"Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig's tail you can never make a good shaft.]"

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Source: George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.277

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George Herbert

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George Herbert was a 17th-century poet and priest known for his profound religious poetry, particularly in his collection 'The Temple'.

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