Nothing lasts but the Church. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
A sheepskin-shoe lasts not long. [ Proverb ]
No wonder lasts over three days. [ Proverb ]
Man's work lasts till set of sun;
Woman's work is never done. [ Proverb ]
The morning sun never lasts a day. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Small service is true service while it lasts. [ Wordsworth ]
In various talk the instructive hours they past,
Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lasts
One speaks the glory of the British queen.
And one describes a charming Indian screen;
A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;
At every word a reputation dies. [ Pope ]
Small service is true service while it lasts.
Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one:
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun. [ Wordsworth, to a child ]
The more light a torch gives, the less while it lasts. [ Proverb ]
Beauty is like an almanac; if it lasts a year, it is well. [ Rev. T. Adam ]
Love manufactures every man into a poet while the fever lasts. [ Mrs. Campbell Praed ]
The credit that is got by a lie only lasts till the truth is out. [ Proverb ]
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open. [ Proverb ]
The offspring of those that are very young or very old lasts not. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Mourning only lasts till morning with the children of the morning. [ Saying ]
A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever. [ Zimmermann ]
The credit that is got by a lie, lasts no longer than till the truth comes out. [ Proverb ]
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]
As amber attracts a straw, so does beauty admiration, which only lasts while the warmth continues. [ Robert Burton ]
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that caprice lasts a little longer. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]
The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. [ Dante ]
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]
Glory is safe when it is deserved; it is not so with popularity; one lasts like a mosaic, the other is effaced like a crayon drawing. [ Boufflers ]
Marriage is a romance until the book is open. True, the preface is sometimes amusing, but it never lasts long, and it is always deceptive. [ Poincelot ]
Of what is man certain? What lasts? What passes? What is chimerical? What is real? . . . Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt. [ Victor Hugo ]
The history of woman is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known: the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]
Pity, though it may often relieve, is but, at best, a short-lived passion, and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance; with some it scarce lasts from the first impulse till the hand can be put into the pocket. [ Goldsmith ]
Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite: and this rare conjunction, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant. [ Chateaubriand ]
The friendship of the world is like the leaves falling from their trees in autumn; while the sap of maintenance lasts, friends swarm in abundance; but in the winter of our need, they leave us naked. He is a happy man that hath a true friend at his need; but he is more truly happy that hath no need of a friend. [ Arthur Warwick ]
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will be there to support you when all other resources are gone. It will be present to you when the energies of your body have fallen away from you. It will last you until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live. [ Trollope ]