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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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“Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then.”
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“To deceive ones selfe is very easie.”
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“To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).”
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“To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.”
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“To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]”
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“Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.”
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“Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.”
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“Water trotted is as good as oates.”
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“Wee know not who lives or dies.”
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“Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.”
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“When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.”
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“When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.”
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“Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.”
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“Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.”
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“Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.”
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“Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.”
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“Woe to the house where there is no chiding.”
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“Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.”
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“You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.”
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“You may be on land, yet not in a garden.”
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“Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky
Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.”
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“You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.”
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“A snow year, a rich year.”
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“As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
So did I weave myself into the sense.”
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“I envy no man's nightingale or spring;
Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme,
Who plainly say, My God, My King.”
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“Calmness is great advantage; he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire.”
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“Death keeps no calendar.”
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“Time is the rider that breaks youth.”
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“All things require skill but an appetite.”
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“Hope is the poor man's bread.”
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“The offender never pardons.”
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“He that respects not is not respected.”
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“He that knows nothing doubts nothing.”
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“Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.”
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“He hath no leisure who useth it not.”
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“Stay a little and news will find you.”
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“Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.”
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“Be thrifty, but not covetous.”
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“Was ever grief like mine?”
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“War is death's feast.”
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“Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.”
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“Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.”
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“He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.”
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“The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.”
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“One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.”
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“Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.”
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“Many things are lost for want of asking.”
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“The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.”
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“By all means use sometimes to be alone.”
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“Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.”
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