A Quote by George Herbert

He that pitties another, remembers himselfe. — © George Herbert
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe. [He that praiseth himself spatteteth himself.]
I got a fortune cookie that said, "To remember is to understand." I have never forgotten it. A good judge remembers what it was like to be a lawyer. A good editor remembers being a writer. A good parent remembers what it was like to be a child.
It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the present. Remembering only encourages the growth of phantom limbs. And it is not simply what one remembers, or why, but what to do with what one remembers, which of the scattered pieces to carry forward, what to protect and preserve, what to leave behind.
I think as humans, no one remembers their successes, everyone just remembers their failures.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.
Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it
Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.
The mind remembers only certain things. The body remembers everything. The information it carries goes back to the beginning of existence.
Everyone remembers the winner; nobody remembers who finishes second. But quite a lot, I seem to be right around the hunt with nine holes to play.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
None is offended but by himselfe.
The north remembers, Lord Davos. The north remembers, and the mummer’s farce is almost done. My son is home.
The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers.
It's only first place in NHL. Nobody remembers who's second place. Everyone remembers the winner.
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