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

The god of this world is riches, pleasure, and pride. Luther.

The God who dwells in my bosom can stir my heart to its depths. Goethe.

The goddess Athene is armed with the Gorgon's head. Ed.

The gods approve the depth, and not the tumult, of the soul. Wordsworth.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices / 20 Make instruments to scourge us. King Lear, v. 3.

The gods are long-suffering; but the law from the beginning was, He that will not work shall perish from the earth; and the patience of the gods has limits. Carlyle.

The gods are on the side of the strongest. Emerson.

The gods are wont to save by human means. Goethe.

The gods do not avenge on the son the misdeeds of the father. Each or good or bad reaps the due reward of his own actions. Parents' blessing, not their curse, is inherited. Goethe.

The gods hearken to him who hearkens to 25 them. Homer.