One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was fact to-day is doctrine. Examples are supposed to justify the most dangerous measures; and where they do not suit exactly, the defect is supplied by analogy. Junius.
One rarely sees how deeply one is in debt till 40 one comes to settle one's accounts. Goethe.
One really gains nothing from such interests (as occupy the newspapers). Goethe.
One religion after another fades away; but the religious sense, which created them all, can never become dead to humanity. Jean Paul.
One says more, and with more heart, in an hour than is written in years. Goethe.
One science only can one genius fit, / So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.
One scream of fear from a mother may resound 45 through the whole life of her daughter. Jean Paul.
One sheep follows another. Pr.
One should abandon that country wherein there is neither respect, nor employment, nor connections, nor the advancement of science. Hitopadesa.
One should never ask anybody if one means to write anything. Goethe.