32 ordspråk av George Chapman
George Chapman
 Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. |
| An Englishman, / Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. |
| And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. |
| And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. |
| As soon as you're here in front of those race cars, ... everything else kind of goes away. |
| Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. |
| Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. |
| Danger, the spur of all great minds. |
| Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license. |
| Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license. |
| Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs |
| Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air |
| He that shuns trifles must shun the world |
| His naked Ulysses clad in eternal fiction. |
| I am ashamed the law is such an ass. |
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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