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

We cannot all be masters, nor all masters / Cannot be truly follow'd. King Lear, v. 3.

We cannot all serve our country in the same way, but each may do his best, according as God has endowed him. Goethe.

We cannot approach beauty. Its nature is like opaline dove's-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent. Herein it resembles the most excellent things, which have all this rainbow character, defying all attempts at appropriation and use. Emerson.

We cannot be just if we are not humane. 5 Vauvenargues.

We cannot be kind to each other here for an hour; / We whisper, and hint, and chuckle, and grin at a brother's shame; / However we brave it out, we men are a little breed. Tennyson.

We cannot but speak the things we have seen and heard. St. Peter and St. John.

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could. Landor.

We cannot fashion our children after our fancy. We must have them and love them as God has given them to us. Goethe.

We cannot fight for love, as men may do; / 10 We should be wooed, and were not made to woo. Mid. N.'s Dream, ii. 2.

We cannot make our exodus from Houndsditch (i.e., the now dead religion of the past) till we have got our own (i.e., out of it) along with us. Carlyle.