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 peace of heaven is theirs who lift their 15 swords / In such a just and charitable war. King John, ii. 1.

The peacemakers shall be called the children of God. Jesus.

The peevish, the niggard, the dissatisfied, the passionate, the suspicious, and those who live upon others' means, are for ever unhappy. Hitopadesa.

The pen is mightier than the sword. Bulwer Lytton.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Bacon.

The people have the right to murmur, but they 20 have also the right to be violent, and their silence is the lesson of kings. Jean de Beauvais.

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world. Disraeli.

The people of this world having been once deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself. Hitopadesa.

The people once belonged to the kings; now the kings belong to the people. Heine.

The perfect flower of religion opens in the soul only when all self-seeking is abandoned. John Burroughs.