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
commitment mind care
The resolved mind hath no cares.
taken literature holes
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
wish literature hell
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
glasses alcohol drink
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
memories men rocks
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
fathers-day son enough
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
weight burden knows
None knows the weight of another's burden.
punishment lame
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
life gains sometimes
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
humor talking conversation
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
mean literature owing-a-debt
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
inspirational greatness men
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
truth honesty lying
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
forgiveness bridges heaven
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.