George Herbert Quotes

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Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

George Herbert
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts not.

George Herbert
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.

George Herbert
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.

George Herbert
God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,

George Herbert
The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures.

George Herbert
And now in age I bud again,
After so many deaths I live and write;
I once more smell the dew and rain,
And relish versing: O my only light,
It cannot be That I am he
On whom thy tempests fell all night.

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

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When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
[When a friend asks, there is no to-morrow.]

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He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

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

George Herbert
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.

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The subtle chymick can devest And strip the creature naked, till he finde The callow principles within their nest: There he imparts to them his minde, Admitted to their bed-chamber before They appeare trim and drest To ordinate suitours at the doore.

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I got me flowers to strew Thy way;
I got me boughs off many a tree:
But Thou wast up by break of day,
And brought'st Thy sweets along with Thee.

George Herbert
Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.

George Herbert
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

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We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.

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Judge not the preacher, for he is thy Judge:
If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
The worst speaks something good: if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky,
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;
For thou must die.

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Grief melts away Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing.

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

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

George Herbert
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
[What one day gives, another takes away from us.]

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

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