24 ordspråk av George Crabbe
George Crabbe
George Crabbe föddes den December 24th 1754 och dog den 3 February 1832 - of poems and verse tales memorable for their realistic details of everyday life.
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 A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself. |
| A master-passion is the love of news. |
| A master-passion is the love of news. |
| And took for truth the test of ridicule. |
| Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way |
| Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved |
| Books cannot always please, however good;/ Minds are not ever craving for their food. |
| But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, / That right was right, and there he would abide. |
| Feed the musician, and he's out of tune |
| Feed the musician, and he's out of tune |
| In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide. |
| Oh! rather give me commentators plain, / Who with no deep researches vex the brain; / Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, / And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun. |
| Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain |
| The game is never lost till won. |
| The ring so worn, as you behold, / So thin, so pale, is yet of gold. |
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