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

Orando laborando—By prayer and labour. M.

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano—We should pray for a sound mind in a sound body. Juv.

Orate pro anima—Pray for the soul of.

Orationis summa virtus est perspicuitas—The greatest virtue of speech is perspicuity. Quinct.

Orator improbus leges subvertit—An evil-disposed 10 orator subverts the laws.

Oratory is a warrior's eye flashing from under a philosopher's brow. Hare.

Oratory, like a drama, abhors lengthiness; like the drama, it must be kept doing. Bulwer Lytton.

Order all thy actions, so as readily and meekly to comply with the commands of thy superiors, the desires of thy equals, the requests of thy inferiors; so to do for all what thou lawfully mayest. Thomas à Kempis.

Order and quiet are good things when they can be had without the sacrifice of things that are better. Ward Beecher.

Order is a great man's need, and his true well-being. 15 Amiel.