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

Meal is finer than grain; women are finer than men. Gael. Pr.

Meals and matins minish never. Pr. 40

Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm, always turn sour. Randolph.

Measure men around the heart. Pr.

Measure not by a scale of perfection the meagre product of reality. Schiller.

Measure three times before you cut once. Pr.

Measure your cloth ten times; you can cut 45 it but once. Russ. Pr.

Measures, not men, have always been my mark. Goldsmith.

Meat and matins hinder no man's journey. Pr.

Meat is devoured by the birds in the air, by the beasts in the fields, and by the fishes in the waters; so, in every situation, there is plenty. Hitopadesa.