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

Every man has a goose that lays golden eggs, if he only knew it. Amer. Pr.

Every man has at times in his mind the ideal 55 of what he should be, but is not. In all men that really seek to improve, it is better than the actual character. Theo. Parker.

Every man hath business and desire, / Such as it is. Ham., i. 5.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. Timon of Athens, iii. 1.

Every man has his lot, and the wide world before him. Dan. Pr.

Every man has his own style, just as he has his own nose. Lessing.

Every man has his weak side. Pr. 5

Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul. Sir J. Stephens.

Every man has just as much vanity as he wants understanding. Pope.

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long. Burton.