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

Hæret lateri lethalis arundo—The fatal shaft sticks deep in her side. Virg.

Halb sind sie kalt, Halb sind sie roh—Half of 10 them are without heart, half without culture. Goethe.

Half a house is half a hell. Ger. Pr.

Half a loaf is better than no bread. Pr.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. Emerson.

Half a word fixed upon, or near, the spot is worth a cartload of recollection. Gray to Palgrave.

Half the ease of life oozes away through the 15 leaks of unpunctuality. Anon.

Half the gossip of society would perish if the books that are truly worth reading were but read. George Dawson.

Half the ills we hoard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them. Barry Cornwall.

Half the logic of misgovernment lies in this one sophistical dilemma: if the people are turbulent, they are unfit for liberty; if they are quiet, they do not want liberty. Macaulay.