The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

Quote by George Herbert

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You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

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...

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

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.

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

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...

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

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

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

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.

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

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.