At present love is little more than name:
In matrimony, gold's the only aim.
At present love is little more than name:
In matrimony, gold's the only aim.
There happiness and frightful mis'ry lay,
Quite undistinguished: classed with beasts of prey;
That growling prowled in search of food around:
There Atis consolation never found.
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Our penitent most humbly pardon sought;
Said he, if e'er to life again I'm brought,
No jealousy, suspicion's hateful bane,
Shall ever enter my distracted brain.
Alas we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
For such before in love was never seen;
'Tis excellent, and worthy Beauty's queen.
O dire corruption, age of wretched ways!
To serve the lover was his constant aim.
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris she brought forth a mouse.
Delays are dangerous, in love or war,
And Nicaise is a proof they fortune mar.
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
The very thought my face with crimson dyes;
My way of life no shield for this supplies;
The moment pure affection 's in the soul,
No longer wanton freaks the mind control.
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
The god of love and wisdom ne'er agree.
Luck's always to blame.
The strongest passion is fear.
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
I can't believe your love is true;
"I'll never own you really kind
"Unless some certain means you find
"For us to meet without your mother.
The little dog, pray what of that became?
But what good
Words, idle words?
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
Affection's pow'r none better know than you,--
How few to love were ever half so true!
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
But the shortest works are always the best.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
Alas, it seems that for all time the Small have suffered from the folly of the Great.
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
There is nothing useless to men of sense.
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
But still I love thee, spite of evil thought;
My death will pay the ills thou'st on me brought.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
Death does not surprise a wise man, He is always ready to leave.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
It is double pleasing to trick the trickster.
People who make no noise are dangerous.
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© 2020 Inspirational Stories