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

You cannot hide any secret. Emerson.

You cannot lead a fighting world without 35 having it regimented, chivalried; nor can you any more continue to lead a working world unregimented, anarchic. Carlyle.

You cannot love the real sun, that is to say, physical light and colour, rightly, unless you love the spiritual sun, that is to say, justice and truth, rightly. Ruskin.

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Pr.

You cannot push a man far up a tree. Pr.

You cannot put a quartern loaf into a child's head; you must break it up, and give him the crumb in warm milk. Spurgeon.

You cannot rear a temple like a hut of sticks 40 and turf. Dr. W. Smith.

You cannot save men from death but by facing it for them, nor from sin but by resisting it for them. Ruskin.

You cannot secure even enjoyment in stagnation. Mrs. Gatty.

You can't be lost on a straight road. Pr.