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"Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,--"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost.""
The Lady of Lyons. Act v. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword."
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Take away the sword; States can be saved without it."
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As "fail.""
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,--the Rupert of debate!"
The New Timon. (1846.) Part i.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Alone!--that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!"
The New Timon. (1846.) Part ii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me then thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea."
When Stars are in the quiet Skies.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Buy my flowers,--oh buy, I pray! The blind girl comes from afar."
Buy my Flowers.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan."
Night and Morning. Chap. vi.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain