“177. One stroke fells not an oke.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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George Herbert216
Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633Related quotes
Bartolomé de las Casas (1474–1566) Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer
History of the Indies (1561)
“One stroke of his almighty rod
Shall send young sinners quick to hell.”
Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English hymnwriter, theologian and logician
Song 13: "The Danger of Delay".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
“Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike;
One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.”
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer
LXI, To Fool, or Knave, lines 1-2
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), Epigrams
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Game pad game pad, | game game pad pad, | game pad game pad, | game game pad pad, | Tarquini e Prevale si sfidano a colpi di joypad, | colpi di joypad, | colpi di joypad, | colpi di joypad, | colpi di joypad, | Gamepad la consolle virtuale. (from Game Pad – Tarquini & Prevale vs. Vodka)<br> <br class="br">Source: Tarquini & Prevale vs. Vodka – Game Pad https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Vodka-Tarquini-Prevale/Game-Pad-Tarquini-Prevale-vs-Vodka-Extended, Musixmatch.com, October 26, 2017
Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
“November: Axe-in-Hand”, p. 68.
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "November: Axe-in-Hand," "November: A Mighty Fortress," and "December: Pines above the Snow"
Context: I have read many definitions of what is a conservationist, and written not a few myself, but I suspect that the best one is written not with a pen, but with an axe. It is a matter of what a man thinks about while chopping, or while deciding what to chop. A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke he is writing his signature on the face of his land.
Yagyū Munenori (1571–1646) samurai and daimyo of the early Edo period
A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)
Context: A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow. Your adversary's initiative having missed its mark, you turn the tables around and get the jump on your adversary.
