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 things there are / That we may hope to 50 win with violence; / While others only can become our own / Through moderation and wise self-restraint. / Such is virtue; such is love. Goethe.

Many times death passeth with less pain than the torture of a limb; for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense. Bacon.

Many ventures make a full freight. Pr.

Many walk into the battle and are carried out of it. Fielding.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Bible.

Many words hurt more than swords. Pr. 5

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. Pr.

Many would have been worse if their estates had been better. Pr.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are really ill-mannered and coarse. La Roche.

Mar not what, marred, cannot be mended. Pr.