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

Life is no merrymaking. Dr. W. Smith.

Life is not as idle ore, / But iron dug from central gloom, / And heated hot with burning fears, / And dipt in baths of hissing tears, / And battered with the shocks of doom / To shape and use. Tennyson.

Life is not intellectual or critical, but sturdy. 45 Its chief good is for well-mixed people, who can enjoy what they find without question. Emerson.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. Johnson.

Life is not long enough for art, not long enough for friendship. Emerson.

Life is not so short but there is always time enough for courtesy. Emerson.

Life is not the supreme good; but of all earthly ills the chief is guilt. Schiller.

Life is not victory, but battle. R. D. Hitchcock. 50

Life is poor when its old faiths are gone, / Poorest when man can trust himself alone. Dr. Walter Smith.

Life is probation, and this earth no goal, / But starting-point of man. Browning.