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

Despair—the last dignity of the wretched. H. Giles.

Despatch is the soul of business. Chesterfield.

Desperate diseases need desperate remedies. Pr.

Despise anxiety and wishing, the past and the future. Jean Paul.

Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; 25 for there is no man that has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place. Rabbi Ben Azai.

Despise not the discoveries of the wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs, for of them thou shalt learn instruction. Ecclus.

Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten. Port. Pr.

Despite his titles, power, and pelf, / The wretch concentred all in self, / Living, shall forfeit fair renown, / And, doubly dying, shall go down / To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, / Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. Scott.

Despondency comes readily enough to the most sanguine. Emerson.

Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, / Weak 30 and unmanly, loosens every power. Thomson.