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

Fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?—Whom have not flowing cups made eloquent? Hor.

Fede ed innocenzia son reperte / Solo ne' pargoletti—Faith and innocence are only to be found in little children. Dante.

Feeble souls always set to work at the wrong time. Cardinal de Reiz.

Feebleness is sometimes the best security. 5 Pr.

Feed a cold and starve a fever. Pr.

Feed no man in his sins; for adulation / Doth make thee parcel-devil in damnation. George Herbert.

Feeling comes before reflection. H. R. Haweis.

Feeling should be stirred only when it can be sent to labour for worthy ends. Brooke.

Feelings are always purest and most glowing 10 in the hour of meeting and farewell; like the glaciers, which are transparent and rose-hued only at sunrise and sunset, but throughout the day grey and cold. Jean Paul.

Feelings are like chemicals; the more you analyse them, the worse they smell. Kingsley.