George Herbert Quotes

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• Learn weeping, and thou shalt gain laughing. Gain
• God provides for him that trusteth. God
• A bad workman quarrels with his tools. Bad
• Where your will is ready, your feet are light. Feet
• When war begins, then hell openeth. Begins
• Good workmen are seldom rich. Good
• Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good. Earthen
• Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt. Bread
• All are presumed good till they are found at fault. All
• True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence. Beauty
• Trust not one night's ice. Ice
• A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two. Ability
• Patience, time and money accommodate all things. Accommodate
• For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave. All
• Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart. All
• A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre. Ayre
• A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast. Cheerfulness
• When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware,… Art
• No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by. Builds
• Destiny is always dark. Always Dark

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