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• Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

  George Herbert

  Earnest

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319

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• Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

  George Herbert

  Lying, Men, Looks

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.300

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• Let none say, I will not drinke water.

  George Herbert

  Water

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

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• Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

  George Herbert

  Feathers

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

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• Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Kindles, Great Ones

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.331

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• Little losses amaze, great tame.

  George Herbert

  Loss, Littles

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.325

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• Long jesting was never good.

  George Herbert

  Long

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.265

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• Losse embraceth shame.

  George Herbert

  Shame

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.345

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• Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.342

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• Love is not found in the market.

  George Herbert

  Love Is, Found

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

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• Love makes a good eye squint.

  George Herbert

  Eye

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.311

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• Love makes one fitt for any work.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.347

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• Many friends in generall, one in speciall.

  George Herbert

  Many Friends

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.329

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• Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.

  George Herbert

  Mourning

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.327

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• We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Men, Laughing

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

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• We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.

  George Herbert

  Honour

  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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• We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

  George Herbert

  Soon Enough, Enough, Wells

  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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• We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

  George Herbert

  May, Littles, Ends

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.187

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• Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

  George Herbert

  Wealth

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.159

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• Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

  George Herbert

  Done

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.362

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• Weening is not measure.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.173

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• Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
  [Welcome evil, if thou comest alone.]

  George Herbert

  Evil, Welcome, Ifs

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• Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).

  George Herbert

  World, Bones, Crutches

  George Herbert (1941). “The works of George Herbert”, Oxford University Press

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• Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.318

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• Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

  George Herbert

  Would Be

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

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