Proverbs of All NationsW. Kent & Company, 1861 - 238 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... person meeting another riding on horse- back with his wife behind him , applied to him the 1 Amor non conosce misura .. 2 Scalda più amore che mille fuochi . 3 Chi ha l'amor nel petto , ha lo sprone a ' franchi . • Amor regge senza ...
... person meeting another riding on horse- back with his wife behind him , applied to him the 1 Amor non conosce misura .. 2 Scalda più amore che mille fuochi . 3 Chi ha l'amor nel petto , ha lo sprone a ' franchi . • Amor regge senza ...
Pàgina 30
... persons who turn out ultimately the most eminent . " Soon ripe soon rotten . " Late fruit keeps well " ( German ) .1 It is better to knit than to blossom . Orchard trees may blossom fairly , yet bear no fruit . It early pricks that will ...
... persons who turn out ultimately the most eminent . " Soon ripe soon rotten . " Late fruit keeps well " ( German ) .1 It is better to knit than to blossom . Orchard trees may blossom fairly , yet bear no fruit . It early pricks that will ...
Pàgina 53
... persons highly placed in the army , in the church , in office , at the bar . They have somehow got upon the line , and have moved on well , with very little original motive powers of their own . Do not let this make you talk as if merit ...
... persons highly placed in the army , in the church , in office , at the bar . They have somehow got upon the line , and have moved on well , with very little original motive powers of their own . Do not let this make you talk as if merit ...
Pàgina 78
... person , — He'll get enough ae day when his mouth ' s fu ' o ' mools [ mould ) . 1 La codicia rompe il saco . 2 Chi troppo abbraccia , nulla stringe . Qui trop embrasse , mal étreint . * Den Geiz und die Augen kann niemand füllen . The ...
... person , — He'll get enough ae day when his mouth ' s fu ' o ' mools [ mould ) . 1 La codicia rompe il saco . 2 Chi troppo abbraccia , nulla stringe . Qui trop embrasse , mal étreint . * Den Geiz und die Augen kann niemand füllen . The ...
Pàgina 84
... Persons who have ventured a little way will venture further . Persons whose characters are already sullied will not be very careful to preserve them from further discredit . When Madame de Cornuel remonstrated with a court lady on ...
... Persons who have ventured a little way will venture further . Persons whose characters are already sullied will not be very careful to preserve them from further discredit . When Madame de Cornuel remonstrated with a court lady on ...
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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.