George Herbert Quotes

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

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

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

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The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope; Blessings are plentiful and rife. More plentiful than hope.

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Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.

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The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.

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I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
[I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir.]

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In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.

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If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
[If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
[He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]

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Man is all symmetrie,
Full of proportions, one limbe to another,
And all to all the world besides:
Each part may call the farthest, brother:
For head with foot hath privite amitie,
And both with moons and tides.

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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
[He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]

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Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

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The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
[The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.]

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I know the ways of Pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it.

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The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house.
[The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.]

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Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.

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Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.

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If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.

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Get to live;
Then live, and use it; else, it is not true
That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone
Makes money not a contemptible stone.

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When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]

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True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame
But borrowed thence to light us thither.
Beauty and beauteous words should go together.

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