92 George Herbert Quotes

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92
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
- George Herbert
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God sees hearts as we see faces.
- George Herbert
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
- George Herbert
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89
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
- George Herbert
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88
A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
- George Herbert
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A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
- George Herbert
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Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart.
- George Herbert
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85
None knows the weight of another's burden.
- George Herbert
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84
Show me a liar, and I will show thee a thief.
- George Herbert
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83
He that lives in hope dances without music.
- George Herbert
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82
If I have but enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself and them; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.
- George Herbert
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81
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, who opens it hath it twice told.
- George Herbert
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80
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
- George Herbert
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79
Little pitchers have wide ears.
- George Herbert
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78
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
- George Herbert
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A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
- George Herbert
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76
Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.
- George Herbert
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75
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
- George Herbert
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Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.
- George Herbert
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73
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
- George Herbert
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72
Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. It is for cowards to lie.
- George Herbert
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71
Praise the sea, but keep on the land.
- George Herbert
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70
God's mill grinds slow, but sure.
- George Herbert
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69
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
- George Herbert
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68
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
- George Herbert
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67
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
- George Herbert
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66
The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.
- George Herbert
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65
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
- George Herbert
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64
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
- George Herbert
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63
Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.
- George Herbert
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62
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
- George Herbert
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61
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.
- George Herbert
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60
No sooner is a temple built to God, but the devil builds a chapel hard by.
- George Herbert
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day, and in the morning what thou hast to do; dress and undress thy soul; mark the decay or growth of it. If with thy watch, that too be down, then wind up both. Since thou shalt be most surely judged, make thine accounts agree.
- George Herbert
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58
Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms.
- George Herbert
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57
The best mirror is an old friend.
- George Herbert
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56
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
- George Herbert
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55
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
- George Herbert
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54
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
- George Herbert
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53
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
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52
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
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51
The resolved mind hath no cares.
- George Herbert
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50
Better never begin than never make an end.
- George Herbert
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He hath no leisure who useth it not.
- George Herbert
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48
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
- George Herbert
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47
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
- George Herbert
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46
Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, thy clothes, and thy habitation.
- George Herbert
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A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
- George Herbert
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44
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
- George Herbert
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Play not for gain, but sport; who plays for more than he can lose with pleasure stakes his heart.
- George Herbert
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Total Quotes Found: 92