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You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more
I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, read more
'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, in anything,
But so much money as 't will bring?
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]
The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more
The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)