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
hands long may
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
bees wells
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
gentleman would-be let-him-go
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
mother wipe noses
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
foxes deceiving
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
wife married
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
pace
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
tongue strikes
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
should-have doe should
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
mean
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
liberty wealth sells
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
sheep
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
fine
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.