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

Chi vuol esser mal servito tenga assai famiglia—Let him who would be ill served keep plenty servants. It. Pr.

Chi vuol il lavoro mal fatto, paghi innanzi 40 tratto—If you wish your work ill done, pay beforehand. It. Pr.

Chi vuol presto e ben, faccia da se—He who wishes a thing done quickly and well, must do it himself. It. Pr.

Choose a good mother's daughter, though her father were the devil. Gael. Pr.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be. Custom will render it easy and agreeable. Pythagoras.

Choose an author as you choose a friend. Earl of Roscommon.

Choose thy speech. Gael. Pr. 45

Choose your wife as you wish your children to be. Gael. Pr.

Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure / Thrill the deepest notes of woe. Burns.

Chose perdue, chose connue—A thing lost is a thing known, i.e., valued. Fr. Pr.