"A feather in hand is better then a…" — George Herbert
"A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre."
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242 Quotes by George Herbert
George Herbert has 242 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
- One flower makes no garland.
- He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
- God sees hearts as we see faces.
- He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
- Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!
- This missing science of heredity, this unworked mine of knowledge on the borderland of biology and anthropology, which for all…
- It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell.
- By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear.
- Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
- Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
- To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.
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