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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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 offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

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...

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...

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

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...

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one...

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one...

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

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

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

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

The resolved mind hath no cares.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.