General Sayings ( 1480 - 1490 of 3562 )
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make
up his mind to be read more
When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make
up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
