War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Peace Quotes, War Quotes

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

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.

The offender never pardons

The offender never pardons

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.

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.

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...

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

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...

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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...

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...

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

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

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 devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.