John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Alfred Tennyson Tennyson. (18091892) (continued)
6892 A mastiff dog May love a puppy cur for no more reason Than that the twain have been tied up together.
Queen Mary. Act i. Sc. 4.
6893 To persecute Makes a faith hated, and is furthermore No perfect witness of a perfect faith In him who persecutes.
Queen Mary. Act iii. Scene 4.
6894 In statesmanship To strike too soon is oft to miss the blow.
Queen Mary. Act iii. Scene 6.
6895 My lord, you know what Virgil sings Woman is various and most mutable. 1
Queen Mary. Act iii. Scene 6.
6896 To do him any wrong was to beget A kindness from him, for his heart was rich Of such fine mould that if you sowed therein The seed of Hate, it blossomed Charity.
Queen Mary. Act iv. Scene 1.
6897 Remember that sore saying spoken once By Him that was the Truth, How hard it is For the rich man to enter into heaven! Let all rich men remember that hard word.
Queen Mary. Act iv. Scene 3.
6898 Come out, my lord, it is a world of fools. 2
Queen Mary. Act iv. Scene 3.
6899 Unalterably and pesteringly fond.
Queen Mary. Act v. Scene 1.
6900 In our windy world Whats up is faith, whats down is heresy.
Harold. Act i. Scene 1.
6901 Old men must die, or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again.
Becket. Prologue.
Note 1. Varium et mutabile femina. Aen. iv. l. 569. Donna è mobile. Rigoletto. [back ]Note 2. Boileau: Tous le hommes sont fous. See Carlyle, page 584. [back ]