Quote#Wisdom
He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries…
Quote byThomas Overbury · 1581–1613
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Miscellaneous Works: An Affectate Traveller..
English (original)
He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.
— Thomas Overbury
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An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.