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He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

George Herbert

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
GEORGE HERBERT

Debt Grow Rich
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
GEORGE HERBERT

Married Men Stake
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fear God Knowledge Men Void
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Fasten Gaine People
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
GEORGE HERBERT

Honour Profit Religion
When war begins, then hell openeth.
GEORGE HERBERT

Hell Openth War
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Dead Give Restore
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERT

Morning Night Soul
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
GEORGE HERBERT

Credit Eye Touched
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Good Make Pig Shaft Tail
Trust not one night’s ice.
GEORGE HERBERT

Ice Night Trust
It is better to have wings then hornes.
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Betetr Horne Wing
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.
GEORGE HERBERT

Mean Measure Run Year
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
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Age Example Need
He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Play Well Win
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Lying Reason Spurs

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

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