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 nation is governed by all that has tongue in the nation: democracy is virtually there. Carlyle.

The nation is worth nothing which does not 30 joyfully stake its all on its honour. Schiller.

The native land of the poet's poetic powers and poetic action is the good, noble, and beautiful, which is confined to no particular province or country, and which he seizes upon and forms wherever he finds it. Therein is he like the eagle. Goethe.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind. Washington Irving.

The natural qualities pass over all others and mount upon the head. Hitopadesa.

The near explains the far. Emerson.

The nearer the church the farther from God. Pr. 35

The nearer we approach the goal of life, the better we begin to understand the true value of our existence, and the real weight of our opinions. Burke.

The necessities of my heart always give the cold philosophisings the lie. Burns.

The necessities of things are sterner stuff than the hopes of men. Disraeli.