Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell?

It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell?

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

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

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

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Spend not on hopes.

Spend not on hopes.

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.

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

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...

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,...

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he...

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he...

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...

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

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

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

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

The resolved mind hath no cares.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

No longer a city, but a burnt-out prarie. How empty Hiroshima looks without it's homes.

No longer a city, but a burnt-out prarie. How empty Hiroshima looks without it's homes.