George Herbert Quotes About Gold

Quotes about: Gold

• Gold opens all locks, no lock will hold against the power of gold.

  George Herbert

  Gold, Locks

• If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.

  George Herbert

  Gold, Ifs

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.254

• The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

  George Herbert

  Gold

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.346

• Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

  George Herbert

  Gold

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.364

• That is gold which is worth gold.

  George Herbert

  Gold

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

• Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise: That, as His death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.

  George Herbert

  Easter, Heart, Dust

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.41

• Gold thou mayst safely touch; but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.

  George Herbert

  Hands, Gold, Sticks

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.8

• Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.

  George Herbert

  Hands, Gold, Lost

  George Herbert, John N. Wall (1981). “The Country Parson ; The Temple”, p.215, Paulist Press

• Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

  George Herbert

  Gold, Thrive, Labour

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

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