George Herbert Quotes

“Love and a cough cannot be hid.”

“Living well is the best revenge”

“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

“The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition”

George Herbert

“Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.”

George Herbert

“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.”

George Herbert

“Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie”

George Herbert

“Better never begin than never make an end.”

George Herbert

“You must lose a fly to catch a trout”

George Herbert

“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

“Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.”

George Herbert

“Surely if each one saw anothers heart,There would be no commerce,No sale or bargain pass: all would disperseAnd live apart.”

George Herbert

Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?

George Herbert

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.

George Herbert

Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,

George Herbert

I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.

George Herbert

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

George Herbert

The best mirror is an old friend.

George Herbert

Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,Guiltie of dust and sin.

George Herbert

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

George Herbert

Quotes by George Herbert

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