Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth. ✨ Geo…

George Herbert
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Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth. ✨ George Herbert (1861). The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir, p.278
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A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two. ✨ The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall.
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. ✨ Jacula Prudentum (published posthumously, 1651).
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For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. ✨ George Herbert (1874). The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose, p.340
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