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

Unus et idem—One and the same. M.

Unus Pellæo juveni non sufficit orbis; / Æstuat infelix angusto limite mundi—One world is not enough for the youth of Pella; the unhappy man frets at the narrow limits of the world. Juv. of Alexander the Great.

Unus vir nullus vir—One man is no man. Pr. 5

Unvanquished Time, the conqueror of conquerors, and lord of desolation. Kirke White.

Unverhofft kommt oft—The unlooked-for often happens. Ger. Pr.

Unverzeihlich find' ich den Leichtsinn; doch liegt er im Menschen—Levity I deem unpardonable, though it lies in the heart of man. Goethe.

Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. Scott.

Unwilling service earns no thanks. Dan. Pr. 10

Unwise work, if it but persist, is everywhere struggling towards correction and restoration to health; for it is still in contact with Nature, and all Nature incessantly contradicts it, and will heal it or annihilate it; not so with unwise talk, which addresses itself, regardless of veridical Nature, to the universal suffrages; and can, if it be dexterous, find harbour there, till all the suffrages are bankrupt and gone to Houndsditch. Carlyle.

Unworthy offspring brag most of their worthy descent. Dan. Pr.