Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

In the fog of good and evil affections, it is hard for man to walk forward in a straight line. Emerson.

In the godlike only has man strength and freedom. Carlyle.

In the good as well as in the evil of life, less 40 depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which we take it. Schopenhauer.

In the great duel (of opinion), Nature herself is umpire, and does no wrong. Carlyle.

In the great hand of God I stand. Macb., ii. 3.

In the grimmest rocky wildernesses of existence there are blessed well-springs, there is an everlasting guiding star. Carlyle.

In the hands of genius the driest stick becomes an Aaron's rod, and buds and blossoms out in poetry. H. N. Hudson.

In the husband, wisdom; in the wife, gentleness. 45 Pr.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver. Joubert.

In the land of promise a man may die of hunger. Dut. Pr.