Frases de George Herbert

“[ Cruelty is more cruell if we defer the pain. ]”

“477. A poore beauty finds more lovers than husbands.”

“421. He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.”

“837. Words are women, deedes are men.”

“383. The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.”

“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life. ”

“292. The best mirrour is an old friend.”

“A verse may finde him, who a sermon flies
And turns delight into a sacrifice”

“520. Living well is the best revenge.”

“[ Woe be to him that reads but one book. ]”

“Storms make oaks take deeper root.”

“911. Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.”

“The shortest answer is doing.”

“He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.”

“Like summer friends,
Flies of estate and sunneshine.”

“[ The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd. ]”

“848. He that endures is not overcome.”

“710. Three can hold their peace if two be away.”

“511. Pension never inriched young man.”

“406. He that blames would buy.”

“334. When you are an anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.”

“104. Leave jesting while it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.”

“816. Women laugh when they can and weepe when they will.”

“It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.”

“460. The resolved minde hath no cares.”

“916. The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.”

“319. Little sticks kindle the fire, great ones put it out.”

“[ Your thoughts close and your countenance loose. ]”

“Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?”