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
men married stakes
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
war
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
life winter two
Every mile is two in winter
house woe
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
geese
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
littles hearing ears
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
trust night ice
Trust not one night's ice.
crazy wind ships
To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary.
health feet long
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
forgiveness pardon offenders
The offender never pardons.
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.