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

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Greatness Quotes

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Spend not on hopes.

Spend not on hopes.

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

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

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

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...

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

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.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose

Sometimes the best gain is to lose

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

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

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...

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.

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

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 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...

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.