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
tongue dozen foolish
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
empty foolish chamber
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
knaves fool
Better be a foole then a knave. [Better be a fool than a knave.]
fool hours wit
Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
fool sometimes foolishness
None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.
fool advise discreet
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
wise foolish
The least foolish is wise.
wise fool go-hard
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. [If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.]
demand foolish
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
bells fool
To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.
drew dust guilty love soul
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.
dog vain bark
An old dog barks not in vain.
calendars
Death keeps no calendar.
hath
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.