When a man is down,
‘down with him!’.
(Cervantes: Don Quixote.)
Κατηγορία: Quotes
Henri Petit, «The rebel angels…»
The rebel angels fly in ranks.
(Henri Petit: Les Justes Solitudes.)
Edmund Burke, «Kings are naturally…»
Kings are naturally lovers of low company.
(Edmund Burke: Speech on the Economical Reform.)
Don Marquis, «There is nothing…»
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
(Don Marquis.)
Palladas, «When the man of plenty…»
When the man of plenty nears the end of his,
Death yawns beneath him like a precipice.
(Palladas.)
Palladas, «It’s no great…»
It’s no great step for a poor man to the grave.
He’s lived his life out only half-alive.
(Palladas.)
George Eliot, «One…»
One must be poor
to know the luxury of giving.
(George Eliot: Middlemarch.)
Walter Bagehot, «The purse strings…»
The purse strings tie us to our kind.
(Walter Bagehot: Literary Studies.)
Louisa May Alcott, «House-keeping…»
House-keeping ain’t no joke.
(Louisa May Alcott: Little Women.)
Thomas Fuller, «A lazy hand…»
A lazy hand is no argument
of a contented heart.
(Thomas Fuller (I): The Holy State & the Profane.)