“Against diseases here the strongest fence / Is the defensive virtue, abstinence.”

— Robert Herrick, Hesperides, 1648, "Abstinence"

About Robert Herrick

1591 – 1674

English poet and cleric, author of "Hesperides".

“Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; nothing's so hard but search will find it out.”

“Love is a circle that doth restless move / In the same sweet eternity of love.”

“Wealth cannot make a life, but love.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”