He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines...

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines...

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

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

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

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...

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

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 devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

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,...

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...

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

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.

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...

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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...