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• He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

  George Herbert

  Crafts, Shut Up, Shops

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.318

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• A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
  [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

  George Herbert

  Glasses, Danger

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• He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.

  George Herbert

  Children

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

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• Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

  George Herbert

  Angel, Sunday, Blessing

  George Herbert (1853). “The works of the Rev. George Herbert: with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life”, p.47

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• Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.
  [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

  George Herbert

  Action, Praise, Turns

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• The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

  George Herbert

  White, Snow, Filth

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• Be thrifty, but not covetous.

  George Herbert

  Economy, Thrifty, Economy And Economics

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.8

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• Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

  George Herbert

  Dry, Tempest, Slander

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.321

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• Do well and right and let the world sink.

  George Herbert

  Earth, World, Wells

  George Herbert (1842). “Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Holy Life”, p.64

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• A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

  George Herbert

  Worry, Debt, Pay

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• Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

  George Herbert

  House, Woe

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.306

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• Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

  George Herbert

  Mistake, Literature, Digestion

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• If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.

  George Herbert

  Gold, Ifs

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.254

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• Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).

  George Herbert

  Lasts, Ends, Particular

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.331

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• He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
  [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.]

  George Herbert

  Thinking, Faults, Speak

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• Good & quickly seldome meete.

  George Herbert

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• When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

  George Herbert

  Geese

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

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• Three can hold their peace, if two be away.

  George Herbert

  Two, Three, Ifs

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.169

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• By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

  George Herbert

  Past, Thread, Needles

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

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• Take the gentle path.

  George Herbert

  Healing, Path, Gentle

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

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• The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

  George Herbert

  Tails, Cows, Lost

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.270

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• One foote is better then two crutches.

  George Herbert

  Two, Crutches

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

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• Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after.
  [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]

  George Herbert

  Kings, Years, Void

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• Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.

  George Herbert

  Matter

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

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• I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
  [I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

  George Herbert

  Born

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