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 only gift is a portion of thyself. Emerson.

The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself with asking much about was, happiness enough to get his work done. Carlyle.

The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order. Burke.

The only means of overcoming adversities is a fresh activity. Goethe.

The only medicine which does women more 10 good than harm is dress. Jean Paul.

The only ornament of old age is virtue. Amyot.

The only poetry is history, could we tell it aright. Carlyle.

The only point now is what a man weighs in the scale of humanity; all the rest is nought. A coat with a star, and a chariot with six horses, at all events, imposes on the rudest multitude only, and scarcely that. Goethe.

The only progress which is really effective depends, not upon the bounty of Nature, but upon the energy of man. Buckle.

The only satisfaction of the will is that it 15 encounters with no resistance. Schopenhauer.