George Herbert: Citations en anglais
Source: The Temple (1633), The Elixir, Lines 1-4
“971. Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“13. The scalded dog feares cold water.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“166. Of all smells, bread; of all tasts, salt.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“744. Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“153. The mill cannot grind with water that's past.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“317. Be not a baker if your head be of butter.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“891. Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“753. By doing nothing we learne to do ill.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“[ An old dog barks not in vain. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“815. In a long journey straw waighs.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“874. None knows the weight of another's burthen.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“82. Hee that goes barefoot must not plant thornes.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“235. One hand washeth another, and both the face.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)