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

Ye think the rustic cackle of your bourg / The murmur of the world. Tennyson.

Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, / And muckle they may grieve ye. Burns.

Yea, let all good things await / Him who cares 25 not to be great, / But as he saves or serves the state. Tennyson.

Yea, surely the sea like a harper laid hand on the shore as a lyre. Swinburne.

Year chases year, decay pursues decay, / Still drops some joy from withering life away. Johnson.

Years do not make sages; they only make old men. Mme. Swetchine.

Years following years steal something every day; / At last they steal us from ourselves away. Pope.

Years steal / Fire from the mind as vigour 30 from the limb, / And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. Byron.

Yes, there are things we must dream and dare, / And execute ere thought be half aware. Byron.

Yes, you find people ready enough to do the good Samaritan without the oil and twopence. Sydney Smith.