Giving Quotes by George Herbert

Promising is the eve of giving.

— George Herbert

Give loosers leave to talke.

— George Herbert

Fooles give to please all but their owne.

— George Herbert

Who gives to all, denies all.

— George Herbert

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

— George Herbert

Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

— George Herbert

He that lends, gives.

— George Herbert

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

— George Herbert

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

— George Herbert

If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

— George Herbert

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

— George Herbert

He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

— George Herbert

Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.

— George Herbert

To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.

— George Herbert

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

— George Herbert

He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

— George Herbert

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]

— George Herbert

Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing. [Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.]

— George Herbert

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.

— George Herbert

What one day gives us, another takes away from us. [What one day gives, another takes away from us.]

— George Herbert

To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

— George Herbert

He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]

— George Herbert

Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, Know them and practise them:…

— George Herbert

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me,…

— George Herbert

Who is the honest man? He that doth still and strongly good pursue To God, his neighbor, and himself most true: Whom…

— George Herbert

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

— George Herbert

He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.

— George Herbert

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

— George Herbert

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

— George Herbert

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

— George Herbert

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

— George Herbert

The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.

— George Herbert

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.

— George Herbert