Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn;
And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.
Matthew Prior (1664-1721): Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book iii. Line 240.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Eloisa to Abelard. Last line.
In part she is to blame that has been tried:
He comes too late that comes to be denied.
Mary W. Montagu: The Lady's Resolve.
Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,—
In part she is to blame that has been tried:
He comes too near that comes to be denied.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1690-1762): The Lady's Resolve.
He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children
from play, and old men from the chimney-corner.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586): Defence of Poesy.
He first deceased; she for a little tried
To live without him, liked it not, and died.
Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639): Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife.
For contemplation he and valour form'd,
For softness she and sweet attractive grace;
He for God only, she for God in him.
His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted forelock manly hung
Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.
John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book iv. Line 297.
He knew what's what.—Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto i. line 149.
Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that
he may run that readeth it.
Old Testament: Habakkuk ii. 2.
I am not now in fortune's power:
He that is down can fall no lower.
Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 877.
He that is down needs fear no fall.
John Bunyan (1628-1688): Pilgrim's Progress. Part ii.
He that is not with me is against me.
New Testament: Luke xi. 23.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know 't, and he's not robb'd at all.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3.
Shine by the side of every path we tread
With such a lustre, he that runs may read.
William Cowper (1731-1800): Tirocinium. Line 79.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and
sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 453.
He was the Word, that spake it:
He took the bread and brake it;
And what that Word did make it,
I do believe and take it.
Dr John Donne (1573-1631): Divine Poems. On the Sacrament.
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call to-day his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day.
John Dryden (1631-1701): Imitation of Horace. Book iii. Ode 29, Line 65.