Heads I win, tails you lose. ![]() 'We are always doing,' says he, 'something for Posterity, but I would fain see ![]() Judge your fortune as you judge a coat; look not at the size of it, but see that it fits. ![]() An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. ![]() Muss es sein? Es muss sein. (Beethoven) ![]() 'Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?' he asked. 'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, ![]() The rain it raineth on the just / And also on the unjust fella: / But chiefly on the just, because / ![]() When we risk no contradiction / It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction. ![]() Man has his will,--but woman has her way. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, ![]() An army of stags led by a lion is more formidable than an army of lions led by a stag. ![]() A man that looks on glass, / On it may stay his eye; / Or if he pleaseth, through it pass, / ![]() Man's spirit is a lamp the Lord gives to search out the hidden corners of his being. ![]() He whose game is the eagle takes no heed of the sparrow. ![]() Some Bookes are to be Tasted, Others to be Swallowed, ![]() Distilled Bookes are like Common distilled Waters, Flashy Things. ![]() When the state is most corrupt, the laws are most numerous. ![]() Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or ![]() You don't till a field by turning it over in your mind. ![]() He that has plenty of pepper can season his cabbage well. ![]() When you are with foxes you must act like a fox. ![]() The poor man needs much, the miser desires everything. ![]() He that wishes to become rich, also wishes to become so quickly. ![]() A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. ![]() Gratitude is the least of virtues but ingratitude the worst of vices. ![]() In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, / Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; / ![]() Life is a queer tangle. The art of unravelling it is the art of living. (J. Lucas, Our Villa in Italy) ![]() The age when men are eager about great work is the age when great work itself gets done. ![]()
Said Hamlet to Ophelia / I'll draw a sketch of thee. / What kind of pencil shall I use? / ![]() Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails; / For nothing's left in either of the scales.
![]() Good Mr Fortune, A.R.A., / Rejoiced in twenty sons, / But even there he failed, they say, ![]() How odd / of God / to choose / the Jews. (W.N. Ewer, The Chosen People)
![]() Reduce, Re-use, Recycle (Friends of the Earth, Earth Matters, Summer 17/3, 1990) ![]() I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
![]() Time has become like a bare income, swallowed up by our present needs; ![]() Under every office block lies the good earth with a seed in it, ![]() Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. ![]() When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there. (Lord Bowen) ![]() We have to remember that what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed ![]() Worry often gives small things a big shadow. (Swedish proverb) ![]() |
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