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Better be a foole then a knave.
[Better be a fool than a knave.]

George Herbert

Knaves, Fool

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Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
[Better good afar than evil at hand.]

George Herbert

Hands, Evil, Afar

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Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
[Better spare to have of thine own than ask of other men.]

George Herbert

Men, Spares, Asks

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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

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

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Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
[Better suffer ill, than do ill.]

George Herbert

Suffering, Doe, Ill

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Better to be blinde, then to see ill.

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Ill

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Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed.

George Herbert

Space, Ought

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

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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.

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Want

George Herbert (1959). “The works of George Herbert”

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Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

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Children, Building, Marrying

George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.302

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Building is a sweet impoverishing.

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Sweet, Building

George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.266

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Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
[Buy at a fair, but sell at home.]

George Herbert

Home, Fairs, Sells

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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

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Olives, Call Me

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.301

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Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

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Horse, Wife, Made

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.358

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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

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Servant

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.334

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Cities seldome change Religion only.

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Cities

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

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Citties are taken by the eares.

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Taken

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Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.

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Atheist, War, France

George Herbert (1959). “The works of George Herbert”

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Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

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War, Thee

George Herbert (1959). “The works of George Herbert”

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Councell breakes not the head.

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George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.337

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Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

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Bags, Break

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

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Craft against craft makes no living.

George Herbert

Crafts

George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.321

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Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.

George Herbert

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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.

George Herbert

Pain, Cruelty, Ifs

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.370

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Dally not with mony or women.
[Dally not with money or women.]

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Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
[Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.]

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Eye, Ears, Discreet

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Born: April 3, 1593
Died: March 1, 1633
Occupation: Poet
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