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
dog
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
fire crooked
A crooked log makes a strait fire.
compromise fats lawsuit
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
long giving
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
wise punishment faults
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.
money time-and-money all-things
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
asking want losing
Many things are lost for want of asking.
wise men care
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
adversity path puddles
Every path hath a puddle.
economy thrifty economy-and-economics
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
reading book woe
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
mother night express-yourself
Night is the mother of counsels.
liberty libertarian donkey
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
friendship good-friend mirrors
The best mirror is an old friend.