War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

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...

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

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 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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

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...

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

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

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

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

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,...