There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Proverbs (ch. XXX, v. 18-19)
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Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Proverbs (ch. XXX, v. 8)
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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Proverbs (ch. XXXI, v. 10)
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Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Proverbs (ch. XXXI, v. 6)
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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Wisdom of Solomon (ch. II, v. 8)
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What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Bidpai Pilpay
Quotes , Source: The Two Fishermen (fable xiv)
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Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Bidpai Pilpay
Quotes , Source: The Two Fishermen (fable xiv)
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Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Pope Boniface VIII
Quotes , Source: Decretals (bk. V, 12, 43), taken from the Canon Law
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To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Nicholas Breton
Quotes , Source: Court and County (p. 183), (1618 edition)
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What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
Henry Brinklow
Quotes , Source: Complaint of Roderyck Mors
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Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Quotes , Source: Discourse on taking his seat in the French Academie
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The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Quotes , Source: Discourse on taking his seat in the French Academie
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Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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And last, the crown of a' my grief.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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