Chapter FARDELS to FATE of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

Churchill.—The Ghost, Book IV.

Fast bind, fast find;
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act II. Scene 5. (Shylock.)

As Tammie glowr’d, amazed and curious,
The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

Burns.—Tam O’Shanter, Line 143.

FASTING.—Who can believe with common sense,
A bacon slice gives God offence;
Or, how a herring hath a charm
Almighty vengeance to disarm?
Wrapt up in majesty divine,
Does he regard on what we dine?

Swift.—Epigram, from the French.

FATE.—All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

Dryden.—Mac Flecknoe, Line 1.

With equal pace, impartial fate
Knocks at the palace as the cottage gate.

Francis.—Horace, Book I. Ode IV. Line 17.

FATE.—Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm with angry brow,
But in the sunshine strikes the blow.

Cowper.—Tale of the Raven, Line 36.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

Campbell.—On visiting a scene in Argyleshire, Last Line.

Matrons, who toss the cup, and see
The grounds of Fate in grounds of Tea.

Churchill.—The Ghost, Line 117.