George Herbert Quotes

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• Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action.…
• The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.
• There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.
• Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
• God's mill grinds slow, but sure.
• Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.
• One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.
• Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.
• Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules…
• He who has the pepper may season as he lists.
• For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider…
• Better never begin than never make an end.
• The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures.
• Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were…
• Where there is peace, God is.
• Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
• Many things are lost for want of asking.
• Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love, or life.
• When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.
• The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.

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