1633

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Living well is the best revenge.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Living well Revenge

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 520.

His bark is worse than his bite.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Aggression

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: T. Garthwait, 1651.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Fathers

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 682.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Prudence

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 141.

A mighty pain to love it is,
And 'tis a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.

Abraham Cowley

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Unrequited love Love

Author

Abraham Cowley

Source

Gold Anacreontiques

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Citation

Cowley, Abraham. "Anacreontiques." Poems written by A. Cowley. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, no. 7.

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame,
When once it is within thee.

George Herbert

The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Drinking alcohol

Author

George Herbert

Source

The Church-Porch The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. "The Church-Porch." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 5.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "The Church-Porch." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 5.

For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

George Herbert

Outlandish Proverbs

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Little things make a big difference

Author

George Herbert

Source

Outlandish Proverbs

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 495.

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lacked any thing.

George Herbert

Read Love (III) at Poetry Foundation

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Power of love Love

Author

George Herbert

Source

Love (III) The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. "Love (III)." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, I. 1.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Love (3)." The Temple. Penguin Classics, 2018, I. 1.

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant,
The only harmless great thing.

John Donne

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Elephants Animals

Author

John Donne

Source

The Progress of the Soul Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "The Progress of the Soul." Poems. London: John Marriot, 1633, st. 39.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "The Progress of the Soul. Metempsychosis." John Donne: The Major Works, edited by John Carey. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 39.

The best mirror is an old friend.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Friends

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 292.

Grief melts away
Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing.

George Herbert

The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Moving forward Grief

Author

George Herbert

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The Flower The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 1.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 1.

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Sleep

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 875.

Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart
Could have recover'd greennesse?

George Herbert

The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Topic

Healing

Author

George Herbert

Source

The Flower The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 2.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 2.