George Herbert Quotes - Page 19

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• Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.

  George Herbert

  Ocean, Sea, Land

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

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• Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

  George Herbert

  Modesty, Honour

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

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• Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Long, Long Day

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

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• Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
  [Say no ill of the year till it be past.]

  George Herbert

  Past, Years, Ill

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• Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience.

  George Herbert

  Heaven, Having Patience

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• Praise day at night, and life at the end.

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  Night, Praise, Ends

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

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• A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

  George Herbert

  Tyrants

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.358

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• To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

  George Herbert

  Treasurer

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.162

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• A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
  [A good bargain is a pick-purse.]

  George Herbert

  Purses, Bargains, Picks

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• He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

  George Herbert

  May, Lists, Peppers

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• Better a bare foote then none.

  George Herbert

  Feet

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

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• Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?

  George Herbert

  Labour

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319

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• Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

  George Herbert

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

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• If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

  George Herbert

  Shadow, Crooked, Ifs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344

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• Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
  [Unsound minds, like unsound bodies, if you feed, you poison.]

  George Herbert

  Mind, Poison, Body

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• The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures.

  George Herbert

  Life, Book, Comfort

  George Herbert, Richard Baxter, George Campbell (1845). “The Preacher and Pastor”, p.168

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• To buy deare is not bounty.

  George Herbert

  Bounty

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.322

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• He that lives most dies most.

  George Herbert

  Dies

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.305

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• The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

  George Herbert

  Teeth, Tongue

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319

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• The bird loves her nest.

  George Herbert

  Bird, Nests, Love Bird

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.294

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• Talking payes no toll.

  George Herbert

  Talking, Tolls

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

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• He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

  George Herbert

  Feet, Straws

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.305

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• Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

  George Herbert

  Summer, Chimneys

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

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• Keep good company, and you shall be of the number.

  George Herbert

  Numbers, Good Company, Company

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• Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

  George Herbert

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

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