General Sayings ( 3100 - 3110 of 3562 )
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
