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 charge thee, fling away ambition; / By that sin fell the angels. Hen. VIII., iii. 2.

I chatter, chatter, as I flow / To join the brimming river, / For men may come and men may go, / But I go on for ever. Tennyson.

I contented myself with endeavouring to make 30 your home so easy that you might not be in haste to leave it. Lady Montagu (to her daughter).

I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined locks to part, / And each particular hair to stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Ham., i. 4.

I could have better spared a better man. 1 Hen. IV., v. 4.

I could not but smile at a woman who makes her own misfortunes and then deplores the miseries of her situation. Goldsmith.

I count life just a stuff / To try the soul's strength on. Browning.

I cuori fanciulli non vestone a bruno—A child's 35 heart wears no weeds. B. Zendrini.

I danari del comune sono come l'acqua benedetta, ognun ne piglia—Public money is like holy water; everybody helps himself to it. It. Pr.

I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares do more, is none. Macb., i. 7.