John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| George Wither. (1588–1667) (continued) |
| 2252 |
| Though I am young, I scorn to flit On the wings of borrowed wit. |
| The Shepherd’s Hunting. |
| 2253 |
| 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) |
| 2255 |
| 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. |
| 2256 |
| 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?) |
| 2257 |
| 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. |
| 2258 |
| Then fly betimes, for only they Conquer Love that run away. |
| Conquest of Flight. |
| 2259 |
| An untimely grave. 1 |
| On the Duke of Buckingham. |
| 2260 |
| The magic of a face. |
| Epitaph on the Lady S——. |
| Note 1. An untimely grave.—Tate and Brady: Psalm vii. [back] |