General Sayings ( 760 - 770 of 3562 )
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
