What did George Herbert mean by: The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. - George Herbert Pastor · England Copy
+ Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.] Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Herbert, Ears, Hearing, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ As flames do work and wind when they ascend, So did I weave myself into the sense. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Herbert, Flames, Poetry, Wind, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Herbert, Grief, Snow, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young. Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 12, 2023, George Herbert, Growth, Youth, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Herbert, Humor, Talking, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ He that endures is not overcome. Feraz Zeid, September 8, 2023December 24, 2023, George Herbert, Endurance, Endure, Overcoming, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ War makes thieves and peace hangs them. Feraz Zeid, August 21, 2023December 12, 2023, George Herbert, Peace, War, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
+ The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Herbert, Atheism, Devil, 0 - George Herbert Pastor · England
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. Explain - Franz Kafka Writer · Czechia
You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so. - Jean-Marie Le Pen Politician · France
Respectable society believed in God in order to avoid having to speak about him. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
God speaks to every individual through what happens to them moment by moment. - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
I think [Alain Robbe-Grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
It is silence that most needs an answering — when I can no longer speak, hear me. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England