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

Penny wise is often pound foolish. Pr.

Pense ce que tu veux, dis ce que tu dois—Think what you like, say what you ought. Fr. Pr.

Pense moult, parle peu, écris moins—Think much, speak little, write less. Fr. Pr.

Penser, vivre, et mourir en roi—To think, live, and die as a king. Frederick the Great.

Pensez à bien—Think of good. M. 45

People abuse freedom only where they have asserted it, not where it has been given them. Börne.

People are always expecting to get peace in heaven; but you know whatever peace they get there will be ready-made. Whatever of making peace they can be blest for must be on the earth here. Ruskin.

People are only accustomed to revolve around themselves. Goethe.

People are rendered sociable by their inability to endure their own society. Schiller.

People are wise for the past day in the evening, 50 but never wise enough for the coming one. Rückert.