General Sayings ( 1720 - 1730 of 3562 )
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
