All Quotes by Carefulness
“Lugalbanda is wise and he achieves mighty exploits. In preparation of the sweet celestial cakes he added carefulness to carefulness.”
“For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.”
“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.”
“Every man shall bear his own burden.”
“Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.”
“Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”
“Care that is entered once into the breastWill have the whole possession ere it rest.”
“Borne the burden and heat of the day.”
“And ever, against eating cares,Lap me in soft Lydian airs.”
“Begone, old Care, and I prithee begone from me;For i' faith, old Care, thee and I shall never agree.”
“Eat not thy heart; which forbids to afflict our souls, and waste them with vexatious cares.”
“Old Care has a mortgage on every estate,And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.”
“For some must watch, while some must sleep:So runs the world away.”
“No, no, he cannot long hold out these pangs;So thin that life looks through and will break out.”
“O polished perturbation! golden care!To many a watchful night!”
“Care is no cure, but rather a corrosive,For things that are not to be remedied.”
“Things past redress are now with me past care.”
“Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.”
“I am sure, care's an enemy to life.”
“I could lie down like a tired child,Which I have borne, and yet must bear.”
“Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt;And every Grin, so merry, draws one out.”
“And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave,Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.”