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George Herbert
Geburtstag: 3. April 1593
Todesdatum: 1. März 1633
George Herbert war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Er gilt neben John Donne und Andrew Marvell als einer der bedeutendsten „Metaphysical Poets“.
Zitate George Herbert
„292. The best mirrour is an old friend.“
— George Herbert
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
„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)
„911. Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.“
— George Herbert
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
„406. He that blames would buy.“
— George Herbert
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
„49. Love and a cough cannot be hid.“
— George Herbert
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
„Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.“
— George Herbert
Sin, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„991. Speake not of my debts, unlesse you mean to pay them.“
— George Herbert
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
