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 world is but an allegory; the idea is more real than the fact. Amiel.

The world is content with words; few think of searching into the nature of things. Pascal.

The world is everywhere perfect except where 30 man comes with his pain. Schiller.

The world is fain to sully what is resplendent, and to drag down to the dust what is exalted. Schiller.

The world is for him who has patience. It. Pr.

The world is glorious to look at, but dreadful in reality; it is one thing as a drama to a spectator, quite another thing to the actors in the plot, for in it the will is thwarted at every turn. Schopenhauer.

The world is governed much more by opinion than by laws. Channing.

The world is governed too much. (?) 35

The world is not our peers, so we challenge the jury. Burns.

The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. Rom. and Jul., v. 1.