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

Scandalum magnatum—An offence against the nobility or a person in high station. L.

Scarcely anything is perfectly plain but what is also perfectly common. Carlyle.

Scarcely love's utmost may in heaven be; / To hell it reacheth, so 'tis love at all. Louise S. Bevington.

Scarcely one man in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. Fielding.

Scarceness is what there is the biggest stock 40 of in the country. George Eliot.

Scarceness o' victual 'ull keep; there's no need to be hasty wi' the cooking. George Eliot.

Scatter with one hand, gather with two. Pr.

Scelere velandum est scelus—One crime has to be concealed by another. Sen.

Scepticism has never founded empires, established principles, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been men of faith. Chapin.

Scepticism is not an end but a beginning, is as 45 the decay of old ways of believing, the preparation afar off for new, wider, and better. Carlyle.