A.P. Herbert Quotes

One must think until it hurts. One must worry a problem in one's mind until it seems there cannot be another aspect of it that hasn't been considered.

Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!

Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.

Half the world knows not how the other half lies.

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.

That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.

The joy of living, its beauty, is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.

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?

Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.

Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.

Destiny is always dark.

A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.

A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run.

Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood.

Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.

The full beauty of the subject of generating functions emerges only from tuning in on both channels: the discrete and the continuous.

Catastrophe and desire are linked in our lives as the moon is linked to that reflected light from the sun which enables the eye to see it.

The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy in power and self-consciousness.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.

Ignorance is a voluntary condition.

American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.

Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something else.

If you would like to live in a community in which you may have pride, then dedicate yourself in a spirit of humility and your responsibilities in that community.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

A real friend will not visit you in prosperity unless he is invited, but when you are in adversity he will call without invitation.

A committee of three gets things done if two dont show up.

The mind can wander while still focusing on one task.

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you.

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

I'll have that one, please.

A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.

He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.

A garden must be looked unto and dressed as the body.

The science of the modern school ... is in effect ... the acquisition of imperfectly analyzed misstatements about entrails, elements, and electricity.