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“477. A poore beauty finds more lovers than husbands.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“421. He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“[ Cruelty is more cruell if we defer the pain. ]”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“279. Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“837. Words are women, deedes are men.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“383. The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“292. The best mirrour is an old friend.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Variant: 292. The best mirrour is an old friend.

“A verse may finde him, who a sermon flies
And turns delight into a sacrifice”

George Herbert

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“520. Living well is the best revenge.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“[ Woe be to him that reads but one book. ]”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“911. Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Like summer friends,
Flies of estate and sunneshine.”

George Herbert

The Answer, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“[ The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd. ]”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“848. He that endures is not overcome.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“710. Three can hold their peace if two be away.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“511. Pension never inriched young man.”

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)