War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

The offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most,...

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most,...

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God;...

The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God;...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...