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

Recepto / Dulce mihi furere est amico—It is 20 delightful to indulge in extravagance on the return of a friend. Hor.

Rechauffé—Heated again; stale. Fr.

Recherché—Sought for; much esteemed.

Recht geht vor Macht—Right goes before might. Count v. Schwerin.

Recht stets behält das Schicksal, denn das Herz, / In uns ist sein gebietrischer Vollzieher—Fate always carries its point, for the heart in us is its imperious executor. Schiller.

[Greek: rechthen de te nêpios egnô]—What has happened 25 even the fool knows. Homer.

Recipiunt feminæ sustentacula a nobis—Women receive supports from us. Motto of the Pattenmakers' Company.

Reckless youth makes ruefu' age. Sc. Pr.

Reckon no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may overlook it. Confucius.

Reckon what is in a man, not what is on him, if you would know whether he is rich or poor. Ward Beecher.