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

Corpus delicti—The body of the offence. L.

Corpus sine pectore—A body without a soul. Hor.

Correct counting keeps good friends. Gael. Pr.

Correction does much, but encouragement does 20 more. Goethe.

Correction is good, administered in time. Dan. Pr.

Corre lontano chi non torna mai—He runs a long way who never turns. It. Pr.

Corrigenda—Corrections to be made.

Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves. Garrick.

Corruption is like a ball of snow, when once 25 set a rolling it must increase. Colton.

Corruptions can only be expiated by the blood of the just ascending to heaven by the steps of the scaffold. De Tocqueville.