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

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Of the Training of Children.

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Xenophanes said, "I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing."

Of Bashfulness.

One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not pronounce that syllable No.

Of Bashfulness.

Euripides was wont to say, "Silence is an answer to a wise man."

Of Bashfulness.

Zeno first started that doctrine that knavery is the best defence against a knave.[730:1]

Of Bashfulness.