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

Raisonner sur l'amour, c'est perdre la raison—To reason about love is to lose reason. Bouflers.

Rake not into the bowels of unwelcome truth 50 to save a halfpenny. Lamb.

Rami felicia poma ferentes—Branches bearing beauteous fruit. Ovid.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains. Ruffini.

Rank is a great beautifier. Bulwer Lytton.

Rank is but the guinea's stamp, / The man's the gowd for a' that. Burns.

Raphael wäre ein grosser Maler geworden, 55 selbst wenn er ohne Hände auf die Welt gekommen wäre—Raphael would have been a great painter even if he had come into the world without hands. Lessing.

Rapiamus, amici, / Occasionem de die—Let us, my friends, snatch our opportunity from the passing day. Hor.

Rapt with zeal, pathetic, bold, and strong, / Roll'd the full tide of eloquence along. Falconer.

Rara avis in terris, nigroque similima cygno—A bird rarely seen on earth, and very much resembling a black swan. Juv.