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

Bien vengas, mal, si vienes solo—Welcome, misfortune, 15 if thou comest alone. Sp. Pr.

Bien vient à mieux, et mieux à mal—Good comes to better and better to bad. Fr. Pr.

Big destinies of nations or of persons are not founded gratis in this world. Carlyle.

Bigotry murders religion, to frighten fools with her ghost. Colton.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds. Dan. Pr.

Billet-doux—A love-letter. Fr. 20

Biography is the most universally pleasant, the most universally profitable, of all reading. Carlyle.

Biography is the only true history. Carlyle.

Birds of a feather flock together. Pr.

Birds of prey do not flock together. Port. Pr.