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

There is a remedy for everything but death. Cervantes.

There is a remedy for every wrong, and a satisfaction for every soul. Emerson.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not 25 the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving.

There is a skeleton in every house. Pr.

Then is a snake in the grass. Pr.

There is a Spanish proverb that a lapidary who would grow rich must buy of those who go to be executed, as not caring how cheap they sell; and sell to those who go to be married, as not caring how dear they buy. Fuller.

There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Ham., v. 1.

There is a spirit of resistance implanted by 30 the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure. C. J. Fox.

There is a Sunday conscience as well as a Sunday coat; and those who make religion a secondary concern put the coat and conscience carefully by to put on only once a week. Dickens.

There is a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, to keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Dibdin.