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

'Tis not worth while quarrelling with the world, simply to afford it some amusement. Goethe.

'Tis now the very witching time of night, / 35 When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out / Contagion to this world. Ham., iii. 2.

'Tis only humanity as a whole that perceives Nature, only men collectively that live the life of man. Goethe.

'Tis only in Rome one can duly prepare one's self for Rome. Goethe.

'Tis only in the forehead Nature plants the watchful eye; the back, without defence, must find its shield in man's fidelity. Schiller.

'Tis only noble to be good; / Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood. Tennyson.

'Tis only strict precision of thought that confers 40 facility of expression. Schiller.

'Tis only woman's womanly beauty that makes a true queen; wherever she appears, and by her mere presence, she asserts her sovereignty. Schiller.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; / A book's a book, although there's nothing in't. Byron.

'Tis rashness to conclude affairs in a lost condition because some crosses have baulked your expectations. Thomas à Kempis.