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

Prisoners of hope. Bible.

Pristinæ virtutis memores—Mindful of ancient 5 valour. M.

Priusquam incipias consulto, et ubi consulueris mature facto opus est—Before you begin, consider; but having considered, use despatch. Sall.

Private affection bereaves us easily of a right judgment. Thomas à Kempis.

Private credit is wealth; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. Junius.

Private judgment with the accent on "private" is self-will; but with the accent on "judgment," it is freedom, free-will. J. Hutchison Stirling.

Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is 10 almost omnipotent. Ward Beecher.

Private reproof is the best grave for private faults. Pr.

Private self-regard must have been wholly subordinated to, if not entirely cast out by, a higher principle of action and a purer affection before a man can become either truly moral or religious. J. C. Sharp.

Privatorum conventio juri publico non derogat—No bargain between individuals derogates from a law. L.