 | Home economics - 1888 - 654 pages
...Tupper, Pope. Philologist — Thorpe. Author — Howitt. Judge — Gone. Jurist — Stowell. Knights. " Four things come not back, — the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity."— Hazlilt. Correct answers to Shannon, Sewiclt\e No. 114. У' MENTION.... | |
 | 1890 - 332 pages
...leisure. TEXT.— Fear the Lord all the day long, Proverbs, xxiii, 17. FOUR THINGS THAT NEVER RETURN. Four things come not back, — the spoken word, the...arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. JLivm. January 6. PROVERB.— The shortest answer is doing. TEXT.— Hold thou me up and I shall be... | |
 | Henry Morton Stanley - Africa, Central - 1890 - 574 pages
...Wadelai, to start a party to Nsabe to build a * Omar al Khattab, the second Caliph from Mohammed, said, " Four things come not back ; the spoken word ; the...; the past life ; and the neglected opportunity." I accept Mr. Jephson's explanations, but I nevertheless adhere to the belief that much suffering and... | |
 | Henry Morton Stanley - Africa, Central - 1890 - 562 pages
...Wadelai, to start a party to Nsabe to build a * Omar al Khattab, the second Caliph from Mohammed, said, " Four things come not back ; the spoken word ; the...; the past life ; and the neglected opportunity." I accept Mr. Jephson's explanations, but I nevertheless adhere to the belief that much suffering and... | |
 | Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Chapter of Michigan - 1890 - 1038 pages
...sight then of golden opportunities that are passing from us forever, bywaiting for some great work. Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. What a solemn sadness there would be in the leave-taking of the old year,... | |
 | 1890 - 830 pages
...moss. Swoetly it stood there in modest attire, the moss rose, the most beautiful of its kind. Fot'R things come not back — the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. TEMPERANCE. THE TWO CUPS. At a recent communion service, before passing... | |
 | Harry John Wilmot-Buxton - Bible - 1894 - 268 pages
...that it was too late to repair them. " Four things," says the Eastern sage, " come not back again : the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity." My brothers, what fate can be more awful than that of having to look back upon a wasted life through... | |
 | 1894 - 436 pages
...time rich in reflection and rich in resolution. Reflection of the past but emphasizes the truism — "Four things come not back: The spoken word, the sped arrow, the the past life and the neglected opportunity." But the future is rich with new opportunities and new... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - World history - 1897 - 430 pages
...of John the Baptist. His beverage was water ; his food, of barley bread and dates. His motto was: " Four things come not back: the spoken word ; the sped...arrow ; the past life, and the neglected opportunity." On acceding to power Omar received the title of Emir-al-Moumenin, or Commander of the Faithful. He... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1897 - 582 pages
...But to succeed you must be prepared to seize and improve the opportunity when it comes. Remember that four things come not back : the spoken word, the sped...arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. It is one of the paradoxes of civilization that the more opportunities are utilized, the more new ones... | |
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Four things come not back: the spoken word ; the sped arrow; the past life ; and the neglected opportunity. 
