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 so effectively disconcerts the schemes of sinister people as the tranquillity of great souls. Mirabeau.

Nothing so endures as a truly spoken word. Carlyle.

Nothing so lifts a man from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration. Carlyle.

Nothing so much contents us as that which 35 confounds us. Goldsmith.

Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire of appearing so. La Roche.

Nothing stands in need of lying but a lie. Pr.

Nothing stings so bitterly as loss of money. Pr.

Nothing succeeds like success. Talleyrand.

Nothing that has ever lived is lost; nothing is 40 useless; not a sigh, a joy, or a sorrow which has not served its purpose. Mme. Gasparin.

Nothing that is violent is permanent. Pr.