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 gods in charity oft lend their strength to man. Schiller.

The gods invariably make us pay dear for the great benefits they confer on us. Corn.

The gods of fable are the shining moments of great men. Emerson.

The gods sell all things at a fair price. Ancient Pr.

The gods sell to us all the goods which they 30 give us. Epicharmus.

The gods, when they appear to man, are commonly unrecognised by them. Goethe.

The golden age hath passed away, / Only the good have power to bring it back. Goethe.

The golden age, that lovely prime, / Existed in the past no more than now. / And did it e'er exist, believe me, / As then it was, it now may be restored. Still meet congenial spirits, and enhance / Each other's pleasures in this beauteous world. Goethe.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. George Eliot.

The good are always ready to be the upholders 35 of the good in their misfortunes. Elephants even are wont to bear the burthens of elephants who have sunk in the mire. Hitopadesa.