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 rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Bible.

The richest minds need not large libraries. A. B. Alcott.

The riddle of the age has for each a private solution. Emerson.

The ridge once gained, the path so hard of 35 late / Runs easy on, and level with the gate (to virtue). Hesiod.

The right divine of kings to govern wrong. Quoted by Pope.

The right ear, that is fill'd with dust, / Hears little of the false or just. Tennyson.

The right honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Sheridan.

The right law of education is that you take the most pains with the best material. Never waste pains on bad ground, but spare no labour on the good, or on what has in it the capacity of good. Ruskin.

The right man in the right place. A. H. 40 Layard in the House of Commons.

The righteous hath hope in his death. Bible.