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George Herbert
April 3, 1593 - March 1, 1633
Nationality: British
Category: Poet
Subcategory: British Poet

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

   

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.

   

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

   

Living well is the best revenge.

   

The resolved mind hath no cares.

   

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

   

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

   

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

   

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

   

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.

   

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

   

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

   

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

   

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