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 truth we need is only lightly veiled, not deeply buried by the wise hand which has designed it for us. Gellert.

The truth works sometimes from without as from within. Dr. W. Smith.

The truths of Nature are one eternal change, one infinite variety. Ruskin.

The two best rules for a system of rhetoric are: first, have something to say; and next, say it. George Emmons.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and 25 ennui. Schopenhauer.

The two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good and the fear of evil. Johnson.

The two most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us. An Indian sage.

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. Thackeray.

The two sources of all quack-talent are cunning and impudence. Carlyle.

The ultimate rule (in writing) is: Learn so far 30 as possible to be intelligible and transparent—no notice taken of your style, but solely of what you express by it. Carlyle.