General Sayings ( 480 - 490 of 3562 )
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
