Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Life Quotes

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

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...

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

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

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

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

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

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...

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

Karma is gods way of showing that he see's everything and that there are consequences...

Karma is gods way of showing that he see's everything and that there are consequences...