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A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
