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

Human creatures will not go quite accurately together, any more than clocks will. Carlyle.

Human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh. Sen.

Human intellect, if you consider it well, is the 20 exact summary of human worth. Carlyle.

Human judgment is finite, and it ought always to be charitable. W. Winter.

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt. Greville.

Human life is a constant want, and ought to be a constant prayer. S. Osgood.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed. Johnson.

Human life is more governed by fortune than 25 by reason. Hume.

Human nature in its fulness is necessarily human; without love, it is inhuman; without sense (nous), inhuman; without discipline, inhuman. Ruskin.

Human nature ... / Is not a punctual presence, but a spirit / Diffused through time and space. Wordsworth.