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138 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run.— filed under Insects-Bee
Do well and right, and let the world sink.— filed under Action
Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller, Though he alights sometimes, still goeth on.— filed under Action
For all may have, If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave. C.— filed under Ambition
It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.— filed under Amusements
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.— filed under Argument
Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.— filed under Birds-Dove
mic Writers. On Wit and Humour. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.— filed under Character
Sacrament. (In Chalmer's English Poets.) In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the differences between things; and it is Christ that gives us light. J. C. and A. W. HARE-Guesses at Truth. Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone? Had He life, or had He none? If He had not liv'd for thee, Thou hadst died most wretchedly And two deaths had been thy fee.— filed under Christ
Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives.— filed under Constancy
(British Museum). MS. 2,252. In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit by ease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.— filed under Courtesy
(Supposed) Mistress. Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die.— filed under Day
Mountain Churchyard. Rise, heart! thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise- That as His death condemned thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more just.— filed under Easter
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.— filed under Envy
If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends; civility playes the rest; A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best.— filed under Fame
Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And thou must die.— filed under Flowers-Rose
Greatness. The offender never pardons.— filed under Fortune
London and England. Restore to God His due in tithe and time; A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.— filed under God
If goodness leade him not, yet wearinesse May tosse him to my breast.— filed under Goodness
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.— filed under Hell
My house, my house, though thou art small, Thou art to me the Escurial.— filed under Home
He that is drunken *** Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins.— filed under Intemperance
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?— filed under Intemperance
Of Jesting. Maxim VIII. Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance, Make not thy sport abuses: for the fly That feeds on dung is colored thereby.— filed under Jesting
The Jews spend at Easter.— filed under Jews
Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance.— filed under Laughter
I made a posy, while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And wither'd in my hand.— filed under Life
Man is all symmetrie, Full of proportions, one limbe to another, And all to all the world besides : Each part may call the farthest, brother: For head with foot hath privite amitie, And both with moons and tides.— filed under Bright Of Disraeli
Castle. Get to live; Then live, and use it; else, it is not true That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone Makes money not a contemptible stone.— filed under Money
February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.— filed under Months-February
That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shali Be crumbled into dust.— filed under Motherhood
Take not His name, who made thy mouth, in vain; It gets thee nothing, and hath no excuse. C.— filed under November
March 4, 1869. Art thou a magistrate? then be severe: If studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd, Redeem truth from his jaws: if soldier, Chase brave employments with a naked sword Throughout the world. Fool not, for all may have If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.— filed under Occupations-Law
He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.— filed under Xii
Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!— filed under Xii
Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good.— filed under Occupations-Preaching
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.— filed under Patience
A verse may finde him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice.— filed under Poetry
Ordin. II. 1. Every one stretcheth his legs according to his coverlet.— filed under Archimedes
A great ship asks deep waters.— filed under Proverbs
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. ff.— filed under Proverbs
ordered to give £100 to Spenser). All truths are not to be told.— filed under Proverbs
A morning Sun, and a Wine-bred child, and a Latin-bred woman seldom end well.— filed under Proverbs
Introduction. A piece of a Churchyard fits everybody.— filed under Proverbs
Beauty draws more than oxen. gg.— filed under Proverbs
Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him. ii.— filed under Proverbs
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church. jj.— filed under Proverbs
Better a barefoot than none.— filed under Proverbs
Better the feet slip than the tongue.— filed under Proverbs
Build castles in Spain.— filed under Proverbs
FORTESCUE-De Laudibus Leg. Angliæ. Ch.— filed under Proverbs
England. Couldst thou both eat thy cake and have it? bb.— filed under Proverbs
Deceive not thy Physician, Confessor, nor Lawyer. ff.— filed under Proverbs
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. ee.— filed under Proverbs
JOHN WEBSTER-Sir Thomas Wyatt. Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.— filed under Proverbs
Gluttony kills more than the sword.— filed under Proverbs
God sends cold according to clothes.— filed under Proverbs
God's Mills grind slow but sure.— filed under Proverbs
Moxon. August, 1833. Half the world knows not how the other half lies.— filed under Proverbs
He can give little to his servant that licks his knife. dd.— filed under Proverbs
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.— filed under Proverbs
He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.— filed under Proverbs
Democritus to the Reader. P. 34. Ed. 1887. His bark is worse than his bite.— filed under Proverbs
Present Discontents. Edition 1775. P. 26. Ill ware is never cheap.— filed under Proverbs
It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.— filed under Proverbs
Let all live as they would die.— filed under Proverbs
Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.— filed under Proverbs
Little pitchers have wide ears.— filed under Proverbs
Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.— filed under Proverbs
Love, and a Cough, cannot be hid.— filed under Proverbs
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.— filed under Proverbs
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after. gg.— filed under Proverbs
Prologue to the Fifth Book. Pleasing ware is half sold.— filed under Proverbs
Poverty is no sin.— filed under Proverbs
Poverty is the mother of health.— filed under Proverbs
Praise the sea, but keep on land.— filed under Proverbs
Prosperity engenders sloth. 0. LIVY. Prosperity lets go the bridle.— filed under Proverbs
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. V.— filed under Proverbs
The Royal Crown cures not the headache.— filed under Proverbs
The scalded dog fears cold water.— filed under Proverbs
The short and the long of it. Merry Wives of Windsor. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 60. The shortest answer is doing.— filed under Proverbs
The smith and his penny both are black.— filed under Proverbs
The wearer knows where the shoe wrings.— filed under Proverbs
The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. S.— filed under Proverbs
The wolf must die in his own skin.— filed under Proverbs
Those that God loves, do not live long. gg.— filed under Proverbs
Three can hold their peace if two be away.— filed under Proverbs
Thursday come, and the week is gone. C.— filed under Proverbs
To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.— filed under Proverbs
Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.— filed under Proverbs
Johnson. 1784. Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?— filed under Proverbs
Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.— filed under Proverbs
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.— filed under Proverbs
Dialogue II. A cat may look at a king. Title of a Pamphlet (published 1652). A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.— filed under Prosperity
reprint. 1579. A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.— filed under Prosperity
A crooked log makes a straight fire.— filed under Prosperity
A curst cow hath short horns.— filed under Prosperity
Queen. Clark and Finnelly Reports. A Dwarf on a Giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.— filed under Prosperity
A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.— filed under Prosperity
THOS. MIDDLETON-The Family of Love. Act IV. Sc. 3. Stay a little, and news will find you.— filed under Iii
Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms.— filed under Iii
Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.— filed under Iii
That is gold which is worth gold. Y.— filed under Iii
The eyes have one language everywhere.— filed under Iii
1679. P. 53. The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.— filed under Iii
P. 457. The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.— filed under Iii
To a boiling pot flies come not.— filed under Iii
To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by pable of correction. measure.— filed under Iii
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.— filed under Iii
When a dog is drowning, every one offers him drink.— filed under Alexander Severus
Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out. dd.— filed under Alexander Severus
Words and feathers the wind carries away.— filed under Providence
Words are women, deeds are men.— filed under Providence
Would you know what money is? Go borrow some.— filed under Providence
1579. P. 80. You cannot know wine by the barrel.— filed under Providence
GEORGE COLMAN (the Younger)- Heir-at-Law. Act I. Sc. 2. You must lose a fly to catch a trout.— filed under Providence
To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.— filed under Providence
Dresse and undresse thy soul: mark the decay And growth of it: if, with thy watch, that too Be down, then winde up both: since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.— filed under Religion
Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand.— filed under Religion
Boys at School. Last line. Restore to God his due in tithe and time: A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.— filed under Repentance
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.— filed under Results
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by His permission. Then beware, And make thyself all reverence and fear.— filed under Reverence
S. Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late.— filed under Rumor
The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope; Blessings are plentiful and rife, More plentiful than hope.— filed under Rumor
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.— filed under Scripture
Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse; This book of starres lights to eternal blisse.— filed under Scripture
Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My musick shows ye have your closes, And all must die.— filed under Sculpture
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it: if, with thy watch, that too Be down, then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.— filed under Self-Examination
The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords Is when the soul unto the lines accords.— filed under Song
Air I. When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.— filed under Story-Telling
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame, Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor. It is most just to throw that on the ground, Which would throw me there, if I keep the round.— filed under Temperance
I made a posy while the day ran by; Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And wither'd in my hand.— filed under Time
Jeremy Bentham. Dare to be true, nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.— filed under Truth
Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives.— filed under Virtue
For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill, To feel those tempests which fly over ditches.— filed under Wealth
Comic Writers. Lecture I. Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer : Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking; But if thou want it, buy it not too deare. Many affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.— filed under Wit
Toiler. Chase brave employments with a naked sword Throughout the world.— filed under Work
Pilgrim Fathers. Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.— filed under Worship