George Herbert Quotes

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• Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Night, Keys

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• He that hath lands hath quarrells.

  George Herbert

  Land

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.364

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• The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

  George Herbert

  Money, Love Of Money, Love Of Learning

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.328

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• If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there.

  George Herbert

  Daughter, Mother, Ovens

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.350

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• Little wealth, little care.

  George Herbert

  Care, Littles, Wealth

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.307

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• 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.

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  Motivational, Positive, Courage

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• He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

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  Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

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• God sees hearts as we see faces.

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  Disappointment, Heart, Faces

  George Herbert (2010). “Priest to the Temple, Or, the Country Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life, with Selected Poems from the Temple”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.

  George Herbert

  Dishes, Cheerfulness

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.317

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• Lend only what you can afford to lose.

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  Lending, Loses

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• Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

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  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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• A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

  George Herbert

  Mom, Mother, First Day Of School

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• Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

  George Herbert

  Roots, Challenges, Storm

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• Good and quickly seldom meet.

  George Herbert

  Haste

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.310

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• Never was a miser a brave soul.

  George Herbert

  Bravery, Soul, Literature

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• In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

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  Humor, Talking, Easiness

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• A great ship asks deep water.

  George Herbert

  Greatness, Deep Water, Ships

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.306

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• Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

  George Herbert

  Laughing, Wealth

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

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• Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.

  George Herbert

  Quality, Quarrels, Persons

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• Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

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  Life, Gains, Sometimes

  George Herbert (1853). “The works of the Rev. George Herbert: with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life”, p.380

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• None knows the weight of another's burden.

  George Herbert

  Weight, Burden, Knows

  George Herbert (1871). “The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum”, p.250

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• The shortest answer is doing.

  George Herbert

  Life, Answers, Action

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.162

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

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  Inspirational, Mother, Father

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.275

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• Life is half spent before we know what it is.

  George Herbert

  Life, Bad Ass, Reality

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.177

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• The eyes have one language everywhere.

  George Herbert

  Eye, Vision, Language

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.272

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