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
royal crowns headache
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach. [The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
rich knows
The Rich knowes not who is his friend. [The rich knows not who is his friend.]
reason poor
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
woods able rage
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
littles patient
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
philosophy men leaving
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.
lasts young
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts not.
nuts noise greater
The noise is greater then the nuts.
house absent
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
morning lasts
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
glasses house looks
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house. [The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.]
men pennies miserable
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
mills
The Mill gets by going.
horse eye masters
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.