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

Manum de tabula!—Hand off the picture! i.e., leave off touching up.

Manum non verterim, digitum non porrexerim—I 10 would not turn my hand or stretch out my finger. Cic.

Manus e nubibus—Hand from the clouds.

Manus hæc inimica tyrannis—This hand is hostile to tyrants. M.

Manus manum lavat—One hand washes the other.

Many a cow stands in the meadow and looks wistfully at the common. Pr.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us 15 in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep. Henry.

Many a discord betwixt man and man the returning seasons soften by degrees into sweetest harmony; but that which bridges over the greatest gap is Love, whose charm unites the earth with heaven above. Goethe.

Many a father might say, ... "I put in gold into the furnace, and there came out this calf." Spurgeon.

Many a fine dish has nothing on it. Pr.