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

Without the way there is no going; without the truth, no knowing; without the life, no living. Thomas à Kempis.

Without were fightings, within were fears. St. Paul.

Without wonder there is no faith. Jean Paul.

Witticisms please as long as we keep them 5 within bounds, but pushed to excess they cause offence. Phædr.

Witty, above all, O be not witty; none of us is bound to be witty, under penalties; to be wise and true we all are, under the terriblest penalties. Carlyle.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. Bacon.

Wo der Teufel nicht hin mag; da send er seinen Boten hin—Where the devil cannot come, he will send his messenger. Ger. Pr.

Wo fasse ich dich, unendliche Natur?—Where can I grasp thee, infinite Nature? Goethe.

Wo grosse Höh', ist grosse Tiefe—Where there 10 is great height there is great depth. Schiller.

Wo innen Sklaverei ist, wird sie von aussen bald kommen—Where there is slavery in the heart, it will soon show itself in the outward conduct. Seume.