Dictionary of Quotations

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I am a man / More sinned against than sinning. King Lear, iii. 2.

I am afraid to think what I have done; / Look 30 on't again I dare not. Macb., ii. 2.

I am always afraid of a fool; one cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well. Hazlitt.

I am always as happy as I can be in meeting a man in whose society feelings are developed and thoughts defined. Goethe.

I am always ill at ease when tumults arise among the mob—people who have nothing to lose. Goethe.

I am amazed, methinks, and lose my way / Among the thorns and dangers of the world. King John, iv. 3.

I am as free as Nature first made man, / Ere 35 the base laws of servitude began, / When wild in woods the noble savage ran. Dryden.

I am black, but I am not the devil. Pr.

I am bound to find you in reasons, but not in brains. Johnson.

I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff. Sir Henry Wotton.

I am constant as the northern star, / Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality / There is no fellow in the firmament. Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.

I am convinced that the Bible always becomes 40 more beautiful the better it is understood, that is, the better we see that every word which we apprehend in general and apply in particular had a proper, peculiar, and immediately individual reference to certain circumstances, certain time and space relations, i.e., had a specially direct bearing on the spiritual life of the time in which it was written. Goethe.

I am equally an enemy to a female dunce and a female pedant. Goldsmith.

I am fortune's fool. Rom. and Jul., iii. 1.

I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and that its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set in night; but it has in reality only gone to diffuse its light elsewhere. Goethe.

I am monarch of all I survey, / My right there is none to dispute; / From the centre all round to the sea, / I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Cowper.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the 45 Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, self. Luther.

I am neither so weak as to fear men, so proud as to despise them, or so unhappy as to hate them. Marmontel.

I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Mer. of Ven., v. 1.

I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues. Sir P. Sidney.

I am no orator, as Brutus is; / But as you know me all, a plain blunt man, / That loves my friend. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! / 50 For then 'tis like I should forget myself. King John, iii. 4.

I am not what I am. Twelfth Night, iii. 1; Othello, i. 1.

I am nothing if not critical. Othello, ii. 1.

"I am searching for a man." Diogenes, going about Athens by day with a lit lantern.

I am Sir Oracle, / And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark. Mer. of Ven., i. 1.

I am sorry to see how small a piece of religion 5 will make a cloak. Sir W. Waller.

I am very content with knowing, if only I could know. Emerson.

I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty; I like their delicacy; I like their vivacity; and I like their silence. Johnson.

I and time against any two. Philip of Spain.

I augur better of a youth who is wandering on a path of his own than of many who are walking aright upon paths which are not theirs. Goethe.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous. 10 Byron.

I believe in great men, but not in demigods. Bovee.

I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world than in following our own inclinations. Lady Mary Montagu.

I believe there are few persons who, if they please to reflect on their past lives, will not find that had they saved all those little sums which they have spent unnecessarily they might at present have been masters of a competent fortune. Eustace Budgell.

I beseech you, dear brethren, think it possible that you may be wrong. Cromwell.

I bide my time. M. 15

I can but trust that good shall fall / At last—far off—at last, to all. Tennyson.

"I can call spirits from the vasty deep." "Why, so can I, or so can any man; but will they come when you do call for them?" 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1.

I can count a stocking-top while a man 's getting 's tongue ready; an' when he out wi' his speech at last, there's little broth to be made on't. George Eliot.

I can teach you to command the devil, / And I can teach you to shame the devil, / By telling truth. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 1.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: 20 believe life; it teaches better than book and orator. Goethe.

I cannot call riches better than the baggage of virtue.... It cannot be spared or left behind, but it hindereth the march. Bacon.

I cannot hide what I am; I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man's jests; eat when I have stomach, and wait for no man's leisure; sleep when I am drowsy, and tend on no man's business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no man in his humour. Much Ado, i. 3.

I cannot love thee as I ought, / For love reflects the thing beloved; / My words are only words, and move / Upon the topmost froth of thought. Tennyson.

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. Milton.

I cannot think of any character below the 25 flatterer, except he that envies him. Steele.

I can't work for nothing, and find thread. Pr.

I care not though the cloth of state should be / Not of rich Arras, but mean tapestry. George Herbert.

I charge thee, fling away ambition; / By that sin fell the angels. Hen. VIII., iii. 2.

I chatter, chatter, as I flow / To join the brimming river, / For men may come and men may go, / But I go on for ever. Tennyson.

I contented myself with endeavouring to make 30 your home so easy that you might not be in haste to leave it. Lady Montagu (to her daughter).

I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined locks to part, / And each particular hair to stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Ham., i. 4.

I could have better spared a better man. 1 Hen. IV., v. 4.

I could not but smile at a woman who makes her own misfortunes and then deplores the miseries of her situation. Goldsmith.

I count life just a stuff / To try the soul's strength on. Browning.

I cuori fanciulli non vestone a bruno—A child's 35 heart wears no weeds. B. Zendrini.

I danari del comune sono come l'acqua benedetta, ognun ne piglia—Public money is like holy water; everybody helps himself to it. It. Pr.

I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares do more, is none. Macb., i. 7.

I dare to be honest, and I fear no labour. Burns.

I, demens! et sævas curre per Alpes, / Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias—Go, madman, and run over the savage Alps to please schoolboys, and become the subject of declamation. Juv., of Hannibal.

I desire no future that will break the ties of 40 the past. George Eliot.

I die by the help of too many physicians. Alexander the Great.

I do but sing because I must, / And pipe but as the linnets sing. Tennyson.

I do know of these / That therefore only are reputed wise / For saying nothing. Mer. of Ven., i. 1.

I do know, / When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul / Lends the tongue vows. Ham., i. 3.

I do not like "but yet," it does allay / The 45 good precedence; fie upon "but yet:" / "But yet" is as a jailer to bring forth / Some monstrous malefactor. Ant. and Cleop., ii. 5.

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing. Goldsmith.

I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, / The reason why I cannot tell; / But this alone I know full well, / I do not love thee, Dr. Fell.

I do not need philosophy at all. Goethe.

I do pity unlearned gentlemen on a rainy day. Falkland.

"I don't care," is a deadly snare. Pr.

I earn that I eat, get that I wear; owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good, content with my harm. As You Like It, iii. 2.

I esteem that wealth which is given to the worthy, and which is day by day enjoyed; the rest is a reserve for one knoweth not whom. Hitopadesa.

I fatti sono maschii, le parole femine—Deeds are masculine, words feminine. It. Pr.

I favoriti dei grandi oltre all' oro di regali, 5 e l'incenso delle lodi, tocca loro anche la mirra della maldicenza—The favourites of the great, besides the gold of gifts and the incense of flattery, must also partake of the myrrh of calumny. It. Pr.

I fear God, and, next to God, I chiefly fear him who fears Him not. Saadi.

I fear thy nature; / It is too full of the milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way. Macb., i. 5.

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. Hen. VIII., iii. 2.

I find nonsense singularly refreshing. Talleyrand.

I for ever pass from hand to hand, / And each 10 possessor thinks me his own land. / All of them think so, but they all are wrong; / To none but Fortune only I belong. Anon., of a field.

I found Rome brick, I left it marble. Augustus Cæsar.

I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, / A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue; / I got my death frae twa sweet een, / Twa lovely een o' bonnie blue. Burns.

"I go at last out of this world, where the heart must either petrify or break." Chamfort, at his last moments.

I go through my appointed daily stage, and I care not for the curs who bark at me along the road. Frederick the Great.

I gran dolori sono muti—Great griefs are dumb. 15 It. Pr.

I grieve that grief can teach me nothing, nor carry me one step into real nature. Emerson.

I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong; (but) there is a class of persons to whom, by all spiritual affinity, I am bought and sold; for them I will go to prison if need be. Emerson.

I guadagni mediocri empiono la borsa—Moderate profits fill the purse. It. Pr.

I had as lief not be, as live to be / In awe of such a thing as I myself. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.

I had better never see a book than be warped 20 by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system. Emerson.

I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, / Than such a Roman. Jul. Cæs., iv. 3.

"I had rather be first here than second in Rome." Cæsar, in an insignificant townlet.

I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven (planets), revolving round the sun, than the first among five (moons) revolving round Saturn. Goethe.

I had rather believe all the fables in the legends, the Talmud, and the Koran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. Bacon.

I had rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition 25 than in air rarified to nothing by the air-pump of unbelief. Jean Paul.

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. As You Like It, iv. 1.

I had rather people laugh at me while they instruct me than praise me without benefiting me. Goethe.

I hae a penny to spend, / There—thanks to naebody; / I hae naething to lend—/ I'll borrow frae naebody. Burns.

I hate a style that slides along like an eel, and never rises to what one can call an inequality. Shenstone.

I hate bungling as I do sin, but particularly 30 bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people. Goethe.

I hate ingratitude more in a man / Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, / Or any taint of vice whose strong corruption / Inhabits our frail blood. Twelfth Night, iii. 1.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. Merry Wives, iii. 5.

I have a very poor opinion of a man who talks to men what women should not hear. Richardson.

I have all I have ever enjoyed. Bettine.

I have always been a quarter of an hour 35 before my time, and it has made a man of me. Nelson.

I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint, and the cowardly, feeble resolve. Burns.

I have always found that the road to a woman's heart lies through her child. Judge Haliburton.

I have been reasoning all my life, and find that all argument will vanish before one touch of Nature. Colman.

I have been tempted by opportunity, and seconded by accident. Marmontel.

I have been too much occupied with things 40 themselves to think either of their beginning or their end. Goethe.

I have bought / Golden opinions from all sorts of people. Macb., i. 7.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to execute myself. Montesquieu.

I have, God wot, a largë field to ear; / And weakë the oxen in my plough. Chaucer.

I have great hope of a wicked man, slender hope of a mean one. Ward Beecher.

I have known some men possessed of good 45 qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within. (?)

I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content. St. Paul.

I have little knowledge which I find not some way useful to my highest ends. Baxter.

I have lost the ring, but I have my finger still. It. and Sp. Pr.

I have never been able to conquer this ferocious wild beast (impatience). Calvin.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. Montaigne.

I have no idea of the courage that braves Heaven. Burns.

I have no notion of a truly great man that could not be all sorts of men. Carlyle.

I have no other but a woman's reason; / I 5 think him so because I think him so. Two Gent. of Ver., i. 2.

I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent. Macb., i. 7.

I have no words, / My voice is in my sword. Macb., v. 7.

I have saved the bird in my bosom, i.e., kept my secret. Pr.

I have seen some nations, like overloaded asses, / Kick off their burdens, meaning the higher classes. Byron.

I have seldom known any one who deserted 10 truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance. Paley.

I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die. Rich. III., v. 4.

I have that within which passeth show; / These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Ham., i. 2.

I have this great commission, / From that supernal judge that stirs good thoughts / In any breast of strong authority, / To look into the blots and stains of right. King John, ii. 1.

I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity so abominably. Ham., iii. 2.

I hear, yet say not much, but think the more. 15 3 Hen. VI., iv. 1.

I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow's shadow. Ham., ii. 2.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession. Bacon.

I hold it cowardice / To rest mistrustful where a noble heart / Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love. 3 Hen. VI.

I hold it truth, with him who sings / To one clear harp in divers tones, / That men may rise on stepping-stones / Of their dead selves to higher things. Tennyson.

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; / 20 A stage, where every man must play a part, / And mine a sad one. Mer. of Ven., i. 1.

I hope I don't intrude. Paul Pry.

I humbly trust I should not change my opinions and practice, though it rained garters and coronets as the reward of apostasy. Havelock.

I jouk (duck aside) beneath misfortune's blows / As well's I may; / Sworn foe to sorrow, care, or prose, / I rhyme away. Burns.

I know but of one solid objection to absolute monarchy; the difficulty of finding any man adequate to the office. Fielding.

I know enough to hold my tongue, but not 25 to speak. Pr.

I know no evil death can show, which life / Has not already shown to those who live / Embodied longest. Byron.

I know no evil so great as the abuse of the understanding and yet there is no one vice more common. Steele.

I know no judgment of the future but by the past. Patrick Henry.

I know nothing sublime which is not some modification of power. Burke.

I know only one thing sweeter than making a 30 book, and that is to project one. Jean Paul.

I know that dancin' 's nonsense; but if you stick at everything because its nonsense, you wonna go far in this life. George Eliot.

"I know that it is in me, and out it shall come." Sheridan to his friends over their disappointment at the failure of his maiden speech.

I know that my Redeemer liveth. Job, in the Bible.

I know that nothing is mine but the thought that flows tranquilly out of my soul, and every gracious (günstige) moment which a loving Providence (Geschick) permits me thoroughly (von Grund aus) to enjoy. Goethe.

I labour, and you get the pearl. Talmud. 35

I let every one follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine. Goethe.

I like a good hater. Johnson.

I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself. Johnson.

I live not in myself, but I become / Portion of that around me; and to me / High mountains are a feeling. Byron.

I look upon an able statesman out of business 40 like a huge whale, that will endeavour to overturn the ship unless he has an empty cask to play with. Steele.

I love a hand that meets mine own with a grasp that causes some sensation. Mrs. Osgood.

I love everything that's old—old friends, old tunes, old manners, old books, old wine. Goldsmith.

I love God and little children. Jean Paul.

I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed. Hen. VIII., ii. 2.

I love my friends well, but myself better. 45 Pr.

I love sometimes to doubt, as well as to know. Dante.

I love / The name of honour more than I fear death. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.

I love to browse in a library. Johnson.

I'll make assurance doubly sure, / And take a bond of fate. Macb., iv. 1.

I made all my generals out of mud. Napoleon. 50

I make the most of my enjoyments; and as for my troubles, I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others. Southey.

I might have my hand full of truth, and open only my little finger. Fontenelle.

I mourn not those who lose their vital breath; / But those who, living, live in fear of death. Lucillus.

I must be cruel, only to be kind. Ham., iii. 4.

"I must sleep now." Byron's last words. 55

I must work the work of Him that sent me while it is day; the night cometh when no man can work. Jesus.

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less alone than when alone. Scipio Africanus.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match the men. George Eliot.

I'm not one of those who can see the cat i' the dairy an' wonder what she's come after. George Eliot.

I'm sure sma' pleasure it can gie, / E'en to a deil, / To skelp an' scaud (scald) puir dogs like me, / An' hear us squeel. Burns.

I never could believe that Providence had 5 sent a few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden. Richard Rumbold.

I never could tread a single pleasure under foot. Browning.

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people. Carlyle.

I never knew a man of letters ashamed of his profession. Thackeray.

I never knew any man grow poor by keeping an orderly table. Lord Burleigh.

I never knew any man in my life who could 10 not bear another's misfortunes perfectly as a Christian. Pope.

I never saw, heard, or read that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Swift.

I never whisper'd a private affair / Within the hearing of cat or mouse, / No, not to myself in the closet alone, / But I heard it shouted at once from the top of the house; / Everything came to be known. Tennyson.

I only look straight before me at each day as it comes, and do what is nearest me, without looking further afield. Goethe.

I picciol cani trovano, ma i grandi hanno la lepre—The little dogs hunt out the hare, but the big ones catch it. It. Pr.

I pick up favourite quotations and store them 15 in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. Of these there is a very favourite one from Thomson: "Attach thee firmly to the virtuous deeds / And offices of life; to life itself, / With all its vain and transient joys, sit loose." Burns.

I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to appreciate both. Goethe.

I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry: 'Tis all barren. Swift.

I pounce on what is mine wherever I find it. Marmontel.

I prize the soul that slumbers in a quiet eye. Eliza Cook.

I quote others only in order the better to 20 express myself. Montaigne.

I renounce the friend who eats what is mine with me, and what is his own by himself. Port. Pr.

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. Thoreau.

I say the acknowledgment of God in Christ, / Accepted by thy reason, solves for thee / All questions on the earth and out of it. Browning.

I scorn the affectation of seeming modesty to cover self-conceit. Burns.

I secundo omine—Go, and may all good go with 25 you. Hor.

I see my way as birds their trackless way. Browning.

I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world are of the one religion of well-doing and daring. Emerson.

I see thy vanity through the holes of thy coat. Plato, to the Cynic.

I seek divine simplicity in him who handles things divine. Cowper.

I seek not to wax great by others' waning. 30 2 Hen. VI., iv. 10.

"I shall go to-morrow," said the king. "You shall wait for me," quoth the wind. Gael. Pr.

I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart which shall not be put out. Esdras.

I shall perhaps tremble in my death-hour, but before shall I never. Lessing.

I should be glad were all the meadows on the earth left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men's beginning to redeem themselves. Thoreau.

I stay here on my bond. Mer. of Ven., iv. 1. 35

I stout and you stout, who will carry the dirt out? Pr.

I take it to be a principal rule of life not to be too much addicted to any one thing. Ter.

I talk of chalk and you of cheese. Pr.

I think a lock and key a security at least equal to the bosom of any friend whatever. Burns.

I think it is as scandalous for a woman not 40 to know how to use a needle as for a man not to know how to use a sword. Lady Montagu.

I think nothing is to be hoped from you if this bit of mould under your feet is not sweeter to you than any other in this world. Thoreau.

I think sculpture and painting have an effect to teach us manners and abolish hurry. Emerson.

I think women have an instinct of dissimulation; they know by nature how to disguise their emotions far better than the most consummate male courtiers can do. Thackeray.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. T. Jefferson.

I very much fear that our little terraqueous 45 globe is the lunatic asylum of the universe. Voltaire.

I've had my say out, and I shall be th' easier for't all my life. George Eliot.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. George Eliot.

I've wandered east, I've wandered west, / Through many a weary way; / But never, never can forget / The love of life's young day. Motherwell.

I waive the quantum o' th sin, / The hazard of concealing; / But oh! it hardens a' within, / And petrifies the feeling. Burns.

I want that glib and oily art, / To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend, / I'll do't before I speak. King Lear, i. 1.

I was not born for courts or great affairs; / I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers. Pope.

I was well, would be better, took physic and died. Epitaph.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. Rich. II., v. 5.

I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, / 5 And learn the future by the past of man. Campbell.

I were but little happy if I could say how much. Much Ado, ii. 1.

I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver / Of my whole course of love. Othello, i. 3.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. W. Lloyd Garrison.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults. As You Like It, iii. 2.

I will divide my goods; / Call in the wretch 10 and slave: / None shall rule but the humble, / And none but toil shall have. Emerson.

I will get it from his purse or get it from his skin. Pr.

I will give thrice as much to any well-deserving friend; but in the way of bargain, mark me, I will cavil on the ninth part of a hair. 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1.

I will lay a stone at your door, i.e., never forgive you. Pr.

I will listen to any one's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself; I have plenty of my own. Goethe.

I will move the world. Archimedes. 15

I will speak daggers to her, but use none. Ham., iii. 2.

I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at. Othello, i. 1.

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession. Johnson.

I would applaud thee to the very echo, that should applaud again. Macb., v. 3.

I would choose to have others for my acquaintance, 20 but Englishmen for my friends. Goldsmith.

I would condone many things in one-and-twenty now, that I dealt hardly with at middle age. God Himself, I think, is very willing to give one-and-twenty a second chance. J. M. Barrie.

I would desire for a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother. Lacretelle.

I would fain avoid men; we can give them no help, and they hinder us from helping ourselves. Goethe.

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. Hen. V., iii. 2.

I would have been glad to have lived under 25 my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. Cromwell.

"I" (self-love) would have the world say "I," / And all things perish so if she endure. Sir Edwin Arnold.

I would it were bed-time, Hal, and all well. 1 Hen. IV., v. 1.

I would not enter on my list of friends... the man / Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. Cowper.

I would not for much that I had been born richer. Jean Paul.

I would rather be found suffering than doing 30 what is unjust. Phocion.

I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. W. B. Clulow.

I would rather make my name than inherit it. Thackeray.

Ibi omnis / Effusus labor—By that (one negligence) all his labour was lost. Virg.

Ibidem—In the same place.

Ibis, redibis non morieris in bello—Thou shalt 35 go, thou shalt return, thou shalt not die in battle; or, Thou shalt go, thou shalt not return, thou shalt die in battle. An ambiguous oracle, due to the uncertain application of the adverb "non."

Ibit eo quo vis, qui zonam perdidit—He who has lost his purse (lit. girdle) will go wherever you wish. Hor.

Iceland is the finest country on which the sun shines. Iceland Pr.

Ich bin des trocknen Tons nun satt, / Muss wieder recht den Teufel spielen—I am now weary of this prosing style, and must again play the devil properly. Goethe, "Mephisto."

Ich bin ein Mensch gewesen, / Und das heisst ein Kämpfer sein—I have been a man, and that is to be a fighter. Goethe.

Ich bin es müde, über Sklaven zu herrschen—I 40 am tired of ruling over slaves. Frederick the Great.

Ich bin zu alt, um nur zu spielen; / Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein—I am too old for mere play; too young to be without a wish. Goethe, "Faust."

Ich denke so: / Was nicht zusammen kann / Bestehen, ist am besten sich zu lösen—In my regard 'twere best throw that into the pot which can no longer hold itself together. Schiller.

Ich dien—I serve. Ger. M.

Ich finde nicht die Spur, / Von einem Geist, und alles ist Dressur—I find no trace of spirit here; it is all mere training. Goethe, "Faust."

Ich fühl' ein ganzes Heer in meiner Brust—I 45 feel a whole host on my bosom. Körner.

Ich fühle Mut, mich in die Welt zu wagen / Der Erde Weh, der Erde Glück zu tragen—I feel courage enough to cast myself into the world, to bear earth's woe and weal. Goethe.

Ich glaube, dass alles was das Genie, als Genie thut, unbewusst geschieht—Everything that genius, as genius, does, is in my regard done unconsciously. Goethe.

"Ich glaube an einen Gott." Das ist ein schönes löbliches Wort; aber Gott anerkennen, wo und wie er sich offenbare, das ist eigentlich die Seligkeit auf Erden—"I believe in a God." That is a fine praiseworthy saying; but to acknowledge God, where and as He reveals Himself, that is properly our blessedness on this earth. Goethe.

Ich habe es öfters rühmen hören, / Ein Komödiant könnte einen Pfarrer lehren—I have often heard say that a player might teach a parson. Goethe, "Faust."

Ich habe genossen das irdische Glück; / Ich habe gelebt und geliebet—I have experienced earthly happiness; I have lived and I have loved. Schiller.

Ich habe gethan, was ich nicht lassen konnte—I have done what I could not get done. Schiller.

Ich habe hier bloss ein Amt und keine Meinung—I hold here an office merely, and no opinion. Schiller.

Ich habe nichts als Worte, und es ziemt / Dem edlen Mann, der Frauen Wort zu achten—I have nothing but words, and it becomes the noble man to respect a woman's word. Goethe.

Ich heisse der reichste Mann in der getauften 5 Welt: Die Sonne geht in meinem Staat nicht unter—I pass for the richest man in the baptized world; the sun never sets in my dominions. Philip II. of Spain's boast.

Ich möcht mich gleich dem Teufel übergeben, / Wenn ich nur selbst kein Teufel wär—I would give myself up at once to the devil if only I were not a devil myself. Goethe, Mephistopheles in "Faust."

Ich muss, das ist die Schrank', in welcher mich die Welt, / Von einer, die Natur von andrer Seite hält—I must—that is the barrier within which the world confines me on the one hand and Nature on the other. Rückert.

Ich schweige zu vielem still; denn ich mag die Menschen nicht irre machen, und bin wohl zufrieden, wenn sie sich freuen, da wo ich mich ärgere—I keep silent to a great extent, for I don't choose to lead others into error, and am well content if they are happy in matters about which I vex myself. Goethe.

Ich setze die Souveränität fest wie einen eisernen Felsen—I plant the royal power firm as a rock of iron. Frederick William I. of Prussia.

Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt, / Der in den 10 Zweigen wohnet / Das Lied, das aus der Kehle dringt, / Ist Lohn, der reichlich lohnet—I sing but as the bird sings which dwells among the branches; the lay which warbles from the throat is a reward that richly recompences. Goethe.

Ich stehe in Gottes Hand, und ruh' in Gottes Schooss / Vor ihm fühl' ich mich klein, in ihm fühl' ich mich gross—I stand in God's hand and rest in God's bosom; before Him I feel little, in Him I feel great. Rückert.

Ich thue recht und scheue keinen Feind—I do the right and fear no foe. Schiller.

Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire—Here honour binds me, and I am minded to satisfy her. Corneille.

Id arbitror / Adprime in vitâ esse utile, ne quid nimis—This I consider to be a valuable principle in life, not to do anything in excess. Ter.

Id cinerem, aut manes credis curare sepultos?—Do 15 you think that ashes and buried spirits of the departed care for such things? Virg.

Id commune malum; semel insanivimus omnes—It is a common calamity; we have all been mad once. Mantuanus.

Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati—That only brings disgrace on a man which he has deserved to suffer. Phæd.

Id est—That is.

Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet—The man is deserving of praise who does what it becomes him to do, not what he is free to do. Sen.

Id genus omne—All persons of that description. 20

Id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime suum—That best becomes a man which is most peculiarly his own. Cic.

Id mutavit, quoniam me immutatum videt—He has changed his mind because he sees me unchanged. Ter.

Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad similitudinem aliorum vivimus—This is especially ruinous to us, that we shape our lives not by the light of reason, but after the fashion of others. Sen.

Ideals are the world's masters. J. G. Holland.

Ideals can never be completely embodied in 25 practice; and yet ideals exist, and if they be not approximated to at all, the whole matter goes to wreck. Carlyle.

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams. Emerson.

Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labour. La Roche.

Idem—The same.

Idem quod—The same as.

Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma 30 amicitia est—To have the same likes and the same dislikes is the sole basis of lasting friendship. Sall.

Idle folks lack no excuses. Pr.

Idle people have the least leisure. Pr.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. Ben. Franklin.

Idleness in the midst of unattempted tasks is always proud. P. Brooks.

Idleness is an appendix to nobility. Burton. 35

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name. Jean Paul.

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds and the holiday of fools. Pr.

Idleness is the badge of gentry, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, the step-mother of discipline, the chief author of mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, the cushion on which the devil chiefly reposes, and a great cause not only of melancholy, but of many other diseases. Burton.

Idleness is the greatest prodigality in the world. Pr.

Idleness is the root of all evil. Pr. 40

Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man. Anselm.

Idleness rusts the mind. Pr.

Idolatry is simply the substitution of an "Eidolon," phantasm, or imagination of good for that which is real and enduring, from the highest Living Good which gives life, to the lowest material good which ministers to it. Ruskin.

Idoneus homo—A fit man.

If a barrel-organ in a slum can but drown 45 a curse, let no Christian silence it. Prof. Drummond.

If a beard were all, the goat would be winner. Dan. Pr.

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.

If a man could bequeath his virtues by will, and settle his sense and learning upon his heirs as certainly as he can his lands, a noble descent would then indeed be a valuable privilege. Anon.

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. Pr.

If a man do not erect in this age his tomb ere he dies, he will live no longer in monument than the bell rings and the widow weeps. Much Ado, v. 2.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it from him. Ben. Franklin.

If a man fear or reverence God, he must hate 15 covetousness; and if he fear or reverence covetousness, he must hate God. Ruskin.

If a man hath too mean an opinion of himself, it will render him unserviceable both to God and man. John Selden.

If a man have freedom enough to live healthily and work at his craft, he has enough; and so much all can easily obtain. Goethe.

If a man have not a friend, he may quit the stage. Bacon.

If a man is not virtuous, he becomes vicious. Bovee.

If a man knows the right way, he need not 20 trouble himself about wrong paths. Lessing.

If a man makes himself a worm, he must not complain when trodden on. Kant.

If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is he keeps his own at the same time. Swift.

If a man once fall, all will tread on him. Pr.

If a man read little, he had need of much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Bacon.

If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, 25 happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him. Buddha.

If a man wishes to become rich, he must appear rich. Goldsmith.

If a man with the material of enjoyment around him and virtually within his reach walks God's earth wilfully and obstinately with a gloomy spirit,... making misery his worship, we feel assured he is contravening his Maker's design in endowing him with life. W. R. Greg.

If a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. Emerson.

If a man wound you with injuries, meet him with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. J. Beaumont.

If a man write a book, let him set down only 30 what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. Goethe.

If a man s gaun doun the brae, ilka ane gi'es him a jundie (push). Sc. Pr.

If a noble soul is rendered tenfold beautifuller by victory and prosperity, an ignoble one is rendered tenfold and a hundredfold uglier, pitifuller. Carlyle.

If a people will not believe, it must obey. Tocqueville.

If a pig could give his mind to anything, he wouldn't be a pig. Dickens.

If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth 35 two. Rabbi Ben Azai.

If ae sheep loup (jump) the dike, a the lave (rest) will follow. Sc. Pr.

If aged and life-weary men have called to their neighbours: "Think of dying!" we younger and life-loving men may well keep encouraging and reminding one another with the cheerful words: "Think of wandering!" Goethe.

If all be well within,... the impertinent censures of busy, envious men will make no very deep impression. Thomas à Kempis.

If all dogs on this earth should bark, / It will not matter if you do not hark. Saying.

If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast 40 into a public stock in order to be equally distributed among the species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they have already to that which would fall to them by such a division. Socrates.

If all the world were falcons, what of that? / The wonder of the eagle were the less, / But he not less the eagle. Tennyson.

If all the year were playing holidays, / To sport would be as tedious as to work. 1 Hen. IV., i. 2.

If all were rich, gold would be penniless. Bailey.

If an ass goes a-travelling, he'll not come home a horse. Pr.

If an ass kicks me, shall I strike him again? 45 Socrates.

If an ass looks in, you cannot expect an apostle to look out. Lichtenberg.

If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing him. Burke.

If any false step be made in the more momentous concerns of life, the whole scheme of ambitious designs is broken. Addison.

If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth. St. Peter.

If any man will come after me, let him deny 50 himself, and take up his cross and follow me. Jesus.

If any one tells you that a man has changed his character, don't believe it. Mahomet.

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a fair correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction. George Herbert.

If any would not work, neither should he eat. St. Paul.

If blushing makes ugly people so beautiful, ought it not to make the beautiful still more beautiful? Lessing.

If coals do not burn, they blacken. Pr.

If cheerfulness knocks for admission, we should 5 open our hearts wide to receive it, for it never comes inopportunely. Schopenhauer.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. Goethe.

If cut (in the costume) betoken intellect and talent, so does the colour betoken temper and heart. Carlyle.

If destructive criticism is injurious in anything, it is in matters of religion, for here everything depends upon faith, to which we cannot return when we have once lost it. Goethe.

If each one does his duty as an individual, and if each one works rightly in his own vocation, it will be well with the whole. Goethe.

If ever a fool's advice is good, a prudent man 10 must carry it out. Lessing.

If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. Welsh Pr.

If everybody knew what one says of the other, there would not be four friends left in the world. Pascal.

If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it. Epictetus.

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. Martial.

If folly were a pain, there would be crying in 15 every house. Sp. Pr.

If fortune favour you, be not elated; if she frown, do not despond. Ausonius.

If fortune give thee less than she has done, / Then make less fire, and walk more in the sun. Sir R. Baker.

If fortune would make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she would have him esteemed, she gives him success. Joubert.

If frequent failure convince you of that mediocrity of nature which is incompatible with great actions, submit wisely and cheerfully to your lot. Sydney Smith.

If friendship is to rob me of my eyes, if it is 20 to darken the day, I will have none of it. Thoreau.

If fun is good, truth is still better, and love most of all. Thackeray.

If happiness ha'e not her seat / And centre in the breast, / We may be wise, or rich, or great, / But never can be blest. Burns.

If heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms. Cowley.

If Hercules and Lichas play at dice / Which is the better man, the greater throw / May turn by fortune from the weaker hand; / So is Alcides beaten by his page. Mer. of Ven., ii. 1.

If honour calls, where'er she points the 25 way, / The sons of honour follow and obey. Churchill.

If I am anything, which I much doubt, I made myself so merely by labour. Sir Isaac Newton.

If I am master and you are master, who shall drive the asses? Arab. Pr.

If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning. Longfellow.

If I am right, Thy grace impart / Still in the right to stay; / If I am wrong, O teach my heart to find the better way. Pope.

If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if 30 I make my bed in hell, behold Thou art there; if I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me. Bible.

If I be dear to some one else, / Then I should be to myself more dear. Tennyson.

If I call bad bad, what do I gain? But if I call good bad, I do a great deal of mischief. Goethe.

If I can catch him once upon the hip, / I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Mer. of Ven., i. 3.

If I choose to take jest in earnest, no one shall put me to shame for doing so; and if I choose to carry on (treiben) earnest in jest, I shall be always myself (immer derselbe bleiben). Goethe.

If I do lose thee (life), I do lose a thing / That 35 none but fools would keep; a breath thou art, / Servile to all the skyey influences, / That do this habitation, where thou keep'st / Hourly inflict. Meas. for Meas., iii. 1.

If I for my opinion bleed, / Opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt. 1 Hen. VI., ii. 4.

If I had read as much as other men, I would have been as ignorant as they are. Hobbes.

If I had wit enough to get out of this wood, I have said enough to serve mine own turn. Mid. Night's Dream, iii. 1.

If I knew the way of the Lord, truly I would be only too glad to walk in it; if I were led into the temple of truth (in der Wahrheit Haus), I would not, with the help of God (bei Gott), go out of it again. Goethe.

If I lose mine honour, I lose myself. Ant. and 40 Cleop., iii. 4.

If I love thee, what is that to thee? Goethe.

If I'm designed yon lordling's slave, / By Nature's law designed, / Why was an independent wish / E'er planted in my mind? Burns.

If I must die, / I will encounter darkness as a bride / And hug it in my arms. Meas. for Meas., iii. 1.

If I seek an interest of my own detached from that of others, I seek an interest which is chimerical, and can never have existence. James Harris.

If I should say nothing, I should say much 45 (much being included in my love); though my love be such, that if I should say much, I should yet say nothing, it being, as Cowley says, equally impossible either to conceal or to express it. Pope.

If I wish for a horse-hair for my compass-sight, I must go to the stable; but the hair-bird, with her sharp eyes, goes to the road. Thoreau.

If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue as a sweet morsel. Matthew Henry.

If in the course of our life we see that done by others for which we ourselves at one time felt a vocation, and which we were, with much else, compelled to relinquish, then the noble feeling comes in, that only humanity altogether is the true man, and that the individual can only rejoice and be happy when he has the heart (Muth) to feel himself in the whole. Goethe.

If in youth the universe is majestically unveiling, and everywhere heaven revealing itself on earth, nowhere to the young man does this heaven on earth so immediately reveal itself as in the young maiden. Carlyle.

"If" is the only peacemaker—much virtue in "if." As You Like It, v. 4.

If it be a bliss to enjoy the good, it is still 5 greater happiness to discern the better; for in art the best only is good enough. Goethe.

If it be asked, What is the improper expectation which it is dangerous to indulge, experience will quickly answer that it is such expectation as is dictated not by reason but by desire—an expectation that requires the common course of things to be changed, and the general rules of action to be broken. Johnson.

If it be aught toward the general good, / Set honour in one eye, and death i' the other, / And I will look on both indifferently; / For, let the gods so speed me, as I love / The name of honour more than I fear death. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. St. Paul.

If it is a happiness to be nobly descended, it is not less to have so much merit that nobody inquires whether we are so or not. La Bruyère.

If it is disgraceful to be beaten, it is only a 10 shade less disgraceful to have so much as fought. Carlyle.

If it rains—well! If it shines—well! Pr.

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well / It were done quickly... that but this blow / Might be the be all and the end all here. Macb., i. 7.

If it were not for hope, the heart would break. Pr.

If it were not for respect to human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen. Mme. de Staël.

If Jack were better, Jill would not be so bad. 15 Pr.

If ladies be but young and fair, / They have the gift to know it. As You Like It, ii. 7.

If life, like the olive, is a bitter fruit, then grasp both with the press and they will yield the sweetest oil. Jean Paul.

If man had a higher idea of himself and his destiny, he would neither call his business amusement nor amuse himself instead of transacting business. Goethe.

If man is not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. Bacon.

If men duly felt the greatness of God, they 20 would be dumb, and for very veneration unwilling to name Him. Goethe.

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be made to possess wealth as that it may be said to possess him. Bacon.

If money go before, all ways do lie open. Merry Wives, ii. 2.

If music be the food of love, play on; / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken, and so die. Twelfth Night, i. 1.

If my person be crooked, my verses shall be straight. Pope.

If Nature is one and a living indivisible 25 whole, much more is mankind, the image that reflects and creates Nature, without which Nature were not. Carlyle.

If new-got gold is said to burn the pockets till it be cast forth into circulation, much more may new truth. Carlyle.

If, of all words of tongue and pen, / The saddest are, "It might have been," / More sad are these we daily see: "It is, but hadn't ought to be." Bret Harte.

If once you find a woman gluttonous, expect from her very little virtue; her mind is enslaved to the lowest and grossest temptation. Johnson.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Thoreau.

If one age believes too much, it is but a natural 30 reaction that another age should believe too little. Buckle.

If one door shuts, another will open. Pr.

If one sees one's fellow-creature following damnable error, by continuing in which the devil is sure to get him at last, are you to let him go towards such consummation, or are you not rather to use all means to save him? Carlyle.

If one were to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still. Johnson.

If our era is an era of unbelief, why murmur at it? Is there not a better coming—nay, come? Carlyle. See Matt. v. 4.

If people did not flatter one another, there 35 would be little society. Vauvenargues.

If people take no care for the future, they will soon have sorrow for the present. Chinese Pr.

If people were constant, it would surprise me. For see, is not everything in the world subject to change? Why then should our affections continue? Goethe.

If people would whistle more and argue less, the world would be much happier and probably just as wise. Book of Wisdom.

If poverty is the mother of crimes, want of sense is the father of them. La Bruyère.

If poverty makes a man groan, he yawns in 40 opulence. Rivarol.

If reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4.

If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has. Colton.

If she be not fit for me, / What care I for whom she be? G. Wither.

If solid happiness we prize, / Within our breast this jewel lies, / And they are fools who roam. / The world has nothing to bestow; / From our own selves our joys must flow, / And that dear hut, our home. N. Cotton.

If sorrow falls, / Take comfort still in deeming there may be / A way to peace on earth by woes of ours. Sir Edwin Arnold.

If speculation tends to a terrific unity, in 5 which all things are absorbed, action tends directly backwards to diversity. Emerson.

If that God give, the deil daurna reave (bereave). Sc. Pr.

If that thy fame with every toy be posed, / 'Tis a thin web which poisonous fancies make; / But the great soldier's honour was composed / Of thicker stuff, which would endure a shake. George Herbert.

If the Almighty waited six thousand years for a man to see what He has made, I may well wait two hundred for others to see what I have seen. Kepler. See Isa. xxviii. 16 (last clause).

If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken, we moderns are building houses for them. A. B. Alcott.

If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 10 Dan. Pr.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Heb. Pr.

If the cap fit, wear it. Pr.

If the chaff-cutter had the making of us, we should all be straw, I reckon. George Eliot.

If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it. Pr.

If the deil were dead, folk would do little for 15 God's sake. Sc. Pr.

If the devil takes a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as he was with them. Lowell.

If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; if he kills, the earth hides it. Sc. Pr.

If the East loves infinity, the West delights in boundaries. Emerson.

If the eye were not of a sunny nature (sonnenhaft), how could it see the sun? If God's own power did not exist within us, how could the godlike delight us? Goethe.

If the farmer cannot live who drives the plough, 20 how can he live who drives a fast-trotting mare? Pr.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, / The mist is dispelled when a woman appears. Gay.

If the hungry lion (invited to a feast of chickenweed) is to feast at all, it cannot be on the chickenweed, but only on the chickens. Carlyle.

If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls. It is when he is gone, and the house is filled with grooms and gazers, that we turn from the people to find relief in the majestic men that are suggested by the pictures and the architecture. Emerson.

"If the Lord tarry, yet wait for Him," for He "will surely come" and heal thee. Thomas à Kempis.

If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, 25 Mahomet will go to the mountain. Mahomet.

If the nose of Cleopatra had been a little shorter, it would have changed the history of the world. Pascal.

If the paternal cottage still shuts us in, its roof still screens us; and with a father we have as yet a prophet, priest, and king, and an obedience that makes us free. Carlyle.

If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. Pr.

If the poet have nothing to interpret and reveal, it is better that he remain silent. C. Fitzhugh.

If the poor man cannot always get meat, the 30 rich man cannot always digest it. Henry Giles.

If the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniences, console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them. Johnson.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Emerson.

If the sun shines on me, what matters the moon? Pr.

If the sky fall, we shall catch larks. Pr.

If the time don't suit you, suit yourself to the 35 time. Turk. Pr.

If the tongue had not been formed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. Emerson.

If the true did not possess an objective value, human curiosity would have died out centuries ago. Renan.

If the weather don't happen to be good for my work to-day, it's good for some other man's, and will come round to me to-morrow. Dickens.

If the world were put into one scale and my mother into the other, the world would kick the beam. Lord Langdale.

If the young knew, if the old could, there's 40 nothing but would be done. Pr.

If there be / A devil in man, there is an angel too. Tennyson.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death. Pythagoras.

If there be no enemy, no fight; if no fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown. Savanar.

If there be not a religious element in the relations of men, such relations are miserable and doomed to ruin. Carlyle.

If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy 45 the sun. Pr.

If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt; if no doubt, no inquiry; and if no inquiry, no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius. Landor.

If there were no fools, there would be no knaves. Pr.

If there were only one religion in the world, it would be haughtily and licentiously despotic. Frederick the Great.

If there's a hole in a' your coats, / I rede ye tent it: / A chiel's amang you takin' notes, / And faith he'll prent it. Burns, of Capt. Grose.

If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry? Jesus.

If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. Jesus.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf. Fuller.

If them art rich, thou art poor; / For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, / Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, / And death unloads thee. Meas. for Meas., iii. 1.

If thou art wise, thou knowest thine own 5 ignorance; and thou art ignorant, if thou knowest not thyself. Luther.

If thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then here I disallow thee to be a competent judge. Isaac Walton.

If thou be master-gunner, spend not all / That thou canst speak at once, but husband it. George Herbert.

If thou bear the cross cheerfully, it will bear thee. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou canst let others alone in their matters, they likewise will not hinder thee in thine. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou cast away one cross, without doubt 10 thou shalt find another, and that perhaps more heavy. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou deniest to a laborious man and a deserving, thou killest a bee; if thou givest to other than such, thou preservest a drone. Quarles.

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? Bible.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Bible.

If thou hast fear of those who command thee, spare those who obey thee. Rabbi Ben Azai.

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they 15 have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? Bible.

If thou love learning, thou shalt be learned. Isocrates.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor,... marvel not at the matter; for He that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. Bible.

If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. Democrates.

If thou wouldst profit by thy reading, read humbly, simply, honestly, and not desiring to win a character for learning. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou wouldst reap in love, / First sow in 20 holy fear; / So life a winter's morn may prove / To a bright endless year. Keble.

If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly. Lord Burleigh.

If thy son can make ten pound his measure, / Then all thou addest may be called his treasure. George Herbert.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. Mer. of Ven., i. 2.

If truth be with thy friend, be with them both. George Herbert.

If vain our toil, we ought to blame the culture, 25 not the soil. Pope.

If virtue keep court within, honour will attend without. Pr.

If we are not famous for goodness, we are practically infamous. Spurgeon.

If we are rich with the riches which we neither give nor enjoy, we are rich with the riches which are buried in the caverns of the earth. Hitopadesa.

If we are told a man is religious, we still ask what are his morals; but if we hear he has honest morals, we seldom think of the other question, whether he be religious. Shaftesbury.

If we are wise, we may thank ourselves; if we 30 are great, we must thank fortune. Bulwer Lytton.

If we bear what we must bear with murmuring and grudging, we do but gall our shoulders with the yoke, and render that a heavy unprofitable load which might be fruitful and glorious. Thomas à Kempis.

If we... / Cannot defend our own doors from the dog, / Let us be worried, and our nation lose / The name of hardiness and policy. Hen. V., i. 2.

If we cannot help committing errors, we must build none. Goethe.

If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve happiness. Fichte.

If we cast off one burden, we are immediately 35 pursued and oppressed by another. Thomas à Kempis.

If we clear the metaphysical element out of modern literature, we shall find its bulk amazingly diminished, and the claims of the remaining writers, or of those whom we have thinned by this abstraction of their straw-stuffing, much more easily adjusted. Ruskin.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification. Time takes away as much as it gives. Mme. de Sévigné.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Longfellow.

If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? Goldsmith.

If we do not now reckon a great man literally 40 divine, it is that our notions of the divine are ever rising higher; not altogether that our reverence for the divine, as manifested in our like, is getting lower. Carlyle.

If we do well here, we shall do well there. J. Edwin.

If we engage into a large acquaintance and various familiarities, we set open our gates to the invaders of most of our time. Cowley.

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future. Pascal.

If we fail to conquer smaller difficulties, what will become of us when assaulted by greater? Themas à Kempis.

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. Addison.

If we live truly, we shall see truly. Emerson.

If we love those we lose, can we altogether lose those we love? Thackeray.

If we reflect on the number of men we have seen and know, and consider how little we have been to them and they to us, what must our feelings be? (wie wird uns da zu Muthe). We meet with the man of genius (Geistreich) without conversing with him, with the scholar without learning from him, with the traveller without gaining information from him, the amiable man without making ourselves agreeable to him. And this, alas! happens not merely with passing acquaintances; society and families conduct themselves similarly towards their dearest members, cities towards their worthiest citizens, peoples towards their most excellent princes, and nations towards their most eminent men. Goethe.

If we saw all the things that really surround 5 us, we should be imprisoned and unable to move. Emerson.

If we should all bring our misfortunes into one place, most of us would be glad to take our own home again rather than take a proportion out of the common stock. Solon.

If we shut Nature out at the door, she will come in at the window. Sir R. L'Estrange.

If we sit down sullen and inactive, in expectation that God should do all, we shall find ourselves miserably deceived. Rogers.

If we will disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings. Locke.

If we wish to do good to men, we must pity 10 and not despise them. Amiel.

If we would amend the world, we should mend ourselves and teach our children what they should be. Wm. Penn.

If we would endeavour like brave men to stand in the battle, surely we should feel the assistance from Heaven. Thomas à Kempis.

If we would have a genuine torment, let us wish for too much time. Goethe.

If we would put ourselves in the place of other people, the jealousy and dislike which we often feel towards them would depart, and if we put others in our place, our pride and self-conceit would very much decrease. Goethe.

If what happens does not make us richer, we 15 must bid it welcome if it make us wiser. Johnson.

If "wise memory" is ever to prevail, there is need of much "wise oblivion" first. Carlyle.

If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the devil's angels. Thoreau.

If women were humbler, men would be honester. Vanbrugh.

If wrong our hearts, our heads are right in vain. Young.

If ye believe a' ye hear, ye may eat a' ye see. 20 Sc. Pr.

If ye gi'e a woman a' her will, / Guid faith, she'll soon o'ergang ye. Burns.

If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. Pr.

If you anticipate your inheritance, you can at last inherit nothing. Johnson.

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle. Johnson.

If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 25 Pr.

If you cannot drive the engine, you can clear the road. Pr.

If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. Pr.

If you cannot make a man think as you do, make him do as you think. Amer. Pr.

If you can't get a loaf, don't throw away a cake. Pr.

If you can't heal the wound, don't tear it open. 30 Dan. Pr.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. So you will have calm days, drowsy nights, and all the good business you have now, and none of the bad. Ruskin.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. Pr.

If you criticise a fine genius, the odds are that you are out of your reckoning, and instead of the poet, are censuring your own caricature of him. Emerson.

If you desire faith, then you've faith enough. Browning.

If you desire to enjoy my light, you must supply 35 oil to my lamp. Pr.

If you dinna see the bottom, don't wade (i.e., don't venture, if you can't see your way). Sc. Pr.

If you dissemble sometimes your knowledge of that you are thought to know, you shall be thought, another time, to know that you know not. Bacon.

If you do anything for the sake of the world, it will take good care that you shall not do it a second time. Goethe.

If you do not err, you do not attain to understanding. Goethe.

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you 40 had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. Carlyle.

If you don't do better to-day, you'll do worse to-morrow. Pr.

If you don't touch the rope, you won't ring the bell. Pr.

If you eat, eat a portion; do not eat all. Wit and Wisdom from West Africa.

If you have a good seat, keep it. Pr.

If you have a special weakness, do not expose 45 it by attempting to do things which will bring it out. Spurgeon.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Thoreau.

If you have lived one day, you have seen all. Montaigne.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

If you have time, don't wait for time. Ben. Franklin.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. Ben. Franklin.

If you lie upon roses when young, you will lie upon thorns when old. Pr.

If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols. Bacon.

If you live among men, the heart must either break or turn to brass. Chamfort.

If you make a law against dancing-masters 5 imitating the fine gentleman, you should with as much reason enact, that no fine gentleman shall imitate the dancing-master. Goldsmith.

If you pity rogues, you are no great friend of honest men. Pr.

If you pull one pig by the tail, all the rest will squeak. Dut. Pr.

If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own. Pr.

If you raise one ghost, you will have the churchyard in motion. Pr.

If you read the Bible with a predetermination to 10 pick out every text you approve of, on these terms you will find it entirely intelligible and wholly delightful; but if you read it with a real purpose of trying to understand it, and obey, and so read it all through steadily, you will find it, out and out, the crabbedest and most difficult book you ever tried. Ruskin.

If you resolve to do right, you will soon do wisely; but resolve only to do wisely, and you will never do right. Ruskin.

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. Pr.

If you say nothing, nobody will repeat it. Pr.

If you seek warmth of affection from a similar motive to that from which cats and dogs and slothful persons hug the fire, you are on the downward road. Thoreau.

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. Pr. 15

If you sit down a mere philosopher, you will rise almost an atheist. Anon.

If you tell me all you see, you'll tell what will make you feel shame. Gael. Pr.

If you throw all your money into the sea, yet count it before you let it go. Old saying.

If you trust before you try, / You may repent before you die. Pr.

If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say 20 that he ate the frying-pan. Pr.

If you want learning, you must work for it. J. G. Holland.

If you want to gain a reputation for eccentricity and to be universally dreaded, blurt out the plain truth on all occasions. Anon.

If you want to know a man, make a solitary journey with him. Pr.

If you want work done, go to the man who is already fully occupied. Pr.

If you were as eager to discover good as evil, 25 and had the same delight in spreading the report of it; if good examples were made public as the bad ones always are, do you not think that the good would weigh down the balance? But gratitude speaks so low, and indignation so loudly, that you cannot hear but the last. Marmontel.

If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question. Goethe.

If you wish to astonish the whole world, tell the simple truth. Rahel.

If you would be a smith, begin with blowing the fire. Pr.

If you would be pungent, be brief, for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. Saxe.

If you would be well served, you must serve 30 yourself. Pr.

If you would cease to dislike a man, try to get nearer his heart. J. M. Barrie.

If you would create something, you must be something. Goethe.

If you would ensure a peaceful old age, be careful of the acts of each day of your youth; for with youth the deeds thereof are not to be left behind. Isaac Disraeli.

If you would eschew pain, eschew pleasure. The Cynics.

If you would have a faithful servant and one 35 you like, serve yourself. Ben. Franklin.

If you would have it well done, you must do it yourself; you must not leave it to others. Pr.

If you would know and not be known, live in a city. Colton.

If you would learn to write, it is the street you must learn it in. Emerson.

If you would love mankind, you should not expect too much from them. Helvetius.

If you would make Fortune your friend; when 40 people say money is to be got here and money is to be got there, take no notice; mind your own business; stay where you are; and secure all you can get, without stirring. Goldsmith.

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused. Anon.

If you would slip into a round hole, you must make a ball of yourself. George Eliot.

If you would succeed, you must not be too good. It. Pr.

If you would understand an author, you must understand his age. Goethe.

If you would work any man, know his nature 45 and fashions, and so lead him. Bacon.

If your mind and its affections be pure, and sincere, and moderate, nothing shall have the power to enslave you. Thomas à Kempis.

If your wife is short, stoop to her. Pr.

Ignavis semper feriæ sunt—To the indolent every day is a holiday. Pr.

Ignavissimus quisque, et, ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimio verbis et lingua ferox—Every recreant, who, as experience has proved, will fly in the hour of danger, is the most boastful in his words and language afterwards. Tacit.

Ignavum fucos pecus a præsepibus arcent—They 50 (the bees) drive from their hives the drones, a lazy pack. Virg.

Ignem gladio scrutare modo—Only stir the fire with a sword! Hor.

Ignem ne gladio fodito—Do not stir the fire with a sword. Pr.

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros—Fire tests gold; adversity strong men. Sen.

Ignis fatuus—A deceiving light; a "Will-o'-the-wisp."

Ignis sacer—"St. Anthony's fire." Pliny.

Ignobile vulgus—The base-born multitude.

Ignoramus—An ignorant person (lit. we are ignorant).

Ignorance is a heavy burden. Gael. Pr. 5

Ignorance is a prolonged infancy, only deprived of its charm. De Boufflers.

Ignorance is bold, and knowledge reserved. Thucydides.

Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. 2 Hen. VI., iv. 7.

Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity. Froude.

Ignorance is the mother of devotion. Jeremy 10 Taylor.

Ignorance is the mother of impudence. Pr.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star. Confucius.

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice. Cousin.

Ignorance is preferable to error. Jefferson.

Ignorance never settles a question. Disraeli. 15

Ignorance shuts its eyes and believes it is right. Punch.

Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. Dryden.

Ignorantia facti excusat—Ignorance of the fact excuses. L.

Ignorantia legis excusat neminem—Ignorance of the law excuses nobody. L.

Ignoratio elenchi—Ignoring of the point at 20 issue.

Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum, maxime hominum vita vexatur—Through ignorance of the distinction between good and bad, the life of men is greatly harassed. Cic.

Ignorent populi, si non in morte probaris, / An scires adversa pati—The world would not know, if you did not prove by your death, that you knew how to bear up against adverse circumstances. Lucan, of Pompey.

Ignoscas aliis multa, nil tibi—You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself. Auson.

Ignoti nulla cupido—There is no desire for what is unknown. Pr.

Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre / Flumina 25 gaudebat, studio minuente laborem—He delighted to wander over unknown regions, to visit unknown rivers, the interest lessening the fatigue. Ovid.

Ignotum argenti pondus et auri—An untold mass of silver and gold. Virg.

Ignotum per ignotius—The unknown by the still more unknown.

Ihr Kinder, lernet jetzt genug, / Ihr lernt nichts mehr in alten Zeiten—Ye children, learn enough now, nothing more will you be able to learn ere long. Pfeffel.

Ihr sagt es sei nichts als Glück / Zu siegen ohne die Tacktick / Doch besser ohne Tacktick siegen / Als mit derselben unterliegen—You say it is nothing but luck to gain a victory without tactics, yet it is better to conquer without them, than therewith to be beaten. Tyrolese Pr.

Ihr sucht die Menschen zu benennen, / 30 und glaubt am Namen sie zu kennen; / Wer tiefer sieht, gesteht sich frei, / Es ist das Anonymes dabei—Ye seek to name men, and think that ye know them by name; he who sees deeper will freely confess there is something in them which there is no name for. Goethe.

Il a inventé l'histoire—He has invented history. Mme. du Deffand, of Voltaire.

Il a la mer à boire—He has the sea to drink up, i.e., has undertaken an impossible task. Fr. Pr.

Il a la tête près du bonnet—He is of a passionate temper (lit. has his head near his cap). Fr. Pr.

Il a le diable au corps—The deuce (lit. the devil) is in him. Fr. Pr.

Il a le verbe haut—He assumes a high tone; he 35 has a loud voice. Fr. Pr.

Il a le vin mauvais—He is quarrelsome over his wine. Fr. Pr.

Il a les yeux à fleur de tête—He has prominent eyes. Fr. Pr.

Il a mangé son pain blanc le premier—He has eaten the best first. Fr. Pr.

Il a plus que personne l'esprit que tout le monde a—He has more than any other the mind which every one has. Montesquieu.

Il a travaillé pour le roi de Prusse—He has 40 worked for the King of Prussia, i.e., laboured in vain. Fr. Pr.

Il a vu le loup—He has seen the world. Fr. Pr.

Il aboye à tout le monde—He barks at everybody. Fr. Pr.

Il arrive comme Mars en Carème—He arrives opportunely (lit. like March in Lent). Fr. Pr.

Il attend, que les alouettes lui tombent toutes rôties—He expects larks to rain down all ready roasted. Hans Sachs.

Il buon mercato vuota la borsa—Great bargains 45 empty the purse. It. Pr.

Il buono è buono, ma il meglio vince—Good is good, but better surpasses it. It. Pr.

Il can battuto dal bastone ha paura dell' ombra—The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow. It. Pr.

Il castigo puo differirsi ma non si toglie—Punishment may be tardy, but it is sure to overtake the guilty. It. Pr.

Il conduit bien sa barque—He manages his affairs well. Fr. Pr.

Il connaît l'univers et ne se connaît pas—He 50 knows everything and does not know himself. La Font.

Il coûte peu à amasser beaucoup de richesse, et beaucoup à en amasser peu—It costs little trouble to amass a great deal of wealth, but great labour to amass a little. Fr. Pr.

Il diavolo tenta tutti, ma l'ozioso tenta il diavolo—The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil. It. Pr.

Il donne des entrailles à tous les mots—He gives pathos to all his words. Joubert, of Rousseau.

Il en est d'un homme qui aime, comme d'un moineau, pris à la glu; plus il se débat, plus il s'embarrasse—It is with a man in love, as with a sparrow caught in bird-lime; the more he struggles, the more he is entangled. Fr. Pr.

Il en fait ses choux gras—He feathers his nest 55 with it. Fr. Pr.

Il est aisé d'ajouter aux inventions des autres—It is easy to add to the inventions of others. Fr. Pr.

Il est aisé d'aller à pied, quand on tient son cheval par la bride—It is easy to go afoot when one leads one's horse by the bridle. Fr. Pr.

Il est aux anges—He is supremely happy (lit. with the angels).

Il est avis à vieille vache qu'elle ne fût oncques veau—The old cow persuades herself that she never was a calf. Fr. Pr.

Il est bien aisé à ceux qui se portent bien de 5 donner des avis aux malades—It is very easy for those who are well to give advice to the sick. Fr. Pr.

Il est bien difficile de garder un trésor dont tous les hommes ont la clef—It is very difficult to guard a treasure of which all men have the key. Fr. Pr.

Il est bien fou qui s'oublie—He is a great fool who forgets himself. Fr. Pr.

Il est bon d'être ferme par tempérament et flexible par réflexion—It is good to be firm by temperament and pliable by reflexion. Vauvenargues.

Il est bon d'être habile, mais non pas de le paraître—It is good to be clever, but not to show it. Fr. Pr.

Il est comme l'oiseau sur la branche—He is 10 unsettled or wavering (lit. like a bird on a branch). Fr. Pr.

Il est peu de distance de la roche Tarpéienne au Capitole—It is but a short way from the Tarpeian rock to the Capitol. Mirabeau.

Il est plus aisé d'être sage pour les autres que pour soi-même—It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. La Roche.

Il est plus honteux de se défier de ses amis que d'en être trompé—It is more disgraceful to suspect our friends than to be deceived by them. La Roche.

Il est souvent plus court et plus utile de cadrer aux autres que de faire que les autres s'adjustent à nous—It is often more easy and more convenient to conform to others than to make others conform to us. La Bruyère.

Il est temps d'être sage quand on a la barbe au 15 menton—It is time to be wise when you have a beard on your chin. Fr. Pr.

Il est tout prêché qui n'a cure de bien faire—He is past preaching to who does not care to do well. Fr. Pr.

Il est trop difficile de penser noblement, quand on ne pense que pour vivre—It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only to get a livelihood. Rousseau.

Il faisoit de necessité vertu—He made a virtue of necessity. Rabelais.

Il fallait un calculateur, ce fut un danseur qui l'obtint—A financier was wanted, a dancing-master got the post. Beaumarchais.

Il faut attendre le boiteux—We must wait for 20 the lame. Fr. Pr.

Il faut avaler bien de la fumée aux lampes avant que de devenir bon orateur—A man must swallow a great deal of lamp-smoke before he can be a good orator. Fr. Pr.

Il faut avoir pitié des morts—One must have pity on the dead. Victor Hugo.

Il faut avoir une âme—It is indispensable that we should have a soul. Tolstoi.

Il faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la mauvaise—It requires greater moral strength to bear good fortune than bad. La Roche.

Il faut en affrontant l'orage / Penser, vivre et 25 mourir en roi—I must in face of the storm think, live, and die as a king. Frederick the Great.

Il faut hurler avec les loups—You must howl if you are among wolves. Fr. Pr.

Il faut laver son linge sale en famille—One's filthy linen should be washed at home. Fr. Pr.

Il faut payer de sa vie—One must pay with his life. Fr. Pr.

Il faut perdre un véron pour pêcher un saumon—We must lose a minnow to catch a salmon. Fr. Pr.

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée—A 30 door must either be open or shut. Brueys et Palaprat.

Il faut savoir s'ennuyer—One must accustom one's self to be bored. Lady Bloomfield.

Il faut sortir de la vie ainsi que d'un banquet, / Remerciant son hôte, et faisant son paquet—One must quit life as one does a banquet, thanking the host and packing up one's belongings. Voltaire.

Il fuoco non s'estingue con fuoco—Fire is not extinguished by fire. It. Pr.

Il fut historien pour rester orateur—He turned historian that he might still play the orator.

Il me faut du nouveau, n'en fût-il point au 35 monde—I must have something new, even were there none in the world. La Fontaine.

Il meglio è l'inimico del bene—Better is an enemy to well. It. Pr.

Il meurt connu de tous et ne se connaît pas—He dies known by all and does not know himself. Vauquelin des Yvetaux.

Il mondo è di chi ha pazienza—The world is his who has patience. It. Pr.

Il mondo è fatto a scale; / Chi le scende, e chi le sale—The world is like a staircase; some are going up and some going down. It. Pr.

Il mondo sta con tre cose: fare, disfare, e dare 40 ad intendere—The world gets along with three things: doing, undoing, and pretending. It. Pr.

Il monta sur ses grands chevaux—He mounted his high horse. Fr. Pr.

Il nage entre deux eaux—He keeps fair with both parties (lit. swims between two waters). Fr. Pr.

Il n'a ni bouche ni éperon—He has neither wit nor go in him (lit. he has neither mouth nor spur). Fr.

Il n'a pas inventé la poudre—He was not the inventor of gunpowder. Fr. Pr.

Il n'a pas l'air, mais la chanson—He has not 45 the tune, but the song. Fr. Pr.

Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes, d'avoir de grands défauts—It is only great men who can afford to have great defects. La Roche.

Il n'attache pas ses chiens avec des saucisses—He does not chain his dogs together with sausages. Fr. Pr.

Il n'avait pas précisément des vices, mais il était rongé d'une vermine de petits défauts, dont on ne pouvait l'épurer—He had not vices exactly, but he was the prey to a swarm of small faults of which there was no ridding him. Fr.

Il n'est d'heureux que qui croit l'être—Only he is happy who thinks he is. Fr. Pr.

Il n'est orgueil que de pauvre enrichi—There is no pride like that of a poor man who has become rich. Fr. Pr.

Il n'est pas d'homme nécessaire—There is no man but can be dispensed with. Fr. Pr.

Il n'est pas échappé qui traîne son lien—He is not escaped who still drags his chains. Fr. Pr.

Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens—There 5 is nothing useless to people of sense. La Fontaine.

Il n'est sauce que d'appétit—Hunger is the best sauce. Fr. Pr.

Il ne fait rien, et nuit à qui veut faire—He produces nothing, and hinders those who would. Fr.

Il ne faut jamais se moquer des misérables, / Car qui peut s'assurer d'être toujours heureux?—We must never laugh at the miserable, for who can be sure of being always happy? La Fontaine.

Il ne faut pas nous fâcher des choses passées—We should not trouble ourselves (Sc. fash) about things that are past. Napoleon.

Il ne faut pas parler latin devant les Cordeliers—It 10 doesn't do to talk Latin before the Grey Friars. Fr. Pr.

Il ne faut pas voler avant que d'avoir des ailes—One must not fly before he develops wings. Fr. Pr.

Il ne faut point parler de corde dans la famille d'un pendu—Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged. Fr. Pr.

Il ne sait plus de quel bois faire flèche—He is put to his last shift (lit. knows of no wood to make his arrow). Fr. Pr.

Il ne sait sur quel pied danser—He knows not on which foot to dance (i.e. he is at his wit's end).

Il n'y a de nouveau que ce qui a vieilli—There 15 is nothing new but what has become antiquated. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a de nouveau que ce qui est oublié—There is nothing new but what is forgotten. Mdlle. Bertine.

Il n'y a de sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit—There are no fools so unsufferable as those who have wit. La Roche.

Il n'y a pas à dire—There is no use saying anything; the thing is settled. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a pas de cheval si bon qu'il ne bronche pas—There is no horse so sure-footed as never to trip. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a pas de gens plus affairés que ceux qui 20 n'ont rien à faire—There are no people so busy as those who have nothing to do. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a pas de petit ennemi—There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a peut-être point de vérité qui ne soit à quelque esprit faux matière d'erreur—There is, perhaps, no truth that is not to some false minds matter of error. Vauvenargues.

Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées—There are no longer any Pyrenees. Louis XIV., on the departure of the Duke of Anjou from Paris for Spain.

Il n'y a point au monde un si pénible métier que celui de se faire un grand nom. La vie s'achève que l'on a à peine ébauché son ouvrage—There is not a more laborious undertaking in the world than that of earning a great name; life comes to a close before one has well schemed out one's course. La Bruyère.

Il n'y a point de chemin trop long à qui marche 25 lentement et sans se presser, il n'y a point d'avantages trop éloignés à qui s'y prépare par la patience—No road is too long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry, and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it. La Bruyère.

Il n'y a point de plus cruelle tyrannie que celle que l'on exerce à l'ombre des lois et avec les couleurs de la justice—There is no crueller tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. Montesquieu.

Il n'y a que la vérité qui blesse—It is only the truth that offends (lit. wounds). Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a que le matin en toutes choses—There is only the morning in all things. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte—It is only the first step which costs. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a que les honteux qui perdent—It is only 30 the bashful who lose. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a que les morts qui ne reviennent pas—It is only the dead who do not return. Barère.

Il n'y a rien de si puissant qu'une république où l'on observe les lois, non pas par crainte, non pas par raison, mais par passion—There is no commonwealth so powerful as one in which the laws are observed not from a principle of fear or reason, but passion. Montesquieu.

Il n'y a rien que la crainte et l'espérance ne persuadent aux hommes—There is nothing that fear and hope does not persuade men to do. Vauvenargues.

Il paraît qu'on n'apprend pas à mourir en tuant les autres—It does not appear that people learn how to die by taking away the lives of others. Chateaubriand.

Il passa par la gloire, il passa par le crime, et il 35 n'est arrivé qu'au malheur—He passed through glory and through crime, and has landed only in misfortune. Said of Napoleon III.

Il penseroso—The pensive man. It.

Il plaît à tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire—He pleases all the world but cannot please himself. Boileau, of Molière.

Il porte le deuil de sa blanchisseuse—He wears mourning for his laundress, i.e., his linen is dirty. Fr. Pr.

Il riso fa buon sangue—Laughter makes good blood; puts one in good humour. It. Pr.

Il rit bien qui rit le dernier—He laughs with 40 reason who laughs the last.

Il sabio muda conscio, il nescio no—A wise man changes his mind, a fool never. Sp. Pr.

Il se fait entendre, à force de se faire écouter—He makes himself understood by compelling people to listen to him. Villemain.

Il se faut entr'aider; c'est la loi de nature—We must assist one another; it is the law of Nature. Fr. Pr.

Il sent le fagot—He is suspected of heresy (lit. he smells of the faggot). Fr.

Il tacer non fu mai scritto—Silence was never 45 written down. It. Pr.

Il tempo è un galant 'uomo—Time is a fine lord (or lady). Mazarin.

Il tempo buono viene una volta sola—The good time comes but once. It. Pr.

Il tempo è una lima sorda—Time is a file that emits no noise. It. Pr.

Il trouverait à tondre sur un œuf—He would skin a flint (lit. find something to shave on an egg). Fr. Pr.

Il va du blanc au noir—He runs to extremes (lit. from white to black). Fr. Pr.

Il vaut mieux avoir affaire à Dieu qu'à ses saints—It is better to deal with God than with His saints. Fr. Pr.

Il vaut mieux être fou avec tous, que sage tout seul—Better to be mad with everybody, than wise all alone. Fr. Pr.

Il vaut mieux être marteau qu'enclume—It is 5 better to be hammer than anvil. Fr. Pr.

Il vaut mieux être singe perfectionné qu'un Adam dégénéré—Better a perfect ape than a degenerate man. Claparède.

Il vaut mieux faire envie que pitié—It is better to be envied than pitied. Fr. Pr.

Il vaut mieux tâcher d'oublier ses malheurs que d'en parler—It is better to try and forget one's misfortunes than to speak of them. Fr. Pr.

Il vero punge, e la bugia unge—Truth stings and falsehood salves over. It. Pr.

Il villano en su tierra, y el hidalgo donde quiera—The 10 clown in his own country, the gentleman where he pleases. Sp. Pr.

Il volto sciolto, i pensieri stretti—The countenance open, the thoughts reserved. It. Pr.

Il y a anguille sous roche—There is a snake in the grass; a mystery in the affair. Fr. Pr.

Il y a bien des gens qu'on estime, parce qu'on ne les connaît point—Many people are esteemed merely because they are not known. Fr. Pr.

Il y a dans la jalousie plus d'amour-propre que d'amour—There is more self-love than love in jealousy. La Roche.

Il y a des gens à qui la vertu sied presque 15 aussi mal que le vice—There are some men on whom virtue sits almost as awkwardly as vice. Bouhours.

Il y a des gens auxquels il faut trois cent ans pour commencer voir une absurdité—There are people who take three hundred years before they begin to see an absurdity. Fr. (?)

Il y a des gens dégoûtants avec du mérite, et d'autres qui plaisent avec des défauts—There are people who disgust us in spite of their merits, and others who please us in spite of their faults. La Roche.

Il y a des gens qui ressemblent aux vaudevilles, qu'on ne chante qu'un certain temps—Some men are like the ballads that are sung only for a certain time. La Roche.

Il y a des reproches qui louent, et des louanges qui médisent—There are censures which are commendations, and commendations which are censures. La Roche.

Il y a des vérités qui ne sont pas pour tous 20 les hommes et pour tous les temps—There are truths which are not for every man and for every occasion. Fr. (?)

Il y a encore de quoi glaner—There are still other fields to glean from; the subject is not exhausted. Fr. Pr.

Il y a fagots et fagots—There is a difference between one faggot and another. Molière.

Il y a plus de quarante ans que je dis de la prose sans que j'en susse rien—I have been speaking prose forty years without knowing it. Molière.

Il y a plus fous acheteurs que de fous vendeurs—There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. Fr. Pr.

Il y a quelque chose dans les malheurs de nos 25 meilleurs amis qui ne nous déplaît pas—There is something in the misfortunes of our best friends which does not displease us. Fr. Pr.

Il y a souvent de l'illusion, de la mode, du caprice dans le jugement des hommes—In the judgments of people there is often little more than self-deception, fashion, and whim. Voltaire.

Il y a une espèce de honte d'être heureux à la vue de certaines misères—It is a kind of shame to feel happy with certain miseries before our eyes. Fr.

Il y en a peu qui gagnent à être approfondis—Few men rise in our esteem on a closer scrutiny. Fr. Pr.

Il y va de la vie—Life depends on it; it is a matter of life or death.

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra—Sin is 30 committed as well within the walls of Troy as without, i.e., both sides were to blame. Hor.

Ilicet infandum cuncti contra omina bellum / Contra fata deum, perverso numine poscunt—Forthwith, against the omens and against the oracles of the gods, all to a man, under an adverse influence, clamour for unholy war. Virg.

Ilka (every) blade o' grass keps (catches) it ain drap o' dew. Sc. Pr.

Ilka dog has his day. Sc. Pr.

Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing, / That, in the merry months of spring, / Delighted me to hear thee sing, / What comes o' thee? / Where wilt thou cower thy chittering wing, an' close thy e'e? Burns, "A Winter Night."

Ill bairns are best heard at hame. Sc. Pr. 35

Ill begun, ill done. Dut. Pr.

Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small. Spenser.

Ill comes upon war's back. Pr.

Ill-doers are ill thinkers. Pr.

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / 40 Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

Ill fortune never crushes that man whom good fortune deceived not. Ben Jonson.

Ill got, ill spent. Pr.

Ill-gotten wealth seldom descends to the third generation. Pr.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, / As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. Dryden.

Ill hearing mak's ill rehearsing. Sc. Pr. 45

Ill-humour is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves. Goethe.

Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces. It. Pr.

Ill news comes apace. Pr.

Ill weeds are not hurt by frost. Sp. and Port. Pr.

Ill weeds grow apace. Pr. 50

Illa dolet vere quæ sine teste dolet—She grieves sincerely who grieves when unseen. Mart.

Illa est agricolæ messis iniqua suo—That is a harvest which ill repays its husbandman. Ovid.

Illa laus est, magno in genere et in divitiis maximis, / Liberos hominem educare, generi monumentum et sibi—It is a merit in a man of high birth and large fortune to train up his children so as to be a credit to his family and himself. Plaut.

Illa placet tellus in qua res parva beatum / Me facit, et tenues luxuriantur opes—That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance. Mart.

Illa victoria viam ad pacem patefecit—By that victory he opened the way to peace.

Illæso lumine solem—[To gaze] on the sun with undazzled eye. M.

Illam, quicquid agit, quoque vestigia flectit, / 5 Componit furtim, subsequiturque decor—In whatever she does, wherever she turns, grace steals into her movements and attends her steps. Tibull.

Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadema—That one man has found a cross the reward of his guilt; this one, a diadem. Juv.

Ille igitur nunquam direxit brachia contra / Torrentem; nec civis erat qui libera posset / Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero—He never exerted his arms against the torrent, nor was he a citizen who would frankly utter the sentiments of his mind, and stake his life for the truth. Juv.

Ille per extentum funem mihi posse videtur / Ire poeta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit / Irritat mulcet falsis terroribus implet / Ut magus: et modo me Thebis, modo ponit Athenis—That man seems to me able to do anything (lit. walk on the tight-rope) who, as a poet, tenures my breast with fictions, can rouse me, then soothe me, fill me with unreal terrors like a magician, set me down either at Thebes or Athens. Hor.

Ille potens sui / Lætusque degit, cui licet in diem / Dixisse, Vixi: cras vel atra / Nube polum pater occupato / Vel sole puro—The man lives master of himself and cheerful, who can say day after day, "I have lived; to-morrow let the Father above overspread the sky either with cloud or with clear sunshine." Hor.

Ille sinistrorsum, hic dextrorsum, abit: unus 10 utrique / Error, sed variis illudit partibus—One wanders to the left, another to the right; both are equally in error, but are seduced by different delusions. Hor.

Ille terrarum mihi præter omnes / Angulus ridet—That nook of the world has charms for me before all else. Hor.

Ille vir, haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei—He is a man, not of large fortune, but full of good faith.

Illi inter sese multa vi brachia tollunt / In numerum, versantque tenaci forcipe massam—They (the Cyclops), keeping time, one by one raise their arms with mighty force, and turn the iron lump with the biting tongs. Virg.

Illi robur et æs triplex / Circa pectus erat, qui fragilem truci / Commisit pelago ratem / Primus—That man had oak and triple brass around his breast who first intrusted his frail bark to the savage sea. Hor.

Illic apposito narrabis multa Lyæo—There, 15 with the wine in front of you, you will tell many a story. Ovid.

Illud amicitiæ sanctum ac venerabile nomen / Nunc tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet—The sacred and venerable name of friendship is now despised and trodden under foot. Ovid.

Illusion on a ground of truth is the secret of the fine arts. Joubert.

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, / And every conqueror creates a muse. Waller.

Ils chantent, ils payeront—Let them sing; they will have the piper to pay. Mazarin.

Ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublié—They have 30 learned nothing and forgotten nothing. Talleyrand, of the Bourbons.

Ils s'amusaient tristement, selon la coutume de leur pays—They (the English) are heavy-laden in their amusements, according to the custom of their country. Froissart.

Ils se ne servent de la pensée que pour autoriser leurs injustices, et emploient les paroles que pour déguiser leurs pensées—Men use thought only to justify their unjust acts, and employ speech only to disguise their thoughts. Voltaire.

Ils sont passés, ces jours de fête—They are gone, those festive days. Grétry.

Ils veulent être libres et ne savent pas être justes—They wish to be free and understand not how to be just. Abbé Sieyès.

Im Alter erstaunt und bereut man nicht mehr—In 25 old age one is astonished and repents no more. Goethe.

Im Becher ersaufen mehr als im Meer—More are drowned in the wine-cup than in the sea. Ger. Pr.

Im Ganzen, Guten, Wahren resolut zu leben—To live resolutely in the whole, the good, the true. Goethe.

Im Gedränge hier auf Erden / Kann nicht jeder, was er will—In the press of things on earth here, not every one can do what he would. Goethe.

Im Grabe ist Ruh!—In the grave is rest! Langhaufen, Heine.

Im Leben ist der Mensch zehn Jahre in Kriege 30 und zehn in der Irre, gleich dem Ulysses—Man, like Ulysses, spends ten years in war and ten in wandering. Feuerbach.

Im Leben ist nichts Gegenwart—In life is the present nothing, or there is no present. Goethe.

Im Mangel, nicht im Ueberfluss / Keimt der Genuss—Enjoyment germinates not in abundance but in want. Herder.

Im Schmerze wird die neue Zeit geboren—In pain is the new time born. Chamisso.

Im Unglück halte aus; / Im Glücke halte ein—In bad fortune hold out; in good, hold in. Ger. Pr.

Im Wasser kannst du dein Antlitz sehn, / Im 35 Wein des andern Herz erspähn—In water thou canst see thine own face, in wine thou canst see into the heart of another. Pr.

Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them. Swift.

Imagination is always the ruling and divine power, and the rest of the man is only the instrument which it sounds, or the tablet on which it writes. Ruskin.

Imagination is a mettled horse that will break the rider's neck when a donkey would have carried him to the end of his journey, slow but sure. Southey.

Imagination is but a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Carlyle.

Imagination is central; fancy, superficial. Emerson.

Imagination is Eternity. Wm. Blake.

Imagination is the eye of the soul. Joubert.

Imagination is the mightiest despot. Auerbach. 5

Imagination is too often accompanied with a somewhat irregular logic. Disraeli.

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.

Immo id, quod aiunt, auribus teneo lupum / Nam neque quomodo a me amittam, invenio: neque, uti retineam scio—It is true they say I have caught a wolf by the ears; for I know not either how to get rid of him or keep him in restraint. Ter.

Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense. Roscommon.

Immoritur studiis, et amore senescit habendi—He is killing himself with his efforts, and in his greed of gain is becoming an old man. Hor.

Immortale odium et nunquam sanabile vulnus—A 20 deadly hatred, and a wound that can never be healed. Juv., on the effects of religious contention between neighbours.

Immortalia ne speres monet annus, et almum / Quæ rapit hora diem—The year in its course, and the hour that speeds the kindly day, admonishes you not to hope for immortal (i.e., permanent) blessings. Hor.

Immortality will come to such as are fit for it; and he who would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now. Emerson.

Imo pectore—From the bottom of the heart.

Impatience changeth smoke to flame. Erasmus.

Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or 25 sorrow. Chapin.

Impatience is the principal cause of most of our irregularities and extravagances. Sterne.

Impatience waiteth on true sorrow. 3 Hen. VI., iii. 3.

Impavidum ruinæ ferient—The wreck of things will strike him unmoved. Hor.

Impera parendo—Command by obeying. M.

Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique—Money 30 amassed is either our slave or our tyrant. Hor.

Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know of life. It is the sign of life in a mortal body, that is, of a state of progress and change. Ruskin.

Imperfection means perfection hid, / Reserved in part to grace the after-time. Browning.

Imperfections cling to a man, which, if he wait till he have brushed off entirely, he will spin for ever on his axis, advancing nowhither. Carlyle.

Imperia dura tolle, quid virtus erit?—Remove severe restraint, and what will become of virtue? Sen.

Imperious Cæsar, dead and turn'd to clay, / 35 Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. Ham., v. 1.

Imperium et libertas—Empire and liberty. Cic.

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.

"Impossible!" who talks to me of impossibilities? Chatham.

Impotentia excusat legem—Inability suspends the action of law. L.

Impransus—One who has not dined, or who can't find a dinner.

Imprimatur—Let it be printed. 50

Imprimis—First of all.

Imprimis venerare Deos—Before all things reverence the gods. Virg.

Improbæ / Crescunt divitiæ, tamen / Curtæ nescio quid semper abest rei—Riches increase to an enormous extent, yet something is ever wanting to our still imperfect fortune. Hor.

Improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis?—Cruel love! what is there to which thou dost not drive mortal hearts? Virg.

Improbe Neptunum accusat, qui naufragium 55 iterum facit—He who suffers shipwreck twice is unjust if he throws the blame on Neptune. Pub. Syr.

Improbis aliena virtus semper formidolosa est—To wicked men the virtue of others is always matter of dread. Sall.

Impromptu—Off-hand; without premeditation.

Improvement is Nature. Leigh Hunt.

Imprudent expression in conversation may be forgotten and pass away; but when we take the pen into our hand, we must remember that litera scripta manet. Blair.

Impudence is no virtue, yet able to beggar 5 them all. Sir T. Osborne.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat—Impunity always tempts to still worse crimes. Coke.

In a boundless universe / Is boundless better, boundless worse. Tennyson.

In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. Pr.

In a commercial nation impostors are abroad in all professions. Wm. Blake.

In a fair gale every fool may sail, but wise 10 behaviour in a storm commends the wisdom of the pilot. Quarles.

In a free country there is much complaining but little suffering; under a despotism, much suffering but little complaining. Giles' Proverbs.

In a good lord there must first be a good animal, at least to the extent of yielding the incomparable advantage of animal spirits. Emerson.

In a great soul everything is great. Pascal.

In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal. Mme. Swetchine.

In a lawsuit nothing is certain but the expense. 15 A. Butler.

In a leopard the spots are not observed. Herbert's Coll.

In a lottery, where there is (at the lowest computation) ten thousand blanks to one prize, it is the most prudent choice not to venture. Lady Montagu.

In a man's letters his soul lies naked; his letters are only the mirror of his breast. Johnson.

In a matter of life and death don't trust even your mother; she might mistake a black bean (used in voting) for a white one. Alcibiades.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow; the 20 more a man expands, the larger his aims. Schiller.

In a noble race, levity without virtue is seldom found. In a mine of rubies, when shall we find pieces of glass? Hitopadesa.

In a poem there should be not only the poetry of images, but also the poetry of ideas. Joubert.

In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation, silence and speech acting together, some embodiment and revelation of the infinite, made to blend itself with the finite, to stand visible, and, as it were, attainable there. Carlyle.

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love. Pr.

In a valiant suffering for others, not in a slothful 25 making others suffer for us, did nobleness ever lie. Carlyle.

In acta—In the very act.

In action, a great heart is the chief qualification; in work, a great head. Schopenhauer.

In æquali jure melior est conditio possidentis—Where the right is equal, the claim of the party in possession is the best. L.

In æternum—For ever.

In all battles, if you await the issue, each 30 fighter has prospered according to his right. His right and his might, at the close of the account, were the same. Carlyle.

In all faiths there is something true /... Something that keeps the Unseen in view, /... And notes His gifts with the worship due. Dr. Walter Smith.

In all human action, those faculties will be strong which are used. Emerson.

In all human narrative, it is the battle only, and not the victory, that can be dwelt on with advantage. Carlyle.

In all literary history there is no such figure as Dante, no such homogeneousness of life and works, such loyalty to ideas, such sublime irrecognition of the unessential. Lowell.

In all matters prefer the less evil to the 35 greater, and solace yourself under any ill with the reflection that it might be worse. Spurgeon.

In all provinces there are artists and artisans; men who labour mechanically in a department, without eye for the whole, not feeling that there is a whole; and men who inform and ennoble the humblest department with an idea of the whole, and habitually know that only in the whole is the partial to be truly discerned. Carlyle.

In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. Horace Walpole.

In all situations (out of Tophet) there is a duty, and our highest blessedness lies in doing it. Carlyle.

In all straits the good behave themselves with meekness and patience. Thomas à Kempis.

In all things that live there are certain irregularities 40 and deficiencies, which are not only signs of life, but sources of beauty. Ruskin.

In all things, to serve from the lowest station upwards is necessary. Goethe.

In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age. Goethe.

In all true work, were it but true hand-labour, there is something of divineness. Carlyle.

In all vital action the manifest purpose and effort of Nature is, that we should be unconscious of it.... Nature so meant it with us; it is so we are made. Carlyle.

In allem andern lass dich lenken / Nur nicht 45 im Fühlen und im Denken—In everything else let thyself be led, only not in feeling and in thinking. v. Sallet.

In alms regard thy means and others' merit. / Think Heaven a better bargain than to give / Only thy single market-money for it. George Herbert.

In ambiguo—In doubt.

In America you can get tea, and coffee, and meat every day. But the only true America is that country where you are at liberty to pursue such a mode of life as may enable you to do without these. Thoreau.

In an aristocratical institution like England, not trial by jury, but the dinner is the capital institution. It is the mode of doing honour to a stranger to invite him to eat, and has been for many a hundred years. Emerson.

In anima vili—On a subject of little worth.

In annulo Dei figuram ne gestato—Wear not the image of the Deity in a ring, i.e., do not use the name of God on frivolous occasions, or in vain. Pr.

In any controversy, the instant we feel angry we have already ceased striving for truth and begun striving for ourselves. Goethe.

In aqua scribis—You are writing on water. Pr. 5

In arena ædificas—You are building on sand. Pr.

In arguing, be calm; for fierceness makes / Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. George Herbert.

In argument with men, a woman ever / Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. Milton.

In art and in deeds, only that is properly achieved which, like Minerva, springs full-grown and armed from the head of the inventor. Goethe.

In art, to express the infinite one should suggest 10 infinitely more than is expressed. Goethe.

In articulo mortis—At the point of death.

In audaces non est audacia tuta—Daring is not safe against daring men. Ovid.

In beato omnia beata—With the fortunate everything is fortunate. Hor.

In bocca chiusa, non c' entran mosche—Flies can't enter into a mouth that is shut. It. Pr.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time; 15 the articulate audible voice of the past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. Carlyle.

In breathing there are two kinds of blessings (Gnaden): inhaling the air and exhaling (lit. discharging) it; the former is oppressive, the latter refreshing; so strangely is life mingled. Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off. Goethe.

In bunten Bildern wenig Klarheit, / Viel Irrtum und ein Fünkchen Wahrheit, / So wird der beste Trank gebraut, / Der alle Welt erquickt und auferbaut—With little clearness (light) in motley metaphors, much falsehood and a spark of truth, is the genuine draught prepared with which every one is refreshed and edified. Goethe.

In buying horses and taking a wife, shut your eyes and commend yourself to God. It. Pr.

In caducum parietem inclinare—To lean against a falling wall. Pr.

In calamitoso risus etiam injuria est—Even to 20 smile at the unfortunate is to do them an injury. Pub. Syr.

In capite—In chief.

In casu extremæ necessitatis omnia sunt communia—In a case of extreme emergency all things are common. L.

In Catholic countries religion and liberty exclude each other; in Protestant ones they accept each other. Amiel.

In cauda venenum—Poison lurks in the tail; or, there is a sting in the tail. Pr.

In causa facili, cuivis licet esse diserto—In an 25 easy matter any man may be eloquent. Ovid.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. Longfellow.

In cheerful souls there is no evil; wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise. Novalis.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in manhood just, and in old age prudent. Socrates.

In choosing friends, we should choose those whose qualities are innate, and their virtues virtues of the temperament. Amiel.

In Christ the infinite itself has come down to 30 the level of the finite, and the finite has been raised to the level of the infinite, and in His single person the spirit of the universe stands revealed. Ed.

In civil broils the worst of men may rise to honour. Plutarch.

In clothes, cheap handsomeness doth bear the bell. George Herbert.

In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself. Joubert.

In cœlo nunquam spectatum impune cometam—A comet is never seen in the sky without indicating disaster. Claud.

In cœlo quies—There is rest in heaven. 35

In cœlum jacularis—You are aiming at the heavens; your anger is bootless.

In commendam—In trust or recommendation.

In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. Froude.

In communism, inequality springs from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence. Proudhon.

In composing a book, the last thing that one 40 learns is to know what to put first. Pascal.

In constitutional states, liberty is a compensation for heaviness of taxation; in despotic ones, lightness of taxation is a compensation for liberty. Montesquieu.

In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Bacon.

In conversation, boldness now bears sway. George Herbert.

In conversation, humour is more than wit, easiness more than knowledge. Sir Wm. Temple.

In courtesy rather pay a penny too much than 45 too little. Pr.

In crucifixo gloria mea—I glory in the Crucified.

In cumulo—In a heap.

In curia—In the court.

In cute curanda plus æquo operata juventus—Youth unduly busy with pampering the outer man. Hor.

In days of yore nothing was holy but the 50 beautiful. Schiller.

In deep waters men find great pearls. Pr.

In deinem Glauben ist dein Himmel, / In deinem Herzen ist dein Glück—In thy faith is thy heaven, in thy heart thy happiness. Arndt.

In deinem Nichts hoff' ich das All zu finden—In thy nothing hope I to find the all. Goethe.

In delay / We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. Rom. and Jul., i. 4.

In Deo spero—In God I hope. M. 55

In der jetzigen Zeit soll Niemand schweigen oder nachgeben; man muss reden und sich rühren, nicht um zu überwinden, sondern sich auf seinem Posten zu erhalten; ob bei der Majorität oder Minorität, ist ganz gleichgültig—At the present time no one should yield or keep silence; every one must speak and bestir himself, not in order to gain the upper hand, but to keep his own position—whether with the majority or the minority is quite indifferent. Goethe.

In der Kunst ist das Beste gut genug—In art the best is good enough. Goethe.

In der Noth allein / Bewähret sich der Adel grosser Seele—In difficulty alone does the nobility of great souls prove itself. Schiller.

In dictione—In the expression, or the form.

In die Hölle kommt man mit grösserer Mühe, 5 als in den Himmel—It's harder work getting to hell than heaven. Ger. Pr.

In diem—To some future day.

In diem vivere—To live from hand to mouth.

In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds / On half the nations, and with fear of change perplexes monarchs. Milton.

In diving to the bottom of pleasures we bring up more gravel than pearls. Balzac.

In doubtful matters courage may do much; in 10 desperate, patience. Pr.

In dubiis—In matters of doubt.

In dubiis benigniora semper sunt præferenda—In cases of doubt we should always lean to the side of mercy. L.

In dulci jubilo—Now sing and be joyful. Peter of Dresden.

In duty prompt, at every call, / He watch'd, and wept, and felt, and prayed for all. Goldsmith.

In dyeing the spiritual nature there are two 15 processes—first, the cleansing and wringing out, which is the baptism with water; and then the infusing of the blue and scarlet colours, gentleness and justice, which is the baptism with fire. Ruskin.

In eadem re utilitas et turpitudo esse non potest—In the same thing usefulness and baseness cannot coexist. Cic.

In eating, after nature is once satisfied, every additional morsel brings stupidity and distempers with it. Goldsmith.

In eburna vagina, plumbeus gladius—A leaden sword in an ivory sheath. Diogenes, of an empty fop.

In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of the occasion and the hour, and says what cannot but be said. Emerson.

In equilibrio—In equilibrium. 20

In esse—In actual being.

In every age and clime we see / Two of a trade can never agree. Gay.

In every battle the eye is first conquered. Tac.

In every beginning think of the end. Pr.

In every bone there is marrow, and within 25 every jacket there is a man. Saadi.

In every change there will be many that suffer real or imaginary grievances, and therefore many will be dissatisfied. Johnson.

In every child there lies a wonderful deep. Schumann.

In every country the sun rises in the morning. Pr.

In every creed there are two elements—the Divine substance and the human form. The form must change with the changing thoughts of men; and even the substance may come to shine with clearer light, and to reveal unexpected glories, as God and man come nearer together. R. W. Dale.

In every department of life we thank God that 30 we are not like our fathers. Froude.

In every department one must begin as a child; throw a passionate interest over the subject; take pleasure in the shell till one has the happiness to arrive at the kernel. Goethe.

In every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a thinker in the world? Carlyle.

In every fault there is folly. Pr.

In every great epoch there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. Buckle.

In every heart are sown the sparks that kindle 35 fiery war; occasion needs but fan them, and they blaze. Cowper.

In every landscape the point of astonishment is the meeting of the sky and the earth, and that is seen from the first hillock as well as from the top of the Alleghanies. Emerson.

In every life there is an upward and a downward tendency (Trieb); he is to be praised who remains steadfast in the mean between. Rückert.

In every man there is a certain feeling that he has been what he is from all eternity, and by no means became such in time. Schelling.

In every parting there is an image of death. George Eliot.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains 40 always the most notable moment. Carlyle.

In every rank, or great or small, / 'Tis industry supports us all. Gray.

In every ship there must be a seeing pilot, not a mere hearing one. Carlyle.

In even the wisest soul lies a whole world of internal madness, an authentic demon-empire; out of which, indeed, his world of wisdom has been creatively built together, and now rests there, as on its dark foundation does a habitable flowery earth-rind. Carlyle.

In every village there will arise a miscreant to establish the most grinding tyranny by calling himself the people. Sir R. Peel.

In exalting the faculties of the soul we annihilate, 45 in a great degree, the delusion of the senses. Aimé-Martin.

In extenso—In full.

In extremis—At the point of death.

In failing circumstances no man can be relied on to keep his integrity. Emerson.

In Faith and Hope the world will disagree, / But all mankind's concern is Charity. Pope.

In faith everything depends on "that" you believe; 50 in knowledge everything depends on "what" you know, as well as how much and how well. Goethe.

In fashionable circles general satire, which attacks the fault rather than the person, is unwelcome; while that which attacks the person and spares the fault is always acceptable. Jean Paul.

In ferrum pro libertate ruebant—They rushed upon the sword in defence of their liberty. M.

In flagranti delicto—In the act.

In flammam flammas, in mare fundis aquas—You add fire to fire, and water to the sea.

In for a penny, in for a pound. Pr. 5

In forma pauperis—As a pauper or poor man.

In foro conscientiæ—Before the tribunal of conscience.

In frosty weather a nail is worth a horse. Sp. Pr.

In furias ignemque ruunt; amor omnibus idem—They rush into the flames of passion; love is the same in all. Virg.

In futuro—In future; at a future time. 10

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not. Rivarol.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. Ruskin.

In generalibus latet dolus—In general assertions some deception lurks.

In giants we must kill pride and arrogance; but our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. Cervantes.

In Glück Vorsichtigkeit, in Unglück Geduld—In 15 good fortune, prudence; in bad, patience. Ger. Pr.

In good bearing beginneth worship. Hazlitt's Coll.

In good years, corn is hay; in ill years, straw is corn. Hazlitt's Coll.

In granting and in refusing, in joy and in sorrow, in liking and in disliking, good men, because of their own likeness, show mercy unto all things which have life. Hitopadesa.

In great states, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents wanting to make men and women of them. In vile states, the children are always wanting to be men and women, and the parents to keep them children. Ruskin.

In health, to be stirring shall profit thee best; / 20 in sickness, hate trouble, seek quiet and rest. Thomas Tusser.

In heaven ambition cannot dwell, / Nor avarice in the vaults of hell. Southey.

In heaven the angels are advancing continually to the spring-time of their youth, so that the oldest angel appears the youngest. Swedenborg.

In Heaven's sight the mere wish to pray is prayer. (?)

In her eyes that never weep, lightnings are laid asleep. A. Mary F. Robinson.

In her first passion, woman loves her lover, / 25 In all the others, all she loves is love. Byron.

In high life every one is polished and courteous, but no one has the courage to be hearty and true. Goethe.

In Him we live and move and have our being. St. Paul.

In hoc signo spes mea—In this sign is my hope. M.

In hoc signo vinces—By this sign (the cross) thou shalt conquer. M.

In hoc statu—In this state or condition. 30

In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell. Byron.

In idleness alone is there perpetual despair. Carlyle.

In illo viro, tantum robur corporis et animi fuit, ut quocunque loco natus esset, fortunam sibi facturus videretur—In that man there was such oaken strength of body and mind, that whatever his rank by birth might have been, he gave promise of attaining the highest place in the lists of fortune. Livy, of Cato the elder.

In intercourse with people of superior station, all that is required is not to be perfectly natural, but always to keep within the line of a certain conventional propriety. Goethe.

In jedem Menschen ist etwas von allen Menschen—In 35 every man there is something of all men. Lichtenberg.

In judicando criminosa est celeritas—In pronouncing judgment, haste is criminal. L.

In just and equal measure all is weighed; / One scale contains the sum of human weal, / And one, the good man's heart. Shelley.

In King Cambyses' vein. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. Johnson.

In learning anything, its first principles alone 40 should be taught by constraint. Goethe.

In letters, if anywhere, we look for the man, not for the author. Blair.

In life a friend may be often found and lost; but an old friend never can be found, and Nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost. Johnson.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. Bulwer Lytton.

In life every situation may bring its own peculiar pleasures. Goldsmith.

In life there is no present. Byron. 45

In limine—At the threshold or outset.

In literature to-day there are plenty good masons, but few good architects. Joubert.

In loco parentis—In the place of a parent.

In long-drawn systole and long-drawn diastole must the period of faith alternate with the period of denial; must the vernal growth, the summer luxuriance of all opinions, spiritual representations and creations, be followed by and again follow the autumnal decay, the winter dissolution. Carlyle.

In love all is risk. Goethe. 50

In love we are all fools alike. Gay.

In love we never think of moral qualities, and scarcely of intellectual ones. Temperament and manner alone, with beauty, excite love. Hazlitt.

In loving thou dost well, in passion not, / Wherein true love consists not. Milton.

In magnis et voluisse sat est—In great things it is enough even to have willed. Propertius.

In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Mid. N.'s 55 Dream, ii. 1.

In manners tranquillity is the supreme power. Mme. de Maintenon.

In marriage, as in other things, contentment excels wealth. Molière.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best; in matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. Robert Hall.

In mediæval art, thought is the first thing, execution the second; in modern art, execution is the first thing and thought the second. Ruskin.

In mediæval art, truth is first, beauty second; in modern art, beauty is first, truth second. Ruskin.

In medias res—Into the midst of a thing at once.

In medio tutissimus ibis—You will go safest in the middle or in a middle course. Ovid.

In medio virtus—Virtue lies in the mean. Pr. 5

In meinem Revier / Sind Gelehrten gewesen / Ausser ihrem Brevier / Konnten sie keines lesen—In my domain there have been learned men, but outside their breviary they could read nothing. Goethe.

In meinem Staate kann jeder nach seiner Façon selig werden—In my dominions every one may be happy in his own fashion. Frederick the Great.

In melle sunt sitæ linguæ vestræ atque orationes, / Corda felle sunt lita atque aceto—Your tongues and your words are steeped in honey, but your hearts in gall and vinegar. Plaut.

In memoriam—To the memory of.

In men we various ruling passions find; / In 10 women, two almost divide the mind; / Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey, / The love of pleasure and the love of sway. Pope.

In mercatura facienda multæ fallaciæ et quasi præstigiæ exercentur—In commerce many deceptions, not to say juggleries, are practised.

In misfortune, in error, and when the time appointed for certain affairs is about to elapse, a servant who hath his master's welfare at heart ought to speak unasked. Hitopadesa.

In moderating, not in satisfying desires, lies peace. Bp. Heber.

In modern England the ordinary habits of life and modes of education produce great plainness of mind in middle-aged women. Ruskin.

In morals, as in art, saying is nothing, doing 15 is all. Renan.

In morals good-will is everything, but in art it is ability. Schopenhauer.

In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Mrs. Jameson.

In much corn is some cockle. Pr.

In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Bible.

In my Father's house are many mansions. 20 Jesus.

In my virtue (Tugend) I wrap myself and sleep. Platen.

In Nature there's no blemish but the mind; / None can be called deformed but the unkind. Twelfth Night, iii. 4.

In Nature things move violently to their places, and calmly in their place; so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm. Bacon.

In Nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it, and over it. Goethe.

In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in 25 omnibus charitas—In essential matters, unity, in doubtful, liberty; in all, charity. Melanthon.

In nine cases out of ten, the evil tongue belongs to a disappointed man. Bancroft.

In no time or epoch can the Highest be spoken of in words—not in many words, I think, ever. Carlyle.

In nocte consilium—In the night is counsel; take a night to think over it; sleep upon it.

In nomine—In the name of.

In nomine Domini incipit omne malum—In the 30 name of the Lord every evil begins. Mediæval Pr.

In nubibus—In the clouds.

In nuce Ilias—An Iliad in a nutshell.

In obscuro—In obscurity.

In old age nothing any longer astonishes us. Goethe.

In old times men used their powers of painting 35 to show the objects of faith; in later times they used the objects of faith to show their powers of painting. Ruskin.

In omni re vincit imitationem veritas—In everything truth surpasses its imitation or copy. Cic.

In omnia paratus—Prepared for all emergencies. M.

In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen in jure, æquitas est—In all things, but particularly in law, regard is to be had to equity. L.

In one thing men of all ages are alike; they have believed obstinately in themselves. Jacobi.

In oratory the will must predominate. Hare. 40

In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one were never to die. Vauvenargues.

In order to love mankind, we must not expect too much of them. Helvetius.

In order to manage an ungovernable beast, he must be stinted in his provender. Queen Elizabeth.

In our age of down-pulling and disbelief, the very devil has been pulled down; you cannot so much as believe in a devil. Carlyle.

In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation, is 45 the aim. Emerson.

In our judgment of human transactions the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us. Whately.

In our own breast, there or nowhere flows the fountain of true pleasure. Wieland.

In pace leones, in prælio cervi—Brave as lions in peace, timid as deer in war.

In pain is a new time born. Chamisso.

In pari materia—In a similar matter. 50

In partibus infidelium—In unbelieving countries.

In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man / As modest stillness and humility; / But when the blast of war blows in our ears, / Then imitate the action of the tiger; / Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, / Disguise fair Nature with hard-favour'd rage, / Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; / Let it pry through the portage of the head / Like the brass cannons. Hen. V., iii. 1.

In peace, who is not wise? Hitopadesa.

In perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense. Rückert.

In perpetuam rei memoriam—In everlasting remembrance of a thing.

In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium—We are pouring our words into a perforated cask, i.e., are throwing them away. Plaut.

In petto—Within the breast; in reserve. It.

In pios usus—For pious uses. 5

In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man. Macaulay.

In pleno—In full.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable. Heine.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. Bovee.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends 10 in folly. Coleridge.

In pontificalibus—In full canonicals.

In portu quies—Rest in port. M.

In posse—Possibly; in possibility.

In practical life, the wisest and soundest men avoid speculation. Buckle.

In præsenti—At present. 15

In pretio pretium est; dat census honores, / Census amicitias; pauper ubique jacet—Worth lies in wealth; wealth purchases honours, friendships; the poor man everywhere is neglected. Ovid.

In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; / All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pope.

In principatu commutando, civium / Nil præter domini nomen mutant pauperes—In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name. Phædr.

In private grieve, but with a careless scorn; / In public seem to triumph, not to mourn. Granville.

In proportion as one simplifies his life, the 20 laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. Thoreau.

In propria persona—In person.

In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. Dut. Pr.

In prosperity no altars smoke. It. Pr.

In puris naturalibus—Stark naked.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your 25 strength. Bible.

In quite common things much depends on choice and determination, but the highest which falls to our lot comes from no man knows whence. Goethe.

In radiant, all-irradiating insight, a burning interest, and the glorious, melodious, perennial veracity that results from these two, lies the soul of all worth in all speaking men. Carlyle.

In re—In the matter of.

In referenda gratia, debemus imitari agros fertiles qui plus multo afferunt quam acceperunt—In repaying kindness, we ought to imitate fertile lands, which give back much more than they have received. Cic.

In regard to a book, the main point is what it 30 brings me, what it suggests to me. Goethe.

In regard to virtue, each one finds certainty by consulting his own heart. Renan.

In religion as in friendship, they who profess most are ever the least sincere. Sheridan.

In religion, the sentiment is all; the ritual or ceremony indifferent. Emerson.

In religion / What damnéd error but some sober brow / Will bless it and approve it with a text? Mer. of Ven., iii. 2.

In rerum natura—In the nature of things. 35

In resolving to do our work well, is the only sound foundation of any religion whatsoever; and by that resolution only, and what we have done, and not by our belief, Christ will judge us, as He has plainly told us He will. Ruskin.

In reverence is the chief joy and power of life. Ruskin.

In Rome the Ten Commandments consist of the ten letters, Da pecuniam, Give money. C. J. Weber.

In sæcula sæculorum—For ages and ages; for ever and ever.

In sanguine fœdus—A covenant ratified in blood. 40 M.

In saying aye or no, the very safety of our country and the sum of our well-being lies. L'Estrange.

In science read the newest works; in literature, the oldest. Bulwer Lytton.

In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression. Jean Paul.

In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance. Emerson.

In se magna ruunt—Great interests are apt to 45 clash with each other. Lucan.

In seipso totus, teres, atque rotundus—Perfect in himself, polished, and rounded. Hor.

In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended. Emerson.

In serum rem trahere—To protract the discussion, or the sitting, to a late hour. Livy.

In service, care or coldness / Doth ratably thy fortunes mar or make. George Herbert.

In situ—In its original position. 50

In small proportion we just beauties see, / And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it hard to find rules without exceptions. George Eliot.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Sterne.

In solo Deo salus—Salvation in God alone. M.

In solo vivendi causa palato est—To gratify the 55 palate is the sole object of their existence. Juv.

In some men a certain mediocrity of mind helps to make them wise. La Bruyère.

In some men there is a malignant passion to destroy the works of genius, literature, and freedom. Junius.

In some sort, love is greater than God. Jacob Böhme.

In some things all, in all things none, are crossed. R. Southwell.

In spite of all his faults, there is no creature 60 worthier of affection than man. Goethe.

In spite of all misfortunes, there is still enough to satisfy one. Goethe.

In spite of all the evil that is said of the unfortunates, kings sometimes have their good qualities too. The Miller of Sans Souci.

In spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. Emerson.

In statu quo—In the state in which it was.

In stinting wisdom, greatest wisdom lies. Sir 5 Richard Baker.

In such a world as this a man who is rich in himself is like a bright, warm, happy room at Christmastide, while without are the frost and snow of a December night. Schopenhauer.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. Not traceable.

In tale or history your beggar is ever the first antipode to your king. Lamb.

In tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria—Slight is the subject of my work, but not the glory. Virg.

In terrorem—As a warning. 10

In that fire-whirlwind (of the burning of the world-Phoenix), creation and destruction proceed together; ever as the ashes of the old are blown out, do organic filaments of the new mysteriously spin themselves; and amid the rushing and waving of the whirlwind element come tones of a melodious death-song, which end not but in tones of a more melodious birth-song. Carlyle.

In the adversity of our best friends we always find something that does not altogether displease us. La Roche.

In the balance, hero dust / Is vile as vulgar clay: / Thou, mortality, art just / To all that pass away. Byron.

In the breast of every single man there slumbers a frightful germ (Keim) of madness (Wahnsinn). Feuchtersleben.

In the career of nations no less than of men, 15 the error of their intellect and the hardening of their hearts may be accurately measured by their denial of spiritual power. Ruskin.

In the catalogue ye go for men. Macb., iii. 1.

In the childhood of nations speaking was singing; let this be repeated in the childhood of the individual. Jean Paul.

In the coldest flint there is hot fire. Pr.

In the confidence of youth man imagines that very much is under his control; in the disappointment of old age, very little. Draper.

In the darkest spot on earth / Some love is 20 found. Procter.

In the degree in which you delight in the life of any creature, you can see it; not otherwise. Ruskin.

In the denial of self is the beginning of all that is truly generous and noble. Carlyle.

In the destitution of the wild desert does our young Ishmael acquire for himself the highest of all possessions, that of self-help. Carlyle.

In the divine commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," if well understood, is comprised the whole Hebrew decalogue, with Solon's and Lycurgus's constitutions, Justinian's pandects, the Code Napoleon, and all codes, catechisms, divinities, moralities whatsoever that man has devised (and enforced with altar-fire and gallows-ropes) for his social guidance. Carlyle.

In the division of the inheritance, friendship 25 standeth still. Dut. Pr.

In the dullest existence there is a sheen of inspiration or of madness (thou partly hast it in thy choice which of the two) that gleams in from the circumambient eternity, and colours with its own hues our little islet of time. Carlyle.

In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible. Goethe.

In the end / Things will mend. Pr.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. Goethe.

In the evening one may praise the day. Pr. 30

In the exact proportion in which men are bred capable of warm affection, common-sense, and self-command, and are educated to love, to think, and to endure, they become noble, live happily, die calmly, are remembered with perpetual honour by their race, and for the perpetual good of it. Ruskin.

In the eye of the Supreme, dispositions hold the place of actions. Blair.

In the face of every human being his history stands plainly written, his innermost nature steps forth to the light; yet they are the fewest who can read and understand. Bodenstedt.

In the fact that hero-worship exists, has existed, and will for ever exist universally among mankind, mayest thou discern the cornerstone of living rock, whereon all politics for the remotest time may stand secure. Carlyle.

In the family where the house-father rules 35 secure, there dwells the peace (Friede) which thou wilt in vain seek for elsewhere in the wide world outside. Goethe.

In the field none other can supply our place, each must stand alone,—on himself must rely. Schiller.

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned. Chamfort.

In the fog of good and evil affections, it is hard for man to walk forward in a straight line. Emerson.

In the godlike only has man strength and freedom. Carlyle.

In the good as well as in the evil of life, less 40 depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which we take it. Schopenhauer.

In the great duel (of opinion), Nature herself is umpire, and does no wrong. Carlyle.

In the great hand of God I stand. Macb., ii. 3.

In the grimmest rocky wildernesses of existence there are blessed well-springs, there is an everlasting guiding star. Carlyle.

In the hands of genius the driest stick becomes an Aaron's rod, and buds and blossoms out in poetry. H. N. Hudson.

In the husband, wisdom; in the wife, gentleness. 45 Pr.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver. Joubert.

In the land of promise a man may die of hunger. Dut. Pr.

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail. Bulwer Lytton.

In the meanest hut there is a romance, if you knew the hearts there. Varnhagen von Ense.

In the midst of life we are in death. Burial Service.

In the midst of the sun is the light, in the midst of the light is the truth, and in the midst of the truth is the imperishable being. The Vedas.

In the mind, as in a field, though some things may be sown and carefully brought up, yet what springs naturally is the most pleasing. Tac.

In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the 5 heart. Ger. Pr.

In the modesty of fearful duty / I read as much as from the rattling tongue / Of saucy and audacious eloquence. Mid. Night's Dream, v. 1.

In the morning mountains; / In the evening fountains. Herbert's Coll.

In the morning of life, work; in the mid-day, give counsel; in the evening, pray. Gr. saying.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Bible.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not 10 sin. Bible.

In the ordinary concerns of life, moral energy is more serviceable than brilliant parts; while in the more important, these latter are of little weight without it, evaporating only in brief and barren flashes. Prescott.

In the perishable petals of the flower there resides more spirit and life than in the lumpish granite boulder that has defied the tear and wear of thousands of years. Feuerbach.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall lie. Bible.

In the pursuit of intellectual pleasure lies every virtue; of sensual, every vice. Goldsmith.

In the religion of Christ, as in the philosophy 15 of Hegel, the negative principle is the creative, or determinative, principle. Christianity begins in No, subsists in No, and survives in No, to the spirit of the world; this it at first peremptorily spurns, and then calmly disregards as of no account. Ed.

In the same measure in which you wish to receive, you must give. If you wish for a whole heart, give a whole life. Rückert.

In the smallest cottage there is room enough for two lovers. Schiller.

In the spiritual world, as in the astronomical, it is the earth that turns and produces the phenomena of the heavens. Carlyle.

In the spiritual world there is properly no in and no out. Jean Paul.

In the state nobody can enjoy life in peace, 20 but everybody must govern; in art, nobody will enjoy what has been produced, but every one wants to reproduce on his own account. Goethe.

In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread. Bible.

In the true Utopia, man will rather harness himself with his oxen to his plough, than leave the devil to drive it. Ruskin.

In the unhappy man forget the foe. Addison.

In the utmost solitudes of Nature, the existence of hell seems to me as legibly declared by a thousand spiritual utterances as that of heaven. Ruskin.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the 25 pathway thereof there is no death. Bible.

In the wilderness of life there are springs and palm-trees. S. Lover.

In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue. Thoreau.

In the works of many celebrated authors men are mere personifications. We have not a jealous man, but jealousy; not a traitor, but perfidy; not a patriot, but patriotism. The mind of Bunyan, on the contrary, was so imaginative that personifications, when he dealt with them, became men. Macaulay.

In the world's opinion marriage, as in a play, winds up everything; whereas it is, in fact, the beginning of everything. Mme. Swetchine.

In the world-strife now waging, the victory 30 cannot be by violence; and every conquest under the Prince of War retards the standards of the Prince of Peace. Ruskin.

In the wreck of noble lives / Something immortal still survives. Longfellow.

In theatro ludus—Like a scene at a play.

In these days, whether we like it or not, the power is with the tongue. Lord Salisbury.

In these sick days, when the born of heaven first descries himself in a world such as ours, richer than usual in two things, in truths grown obsolete, and trades grown obsolete—what can the fool think but that it is all a den of lies, wherein whoso will not speak lies and act lies must stand idle and despair? Carlyle.

In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers 35 are our fortresses. Heine.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. A. B. Alcott.

In things that may have a double sense, it is good to think the better was intended; so shall we still both keep our friends and quietness. Feltham.

In this blunder still you find, / All think their little set mankind. Hannah More.

In this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to look on. Pythagoras.

In this wild element of a life, man has to 40 struggle onwards; now fallen, deep-abased; and ever, with tears, repentance, with bleeding heart, he has to rise again, struggle again, still onwards. That his struggle be a faithful, unconquerable one—that is the question of questions. Carlyle.

In this world, full often our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. Ward Beecher.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Ward Beecher.

In this world there is one godlike thing, the essence from first to last of all of godlike in it—the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men. Carlyle.

In thy breast are the stars of thy fate. Schiller.

In thy thriving still misdoubt some evil: / Lest 45 gaining gain on thee, and make thee dim / To all things else. George Herbert.

In time comes he whom God sends. Herbert's Coll.

In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke. Much Ado, i. 1.

In time we hate that which we often fear. Ant. and Cleop., i. 3.

In times of anarchy one may seem a despot in order to be a saviour. Mirabeau.

In times of danger it is proper to be alarmed 5 until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid. Hitopadesa.

In times of misfortune men's understandings even are sullied. Hitopadesa.

In times of necessity the words of the wise are worthy to be observed. Hitopadesa.

In too much disputing truth is lost. Fr. Pr.

In totidem verbis—In so many words.

In toto—In the whole; entirely. 10

In toto et pars continetur—In the whole the part also is contained.

In transitu—In passing.

In treachery it is not the fraud, but the cold-heartedness, that is chiefly dreadful. Ruskin.

In trinitate robur—My strength lies in trinity (or triunity). M.

In true marriage lies / Nor equal, nor unequal: 15 each fulfils / Defect in each, and always thought in thought, / Purpose in purpose, will in will, they grow, / The single pure and perfect animal, / The two-cell'd heart beating, with one full stroke, / Life. Tennyson.

In turbas et discordias pessimo cuique plurima vis—In seasons of tumult and discord, the worst men have the greatest power. Tac.

In unoquoque virorum bonorum habitat Deus—God has his dwelling within every good man. Sen.

In usum Delphini—For the use of the Dauphin.

In utero—In the womb.

In utramvis dormire aurem—To sleep on both 20 ears, i.e., soundly, as no longer needing to keep awake. Pr.

In utraque fortuna paratus—Prepared in any change of fortune. M.

In utroque fidelis—Faithful in both. M.

In vacuo—In empty space.

In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. Horace Mann.

In vain does the mill clack / If the miller his 25 hearing lack. Herbert's Coll.

In veritate religionis confido—I confide in the truth of religion. M.

In veritate victoria—Victory lies with the truth. M.

In vino veritas—There is truth in wine; that is, the truth comes out under its influence.

In vitium ducit culpæ fuga—In flying from one vice we are sometimes led into another. Hor.

In water you may see your own face; in wine 30 the heart of another. Pr.

In well-regulated civil society there is scarcely a more melancholy suffering to be undergone than what is forced on us by the neighbourhood of an incipient player on the flute or violin. Goethe.

In wenig Stunden / Hat Gott das Rechte gefunden—God takes but a short time to find out the right. Goethe.

In wonder all philosophy began; in wonder it ends; and admiration fills up the interspace. Coleridge.

In wonder the spirits fly not as in fear, but only settle. Bacon.

In working well, if travail you sustain, / Into 35 the wind shall lightly pass the pain, / But of the deed the glory shall remain. Nicholas Grimwald.

In works of labour or of skill, / I would be busy too, / For Satan finds some mischief still / For idle hands to do. Watts.

In writing readily, it does not follow that you write well; but in writing well, you must be able to write readily. Quinct.

In your own country your name, in other countries your appearance. Heb. Pr.

In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare. Pope, after Homer.

In youth it is too early, in old age it is too late 40 to marry. Diogenes.

In youth, one has tears without grief; in age, grief without tears. Jean Paul.

Inactivity cannot be led to good. Hannah More.

Inanis verborum torrens—An unmeaning torrent of words. Quinct.

Incedis per ignes / Suppositos cineri doloso—You are treading on fire overlaid by treacherous ashes. Hor.

Incedit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim—He 45 falls into Scylla in struggling to escape Charybdis. Pr.

Incendit omnem feminæ zelus domum—The jealousy of a woman sets a whole house in a flame. Pr.

Incense is a tribute for gods only but a poison for mortals. Goethe.

Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis, / Purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter / Adsuitur pannus—Oftentimes to lofty beginnings and such as promise great things, one or two purple patches are stitched on in order to make a brilliant display. Hor.

Incerta hæc si tu postules / Ratione certa facere, nihilo plus agas, / Quam si des operam ut cum ratione insanias—If you require reason to make that certain which is uncertain, you are simply attempting to go mad by the rules of reason. Ter.

Incerta pro nullis habetur—What is uncertain 50 is to be treated as non-extant. L.

Incerti sunt exitus belli—The results of war are uncertain. Cic.

Incertum est quo te loco mors expectet; itaque in omni loco illam expecta—It is uncertain in what place death awaits you; be ready for it therefore in every place. Sen.

Incessant scribbling is death to thought. Carlyle.

Incessu patuit Dea—By her gait the goddess stood revealed. Virg.

Incidents ought not to govern policy; but 55 policy, incidents. Napoleon.

Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius—The mention by name of the one implies the exclusion of the other. L.

Incoctum generoso pectus honesto—A heart imbued with generous honour. Pers.

Inconsiderate persons do not think till they they speak; or they speak, and then think. Judge Hale.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. Daniel Webster.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilisers of men. Disraeli.

Incrédules les plus crédules—The incredulous 5 are the most credulous. Pascal.

Incudi reddere—To return to the anvil, i.e., to improve, or recast. Hor.

Inde datæ leges ne fortior omnia posset—Laws have been ordained to the end that the stronger may not have everything their own way. L.

Inde iræ et lacrimæ—Hence rage and tears. Juv.

Indecision and delay are the parents of failure. Canning.

Independence, in all kinds, is rebellion; if unjust 10 rebellion, why parade it and everywhere prescribe it. Carlyle.

Independence, in all kinds, is rebellion. Were your superiors worthy to govern, and you worthy to obey, reverence for them were even your only possible freedom. Carlyle.

Independence, like honour, is a rocky island without a beach. Napoleon.

Independence you had better cease to talk of, for you are dependent not only on every act of people whom you never heard of, who are living round you, but on every past act of what has been dust for a thousand years. Ruskin.

Index expurgatorius—An expurgatory index.

Indica tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem / 15 Perpetuam: sævis inter se convenit ursis. / Ast homini ferrum letale incude nefanda / Produxisse parum est—The Indian tigers live in perpetual peace with each rabid tigress; savage bears agree among themselves, but man without remorse beats out the deadly sword on the accursed anvil. Juv.

Indictum sit—Be it unsaid.

Indigestion is the devil—nay, 'tis the devil and all. It besets a man in every one of his senses. Burns.

Indigna digna habenda sunt hæres quæ facit—Things unbecoming are to be held becoming if the master does them. Plaut.

Indignant good sense is often the perfection of absurdity. Thackeray.

Indignante invidia florebit justus—The just 20 man will prosper in spite of envy. M.

Indigne vivit per quem non vivit alter—He by whom another does not live does not deserve to live.

Indignor quidquam reprehendi, non quia crasse / Compositum, illepideve putetur, sed quia nuper—I feel indignant when a work is censured not as uncouth or rough, but as new.

Individuality is everywhere to be spared and respected, as the root of everything good. Jean Paul.

Individuality is of far more account than nationality. Schopenhauer.

Individually man is a weak being, but strong 25 in union with others. Herder.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone can create a nation. Disraeli.

Individuals must be modest, but modesty degrades nations. Gioberti.

Indocilis pauperiem pati—One that cannot learn to bear poverty. Hor.

Indocilis privata loqui—Incapable of betraying secrets. Lucan.

Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti—Let 30 the ignorant learn, and the learned take pleasure in refreshing their remembrance. President Hénault, after Pope.

Indolence and stupidity are first cousins. Rivarol.

Indolence is the paralysis of the soul. Lavater.

Indolence is the sleep of the mind. Vauvenargues.

Industria floremus—By industry we flourish. M.

Industriæ nil impossibile—Nothing is impossible 35 to industry.

Industry is Fortune's right hand, and Frugality her left. Pr.

Industry is the parent of success.

Industry is the parent of virtue.

Industry need not wish. Ben. Franklin.

Indutus virtute ab alto—Anointed with virtue 40 from above.

Inest et formicæ sua bilis—Even the ant has its bile.

Inest sua gratia parvis—Even little things have a grace of their own.

Inest virtus et mens interrita lethi—He has a valiant heart and a soul undaunted by death. Ovid.

Infancy is the perpetual Messiah, which comes into the arms of fallen men, and pleads with them to return to Paradise. Emerson.

Infancy presents body and spirit in unity; the 45 body is all animated. Coleridge.

Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem—Indescribable, O Queen, is the grief you bid me renew. Virg.

Infecta pace—Without effecting a peace. Ter.

Inferior poetry is an injury to the good, inasmuch as it takes away the freshness of rhymes, blunders upon and gives a wretched commonality to good thoughts, and, in general, adds to the weight of human weariness in a most woeful and culpable manner. Ruskin.

Infidelity is not always built upon doubt, for this is diffident; nor philosophy always upon wisdom, for this is meek; but pride is neither. Colton.

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees. 50 Mme. de Girardin.

Infinite is the help man can yield to man. Carlyle.

Infinite pity, yet also infinite rigour of law; it is so Nature is made. Carlyle.

Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but, by ascending a little, you may often overlook it altogether. Helps.

Inflatum plenumque Nerone propinquo—Puffed up and full of his relationship to Nero. Juv.

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your 55 power, for he may afterwards become your friend. Saadi.

Influence is to be measured not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. Channing.

Infra dignitatem—Beneath one's dignity.

Ingenii largitor venter—The belly is the bestower of genius.

Ingeniis patuit campus, certusque merenti / Stat favor: ornatur propriis industria donis—The field is open to talent and merit is sure of its reward. The gifts with which industry is crowned are her own. Claud.

Ingenio facies conciliante placet—When the 5 disposition wins us, the features please. Ovid.

Ingenio non ætate adipiscitur sapientia—Wisdom is a birth of Nature, not of years.

Ingenio stat sine morte decus—The honour accorded to genius is immortal. Propert.

Ingeniorum cos æmulatio—Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.

Ingenium ingens / Inculto latet hoc sub corpore—A great intellect lies concealed under that uncouth exterior. Hor.

Ingenium mala sæpe movent—Misfortunes often 10 stir up genius. Ovid.

Ingenium res adversæ nudare solent, celare secundæ—As a rule, adversity reveals genius, and prosperity conceals it. Hor.

Ingens telum necessitas—Necessity is a powerful weapon.

Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant—They have mighty souls at work within a stinted body. Virg.

Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes / Emollit mores, nec sinit esse feros—A faithful study of the liberal arts refines the manners and corrects their harshness. Ovid.

Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem habebis—Ungrateful 15 country, thou shalt not have even my bones. Scipio.

Ingratis servire nefas—To serve the ungrateful is an offence to the gods.

Ingratitude and compassion never cohabit in the same breast. South.

Ingratitude drieth up wells, / And time bridges fells. Wodroephe.

Ingratitude is a crime so shameful, that the man was never yet found who would acknowledge himself guilty of it. (?)

Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, / More 20 hideous, when thou show'st thee in a child, / Than the sea-monster. King Lear, i. 4.

Ingratus est qui remotis testibus agit gratiam—He is an ungrateful man who is unwilling to acknowledge his obligation before others. Sen.

Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet—One ungrateful man does an injury to all needy people. Pub. Syr.

Inimicus et invidus vicinorum oculus—An enemy and an envious man is an eye over his neighbour. Pr.

Iniqua nunquam regna perpetua manent—Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration. Sen.

Iniquum est aliquem rei sui esse judicem—It is 25 unjust that any one should be judge in his own cause. Coke.

Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat—The commencement of our official duties is characterised by greater vigour and alacrity, but towards the end they flag. Tac.

Initium est salutis, notitia peccati—The first step in a man's salvation is knowledge of his sin. Sen.

Injuria absque damno—Injury without loss.

Injuriæ spretæ exolescunt, si irascaris agnitæ videntur—Injuries that are slighted and unnoticed are soon forgotten; if you are angry, they are seen to be acknowledged. Pr.

Injuriam qui facturus est jam facit—He who is 30 bent on doing an injury has already done it. Sen.

Injuriarum remedium est oblivio—Oblivion is the best remedy for injuries. Pr.

Injuries come only from the heart. Sterne.

Injusta ab justis impetrare non decet; / Justa autem ab injustis petere, insipientia est—To ask what is unreasonable from the reasonable is not right; to ask what is reasonable from the unreasonable is folly. Plaut.

Inmost things are all melodious, naturally utter themselves in song. The meaning of song goes deep. Carlyle.

Innocence has a friend in heaven. Schiller. 35

Innocence is a flower which withers when touched, and blooms not again though watered with tears. Hooper.

Inopem me copia fecit—Plenty has made me poor; wealth makes wit waver. Ovid.

Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter—He confers a twofold benefit on a needy man who does so quickly. Pub. Syr.

Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit—An incapable man who attempts to imitate a capable is sure to come to grief. Phædr.

Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores—The 40 best manners are stained by the addition of pride. Claud.

Inquisitiveness as seldom cures jealousy as drinking in a fever quenches the thirst. Wycherley.

Ins Innre der Natur / Dringt kein erschaffner Geist. / Glückselig, wem sie nur / Die äussre Schale weist—No created spirit penetrates into the inner secret of Nature. Happy he to whom she shows but the outer shell. Haller.

Insani sapiens nomen ferat, æquus iniqui, / Ultra quod satis est virtutem si petat ipsam—Let the wise man bear the name of fool, and the just of unjust, if he pursue Virtue herself beyond the proper bounds. Hor.

Insanire parat certa ratione modoque—He is preparing to act the madman with a certain degree of reason and method. Hor.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate 45 mind overtasked. Holmes.

Insanus omnis furere credit cæteros—Every madman believes that all others are mad. Syr.

Insculpsit—He engraved it.

Inservi Deo et lætare—Serve God and rejoice. M.

Insipientis est dicere, Non putarem—It is the part of a fool to say, "I should not have thought so."

Insita hominibus natura violentiæ resistere—It 50 is natural to man to resist oppression. Tac.

Insita mortalibus natura, propere sequi quæ piget inchoare—People are naturally ready enough to follow in matters in which they are disinclined to take the lead. Tac.

Insolence is pride when her mask is pulled off. Pr.

Insouciance—Indifference. Fr.

Insperata accidunt magis sæpe quam quæ speres—What you do not expect happens more frequently than what you do. Plaut.

Inspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium / Jubeo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi—I would have you to look into the lives of all, as into a mirror, and draw from others an example for yourself. Ter.

Inspiration must find answering inspiration. A. B. Alcott.

Inspirations that we deem our own are our 5 divine foreshadowing and foreseeing of things beyond our reason and control. Longfellow.

Inspiring bold John Barleycorn! / What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Burns.

Instar omnium—Like all the others.

Instead of the piteous and frightful figure of Death, stepping whip to hand by the peasant's side in the field,... place there a radiant angel, sowing with full hands the blessed grain in the smoking furrow. George Sand.

Instead of watching the bird as it flies above our heads, we chase his shadow along the ground; and, finding we cannot grasp it, we conclude it to be nothing. Hare.

Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on 10 instinct. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. John Sterling.

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Goethe.

Intaminatis fulget honoribus—He shines with unspotted honours. M.

Integer vitæ scelerisque purus / Non eget Mauris jaculis neque arcu—The man of upright life and free from crime has no need of Moorish javelin or bow. Hor.

Integrity gains strength by use. Tillotson. 15

Integrity is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. Tillotson.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Johnson.

Intellect annuls fate; so far as a man thinks, he is free. Emerson.

Intellect is aristocratic; charity is democratic. Amiel.

Intellect is not speaking and logicising; it 20 is seeing and ascertaining. Carlyle.

Intellect lies behind genius, which is intellect constructive. Emerson.

Intellectual fairness is often only another name for indolence and inconclusiveness of mind, just as love of truth is sometimes a fine phrase for temper. J. Morley.

Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. Emerson.

Intelligabilia, non intellectum, fero—I provide you with things intelligible, but not with intelligence.

Intemperans adolescentia effetum corpus 25 tradet senectuti—An incontinent youth will transmit a worn-out bodily frame to old age. Cic.

Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind. L'Estrange.

Intense study of the Bible will keep any man from being vulgar in point of style. Coleridge.

Inter alia—Among other matters.

Inter amicos omnium rerum communitas—Among friends all things are common. Cic.

Inter arma leges silent—In the midst of arms 30 the laws are silent. Cic.

Inter canem et lupum—Between the dog and the wolf; at the twilight.

Inter cetera mala, hoc quoque habet stultitia proprium, semper incipit vivere—Among other evils, folly has also this special characteristic, it is always beginning to live. Sen.

Inter delicias semper aliquid sævi nos strangulat—In the midst of our enjoyments there is always some wrong to torture us. Pr.

Inter Græcos græcissimus, inter Latinos latinissimus—In Greek he is the most accomplished Grecian, and in Latin the most thorough Latinist.

Inter malleum et incudem—Between the hammer 35 and the anvil.

Inter nos—Between ourselves.

Inter nos sanctissima divitiarum / Majestas—Among us the most sacred majesty is that of riches. Juv.

Inter pueros senex—An old man among boys. Pr.

Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, / Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum: / Grata superveniet quæ non sperabitur hora—In the midst of hope and care, in the midst of fears and passions, believe each day that dawns on you is your last; welcome will steal upon you the hour that is not hoped for. Hor.

Inter sylvas Academi quærere verum—Amid 40 the woods of Academus to seek for truth. Hor.

Inter utrumque tene—Keep a mid course between the two extremes. Ovid.

Inter vivos—Among the living.

Interdum lacrymæ pondera vocis habent—Sometimes tears have the weight of words. Ovid.

Interdum stultus bene loquitur—Sometimes a fool speaks reasonably.

Interdum vulgus rectum videt, est ubi peccat—Sometimes 45 the common people judge aright; at other times they err. Hor.

Interea gustus elementa per omnia quærunt, / Nunquam animo pretiis obstantibus; interius si / Attendas, magis illa juvant, quæ pluris emuntur—Meantime they search for relishes through all the elements, with minds regardless of expense; look at it closely, those things please more which cost the higher price. Juv.

Interest blinds some people and enlightens others. La Roche.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Rousseau.

Interest reipublicæ ut quisque re sua bene utatur—It is for the interest of the state that every one make a good use of his property.

Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays 50 all sorts of parts, even the part of the disinterested. La Roche.

Interim fit aliquid—- Something is going on meanwhile. Ter.

Into a mouth shut flies fly not. Pr.

Into contradicting / Be thou never led away; / When with the ignorant they strive, / The wise to folly fall away. Goethe.

Into each life some rain must fall, / Some days must be dark and dreary. Longfellow.

Intolerabilius nihil est quam fœmina dives—There is nothing more insufferable than a rich woman. Juv.

Intra muros—Within the walls.

Introite, nam et hic dii sunt—Enter, for here too are gods. Heraclitus, from Arist.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole 5 at once. It seldom belongs to man to say without presumption, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Lavater.

Intus et in cute novi hominem—I know the man inside and out. Pers.

Intus et in jecore ægro / Nascuntur domini—Masters spring up in our own breasts, and from a morbid liver. Pers.

Intus si recte, ne labora—If inwardly right, don't worry.

Intuta quæ indecora—What is unbecoming is unsafe. Tac.

Inveni portum, Spes et Fortuna valete, / Sat 10 me lusistis, ludite nunc alios—I have reached the port; hope and fortune, farewell; you have made sport enough of me; make sport of others now. Lines at the end of Le Sage's "Gil Blas."

Invent first, and then embellish. Johnson.

Invention breeds invention. Emerson.

Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. Swift.

Inventions have all been invented over and over fifty times. Man is the arch-machine, of which all these shifts drawn from himself are toy models. Emerson.

Invia virtuti nulla est via—No way is impassable 15 to virtue. Ovid.

Invidia gloriæ comes—Envy is the attendant on glory. Ovid.

"Invidia," jealousy of your neighbour's good, has been, since dust was first made flesh, the curse of man; and "charitas," the desire to do your neighbour grace, the one source of all human glory, power and material blessing. Ruskin.

Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni / Tormentum majus—Sicilian tyrants invented nothing that is a greater torment than envy. Juv.

Invidiam ferre aut fortis aut felix potest—Only the brave or the fortunate are able to endure envy. Pub. Syr.

Invidiam placare paras, virtute relicta?—Are 20 you trying to appease envy by the abandonment of virtue?

Invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis—The envious man grows lean at the prosperity of another. Hor.

Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator, / Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, / Si modo culturæ patientem commodet aurem—The envious, the passionate, the indolent, the drunken, the lewd—none is so savage that he cannot be tamed, if he only lend a patient ear to culture. Hor.

Invisa nunquam imperia retinentur diu—Hated governments never hold out long. Sen.

Invisa potentia, atque miseranda vita eorum, qui se metui quam amari malunt—The power is detested, and the life wretched, of those who would rather be feared than loved. Corn. Nep.

Invita Minerva—Without genius or the requisite 25 inspiration; against the will of Minerva.

Invitat culpam qui peccatum præterit—He who overlooks one crime invites the commission of another. Pub. Syr.

Invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti—He who saves a man against his will, does the same as if he killed him. Hor.

Invitum sequitur honos—Honour follows him unsolicited. M.

Inward cheerfulness is an implicit praise and thanksgiving to Providence under all its dispensations. Addison.

Ipsæ rursum concedite sylvæ—Once again, ye 30 woods, adieu! Virg.

Ipse dixit—He himself (viz. Pythagoras) said it. Assertion without proof.

Ipse docet quid agam: fas est et ab hoste doceri—He himself teaches me what to do; one ought not to be above taking a lesson even from an enemy. Ovid.

Ipse Jupiter, neque pluens omnibus placet, neque abstinens—Even Jupiter himself cannot please all, whether he sends rain or fair weather. Pr.

Ipse pavet; nec qua commissas flectat habenas, / Nec scit qua sit iter; nec, si sciat, imperet illis—Scared himself, he knows neither how to turn the reins intrusted to him, nor which way to go; nor if he did, could he control the horses. Ovid, of Phaethon.

Ipsissima verba—The exact words. 35

Ipso facto—By the fact itself.

Ipso jure—By the law itself.

Ir por lana, y volver trasquilado—To go for wool and come back shorn. Sp. Pr.

Ira furor brevis est; animum rege, qui, nisi paret, / Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catena—Anger is a shortlived madness; control thy temper, for unless it obeys, it commands thee; restrain it with bit and chain. Hor.

Ira quæ tegitur nocet; / Professa perdunt 40 odia vindictæ locum—Resentment which is concealed is dangerous; hatred avowed loses its opportunity of revenge. Sen.

Irarum tantos volvis sub pectore fluctus?—Dost thou roll such billows of wrath within your breast? Virg.

Iratus cum ad se redit, sibi tum irascitur—When an angry man returns to himself, he is angry with himself. Pub. Syr.

Ire tamen restat, Numa quo devenit et Ancus—It still remains for you to go where Numa has gone, and Ancus before you. Hor.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Bible.

Iron with often handling is worn to nothing. 45 Lyly's Euphues.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment. Whipple.

Irony is jesting hidden behind gravity. John Weiss.

Irremeabilis unda—The river there is no recrossing; the styx. Hor.

Irresolution loosens all our joints; like an ague, it shakes not this limb or that limb, but all the body is at once in a fit. The irresolute man hatches nothing, but addles all his actions. Feltham.

Irritabis crabrones—You will irritate the hornets. 50 Plaut.

Irritation, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. George Eliot.

Irrthum verlässt uns nie; doch ziehet ein höher Bedürfniss immer den strebenden Geist leise zur Wahrheit hinan—Error never leaves us, yet a higher need always draws the striving spirit gently on to truth. Goethe.

Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? Thomas à Kempis.

Is any place so inaccessible that an ass laden with gold cannot penetrate? Philip of Macedon to a scout who pronounced a certain territory impregnable.

Is beauty vain because it will fade? Then are earth's green robe and heavens light vain. Pierpont.

Is cadet ante senem, qui sapit ante diem—He 5 will die before he is old who is prematurely wise. Pr.

Is common opinion the standard of merit? Thomas à Kempis.

Is habitus animorum fuit, ut pessimum facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur—Such was the public temper, that some few dared to perpetrate the vilest crimes, more were fain to do so, and all looked passively on. Tac.

Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more equal to that task. Burke.

Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation? Stanislaus.

Is it not strange that men should be so ready 10 to fight for religion and so reluctant to observe its precepts? Lichtenberg.

Is it not the same to whoso wears a shoe as if the earth were thatched all over with leather? Hitopadesa.

Is it right to despair, and shall truth make us sad? Renan.

Is maxime divitiis utitur, qui minime divitiis indiget—He employs riches to the best purpose who least needs them. Sen.

Is mihi demum vivere et frui anima videtur, qui aliquo negotio intentus, præclari facinoris aut artis bonæ famam quærit—He alone appears to me to live and to enjoy life, who, being engaged in some business, seeks reputation by some illustrious action or some useful art. Sall.

Is mihi videtur amplissimus qui sua virtute in 15 altiorem locum pervenit—He is in my regard the most illustrious man who has risen by his own virtues. Cic.

Is not belief the true God-announcing miracle? Novalis.

Is not cant the prima materia of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations body themselves, from which no true thing can come? Carlyle.

Is not light greater than fire? It is the same element in a state of purity. Carlyle.

Is not marriage an open question when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in? Emerson.

Is not shame the soil of all virtue, of all good 20 manners and good morals? Carlyle.

Is ordo vitio careto, cæteris specimen esto—Let this class (viz. the nobility of Rome) be free from vice and a pattern to the rest. The Twelve Tables.

Is sapiens qui se ad casus accommodet omnes; / Stultus pugnat in adversis ire natator aquis—He is a wise man who adapts himself to all contingencies; the fool struggles like a swimmer against the stream.

Is that a wonder which happens in two hours; and does it cease to be wonderful if happening in two millions? Carlyle.

Is the God present, felt in my own heart, a thing which Herr von Voltaire will dispute out of me or dispute into me? To the "worship of sorrow" (Christianity) ascribe what origin and genesis thou pleasest, has not that worship originated and been generated; is it not here? Feel it in thy heart and then say whether it is of God! Carlyle.

Is the jay more precious than the lark because 25 his feathers are more beautiful? Tam. of Shrew, iv. 3.

Is there anything of its own nature beautiful or not beautiful? The beauty of a thing is even that by which it shineth. Hitopadesa.

Is there evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? Bible.

Is there for honest poverty / That hangs his head, and a' that? / The coward slave we pass him by, / We dare be poor for a' that. Burns.

Is there no God, then? but at best an absentee God, sitting idle, ever since the first Sabbath, at the outside of His universe, and seeing it go? Carlyle.

Is there no stoning save with flint and rock? 30 Tennyson.

Is there no way to bring home a wandering sheep but by worrying him to death? Thomas Fuller.

Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. Macb., ii. 1.

Is thy complexion sour? / Then keep such company. Herbert.

Is your trumpeter dead, that you are obliged to praise yourself? Pr.

Isaac's fond blessing may not fall on scorn, / 35 Nor Balaam's curse on love which God hath blest. Keble.

Island ez hinn besta haud sun solinn shinnar uppà—Iceland is the best land on which the sun shines. Icelandic Pr.

Isolation is the sum-total of wretchedness to a man. Carlyle.

Ist's Gottes Werk, so wird's besteh'n / Ist's Menschenwerk, wird's untergeh'n—If it be God's work, it will stand; if man's, it will perish.

Ista decens facies longis vitiabitur annis; / Rugaque in antiqua fronte senilis erit—That comely face of thine will be marred by length of years, and the wrinkle of age will one day scar thine aged brow. Ovid.

Istæc in me cudetur faba—I shall have to smart 40 for it (lit. that bean will hit me). Ter.

Istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est / Videre, sed etiam illa quæ futura sunt / Prospicere—That is wisdom, not merely to see what is immediately before one's eyes, but to forecast what is going to happen. Ter.

Istuc est sapere, qui, ubicunque opus sit, animum possis flectere—You are a wise man if you can easily direct your attention to whatever may require it. Ter.

It (love) adds a precious seeing to the eye. Love's L. Lost, iv. 3.

It belongs to great men to have great defects. Fr. Pr.

It can do us no harm to look at what is extraordinary with our own eyes. Goethe.

It chanceth in an hour that cometh not in seven years. Pr.

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear 5 them. Pr.

It dawns no sooner for one's early rising. Port. Pr.

It exalteth a man from earthly things to love those that are heavenly. Thomas à Kempis.

It happens as with cages, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out. Montaigne.

It happens to men of learning as to ears of corn; they shoot up and raise their heads high while they are empty; but when full and swelled with grain, they begin to flag and droop. (?)

It has been well said that our anxiety does 10 not empty to-morrow of its sorrows, but only empties to-day of its strength. Spurgeon.

It is a bad trade that of censor; he is sure to incur the hatred of those he censures, without finding them improved by the correction. Guy Patin.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that he thinks no evil of the object loved. Longfellow.

It is a beggarly conception to judge as if poetry should always be capable of a prose rendering. John Morley.

It is a brave act of valour to contemn death; but when life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live. Sir T. Browne.

It is a characteristic of true genius to disturb 15 all settled ideas. Goethe.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. Schopenhauer.

It is a common error to think that in politics legislation is everything and administration nothing. Macaulay.

It is a common failing of old men to attribute all wisdom to themselves. Fielding.

It is a common law of Nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors. Dionysius.

It is a custom / More honoured in the breach 20 than the observance. Ham., i. 4.

It is a damnable audacity to bring forth that torturing Cross, and the Holy One who suffers on it, and to expose them to the light of the sun, which hid its face when a reckless world forced such a sight on it; to take these mysterious secrets, in which the divine depth of sorrow lies hid, and play with them, fondle them, trick them out, and rest not till the most reverend of all solemnities appears vulgar and paltry. Goethe.

It is a delusion (Wahn) to suppose that adversity (Unglück) makes man better. As well believe that the rust makes the knife sharp, dirt promotes purity, and mud clarifies the stream. Bodenstedt.

"It is a devout imagination." The Regent Murray's answer to John Knox's proposal to conserve the property of the Church for the spiritual benefit of the lieges.

It is a fair and holy office to be a prophet of Nature. Novalis.

It is a fine thing to command, though it were 25 but a herd of cattle. Cervantes.

It is a foul bird that dirties its own nest. Pr.

It is a golden rule not to judge men according to their opinions, but according to the effect these opinions have on their character. Lichtenberg.

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. Mer. of Ven., i. 2.

It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles. Pr.

It is a good thing to stay away till one's company 30 is desired, but not so good to stay after it is desired. Johnson.

It is a grave offence to bind a Roman citizen, a crime to flog him, almost the act of a parricide to put him to death; what shall I call crucifying him? Language worthy of such an enormity it is impossible to find. Cic.

It is a great ease to have one in our own shape a species below us, and who, without being enlisted in our service, is by nature of our retinue. Steele.

It is a great journey to life's end. Pr.

It is a great misfortune not to possess talent enough to speak well, or sense enough to hold one's tongue. La Bruyère.

It is a great mistake to think that because 35 you have read a masterpiece once or twice or ten times, therefore you have done with it.... You ought to live with it and make it part of your daily life. John Morley.

It is a great piece of folly to sacrifice the inner for the outer man. Schopenhauer.

It is a great pity when the man who should be the head figure is a mere figure-head. Spurgeon.

It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly. Pr.

It is a great shame to a man to have a poor heart and a rich purse. Cato.

It is a great sin to swear unto a sin, / But a 40 greater still to keep a sinful oath. 2 Hen. VI., v. 1.

It is a great step in finesse to make people under-estimate your acuteness. La Bruyère.

It is a hard winter when one wolf eats another. Pr.

It is a kindly spirit which actually constitutes the human element in man. Schiller.

It is a long lane that has no turning. Pr.

It is a long way from granite to the oyster; 45 farther yet to Plato, and the preaching of the immortality of the soul. Emerson.

It is a low benefit to give me something; it is a high benefit to enable me to do somewhat of myself. Emerson.

It is a lucky eel that escapes skinning. George Eliot.

It is a main lesson of wisdom to know your own from another's. Emerson.

It is a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet. Carlyle.

It is a mathematical fact that the casting of a pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe. Carlyle.

It is a maxim of those who are esteemed perfect, that abundance is the perverter of reason. Hitopadesa.

It is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness. Bacon.

It is a moral impossibility that any son or daughter of Adam can stand on any ground that mortal treads, and gainsay the healthy tenure on which we hold our existence. Dickens.

It is a poor art that the artisan can't live by. 5 It. Pr.

It is a poor heart that never rejoices. Pr.

It is a poor horse that is not worth its oats. Dan. Pr.

It is a poor mouse that has but one hole. Pr.

It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle. George Herbert.

It is a profound error to presume that everything 10 has been discovered; it is to take the horizon which bounds the eye for the limit of the world. Lemierre.

It is a proof of mediocrity of intellect to be addicted to relating stories. La Bruyère.

It is a rare thing, except it be from a perfect and entire friend, to have counsel given us, but such as shall be bowed and crooked to some ends which he hath that giveth it. Bacon.

It is a reproach to be the first gentleman of one's race, but greater to be the last. Pr.

It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. Pr.

It is a shame for a man to desire honour because 15 of his ancestors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue. St. Chrysostom.

It is a sign that your reputation is small or sinking if your own tongue must praise you. Judge Hale.

It is a sin against hospitality to open your doors and shut up your countenance. Pr.

It is a small virtue to keep silence on matters, but a grave fault to speak of what should be kept silent. Ovid.

It is a sorry goose that will not baste itself. Pr.

It is a strange habit of wise humanity to speak 20 in enigmas only. Ruskin.

It is a universal weakness of human nature to have an inordinate faith in things unseen and unknown, and to be affected unduly by them. Cæsar.

It is a very good world to live in, / To lend, or to spend, or to give in; / But to beg, or to borrow, or to get a man's own, / It is the very worst world that ever was known. Rochester.

It is a very risky, nay, a fatal thing, to be sociable. Schiller.

It is a virtue in hermits to forgive their enemies as well as their friends; but it is a fault in princes to show clemency towards those who are guilty. Hitopadesa.

It is a wise father that knows his own child. 25 Mer. of Ven., ii. 2.

It is absurd to contend for any sense of words in opposition to usage; for all senses are founded upon usage, and upon nothing else. Paley.

It is advisable that a man should know at least three things:—first, where he is; secondly, where he is going; thirdly, what he had best do under the circumstances. Ruskin.

It is all in my eye, i.e., it is nowhere else. Pr.

It is allowed by the laws of war to deceive an enemy by feints, false colours, spies, false intelligence, or the like; but by no means in treaties, truces, signals of capitulation or surrender. Paley.

It is always an ease, and sometimes a happiness, 30 to have nothing. Joseph Hall.

It is always by adventurers that great deeds are done, and not by the sovereigns of great empires.

It is always good when a man has two irons in the fire. F. Beaumont.

It is always necessary to show some good opinion of those whose good opinion we solicit. Johnson.

It is always term time in the court of conscience. Pr.

It is always the individual, not the age, that 35 stands up for the truth. Goethe.

It is always vitally important to ourselves to be scrupulously true. Spurgeon.

It is an argument of great wisdom to do nothing rashly, nor to be obstinate and inflexible in our opinions. Thomas à Kempis.

It is an assured sign of a worthy and generous spirit whom honour amends; for honour is, or should be, the place of virtue. Bacon.

It is an egregious error to go by the exception instead of the rule. Pascal.

It is an equal failing to trust everybody and 40 to trust nobody. Pr.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife. Bible.

It is an ill sign to see a fox lick a lamb. Pr.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Pr.

It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as to invent. Emerson.

It is as easy to be a scholar as a gamester. 45 Haweis.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding it out. La Roche.

It is as great a point of wisdom to hide ignorance, as to discover knowledge. (?)

It is as little the part of a wise man to reflect much on the nature of beings above him as of beings beneath him. Ruskin.

It is as much a part of true temperance to be pleased with the little that we know and the little that we can do as with the little that we have. Ruskin.

It is as much intemperance to weep too much 50 as to laugh too much. Pr.

It is as natural for the old to be prejudiced as for the young to be presumptuous; and in the change of centuries each generation has something to judge for itself. Ruskin.

It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet an old man whose opinions are not ossified. J. F. Boyes.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. Bible.

It is at least fatal to the philosophic pretension of a line or stanza if, when it is fairly reduced to prose, the prose discloses that it is nonsense. John Morley.

It is bad, having once known the right, / And the impulse of nobleness prized, / To accept the less worthy, and order the fight / For a cause that is meaner, and walk by a light / That you once had despised. Dr. Walter Smith.

It is beneath the dignity of a soul that has but a grain of sense to make chance, and winds, and waves the arbitrary disposers of happiness. Lucas.

It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next 5 place, to be quickly reconciled. Johnson.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. Arist.

It is best to take half in hand and the rest by and by. Pr.

It is best to take with thankfulness and admiration from each man what he has to give. John Morley.

It is better and kinder to flog a man to his work than to leave him idle till he robs and flog him afterwards. Ruskin.

It is better for a young man to blush than to 10 turn pale. Cato.

It is better for the man whom God helps than for him who rises early. Cervantes.

It is better living on a little than outliving a great deal. (?)

It is better not to live at all than to live dishonoured. Sophocles.

It Is better to be a self-made man, filled up according to God's original pattern, than to be half a man, made after some other man's pattern. J. G. Holland.

It is better to be affected with a true penitent 15 sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. Thomas à Kempis.

It is better to be lost than to be saved all alone. Amiel.

It is better to be nothing than a knave. M. Antoninus.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. Fr. Pr.

It is better to be the head o' the commonalty than the tail o' the gentry. Sc. Pr.

It is better to be wrong by rule than to be 20 wrong with nothing but the fitful caprice of our disposition to impel us. Natalia in "Wilhelm Meister."

It is better to cleanse ourselves of our sins now, than to reserve them to be cleansed at some future time. Thomas à Kempis.

It is better to create than to be learned. Creating is the essence of life. Niebuhr.

It is better to die once than live always in fear of death. Cæsar.

It is better to do well than to say well. Pr.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop 25 than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Bible.

It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill. Tennyson.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. Bible.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. Defoe.

It is better to have friends in our passage through life than grateful dependants; and as love is a more willing, so it is a more lasting tribute than extorted obligation. Goldsmith.

It is better to have loved and lost than never 30 to have loved at all. Tennyson.

It is better to have one's evil days when one is young than when one is old. Carlyle.

It is better to have to do with God than with His saints. Fr. Pr.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools. Bible.

It is better to live by begging one's bread than to gratify the mouth at the expense of others. Hitopadesa.

It is better to live in a haunted forest... than 35 to live amongst relations after the loss of wealth. Hitopadesa.

It is better to live on the crust of your own industry than on the fruits of other people's. Cervantes.

It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race. B. R. Haydon.

It is better to trust the eye than the ear. Ger. Pr.

It is bitter fare eating one's own words. Dan. Pr.

It is but the outer hem of God's great mantle 40 our poor stars do gem. Ruskin.

It is but vain to waste honey on those that will be caught with gall. Quarles.

It is by attempting to reach the top by a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. Cobbett.

It is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think. Joshua Reynolds.

It is by faith that poetry as well as devotion soars above this dull earth. Henry Giles.

It is by his personal conduct that any man of 45 ordinary power will do the greatest amount of good that is in him to do. Ruskin.

It is by imitation, more than by precept, that we learn anything. Burke.

It is by presence of mind in untried circumstances that the native metal of a man is tested. Lowell.

It is by study that we become contemporaries of every age and citizens of the world. (?)

It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the moment I can convince another mind thereof. Novalis.

It is certain that either wise bearing or 50 ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another. 2 Hen. IV., v. 1.

It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. Our strength is measured by our plastic power. Carlyle.

It is cheap enough to say, "God help you." Pr.

It is common to esteem most what is unknown. Tac.

It is commonly the imagination which is wounded first, rather than the heart; it is so much more sensitive. Thoreau.

It is courage that conquers in war, and not good weapons. Sp. Pr.

It is cowardly to quit the post the gods elect for us before they permit us. Pythagoras.

It is delightful, after wandering in the thick darkness of metaphysics, to behold again the fair face of Truth. Carlyle.

It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last reached. Goethe.

It is difficult to act a part long, for where 5 truth is not at the bottom, nature will peep out and betray itself one time or other. South.

It is difficult to descend with grace without seeming to fall. Blair.

It is difficult to do good without multiplying the sources of evil. Ruskin.

It is difficult to feel deep veneration and great affection for one and the same person. La Roche.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. Longfellow.

It is difficult to say whether irresolution renders 10 a man the more unhappy or the more despicable; also whether it is productive of worse consequences to make a bad resolution, or none at all. La Bruyère.

It is difficulties that give birth to miracles. Dr. Sharpe.

It is dreary (öde) to be able to respect nothing but one's self. Fr. Hebbel.

It is doubt (Zweifel) which turns good into bad. Goethe.

It is downright madness to contend where we are sure to be worsted. L'Estrange.

It is easier for a wit to keep fire in his mouth, 15 than to hold in a witty saying that he is burning to tell. Cic.

It is easier not to begin to go wrong than it is to turn back and do better after beginning. President Garfield.

It is easier to carry the world in one's thoughts than on one's shoulders. A. B. Alcott.

It is easier to know man in general than men in particular. La Roche.

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. Ben. Franklin.

It is easier to worship than to obey. Jean 20 Paul.

It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. Montaigne.

It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common ways of mankind. Johnson.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers; but to act with wisdom, there's the rub. Rivarole.

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Emerson.

It is easy to be a spendthrift with other people's 25 property. Platen.

It is easy to condemn; it is better to pity. Abbott.

It is easy to criticise an author, but it is difficult to appreciate him. Vauvenargues.

It is easy to give offence, though it is hard to appease. Grillparzer.

It is easy to open a shop, but hard to keep it open. Chinese Pr.

It is easy to screw one's self up into high and 30 ever higher altitudes of Transcendentalism, and see nothing under one but the everlasting snows of Himalaya, the earth shrinking into a planet, and the indigo firmament sowing itself with daylight stars; but whither does it lead? One dreads always to inanity and mere injuring of the lungs. Carlyle to Emerson.

It is enough for thee to know what each day wills; and what each day wills the day itself will tell. Goethe.

It is exactly in the treatment of trifles that a man shows what he is. Schopenhauer.

It is exceedingly difficult for a man to be as narrow as he could have been had he lived a century ago. Whipple.

It is excellent / To have a giant's strength, but tyrannous / To use it like a giant. Meas. for Meas., ii. 2.

It is falling in with their own mistaken ideas 35 that makes fools and beggars of the half of mankind. Young.

It is fancy, not the reason of things, that makes us so uneasy. L'Estrange.

It is far better to give work which is above the men than to educate the men to be above their work. Ruskin.

It is far easier to make a great rush than to plod steadily on through a long life. Spurgeon.

It is far from universally true that to get a thing you must aim at it. There are some things which can only be gained by renouncing them. Renan.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be 40 complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and ease exertion in the proper place, than to expend both indiscriminately. Ruskin.

It is folly to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. Ben. Franklin.

It is folly to live in Rome and strive with the Pope. Pr.

It is folly to pretend that one ever wholly recovers from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. Longfellow.

It is for the sake of him (the virtuous man) and of those like him that the earth exists and maintains itself in being. Renan.

It is for truth that God created genius. Lamartine. 45

It is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail of success. La Roche.

It is force and right that determine everything in the world; force till right is ready. Joubert (?).

It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. Cic.

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. Victor Hugo.

It is from the difference we feel between the 50 finitude of fact and the infinitude of fantasy that all the evils spring which torment humanity. Rousseau.

It is fruition, and not possession, that renders us happy. Montaigne.

It is generally a sign of a small mind to think differently from great minds. Goethe.

It is given us to live only once in the world. Goethe.

It is good for a man to be driven, were it by never such harsh methods, into looking at this great universe with his own eyes, for himself and not for another, and trying to adjust himself truly there. Carlyle.

It is good that we sometimes be contradicted, 5 and that we always bear it well; for perfect peace cannot be had in this world. Jeremy Taylor.

It is good to do nothing bad, but better to wish nothing bad. M. Claudius.

It is good to fear the worst; the best can save itself. Pr.

It is good to lend to God and the soil; they pay good interest. Dan. Pr.

It is good to rub and polish our brains against that of others. Montaigne.

It is great, it is manly, to disdain disguise. 10 Young.

It is great prudence to gain as many friends as we honestly can, especially when it may be done at so easy a rate as a good word. Judge Hale.

It is hard even to the most miserable to die. Pr.

It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright. Pr.

It is hard to be poor and honest. Pr.

It is hard to carry a full cup. Pr. 15

It is hard to kick against the pricks. Pr.

It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. South.

It is hard to put old heads on young shoulders. Pr.

It is hard to suffer wrong and pay for it too. Pr.

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; 20 for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age; but to escape censure, a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or foolish thing. (?)

It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. Pr.

It is harder to weave than to gather wool. Spurgeon.

It is harder work to resist vices and passions, than to toil in bodily labours. Thomas à Kempis.

It is his excess of sensibility that distinguishes man from other animals. Schopenhauer.

It is his moral sentences on mankind or the 25 state that rank the prose writer among the sages. John Morley.

It is his restraint which is honourable to a man, not his liberty. Ruskin.

It is human nature to hate him whom you have injured. Tac.

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where men care not to do a thing, they shelter themselves under a persuasion that it cannot be done. South.

It is ill standing in dead men's shoes. Pr.

It is ill to take out of the flesh what is bred in 30 the bone. Pr.

It is impossible completely to understand what we do not love. Mrs. Jameson.

It is impossible for any man to form a right judgment of his neighbour's sufferings. Addison.

It is impossible that an ill-natured man can have a public spirit; for how should he love ten thousand men who never loved one? Pope.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind. Swift.

It is impossible to be a hero in anything unless 35 one is first a hero in faith. Jacobi.

It is impossible to be just, if one is not generous. Pascal.

It is in great perils we see great acts of daring. Regnard.

It is in human nature soon to relax when not impelled by personal advantage or disadvantage. Goethe.

It is in the politic as in the human constitution; if the limbs grow too large for the body, their size, instead of improving, will diminish, the vigour of the whole. Goldsmith.

It is in the soul of man, when reverence, love, 40 intelligence, magnanimity have been developed there, that the Highest can disclose itself face to face in sun-splendour, independent of all cavils and jargonings;—there, of a surety, and nowhere else. Carlyle.

It is in the world that a man, devout or other, has his life to lead, his work waiting to be done. Carlyle.

It is in trifles that the mind betrays itself. Bulwer.

It is in vain for a man to be born fortunate, if he be unfortunate in his marriage. Dacier.

It is incalculable what by arranging, commanding, and regimenting you can make of men. Carlyle.

It is inconceivable how much wit it requires 45 to avoid being ridiculous. Chamfort.

It is incredible how much the mind can do to sustain the body. Goethe.

It is indeed all twilight in this world, a trifle more or less. Goethe.

It is indeed only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression. Schopenhauer.

It is infamy to die and not be missed. C. Wilcox.

It is invariably found that the contented man 50 is a weak man. John Wagstaffe.

It is joy to think the best we can of human kind. Wordsworth.

It is just those who grope with the mole and cling with the bat who are vainest of their sight and of their wings. Ruskin.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. Tac.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence. Dryden.

It is matter of the commonest remark how a 55 timid man who is in love will show courage, or an indolent man will show diligence. Matthew Arnold.

It is meet / That noble minds keep ever with their likes; / For who so firm that cannot be seduced? Jul. Cæs., i. 2.

It is mere cowardice to take safety in negations. George Eliot.

It is mere Philistinism on the part of private individuals to bestow too much interest on matters that do not concern them. Goethe.

It is more blessed to give than to receive. Jesus.

It is more difficult, and calls for higher energies 5 of the soul, to live a martyr than to die one. H. Mann.

It is more honourable to be raised to a throne than be born to one; fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch.

It is more important to discover a new source of happiness on earth than a new planet in the sky. (?)

It is more kindly to laugh at human life than to grin at it. Wieland.

It is more painful to do nothing than something. Pr.

It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening 10 into flame than flame sinking into smoke. Johnson.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. Disraeli.

It is much easier to bind on a wreath than to find a head worthy to wear it. Goethe.

It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; the former lies on the surface, the latter rests in the depths. Goethe.

It is much more easy to inspire a passion than a faith. Simms.

It is much safer to obey than to govern. 15 Thomas à Kempis.

It is natural to a man to believe what he wishes to be true, and to believe it because be wishes it. Schopenhauer.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation. Goethe.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. Bible.

It is never permitted to any one in heaven to stand behind another and look at the back of his head: for then the influx which is from the Lord is disturbed. Swedenborg.

It is never too late to mend. Pr. 20

It is never wise to slip the bonds of discipline. Lew. Wallace.

It is no man's business whether he has genius or not: work he must, whatever he is, but quietly and steadily; and the natural and unforced results of such work will always be the things that God meant him to do, and will be his best. Ruskin.

It is no mean happiness to be seated in the mean. Mer. of Ven., i. 2.

It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love. La Bruyère.

It is no more possible to prevent thought from 25 reverting to an ideal than the sea from returning to the shore. Joseph Cook.

It is no small commendation to manage a little well. He is a good waggoner that can turn in a little room. Bp. Hall.

It is no such heinous matter to fall afflicted, as, being down, to lie dejected. S. Chrysostom.

It is no wonder man's religion has much suffering in it; no wonder he needs a suffering God. George Eliot.

It is nobler to become great than to be born great. Pr.

It is nobler to convert souls than to conquer 30 kingdoms. Louis le Debonnaire.

It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows. J. G. Holland.

It is not advisable to reward where men have the tenderness not to punish. L'Estrange.

It is not always necessary that the true should embody (verkörpere) itself; enough if it hovers around spiritually and produce accordance (Uebereinstimmung) in us; if it hover (wogt) through the atmosphere in earnest friendly tones like the sound of bells. Goethe.

It is not an unhealthy (kränkelnde) moral philosophy, but a sturdy morality that is of any profit to us. Feuchtersleben.

It is not because of his toils that I lament for 35 the poor; we must all toil, or steal, which is worse; no faithful workman finds his task a pastime.... But what I do mourn over is that the lamp of his soul should go out; that no ray of heavenly, or even earthly, knowledge should visit him; but only in the haggard darkness, like two spectres, Fear and Indignation bear him company. Carlyle.

It is not by shirking difficulties that we can remove them or escape them. M. R. Greg.

It is not enough that a poet possess inspiration; his inspiration must be that of a cultured spirit. Schiller.

It is not enough to aim; you must hit. It. Pr.

It is not enough to know how to steal; one must know also how to conceal. It. Pr.

It is not enough to know, one must also apply; 40 it is not enough to will to do, one must also do. Goethe.

It is not enough to speak, but to speak true. Mid. Night's Dream, v. 1.

It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise. Goethe.

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Colton.

It is not everybody one would set to choose a horse or a pig; how much less a member of Parliament? Ruskin.

It is not everybody who can bend the bow of 45 Ulysses, and most men only do themselves a mischief by trying to bend it. John Morley.

It is not fit to tell others anything but what they can take up. A man understands nothing but what is commensurate with him. Goethe.

It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youths learn a knowledge of the world. Goldsmith.

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. Fielding.

It is not given to the world to be contented. Goethe.

It is not good for man to be, especially to work, 50 alone. Goethe.

It is not good to have an oar in every one's boat. Camden.

It is not good to meddle with divine mysteries. Goethe.

It is not good to pass by that we dislike, even to gain that which we like; for the water of life becometh mortal when mixed with a poison. Hitopadesa.

It is not he who gives abuse or blows who affronts, but the view we take of these things as insulting. Epictetus.

It is not his own individual sins that the hero atones for, but original sin, i.e., the crime of existence. Schopenhauer.

It is not history which educates the conscience; 5 it is conscience which educates history. Amiel.

It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Bible.

It is not juggling that is to be blamed, but much juggling; for the world cannot be governed without it. Selden.

It is not lost that comes at last. Pr.

It is not merely by virtue of the sunlight that falls now, and the rain and dew which it brings, that we continue here, but by virtue of the sunlight of æons of past ages. John Burroughs.

It is not metre, but metre-making agreement 10 that makes a poem, a thought so passionate and alive, that, like the spirit of a plant or an animal, it has an architect of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing. Emerson.

It is not poetry, but prose run mad. Pope.

It is not possible to buy obedience with money. Carlyle.

It is not proper to place confidence in one who cometh without any apparent cause. Hitopadesa.

It is not propositions, not new dogmas and a logical exposition of the world, that are our first need; but to watch and tenderly cherish the intellectual and moral sensibilities, those fountains of right thought, and woo them to stay and make their home with us. Emerson.

It is not quite so easy to do good as those may 15 imagine who never try. Rd. Sharp.

It is not so much our neighbour's interest as our own that we love him. Bp. Wilson.

It is not so much the being exempt from faults, as the having overcome them, that is an advantage to us. Swift.

It is not strength, but art obtains the prize. Pope.

It is not the beard that makes the philosopher. Pr.

It is not the custom when a prince doth sneeze 20 to say, as to other persons, "God help you," but only to make a low reverence. Gerbier.

It is not the face which deceives; it is we who deceive ourselves in reading in it what is not there. Schopenhauer.

It is not the fact that a man has riches which keeps him from the kingdom of heaven, but the fact that riches have him. Dr. Caird.

It is not the fraud, but the cold-heartedness which is chiefly dreadful in treachery. Ruskin.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants. Cobbett.

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that 25 are dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence. Lowell.

It is not the knowledge, but the use which is made of it that is productive of real benefit. Scott.

It is not the loss of heritage / That makes life poor; It is that, stage by stage, / Some leave us with a lessening faith in man, / And less of love than when our life began. Dr. Walter Smith.

It is not the manner of noble minds to leave anything half done. Wieland.

It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man. Bovee.

It is not the punishment, but the crime that is 30 the disgrace. Alfieri.

It is not the quantity, but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity. W. E. Channing.

It is not the reading of many books that is necessary to make a man wise and good, but the well-reading of a few. R. Baxter.

It is not the stamp on the coin that gives it its value, though on the bank-note it is. J. Burroughs.

It is not the victory that constitutes the joy of noble souls, but the combat. Montalembert.

It is not thy works, which are all mortal, 35 infinitely little,... but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance. Carlyle.

It is not titles that reflect honour on men, but men on their titles. Machiavelli.

It is not to taste sweet things, but to do noble and true things, and vindicate himself under God's heaven as a God-made man, that the poorest son of Adam dimly longs. Carlyle.

It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided, but the men; divided into mere segments of men, broken into small fragments and crumbs of life; so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough to make a pin or a nail, but exhausts itself in making the point of a pin or the head of a nail. Ruskin.

It is not want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. Montaigne.

It is not want of good fortune, want of happiness, 40 but want of wisdom that man has to dread. Carlyle.

It is not well to make great changes in old age. Spurgeon.

It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Amiel.

It is not wisdom, but ignorance which teaches men presumption. Bulwer Lytton.

It is not with saying, "Honey, honey," that sweetness comes into the mouth. Turk. Pr.

It is not work that kills men, it is worry. 45 It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Ward Beecher.

It is of more importance to teach manners and customs than to establish laws and tribunals. Mirabeau.

It is of no use running; to set out betimes is the main point. La Fontaine.

It is of some consequence for a man to forego his own inclinations, even in matters of no great importance. Thomas à Kempis.

It is often because an author proceeds from the thought to the expression, and the reader from the expression to the thought, that a clear writer is obscure. Speroni.

It is often easier, as well as more advantageous, to conform to the opinions of others than to persuade them into ours. La Bruyère.

It is often even wise to reveal what cannot long remain concealed. Schiller.

It is one of the wretchednesses of the great 5 that they have no approved friends. Channing.

It is one soul which animates all men. Emerson.

It is one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall. Shakespeare.

It is one thing to see that a line is crooked, and another thing to be able to draw a straight one. Rd. Sharp.

It is one thing to speak much, and another to speak pertinently. Pr.

It is only a part of art that can be taught; the 10 artist needs the whole. Goethe.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression upon us. Schopenhauer.

It is only because they are not used to taste of what is excellent that the generality of people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. Goethe.

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy. Ruskin.

It is only by universals, and never by singulars, that we can think. Dr. Hutchison Stirling.

It is only God's business to make laws, and 15 the lawyer's to read and enforce them. Ruskin.

It is only in society that a man's powers can have full play. Schopenhauer.

It is only in their misery that we recognise the hand and finger of God leading good men to good. Goethe.

It is only kindred griefs that draw forth our tears, and each weeps really for himself. Heine.

It is only men collectively that live the life of man. Goethe.

It is only necessary to grow old to become 20 indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not committed myself. Goethe.

It is only on reality that any power of action can be based. Emerson.

It is only people who possess firmness that can possess true gentleness. La Roche.

It is only reason that teaches silence. The heart teaches us to speak. Jean Paul.

It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law. J. S. Holland.

It is only strict precision of thought that confers 25 facility of expression. Schiller.

It is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose. Emerson.

It is only time that possesses full reality, and our existence lies in it exclusively. Schopenhauer.

It is only when a man is alone that he is really free. Schopenhauer.

It is only when it is bent that the bow shows its strength. Grillparzer.

It is only with renunciation that life, strictly 30 speaking, can be said to begin. Goethe.

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence over us. The same wind that carries one vessel into port may blow another off shore. Bovee.

It is petty expenses that empty the purse. It. Pr.

It is pleasant to die if there be gods, and sad to live if there be none. Marcus Antoninus.

It is possible to sin against charity, when we do not sin against truth. Pr.

It is precisely in accepting death as the end 35 of all and in laying down, on that sorrowful condition, his life for his friends, that the hero and patriot of all time has become the glory and safety of his country. Ruskin.

It is profound ignorance that inspires a degenerate tone. La Bruyère.

It is proof of a high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way. Emerson.

It is proper and beneficial sometimes to be left to thyself. Thomas à Kempis.

It is prudent to be on the reserve even with your best friend, when he betrays a too eager curiosity to worm out your secret. La Bruyère.

It is rare indeed that there is not ample 40 occasion for grumbling. John Wagstaffe.

It is religion that has formed the Bible, not the Bible that has formed religion. R. D. C. Levin.

It is sad to have to live in a place where all our activity must simmer within ourselves. Goethe.

It is sad to see how an extraordinary man so often strangles himself, struggling in vain with himself, his circumstances, and his time, without once coming upon a green branch. Goethe.

It is said no man is a hero to his valet. The reason is that it requires a hero to recognise a hero. The valet, however, will probably know well enough how to estimate his equals. Goethe.

It is so much easier to do what one has done 45 before than to do a new thing, that there is a perpetual tendency to a set mode. Emerson.

It is St. Christopher that carries Christ, not Christ St. Christopher, i.e., in this myth, it is not Christ that bears the Church, but the Church that bears Christ. Ed.

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes. Pr.

It is the ambiguous distracted training which they are subject to that makes men uncertain; it awakens wishes when it should quicken tendencies. Goethe.

It is the best sign of a great nature, that it opens a foreground, and, like the breath of morning landscapes, invites us onward. Emerson.

It is the best use of fate to teach a fatal courage. 50 Emerson.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, / And that craves wary walking. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. Napoleon.

It is the common error of builders and parents to follow some plan they think beautiful (and perhaps is so) without considering that nothing is beautiful which is displaced. Lady Montagu.

It is the common wonder of all men how, among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike. Sir Thomas Browne.

It is the company, and not the charge that makes the feast. Pr.

It is the condition of humanity to design what 5 never will be done, and to hope what never will be attained. Johnson.

It is the curse of kings to be attended / By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant. King John.

It is the curse of talent, that, though it works more surely and persistently than genius, it reaches no goal; while genius, hovering for long on the summit (Spitze) of the ideal, looks round, smiling, far above. Schumann.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. Rivarole.

It is the fate of a woman / Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, / Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence. Longfellow.

It is the fate of the great ones of the earth to 10 begin to be appreciated by us only after they are gone. Old Ger. saying.

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe. Carlyle.

It is the first principle of economy to make use of available vital power first, then the inexpensive natural forces, and only at last to have recourse to artificial power. Ruskin.

It is the flash that murders; the poor thunder never harm'd head. Tennyson.

It is the frog's own croak that betrays him. Pr.

It is the glistening and softly-spoken lie,... 15 the patriotic lie of the historian, the provident lie of the politician, the zealous lie of the partisan, the merciful lie of the friend, and the careless lie of each man to himself, that cast the black mystery over humanity, through which we thank any man who pierces, as we would thank one who had dug a well in the desert. Ruskin.

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains. Bulwer Lytton.

It is the great error of reformers and philanthropists in our time to nibble at the consequences of unjust power, instead of redressing the injustice itself. J. S. Mill.

It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this of marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. Carlyle.

It is the heart that makes the critic, not the nose. Max Muller.

It is the height of folly to throw up attempting 20 because you have failed. Failures are wonderful elements in developing the character. Anon.

It is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth man understanding. Job.

It is the law of fate that we shall live in part by our own efforts, but in the greater part by the help of others; and that we shall also die in part for our own faults, but in the greater part for the faults of others. Ruskin.

It is the life in literature that acts upon life. J. G. Holland.

It is the little rift within the lute / That by and by will make the music mute, / And, ever widening, slowly silence all. Tennyson.

It is the lot of man to suffer. Disraeli. 25

It is the mark of a great man to treat trifles as trifles, and important matters as important. Lessing.

It is the master-wheel which makes the mill go round. Pr.

It is the monotony of his own nature that makes solitude intolerable to a man. Schiller.

It is the music in the ear that finds and interprets the music of the orchestra. C. H. Parkhurst.

It is the nature of despair to blind us to all 30 means of safety. Fielding.

It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, an it were but to roast their eggs. Bacon.

It is the nature of parties to retain their original enmities far more firmly than their original principles. Macaulay.

It is the office of the Church to teach, not to train. Ward Beecher.

It is the ordinary way of the world to keep folly at the helm, and wisdom under the hatches. Pr.

It is the part of a good man to do great and 35 noble deeds, though he risks everything. Plutarch.

It is the part of a wise man to resist pleasures, but of a foolish one to be a slave to them. Epictetus.

It is the poet's function to keep before the minds of the people not only the underlying truths and beauties of all Nature, but the high and pure ideal of humanity which all should strive to attain. C. Fitzhugh.

It is the possession of a great heart or a great head, and not the mere fame of it, which is of worth and conducive to happiness. Schopenhauer.

It is the power of thought which gives man the mastery over Nature, the thoughts go forth into the world. Hans Andersen.

It is the privilege of every human work which 40 is well done, to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. Emerson.

It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows common-place, as to the rest of us. Lowell.

It is the property of every hero to come back to reality; to stand upon things, not shows of things. Carlyle.

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist, and do not die, but only retire a little from sight, and afterwards return again. Emerson.

It is the setting up of a claim to happiness that ruins everything in the world. Merck to Goethe.

It is the strange fate of man that even in the 45 greatest evils the fear of worse continues to haunt him. Goethe.

It is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm-tree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened. Sir P. Sidney.

It is the thought writ down we want, / Not its effect, not likenesses of likenesses; / And such descriptions are not, more than gloves / Instead of hands to shake, enough for us. J. Bailey.

It is the treating of the common-place with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power. J. F. Millet.

It is the unseen and spiritual in man that determines the outward and actual. Carlyle.

It is the vain endeavour to make ourselves 5 what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left in the rough. Lowell.

It is the wise alone who are capable of discerning that impartial justice is the truest mercy. Goldsmith.

It is the witness still of excellency / To put a strange face on his own perfection. Much Ado, ii. 3.

It is the work of a philosopher to be every day subduing his passions and laying aside his prejudices. Addison.

It is through the feeling of wonder that men philosophise. Arist.

It is time enough to answer questions when 10 they are asked. Emerson.

It is time enough to doff your hat when you see the man. Dan. Pr.

It is time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. Pericles, i. 2.

It is to be doubted whether he will ever find the way to heaven who desires to go thither alone. Feltham.

It is too late to husband when all is spent. Pr.

It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare. 15 Pr.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. Sen.

It is truth that makes a man angry. Pr.

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. Swift.

It is useless to deny with the tongue that which man gives credence to with the heart. Johnson.

It is very easy to obey a noble ruler who convinces 20 (überzeugt) while he commands us. Goethe.

It is very good to be left alone with the truth sometimes, to hear with all its sternness what it will say to one. Carlyle.

It is very little that we can ever know of the ways of Providence or the laws of existence; but that little is enough, and exactly enough. Ruskin.

It is war's prize to take all advantages, / And ten to one is no impeach of valour. 3 Hen. VI., i. 4.

It is we that are blind, not Fortune. Sir T. Browne.

It is well that there is no one without a fault, 25 for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to a different species. Hazlitt.

It is well to go for a light to another man's fire, but by no means to tarry by it. Plutarch.

It is when the hour of conflict is over, that history comes to a right understanding of the strife, and is ready to exclaim: "Lo! God is here, and we knew it not." Bancroft.

It is wholesomer for the moral nature to be restrained, even by arbitrary power, than to be allowed to exercise arbitrary power. J. S. Mill.

It is wisdom alone that can recognise wisdom. Carlyle.

It is wise not to know a secret, and honest 30 not to reveal it. Pr.

It is with a fine genius as with a fine fashion; all those are displeased at it who are not able to follow it. Warton.

It is with diseases of the mind as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorders, and half cured when we do. Colton.

It is with history as it is with nature, as it is with everything profound, past, present, or future; the deeper we earnestly search into them, the more difficult are the problems that arise. He who does not fear these, but boldly confronts them, will, with every step or advance, feel himself both more at his ease and more highly educated. Goethe.

It is with ideas as with pieces of money; those of least value generally circulate the best. Punch.

It is with narrow-soul'd people as with narrow-neck'd 35 bottles; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring it out. Swift.

It is with our thoughts as with flowers. Those whose expression is simple carry their seed with them; those that are double, by their richness and pomp charm the mind, but produce nothing. Joubert.

It is with words as with sunbeams; the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Southey.

It makes a great difference to the force of any sentence whether there be a man behind it or no. In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some moneyed corporation, or some dangler, who hopes, in the mask and robes of his paragraph, to pass for somebody. Emerson.

It matters less to a man where he is born than where he can live. Turk. Pr.

It matters little whether a man be mathematically, 40 or philologically, or artistically cultivated, so he be cultivated. Goethe.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. Johnson.

It matters not that a woman is well dressed if her manners be bad; ill-breeding mars a fine dress more than dirt. Plaut.

It matters not whether our good-humour be construed by others into insensibility, or even idiotism; it is happiness to ourselves. Goldsmith.

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, / And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tennyson.

It may indeed be that man is frightfully threshed at times by public and domestic ill-fortune, but the ruthless destiny, if it smites the rich sheaves, only crumples the straw; the grains feel nothing of it, and bound merrily hither and thither on the threshing-floor, unconcerned whether they wander into the mill or the cornfield. Goethe.

It must be bad indeed if a book has a more demoralising effect than life itself. Goethe.

It needs a man to perceive a man. A. B. Alcott.

It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth, / That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure; / The bands and bliss o' mutual love, / O that's the chiefest warld's treasure! Burns.

It never occurs to fools that merit and good 5 fortune are closely united. Goethe.

It never rains but it pours. Pr.

It never smokes but there's fire. Pr.

It offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb show and noise. Ham., ii. 2.

It oft falls out to have what we would have; we speak not what we mean. Meas. for Meas., ii. 4.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a 10 great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it. Emerson.

It requires a great deal of poetry to gild the pill of poverty. Mme. Deluzy.

It requires a long time to know any one. Cervantes.

It requires more than mere genius to be an author. La Bruyère.

It requires much courage not to be down-hearted in the world. Goethe.

It requires no preterhuman force of will in any 15 young man or woman... to get at least half an hour out of a solid busy day for good and disinterested reading. John Morley.

It seems a law of society to despise a man who looks discontented because its requirements have compelled him to part with all he values in his life. Goethe.

It seems as if them as aren't wanted here are th' only ones as aren't wanted i' the other world. George Eliot.

It should not be suspected of a man, whose life hath been spent in noble deeds, that his reason is lost, when he is only involved in trouble. A fire may be overturned, but its flames will never descend. Hitopadesa.

It so falls out, / That what we have we prize not to the worth / Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, / Why then we rack the value. Much Ado, iv. 1.

It takes a good many spadefuls of earth to 20 bury the truth. Ger. Pr.

It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. Ruskin.

It takes a great man to make a good listener. Helps.

It takes much more penetration to discover a fool than a clever man. Cato.

It takes ten pounds of common-sense to carry one pound of learning. Persian Pr.

It was a stroke / Brought the stream from the 25 flinty rock. Dr. W. Smith.

It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. 2 Hen. IV., i. 2.

It was always the aim of the artists as well as the wise men of antiquity, to mean much though they might say little. Winkelmann.

It was for beauty that the world was made. Quoted by Emerson.

It was the nightingale, and not the lark / That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. Rom. and Jul., iii. 5.

It was the wisdom of the ancients to regard 30 the most useful as the most illustrious. Sen.

It were better to be of no church than bitter for any. W. Penn.

It were easier to stop Euphrates at its source than one tear of a true and tender heart. Byron.

It were good for a man to have some anchorage deeper than the quicksands of this world; for these drift to and fro so as to baffle all conjecture. Carlyle.

It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them. Mme. Necker.

It will be all the same a hundred years hence. 35 Pr.

It will be an ill web to bleach. Pr.

It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood; / Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak. Macb., iii. 4.

It will never out of the flesh that's bred in the bone. Ben Jonson.

It would be better that we should not exist, than that we should guiltily disappoint the purposes of existence. Ruskin.

It would be some advantage to live a primitive 40 and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilisation, if only to learn what are the gross necessaries of life, and what methods have been taken to obtain them. Thoreau.

It's a gude heart that says nae ill, but a better that thinks nane. Sc. Pr.

It's a poor man that always counts his sheep. Pr.

It's a poor sport that's not worth the candle. George Herbert.

It's a sair field where a's slain. Sc. Pr.

It's a small joke sets men laughing when they 45 sit a-staring at one another wi' a pipe i' their mouths. George Eliot.

It's a weary warld, and naebody bides in't. J. M. Barrie.

It's all very well having a ready-made rich man, but it may happen he'll be a ready-made fool. George Eliot.

It's an ill wind that blaws naebody gude. Sc. Pr.

It's aye the cheapest lawyer's fee / To taste the barrel. Burns.

It's bad flesh that won't take salt; worse is 50 the body that won't take warning. Gael. Pr.

It's difficult to give sense to a fool. Gael. Pr.

It's dogged as does it. Pr.

It's good sheltering under an old hedge. Pr.

It's hard sailing when there is no wind. Pr.

It's hard to take the twist out of an oak that grew in the sapling. Gael.

It's hard to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on. George Eliot.

It's harder work getting to hell than to heaven. 5 Ger. Pr.

It's hardly in a body's power / To keep, at times, frae being sour, / To see how things are shared. Burns.

It's height makes Grantham steeple stand awry. Pr.

It's ill livin' in a hen-roost for them as doesn't like fleas. George Eliot.

It's ill living where everybody knows everybody. Pr.

It's ill talking between a full man and a fasting. 10 Sc. Pr.

It's ill wool that will take no dye. Pr.

It's lang ere the devil dee by the dyke-side. Sc. Pr.

It's never too late to learn. Pr.

It's no in titles nor in rank; / It's no in wealth like London bank, / To purchase peace and rest: / It's no in makin' muckle mair, / It's no in books, it's no in lear, / To mak' us truly blest. Burns.

It's no tint (lost) that a friend gets. Sc. 15 Pr.

It's no use filling your pocket full of money if you have got a hole in the corner. George Eliot.

It's no use killing nettles to grow docks. Pr.

It's no use pumping a dry well. Pr.

It's not "What has she?" but "What is she?" Pr.

It's poor eating where the flavour of the meat 20 lies in the cruets. George Eliot.

It's poor friendship that needs to be constantly bought. Gael. Pr.

It's pride that puts this country down; / Man, take thine old cloak about thee. Old ballad.

It's sin, and no poverty, that maks a man miserable. Sc. Pr.

It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world, I think; folks have to wait long enough before it's brought to 'em. George Eliot.

It's too late to cast anchor when the ship is 25 on the rocks. Pr.

It's wiser being good than bad; / It's safer being meek than fierce; / It's fitter being sane than mad. / My own hope is, a sun will pierce / The thickest cloud earth ever stretch'd; / That after last returns the first, / Though a wide compass round be fetch'd; / That what began best can't end worst, / Nor what God blessèd once prove accurst. Browning.

It's your dead chicks take the longest hatchin'. George Eliot.

Ita lex scripta—Thus the law is written.

Ivory does not come from a rat's mouth. Chinese Pr.