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

Imagination rules the world. Napoleon.

Imitation is born with us, but what we ought to imitate is not easily found. Goethe.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery. Colton.

Imitation is suicide. Emerson. 10

Immediate are the acts of God, more swift / Than time or motion. Milton.

Immer etwas Neues, selten etwas Gutes—Always something new, seldom anything good. Ger. Pr.

Immer Neues spriesset / Eh' ein Mensch geniesset / Mit Verstand das Alte—Not till a new thing sprouts up does a man ever enjoy intelligently that which is old. Rückert.

Immer wird, nie ist—Always a-being, never being. Schiller.

Immer zu! Immer zu! / Ohne Rast und Ruh!—Ever 15 onward! ever onward! without rest and quiet. Goethe.

Immer zu misstrauen ist ein Irrthum wie immer zu trauen—Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust. Goethe.