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

But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, / He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. Chaucer.

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, / Than 5 that which, withering on the virgin thorn, / Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. Mid. N's. Dream, i. 1.

But evil is wrought by want of thought / As well as want of heart. Hood.

But facts are chiels that winna ding, / An' douna be disputed. Burns.

But far more numerous was the herd of such / Who think too little and who talk too much. Dryden.

But for women, our life would be without help at the outset, without pleasure in its course, and without consolation at the end. Jouy.

But from the heart of Nature rolled / The burdens 10 of the Bible old. Emerson.

But human bodies are sic fools, / For a' their colleges and schools, / That, when nae real ills perplex them, / They make enow themsels to vex them. Burns.

But hushed be every thought that springs / From out the bitterness of things. Wordsworth.

But I am constant as the northern star, / Of whose true-fixed and resting quality, / There is no fellow in the firmament. Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.