Miscellaneous Collections

Miscellaneous Collections

Home › Fortune Cookies › Miscellaneous Collections

Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue.
-- Henri Matisse...
Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom.
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
-- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), written when he was 16....
Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please. -- Cibbe
Who gives a damn about apathy?
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,-- Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Part Second, viii...
Who glued the cup to the table?
Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend
And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend....
Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing. -- Thomas Tusser (c. 1515-1580) -- June's Abstrac

< previous

8697