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

Tears of joy, like summer rain-drops, are 25 pierced by sunbeams. H. Ballou.

Tears such as angels weep. Milton.

Tecum habita—Live with yourself; keep within your means.

Teeth, hair, nails, and the human species, prosper not when separated from their place. A wise man, being informed of this, should not totally forsake his native home. Hitopadesa.

Tel brille au second rang, qui s'éclipse au premier—Some who are eclipsed in the first rank may shine in the second. Voltaire.

Tel coup de langue est pire qu'un coup de 30 lance—Such a stroke with the tongue is worse than one with a lance. Fr. Pr.

Tel, en vous lisant, admire chaque trait, / Qui dans le fond de l'âme vous craint et vous hait—Such a one, in reading your work, admires every line, but, at the bottom of his soul, he fears and hates you. Boileau.

Tel excelle à rimer qui juge sottement—Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly. Boileau.

Tel maître, tel valet—Like master, like man. Fr. Pr.

Tel père, tel fils—Like father, like son. Fr. Pr.