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

Nothing is perfect until, in some way, it touches or passes through man. T. T. Munger.

Nothing is permanently helpful to any race or condition of men but the spirit that is in their own hearts, kindled by the love of their native land. Ruskin.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. Bacon.

Nothing is poetry which does not transport; 35 the lyre is a winged instrument. Joubert.

Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. Raleigh.

Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. Emerson.

Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning. Whipple.

Nothing is safe from fault-finders. Pr.

Nothing is secret that shall not be made 40 manifest; neither anything hid that shall not be known. Jesus.

Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste. Goethe.