Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
be good, the quantity is of little account, for what has been said of Reason may be said of Wisdom which is its highest expression: "Whoso hath any, hath access to the whole."
A word of explanation in regard to the Arrangement and the appended Index:—
The Arrangement adopted may not at once commend itself, but it was found to be the best; a topical one would have been too cumbersome, as, in that case, it would have been frequently necessary to introduce the same quotation under several different heads. The arrangement, it will be seen, is alphabetical, and follows the order of the initial letters of the initial word or words.
The Index, which is topical, was rendered necessary in consequence of the arrangement followed, and, though a copious one, it only refers to subjects of which there is anything of significance said. It does not include mottoes, and rarely proverbs; for, apart from the difficulty of indexing the latter, the attempt would almost have doubled the size of the book, and rendered it altogether unwieldy. The Index, too, is limited to subjects that are not in the alphabetical order in the body of the book. Thus there was no need to index what is said on "Art," on p. 18, on "Beauty," on p. 26, or on "Christianity," on pp. 42, 43, as the reader will expect to find something concerning them where they occur in the order adopted.
With these preliminary explanations the Editor leaves his book—the pleasant labour of more than three years—in the hands of the public, assured that they will judge of it by its own merits, and that they will be generous enough to acquit him of having compiled either a superfluous or an unserviceable work.
London, 1893.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
USED IN THIS DICTIONARY.
| Amer. | American. | Luc. | Lucan. |
| Apul. | Apuleius. | Lucr., Lucret. | Lucretius. |
| Arist. | Aristotle. | M. | Motto. |
| Aul. Cell. | Aulus Gellius. | Macrob. | Macrobius. |
| Bret. | Breton. | Mart. | Martial. |
| Cæs. | Cæsar. | Mol. | Molière. |
| Catull. | Catullus. | Per. | Persius. |
| Cic. | Cicero. | Petron. | Petronius. |
| Claud. | Claudius, Claudian. | Phæd., Phædr. | Phædrus. |
| Corn. | Corneille. | Plaut. | Plautus. |
| Curt. | Curtius. | Port. | Portuguese. |
| Dan. | Danish. | Pr. | Proverb. |
| Dut. | Dutch. | Pub. Syr. | Publius Syrus. |
| Ecclus. | Ecclesiasticus. | Quinct. | Quinclilian. |
| Eurip. | Euripides. | Russ. | Russian. |
| Fr. | French. | Sall. | Sallust. |
| Fris. | Frisian. | Sc. | Scotch. |
| Gael. | Gaelic. | Schill. | Schiller. |
| Ger. | German. | Sen. | Seneca. |
| Gr. | Greek. | Sh. | Shakespeare. |
| Heb. | Hebrew. | Soph. | Sophocles. |
| Hom. | Homer. | Sp. | Spanish. |
| Hor. | Horace. | Stat. | Statius. |
| It. | Italian. | St. Aug. | St. Augustine. |
| Jul. | Julius. | Sueton. | Suetonius. |
| Just. | Justinian. | Swed. | Swedish. |
| Juv. | Juvenal. | Tac. | Tacitus. |
| L. | Law. | Ter. | Terence. |
| Laber. | Labertius. | Tert. | Tertullian. |
| La Font. | La Fontaine. | Tibull. | Tibullus. |
| La Roche. | La Rochefoucauld. | Turk. | Turkish. |