General Sayings ( 1260 - 1270 of 3562 )
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
