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I would help others out of a fellow-feeling. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Kindness] Like Aesop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Policy] Like the watermen that row one way and look another. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Boating] Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes hereafter, some of them in hell. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Law] They had their lean books with the fat of others' works. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Plagiarism] We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Plagiarism] Women wear the breeches. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader [Women] Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 34), (ed. 1887) [Shoemaking] Penny wise, pound foolish. - Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 35) [Money : Proverbs] He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. - Reflections on the Revolution in France (vol. III, p. 195) [Contention : Help] Displaying page 6 of 6 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 [6]
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