George Herbert Quotes

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

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Night, Keys

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• Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
  [Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another.]

  George Herbert

  Cherries, Draws, Disgrace

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• 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

  Motivational, Positive, Courage

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• Lend only what you can afford to lose.

  George Herbert

  Lending, Loses

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• He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

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• God sees hearts as we see faces.

  George Herbert

  Disappointment, Heart, Faces

  George Herbert (2010). “Priest to the Temple, Or, the Country Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life, with Selected Poems from the Temple”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.

  George Herbert

  Solitude, Multitudes, Thyself

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• Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

  George Herbert

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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• None knows the weight of another's burden.

  George Herbert

  Weight, Burden, Knows

  George Herbert (1871). “The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum”, p.250

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• Humble Hearts have humble desires.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

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• Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

  George Herbert

  May, Easier

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

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• Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

  George Herbert

  Roots, Challenges, Storm

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• Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

  George Herbert

  Laughing, Wealth

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

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• Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.

  George Herbert

  Quality, Quarrels, Persons

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• An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

  George Herbert

  Taken, Men, Tongue

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.362

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• Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

  George Herbert

  Plant, Barefoot

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

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• The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.

  George Herbert

  Hurt, Tree, Plant

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.349

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• A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

  George Herbert

  Mom, Mother, First Day Of School

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• God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.

  George Herbert

  House, Prison

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

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• Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

  George Herbert

  Life, Gains, Sometimes

  George Herbert (1853). “The works of the Rev. George Herbert: with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life”, p.380

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• Living well is the best revenge.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

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• Conversation makes one what he is.

  George Herbert

  Conversation

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.271

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• Everyone thinks his sack heaviest.

  George Herbert

  Thinking, Perspective

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• It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.

  George Herbert

  Funny Friend, Heaven, Hell

  "The poetical works of George Herbert: With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes".

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• A great ship asks deep water.

  George Herbert

  Greatness, Deep Water, Ships

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

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