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

If a book come from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts. Carlyle.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. Ruskin.

If a cause be good, the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defence of it by its friends. Colton.

If a dog has a man to back him, he will kill a baboon. Wit and Wisdom from West Africa.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. Pr. 5

If a God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent one. Voltaire.

If a great thing can be done at all, it can be done easily; but it is in that kind of ease with which a tree blossoms after long years of gathered strength. Ruskin.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Jesus.

If a man be born in a stable, that does not make him a horse. Pr.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place 10 where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. Ward Beecher.