Quote#Wisdom
In part to blame is she
Quote byThomas Overbury · 1581–1613
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Wife, stanza 36. Compare: "In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too late that comes to be denied", Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Lady’s Resolve (1713)..
English (original)
In part to blame is she, Which hath without consent bin only tride: He comes to neere that comes to be denide.
— Thomas Overbury
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He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.
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.
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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.
