Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - Unknown

Nearer to Thee!

Curse away!

And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb

The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens,

And still come home to roost."

The Lady of Lyons. Act v. Sc. 2.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,

The pen is mightier than the sword.[606:1]