Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Quote by George Herbert

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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

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.

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

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.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

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

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

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...

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...

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

The offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, `What the heck...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, `What the heck...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.

The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.