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
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Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love, or life.
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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.
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A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.
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God sees hearts as we see faces.
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Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
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Love and a cough cannot be hid.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
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A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
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A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.
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All things require skill but an appetite.