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's hardly in a body's power / To keep, at times, frae being sour, / To see how things are shared. Burns.

It's height makes Grantham steeple stand awry. Pr.

It's ill livin' in a hen-roost for them as doesn't like fleas. George Eliot.

It's ill living where everybody knows everybody. Pr.

It's ill talking between a full man and a fasting. 10 Sc. Pr.

It's ill wool that will take no dye. Pr.

It's lang ere the devil dee by the dyke-side. Sc. Pr.

It's never too late to learn. Pr.

It's no in titles nor in rank; / It's no in wealth like London bank, / To purchase peace and rest: / It's no in makin' muckle mair, / It's no in books, it's no in lear, / To mak' us truly blest. Burns.

It's no tint (lost) that a friend gets. Sc. 15 Pr.