George Herbert Quotes

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Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience.

George Herbert
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
[Of him that speaks ill, consider the life more than the word.]

George Herbert
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
[Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]

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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]

George Herbert
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
[The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]

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You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.

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Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.

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God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.

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He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
[He that lives not well one year sorrows seven years after.]

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It is very hard to shave an egge.
[It is very hard to shave an egg.]

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Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme valleys.

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In every Art it is good to have a master.
[In every art it is good to have a master.]

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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).

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If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends; civility plays the rest; A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best.

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Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to your mind.

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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence.
[The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]

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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.

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He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the winter after.

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When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
[When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]

George Herbert
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]

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In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.

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The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether escaped.

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To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

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When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven.

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Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
[Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.]

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A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.

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Sorrow was all my soul; I scarce believed, Till grief did tell me roundly, that I lived.

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An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]

George Herbert
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.

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