George Herbert Quotes
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the fowler he is.
Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc. T. Maxey for T. Garthwait, 1651.
He was an ordained Catholic Priest but broke with the Church when he advocated democracy and separation of church and state.
In George Washington’s administration, Jefferson was Secretary of State and the Capitol of the country was New York. Jefferson, never a lover of cities, found himself having to work every day in New York.
George Herbert was a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He served in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
