George Herbert Quotes

89. All truths are not to be told.

710. Three can hold their peace if two be away.

339. Hee that lies with the dogs riseth with fleas.

77. When a dog is a-drowning every one offers him drink.

Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it.

[ An idle youth, a needy age. ]

Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel has made him just a gardner.

242. The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

Who says that fictions only and false hair
Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
Is all good structure in a winding stair?

874. None knows the weight of another's burthen.

Comparisons are odious.

[ Woe be to him that reads but one book. ]

O who will give me tears? Come, all ye springs,
Dwell in my head and eyes; come, clouds
and rain;
My grief hath need of all the watery things
That nature hath produced: let every vein
Suck up a river to supply mine eyes,
My weary weeping eyes, too dry for me,
Unless they get new conduits, new supplies,
To bear them out, and with my state agree.

193. If the old dog barke he gives counsell.

Wherefore with my utmost art
I will sing thee,
And the cream of all my heart
I will bring thee.