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24 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
Perhaps there lives some dreamy boy, untaught In schools, some graduate of the field or street, Who shall become a master of the art, An admiral sailing the high seas of thought Fearless and first, and steering with his fleet For lands not yet laid down in any chart. C. LONGFELLOWw-Possibilities. Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.— filed under Childhood
Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.— filed under Apparel
None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings.— filed under Birds-Lark
What bird so sings, yet does so wail? O, 'tis the ravish'd nightingale- Jug, jug, jug, jug-tereu-she cries, And still her woes at midnight rise.— filed under Birds-Nightingale
of Old Authors. Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.— filed under Books
Since your eyes are so sharpe, that you cannot onely looke through a milstone, but cleane through the minde. γ.— filed under Eyes
The measure of life is not length, but honestie.— filed under Honesty
Thou art an heyre to fayre lyving, that is nothing, if thou be disherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite righteousnesse then riches, and far more seemly were it for thee to haue thy Studie full of bookes, then thy pursse full of mony.— filed under Learning
As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions.— filed under Love
Cupid and my Campaspe play'd At cards for kisses; Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip,-the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how) With these, the crystal on his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! hath she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me?— filed under Love
Car. He that commeth in print because he woulde be knowen, is like the foole that commeth into the Market because he woulde be seen.— filed under Occupations-Authorship
Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue and lytterature.— filed under Occupations-Tailoring
As busie as a Bee.— filed under Proverbs
I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head. jj.— filed under Proverbs
Lette mee stande to thee maine chaunce.— filed under Proverbs
There can be no affinity nearer than our country. aa. PLATO. There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. bb.— filed under Proverbs
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.— filed under Prosperity
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.— filed under Iii
1579. P. 47. The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.— filed under Iii
Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest. ff.— filed under Alexander Severus
You are in some brown study.— filed under Providence
The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted. и.— filed under Summer
The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes overthrow the tallest Oke.— filed under Trifles
Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no ivie bush.— filed under Wine And Spirits