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

Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa / Fortuna—Common sense is generally rare in that position of life, i.e., in high rank. Juv.

Rascals are always sociable, and the test of a man's nobility is the small pleasure he has in others' society. Schiller.

Rasch tritt der Tod den Menschen an, / Es ist 15 ihm keine Frist gegeben, / Es stürzt ihn mitten in der Bahn, / Es reisst ihn fort vom vollen Leben. / Bereitet oder nicht; zu gehen, / Er muss vor seinen Richter stehen—Death of a sudden arrests his victim, man; there is no respite given; he falls upon him in midday, and tears him away when life is at the full. Ready to go or not, he must stand before his judge. Schiller.

Rashness is the faithful but unhappy parent of misfortune. Fuller.

Rast' ich, so rost' ich—Rest I, rust I. Luther.

Rast macht Rost—Rest breeds rust. Ger. Pr.

Rathe Niemand ungebeten—Advise no man unasked. Ger. Pr.

Rathen ist leichter denn helfen—To advise is 20 easier than to help. Ger. Pr.

Rathen ist nicht zwingen—To advise is not to compel. Ger. Pr.

Rather an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow. Dan. Pr.