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

Strong passions are the life of manly virtues. But they need not necessarily be evil because they are passions and because they are strong. The passions may be likened to blood horses, that need training and the curb only to enable them whom they carry to achieve the most glorious triumphs. Simms.

Strong reasons make strong actions. King John, iii. 4.

Strong Son of God, immortal Love, / Whom we that have not seen Thy face, / By faith, and faith alone, embrace, / Believing where we cannot prove. Tennyson.

Stronger than steel / Is the sword of the 10 spirit; / Swifter than arrows / The life of the truth is; / Greater than anger / Is love, and subdueth. Longfellow.

Strongest minds / Are often those of whom the noisy world / Hears least. Wordsworth.

Studies perfect nature, and are perfected by experience. Bacon.

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Bacon.

Studiis et rebus honestis—By honourable studies and occupations. M.

Studiis florentem ignobilis oti—Indulging in the 15 studies of inglorious leisure. Virg.

Studio minuente laborem—The enthusiasm lessening the fatigue. Ovid.