Top 500 George Herbert Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.”

— George Herbert

402. “The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.”

— George Herbert

403. “Favour will as surely perish as life.”

— George Herbert

404. “Was ever grief like mine?”

— George Herbert

405. “A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.”

— George Herbert

406. “Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see.”

— George Herbert

407. “He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.”

— George Herbert

408. “Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.”

— George Herbert

409. “Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.”

— George Herbert

410. “Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.”

— George Herbert

411. “Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then.”

— George Herbert

412. “The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick sleepes.”

— George Herbert

413. “Some evils are cured by contempt.”

— George Herbert

414. “The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.”

— George Herbert

415. “He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.”

— George Herbert

416. “A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.”

— George Herbert

417. “One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.”

— George Herbert

418. “Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.”

— George Herbert

419. “If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.”

— George Herbert

420. “Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.”

— George Herbert

421. “Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.”

— George Herbert

422. “The faulty stands on his guard.”

— George Herbert

423. “He that’s foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.”

— George Herbert

424. “He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.”

— George Herbert

425. “We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.”

— George Herbert

426. “Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.”

— George Herbert

427. “Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.”

— George Herbert

428. “When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.”

— George Herbert

429. “No hair so small but hath his shadow.”

— George Herbert

430. “Folly growes without watering.”

— George Herbert

431. “That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.”

— George Herbert

432. “The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.”

— George Herbert

433. “Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.”

— George Herbert

434. “Assaile who will, the valiant attends.”

— George Herbert

435. “Envy not greatness: for thou mak’st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.”

— George Herbert

436. “All our pompe the earth covers.”

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

438. “The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.”

— George Herbert

439. “No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.”

— George Herbert

440. “Ther’s no great banquet but some fares ill.”

— George Herbert

441. “Building is a sweet impoverishing.”

— George Herbert

442. “Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.”

— George Herbert

443. “To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.”

— George Herbert

444. “There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.”

— George Herbert

445. “Covetousnesse breaks the bag.”

— George Herbert

446. “Princes are venison in Heaven.”

— George Herbert

447. “Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.”

— George Herbert

448. “Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.”

— George Herbert

449. “The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.”

— George Herbert

450. “A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.”

— George Herbert