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

Bitin' and scartin' 's Scotch folk's wooing. Sc. 35 Pr.

Black detraction will find faults where they are not. Massinger.

Blame is the lazy man's wages. Dan. Pr.

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, / And be each critic the good-natured man. Goldsmith.

Blanc-bec—A greenhorn. Fr.

Blasen ist nicht flöten; ihr musst die Finger 40 bewegen—To blow on the flute is not to play on it; you must move the fingers as well. Goethe.

Blasphemy is wishing ill to anything, and its outcome wishing ill to God; while Euphemy is wishing well to everything, and its outcome wishing well to—"Ah, wad ye tak' a thocht, and men'." Ruskin.

Blasted with excess of light. Gray.

Bleib nicht allein, denn in der Wüste trat / Der Satansengel selbst dem Herrn des Himmels—Remain not alone, for it was in the desert that Satan came to the Lord of Heaven himself. Schiller.

Bless, and curse not. St. Paul.