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

Give me the eloquent cheek, where blushes burn and die. Mrs. Osgood.

Give me the liberty to know, to think, to believe, and to utter freely, according to conscience, above all other liberties. Milton.

Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked 20 for it. Pr.

Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine. Jesus.

Give only so much to one that you may have to give to another. Dan. Pr.

Give orders, but no more, and nothing will be done. Sp. and Port. Pr.

Give pleasure to the few; to please many is vain. Schiller.

Give ruffles to a man who wants a shirt. Fr. 25 Pr. (?)

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak, / Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break. Macbeth, iv. 3.

Give the devil his due. 1 Hen. IV., i. 2.