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

To pour oil on the fire is not the way to quench 5 it. Pr.

To prefer one future mode of life to another, upon just reasons, requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us. Johnson.

To promise is already to give, to hope already to enjoy. Delille.

To prove, as to doubt, the existence of God, is to prove or doubt the existence of existence. Jean Paul.

To put the cart before the horse. Pr.

To raise the weaker sex in self-respect, as 10 well as in the esteem of the stronger, is the first step from barbarism to civilisation. Canning.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Burke.

To receive a simple primitive phenomenon, to recognise it in its high significance, and to go to work with it, requires a productive spirit, which is able to take a wide survey, and is a rare gift, only to be found in very superior natures. Goethe.

To receive gifts is to lose liberty. Saadi.

To reconcile despotism with freedom is to make your despotism just. Carlyle.