Familiar Quotations Quotes

“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned.{140}”
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“Procrastination is the thief of time.”
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“Morning Prayer. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.{21}”
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“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.”
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“He is a fool who thinks by force or skill To turn the current of a woman's will.”
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“Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude.”
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“Hypocrisy is a sort of homage that vice pays to virtue.”
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“Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.”
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“When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions!”
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“For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently.”
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“I'm weary of conjectures.”
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“Touch not; taste not; handle not.”
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“Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.”
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“To err is human: to forgive, divine.”
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“Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
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“Job i. 21. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.{12}”
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“Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind.”
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“THOMAS TUSSER. 1523-1580. Moral Reflections on the Wind. Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind turns none to good. {95}”
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“MATTHEW PRIOR. 1664-1721. English Padlock. Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind.”
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“While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Home falls, the world.[22]”
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“Imitations of Horace. Of two evils I have chose the least.”
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“THOMAS CAREW. 1589-1639. Disdain Returned. He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away.”
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“John vii. 24. Judge not according to the appearance. John xii. 8. For the poor always ye have with you. John xii, 35. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. John xiv. 1. Let not your heart be troubled. John xiv. 2. In my Father's house are many mansions.”
― Various, Familiar Quotations