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Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper read more
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;
But if thou want it, buy it not too deare
Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard
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For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard
But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and read more
There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but --a hatred of all injury.
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word read more
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.