Top 1268 Quotes & Sayings by George Herbert - Page 2
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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
Where there is peace, God is.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.
To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary.
Do well and right and let the world sink.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Storms make oaks take deeper root.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
An old dog barks not in vain.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.
Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.
[Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]
Love is the true price of love.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
By all means use sometimes to be alone.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
Take the gentle path.
He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.
He that endures is not overcome.
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.
Every mile is two in winter
Every path hath a puddle.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
Good and quickly seldom meet.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
Would you know what money is, go borrow some.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Step by step the ladder is ascended.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
God provides for him that trusteth.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
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