General Sayings ( 1580 - 1590 of 3562 )
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
