George Herbert Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- George Herbert (random)
- Books & Videos:
- George Herbert Books & Videos
- Type:
- Poet
- Nationality:
- British
- Birth Date / Year:
- April 3, 1593
- Death Date / Year:
- March 1, 1633
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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Be thrifty, but not covetous. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Better never begin than never make an end. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Good words are worth much, and cost little. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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He hath no leisure who useth it not. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Life is half spent before we know what it is. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Living well is the best revenge. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Love and a cough cannot be hid. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Many kiss the hand they wish cut off. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Never was a miser a brave soul. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Night is the mother of counsels. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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None knows the weight of another's burden. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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One sword keeps another in the sheath. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Punishment is lame, but it comes. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Sometimes the best gain is to lose. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Spend not on hopes. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The eyes have one language everywhere. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The offender never pardons. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The resolved mind hath no cares. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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The shortest answer is doing. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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There is great force hidden in a gentle command. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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There would be no great men if there were no little ones. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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War makes thieves and peace hangs them. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
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You must lose a fly to catch a trout. George Herbert | Refcard PDF ↑
