fares
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Love of the absolute engenders a predilection for self-destruction. Hence the passion for monasteries and brothels. Cells and women, in both cases. Weariness with life fares well in the shadow of whores and saintly women.
The godly seed fares well: the wicked's is accurst.
The fox never fares better than when he's bann'd.
Politeness travels on short fares.
Ill fares the young bird in the urchin's hand.