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

Quote by George Herbert

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Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

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.

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

The offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

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

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,...

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

Spend not on hopes.

Spend not on hopes.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

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.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one...

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one...

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral...

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral...

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But...

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But...