"A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast." ~George Herbert on Guests
"A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread." ~George Herbert
“A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.” ~George Herbert
“A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"An ill agreement is better than a good judgement." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Fractures well-cured make us more strong." ~George Herbert
“Good service is a great inchantment.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Good words are worth much, and cost little." ~George Herbert
“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.” ~George Herbert
"He that is angry at a feast is rude." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"He who cannot forgive others burns the bridge over which he himself must pass." ~George Herbert
“If the old dog barke he gives counsell.” ~George Herbert
“In every country dogges bite.” ~George Herbert
"It's absurd to warme one in his armour.” ~George Herbert
"Justice pleaseth few in their owne house." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Life is half spent before we know what it is." ~George Herbert
"Little journeys, and good cost, bring safe home." ~George Herbert
"Living well is the best revenge." ~George Herbert
"Love, and a cough, cannot be hid." ~George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, 1651
"Love makes all hard hearts gentle." ~George Herbert
“Mills and wives ever want.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“No hair so small but hath his shadow.” ~George Herbert
"Of all smells, bread;
Of all taste, salt"
~George Herbert
"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life." ~George Herbert
“Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Storms make oaks take deeper root." ~George Herbert
"The best mirror is an old friend." ~George Herbert
“The chief box of health is time.” ~George Herbert
"The shortest answer is doing." ~George Herbert
"Thou who hast given so much to me, give one thing more-a grateful heart." ~George Herbert
"We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"An ill agreement is better than a good judgement." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Fractures well-cured make us more strong." ~George Herbert
“Good service is a great inchantment.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Good words are worth much, and cost little." ~George Herbert
“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.” ~George Herbert
"He that is angry at a feast is rude." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"He who cannot forgive others burns the bridge over which he himself must pass." ~George Herbert
“If the old dog barke he gives counsell.” ~George Herbert
“In every country dogges bite.” ~George Herbert
"It's absurd to warme one in his armour.” ~George Herbert
"Justice pleaseth few in their owne house." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Life is half spent before we know what it is." ~George Herbert
"Little journeys, and good cost, bring safe home." ~George Herbert
"Living well is the best revenge." ~George Herbert
"Love, and a cough, cannot be hid." ~George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, 1651
"Love makes all hard hearts gentle." ~George Herbert
“Mills and wives ever want.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“No hair so small but hath his shadow.” ~George Herbert
"Of all smells, bread;
Of all taste, salt"
~George Herbert
"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life." ~George Herbert
“Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Storms make oaks take deeper root." ~George Herbert
"The best mirror is an old friend." ~George Herbert
“The chief box of health is time.” ~George Herbert
"The shortest answer is doing." ~George Herbert
"Thou who hast given so much to me, give one thing more-a grateful heart." ~George Herbert
"We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"When a friend asks there is no tomorrow." ~George Herbert
“When God will punish, He will first take away the understanding.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert
“Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“Woe be to him that reads but one book.” ~George Herbert
VERSE
"Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise
Their Master’s flower, but leave it having done
As fair as ever and as fit to use
So both the flower doth stay and honey run."
~George Herbert
"Thou hast given so much to me,
Give 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
BIO
In George Herbert (1593-1633), profound religious sensibility is richly allied with a playful wit and with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to "pattern poems", the shapes of which reveal their subjects. Such technical agility never seems ostentatious, however, for precision of language and expression of genuine feeling were his primary concerns. Herbert is one of the finest religious poets in any language, though even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness. The poems he made achieve a perfection of form and feeling, a luminosity and a metaphysical grandeur unexcelled in the history of English writing.
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“When God will punish, He will first take away the understanding.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert
“Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
“Woe be to him that reads but one book.” ~George Herbert
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VERSE
"Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise
Their Master’s flower, but leave it having done
As fair as ever and as fit to use
So both the flower doth stay and honey run."
~George Herbert
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"Thou hast given so much to me,
Give 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
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BIO
In George Herbert (1593-1633), profound religious sensibility is richly allied with a playful wit and with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to "pattern poems", the shapes of which reveal their subjects. Such technical agility never seems ostentatious, however, for precision of language and expression of genuine feeling were his primary concerns. Herbert is one of the finest religious poets in any language, though even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness. The poems he made achieve a perfection of form and feeling, a luminosity and a metaphysical grandeur unexcelled in the history of English writing.
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