George Herbert Quotes - Page 11

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• Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

  George Herbert

  After Death

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.358

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• Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.

  George Herbert

  Morning, May, Bees

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.358

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• In a retreat the lame are formost.
  [In a retreat the lame are foremost.]

  George Herbert

  Lame, Retreat

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• Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
  [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]

  George Herbert

  Lying, Spurs, Reason

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• At the games end we shall see who gaines.

  George Herbert

  Games, Ends

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.310

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• Money wants no followers.

  George Herbert

  Money, Followers, Want

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

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• Everyone is a master and servant.

  George Herbert

  Masters, Servant, Masters And Servants

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• Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

  George Herbert

  Mother, Steps, Fortune

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert: With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes”, p.326, [s.n.]

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• If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
  [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

  George Herbert

  Dog, Giving, Bark

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• Power seldome grows old at Court.

  George Herbert

  Court, Grows

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.324

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• They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

  George Herbert

  Favour, Action, Worthy

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.184

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• Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

  George Herbert

  Two, Easier, Chimneys

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.359

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

  George Herbert

  Giving, One Day

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.277

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

  George Herbert

  Morrow, Asks

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• Heresie is the school of pride.

  George Herbert

  School, Pride

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.324

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• A drunkards purse is a bottle.

  George Herbert

  Purses, Bottles, Drunkards

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.296

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• One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

  George Herbert

  Dry, Tongue, Hundred

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.341

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• Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.

  George Herbert

  Men, Opinion, Plant

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

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• In a good house all is quickly ready.

  George Herbert

  House, Ready

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.294

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• One flower makes no garland.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Wisdom, Flower

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.260

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• Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
  [Of a pig's tail you can never make a good shaft.]

  George Herbert

  Pigs, Tails

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• Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.

  George Herbert

  Angel, Sunday, Thinking

  George Herbert (1867). “The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations: With A Priest to the Temple, Or, The Country Parson”, p.14

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• Good workmen are seldom rich.

  George Herbert

  Work, Rich, Good Work

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.326

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• The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.

  George Herbert

  Punishment

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.356

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• That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Mishaps, Results

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.145

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