General Sayings ( 780 - 790 of 3562 )
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
