You must lose a fly to catch a trout

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Risk-taking Quotes

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if...

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if...

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.