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

Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps. Douglas Jerrold.

Talkers are no good doers. Rich. III., i. 3.

Talking is one of the fine arts. Holmes. 10

Talking is the disease of age. Ben Jonson.

Talking of love is making it. Pr.

Talking with a host is next best to talking with one's self.... He is wiser than to contradict his guest in any case; he lets him go on, he lets him travel. Thoreau.

Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet—The miser is as much in want of that which he has as of that which he has not. Pub. Syr.

Tam diu discendum est, quum diu nescias, et, 15 si proverbio credimus, quam diu vivas—You must continue learning as long as you do not know, and, if the proverb is to be believed, as long as you live. Sen.

Tam Marte quam Minerva—As much by Mars as by Minerva; as much by courage as by wisdom. Pr.

Tam Marti quam Mercurio—As much for Mars as for Mercury; as well qualified for war as for business.