Living well is the best revenge.

Quote by George Herbert

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Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

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...

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

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

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.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

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.

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

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...

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

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,...

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

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

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.