George Wither Zitate

George Wither, auch Withers, war ein englischer Dichter.

✵ 11. Juni 1588 – 2. Mai 1667
George Wither Foto
George Wither: 7 Zitate0 Gefällt mir

George Wither: Zitate auf Englisch

“And he that gives us in these days
New Lords may give us new laws.”

George Wither

Contented Man’s Morrice; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“And I oft have heard defended,—
Little said is soonest mended.”

George Wither

The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Shall I, wasting in despair,
Die because a woman’s fair?
Or make pale my cheeks with care,
’Cause another’s rosy are?
Be she fairer than the day,
Or the flowery meads in May,
If she be not so to me,
What care I how fair she be?”

George Wither

The Shepherd's Resolution; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be?", Sir Walter Raleigh, Poem.

“Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.”

George Wither

Poem on Christmas; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let ’s be merry.”

George Wither

Poem on Christmas; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Hang sorrow! care ’ll kill a cat", Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, Act i. Sc. 3.

“Though I am young, I scorn to flit
On the wings of borrowed wit.”

George Wither

The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).