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• The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.

  George Herbert

  Sheep, Has Beens

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.371

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• Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.

  George Herbert

  Enemy, No Friends, Needs

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.328

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• All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

  George Herbert

  Beloved, Wells, Neighbour

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.221

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• In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

  George Herbert

  Humor, Talking, Easiness

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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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• Promising is the eve of giving.

  George Herbert

  Giving

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

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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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• Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

  George Herbert

  Fickle, Too Much, Praise

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.267

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• Good and quickly seldom meet.

  George Herbert

  Haste

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

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• The smith and his penny both are black.

  George Herbert

  Black, Pennies

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

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• The best mirror is an old friend.

  George Herbert

  Friendship, Patience, Real Friends

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.303

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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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• A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Men, Care

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.312

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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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• Patience, time and money accommodate all things.

  George Herbert

  Money, Time And Money, All Things

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.307

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• Many things are lost for want of asking.

  George Herbert

  Asking, Want, Losing

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

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• Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

  George Herbert

  Broads, Shoulders

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

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• Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

  George Herbert

  Love, Life, Garden

  George Herbert (1877). “Beauties of Rev. George Herbert, A. M.”

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• Every path hath a puddle.

  George Herbert

  Adversity, Puddles, Path

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.148

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• To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

  George Herbert

  Money

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

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• My house, my house, though thou art small, Thou art to me the Escurial.

  George Herbert

  Art, House

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

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• All things require skill but an appetite.

  George Herbert

  Food, Skills, Appetite

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

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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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• 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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• The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

  George Herbert

  Wine, Doe, Bottles

  "Jacula Prudentum" by George Herbert, 1651.

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