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
smell bread taste
Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
wisdom treasure speak
Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good.
work rich good-work
Good workmen are seldom rich.
war hell
When war begins, then hell openeth.
feet light ready
Where your will is ready, your feet are light.
tools quarrels workmen
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
trust god-provides
God provides for him that trusteth.
laughing sorrow gains
Learn weeping, and thou shalt gain laughing.
quality quarrels persons
Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.
horse ass carrie
I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
house littles poverty
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
lending loses
Lend only what you can afford to lose.
haste
Good and quickly seldom meet.
god arms strikes
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arm.