George Horne Quotes

• Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue, restrains the hand and tramples upon temptations.

  George Horne

  Pride, Hands, Envy

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• Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.

  George Horne

  Sweet, Pain, Honor

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• Words may be either the servants or masters. If the former they may safely guide us in the way of truth. If the latter they intoxicate the brain and lead into swamps of thought where there is no solid footing. Among the sources of those innumerable calamities which from age to age have overwhelmed mankind, may be reckoned as one of the principal, the abuse of words.

  George Horne

  Abuse, Brain, Age

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• Civility is a charm that attracts the love of all men.

  George Horne

  Men, Civility, Charm

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• Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be lost

  George Horne

  Time, Employment, Hours

  George Horne, William Jones (1831). “The works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: to which are prefixed memoirs of his life, studies, and writings”, p.292

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• It is expedient to have acquaintance with those who have looked into the world, who know men, understand business, and can give you good intelligence and good advice when they are wanted.

  George Horne

  Business, Men, Giving

  George Horne, William Jones (1831). “The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, Studies, and Writings”, p.33

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• Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.

  George Horne

  Men, Meat, Salt

  George Horne (1818). “The works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: to which are prefixed memoirs of his life, studies, and writings”, p.421

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• La meditación es ese ejercicio de la mente por el cual recuerda una verdad conocida, como algunas clases de criaturas lo hacen con su comida, para ser rumiada hasta extraer todas las partes valiosas.

  George Horne

  Ejercicio, Meditación, Mente

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• Meditation is that exercise of the mind, whereby it recalls a known truth, as some kinds of creatures do their food, to be ruminated upon, until all the nutritious parts are extracted, and fitted for the purposes of life.

  George Horne

  Ejercicio, Meditación, Mente

  "A commentary on the Book of psalms". ed. by C. Bradley,

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• The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.

  George Horne

  Adversity, Impatience

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