George Herbert Quotes - Page 40

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• The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.

  George Herbert

  Garden, Building

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.336

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• The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
  [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]

  George Herbert

  Cutting, Steel, Tongue

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• The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

  George Herbert

  People, Teeth, Ease

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

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• The vertue of a coward is suspition.

  George Herbert

  Coward

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

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• The way is an ill neighbour.

  George Herbert

  Way, Ill, Neighbour

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.283

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• The wife is the key of the house.

  George Herbert

  Keys, Wife, House

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.319

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• The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
  [The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]

  George Herbert

  Wise, Hands, Mouths

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• The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.

  George Herbert

  Beast, Ill

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.139

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• The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).

  George Herbert

  Physicians

  George Herbert (1862). “The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse”

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• The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

  George Herbert

  Husband, Masters

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

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• There are many waies to fame.
  {There are many ways to fame.]

  George Herbert

  Way, Fame

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• There are more men threatned then stricken.
  [There are more men threatened than stricken.]

  George Herbert

  Men, Threatened

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• There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.

  George Herbert

  Drunkards

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

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• There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

  George Herbert

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

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• There is no body will go to hell for company.

  George Herbert

  Body, Hell, Company

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

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• There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.

  George Herbert

  Brain, Heat, Affection

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

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• There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
  [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]

  George Herbert

  Folly, Smack

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• There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt.

  George Herbert

  Hurt, Men, Littles

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.187

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• There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

  George Herbert

  Long, Pulse, Needs

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.319

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• There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.

  George Herbert

  Weapons, Conquer

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.327

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• This world is nothing except it tend to another.

  George Herbert

  World, This World

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.303

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• Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.

  George Herbert

  Doe

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.361

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• Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.

  George Herbert

  House

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.334

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• Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
  [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]

  George Herbert

  Lying, Overcoming, Well Dressed

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• Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

  George Herbert

  Bites, Gentiles

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