George Herbert Quotes
The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc. T. Garthwait, 1651.
In the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, there was concern that U.S. West Coast rainwater might have been radioactively contaminated. The doctor was asked if he would drink West Coast rainwater.
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.
