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

Surfeit has killed more than hunger. Pr. 40

Surfeit of the sweetest things / The deepest loathing to the stomach brings. Mid. N.'s Dream, ii. 3.

Surfeits destroy more than the sword. J. Fletcher.

Surgit post nubila Phœbus—The sun rises after the clouds. M.

Sursum corda—Lift up your hearts. L.

Surtout, messieurs, pas de zèle—Above all, 45 gentlemen, no zeal. Talleyrand.

Sus Minervam—A pig teaching Minerva.

Susceptibility to one class of influences, the selection of what is fit for him, the rejection of what is unfit, determines for a man the character of the universe. Emerson.

Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus, qui proximus destinaretur—Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. Tac.

Suspendens omnia naso—Sneering at everything. Hor.