Conduct. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Conduct


Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgment to do aught which else free-will Would not admit. Milton.—Paradise Lost, Book VIII. Line 635.	1
I argue not Against Heaven’s hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. Milton.—Sonnet XXII.	2
Were man But constant, he were perfect. Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V. Scene 4. (Proteus.)	3
And let men so conduct themselves in life As to be always strangers to defeat. Yonge’s Cicero.—A precept of Atreus, Tusculan Disp. Book V. Div. 18.	4
When once our grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right; we would, and we would not. Shakespeare.—Measure for Measure, Act IV. Scene 4. (Angelo repentant.)	5
But by bad courses may be understood, That their events can never fall out good. Shakespeare.—King Richard II., Act II. Scene 1. (York to the King.)	6
Circles are prais’d, not that abound In largeness, but th’ exactly round: So life we praise, that does excel, Not in much time, but acting well. Waller.—Long and Short Life. Epigrams.	7