If goodness leade him not, yet wearinesse
May tosse him to my breast.
George Herbert Quotes
1593–1633 England
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets.
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Also known as: Herbert, George
312 quotes
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
By all means use sometimes to be alone.
The Temple (1633)
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
He that lives well is learned enough.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Words are women, deeds are men.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
All is not gold that glisters.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
684. When God will punish, He will first take away the understanding.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
The Temple (1633)
The Temple (1633)
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Grief melts away
Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing.
The Temple (1633)
The Temple (1633)
The Temple (1633)
The Temple (1633)
Hee that makes himself a sheep shall be eat by the wolfe.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Herbert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.