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

O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, / With saints dost bait thy hook. Meas. for Meas., ii. 2.

O curvæ in terris animæ et cœlestium inanes!—Oh ye souls bent down to earth and void of everything heavenly. Pers.

O das Leben hat Reize, die wir nie gekannt—Oh, life has charms which we have never known. Schiller.

O das Leben ist ein langer, langer Seufzer 15 vor dem Ausgehen des Athmens—Oh, life is a long, long sigh before emitting the breath. Jean Paul.

O dass die Weisheit halb so eifrig wäre / Nach Schülern und Bekehrten, als der Spott—Oh, that Wisdom were half as zealous for disciples and converts as Ridicule is. Grillparzer.

O dass es ewig bliebe, / Das Doppelglück der Töne wie der Liebe—Oh, that it would stay for ever, the double bliss of the tones as well as of the love. Goethe.

O dass sie ewig' grünen bliebe / Die schöne Zeit der jungen Liebe—Oh, that it remained for ever green, the fair season of early love. Schiller.

O dearest, dearest boy, my heart / For better love would seldom yearn, / Could I but teach the hundredth part / Of what from thee I learn. Wordsworth.

O der Magnet des Wahns zieht mächtig—Oh, 20 how powerfully the magnet of illusion attracts. Gutzkow.

O ein Fürst hat keinen Freund, kann keinen Freund haben—Oh, a ruler has no friend, and can have none. Lessing.