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

Reserve the master-blow. Pr.

Resignation is putting God between one's self and one's grief. Mme. Swetchine.

Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways. Lessing.

Resist not evil. Jesus. 35

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. St. James.

Resistance ought never to be thought of but when an utter subversion of the laws of the realm threatens the whole frame of our constitution, and no redress can otherwise be hoped for. It therefore does, and ought for ever, to stand in the eye and letter of the law as the highest offence. Walpole.

Resolution is independent of great age, but without it one lives a hundred years in vain. Chinese Pr.

Resolution will sometimes relax, and diligence will sometimes be interrupted; but let no accidental surprise or deviation, whether short or long, dispose you to despondency. Johnson.

Resolutions are well kept when they jump 40 with inclination. Goldsmith.

Resolve, resolve, and to be men aspire. / Exert that noblest privilege, alone / Here to mankind indulged; control desire: / Let godlike Reason, from her sovereign throne, / Speak the commanding word "I will!" and it is done. Thomson.