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

Quote by George Herbert

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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

The offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

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,...

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

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

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.

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...

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

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,...

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

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

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

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...

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Love is about give and take sometimes. You have to be willing to compromise but...

Love is about give and take sometimes. You have to be willing to compromise but...