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

Of the Wrong we are always conscious, of the Right never. Goethe.

Of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Jesus.

Of thy word unspoken thou art master; thy spoken word is master of thee. Eastern Pr.

Of two evils choose the least. Pr. 20

Of unwise admiration much may be hoped, for much good is really in it; but unwise contempt is itself a negation; nothing comes of it, for it is nothing. Carlyle.

Of what does not concern you say nothing, good or bad. It. Pr.

Of what significance are the things you can forget? Thoreau.

Of wild creatures, a tyrant; and of tame ones, a flatterer. Bias.

Off with his head! so much for Buckingham. 25 Rich. III., iv. 3.

Offenders never pardon. Pr.