George Herbert citáty

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

„Nikto nepozná váhu cudzích bremien.“

“Teach me, my God and King,
In all things thee to see
And what I do in any thing,
To do it as for thee..”

“1010. An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.”

“No sooner is a temple built to God, but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.”

“971. Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.”

“322. Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.”

“[ Much money makes a countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing. ]”

“422. He that hath love in his brest hath spurres in his sides.”

“759. Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.”

“13. The scalded dog feares cold water.”

“449. Trust not one night's ice.”

“166. Of all smells, bread; of all tasts, salt.”

“[ There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]”

“744. Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.”

“153. The mill cannot grind with water that's past.”

“317. Be not a baker if your head be of butter.”

“The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence.”

“345. He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.”

“601. The fatt man knoweth not what the leane thinketh.”

“891. Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.”

“753. By doing nothing we learne to do ill.”

“[ An old dog barks not in vain. ]”

“815. In a long journey straw waighs.”

“874. None knows the weight of another's burthen.”

“519. One enemy is too much.”

“82. Hee that goes barefoot must not plant thornes.”

“286. Goe not for every griefe to the physitian, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.”

“Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.”

“235. One hand washeth another, and both the face.”

“The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.”