John Ogilby: Man

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John Ogilby: 242 quotes1 like

“Robber of Man, who now shall give thee ayd?”

Fab. VI: The Battel of the Frog and Mouse, line 136
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“No Beast is half so False as Man.”

Fab. XLIX: Of the Fox and the Cock
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“Who Weapons put into a Mad-Man's Hands,
May be the first the Error understands.”

Fab. XXXVI: Of the Husband-man and the Wood
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“Th' Old Man a feeble Javelin threw,
Which could not pierce his sounding Target through,
But on the Margin hung the harmless Spear.”

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Fortune assists the Bold, the Valiant Man
Oft Conqueror proves, because he thinks he can.”

Fab. LII: Of the Forrester, the Skinner, and a Bear, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“What dares not impious man for cursed Gold!”

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Rich Cloaths, nor Cost, nor Education can
Change Nature, nor transform and Ape into a Man.”

Fab. LV: Of an Ægyptian King and his Apes
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

“Arms, and the Man I sing, who first did land,
Fate-forc'd from Troy, on the Lavinian Strand;
Whom angry Gods at Sea and Land engage,
And cruel Juno's persecuting Rage.
Much suffer'd he by War, whilst Walls he rear'd,
And Trojan Gods to Latian Realms transferr'd;
Whence Latins, and the Alban Princes come,
And lofty Tow'rs of all-commanding Rome.”

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis