Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Quote by George Herbert

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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...

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...

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

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.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

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...

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

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...

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

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...

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...