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

Stirb und werde! / Denn so lang du das nicht hast, / Bist du nur ein trüber Gast / Auf der dunkeln Erde—Die and learn to live, for so far as thou hast not accomplished this, thou art but a darkened guest in a darkened world. Goethe.

Stirring spirits live alone: / Write on the 15 others, "Here lies such a one." George Herbert.

Sto pro veritate—I stand in the defence of truth. M.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Bible.

Stone masons collected the dome of St. Paul's, but Wren hung it in the air. Willmott.

Stony limits cannot hold love out; / And what love can do, that dares love attempt. Rom. and Jul., ii. 2.

Store of grain, O king! is the best of stores. 20 A gem cast into the mouth will not support life. Hitopadesa.

Store Ord giöre sielden from Gierning—Big words seldom accompany good deeds. Dan. Pr.

Storms make oaks take deeper root. Pr.

Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life; and few there be that find it. Jesus.