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George Herbert

13 quotes

Not every great thinker makes it into the history books, but George Herbert's words speak for themselves. With equal ease, George Herbert moved between Legal and Work, finding connections others missed. Our collection holds 16 quotes from George Herbert, each offering a different angle on Legal, Work, War, Truth, and Time. A favorite of many readers: "Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer."

“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”

— George Herbert

Legal

All Quotes by George Herbert

“There would be no great men if there were no little ones.”

— George Herbert

Men

“Living well is the best revenge.”

— George Herbert

Best

“Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”

— George Herbert

Truth

“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.”

— George Herbert

Friendship

“Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.”

— George Herbert

Legal

“In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.”

— George Herbert

Humor

“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

“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”

— George Herbert

Legal

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.”

— George Herbert

Fathersday

“War makes thieves and peace hangs them.”

— George Herbert

Peace

“Life is half spent before we know what it is.”

— George Herbert

Life

“Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.”

— George Herbert

Health

“A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.”

— George Herbert

Learning