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

Fête champêtre—A rural feast. Fr.

Fêtes des mœurs—Feasts of morals. Fr.

Fette Küche, magere Erbschaft—A fat kitchen, a lean legacy. Ger. Pr.

Feu de joie—Firing of guns in token of joy. 55 Fr.

Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves. Pr.

Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men to persuasion. Goethe.

Few, few shall part where many meet; The snow shall be their winding-sheet, / And every turf beneath their feet / Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. Campbell.

Few have all they need, none all they wish. R. Southwell.

Few have borne unconsciously the spell of loveliness. Whittier.

Few have the gift of discerning when to have done. Swift.