George Herbert - Glass Quotes

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Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.

George Herbert

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame,
When once it is within thee.

George Herbert

A man that looks on glass,
On it may stay his eye;
Or if he pleaseth, through it pass,
And then the heaven espy.

George Herbert

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by;
Let us (said he) pour on him all we can:
Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.

George Herbert

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.]

George Herbert

A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

George Herbert