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I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.