General Sayings ( 120 - 130 of 3562 )
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.