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George Herbert Quotes - Page 7

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Fine words dresse ill deedes.

Fine words dresse ill deedes.

Fine Words, Fine, Ill

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.307

God provides for him that trusteth.

Trust, God Provides

George Herbert (1862). “The Works of George Herbert: In Prose and Verse”

On a good bargain think twice.

Thinking, Think Twice, Bargains

George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.260

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

Cost, Tongue

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.330

For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

Horse, Shoes, Want

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

Night is the mother of counsels.

Mother, Night, Express Yourself

George Herbert (18??). “The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Vers Edited from the Latest Editions with Notes”

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

Book, Reading, Statistics

George Herbert (1856). “The Works of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse: Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, Incumbent of Bear Wood. With Illustrations”, p.224

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Inspiration, Greatness, Cynical

George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.317

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.

Friends, Salt

"Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert". Book compiled by George Herbert et al., 1651.

An old dog barks not in vain.

Dog, Vain, Bark

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

Helping, Thee, Gods Will

George Herbert (1871). “The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum”, p.239

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.

World

George Herbert (1959). “The works of George Herbert”

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

Taken, Fishes

The resolved mind hath no cares.

Commitment, Mind, Care

George Herbert, Izaak Walton (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.266, London, Pickering

A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

Men, Married, Stakes

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.333

Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening

Wind, Soul, Affliction

George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.306

A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.

Good Life, Happy Life, Life Is

George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.

Hell, Lackeys, Gates

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.363

God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.

Medical

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.323

Health without money is halfe an ague.

Money

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.341

Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

Angel, Sunday, Blessing

George Herbert (1853). “The works of the Rev. George Herbert: with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life”, p.47

The Catt sees not the mouse ever.

Mice

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.345

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Dry, Tempest, Slander

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.321

He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

Crafts, Shut Up, Shops

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.318

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