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

Jour de fête—Holiday. Fr.

Jour de ma vie—The day of my life. M.

Jour gras—Flesh day. Fr.

Jour maigre—Fish day. Fr. 20

Journal pour rire—Comic journal. Fr.

Journalists are like little dogs; whenever anything stirs they immediately begin to bark. Schopenhauer.

Journeys end in lovers' meeting, / Every wise man's son doth know. Twelfth Night, ii. 3.

Jove tonante cum populo agi non est fas—When Jove thunders there must be no parleying with the people. Cic.

Jovis omnia plena—All things are full of Jove, 25 i.e., of the deity. Virg.

Joy? a moon by fits reflected in a swamp or watery bog. Wordsworth.