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

Bonne et belle assez—Good and handsome enough. Fr. M.

Bonne journée fait qui de fol se délivre—He 45 who rids himself of a fool does a good day's work. Fr. Pr.

Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée—A good name is worth more than a girdle of gold. Fr. Pr.

Bonnet rouge—The cap of liberty. Fr.

Bonnie feathers mak' bonnie fowls. Sc. Pr.

Bon poète, mauvais homme—Good as a poet, bad as a man. Fr.

Bon sang ne peut mentir—Good blood disdains 50 to lie. Fr. Pr.

Bons et máos mantem cidade—Good men and bad make a city. Port. Pr.

Bons mots n'épargnent nuls—Witticisms spare nobody. Fr. Pr.

Bon soir—Good evening. Fr.