George Herbert citáty

„Čítajte tak, ako keď ochutnávate ovocie, vychutnávate víno alebo sa tešíte z priateľstva, lásky či života.“

—  George Herbert

„Nikto nepozná váhu cudzích bremien.“

—  George Herbert

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Varianta: 292. The best mirrour is an old friend.

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

—  George Herbert

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

„520. Living well is the best revenge.“

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„Storms make oaks take deeper root.“

—  George Herbert

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„The shortest answer is doing.“

—  George Herbert

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

—  George Herbert

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

—  George Herbert

The Answer, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„848. He that endures is not overcome.“

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„279. Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.“

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„511. Pension never inriched young man.“

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„406. He that blames would buy.“

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

—  George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)