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

J'évite d'être long, et je deviens obscur—In 45 avoiding to be diffuse, I become obscure. Boileau, after Horace.

J'y suis, et j'y reste—Here I am, and here I remain. MacMahon in the trenches before the Malakoff.

Ja, das Gold ist nur Chimäre—Yes, gold is but a chimæra. Scribe-Meyerbeer.

Ja, der Krieg verschlingt die Besten!—Yes, war swallows up the best people! Schiller.

Ja, grosse Männer werden stets verfolgt, / Und kommen immer in Verlegenheiten—Yes, great men are always subject to persecution, and always getting into straits. Schiller.

Ja, so schätzt der Mensch das Leben, als 50 heiliges Kleinod, / Dass er jenen am meisten verehrt, der es trotzig verschmähet—Yes, man values life as a sacred jewel in such a way that he reveres him most who haughtily scorns it. Platen.

Jacet ecce Tibullus, / Vix manet e toto parva quod urna capit—See, here Tibullus lies; of all that he was there hardly remains enough to fill a little urn. Ovid.

Jack at a pinch. Pr.

Jack is as good as Jill. Pr.

Jack-o'-both sides is, before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties. Pr.