George Herbert
Poet
1593-04-03
Quotes by George Herbert
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The best mirror is an old friend.
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Woe be to him that reads but one book.
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I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.
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Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,
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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.
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Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?
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Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?
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The best mirror is an old friend.
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Woe be to him that reads but one book.
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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.
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Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,
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I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.
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One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
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