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

Youthful failing is not to be admired except in so far as one may hope that it will not be the failing of old age. Goethe.

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Zahltag kommt alle Tag—Pay-day comes every 10 day. Ger. Pr.

Zankt, wenn ihr sitzt beim Weine, / Nicht um Kaisers Bart—Wrangle not over your winecups about trifles (lit. about the Emperor's beard). Geibel.

Zeal ever follows an appearance of truth, and the assured are too apt to be warm; but it is their weak side in argument, zeal being better shown against sin than persons, or their mistakes. William Penn.

Zeal for uniformity attests the latent distrusts, not the firm convictions, of the zealot. In proportion to the strength of our self-reliance is our indifference to the multiplication of suffrages in favour of our own judgment. Sir J. Stephen.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. Tillotson.

Zeal is like fire; it needs both feeding and 15 watching. Pr.

Zeal is no further commendable than as it is attended with knowledge. T. Wilson.

Zeal is very blind or badly regulated when it encroaches upon the rights of others. Pasquier Quesnel.