George Herbert: Citations en anglais
“678. More have repented speech then silence.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“[ Old men go to death; death comes to young men. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“[ Silke doth quench the fire in the kitchin. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“475. Fine words dresse ill deedes.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Man is one world, and hath
Another to attend him.”
Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“86. He that lives well is learned enough.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“942. Every mile is two in winter.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“123. To a boyling pot flies come not.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“583. Thursday come and the week's gone.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“158. The eye and religion can beare no jesting.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“[ When war begins then hell openeth. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“89. All truths are not to be told.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“Chase brave employment with a naked sword
Throughout the world.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“830. He thinkes not well that thinkes not againe.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“15. Light burthens long borne growe heavie.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)