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

Success in war, like charity in religion, covers a multitude of sins. Sir C. Napier.

Success is full of promise till men get it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. Ward Beecher.

Success is sweet; the sweeter if long delayed, and attained through manifold struggles and defeats. A. B. Alcott.

Success is the child of audacity. Disraeli.

Success makes men look larger, if reflection 35 does not measure them. Joubert.

Success makes success, as money makes money. Chamfort.

Success often costs more than it is worth. E. Wigglesworth.

Success tempts many to their ruin. Phædr.

Success throws a veil over the evil deeds of men. Demosthenes.

Success! to thee, as to a god, men bend the 40 knee. Æschylus.