General Sayings ( 590 - 600 of 3562 )
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
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'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
