Quote

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word. [Of him that speaks ill, consider the life more than the word.]

George Herbert

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
Cleric
Poet
Politician
Priest
Writer
Montgomery
Powys
Ill
Consider
Word
Speak
Life
Speaks

More quotes by George Herbert

Image
All are presumed good till they are found at fault.
George Herbert
Image
Take the gentle path.
George Herbert
Image
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
George Herbert
Image
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
George Herbert
Image
The scalded head feares cold water.
George Herbert
Image
Destiny is always dark.
George Herbert
Image
A trade is better then service.
George Herbert
Image
Be useful where thou livest.
George Herbert
Image
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
George Herbert
Image
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
George Herbert
Image
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
George Herbert
Image
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
George Herbert
Image
Ill ware is never cheape. [Ill ware is never cheap.]
George Herbert
Image
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
George Herbert
Image
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
George Herbert
Image
Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.
George Herbert
Image
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
George Herbert
Image
Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?
George Herbert
Image
I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
George Herbert
Image
The great put the little on the hooke.
George Herbert