The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories. John Hay More Quotes by John Hay More Quotes From John Hay The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. John Hay tyrants liberty evil Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter. John Hay mendacity government matter Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few. John Hay speech world thinking Friends are the sunshine of life. John Hay love relationship friendship True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home. John Hay gambling money home There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait and receive. John Hay nature tree water There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs. John Hay crabs diplomats three Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life. John Hay sunshine friendship men At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands. John Hay horse land doors The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever. John Hay lasts forever people I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne. John Hay sight children thinking Maidens! why should you worry in choosing whom you shall marry? Choose whom you may, you will find you have got somebody else. John Hay marriage worry may What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first. John Hay regret doe love Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel. John Hay break flower rose Unto each man comes a day when his favorite sins all forsake him, And he complacently thinks he has forsaken his sins. John Hay age men thinking It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we read into them, or try to use them for. Yet in their responses to this wonderfully rhythmic and varying earth they are the most expressive of all forms of life. John Hay gardening say-anything religion The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day. John Hay best-love gossip men All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. John Hay
