George Herbert Quotes - Page 8

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• Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

  George Herbert

  House, Woe

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.306

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• Promising is the eve of giving.

  George Herbert

  Giving

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

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• Feare nothing but sinne.

  George Herbert

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

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• Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.
  [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

  George Herbert

  Action, Praise, Turns

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• The offender never pardons.

  George Herbert

  Forgiveness, Literature, Pardon

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.309

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• Fine words dresse ill deedes.

  George Herbert

  Fine Words, Fine, Ill

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.307

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• Love is the true price of love.

  George Herbert

  Love Is, Price Of Love

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.162

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• Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.

  George Herbert

  Saint, Luke

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• One foote is better then two crutches.

  George Herbert

  Two, Crutches

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

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• Love and businesse teach eloquence.

  George Herbert

  Teach, Eloquence

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.350

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• Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.

  George Herbert

  May, Bees

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.338

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• Do well and right and let the world sink.

  George Herbert

  Earth, World, Wells

  George Herbert (1842). “Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Holy Life”, p.64

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• War is death's feast.

  George Herbert

  Death, War, Dying

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

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• The table robbes more then a thiefe.

  George Herbert

  Tables

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.347

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• When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

  George Herbert

  Geese

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.332

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• When war begins, then hell openeth.

  George Herbert

  War, Hell

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.293

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• A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
  [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

  George Herbert

  Glasses, Danger

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• Be thrifty, but not covetous.

  George Herbert

  Economy, Thrifty, Economy And Economics

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.8

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• When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.

  George Herbert

  Hell, Lackeys, Gates

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.363

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• A gift much expected is paid, not given.

  George Herbert

  Giving, Given, Expected

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.309

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• Night is the mother of counsels.

  George Herbert

  Mother, Night, Express Yourself

  George Herbert (18??). “The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Vers Edited from the Latest Editions with Notes”

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• Woe be to him that reads but one book.

  George Herbert

  Book, Reading, Statistics

  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.224

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• Health without money is halfe an ague.

  George Herbert

  Money

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

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• Help thyself, and God will help thee.

  George Herbert

  Helping, Thee, Gods Will

  George Herbert (1871). “The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum”, p.239

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• I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
  [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

  George Herbert

  Taken, Fishes

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