George Herbert Quotes about Praise

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Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

George Herbert

Fickle, Too Much, Praise

George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.267

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

George Herbert

Action, Praise, Turns

Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. [Old praise dies unless you feed it.]

George Herbert

Praise, Dies

Praise a hill, but keepe below.

George Herbert

Hills, Praise

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

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

George Herbert

Night, Praise, Ends

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.295

To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.

George Herbert

Writing, Two, Praise

George Herbert (1874). “The complete works in verse and prose of George Herbert: for the 1. time fully collected and collated with the orig. and early editions and mss. and much enl. ...”, p.68