George Herbert Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old George Herbert quotes, George Herbert sayings, and George Herbert proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. George Herbert
Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault and truth discourtesy. George Herbert
Better a barefoot than none. George Herbert
Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault and truth discourtesy. George Herbert
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost. George Herbert
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. George Herbert
The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. George Herbert
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings. George Herbert
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. George Herbert
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it. George Herbert
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him. George Herbert
Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening George Herbert
Craft against craft makes no living. George Herbert
At the games end we shall see who gaines. George Herbert
That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust that measures all our time; which also shall be crumbled into dust. George Herbert
Withough danger you cannot go beyond danger. George Herbert
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there. George Herbert
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand. George Herbert
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke. George Herbert
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere. George Herbert
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. George Herbert
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. George Herbert
The offender never pardons. George Herbert
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. George Herbert
Gluttony kills more than the sword. George Herbert
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people. George Herbert
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two. George Herbert
Half the world does not know how the other half lives. George Herbert
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. George Herbert
Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another. George Herbert