George Herbert Quotes

Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Fire Soldier Water
That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
GEORGE HERBERT

Dust Flesh Mortality
He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Play Well Win
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Land Sea Settle
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fear Hope Path Right Wrong
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bird Feather Hand
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
GEORGE HERBERT

Chasten Emotion People Version
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
GEORGE HERBERT

Lying Perish Trust
I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERT

King Loss Spring
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
GEORGE HERBERT

All Good Mora Sure
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
GEORGE HERBERT

Compromise Fat Lawsuit
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
GEORGE HERBERT

Eat Greedy Horse
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
GEORGE HERBERT

Little Own Patient
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Good Make Pig Shaft Tail
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Fire Ship Water
The offender never pardons.
GEORGE HERBERT

Forgiveness Literature Pardon
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
GEORGE HERBERT

Cure Frenzy Jealovsie
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
GEORGE HERBERT

Age Example Need
If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Folly Grief House
To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Gain Spend Techheth
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bone Dog Swallow
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
GEORGE HERBERT

Assurance Master Pay
Where there is peace, God is.
GEORGE HERBERT

God Life Peace
Better never begin than never make an end.
GEORGE HERBERT

End Laziness Speaker
He that burnes most shines most.
GEORGE HERBERT

Buriesm Most Emotion People Shine
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
GEORGE HERBERT

Drink Frog Gossip Talk
An ill deed cannot bring honor.
GEORGE HERBERT

Deed Honor Ill

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