We see farthest into the future—and that is not far—when we most carefully consider the facts of the present. Dr. Jowett.
We see so darkly into futurity, we never know when we have real cause to rejoice or lament. The worst appearances have often happy consequences, as the best lead many times into the greatest misfortunes. Lady Montagu.
We see the blossoms wither and the leaves 15 fall, but we likewise see fruits ripen and new buds shoot forth. Goethe.
We seek but half the causes of our deeds, / Seeking them only in the outer life, / And heedless of the encircling spirit-world, / Which, though unseen, is felt, and sows in us / All germs of pure and world-wide purposes. Lowell.
We seldom give our love to what is worthiest in its object. J. M. Barrie.
We seldom speak of the virtue we have, but much more frequently of that which we have not. Lessing.
"We shall fight in the shade." Leonidas, to the threat of the Persians that their forest of arrows would darken the sun.
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the 20 fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang. Cibber.
We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Joubert.
We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves the less likely is he to be at his worst in our company. J. M. Barrie.