Failing Quote by Philip Massinger Download Open image “Gold--the picklock that never fails.” — Philip Massinger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failing Failure Gold
Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog! — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. — Mae West Copy Share Image
Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt. — Horace Copy Share Image
“Picking locks was not a skill he had ever cultivated, but he persisted day after day, turning the tip of his talon into different… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it,… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
I would warn against holsters with devices for quick-draw. Devices always fail when you need them most. — William Powell Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want… — Michelle Mone Copy Share Image
