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The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence.

— George Herbert The Temple (1633)

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Patience

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

The Temple (1633)

Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it.

Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.

The Temple (1633)

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

Do well and right, and let the world sink.

Herbert's Remains (1652)

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