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 dare to be honest, and I fear no labour. Burns.

I, demens! et sævas curre per Alpes, / Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias—Go, madman, and run over the savage Alps to please schoolboys, and become the subject of declamation. Juv., of Hannibal.

I desire no future that will break the ties of 40 the past. George Eliot.

I die by the help of too many physicians. Alexander the Great.

I do but sing because I must, / And pipe but as the linnets sing. Tennyson.

I do know of these / That therefore only are reputed wise / For saying nothing. Mer. of Ven., i. 1.

I do know, / When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul / Lends the tongue vows. Ham., i. 3.

I do not like "but yet," it does allay / The 45 good precedence; fie upon "but yet:" / "But yet" is as a jailer to bring forth / Some monstrous malefactor. Ant. and Cleop., ii. 5.

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing. Goldsmith.

I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, / The reason why I cannot tell; / But this alone I know full well, / I do not love thee, Dr. Fell.