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

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

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.

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.

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

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

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

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...

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...

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

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.

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

The offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...