A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
More Quotes from George Herbert:
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round Parents first season us then schoolmasters deliver us to laws they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears without, our shame within, our consciences'' angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.George Herbert
O all ye who pass by, behold and see;
Man stole the fruit, but I must climb the tree;
The tree of life to all, but only me:
Was ever grief like mine?
George Herbert
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
George Herbert
Never was a miser a brave soul.
George Herbert
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
George Herbert
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