George Herbert Quotes About Dogs

Quotes about: Dogs

• When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Drink, Drowning

• A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

  George Herbert

  Dog

  George Herbert (1846). “The Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.297, London : W. Pickering

• Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Bread

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.321

• If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
  [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

  George Herbert

  Dog, Giving, Bark

• He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Lying, Peer Pressure

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.302

• In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Mouths, Bones

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.369

• Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Littles, Hares

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.310

• Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Looks, Musk

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.246

• The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Bones

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

• An old dog barks not in vain.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Vain, Bark

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

• The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
  [The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]

  George Herbert

  Dog, Meals, Ashes

• Beate the dog before the Lyon.

  George Herbert

  Dog

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.355

• To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
  [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

  George Herbert

  Dog, Fire, Nuts

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.310

• Dogs are fine in the field.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Fields, Fine

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.272

• Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Men, Mates

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.317

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