It should not be suspected of a man, whose life hath been spent in noble deeds, that his reason is lost, when he is only involved in trouble. A fire may be overturned, but its flames will never descend. Hitopadesa.
It so falls out, / That what we have we prize not to the worth / Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, / Why then we rack the value. Much Ado, iv. 1.
It takes a good many spadefuls of earth to 20 bury the truth. Ger. Pr.
It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. Ruskin.
It takes a great man to make a good listener. Helps.
It takes much more penetration to discover a fool than a clever man. Cato.
It takes ten pounds of common-sense to carry one pound of learning. Persian Pr.
It was a stroke / Brought the stream from the 25 flinty rock. Dr. W. Smith.
It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. 2 Hen. IV., i. 2.
It was always the aim of the artists as well as the wise men of antiquity, to mean much though they might say little. Winkelmann.