George Herbert Quotes - Page 16

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• In thy discourse, if thou desire to please;
  All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie:
  Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease;
  Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.

  George Herbert

  Desire, News, Courtesy

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.9

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• Every sin brings its punishment with it.

  George Herbert

  Punishment, Sin

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.317

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• Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.
  [Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.]

  George Herbert

  Giving, Saint, Economy

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• Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.

  George Herbert

  Wind, Sides

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.331

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• Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Stalking, Foul

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.367

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• They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.

  George Herbert

  Long

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

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• They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

  George Herbert

  Ready

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.318

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• They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).

  George Herbert

  Men, Pay, Rich

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.369

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• They that know one another salute a farre off.

  George Herbert

  Salute, Knows

  George Herbert (1959). “The works of George Herbert”

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• Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still.

  George Herbert

  Men, Church, Ill

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.168

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• Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

  George Herbert

  Stones, Herbs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.339

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• Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

  George Herbert

  Eye

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

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• Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

  George Herbert

  Fire, Water

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.335

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• Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Gentle

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

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• The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.

  George Herbert

  Country, Cities, Chickens

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.295

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• The wind in ones face makes one wise.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Wind, Faces

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.314

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

  George Herbert

  Heart, Men, Soul

  Marianne Dorman, George Herbert (2009). “Seven Whole Days to Praise Our God: An Arrangement of George Herbert's Poems for Christian Meditation”, p.48, AuthorHouse

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• Nothing wears clothes, but Man; nothing doth need But he to wear them.

  George Herbert

  Men, Clothes, Needs

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.122

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• O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde; And like a dolphins skinne, his clothes combin'd With his desires!

  George Herbert

  Men, Sight, Clothes

  George Herbert (1856). “The Works of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse: Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, Incumbent of Bear Wood. With Illustrations”, p.132

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• God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arm.

  George Herbert

  God, Arms, Strikes

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.277

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• I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Ass, Carrie

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.300

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• Learn weeping, and thou shalt laugh gaining.

  George Herbert

  Laughing, Sorrow, Gains

  "The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse".

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• Destiny is always dark.

  George Herbert

  Dark, Destiny

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

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• That is gold which is worth gold.

  George Herbert

  Gold

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.317

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• Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.

  George Herbert

  Health, Healthy, Bed

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

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