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

War, with all its evils, is better than a peace in which there is nothing to be seen but usurpation and injustice. Pitt.

Wäre der Geist nicht frei, dann wär' es ein grosser Gedanke, / Dass ein Gedankenmonarch über die Seele regiert—Only if the spirit of man were not free, would the thought be a great one that there is a monarch of thought who rules over our souls. Platen.

Warm fortunes are always sure of getting good husbands. Goldsmith.

Warm your body by healthful exercise, not by cowering over a stove. Thoreau.

Warm your spirit by performing independently noble deeds, not by ignobly seeking the sympathy of your fellows, who are no better than yourself. Thoreau.

Warn them that are unruly, support the weak, be patient toward all men. St. Paul.

Wars should be undertaken in order that we may live in peace without suffering wrong. Cic.

Was, and is, and will be, are but "is." Tennyson. 5

Was der Löwe nicht kann, das kann der Fuchs—What the lion cannot manage to do, the fox can. Ger. Pr.

Was der Socialismus will, ist nicht Eigenthum aufheben, sondern im Gegentheile individuelles Eigenthum, auf die Arbeit gegründetes Eigenthum erst einführen—What Socialism means is not to abolish property, but, on the contrary, to establish individual property, property founded on labour. Lassalle.