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

Between the acting of a dreadful thing / And 60 the first motion, all the interim is / Like a phantasma or a hideous dream. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.

Between the deil and the deep sea. Sc. Pr.

Between us and hell or heaven there is nothing but life, which of all things is the frailest. Pascal.

Beware, my lord, of jealousy; / It is the green-eyed monster that doth mock / The meat it feeds on. Othello, iii. 3.

Beware of a silent dog and still water. Pr.

Beware of a silent man and a dog that does 65 not bark. Pr.

Beware of a talent which you cannot hope to cultivate to perfection. Goethe.

Beware / Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, / Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee. Ham., i. 3.

Beware of false prophets. Jesus.

Beware of "Had I wist." Pr.