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21 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest. S.— filed under Ambition
и. The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.— filed under Bliss
(Paper Money Lyrics.) Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! Light will repay The wrongs of night; sweet Phosphor, bring the day!— filed under Day
Sweet Phosphor, bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fogs; sweet Phosphor, bring the day!— filed under Day
Death aims with fouler spite At fairer marks.— filed under Death
Letter to John W. Epps. Nov. 6, The slender debt to Nature's quickly paid, Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made.— filed under Debt
A lamb appears a lion, and we fear Each bush we see's a bear.— filed under Fear
C. St. 10. Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure 4 white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear?— filed under Flowers-Lily
Hill. The sun-observing marigold.— filed under Flowers-Lotus
C. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.— filed under Heart
Hugo de Anima. This house is to be let for life or years, Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears; Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone.— filed under Heart
What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.— filed under Mammon
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.— filed under Man
'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.— filed under Mercy
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.— filed under Merit
Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.— filed under Ovid
Wisdom. About 1570. Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.— filed under Proverbs
It is no jesting with edge tools. dd. The True Tragedy of Richard III. 1594. It is the lot of man but once to die. ee.— filed under Proverbs
The next way home's the farthest way about.— filed under Proverbs
"Ode of the Dying Christian to His Soul." My soul, the seas are rough, and thou a stranger In these false coasts; O keep aloof; there's danger; Cast forth thy plummet; see, a rock appears; Thy ships want sea-room; make it with thy tears.— filed under Sorrow
Expect, but fear not, Death: Death cannot kill, Till Time (that first must seal his patent) will. Would'st thou live long? keep Time in high esteem: Whom gone, if thou canst not recall, redeem.— filed under Time