John Byrom Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

48 Famous Quotes by John Byrom
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“The point is plain as a pike staff.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“A sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness, Or other interesting beast of prey, Are similes at hand for the distress Of ladies who cannot have their own way.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“As fierce as hell, or fiercer still, A woman piqued who has her will.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink, Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“But thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“But time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“But who alas! can love and then be wise?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“But who would scorn the month of June, Because December with his breath so hoary, Must come? Much rather should he court the ray, To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Demons in act, but gods at least in face.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Despair of all recovery spoils longevity, And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Dreading that climax of all earthly ills, The inflammation of his weekly bills.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Famed For every branch of every science known.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me But dreams of what has been, no more to be.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“For no one cares for matrimonial cooings, There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“For without transformation Men become wolves on every slight occasion.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye We late saw streaming o'er.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Gaming gains a loss.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend
“Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Epistle to a Friend