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

Well thriveth that well suffereth. Pr.

Well to work and make a fire, / Doth both 30 care and skill require. Pr.

Well, well, is a word of malice. Cheshire Pr.

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, / And say, there is no sin but to be rich; / And being rich, my virtue then shall be, / To say, there is no vice but beggary. King John, ii. 2.

Well, you may fear too far.—/ Safer than trust too far. King Lear, i. 4.

Wem nicht zu rathen ist, dem ist auch nicht zu helfen—Who will not be advised, cannot be helped. Ger. Pr.

Wen die Natur zum Dichter schuf, den lehrt 35 sie auch zu paaren / Das Schöne mit dem Kräftigen, das Neue mit dem Wahren—Him whom Nature hast created for a poet, she also teaches to combine the beautiful with the powerful, and the new with the true. Platen.

Wen Gott niederschlägt, der richtet sich selbst nicht auf—He raises not himself up again whom God smites down. Goethe.

Wen jemand lobt, dem stellt er sich gleich—Every one puts himself on a level with him whom he praises. Goethe.

Wenn alle untreu werden, / So bleib' ich dir doch treu—Though all deny thee, yet will not I ever. Novalis.