George Herbert Quotes - Page 41

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• Poverty is no sinne.
  [Poverty is no sin.]

  George Herbert

  Poverty, Sin

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• Lord! who hath praise enough?

  George Herbert

  Praise, Lord, Enough

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.87

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• Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
  If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
  To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
  The worst speak something good. If all want sense,
  God takes a text, and preaches patience.

  George Herbert

  Judging, Treasure, Want

  'The Church Porch' (1633) st. 72

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• Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, clothes, and habitation.

  George Herbert

  Clothes, Mind, Body

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• The dark grave, which knows all secrets, can alone reclaim the fatal doubt once cast on a woman's name.

  George Herbert

  Dark, Names, Doubt

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• The fish adores the bait.

  George Herbert

  Bait, Adore, Fishes

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

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• Beauty drawes more then oxen.

  George Herbert

  Beauty, Oxen

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

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• Ill ware is never cheape.
  [Ill ware is never cheap.]

  George Herbert

  Business, Ill

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• In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.

  George Herbert

  Bells, Bears, Handsomeness

  George Herbert, Edward Clarke LOWE (1867). “The Church Porch, :... [being the Introduction to the Poem Entitled “The Temple”]; with Notes; and a Selection of Latin Hymns for Sunday Use in Upper Forms, Edited by E. C. Lowe”, p.17

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• February makes a bridge and March breakes it.
  [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]

  George Herbert

  Bridges, March, February

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• Who is the honest man?
  He that doth still and strongly good pursue
  To God, his neighbor, and himself most true:
  Whom neither force nor fawning can
  Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due.

  George Herbert

  Honesty, Men, Giving

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.69

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• Man is all symmetry
  Full of proportions, one limb to another,
  And all to all the world besides;
  Each part may call the farthest, brother;
  For head with foot hath private amity
  And both with moons and tides.

  George Herbert

  Brother, Men, Moon

  George Herbert, “Man”

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• Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?

  George Herbert

  Cake

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". Book by John Bartlett, 1919.

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• The longest Day hath an Eueninge.

  George Herbert

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• A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

  George Herbert

  Dog

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

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• A blustering night, a faire day.
  [A blustering night, a fair day.]

  George Herbert

  Night, Fairs

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• A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.

  George Herbert

  Broken, Ill

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

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• A child correct behind and not before.

  George Herbert

  Children, Behinds

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

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• A curst Cow hath short hornes.
  [A curst cow has short horns.]

  George Herbert

  Cows, Horns

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• A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
  [A diligent scholar, and the master's paid.]

  George Herbert

  Masters, Scholar, Paid

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• A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

  George Herbert

  Mother, Winter, Fairs

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.371

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• A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
  [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]

  George Herbert

  House, Fats, Keepers

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• A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

  George Herbert

  Throat, Flatterer

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

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• A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

  George Herbert

  Fighting, Belly, Wells

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

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• A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

  George Herbert

  Judging, Good Judges

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

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