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George Herbert

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Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.


— George Herbert


#days #full #lie #roses #spring

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.


— George Herbert


#eyes #hundred #needs #seller

The eyes have one language everywhere.


— George Herbert


#eyes #language

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.


— George Herbert


#hole #mouse #quickly #taken

Life is half spent before we know what it is.


— George Herbert


#before #half #know #spent

The shortest answer is doing.


— George Herbert


#doing #shortest

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


— George Herbert


#could #find #happy #his #hour

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.


— George Herbert


#force #gentle #great #hidden

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.


— George Herbert


#fly #lose #must #trout #you

The resolved mind hath no cares.


— George Herbert


#hath #mind #resolved






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" Similarly oft quoted is his Outlandish Proverbs publiGeorge Herbertd in 1640. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family he received a good education that led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. Though sometime after he was elevated to the level of scholar Herbert was admitted on scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge in 1609 where he graduated first with a Bachelor's and then with a Master's degree in 1613 at the age of 20.

Henry Vaughan said of him "a most glorious saint and seer". Charles Cotton described him as a "soul composed of harmonies". Herbert served in Parliament for two years.

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