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
good hundred mother worth
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.
work rich good-work
Good workmen are seldom rich.
ayurveda digestion good-digestion
A good digestion turneth all to health.
love heart good-heart
A good heart cannot lye
men good-man way
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.
horse jade good-horse
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
judging good-judges
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
enjoy goods
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
rich good-work
Good workemen are seldome rich.
good-service
Good service is a great inchantment.
horse miles good-horse
Good horses make short miles.
men two good-man
Amongst good men two men suffice.
numbers good-company company
Keep good company, and you shall be of the number.
war good-war
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.