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

God has delegated Himself to a million deputies. Emerson.

God has given a prophet to every people in its own tongue. Arab Pr.

God has given nuts to some who have no teeth. Port. Pr.

God has given us wit and flavour, and brightness and laughter, and perfumes to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marl. Sydney Smith.

God has His little children out at nurse in many a home. Dr. Walter Smith.

God has lent us the earth for our life; it is a great entail. Ruskin.

God has made man to take pleasure in the use 5 of his eyes, wits, and body; and the foolish creature is continually trying to live without looking at anything, without thinking about anything, and without doing anything. Ruskin.

God has made sunny spots in the heart; why should we exclude the light from them? Haliburton.

God has not said all that thou hast said. Gael. Pr.

God has sunk souls in dust, that by that means they may burst their way through errors to truth, through faults to virtue, and through sufferings to bliss. Engel.