Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
/ Think what thou canst not think, and heaven is that. Quarles.
But yesterday the word of Cæsar might / 40 Have stood against the world; now lies he there, / And none so poor to do him reverence. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.
Buying is cheaper than asking. Ger. Pr.
Buy the truth, and sell it not. Bible.
Buy what ye dinna want, an' ye'll sell what ye canna spare. Sc. Pr.
By-and-by is easily said. Ham., iii. 2.
By any ballot-box, Jesus Christ goes just as 45 far as Judas Iscariot. Carlyle.
By blood a king, in heart a clown. Tennyson.
By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome. Pr.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. Democritus.
By dint of dining out, I run the risk of dying by starvation at home. Rousseau.
By doing nothing we learn to do ill. Pr.
By education most have been misled. Dryden.
By experience we find out a short way by a 5 long wandering. Roger Ascham.
By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen about his ears. Carlyle.
By night an atheist half believes a God. Young.
By nothing do men more show what they are than by their appreciation of what is and what is not ridiculous. Goethe.
By others' faults wise men correct their own. Pr.
By persisting in your path, though you forfeit 10 the little, you gain the great. Emerson.
By pious heroic climbing of our own, not by arguing with our poor neighbours, wandering to right and left, do we at length reach the sanctuary—the victorious summit, and see with our own eyes. Carlyle.
By pride cometh contention. Bible.
By robbing Peter he paid Paul … and hoped to catch larks if ever the heavens should fall. Rabelais.
By seeking and blundering we learn. Goethe.
By shallow rivers to whose falls / Melodious 15 birds sing madrigals. Marlowe.
By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd, / The sports of children satisfy the child. Goldsmith.
By strength of heart the sailor fights with roaring seas. Wordsworth.
By the long practice of caricature I have lost the enjoyment of beauty: I never see a face but distorted. Hogarth to a lady who wished to learn caricature.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is the noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius.
By time and counsel do the best we can: / 20 Th' event is never in the power of man. Herrick.
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Ca' (drive) a cow to the ha' (hall), and she'll rin to the byre. Sc. Pr.
Cabin'd, cribb'd, confin'd. Macb., iii. 4.
Cacoëthes carpendi—An itch for fault-finding. 25
Cacoëthes scribendi—An itch for scribbling.
Cacoëthes loquendi—An itch for talking.
Cada cousa a seu tempo—Everything has its time. Port. Pr.
Cada qual en seu officio—Every one to his trade. Port. Pr.
Cada qual hablé en lo que sabe—Let every one talk of what he understands. Sp. Pr.
Cada uno es hijo de sus obras—Every one is the son of his own works; i.e., is responsible for his own acts. Sp. Pr.
Cadenti porrigo dextram—I extend my right 30 hand to a falling man. M.
Cadit quæstio—The question drops, i.e., the point at issue needs no further discussion. L.
Cæca invidia est, nec quidquam aliud scit quam detrectare virtutes—Envy is blind, and can only disparage the virtues of others. Livy.
Cæca regens vestigia filo—Guiding blind steps by a thread.
Cæsarem vehis, Cæsarisque fortunam—You carry Cæsar and his fortunes; fear not, therefore. Cæsar to a pilot in a storm.
Cæsar non supra grammaticos—Cæsar has no 35 authority over the grammarians. Pr.
Cæsar's wife should be above suspicion. Plut.
Cæteris major qui melior—He who is better than others is greater. M.
Cahier des charges—Conditions of a contract. Fr.
Ça ira—It shall go on (a French Revolution song). Ben. Franklin.
Caisse d'amortissement—Sinking fund. Fr. 40
Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius—The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. Sen.
Calamity is man's true touchstone—Beaumont and Fletcher.
Calf love, half love; old love, cold love. Fris. Pr.
Call a spade a spade.
Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps 45 are all a clear Because to a clear Why. Lavater.
Callida junctura—Skilful arrangement. Hor.
Call me what instrument you will, though you fret me, you cannot play on me. Ham., iii. 2.
Call not that man wretched who, whatever ills he suffers, has a child he loves. Southey, Coleridge.
Call not the devil; he will come fast enough without. Dan. Pr.
Call your opinions your creed, and you will 50 change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end. P. Brooks.
Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur. The vulgar, far from hiding their will, blab their wishes. A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire. Lavater.
Calumnies are sparks which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. Boerhaave.
Calumny is like the wasp which worries you; which it were best not to try to get rid of, unless you are sure of slaying it, for otherwise it will