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 ought not to isolate ourselves, for we 30 cannot remain in a state of isolation. Social intercourse makes us the more able to bear with ourselves and with others. Goethe.

We ought not to judge men by their absolute excellence, but by the distance which they have travelled from the point at which they started. Ward Beecher.

We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life. Pythagoras.

We ought not to seek too high joys. We may be bright without transfiguration. Ward Beecher.

We ought not to teach children the sciences, but to give them a taste for them. Rousseau.

We ought to attempt no more than what is in 35 the compass of our genius and according to our vein. Dryden.

We ought to be ashamed of our pride, but never proud of our shame. (?)

We ought to obey God rather than man. St. Peter.

We ought to regard our servants as friends in a lower state. Plato.

We our betters see bearing our woes, / We scarcely think our miseries our foes. King Lear, iii. 6.