George Herbert Quotes about Running

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Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.

Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.

George Herbert

Running, Wings, Foxes

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.309

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.

George Herbert

Running, Mean, Years

George Herbert, Edward Clarke LOWE (1867). “The Church Porch, :... [being the Introduction to the Poem Entitled “The Temple”]; with Notes; and a Selection of Latin Hymns for Sunday Use in Upper Forms, Edited by E. C. Lowe”, p.16

Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run.

George Herbert

Running, Flower, Men

George Herbert (1835). “The Works of George Herbert: Poems”, p.121