General Sayings ( 980 - 990 of 3562 )
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
