Proverbs: Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, 2권T. Egerton, 1814 |
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... evil , to extract a considerable advantage , is the property of a sound and prudent mind . It is next to profiting by the errors and mischances of others , to take warning by some check we may meet with in our progress , and thence to ...
... evil , to extract a considerable advantage , is the property of a sound and prudent mind . It is next to profiting by the errors and mischances of others , to take warning by some check we may meet with in our progress , and thence to ...
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... evil thoughts take possession of their minds . Hence we truly say , " L'ozio é il padre di tutti i vizi , " idleness is the root of all evil , " L'oisiveté nous mène à la mendicité , " and leads to beggary , Idle persons are necessarily ...
... evil thoughts take possession of their minds . Hence we truly say , " L'ozio é il padre di tutti i vizi , " idleness is the root of all evil , " L'oisiveté nous mène à la mendicité , " and leads to beggary , Idle persons are necessarily ...
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... evil , " as it is also , that " Lazy folks take the most pains , " the robber procuring his booty with much greater difficulty and hazard , than it costs the indus- trious diffi- ( 80 ) This, though addressed, and suited particu- ...
... evil , " as it is also , that " Lazy folks take the most pains , " the robber procuring his booty with much greater difficulty and hazard , than it costs the indus- trious diffi- ( 80 ) This, though addressed, and suited particu- ...
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... the most wretched state of man , answered " an indigent old age . " This seems to have been said with too little con- sideration . Poverty is generally and not un- deservedly deservedly esteemed an evil , and the averting it affords ( 81 )
... the most wretched state of man , answered " an indigent old age . " This seems to have been said with too little con- sideration . Poverty is generally and not un- deservedly deservedly esteemed an evil , and the averting it affords ( 81 )
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... evil , and the averting it affords the most powerful incentive to ac- tion , but the pressure of it must be much less felt in age , than in the vigour of life . Among the ancients , indeed , age was itself esteemed an evil , as it ...
... evil , and the averting it affords the most powerful incentive to ac- tion , but the pressure of it must be much less felt in age , than in the vigour of life . Among the ancients , indeed , age was itself esteemed an evil , as it ...
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acquainted acquired adage Æsop Amyclas Anaxagoras ancients apothegm applied to persons Aulus Gellius bear become better Cato censure Cicero contempt courage cure death deserve diseases disgrace doth enemy envy Epictetus esteemed evil exer expected eyes fall false friend fame favour fear folly fool fortune frequently friends give Grecians habet hath hear honour horse inhabitants Jupiter kind la boca labour learned liquit live Malum means medicine ment mihi Milesians mind mischief miserable misfortunes mouth Mulier necessary neighbour never nihil Nile obtained occasion opinion perhaps Pericles Philip of Macedon phrase physician Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet Polycrates poor possess poverty procuring proverb quæ quam Quid quod racter rich semper serpent servants shew Spaniards Spaniards say suffer sunt tain taken Theognis thing thou thought tion told tongue vice weep wise wish wretched young
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17 페이지 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
144 페이지 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
34 페이지 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
89 페이지 - Ye vagrants of the sky ! your wings extend, Or where the suns arise, or where descend ; To right, to left, unheeded take your way, While I the dictates of high Heaven obey. Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
140 페이지 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
131 페이지 - It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
73 페이지 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face; That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
169 페이지 - I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my mind what raiment I shall wear, For now I will wear this, and now I will wear that, And now I will wear I cannot tell what.
74 페이지 - The major domo, who conducted the princess, received the gloves very graciously ; but, when the stockings were presented, he flung them away with great indignation, and severely reprimanded the magistrates for this egregious piece of indecency. Know, says he, that a queen of Spain has no legs...
199 페이지 - Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.