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

Oaths are straws, ... and holdfast is the only dog. Hen. V., ii. 3.

Ob es vom Herzen kommt, das magst du leicht verstehen: / Denn was vom Herzen kommt, muss dir zum Herzen gehen—Easily may'st thou know whether it comes from the heart; for what comes from the heart goes straight to thine. Körner.

Obedience alone gives the right to command. Emerson.

Obedience is better than sacrifice. Pr. from Bible.

Obedience is our universal duty and destiny; 10 wherein whoso will not bend must break. Carlyle.

Obedience is the bond of rule. Tennyson.

Obedience is woman's duty on earth; hard endurance is her heavy lot; by severe service she must be purified; but she who has served here is great up yonder. Schiller.

Obey something, and you will have a chance of finding out what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying Beelzebub and all his seven invited friends. Ruskin.

Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly; swear not; set not thy sweet heart on proud array. King Lear, iii. 4.

Obiter cantare—To sing as one goes along; to 15 sing by the way.