George Herbert Quotes - Page 33

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• Better to be blinde, then to see ill.

  George Herbert

  Ill

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• Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed.

  George Herbert

  Space, Ought

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

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• Brabling Curres never want torne eares.

  George Herbert

  Want

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

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• Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

  George Herbert

  Children, Building, Marrying

  George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.302

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• Building is a sweet impoverishing.

  George Herbert

  Sweet, Building

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.266

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• Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
  [Buy at a fair, but sell at home.]

  George Herbert

  Home, Fairs, Sells

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• Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

  George Herbert

  Olives, Call Me

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.301

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• Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Wife, Made

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

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• Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

  George Herbert

  Servant

  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.334

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• Cities seldome change Religion only.

  George Herbert

  Cities

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

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• Citties are taken by the eares.

  George Herbert

  Taken

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• Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.

  George Herbert

  Atheist, War, France

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

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• Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

  George Herbert

  War, Thee

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

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• Councell breakes not the head.

  George Herbert

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

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• Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

  George Herbert

  Bags, Break

  George Herbert (1941). “The works of George Herbert”, Oxford University Press

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• Craft against craft makes no living.

  George Herbert

  Crafts

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.321

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• Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.

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• Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.

  George Herbert

  Pain, Cruelty, Ifs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.370

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• Dally not with mony or women.
  [Dally not with money or women.]

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• Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
  [Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.]

  George Herbert

  Eye, Ears, Discreet

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• Divine grace was never slow.

  George Herbert

  Grace, Divine, Divine Grace

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.265

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• Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

  George Herbert

  Wealth, Moderation

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.278

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• Emptie vessels sound most.

  George Herbert

  Sound, Vessel

  "Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert". Book compiled by George Herbert et al., 1651.

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• Empty Chambers make foolish maides.

  George Herbert

  Foolish, Empty, Chamber

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

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• Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

  George Herbert

  Two, Bread, Estates

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.228

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