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
winter enemy winter-days
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
enemy too-much
One enemy is too much.
enemy victory may
Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]
enemy no-friends needs
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.
war long enemy
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives. [The war is not done so long as my enemy lives.]
enemy holes heed
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled Enemy.
men enemy sickness
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies. [Health and sickness surely are men's double enemies.]
course deal great kuwait means victimized
Kuwait has come forward... And this means a great deal to the American people. It will mean a lot to our government. And of course if will mean a lot to the families' victimized by this hurricane.
dog vain bark
An old dog barks not in vain.
calendars
Death keeps no calendar.
hath
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
eyes hundred seller
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
grief nor pot quarrel thirst
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot