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

I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues. Sir P. Sidney.

I am no orator, as Brutus is; / But as you know me all, a plain blunt man, / That loves my friend. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! / 50 For then 'tis like I should forget myself. King John, iii. 4.

I am not what I am. Twelfth Night, iii. 1; Othello, i. 1.

I am nothing if not critical. Othello, ii. 1.

"I am searching for a man." Diogenes, going about Athens by day with a lit lantern.

I am Sir Oracle, / And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark. Mer. of Ven., i. 1.

I am sorry to see how small a piece of religion 5 will make a cloak. Sir W. Waller.

I am very content with knowing, if only I could know. Emerson.

I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty; I like their delicacy; I like their vivacity; and I like their silence. Johnson.