Old Man Curry, Race Track StoriesDoran, 1917 - 276 pàgines |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 182 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Pàgina 28 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider : God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Pàgina 31 - A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Pàgina 129 - ... a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Pàgina 46 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Pàgina 71 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Pàgina 188 - There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Pàgina 209 - As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Pàgina 103 - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Pàgina 245 - A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.