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Dies Quotes by George Herbert

13 Dies quotes by George Herbert

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Herbert’s 13 verses on the final chapter are steeped in poetic grace and quiet devotion. They offer a gentle, reflective tone that invites readers to consider mortality through a lens of reverent artistry.

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He that lives most dies most.

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Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

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Wee know not who lives or dies.

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Let all live as they would die.

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A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.

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Prettiness dies first.

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The wolf must die in his own skin.

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He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

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Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

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Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

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He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.

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Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. [Old praise dies unless you feed it.]

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Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And…

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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.

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Beare with evill, and expect good.

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In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.]

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By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear.

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Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.

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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).

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If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.

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Weight justly and sell dearely.

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Could have recovered greenness?

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In every country dogges bite.

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The back-doore robs the house.

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In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.

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Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

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Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze. [Spectacles are death's arquebuse.]

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None saies his Garner is full.

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