Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives.

George Herbert

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What turned up: Virtue.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, George Herbert entry; Virtue.; Wording and named source checked in Bartlett’s published reference; the original work is identified by title and locator. Literary excerpts, not claims of personal spoken testimony.
Work: Virtue.
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 17 October 2026Virtue.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, George Herbert entry; Virtue.; Wording and named source checked in Bartlett’s published reference; the original work is identified by title and locator. Literary excerpts, not claims of personal spoken testimony.

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