It is the ambiguous distracted training which they are subject to that makes men uncertain; it awakens wishes when it should quicken tendencies. Goethe.
It is the best sign of a great nature, that it opens a foreground, and, like the breath of morning landscapes, invites us onward. Emerson.
It is the best use of fate to teach a fatal courage. 50 Emerson.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, / And that craves wary walking. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. Napoleon.
It is the common error of builders and parents to follow some plan they think beautiful (and perhaps is so) without considering that nothing is beautiful which is displaced. Lady Montagu.
It is the common wonder of all men how, among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike. Sir Thomas Browne.
It is the company, and not the charge that makes the feast. Pr.
It is the condition of humanity to design what 5 never will be done, and to hope what never will be attained. Johnson.
It is the curse of kings to be attended / By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant. King John.