A cherefull look makes a dish a feast.
—George Herbert
Topics: Eating, One liners
A tyrant is most tyrant to himself
—George Herbert
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
—George Herbert
Topics: Confidence, Talent, Assurance, Ability, Winning
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
—George Herbert
Topics: Inferiority
He that lives in hope danceth without musick.
—George Herbert
Topics: Hope
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.
—George Herbert
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
—George Herbert
Topics: Economics, Thrift
All things require skill, but an appetite.
—George Herbert
No sooner is a temple built to God, but the devil builds a chapel hard by.
—George Herbert
Take the gentle path.
—George Herbert
God’s mill grinds slow but sure.
—George Herbert
Topics: Justice
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
—George Herbert
Topics: Compromise
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
—George Herbert
Topics: Fathers, Family, One liners
The eyes have one language everywhere.
—George Herbert
Topics: Language
The resolved mind hath no cares.
—George Herbert
Topics: Commitment
The best mirror is an old friend.
—George Herbert
Topics: Work, One liners, Friendship, Appearance
He that labors and thrives spins gold.
—George Herbert
Topics: Work
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for ‘Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.
—George Herbert
Topics: Solitude, Self-Discovery, Self-improvement
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
—George Herbert
Topics: Drunkenness
Praise the sea, but keep on the land.
—George Herbert
Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more, – a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
—George Herbert
Topics: Gratitude
The love of learning and the love of money rarely meet.
—George Herbert
Topics: Learning
Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
—George Herbert
Topics: Honesty
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
—George Herbert
Topics: Giving
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day, and in the morning what thou hast to do. — Dress and undress thy soul; mark the decay and growth of it. — If with thy watch, that too be down, then wind up both; since we shall be most surely judged, make thine accounts agree.
—George Herbert
Topics: Self-Knowledge, Reflection
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
—George Herbert
Topics: Wealth, Failure
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
—George Herbert
Topics: Time Management, Life, Time, Spending time wisely
All are presumed good till they are found at fault.
—George Herbert
Topics: Justice
Never was a miser a brave soul.
—George Herbert
Topics: Money
Destiny is always dark.
—George Herbert
Topics: Destiny
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