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

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth. Ward Beecher.

Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Bible.

Put a stout heart to a stey (steep) brae. Sc. 20 Pr.

Put a tongue / In every wound of Cæsar that should move / The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

Put a young healthy soul full of life under the teaching of the Graces, and the soul's body and workmanship will become transparent of the soul's self. Ed.

Put armour on thine ears and on thine eyes. Timon of Athens, iv. 3.

Put money in thy purse. Othello, i. 3.

Put no trust in money; put your money in 25 trust. Amer. Pr.

Put not all your crocks on one shelf. Sc. Pr.

Put not all your eggs in one basket. Dut. Pr.