George Herbert
George Herbert
George Herbertwas a Welsh poet, orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognized as "a pivotal figure: enormously popular, deeply and broadly influential, and arguably the most skilful and important British devotional lyricist."...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 April 1593
long needs world
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
hurt men littles
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt.
folly smack
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
brain heat affection
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
body hell company
There is no body will go to hell for company.
trouble
There is more talke then trouble.
men remedy
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
drunkards
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
men threatened
There are more men threatned then stricken. [There are more men threatened than stricken.]
way fame
There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
banquets ill
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
husband masters
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
law twenties suits
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty. [The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty.]