"Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy."
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Quotes by George Herbert
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"Good words are worth much, and cost little."
George Herbert"Night is the mother of counsels."
George Herbert"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."
George Herbert"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."
George Herbert"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven."
George Herbert"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life."
George Herbert"There would be no great men if there were no little ones."
George Herbert"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."
George Herbert"Life is half spent before we know what it is."
George Herbert"A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread."
George Herbert"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
George Herbert"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."
George Herbert"He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise."
George Herbert"None knows the weight of another's burden."
George Herbert"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."
George Herbert"Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer."
George Herbert