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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
George Herbert
Learning
Man
Memory
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
George Herbert
Truth
Error
Fault
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
George Herbert
Heart
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
George Herbert
Compromise
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
George Herbert
Oak
Storms
Better never begin than never make an end.
George Herbert
End
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
Time
Work
May
Right
Tools
Will
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert
Words
Worth
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
George Herbert
Leisure
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
Heaven
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
George Herbert
Credit
World
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
Will
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
George Herbert
Sea
Will
Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
George Herbert
Lie
Roses
Spring