentiful than hope.

  George Herbert

  Kings, Sunday, Men

  George Herbert (1835). “The Works of George Herbert: Poems”, p.73

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• Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

  George Herbert

  Care, Paine, Loses

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.363

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• Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And thou must die.

  George Herbert

  Sweet, Eye, Roots

  'Outlandish Proverbs' (1640) no. 420

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• Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.

  George Herbert

  May, Holy, Peril

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

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• The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

  George Herbert

  Tree

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.298

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• You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.353

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• The wolf must die in his own skin.

  George Herbert

  Skins, Dies

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

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• He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

  George Herbert

  Wife, Pins

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

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• He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.

  George Herbert

  Country, Witty, Holy

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• In thy discourse, if thou desire to please;
  All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie:
  Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease;
  Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.

  George Herbert

  Desire, News, Courtesy

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.9

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• Almes never make poore.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.324

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• At the games end we shall see who gaines.

  George Herbert

  Games, Ends

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.310

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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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• God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

  George Herbert

  Parent, Masters

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.387

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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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• The blind eate many a flie.
  [The blind eat many a fly.]

  George Herbert

  Blind

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• When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'.

  George Herbert

  Lying, Blessing, Men

  'The Pulley' (1633)

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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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