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

Faulheit ist der Schlüssel zur Armuth—Sloth is the key to poverty. Ger. Pr.

Faulheit ist Dummheit des Körpers, und 15 Dummheit Faulheit des Geistes—Sluggishness is stupidity of body, and stupidity sluggishness of spirit. Seume.

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null. Tennyson.

Faults are beauties in lover's eyes. Theocritus.

Faults are thick when love is thin. Pr.

Faute de grives le diable mange des merles—For want of thrushes the devil eats blackbirds. Fr. Pr.

Faux pas—A false step. Fr. 20

Favete linguis—Favour with words of good omen (lit. by your tongues). Ovid.

Favourable chance is the god of all men who follow their own devices instead of obeying a law they believe in. George Eliot.

Favour and gifts disturb justice. Dan. Pr.