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Art thou a magistrate? then be severe:
If studious, copy fair what tune hath blurr'd,
Redeem truth from his jaws: if soldier,
Chase brave employments with a naked sword
Throughout the world. Fool not, for all may have
If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.

— George Herbert

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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.

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

The Temple (1633)

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)

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