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"36 George Herbert Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 3 April 1593. Died: 1 March 1633 | Poet | Orator | Clergyman |

Never was a miser a brave soul.

Never Miser Brave
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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father Schoolmasters
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words Worth
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Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Read Taste Friendship Life
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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.

Wait Just right Start Work
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill Confidence Army
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He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

Lost Credit World
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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

Be true Lie Fault Grows
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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.

Handsome Strong Rich Never
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None knows the weight of another's burden.
Knows Weight Burden
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Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

Throw away Wrath God Gentle path
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There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

Great men Little ones
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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

Poor spirit Undervalue Blush
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The eyes have one language everywhere.

Eyes One language
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Night is the mother of counsels.
Night Mother Counsels
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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Great force Gentle command
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He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
Learn Pray Sea
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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Prayer Key Night
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Conversation Humor Worth Knowledge
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Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never Begin End
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive Physician Confessor Lawyer
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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

Mouse One hole Taken
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You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Lose Fly Trout
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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

Buyer Hundred eyes Seller
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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak Debts Pay them
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms Oak Deeper roots
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Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss Hand Wish
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Punishment is lame, but it comes.

Punishment Lame Comes
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Living well is the best revenge.
Living well Best revenge
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There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.

An hour Happy Life
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Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

Sweet spring Days Roses
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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

Calm Fierceness Error Truth
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One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

One father Hundred sons
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

Man Great memory Spindle Staff
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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.

Take all Wealth Love Language
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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.

Cannot forgive Break bridge
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George Herbert Quotes & Sayings