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George Herbert
British
Poet
About the author
Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Lie
#Spring
#Roses
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Will
#Sea
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Will
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#World
#Credit
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Heaven
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Leisure
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Words
#Worth
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Time
#Right
#Work
#Will
#May
#Tools
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
Spend not on hopes.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
Better never begin than never make an end.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#End
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Storms
#Oak
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Compromise
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Heart
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Truth
#Error
#Fault
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Man
#Memory
#Learning
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Knowledge
#Worth
#Conversation
#Humor
#Wit
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Nothing
#Needs
#Fault
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Hell
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Trout
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Confidence
#Army
#Skill
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Father
#Sons
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Punishment
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Day
#Night
#Key
#Prayer
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#War
#Peace
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Father
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Gain
Living well is the best revenge.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Living
#Revenge
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Love
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Kiss
Never was a miser a brave soul.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Soul
#Miser
Night is the mother of counsels.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Mother
#Night
None knows the weight of another's burden.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Burden
#Weight
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
The shortest answer is doing.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#World
#Devil
#Atheism
#Superstition
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Life
#Love
#Friendship
#Taste
#Wine
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Needs
#Eyes
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#God
#Wrath
Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Love
#Nothing
#Language
#Mistake
#Health
#Wealth
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
The eyes have one language everywhere.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Language
#Eyes
The resolved mind hath no cares.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Mind
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Mouse
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Life
#Man
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Force
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Life
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Poor
#Spirit
#Blush
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
George Herbert,
British
Poet
#Men
The offender never pardons.
George Herbert,
British
Poet