John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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George Wither. (1588–1667) (continued) |
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Though I am young, I scorn to flit On the wings of borrowed wit. |
The Shepherd’s Hunting. |
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And I oft have heard defended,— Little said is soonest mended. |
The Shepherd’s Hunting. |
2254 |
And he that gives us in these days New Lords may give us new laws. |
Contented Man’s Morrice. |
Thomas Hobbes. (1588–1679) |
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For words are wise men’s counters,—they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools. |
The Leviathan. Part i. Chap. iv. |
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No arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. |
The Leviathan. Part i. Chap. xviii. |
Thomas Carew. (1595?–1639?) |
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He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires,— As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. |
Disdain Returned. |
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Then fly betimes, for only they Conquer Love that run away. |
Conquest of Flight. |
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An untimely grave. 1 |
On the Duke of Buckingham. |
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The magic of a face. |
Epitaph on the Lady S——. |
Note 1. An untimely grave.—Tate and Brady: Psalm vii. [back] |