Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Quote by George Herbert

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You must lose a fly to catch a trout

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

The eyes have one language everywhere.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

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

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

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,...

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

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

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just...

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is...

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school...

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school...