George Herbert Quotes - Page 31

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• Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another.

  George Herbert

  Men, Limbs, Proportion

  'Man', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

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• Better a barefoot than none.

  George Herbert

  Barefoot

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.250

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• The Jews spend at Easter.

  George Herbert

  Easter, Jew

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.380

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• If I have enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.

  George Herbert

  Abundance, Enough, Stewards

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• Quick believers need broad shoulders.

  George Herbert

  Needs, Broads, Shoulders

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.293

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• The drunkard forfeits man and doth divest
  All wordly right, save what he hath by beast.

  George Herbert

  Men, Beast, Forfeit

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• Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.

  George Herbert

  Law, Rooms, Action

  George Herbert (1838). “The Temple. Sacred poems and private ejaculations, etc”, p.195

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• To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
  [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

  George Herbert

  Feet, Giving, Philanthropy

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• A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.

  George Herbert

  Rivers, Neighbour

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.328

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• A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

  George Herbert

  Noble, Plant

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.346

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• A penny spar'd is twice got.

  George Herbert

  Pennies

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

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• A pittifull mother makes a scald head.

  George Herbert

  Mother

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• A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

  George Herbert

  Long, Enough, Pleasure

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.357

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• A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.

  George Herbert

  Husband, Lovers

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• A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.

  George Herbert

  Children, Cows, Rich

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.318

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• A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.

  George Herbert

  Hands, Stones, Smooth

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.330

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• A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

  George Herbert

  One Thing

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.342

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• A small heart hath small desires.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Desire

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.247

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• A snow yeare, a rich yeare.

  George Herbert

  Snow, Rich

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.320

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• A trade is better then service.

  George Herbert

  Trade

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• A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.

  George Herbert

  Youth, Silent, Wells

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.328

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• A white wall is the paper of a foole.

  George Herbert

  Wall, White, White Walls

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

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• A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.

  George Herbert

  Wicked, Masters

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.297

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• A woman conceales what shee knowes not.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.366

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• After the house is finisht, leave it.

  George Herbert

  House

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.323

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