Stets liegt, wo das Banner der Wahrheit wallt, / Der Aberglaube im Hinterhalt—Where the banner of truth waves unfurled, there you will always find superstition lying in ambush. Platen.
Stets zu spät kommt gute Kunde, / Schlechte Kunde zu frühe—Good news comes always too late; bad, always too soon. Bodenstedt.
Steward or deputy may do well: but the lord 45 himself is obliged to stir in the administration of justice. Cervantes.
Stiff (a) and laboured manner is as bad in a letter as it is in conversation.... Sprightliness and wit are graceful in letters, just as they are in conversation. Blair.
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, / Was everything by starts, and nothing long; / But in the course of one revolving moon / Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Dryden.
Still humanity grows dearer; / Being learned the more. Jean Ingelow.
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, / To silence envious tongues. Henry VIII., iii. 2.
Still people are dangerous. La Fontaine.
Still raise for good the supplicating voice, / But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. Johnson.
Still seems it strange that thou shouldst live for ever? Is it less strange that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more. Young.