George Herbert quotes - page 2

George Herbert was a Welsh-born poet and Anglican priest, celebrated for his deeply spiritual and metaphysical poetry. His works explore themes of faith, devotion, and the relationship between humans and God. He is remembered as one of the most influential figures in English devotional literature. Here are 285 of his quotes:

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. (George Herbert)
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. View quote
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Love and a cough cannot be hid. View quote
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Many kiss the hand they wish cut off. View quote
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There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. View quote
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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one. View quote
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Time is the rider that breaks youth. View quote
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Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies. View quote
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A great ship asks deep water. View quote
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The shortest answer is doing. View quote
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Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. (George Herbert)
His bark is worse than his bite. View quote
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When you are an anvil, hold you still when you are a hammer, strike your fill. View quote
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Be useful where thou livest. View quote
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Hope is the poor man's bread. View quote
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One enemy is too much. View quote
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Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns. View quote
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By no means run in debt take thine own measure. Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty. View quote
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He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas. View quote
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One sword keeps another in the sheath. View quote
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All truths are not to be told. (George Herbert)
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink. View quote
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The worst speak something good if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth Patience. View quote
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy. View quote
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Sundays observe think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music. View quote
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Occupation: English Poet
Born: April 3, 1593
Died: March 1, 1633
Quotes count: 285
Wikipedia: George Herbert

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