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

Fleur d'eau—Level with the water. Fr. 40

Fleur de terre—Level with the land. Fr.

Fleurs-de-lis—Lilies. Fr.

Fleying (frightening) a bird is no the way to catch it. Sc. Pr.

Flies are easier caught with honey than vinegar. Fr. Pr.

Fling away ambition; / By that sin fell the 45 angels; how can man, then, / The image of his Maker, hope to win by it? Hen. VIII., iii. 2.

Flints may be melted, but an ungrateful heart cannot; no, not by the strongest and noblest flame. South.

Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant—As bees sip of everything in the flowery meads. Lucret.

Flour cannot be sown and seed-corn ought not to be ground. Goethe.

Flowers and fruits are always fit presents—flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of man. Emerson.