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

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. Gibbon.

Fanaticism, soberly defined, / Is the false fire of an o'erheated mind. Cowper.

Fancy is capricious; wit must not be searched for, and pleasantry will not come in at a call. Sterne.

Fancy is imagination in her youth and adolescence. Landor.

Fancy kills and fancy cures. Sc. Pr. 45

Fancy requires much, necessity but little. Ger. Pr.

Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture. Goldsmith.

Fancy rules over two-thirds of the universe, the past and the future, while reality is confined to the present. Jean Paul.

Fancy runs most furiously when a guilty conscience drives it. Fuller.

Fancy surpasses beauty. Pr. 50