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

Clausum fregit—He has broken through the enclosure, i.e. committed a trespass. L.

Clay and clay differs in dignity, / Whose dust is both alike. Cymbeline, iv. 2.

Cleanliness is near of kin to godliness. Pr.

Clear and bright it should be ever, / Flowing 55 like a crystal river; / Bright as light, and clear as wind. Tennyson on the Mind.

Clear conception leads naturally to clear and correct expression. Boileau.

Clear writers, like clear fountains, do not seem so deep as they are; the turbid look the most profound. Landor.

Clear your mind of cant. Johnson.

Clemency alone makes us equal with the gods. Claudianus.

Clemency is one of the brightest diamonds in 60 the crown of majesty. W. Secker.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. Amiel.