War is deaths feast.
War is deaths feast.
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
One enemy is too much.
All truths are not to be told.
When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, Let us (said he) pour on him all we can Let the world's riches, which dispersd lie, Contract into a span.
He who has the pepper may season as he lists.
Blessed be God, whose love it was
To double-moat thee with his grace,
And none but thee.
A guest, I answer'd, worthy to be here:
Love said, You shall be he.
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
Laugh not too much the witty man laughs least For wit is news only to ignorance. Less at thine own things lest in the jest Thy person share, and thy conceit advance.
Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
Valor that parleys is near yielding.
A verse may find him who a sermon flies.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
Judas, dost thou betray me with a kiss?
He that lives in hope dances without music.
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Sundays observe think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escurial.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
When you are an anvil, hold you still when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell?
Is there in truth no beauty?
A great ship asks deep water.
Where your will is ready, your feet are light.
The offender never pardons.
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Death is still working like a mole, and digs my grave at each remove.
The wearer knows where the shoe wrings.
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints
O all ye who pass by, behold and see;
Man stole the fruit, but I must climb the tree;
The tree of life to all, but only me:
Was ever grief like mine?
A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky
The house shows the owner.
A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
The best smell is bread the best savor, salt the best love, that of children.
Woe be to him who reads but one book.
The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures.
But who does hawk at eagles with a dove.
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© 2020 Inspirational Stories