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The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs, Losing both beauty and utility. - The Life of King Henry the Fifth (Burgundy at V, ii) [Cowslips] The even mead. that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs, Losing both beauty and utility. - The Life of King Henry the Fifth (Burgundy at V, ii) [Weeds] Farewell? a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. - The Life of King Henry VIII (Wolsay at III,ii) [Ambition : Farewell] Great men should drink with harness on their throats. - The Life of Timon of Athens [Temperance] [F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . . - The Life of Timon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Abhorrence] Good day, sir. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Books (First Lines)] How this grace Speaks his own standing! What a mental power This eye shoots forth! How big imagination Moves in this lip! To the dumbness of the gesture One might interpret. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Character] I will say of it, It tutors nature. Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Painting] It is a pretty mocking of the life. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Painter at I, i) [Satire] My free drift Halts not particularly, but moves itself In a wide sea of wax; no levelled malice Infects one comma in the course I hold, But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Eagles] Painting is welcome. The painting is almost the natural man; For since dishonor traffics with man's nature He is but outside; these pencilled figures are Even such as they give out. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Timon at I, i) [Painting] The fire i' th' flint Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame Provokes itself and like the current flies Each bound it chafes. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Fire] The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck. - The Life of TImon of Athens (Poet at I, i) [Proverbs] (Timon:) Wrought he not well that painted it? (Apemantus:) He wrought better that made the painter, and yet he's but a filthy piece of work. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Timon & Apemantus at I, i) [Painting] 'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, But to support him after. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Timon at I, i) [Philanthropy] Traffic's thy god; and thy god confound thee! - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, i) [Business] Well, I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he most needs me. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Timon at I, i) [Friends] Friendship's full of dregs. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Friendship] Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Water] Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way! - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Vanity] I wonder men dare trust themselves with men. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Man] If our betters play at that game, we must not dare To imitate them; faults that are rich are fair. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Timon at I, ii) [Faults] Like madness is the glory of this life As this pomp shows to a little oil and root. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Glory] Men shut their doors against a setting sun. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Sun] Men shut their doors against the setting sun. - The Life of Timon of Athens (Apemantus at I, ii) [Proverbs] Displaying page 155 of 186 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 [155] 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186
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