Is not light greater than fire? It is the same element in a state of purity. Carlyle.
Is not marriage an open question when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in? Emerson.
Is not shame the soil of all virtue, of all good 20 manners and good morals? Carlyle.
Is ordo vitio careto, cæteris specimen esto—Let this class (viz. the nobility of Rome) be free from vice and a pattern to the rest. The Twelve Tables.
Is sapiens qui se ad casus accommodet omnes; / Stultus pugnat in adversis ire natator aquis—He is a wise man who adapts himself to all contingencies; the fool struggles like a swimmer against the stream.
Is that a wonder which happens in two hours; and does it cease to be wonderful if happening in two millions? Carlyle.
Is the God present, felt in my own heart, a thing which Herr von Voltaire will dispute out of me or dispute into me? To the "worship of sorrow" (Christianity) ascribe what origin and genesis thou pleasest, has not that worship originated and been generated; is it not here? Feel it in thy heart and then say whether it is of God! Carlyle.
Is the jay more precious than the lark because 25 his feathers are more beautiful? Tam. of Shrew, iv. 3.
Is there anything of its own nature beautiful or not beautiful? The beauty of a thing is even that by which it shineth. Hitopadesa.
Is there evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? Bible.