You must lose a fly to catch a trout

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Risk-taking Quotes

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

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...

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...

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.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

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 mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

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...

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.

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

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

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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.

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...

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.