George Herbert frasi celebri
Origine: Da Jacula Prudentum; citato in Giuseppe Fumagalli, Chi l'ha detto?, Hoepli, 1921, p. 296.
“L'uomo è il Sommo Sacerdote del mondo: egli presenta | il sacrificio per tutti […].”
Origine: Da Providence; citato in Andrew Linzey, Teologia animale, traduzione di Alessandro Arrigoni, Cosmopolis, Torino, 1998, p. 57. ISBN 978-88-87947-01-4
“Una spada costringe l'altra a rimanere nel fodero.”
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
Origine: Da Jacula Prudentium; citato in Aa. Vv., Dizionario delle citazioni, BUR, Milano, 2013, § 2176. ISBN 978-88-58-65464-4
George Herbert: Frasi in inglese
“534. At the game's end we shall see who gaines.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“183. Where the drink goes in there the wit goes out.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Letter to Nicholas Ferrar (1632-33)
“Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.”
Sin, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“49. Love and a cough cannot be hid.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“His bark is worse than his bite.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“336. He that makes his bed ill, lies there.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“302. All is not gold that glisters.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“648. Show me a lyer, and I'l shew thee a theefe.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“To write a verse or two is all the praise
That I can raise.”
Praise, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“445. A great ship askes deepe waters.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“412. He that seekes trouble never misses.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“707. Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“By all means use sometimes to be alone.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“467. Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“208. The honey is sweet, but the bee stings.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“80. He that is warme thinkes all so.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“779. He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“177. One stroke fells not an oke.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“499. Gluttony kills more then the sword.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“496. Weigh justly and sell dearely.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“14. Pleasing ware is halfe sould.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
