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 true and the good will be reconciled when the two are wedded to each other in the beautiful. Rückert.

The true art of being agreeable is to appear well pleased with all the company, and rather to seem well entertained with them than to bring entertainment to them. Addison.

The true beginning is oftenest unnoticed and 35 unnoticeable. Carlyle.

The true "compulsory education" now needed is not catechism, but drill. Ruskin.

The true cross of the Redeemer is the sin and sorrow of the world. George Eliot.

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions. Arist.

The true epic of our times is, not arms and the man, but tools and the man—an infinitely wider kind of epic. Carlyle.

The true eye for talent presupposes the true 40 reverence for it. Carlyle.

The true fire of heaven always comes from heaven direct. Ed.

The true function of intellect is not that of talking, but of understanding and discerning with a view to performing. Carlyle.