A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets |
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... Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss , But cheerly seek how to redress their harms . Take the instant way ; Sh . Mac . 1. 7 . Sh . Hen . VI . pt . 3 , v . 4 . For emulation hath a thousand sons , That one by one pursue : if you give ...
... Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss , But cheerly seek how to redress their harms . Take the instant way ; Sh . Mac . 1. 7 . Sh . Hen . VI . pt . 3 , v . 4 . For emulation hath a thousand sons , That one by one pursue : if you give ...
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... wise with speed ; A fool at forty is a fool indeed . ADULTERY . Young , Sat. II . 282 . What men call gallantry , and gods adultery , Is much more common where the climate's sultry . ADVERSITY - see Affliction . Byron , Don Juan , 1. 63 ...
... wise with speed ; A fool at forty is a fool indeed . ADULTERY . Young , Sat. II . 282 . What men call gallantry , and gods adultery , Is much more common where the climate's sultry . ADVERSITY - see Affliction . Byron , Don Juan , 1. 63 ...
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... wise , and practise how to thrive : That would I have thee do ; and not to spend Your coin on every bauble that you fancy , Or every foolish brain that humours you . I would not have you to invade each place , Nor thrust yourself on all ...
... wise , and practise how to thrive : That would I have thee do ; and not to spend Your coin on every bauble that you fancy , Or every foolish brain that humours you . I would not have you to invade each place , Nor thrust yourself on all ...
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... wise , As his mistaken patron to advise , Let him not dare to vent his dang'rous thought- A noble fool was never in a fault . The worst men give oft the best advice . AFFABILITY . Gentle to me , and affable hath been Thy condescension ...
... wise , As his mistaken patron to advise , Let him not dare to vent his dang'rous thought- A noble fool was never in a fault . The worst men give oft the best advice . AFFABILITY . Gentle to me , and affable hath been Thy condescension ...
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... wise saws , and moral instances . Sh . A. Y. L. II . 7 . I know thee not , old man : fall to thy prayers : How ill white hairs become a fool and jester ! I am declin'd into the vale of years . All the world's a stage , And all the men ...
... wise saws , and moral instances . Sh . A. Y. L. II . 7 . I know thee not , old man : fall to thy prayers : How ill white hairs become a fool and jester ! I am declin'd into the vale of years . All the world's a stage , And all the men ...
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