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
prayer purses masters
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
pay masters assurance
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
masters scholar paid
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid. [A diligent scholar, and the master's paid.]
parent masters
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
masters servant masters-and-servants
Everyone is a master and servant.
wicked masters
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
masters servant straws
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
masters made disorder
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the disorderly.
husband masters
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
horse eye masters
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
eye masters servant
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants. [One eye of the master sees more than ten of the servants']
masters
None is borne Master.
art masters
In every Art it is good to have a master. [In every art it is good to have a master.]
masters
Hee that is a master must serve (another).