Proverbs of All NationsW. Kent & Company, 1861 - 238 pàgines |
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... there has hitherto existed no comprehensive collection of proverbs adapted to general use . To supply this deficiency is the object of the present attempt . 66 Dean Trench , in the preface to his " Proverbs and their Lessons , " adverts ...
... there has hitherto existed no comprehensive collection of proverbs adapted to general use . To supply this deficiency is the object of the present attempt . 66 Dean Trench , in the preface to his " Proverbs and their Lessons , " adverts ...
Pàgina 2
... There are only two good women in the world : one of them is dead , and the other is not to be found . " The French , in spite of their pretended gallantry , have the coarseness to declare that A man of straw is worth a woman of gold ...
... There are only two good women in the world : one of them is dead , and the other is not to be found . " The French , in spite of their pretended gallantry , have the coarseness to declare that A man of straw is worth a woman of gold ...
Pàgina 3
... There is good reason for this if the Italian proverb is true , " Women are wise off hand , and fools on reflection . " They have less logical minds than men , but surpass them in quickness of intuition , having , says Dean Trench ...
... There is good reason for this if the Italian proverb is true , " Women are wise off hand , and fools on reflection . " They have less logical minds than men , but surpass them in quickness of intuition , having , says Dean Trench ...
Pàgina 6
... there's an end on't . " 99 1 Tre oche e tre donne fann ' un mercato . 2 Les femmes sont faites de langue , comme les renards de queue . 3 Alle Quinder ere gode Lutherske , de predike heller end de höre Messe . 4 Ce que femme veut , Dieu ...
... there's an end on't . " 99 1 Tre oche e tre donne fann ' un mercato . 2 Les femmes sont faites de langue , comme les renards de queue . 3 Alle Quinder ere gode Lutherske , de predike heller end de höre Messe . 4 Ce que femme veut , Dieu ...
Pàgina 7
... there is truth in proverbs , men have no right to reproach women for blabbing . A woman can at least keep her own secret . Try her on the subject of . her age . 1 Le donne sanno un punto più del diavolo . 2 Ein Sack voll Flöhe ist ...
... there is truth in proverbs , men have no right to reproach women for blabbing . A woman can at least keep her own secret . Try her on the subject of . her age . 1 Le donne sanno un punto più del diavolo . 2 Ein Sack voll Flöhe ist ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 66 - tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed.
Pàgina 60 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars...
Pàgina 60 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Pàgina 213 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Pàgina 16 - Marriage is a desperate thing. The Frogs in JEsop were extreme wise ; they had a great mind to some Water, but they would not leap into the Well, because they could not get out again.
Pàgina 132 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Pàgina 17 - God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife; for from thence will spring all thy future good or evil. And it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure ; if weak, far off and quickly.
Pàgina 130 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Pàgina 75 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.