Men Quote by George Herbert Download Open image “Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.” — George Herbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Men Opinion Plant Seems
The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men who pride themselves on their ancestry are like the potato plant, the most part of which is under ground. — William Tyler Copy Share Image
Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die. — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation to be… — Eleanor Perenyi Copy Share Image
How many men are like trees, already strong and full grown, which are transplanted into some gardens, to the astonishment of those people who… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The leaves of the trees are like the thoughts of the men: Some are bright, some dark; some fresh, some rotten; some healthy, some… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). — George Herbert Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in 'Twilight' and keeping your cool. The 'Harry Potter' men and women had,… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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