Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

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.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

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 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,...

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

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,...

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

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

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

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

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...

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...

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.