General Sayings ( 1680 - 1690 of 3562 )
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.