Long Quotes by George Herbert

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

— George Herbert

In a long journey straw waighs.

— George Herbert

Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.

— George Herbert

Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get…

— George Herbert

Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.

— George Herbert

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

— George Herbert

Those that God loves, do not live long.

— George Herbert

They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.

— George Herbert

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

— George Herbert

A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

Short boughs, long vintage.

— George Herbert

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

— George Herbert

The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives. [The war is not done so long as my enemy lives.]

— George Herbert

A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]

— George Herbert

If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.

— George Herbert

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

— George Herbert

Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.

— George Herbert

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

— George Herbert

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

— George Herbert

How wide is all this long pretense! There is in love a sweetness ready penned, Copy out only that, and save expense.

— George Herbert

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying. [Labor as long-lived, pray as ever dying.]

— George Herbert

Long jesting was never good.

— George Herbert