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

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Courtesy Quotes

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

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

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

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...

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

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

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

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...

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

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

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

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system,...

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system,...