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

Many can make bricks, but cannot build. Pr.

Many causes that can plead well for themselves 50 in the courts of Westminster, have yet in the general court of the universe and free soul of man no word to utter. Carlyle.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. Bovee.

Many commit sin and blame Satan. Pr.

Many cooks spoil the broth. Pr.

Many cut broad thongs out of other people's leather. Pr.

Many deceive themselves, imagining to find 55 happiness in change. Thomas à Kempis.

Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts. Sir P. Sidney.

Many estates are spent in the getting, / Since women, for tea, forsook spinning and knitting, / And men, for their punch, forsook hewing and splitting. Pr.

Many find fault without any end, / And yet do nothing at all to mend. Pr.