James Howell Quotes

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We learn by teaching.

James Howell

Teacher, Teaching

James Howell (1660). “Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)”

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The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

James Howell

Memories, Business, Debtors

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Respect a man, he will do the more.

James Howell

Respect, Army, Men

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Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

James Howell

Distance, Sometimes, Absence

James Howell (1908). “Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ: the familiar letters of James Howell”

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French wines may be said but to pickle meat in the stomach, but this is the wine that digests, and doth not only breed good blood, but it nutrifieth also, being a glutinous substantial liquor; of this wine, if of any other, may be verified that merry induction: That good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven.

James Howell

Wine, Men, Blood

James Howell (1726). “Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ: Familiar Letters Domestick and Foreign, Divided Into Four Books; Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions”, p.366

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He can hardly be a true friend to another, who is an enemy to himself.

James Howell

Friendship, True Friend, Enemy

James Howell (1660). “Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)”

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We are saved from nothing if we are not saved from sin. Little sins are pioneers of hell. The backslider begins with what he foolishly considers trifling with little sins. There are no little sins. There was a time when all the evil that has existed in the world was comprehended in one sinful thought of our first parent; and all the now evil is the numerous and horrid progeny of one little sin.

James Howell

Evil, Parent, Pioneers

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One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

James Howell

Hair, Oxen, Pairs

'Familiar Letters' (1645-55) bk. 2, letter 4

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After rain comes fair weather.

James Howell

Rain, Weather, Fairs

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Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.

James Howell

Philosophy, People, May

James Howell (1660). “Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)”, p.621

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All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today.

James Howell

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

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Good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven.

James Howell

Wine, Men, Blood

James Howell (1726). “Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ: Familiar Letters Domestick and Foreign, Divided Into Four Books; Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions”, p.366

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Distance sometimes endears friendships, and sweetens it - for separation from those we love shows us, by the loss, their real value and dearness to us.

James Howell

Real, Distance, Loss

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A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.

James Howell

Two, Secret, Three

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Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]

James Howell

World, Bees, Calves

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Feed sparingly and defy the physician.

James Howell

Loss, Weight Loss, Physicians

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Words and works eat not at one table.

James Howell

Tables

James Howell (1660). “Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)”

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In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty.

James Howell

Adversity, Twenties, Prosperity

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Easter, so longed for, is gone in a day.

James Howell

Easter, Chocolate Eggs, Gone

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Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.

James Howell

Art, Sculpture, Shapes

James Howell (1713). “Epistolae Ho-Elianae: Familiar Letters, Domestick and Foreign. Divided into four books, Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions”, p.206

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Man's best candle is his understanding.

James Howell

Men, Understanding, Candle

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He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.

James Howell

Money, Want, Purses

James Howell (1660). “Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)”, p.13

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We are saved from nothing if we are not saved from sin.

James Howell

Sin, Saved, Ifs

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Appeles us'd to paint a good housewife upon a snayl; which intimated that she should be as slow from gadding abroad, and when she went she should carry her house upon her back; that is, she should make all sure at home.

James Howell

Home, House, Paint

"Parly of Beasts". Book by James Howell, p. 58, 1660.

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Love is the life of friendship.

James Howell

Real, Real Friends, Love Is

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Born: 1594
Died: 1666
Occupation: Writer
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