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 vain does the mill clack / If the miller his 25 hearing lack. Herbert's Coll.

In veritate religionis confido—I confide in the truth of religion. M.

In veritate victoria—Victory lies with the truth. M.

In vino veritas—There is truth in wine; that is, the truth comes out under its influence.

In vitium ducit culpæ fuga—In flying from one vice we are sometimes led into another. Hor.

In water you may see your own face; in wine 30 the heart of another. Pr.

In well-regulated civil society there is scarcely a more melancholy suffering to be undergone than what is forced on us by the neighbourhood of an incipient player on the flute or violin. Goethe.

In wenig Stunden / Hat Gott das Rechte gefunden—God takes but a short time to find out the right. Goethe.

In wonder all philosophy began; in wonder it ends; and admiration fills up the interspace. Coleridge.

In wonder the spirits fly not as in fear, but only settle. Bacon.