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

Geld beheert de wereld.—Money rules the 30 world. Dut. Pr.

Geld ist der Mann—Money makes (lit. is) the man. Ger. Pr.

Geld im Beutel vertreibt die Schwermuth—Money in the purse drives away melancholy. Ger. Pr.

Gelegenheit macht den Dieb—Opportunity makes the thief. Ger. Pr.

Gelehrte Dummkopf—A learned blockhead; dryasdust.

[Greek: Gelôs akairos en brotois deinon kakon]—Ill-timed 35 laughter in men is a grievous evil. Men.

Gemeen goed, geen goed—Common goods, no goods. Dut. Pr.

Gemsen steigen hoch und werden doch gefangen—The chamois climb high, and yet are caught. Ger. Pr.

General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it man is blind; it is the eye of reason. Rousseau.

General infidelity is the hardest soil which the propagators of a new religion can have to work upon. Paley.