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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a read more
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a la fuente.]
As you sow y' are like to reap.
As you sow y' are like to reap.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize
our age.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize
our age.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
O! lady, we receive but what we give,
And in our life alone doth nature live;
Ours read more
O! lady, we receive but what we give,
And in our life alone doth nature live;
Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud!
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible
consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went
before--consequences that read more
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible
consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went
before--consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves.
