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

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. Mme. Dudevant.

Rumour is a pipe / Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures; / And of so easy and so plain a stop / That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, / The still-discordant wavering multitude, / Can play upon it. 2 Hen. IV., Induc.

Run here or there, thou wilt find no rest, but in humble subjection to the government of a superior. Thomas à Kempis.

Rus in urbe—Country in town. Mart.

Ruse contre ruse—Diamond cut diamond. Fr. 35

Ruse de guerre—A stratagem. Fr.

Rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself. Dan. Pr.

Rust wastes more than use. Fr. Pr.

Rustica veritas—Rustic veracity.

Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis; at ille / 40 Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis ævum—The peasant waits until the river shall cease to flow; but still it glides on, and will glide on for all time to come. Hor.