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

Pity those whom Nature abuses, never those who abuse Nature. Sheridan.

Pity weakness and ignorance, bear with the 5 dulness of understandings, or perverseness of tempers. Law.

Più ombra che frutto fanno gli arberi grandi—Large trees yield more shade than fruit. It. Pr.

Più sa il matto in casa sua che il savio in casa d'altri—The fool knows more in his own house than a wise man does in another's. It. Pr.

Più vale il fumo di casa mia, che il fuoco dell'altrui—The smoke of my own house is better than the fire of another's. It. Pr.

Place moral heroes in the field, and heroines will follow them as brides. Jean Paul.

Placeat homini quidquid Deo placuit—That 10 which has seemed good to God should seem good to man. Sen.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from. Coleridge.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. I. Disraeli.

Plain dealing is dead, and died without issue. Pr.