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

Como canta el abad, así responde el monacillo—As the abbot sings, the sacristan answers. Sp. Pr.

Compagnon de voyage—A fellow-traveller. Pr.

Company, villanous company, has been the spoil of me. 1 Hen. IV., iii. 3.

Comparaison n'est pas raison—Comparison is no proof. Fr. Pr.

Compare her face with some that I shall 35 show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow. Rom. and Jul., i. 2.

Comparisons are odious. Burton.

Comparisons are odorous. Much Ado, iii. 5.

Compassion to the offender who has grossly violated the laws is, in effect, a cruelty to the peaceable subject who has observed them. Junius.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. Ward Beecher.

Compendia dispendia—Short cuts are roundabout 40 ways.