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

Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop—Drive out Nature, she is back on you in a trice. Fr. from Hor.

Chaste as the icicle / That's curded by the frost from purest snow, / And hangs on Dian's temple. Coriolanus, v. 3.

Chastise the good, and he will grow better; chastise the bad, and he will grow worse. It. Pr.

Chastity is like an icicle; if it once melts, that's the last of it. Pr.

Chastity is the band that holds together the 40 sheaf of all holy affections and duties. Vinet.

Chastity, lost once, cannot be recalled; it goes only once. Ovid.

Châteaux en Espagne.—Castles in the air (lit. castles in Spain). Fr.

Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide—A scalded cat dreads cold water. Fr. Pr.

Cheapest is the dearest. Pr.

Che dorme coi cani, si leva colle pulci—Those 45 who sleep with dogs will rise up with fleas. It. Pr.