General Sayings ( 1370 - 1380 of 3562 )
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
