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

Reasons are the pillars of the fabric of a sermon, 10 but similitudes are the windows which give the best light. Fuller.

Rebellentreue ist wankend—Fidelity among rebels is unsteady. Schiller.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Inscription on a cannon.

Rebuke ought to have a grain more of salt than of sugar. Pr.

Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments. Pr.

Rebus angustis animosus atque / Fortis appare; 15 sapienter idem / Contrahes vento nimium secundo / Turgida vela—Wisely show yourself spirited and resolute when perils press you; likewise reef your sails when they swell too much by a favouring breeze. Hor.

Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; / Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest—It is easy in misfortune to despise life; but he does bravely who can endure misery. Mart.

Rebus secundis etiam egregios duces insolescere—In the hour of prosperity even the best generals are apt to be haughty and insolent. Tac.

Receive what cheer you may; / The night is long that never finds the day. Macb., iv. 3.

Receiving a new truth is adding a new sense. Liebig.