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

A craw's nae whiter for being washed. Sc. Pr.

A creation of importance can be produced only 35 when its author isolates himself; it is ever a child of solitude. Goethe.

Acribus initiis, incurioso fine—Full of ardour at the beginning, careless at the end. Tac.

A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is often an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief. Hare.

A crowd is not company. Bacon.

A crown / Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns. Milton.

A crown is no cure for the headache. Pr. 40

A cruce salus—Salvation from the cross. M.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. Ouida.

A crust of bread and liberty. Pope.