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

Children should have their times of being off 55 duty, like soldiers. Ruskin.

Children should laugh, but not mock; and when they laugh, it should not be at the weaknesses and the faults of others. Ruskin.

Children suck the mother when they are young, and the father when they are old. Pr.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. Bacon.

Children tell in the highway what they hear by the fireside. Port. Pr.

Children think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the present time, which few of us do. La Bruyère.

Chi lingua ha, a Roma va—He who has a tongue 5 may go to Rome, i.e., may go anywhere. It. Pr.

Chi nasce bella, nasce maritata—She who is born a beauty is born married. It. Pr.

Chi niente sa, di niente dubita—He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. It. Pr.

Chi non dà fine al pensare, non dà principio al fare—He who is never done with thinking never gets the length of doing. It. Pr.