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

It is more honourable to be raised to a throne than be born to one; fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch.

It is more important to discover a new source of happiness on earth than a new planet in the sky. (?)

It is more kindly to laugh at human life than to grin at it. Wieland.

It is more painful to do nothing than something. Pr.

It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening 10 into flame than flame sinking into smoke. Johnson.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. Disraeli.

It is much easier to bind on a wreath than to find a head worthy to wear it. Goethe.

It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; the former lies on the surface, the latter rests in the depths. Goethe.

It is much more easy to inspire a passion than a faith. Simms.

It is much safer to obey than to govern. 15 Thomas à Kempis.