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Never was a miser a brave soul.
George Herbert
Soul
Miser
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
George Herbert
Kiss
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
George Herbert
Love
Living well is the best revenge.
George Herbert
Living
Revenge
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
George Herbert
Gain
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
George Herbert
Father
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
George Herbert
Peace
War
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
George Herbert
Day
Key
Night
Prayer
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
George Herbert
Punishment
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
George Herbert
Father
Sons
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George Herbert
Army
Confidence
Skill
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
George Herbert
Trout
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
George Herbert
Hell
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
George Herbert
Fault
Needs
Nothing
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert
Humor
Knowledge
Conversation
Wit
Worth