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

Oneness and otherness. It is impossible to 40 speak or think without embracing both. Emerson.

Only a Christ could have conceived a Christ. Joseph Parker.

Only a great pride, that is, a great and reverential repose in one's own being, renders possible a noble humility. D. A. Wasson.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, / Like seasoned timber, never gives: / But when the whole world turns to coal, / Then chiefly lives. George Herbert.

Only action gives life strength; only moderation gives it a charm. Jean Paul.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of 45 life. Novalis.

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is, or should be, an inventor. Emerson.

Only by joy and sorrow does a man know anything about himself and his destiny, learn what he ought to seek and what to shun. Goethe.

Only by pride cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. Bible.

Only great men have any business with great defects. La Roche.