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The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof. - [Proverbs] The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest. - [Proverbs] The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter. - [Proverbs] The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof. - [Proverbs] The maid whom now you court in vain Will quickly run in quest of man. - [Coquette] The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile. - [Cheerfulness] The miser is ever in want. - [Proverbs] The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard. - [Proverbs] The mob will now and then see things in a right light. - [Proverbs] The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God. - [Abstinence] The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse. - [Proverbs] The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.] - [Proverbs] The question is yet before the court. - [Proverbs] The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy. - [Proverbs] The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves. - [Proverbs] The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden. - [Proverbs] The truly generous is the truly wise; And he who loves not others, lives unblest. - [Generosity] The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life. - [Proverbs] There are faults we would fain pardon. - [Proverbs] There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed. - [Proverbs] There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist. - [Proverbs] There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb. - [Proverbs] There is no retracing our steps. - [Proverbs] There is no such thing as perfect happiness. - [Proverbs] There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut. - [Proverbs] Displaying page 11 of 25 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
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