“ Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
- 526
“ Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 3.6K
“ We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another. - Luciano de Crescenzo. ”
- Luciano de Crescenzo- Copy
- 110
“ Then should some cloud pass over The brow of sire or lover, Think 'tis the shade By Victory made Whose wings right o'er us hover! ”
- Thomas Moore- Copy
- 1.3K
“ For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. ”
- Kahlil Gibran- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky. ”
- Ronald McNair- Copy
- 1K
“ We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another. ”
- Luciano de Crescenzo- Copy
- 256
“ The Flies and the Honey-Pot A number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated… ”
- Aesop- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day; Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth, And make use of your wings while you may..... But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite, They at last found it dangerous play; Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth, Only dazzle to lead us astray. ”
- Thomas Haynes Bayly- Copy
- 3.1K
“ All I know is that when I was a kid the Vietnam war was on and Jane Fonda was the own person standing up and saying what every kid who was nine-years-old like I was knew, war is wrong and we shouldn't go over and kill other people in a country that has nothing to do with us or our democracy. ”
- Rosie O’Donnell- Copy
- 251
“ The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation. ”
- Ghose Aurobindo- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The bird of time has but a little way To flutter - and the bird is on the wing. ”
- Omar Khayyam- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Away! away! I will fly to thee,Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,But on the viewless wings of Poesy. ”
- John Keats- Copy
- 1.3K
“ And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. ”
- Jean Giraudoux- Copy
- 2.7K
“ One ship sails east, and another sails west, By the self same winds that blow; 'Tis the set of the sails, and not the gales, That determines the way they go. ”
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Time's fatal wings do ever forward fly; to every day we live, a day we die. ”
- Thomas Campion- Copy
- 583
“ I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. ”
- Gustave Flaubert- Copy
- 1.4K
“ There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing. ”
- Laurel Clark- Copy
- 3.3K
“ I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing. ”
- Kirsten Dunst- Copy
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