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

Mässigkeit und klarer Himmel sind Apollo 50 und die Musen—Moderation and a clear sky are Apollo and the Muses. Goethe.

Masters are mostly the greatest servants in the house. Pr.

Masters should be sometimes blind and sometimes deaf. Pr.

Masters two / Will not do. Pr.

Mastery passes often for egotism. Goethe.

Match-makers often burn their fingers. Pr. 55

Mater artium necessitas—Necessity is the mother of invention (lit. the arts).

Mater familias—The mother of a family.

Materia medica—Substances used in medicine; therapeutics.

Materia prima—The primary substance or substrate.