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 sow is not so difficult as to reap. Goethe. 45

To spend much and gain little is the sure road to ruin. Ger. Pr.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth. Bacon.

To spur a free horse soon makes a jade of him. Sterne.

To step aside is human. Burns.

To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Pr. 50

To strive to get rid of an evil is to aim at something definite, but to desire a better fortune than we have is blind folly. Goethe.

To study nature or man, we ought to know things that are in the ordinary course, not the unaccountable things that happen out of it. Fisher Ames.

To succeed in the world it is much more necessary to be able to diagnose a fool than a clever man. Cato.

To talk without effort is, after all, the great charm of talking. Hare.