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 no man that has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place. Rabbi Ben Azai.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war. Bible.

There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friend, but he grieveth the less. Bacon.

There is no man whom fortune does not visit 25 once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. Quoted by Montesquieu.

There is no merit where there is no trial; and, till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, faith for falsehood. Aaron Hill.

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. Wellington.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living. Thoreau.

There is no more potent antidote to low sensuality than the adoration of beauty. Schlegel.

There is no more welcome gift to men than a 30 new symbol. Emerson.

There is no mortal extant, out of the depths of Bedlam, but lives all skinned, thatched, covered over with formulas; and is, as it were, held in from delirium and the inane by his formulas. These are the most beneficent and indispensable of human equipments; blessed he who has a skin and tissues, so it be a living one, and the heart-pulse everywhere discernible through it. Carlyle.