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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.

George Herbert

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Another Feet Half Straw
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
GEORGE HERBERT

Know Shoe Wear Wring
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Fire Soldier Water
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
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Cutt Steel Tongue
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERT

Call Chuse Olives
Heresie is the school of pride.
GEORGE HERBERT

Honour Pride School
Wee know not who lives or dies.
GEORGE HERBERT

Die Know Live People
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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Night Wisdom Wise
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Bottom Swim World
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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Children Love Smell
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Door Enter House Leave
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
GEORGE HERBERT

Drink Frog Gossip Talk
True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
GEORGE HERBERT

Beauty Flame Light
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
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Fishing Jew Pot Wine
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fear Grief Money
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
GEORGE HERBERT

Come Hen Scrape

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