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This book includes a selection of George Herbert's religious and devotional poetry, showcasing his contemplative and spiritual themes. It is a compilation of his most renowned works, offering insight into his theological and philosophical views.
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“Jest not with the eye or with Religion.”
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“Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.”
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“Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.”
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“Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.”
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“Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.”
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“Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.”
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“Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.”
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“Little wealth, little care.”
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“Love is not found in the market.”
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“Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.”
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“Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.”
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“Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.”
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“Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.”
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“No Alchymy to saving.”
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“No naked man is sought after to be rifled.”
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“Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.”
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“Nothing lasts but the Church.”
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“Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.”
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“Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.”
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“Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.”
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“One mouth doth nothing without another.”
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“One sound blow will serve to undo us all.”
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“Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.”
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“Power seldome grows old at Court.”
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“Praise day at night, and life at the end.”
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“Promising is the eve of giving.”
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“Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.”
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“Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
[Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]”
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“Short boughs, long vintage.”
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“Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.”
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“Some evils are cured by contempt.”
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“Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.”
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“Still fisheth he that catcheth one.”
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“That is not good language which all understand not.”
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“The bird loves her nest.”
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“The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.”
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“The hearts letter is read in the eyes.”
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“The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
[The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.]”
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“The life of man is a winter way.”
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“The Mill gets by going.”
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“The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.”
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“The wife is the key of the house.”
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“The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.”
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“The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.”
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“There is no body will go to hell for company.”
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“There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.”
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“There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.”
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“This world is nothing except it tend to another.”
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“Though old and wise, yet still advise.”
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“Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.”
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