885 quotes found
“Fortune is with you for an hour and against you for ten!”
“If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.”
“The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Vox populi vox dei.)”
“If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.”
“The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.”
“Be not imitator freshly act thy part Through this world be thou an independent ranger Better is the faith that springeth from thy heart Than a better faith belonging to a stranger.”
“Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.”
“Spring is a virgin Summer a mother Autumn a widow and Winter a stepmother.”
“When three people call you an ass put on a bridle.”
“You've got to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
“If there is no wind row.”
“Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves don't accuse the sun of partiality.”
“Speech is silver silence is golden.”
“Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses breathing cold air and eating dry food.”
“Though a tree grow ever so high the falling leaves return to the root.”
“A great city a great solitude.”
“Yesterday is ashes tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.”
“When thieves fall out honest men come by their own.”
“Stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
“To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable but to be certain is to be ridiculous.”
