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

Quote by George Herbert

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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...

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

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.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy

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.

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

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

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

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

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

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,...

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,...

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

Every kind of animal can be tamed, but not the tongue of man.

Every kind of animal can be tamed, but not the tongue of man.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.