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Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

George Herbert
Desire, Quitting, Dies
George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.315

In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.

George Herbert
Desire, News, Courtesy
George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.9

A small heart hath small desires.

George Herbert
Heart, Desire
George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.247

No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to bee buried there. [No churchyard is so handsome that a man would desire straight to be buried there.]

George Herbert
Men, Church, Desire

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