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George Herbert (1593 – 1633)


English poet and orator.
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George Herbert
To a boyling pot flies come not.
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He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone.




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One hand washeth another, and both the face.
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Comparisons are odious.
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Emptie vessels sound most.
George Herbert
Little pitchers have wide eares.
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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
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Ill ware is never cheape.
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Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
George Herbert
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.




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More have repented speech then silence.
George Herbert
After death the doctor.
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Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
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You cannot know wine by by the barrell.
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Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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