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 more a man lives, the more he suffers. Amiel.

The more angels the more room. Swedenborg. 10

The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish; for he learns to economise his time. Judge Hale.

The more bustling the streets become, the more quietly one moves. Goethe.

The more fair and crystal is the sky, / The uglier seem the clouds that in it fly. Rich. II., i. 1.

The more generally persons are pleasing, the less profoundly do they please. H. Beyle.

The more haste, the worse speed. Pr. 15

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. Lavater.

The more laws you accept, the fewer penalties you will have to endure, and the fewer punishments to enforce. Ruskin.

The more men refine upon pleasure, the less will they indulge in excesses of any kind. Hume.