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

Contas na maõ, e o demonio no coraçaõ—Rosary 5 in the hand, and the devil in the heart. Port. Pr.

Contemni est gravius stultitiæ quam percuti—To be despised is more galling to a foolish man than to be whipped.

Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man. Colton.

Contempt is a dangerous element to sport in; a deadly one, if we habitually live in it. Carlyle.

Contempt is a kind of gangrene, which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees. Johnson.

Contempt is the only way to triumph over 10 calumny. Mde. de Maintenon.

Contented wi' little, an' cantie (cheerily happy) wi' mair. Burns.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, / The learn'd reflect on what before they knew. Pope.

Contention is a hydra's head; the more they strive, the more they may. Burton.

Contention, like a horse / Full of high feeding, madly hath broken loose, / And bears all down before him. 2 Hen. IV., i. 1.