George Herbert Quotes

Life is half spent before we know what it is.
George Herbert

Life, Before, Half

Living well is the best revenge.
George Herbert

Best, Revenge, Living

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
George Herbert

Work, Time, May

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
George Herbert

Wise, Strong, Rich

Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert

Good, Words, Worth

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
George Herbert

Heart, Easy, Gentle

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
George Herbert

Cannot, Others, Forgive

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
George Herbert

Legal, Fat, Compromise

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
George Herbert

True, Nothing, Lie

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert

Humor, Knowledge, Worth

Night is the mother of counsels.
George Herbert

Mother, Night, Counsels

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
George Herbert

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
George Herbert

Mean, Speak, Pay

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
George Herbert

Legal, Nor, Deceive

Punishment is lame, but it comes.
George Herbert

Punishment, Lame

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
George Herbert

War, Peace, Makes

None knows the weight of another's burden.
George Herbert

Another, Knows, Burden

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
George Herbert

Truth, Calm, Makes

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
George Herbert

Father's Day, Father, Hundred

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
George Herbert

Night, Prayer, Key

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George Herbert

Confidence, Army, Skill

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
George Herbert

Between, Devil, Atheism

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
George Herbert

God, Path, Away

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
George Herbert

Be thrifty, but not covetous.
George Herbert

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: April 3, 1593

Died: March 1, 1633

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