George Herbert Quotes
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
Herbert, George. A Priest to the Temple, or, The Country Parson His Character, and Rule of Holy Life. T. Maxey for T. Garthwait, 1652.
The mayor was a convicted user of cocaine while he served as mayor and was attacked for being a poor role model.
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.
