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

One soul may have a decided influence upon 10 another merely by means of its silent presence. Goethe.

One soweth and another reapeth. Heb. Pr.

One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. Paine.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honourable life. L'Estrange.

One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine. Young.

One swallow does not make a summer. Pr. 15

One sword keeps another in the scabbard. Pr.

One "Take this" is better than two "I will give you." Sp. Pr.

"One thing above all others," says Goethe, "I have never thought about thinking." What a thrift of thinking faculty there; thrift almost of itself equal to a fortune in these days. Carlyle.

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures. J. G. Holland.