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

Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, / Who living had no roof to shroud his head. Heywood.

Seven Grecian cities vied for Homer dead, / 50 Through which the living Homer begged his bread. Leonidas.

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, ten to the world allot, and all to heaven. Sir William Jones.

Seven times tried that judgment is / That did never choose amiss. Mer. of Ven., ii. 9.

Severæ Musa tragœdiæ—The Muse of solemn tragedy. Hor.

Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. Bacon.

Sewing at once a double thread, / A shroud as 55 well as a shirt. Hood.

Sex horas somno, totidem des legibus æquis: / Quatuor orabis, des epulisque duas. / Quod superest ultra, sacris largire Camenis—Give six hours to sleep, as many to the study of law; four hours you shall pray, and two give to meals: what is over devote to the sacred Muses. Coke.

Sexu fœmina, ingenio vir—In sex a woman, in natural ability a man. Epitaph of Maria Theresa.

Shadow owes its birth to light. Gay.