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• Death keepes no Calender.

  George Herbert

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• A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.

  George Herbert

  Sleep, Men, Two

  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.339

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• He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

  George Herbert

  Children

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.336

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• He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.

  George Herbert

  Sides

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.336

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• Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

  George Herbert

  Sea, Land, Feet

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

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• To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
  [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

  George Herbert

  Dog, Fire, Nuts

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

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• Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame,
  When once it is within thee; but before
  Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame,
  Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor.
  It is most just to throw that on the ground,
  Which would throw me there, if I keep the round.

  George Herbert

  Glasses, Lists, Shame

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.4

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• Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

  George Herbert

  House, Fine, Dressings

  George Herbert (1846). “The Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.306, London : W. Pickering

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• Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

  George Herbert

  Tongue, Strikes

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

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• He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).

  George Herbert

  Book, Asks

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• Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.

  George Herbert

  Doe, Want, Ill

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.320

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• Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
  [Spectacles are death's arquebuse.]

  George Herbert

  Spectacles

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• Hee that is a master must serve (another).

  George Herbert

  Masters

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• A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.

  George Herbert

  War

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert: With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes”, p.326, [s.n.]

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• Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
  [Labor as long-lived, pray as ever dying.]

  George Herbert

  Long, Dying, Praying

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• I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my neighbour white.

  George Herbert

  White, Bread, Neighbour

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• He that sowes trusts in God.

  George Herbert

  Trust In God

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.332

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• Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

  George Herbert

  Thinking, Devil, Wealth

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.9

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• God's mill grinds slow, but sure.

  George Herbert

  Grind, Mills

  Jacula Prudentum (published posthumously, 1651).

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• To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.

  George Herbert

  Writing, Two, Praise

  George Herbert (1874). “The complete works in verse and prose of George Herbert: for the 1. time fully collected and collated with the orig. and early editions and mss. and much enl. ...”, p.68

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• Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

  George Herbert

  Doe

  George Herbert (1846). “The Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.333, London : W. Pickering

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• Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

  George Herbert

  Littles, Little Things

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.328

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• If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Knaves, Knows

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

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• Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Men, Laughing

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

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• A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

  George Herbert

  Sleepy, Masters, Servant

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

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