Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocotts 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 Heavens 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. Yonges 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 praisd, 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 | |
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