Literary Birthday – 3 April – George Herbert
George Herbert was born 3 April 1593, and died 1 March 1633.
George Herbert Quotes
- Woe be to him that reads but one book.
- Take all that is given whether wealth, love, or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
- Love and a cough cannot be hid.
- Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
- A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
- Good words are worth much, and cost little.
- He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
- Living well is the best revenge.
- The eyes have one language everywhere.
George Herbert was a Welsh-born English poet, orator, and Anglican priest. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets and his poems are notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words. Herbert described his poems as “a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed between God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus, my Master, in whose service I have now found perfect freedom.” In 1633 all of his English poems were published in The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, with a preface by Ferrar.
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