He that loses hope may part with anything.
-- Congreve
-- Congreve
Related:
- If a man loses his reverence for any part of life,
he will lose his reverence for all of life.
Albert... - He that has patience may compass
anything... - A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book i... - Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
William Congreve (1670-1729) -- Letter to... - Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, / But
Genius must be born;
and can never be taught. -- John... - A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel... - He who throws mud loses
ground... - O Heaven! he cried, my bleeding country save!
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
-
Pleasures of Hope, Part i, Line... - He that will not when he may,
When he would he shall have nay.
John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap...
