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

Rore vixit more cicadæ—He lived upon dew like a grasshopper. Pr.

Roses fall, but the thorns remain. Dut. Pr.

Roses fair on thorns do grow: / And they tell me even so / Sorrows into virtues grow. Dr. W. Smith.

Roses grow among thorns. Pr.

Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; / 15 Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun. Shakespeare.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for pebbles. Sir Thomas Browne.

Round numbers are always false. Johnson.

Round the world, but never in it. Pr. of sailors.

Rouge et noir—A game of cards (lit. red and black). See Nuttall.

Ruat cœlum, fiat voluntas tua—Thy will be 20 done though the heavens should fall.