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 lexicon of youth, which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail. Bulwer Lytton.

In the meanest hut there is a romance, if you knew the hearts there. Varnhagen von Ense.

In the midst of life we are in death. Burial Service.

In the midst of the sun is the light, in the midst of the light is the truth, and in the midst of the truth is the imperishable being. The Vedas.

In the mind, as in a field, though some things may be sown and carefully brought up, yet what springs naturally is the most pleasing. Tac.

In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the 5 heart. Ger. Pr.

In the modesty of fearful duty / I read as much as from the rattling tongue / Of saucy and audacious eloquence. Mid. Night's Dream, v. 1.

In the morning mountains; / In the evening fountains. Herbert's Coll.

In the morning of life, work; in the mid-day, give counsel; in the evening, pray. Gr. saying.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Bible.