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
heart men soul
God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
men heaven ordinary
Exalted Manna, gladness of the best, Heaven in ordinary, man well drest,
writing two praise
To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.
inspirational liars thieves
Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
inspirational mother father
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
littles great-business pins
Great business turns on a little pin.
thinking perspective
Everyone thinks his sack heaviest.
wise wind faces
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
smell bread taste
Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
lying honor gains
Honor and profit lie not all in one sack.
country cities chickens
The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.
dog drink drowning
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.
love heart gentle
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
business winning men
Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set the tables, still he would not be certain to win the game.