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 one thing to see that a line is crooked, and another thing to be able to draw a straight one. Rd. Sharp.

It is one thing to speak much, and another to speak pertinently. Pr.

It is only a part of art that can be taught; the 10 artist needs the whole. Goethe.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression upon us. Schopenhauer.

It is only because they are not used to taste of what is excellent that the generality of people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. Goethe.

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy. Ruskin.

It is only by universals, and never by singulars, that we can think. Dr. Hutchison Stirling.

It is only God's business to make laws, and 15 the lawyer's to read and enforce them. Ruskin.

It is only in society that a man's powers can have full play. Schopenhauer.

It is only in their misery that we recognise the hand and finger of God leading good men to good. Goethe.