Great business turns on a little pin. ✨ George Herbert (1871). The Eng…

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Great business turns on a little pin. ✨ George Herbert (1871). The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum, p.245
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till … ▶
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Great business turns on a little pin. ✨ George Herbert (1871). The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum, p.245

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