George Herbert Quotes & Quotations

George Herbert Quotes

» Be thrifty, but not covetous.

» 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.

» Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

» In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

» None knows the weight of another's burden.

» The resolved mind hath no cares.

» A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

» Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences;'' angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

» Spend not on hopes.

» One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

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