George Herbert

Quote: A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. [George Herbert]

Quote: Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. [George Herbert]

Quote: He who has the pepper may season as he lists. [George Herbert]

Quote: Spend not on hopes. [George Herbert]

Quote: He that knows nothing doubts nothing. [George Herbert]

Quote: Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away. [George Herbert]

Quote: One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. [George Herbert]

Quote: Storms make the oak grow deeper roots. [George Herbert]

Quote: One enemy is too much. [George Herbert]

Quote: The resolved mind hath no cares. [George Herbert]

Quote: Sometimes the best gain is to lose. [George Herbert]

Quote: A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin. [George Herbert]

Quote: Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path. [George Herbert]

Quote: There would be no great men if there were no little ones. [George Herbert]

Quote: Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health. [George Herbert]

Quote: A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body. [George Herbert]

Quote: He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven. [George Herbert]

Quote: There is great force hidden in a gentle command. [George Herbert]

Quote: The eyes have one language everywhere. [George Herbert]

Quote: It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush. [George Herbert]

Quote: One sword keeps another in the sheath. [George Herbert]

Quote: Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. [George Herbert]

Quote: He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. [George Herbert]

Quote: Never was a miser a brave soul. [George Herbert]

Quote: Night is the mother of counsels. [George Herbert]

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