George Herbert Quotes - Page 17

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• One flower makes no garland.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Wisdom, Flower

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.260

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• He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

  George Herbert

  Doubt, Knows

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.318

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• Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

  George Herbert

  Church Bells, Church, Bells

  George Herbert (1862). “The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse”

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• If we can possibly avoid wrecking this little planet of ours, we will, But-there must be risks! There must be. In experimental work there always are!

  George Herbert

  Science, Risk, Littles

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• By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Doors, House

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.7

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• Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.

  George Herbert

  Lying, Heart, Men

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• There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.

  George Herbert

  Men, Literature, Might

  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.327

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• One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

  George Herbert

  Sleep, Midnight, Three

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.318

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• Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Gentle

  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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• The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.

  George Herbert

  Country, Cities, Chickens

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.295

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• The wind in ones face makes one wise.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Wind, Faces

  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.314

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• God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Men, Soul

  Marianne Dorman, George Herbert (2009). “Seven Whole Days to Praise Our God: An Arrangement of George Herbert's Poems for Christian Meditation”, p.48, AuthorHouse

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• A drunkards purse is a bottle.

  George Herbert

  Purses, Bottles, Drunkards

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.296

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• Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

  George Herbert

  Ought

  George Herbert (1941). “The works of George Herbert”, Oxford University Press

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• Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.

  George Herbert

  Garden, Vines

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

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• Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.

  George Herbert

  Tree, Branches

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.357

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• Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

  George Herbert

  Sheep

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

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• Heresie is the school of pride.

  George Herbert

  School, Pride

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.324

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• Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
  [Honour and profit lie not in one sack.]

  George Herbert

  Lying, Profit, Honour

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• Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

  George Herbert

  Profit, Fingers, Rings

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.251

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• I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

  George Herbert

  Lightning, Thunder

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

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• I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
  [I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir.]

  George Herbert

  Heirs, Holes, Mice

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• If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

  George Herbert

  White, Should, Flocks

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.341

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• If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
  [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]

  George Herbert

  Grief, House, Folly

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

  George Herbert

  Dog, Giving, Bark

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