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

Satan trembles when he sees / The weakest saint upon his knees. Cowper.

Satiety comes of riches, and contumaciousness of satiety. Solon.

Satire has a power of fascination that no other 50 written thing possesses. S. Lane-Poole.

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. Swift.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, / Wound with a touch that is scarcely seen. Lady M. Montagu.

Satires run faster than panegyrics. Pr.

Satis diu vel naturæ vel gloriæ—Long enough for the demands both of nature or of glory.

Satis eloquentiæ, sapientiæ parum—Fine talk 55 enough, but little wisdom. Sall.

Satis est orare Jovem, quæ donat et aufert; / Det vitam, det opes, æquum mi animum ipse parabo—It is enough to pray to Jove for those things which he gives and takes away; let him grant life, let him grant wealth; I myself will provide myself with a well-poised mind. Hor.

Satis quod sufficit—Enough is as good as a feast (lit. what suffices is enough).