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 flowers open to the sun, but only one follows him constantly. Heart, be thou the sunflower, not only open to receive God's blessing, but constant in looking to Him. Jean Paul.

Many get into a dispute well that cannot get out well. Pr.

Many go in quest of wool, and come back shorn. Ger. Pr.

Many go out for clothes, and come home stript. Pr.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard. Philip Henry.

Many hands make light work. Pr. 5

Many have been harmed by speech; through thinking, few or none. Lord Vaux.

Many have been ruined by buying good penny-worths. Pr.

Many have been ruined by their fortunes; many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it, the great have become little, and the little great. Zimmermann.

Many have come to port after a great storm. Pr.