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

Weel is that weel does. Sc. Pr.

Weep no more, lady, weep no more. / For 10 sorrow is in vain; / For violets pluck'd, the sweetest showers / Will ne'er revive again. Anon.

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Bible.

Weh dem Lande, wo man nicht mehr singt—Woe to the land where the voice of song has gone dumb. Seume.

Weigh not so much what men say, as what they prove: remembering that truth is simple and naked, and needs not invective to apparel her comeliness. Sir P. Sidney.

Weighty things are done in solitude, that is, without society. The means of improvement consist not in projects, or in any violent designs, for these cool, and cool very soon, but in patient practising for whole long days, by which I make the thing clear to my highest reason. Jean Paul.

Weighty work must be done with few words. 15 Dan. Pr.

Weise Hut, / Behält ihr Gut—Wise care keeps what it has gained. Ger. Pr.

Weise sein ist nicht allzeit gut—It is not always good to be wise. Ger. Pr.

Weiser Mann, starker Mann—A wise man is a strong man. Ger. Pr.