George Herbert Quotes
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum. Or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, Etc. Printed by T. Maxey for T. Garthwait, 1651.
The colonists did not have great support from England before the Revolution especially with science and technology were British policy was to keep the colonies dependent on the mother country. As a result many Americans had to be very ingenious in order to function and they invented many clever ways of doing things without the right tools and equipment. Under wartime conditions this served them well.
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.
