General Sayings ( 970 - 980 of 3562 )
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
