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

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. Bible.

Best time is present time. Pr.

Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others. Sir Thomas Browne.

Be sure you can obey good laws before you 40 seek to alter bad ones. Ruskin.

Be sure your sin will find you out. Bible.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak. Pr.

Bête noir—An eyesore; a bugbear (lit. a black beast). Fr.

Beter eens in den hemel dan tienmaal aan de deur—Better once in heaven than ten times at the door. Dut. Pr.

Be thankful for your ennui; it is your last 45 mark of manhood. Carlyle.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Ham., iii. 1.