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
long giving
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
wise punishment faults
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.
money time-and-money all-things
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
asking want losing
Many things are lost for want of asking.
wise men care
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
adversity path puddles
Every path hath a puddle.
economy thrifty economy-and-economics
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
reading book woe
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
mother night express-yourself
Night is the mother of counsels.
liberty libertarian donkey
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
friendship good-friend mirrors
The best mirror is an old friend.
live-well wells
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
white bread neighbour
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my neighbour white.
relationship daughter fathers-day
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.