They laid their hands upon my head, They stroked my cheek and brow; And time could heal a hurt, they said, And time could dim a vow. And they were pitiful and mild Who whispered to me then; The heart that breaks in April, child; Will mend in May again. Oh, many a mended heart they knew; So old they were, and wise. And little did they have to do To come to me with lies! Who flings me silly talk of May Shall meet a bitter soul; For June was nearly spent away Before my heart was whole.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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A torn jacket is soon mended but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they re ended.
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Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they ’re ended.
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Confessed faults are half mended.
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Confessed faults are half-mended.
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I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
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I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
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Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
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Little said is soonest mended.
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I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.
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Glass, china and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.
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