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

Imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est—Power is easily retained by those arts by which it was at first acquired. Sall.

Imperium in imperio—A government within a government.

Impertinent and lavish talking is in itself a very vicious habit. Thomas à Kempis.

Impetrare oportet, quia æquum postulas—You 40 ought to obtain what you ask, as you only ask what is fair. Plaut.

Implacabiles plerumque læsæ mulieres—Women, when offended, are generally implacable.

"Impossible" est un mot que je ne dis jamais—"Impossible" is a word which I never utter. Collin d'Hartevilles.

Impossible is the precept "Know thyself," till it be translated into this partially possible one, "Know what thou canst work at." Carlyle.

Impossible! Ne me dites jamais ce bête de mot—Impossible! Never name to me that blockhead of a word. Mirabeau, to his secretary, Dumont.

"Impossible" n'est pas français—"Impossible" 45 is not French. Napoleon.

"Impossible," when Truth and Mercy and the everlasting voice of Nature order, has no place in the brave man's dictionary. Carlyle.