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

Threatened folks live long. Pr.

Three may keep a secret—if two of them are dead. Ben. Franklin.

Three poets in three distant ages born, / Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. / The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; / The next, in majesty; in both, the last. / The force of Nature could no further go; / To make a third, she join'd the former two. Dryden.

Three removes are as bad as a fire. Ben. Franklin.

Three things drive a man out of doors—smoke, 25 a leaking roof, and a scolding wife. Pr.

Three things that enrich genius are contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory. Southey.

Three thousand miles of ocean space are less impressive than three miles bounded by rugged mountain walls. John Burroughs.

Three women and a goose make a market. It., Dut., and Dan. Pr.

Thrice happy he who without rigour saves. Thomson.

Thrice happy life that's from ambition free. 30 Allan Ramsay.