He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
More George Herbert Quotes
-
-
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
GEORGE HERBERT -
He that burnes most shines most.
GEORGE HERBERT -
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
GEORGE HERBERT -
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
GEORGE HERBERT -
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
GEORGE HERBERT -
An ill deed cannot bring honor.
GEORGE HERBERT -
All that shakes falles not.
GEORGE HERBERT -
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
GEORGE HERBERT -
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
GEORGE HERBERT -
The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERT -
Where there is peace, God is.
GEORGE HERBERT -
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
GEORGE HERBERT -
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
GEORGE HERBERT -
In a long journey straw waighs.
GEORGE HERBERT -
Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
GEORGE HERBERT