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

Samson was a strong man, but he could not pay money before he got it. Ger. Pr.

Sanan llagas, y no malas palabras—Wounds heal, but not ill words. Sp. Pr.

Sands form the mountains, moments make the 10 year. Young.

Sane baro—A baron indeed. M.

Sang-froid—Indifference; apathy; coolness. Fr.

Sanno più un savio ed un matto che un savio solo—A wise man and a fool know more than a wise man alone. It. Pr.

Sans changer—Without changing. Fr.

Sans Dieu rien—Nothing without God. Fr. 15

Sans façon—Without ceremony. Fr.

Sans le goût, le génie n'est qu'une sublime folie. Ce toucher sûr par qui la lyre ne rend que le son qu'elle doit rendre, est encore plus rare que la faculté qui crée—Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch by which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself. Chateaubriand.