George Herbert Quotes

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By suppers more have been killed than Galen ever cured.

George Herbert
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
[Say no ill of the year till it be past.]

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

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He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.

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He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

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Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise
Their Master's flower, but leave it having done,
As fair as ever and as fit to use;
So both the flower doth stay and honey run.

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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
[While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]

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

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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.

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Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like seasoned timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly lives.

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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.

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Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.

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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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Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

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For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

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My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escurial.

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A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.

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

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A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws,
Makes that and th' action fine.

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