--- title: "4 Affliction Quotes By George Herbert" description: "4 Affliction quotes by George Herbert. Plus more from George Herbert and more Affliction sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/george-herbert-107_affliction_for-if-i-imp-my-wing-on-thine-affliction_322681.jpg" --- > [“For, if I imp my wing on thine, Affliction shall advance the flight in me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/for-if-i-imp-my-wing-on-thine-affliction-shall-advance-the-flight-in/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/george-herbert-107_affliction_for-if-i-imp-my-wing-on-thine-affliction_322681.jpg) > [Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/corn-is-cleaned-with-wind-and-the-soul-with-chastening/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/george-herbert-107_affliction_corn-is-cleaned-with-wind-and-the-soul-w_642463.jpg) > [Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/lord-with-what-care-hast-thou-begirt-us-round-parents-first-season-us/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/george-herbert-107_affliction_lord-with-what-care-hast-thou-begirt-us_1519245.jpg) > [“For if I wimp my wing on thine. Affliction shall advance the flight in me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/for-if-i-wimp-my-wing-on-thine-affliction-shall-advance-the-flight-in/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/george-herbert-107_quote_for-if-i-wimp-my-wing-on-thine-afflictio_1808638.jpg) ## Other authors on Affliction - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-samuel-rutherford-82856.jpg) Samuel Rutherford 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/samuel-rutherford/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-weil-85539.jpg) Simone Weil 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/simone-weil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-thomas-watson-4209.jpg) Thomas Watson 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/thomas-watson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-flavel-51381.jpg) John Flavel 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/john-flavel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-sibbes-78904.jpg) Richard Sibbes 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/richard-sibbes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-brooks-90249.jpg) Thomas Brooks 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/thomas-brooks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-hall-53365.jpg) Joseph Hall 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/joseph-hall/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-addison-53245.jpg) Joseph Addison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/joseph-addison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-wesley-52488.jpg) John Wesley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/john-wesley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeremiah-burroughs-48869.jpg) Jeremiah Burroughs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/jeremiah-burroughs/) ## More by George Herbert > [Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/sum-up-at-night-what-thou-hast-done-by-day/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [Beare with evill, and expect good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/beare-with-evill-and-expect-good/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [ In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. \[In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/in-the-house-of-a-fidler-all-fiddle-in-the-house-of-the-fiddler-all/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/by-all-means-use-some-time-to-be-alone-salute-thyself-see-what-thy/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/every-one-is-weary-the-poore-in-seeking-the-rich-in-keeping-the-good/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/he-is-a-great-necromancer-for-he-asks-counsel-counsell-of-the-dead-i/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/if-all-fooles-had-babies-wee-should-want-fuell/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [Weight justly and sell dearely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/weight-justly-and-sell-dearely/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [Could have recovered greenness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/could-have-recovered-greenness/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [In every country dogges bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/in-every-country-dogges-bite/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [The back-doore robs the house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/the-back-doore-robs-the-house/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/in-cloths-cheap-handsomeness-doth-bear-the-bell/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/foolish-tongues-talke-by-the-dozen/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [ Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze. \[Spectacles are death's arquebuse.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/spectacles-are-deaths-harquebuze-spectacles-are-death-s-arquebuse/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) > [None saies his Garner is full.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/none-saies-his-garner-is-full/) [George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affliction/george-herbert/#itemlist", "name": "4 Affliction Quotes By George Herbert", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For, if I imp my wing on thine, Affliction shall advance the flight in me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Herbert" }, "url": 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