“279. Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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George Herbert: Citations en anglais
“[ Cruelty is more cruell if we defer the pain. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“477. A poore beauty finds more lovers than husbands.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“837. Words are women, deedes are men.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“292. The best mirrour is an old friend.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Variante: 292. The best mirrour is an old friend.
“A verse may finde him, who a sermon flies
And turns delight into a sacrifice”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“520. Living well is the best revenge.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“[ Woe be to him that reads but one book. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“911. Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Like summer friends,
Flies of estate and sunneshine.”
The Answer, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“848. He that endures is not overcome.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“710. Three can hold their peace if two be away.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“511. Pension never inriched young man.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“460. The resolved minde hath no cares.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“[ Your thoughts close and your countenance loose. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?”
The Size, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)