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 nothing insignificant, nothing! Coleridge.

There is nothing lighter than vain praise. William Drummond.

There is nothing like leather. Pr. A cobbler's advice in an emergency.

There is nothing like the cold dead hand of the past to take down our tumid egotism, and lead us into the solemn flow of the life of our race. Holmes.

There is nothing little to the truly great in 30 spirit. Dickens.

There is nothing more allied to the barbarous and savage character than sullenness, concealment, and reserve. Parke Godwin.

There is nothing more characteristic than the shakes of the hand. Sydney Smith.

There is nothing more charming than to see a mother with a child in her arms, and nothing more venerable than a mother among a number of her children. Goethe.

There is nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know. Goethe.

There is nothing more frightful than imagination 35 without taste. Goethe.