One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Family Quotes, Fathers Quotes

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,...

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

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.

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...

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 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...

Sometimes the best gain is to lose

Sometimes the best gain is to lose

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,...

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

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

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

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

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...

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...

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Mercifully, he hit him with the soft end of the pistol.

Mercifully, he hit him with the soft end of the pistol.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.