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
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
favour action worthy
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
weapons conquer
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
taken language ill
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
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.
sea three court
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
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.]