George Herbert

Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde,
Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde,
Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure
Short of His can and body; must I find
A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591 He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over read more

Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591 He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.