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"533. Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee."
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George Herbert
George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge,
"533. Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee."
"67. Never had ill workman good tooles."
"317. Be not a baker if your head be of butter."
"Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby."
"Chase brave employment with a naked sword Throughout the world."
"Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, T is angels music."
"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee."
"A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and th action fine."
"13. The scalded dog feares cold water."
"15. Light burthens long borne growe heavie."
"82. Hee that goes barefoot must not plant thornes."
"79. Who is so deafe as he that will not heare?"