George Herbert Quotes
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You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
George Herbert
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Author Details:
Type:
Poet Quotes
Category:
British Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 3, 1593
Date of Death:
March 1, 1633
Nationality:
British
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Lord Byron
Thomas Babington
John Donne
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Select George Herbert Quotations:
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
George Herbert
Better never begin than never make an end.
George Herbert
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
George Herbert
Spend not on hopes.
George Herbert
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
George Herbert
Night is the mother of counsels.
George Herbert
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Quote Keywords:

Catch,
Fly,
Lose,
Must,
Trout
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Dictionary Links:

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All George Herbert Quotations:
A gentle heart is tied with...
A lean compromise is better than...
A man of great memory without...
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness...
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
Better never begin than never make...
Dare to be true. Nothing can...
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
Do not wait; the time will...
Drink not the third glass, which...
Good words are worth much, and...
He hath no leisure who useth...
He that cannot forgive others, breaks...
He that hath lost his credit...
He that is not handsome at...
He that will learn to pray...
Hell is full of good meanings...
If a donkey bray at you...
In conversation, humor is worth more...
It is part of a poor...
Life is half spent before we...
Living well is the best revenge.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Many kiss the hand they wish...
Never was a miser a brave soul.
Night is the mother of counsels.
None knows the weight of another's burden.
One father is enough to govern...
One father is more than a...
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
Prayer should be the key of...
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Read as you taste fruit or...
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Speak not of my debts unless...
Spend not on hopes.
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
Sweet spring, full of sweet days...
Take all that is given whether...
The buyer needs a hundred eyes...
The devil divides the world between...
The eyes have one language everywhere.
The mouse that hath but one...
The offender never pardons.
The resolved mind hath no cares.
The shortest answer is doing.
There is an hour wherein a...
There is great force hidden in...
There would be no great men...
Throw away thy rod, throw away...
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
You must lose a fly to...
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