General Sayings ( 420 - 430 of 3562 )
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
