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

Sprich nicht von Zeit, sprich nicht von Raum, / Denn Raum und Zeit sind nur ein Traum, / Ein schwerer Traum, den nur vergisst, / Wer durch die Liebe glücklich ist—Speak not of time, speak not of space, for space and time are but a dream, a heavy dream, which he who is happy in love only forgets. Bodenstedt.

Sprich vom Geheimniss nicht geheimnissvoll—Speak not mysteriously of what is a mystery. Goethe.

St. Theresa right well defines the devil as an 5 unfortunate who knows not what it is to love. C. J. Weber.

Stab at thee who will, / No stab the soul can kill. Raleigh.

Stabat mater dolorosa / Juxta crucem lacrymosa / Qua pendebat Filius—She stood a sorrow-stricken mother, weeping by the Cross where her son hung dying.

Stabit quocunque jeceris—It will stand, whichever way you throw it. Legend on the three-legged crest of the Isle of Man.

Stagnation is something more than death, it is corruption also. Simms.

Stain (blemish) not thy innocence by too deep 10 resentment, nor take off from the brightness of thy crown by anger and impatience and eagerness to right thyself. Thomas à Kempis.

Stand fast! to stand or fall, / Free in thine own arbitrament it stands. Milton.

Stand not upon the order of your going, / But go at once. Macb., iii. 4.