“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
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Anne Bradstreet 14
Anglo-American poet 1612–1672Related quotes
“Smooth are his words, his voice as honey sweet,
Yet war is in his heart, and dark deceit!”
'The Stray Cupid', tr. R. Polwhele, lines 14–15
Compare: "The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords." Psalm 55:21 (KJV)
The Idylliums of Moschus, Idyllium I
“Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.”
“208. The honey is sweet, but the bee stings.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Dignity is like morality,” Mirabilis barked. “Too much is as bad as too little.”
Source: The Native Star (2010), Chapter 20, “The Otherwhere Marble” (p. 274)
Source: The Black Company (1984), Chapter 4, “Whisper” (p. 115)
“None are so likely to believe too little as those who have begun by believing too much.”
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), IV : The Essence of Catholicism
Context: ... as the great Unitarian preacher Channing pointed out, that in France and Spain there are multitudes who have proceeded from rejecting Popery to absolute atheism, because "the fact is, that false and absurd doctrines, when exposed, have a natural tendency to beget skepticism in those who receive them without reflection. None are so likely to believe too little as those who have begun by believing too much." Here is, indeed, the terrible danger of believing too much. But no! the terrible danger comes from another quarter — from seeking to believe with the reason and not with the life.
“A sweet little mouth with lips like rubies.”
Una boccuccia piccolina, le cui labbra parevan due rubinetti.
Fourth Day, Conclusion
The Decameron (c. 1350)