George Herbert Quotes - Page 31

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• Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
  If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
  To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
  The worst speak something good. If all want sense,
  God takes a text, and preaches patience.

  George Herbert

  Judging, Treasure, Want

  'The Church Porch' (1633) st. 72

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• A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
  [A diligent scholar, and the master's paid.]

  George Herbert

  Masters, Scholar, Paid

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• A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

  George Herbert

  Mother, Winter, Fairs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.371

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• A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
  [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]

  George Herbert

  House, Fats, Keepers

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• A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

  George Herbert

  Throat, Flatterer

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344

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• A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

  George Herbert

  Fighting, Belly, Wells

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

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• A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

  George Herbert

  Judging, Good Judges

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

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• A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

  George Herbert

  Pay, Masters, Assurance

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

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• A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

  George Herbert

  Littles, Excuse, Given

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

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• A little labour, much health.

  George Herbert

  Littles, Labour

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.315

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• A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
  [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]

  George Herbert

  Hands, Long, Tongue

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.327

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• A Lyons skin is never cheape.

  George Herbert

  Skins

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

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• A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.

  George Herbert

  Men, Wells

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• He that chastens one, chastens 20.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert, Ann Pasternak Slater (1995). “The complete English works”

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• He that contemplates hath a day without night.

  George Herbert

  Night, Contemplating

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

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• He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.

  George Herbert

  World

  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.330

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• He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

  George Herbert

  Men, Good Man, Way

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

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• He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
  [He that doth what he should not shall feel what he would not.]

  George Herbert

  Should, Feels

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• He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

  George Herbert

  Woods

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.353

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• He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Suffering, Dies

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

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• He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Small Gifts, Give Me

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1868). “The Poetical Works of George Herbert: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes”, p.322

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• He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
  [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]

  George Herbert

  Eye, Bees, Loses

  George Herbert (1856). “The Works of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse”, p.337, London : Frederick Warne and Company, [18--?]

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• He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.

  George Herbert

  Bosoms

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.343

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• He that hath little is the lesse durtie.

  George Herbert

  Littles

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.337

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• He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.

  George Herbert

  His Loss, Trade

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.343

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