 | William Huffington - 1839 - 500 sider
...upon others. Riches make themselves wings and fly away; and "They that stand high, have many blasts to shake them; And when they fall, they dash themselves to pieces." We are acquainted with some men who appear to be humane in their dispositions, and whose views of society... | |
 | Charles Wordsworth - 1864 - 396 sider
...best, will be most ready to appreciate. Not only is it true — They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And when they fall they dash themselves to pieces ; — King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3. but — and this is the more important consideration to the Christian's... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford, Victor Mapes, William Winter - 1898 - 80 sider
...quietly and retire unperceived in case of rebuff. Her reputation would be used as a standard against her. They that stand high have many winds to shake them,...And when they fall they dash themselves to pieces. She informed her friends simply that the difficulty of mastering their language was too great for her.... | |
 | Henry W. Wells - 1924 - 256 sider
...bounds, that at his proud feet lie. Daniel, Civil Wars, II, 48 They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And when they fall they dash themselves to pieces. Rich. IIl, I, 3, 259 What are thy tears but Circe's magic seas Where none scape wreck but blindfold... | |
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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And when they fall they dash themselves to pieces ; — King Richard III. 