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 not work that kills men, it is worry. 45 It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Ward Beecher.

It is of more importance to teach manners and customs than to establish laws and tribunals. Mirabeau.

It is of no use running; to set out betimes is the main point. La Fontaine.

It is of some consequence for a man to forego his own inclinations, even in matters of no great importance. Thomas à Kempis.

It is often because an author proceeds from the thought to the expression, and the reader from the expression to the thought, that a clear writer is obscure. Speroni.

It is often easier, as well as more advantageous, to conform to the opinions of others than to persuade them into ours. La Bruyère.

It is often even wise to reveal what cannot long remain concealed. Schiller.

It is one of the wretchednesses of the great 5 that they have no approved friends. Channing.

It is one soul which animates all men. Emerson.

It is one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall. Shakespeare.