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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]

George Herbert

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.]
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King Void Years
I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERT

King Loss Spring
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fear Grief Money
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
GEORGE HERBERT

God Thee Will
The cholerick man never wants woe.
GEORGE HERBERT

Cholerick Men Need Woe
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
GEORGE HERBERT

Beauty Borrowed Flame
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bacon Chimney Think
There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
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Fame Many Way
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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Cow Lost Tail
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Land Sea Settle
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
GEORGE HERBERT

Owner Purpose Witty
The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERT

House Key Wife
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Door Enter House Leave
No Alchymy to saving.
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Alchymy People Save
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
GEORGE HERBERT

Age Example Need
Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
GEORGE HERBERT

Gratitude Thankful Thanksgiving

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