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George Herbert Quotes | Quotes said by George Herbert

  • George Herbert Quote #1

    A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.


  • George Herbert Quote #2

    A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

  • George Herbert Quote #3

    A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

  • George Herbert Quote #4

    Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes
    Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

  • George Herbert Quote #5

    Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

  • George Herbert Quote #6

    Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

  • George Herbert Quote #7

    Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

  • George Herbert Quote #8

    Good words are worth much, and cost little.

  • George Herbert Quote #9

    Having been tenant long to a rich Lord,
    Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,
    And make a suit unto him, to afford
    A new small-rented lease, and cancell th’ old.

    In heaven at his manour I him sought:
    They told me there, that he was lately gone
    About some land, which he had dearly bought
    Long since on earth, to take possession.

    I straight return’d, and knowing his great birth,
    Sought him accordingly in great resorts;
    In cities, theatres, gardens, parks, and courts:
    At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth

    Of theeves and murderers: there I him espied,
    Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died.

  • George Herbert Quote #10

    He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

  • George Herbert Quote #11

    He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.

  • George Herbert Quote #12

    Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

  • George Herbert Quote #13

    In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

  • George Herbert Quote #14

    Living well is the best revenge.

  • George Herbert Quote #15

    Love bade me welcome;
    yet my soul drew back,
    Guiltie of dust and sin.

  • George Herbert Quote #16

    Man is no star, but a quick coal

    Of mortal fire:
    Who blows it not, nor doth control

    A faint desire,

  • George Herbert Quote #17

    Night is the mother of counsels.

  • George Herbert Quote #18

    None knows the weight of another's burden.

  • George Herbert Quote #19

    One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

  • George Herbert Quote #20

    Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

  • George Herbert Quote #21

    Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

  • George Herbert Quote #22

    Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

  • George Herbert Quote #23

    Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
    The bridal of the earth and sky;
    The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,

    For thou must die.

  • George Herbert Quote #24

    Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

  • George Herbert Quote #25

    The best mirror is an old friend.

  • George Herbert Quote #26

    There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

  • George Herbert Quote #27

    Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

  • George Herbert Quote #28

    War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

  • George Herbert Quote #29

    Who says that fictions only and false hair
    Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
    Is all good structure in a winding stair?

  • George Herbert Quote #30

    Woe be to him that reads but one book.

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