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

Mistake not, man; the devil never sleeps. Thomas à Kempis.

Mistrust the man who finds everything good, and the man who finds everything evil, and still more the man who is indifferent to everything. Lavater.

Misunderstanding brings lies to town. Pr.

Misunderstanding goes on like a fallen stitch 50 in a stocking, which in the beginning might have been taken up with a needle. Goethe.

Mit deinem Meister zu irren ist dein Gewinn—To err with thy master is thy gain. Goethe.

Mit dem Genius steht die Natur im ewigen Bunde! / Was der eine verspricht, leistet die andre gewiss—Nature stands in eternal league with genius; what the one promises the other as surely performs. Schiller.

Mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel—Doubt ever grows alongside of knowledge. Goethe.

Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens—With stupidity the gods themselves fight in vain. Schiller.

Mit Frauen soll man sich nie unterstehn zu scherzen—One should never venture to joke with ladies. Mephisto in Goethe's "Faust."

Mit fremdem Gut ist leicht ein Prasser sein—It is easy to live riotously (be a rake) at another's expense. Platen.