few (n.)
few (adj.)
Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,
But leave, oh leave the light of Hope behind!
What though my winged hours of bliss have been
Like angel visits, few and far between.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none.
Still govern thou my song,
Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
The grinders cease because they are few.
One of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die.
Virtuous and vicious every man must be,—
Few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
And for the few that only lend their ear,
That few is all the world.
Virtuous and vicious every man must be,—
Few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
Look round the habitable world: how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
"Let thine occupations be few," saith the sage, "if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life."
Let thy words be few.
A few strong instincts, and a few plain rules.
Women, like princes, find few real friends.
Few, few shall part where many meet!
The snow shall be their winding-sheet,
And every turf beneath their feet
Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
A few strong instincts, and a few plain rules.
And for the few that only lend their ear,
That few is all the world.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
The cold, the changed, perchance the dead, anew,
The mourn'd, the loved, the lost,—too many, yet how few!
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
