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
wealth moderation
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
thinking devil wealth
Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.
wealth
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
care littles wealth
Little wealth, little care.
laughing wealth
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
liberty wealth sells
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
dog vain bark
An old dog barks not in vain.
calendars
Death keeps no calendar.
drew dust guilty love soul
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.
course deal great kuwait means victimized
Kuwait has come forward... And this means a great deal to the American people. It will mean a lot to our government. And of course if will mean a lot to the families' victimized by this hurricane.
grief nor pot quarrel thirst
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot
hath
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
eyes hundred seller
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
thinking
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.