a majestic, 471 , 7; a man who provoked to, silences it, 551 , 34; a punishment to one's self, 490 , 7; ability to moderate, 281 , 18; best antidote to, 271 , 22; best restraint upon, 142 , 9; dissolved in menaces, 552 , 44; end of, 540 , 21; for nothing to no purpose, 482 , 28; how to avoid, 215 , 27; how to overcome, 240 , 16; no guard to itself, 296 , 1; of a strong man, 416 , 8; often unreasonable, 466 , 44; restraint of, 142 , 49; slowness to, 147 , 19, 20; the bridle of, 272 , 13; the end of, 62 , 44; to burn slow, 240 , 21; unreasonable, with others, 28 , 13; unrestrained, evil of, 364 , 18; with one we love, 491 , 3 Angler , the born, 568 , 18 Angling , Izaak Walton on, 526 , 18; like humility, 567 , 40 Angry at all, angry for nothing, 148 , 47; man beside himself, 159 , 15 Anguish , great purifying power of, 6 , 64 Animal , denial of, in man, 416 , 47; every, loves itself, 327 , 42; life of an, 439 , 1 Animals summed up in man, 264 , 19 Annihilation , no such thing as, 377 , 7 Annoyances , the smallest, effect of, 453 , 51 Annoying others, 144 , 21 Answer , a perfect, 145 , 31; the shortest, 453 , 27; wise, how to get a, 177 , 26; 531 , 43 Ant , a silent preacher, 316 , 23; lesson of, 125 , 3; the, example of, 342 , 16 Antæus , meaning of the fable, 122 , 18 Antagonist , a prudent, 218 , 10; how to meet an, 373 , 1; an, not to be underrated, 307 , 46 Anthropomorphism in thought, 60 , 32 Antiquary , memory of, characterised, 21 , 42 Antique , the, our admiration of, 337 , 6 Antiquity , chief moral agent of, 453 , 11; divided from us only by age, 109 , 2; the world's youth, 16 , 13 Antony over Cæsar's body, 33 , 33 Anvil and hammer, 30 , 31; 74, 20 , 30 Anxiety , effect of, 198 , 10; misery of, 34 , 41; Plato on, 340 , 18; specific against, 220 , 11; to be despised, 62 , 24 Ape , perfect, versus degenerate man, 181 , 6 Aphorism , a short but certain, 323 , 33; essence of, 425 , 37; true salt of literature, 271 , 16 Aphorisms , only words, 534 , 9; the value of, 65 , 38 Apollo to Phaëthon, 106 , 34 Apology , Christian, 487 , 15; from want of sense, 307 , 7; who needs no, 19 , 32 Apostle and preacher, different aims of, 224 , 11 Apostates never genuine believers, 479 , 54 Apothegms , practical ineffectuality of, 185 , 16 Apparel , and the man, 416 , 11; proclaims the man, 48 , 36; singularity in, 149 , 1 Appearance , deceptiveness of, 23 , 13; minus reality, 61 , 23; neglect of, becoming in man, 112 , 31; versus reality, 325 , 47 Appearances , and reality, 481 , 34; deceptiveness of, 7 , 52; 18 , 23; 305 , 17; first, deceptive, 56 , 32; keeping up, 421 , 14; mere, mislead, 277 , 7; not to be trusted, 116 , 39; power of, 61 , 22; science of, 102 , 36; value of, 534 , 32 Appetite , a satisfied, incredulous of hunger, 48 , 13; a well-governed, 24 , 54; allures to destruction, 163 , 16; change of, with age, 72 , 13; cruelty of, 546 , 23; from eating, 222 , 25; ideal of, 88 , 5; in youth, 7 , 14 Appetites , unanswered, ground of complaint, 275 , 42 Applaud to the very echo, 169 , 19 Applause , dependence on, 152 , 13; gaining, and avoiding censure, 202 , 20; popular, not fame, 219 , 56; popular, the poison of, 320 , 28; reward of virtue, 278 , 11; to be regarded with suspicion, 545 , 42 Application , felicitous, merit of a, 471 , 12; importance of right, 475 , 4 Appreciation and criticism, 201 , 27 Apprenticeship , no man's completed, 391 , 13 Approved man , the, 312 , 31 Aptitudes , to be tested, 79 , 7 Arc , the, that we see, all that is drawn, 524 , 44 Arch-enemy , the, 416 , 14 Archer , how known, 14 , 22 Archimedes , and his prop, 72 , 4; exclamation of, 89 , 8 Architect , a fellow-worker, 446 , 42 Architecture , attraction of, 174 , 23; Greek, character of, 136 , 9; the best, 417 , 33 Arguing , disingenuous, 145 , 25; rule in, 185 , 7 Argument , contrasted with testimony, 412 , 48; folly of heat in, 323 , 38; the best, 227 , 22; vain against nature, 166 , 38; versus instruction, 370 , 8 Arguments , wagers for, 108 , 49 Aristocracies that do not govern, 356 , 46 Aristocracy , an, the likely fate of, 13 , 53; essence of, 425 , 36; the, defined, 360 , 37; the right basis of, 229 , 24 Aristocrat , a young, Iphicrates to, 287 , 44 Armada , Spanish, scattering of, 5 , 42 Armies not to be stamped out, 217 , 3 Arms , a last resort, 328 , 25; and peace, 18 , 8 Army , a school of morality, 416 , 18; book to study life in, 416 , 17; like a serpent, 14 , 25 Arrogance , how fostered, 407 , 20 Art , a great step in study of, 553 , 20; a haven of refuge, 265 , 31; a love for, test of, 472 , 42; a test of, 300 , 43; a wise man's, defined, 540 , 27; achievement in, 155 , 9; ancient and modern, contrasted, 14 , 37, 38; ancient, and modern science, 534 , 11; and Christianity, 420 , 19; and deception, life with, 566 , 24; and life, 516 , 17; and morals, laws of identical, 64 , 25; and nature, compared, 290 , 28; and nature, perfection by, 272 , 43; and morals, rules in, compared, 188 , 15, 16; and religion, 372 , 13; and the religious passion, 451 , 13; as the spirit is, 550 , 16; different appreciations of, 53 , 32; without breath of life, 237 , 4; capability everything in, 130 , 26; {pg 574} condition of perfection in, 265 , 23; contrasted with criticism, 225 , 5; contrasted with manufacture, 550 , 16; display of to be distrusted, 504 , 40; done for money, Ruskin on, 540 , 40; easily learned, 414 , 29; concealment of elaboration in, 54 , 28; Emerson's definition of, 421 , 28; false ambition in, 191 , 20; first and last secret of, 287 , 46; genuine, the raison d'être of, 91 , 5; great, the work of full manhood, 9 , 12; great, Ruskin's definition of, 9 , 38; highest achievement of, 435 , 10; highest, characterised, 434 , 36; highest problem of, 435 , 7; highest subject of, 60 , 19; how far teachable, 205 , 10; how to attain proficiency in, 292 , 24; ignoble, test of, 300 , 43; imitation of nature, 328 , 41; in, ability everything, 60 , 9; in, the only good, 173 , 5; inversion and subversion of, 545 , 23; less expressive than affection, 5 , 40; life of, 416 , 12; measure of love of, 567 , 22; mediæval and modern, 431 , 14; mediæval and modern, compared, 188 , 1, 2; misfortune in, 442 , 34; more than strength, 204 , 18; necessity in, 539 , 33; noble, expression of a great soul, 308 , 12; noblest, 465 , 20; object of, 445 , 16; of both divine and earthly inspiration, 22 , 30; no patriotic, 473 , 44; perfection of, 18 , 28; principle and aim of, 66 , 8; produced hastily, 416 , 24; products, nought and not bad, 357 , 48; question as regards, 450 , 29; rated by gold, 48 , 43; sayings about, 65 , 16-18; secret of power of, 207 , 3; sine quâ non of, 100 , 1; teaching of, 456 , 42; technical skill in, 451 , 13; the best in, 186 , 2; the chief matter in any, 35 , 47; the claims of, 247 , 47; the faculty of, 426 , 46; the great in, defined, 540 , 44; the greatest, 452 , 43; the ideal in, 54 , 7; the last step of, 392 , 10; the laws of, 438 , 26; the oldest, a mushroom, 290 , 22; the theatrical, 431 , 8; to learned and unlearned, respectively, 70 , 27; true, characterised, 499 , 38, 39; unintelligible to the head alone, 433 , 22; unquickened from above and within, 507 , 53; when to be called fine, 136 , 10; who knows, half or wholly, 552 , 5; without enthusiasm, 316 , 29; worthless, apart from nature, 139 , 20 Artifice , danger and disgrace of, 225 , 9 Artisan at home everywhere, 361 , 25 Artisans and artists, 184 , 36 Artist , a bad and a good, distinguished, 323 , 16; an, essence of, 474 , 27; and his age, 416 , 26; and his art, 205 , 10; 416 , 28; and his work, 416 , 25; 512 , 30; and society, 14 , 30; at thought of mob, 65 , 30; conceiving and executing, 416 , 27; destructive influence of society on, 396 , 12; function of, 462 , 10; great, and his ideal, 431 , 12; greatest, characterised, 434 , 36; his function, 334 , 45; his praise in his work, 55 , 8; his true praise, 265 , 5; measuring tools of, 14 , 29; modesty in, merit of, 410 , 38; necessity of sight to, 448 , 40; good, mark of, 418 , 15; true praise of, 14 , 28; Ruskin's definition of, 14 , 27; 14 , 30; spiritual, born blind, 454 , 40; the best, 426 , 28; the greatest, as defined by Ruskin, 143 , 49; vocation of, 416 , 29; truth in hand of, 18 , 57 Artist-work , the most important, 301 , 1 Artistes , conceit of, 218 , 23 Artists , ancient, aim of, 208 , 27; and artisans, difference between, 184 , 36; great and feeble, distinctions between, 534 , 34; inventing and at work, 60 , 28; no standard for amateurs, 416 , 3 Arts , a family of sisters, 421 , 8; all fine, related, 10 , 38; and nature, 221 , 39; conditions necessary for, 421 , 22; great, contrasted with false, 133 , 9; on what their vitality depends, 425 , 21; the fine effect of culture of, 168 , 42; the fine, mother and father of, 444 , 12; the fine, secret of, 182 , 17; the fine, the aim in, 188 , 45; the fine, what we know in, 190 , 37; the perfection of the, 447 , 25; the principle and aim of, 66 , 8; to learned and unlearned, 438 , 33; useful mother and father of, 444 , 12 Asbestos , fate of what is not of, 541 , 3 Ashes , live in their wonted fires, 77 , 28; the, of your sires, 394 , 45 Asketh , he that, 93 , 32 Asking , timid, 364 , 50; twice better than going wrong, 28 , 33; 29 , 48 Aspiration , its effect on us, 539 , 36; persistent, of mankind, like a compass to a ship, 447 , 29 Ass , bray of, 367 , 38; why offensive, 85 , 25; dreams of the, 58 , 16; man with a head of, 41 , 23; mistaking itself for a stag, 41 , 8; never more than an ass, 171 , 46; rather an, that carries us, 29 , 26; the hungry, 222 , 31; the kick of, how to treat, 171 , 45 Assertion no proof, 27 , 6; without discrimination, Dante on, 40 , 58 Asses know asses, 79 , 6 Assistance , a universal necessity, 304 , 16; mutual, a law of nature, 180 , 43 Association of ideas, 257 , 47 Associations , old, not to be bought, 526 , 6 Assuming , the most, 479 , 16 Assurance doubly sure, 167 , 49 Astray , who walks, 551 , 16 Atheism , moral root of, 277 , 18; Plato on, 466 , 42; practical, defined, 395 , 10; what it amounts to, 301 , 3 Atheist by night, 34 , 7; no good man, 211 , 26 Atheist's God, the, 301 , 3 Athene , the goddess, 430 , 18 Athens and Greece, 556 , 6 Atonement , commencement of, 421 , 11 Attachment , personal, as a ground of public conduct, 346 , 51; powerful, effect of, 354 , 51; the law of, 337 , 13; tokens of, 133 , 10 Attainment , satisfactory, 313 , 26 Attempt begun to be carried through, 24 , 18 Attention , evil effect of constant, 46 , 54 Attorney's epitaph, 155 , 15 Auctioneer , the, at a non-plus, 358 , 10 Audacity , the effect of, 346 , 39 Augustine's prayer for deliverance, 245 , 7 Auld , acquaintance, 389 , 33; Nickie Ben, Burns' address to, 102 , 18 Austerity superseded, 544 , 31 Australia , fertility of, 75 , 50 Author , and his brother authors, 301 , 5; cares of an, 311 , 20; compared with his works, 301 , 5; enraged, 49 , 35; fastidious about his style, 543 , 2; genius not enough for, 208 , 13; how to understand an, 177 , 44; most engaging powers of, 459 , 28; in the regard of publisher, 301 , 6; popular, wish of, 84 , 18; profession of, 278 , 44; reading an, 524 , 37; rule in choosing, 42 , 44; unconsciously portrays himself, 90 , 2; who should not be, 150 , 6; without gift of selection, 151 , 6 Authority , a test of character, 474 , 25; based on injustice, 194 , 24; based on kindness and force, 144 , 5; gentleness in, commended, 175 , 14; conduct of people in, 345 , 1; how founded, 330 , 39; how to destroy, 219 , 2; how weakened, 314 , 12; not to be lightly resisted, 304 , 8; of a greater, submission to, 449 , 2; provocative of disobedience, 548 , 21 Authors , and their works, 284 , 11; Horace's advice to, 406 , 30; most original, 444 , 3; of a people, their worth, 420 , 5; three classes of, 468 , 24; to be content with choice readers, 379 , 27; young, error of, 568 , 8 Authorship , three difficulties of, 468 , 25; 497 , 9 Avarice , and luxury compared, 258 , 11; compared with poverty, 354 , 18, 35; contrasted with poverty, {pg 575} 62, 43; how created, 204 , 39; 488 , 32; in contrast with gluttony, 124 , 42; no, in hell, 137 , 21; subduing, profit of, 230 , 44 Avaricious , the, 386 , 27; the, their affectation, 50 , 32 Avengement , man's part, 65 , 35 Avenue , every, barred now, 317 , 29 Awkwarkness , cause of, 521 , 15; sign of genius, 133 , 22 Awoke and found myself famous, 165 , 10 Axioms , only words, 534 , 9 Aye or no, the power of, 189 , 41 B Bachelors , old, why there are, 415 , 25 Back , defence of, 488 , 38; going, when easy and when impossible, 492 , 44; rather than wrong, 381 , 1 Backbiter , and face-flatterer, the same, 300 , 29 Backsliding , fatal, 478 , 19 Bacon , fruitlessness of his teachings, 314 , 34; treatment of, 349 , 20; unconcern about his name, 110 , 26 Bad , as a doctor, 129 , 35; at strife with good, 382 , 8; for sake of good, 125 , 42; ground, pains not to be wasted on, 297 , 16; in the thinking, 315 , 2; man always suspicious, 80 , 32; man, his enemies, 416 , 45; man, opponents of, 59 , 44; man, pretending to be good, 261 , 38; men, ability of, 477 , 19; mistaken for good, 417 , 38; nothing and no one absolutely, 218 , 7, 13; nothing, if understood, 78 , 40; nothing so, as we think, 378 , 47; once, bad always, 386 , 23; railing against, deprecated, 71 , 37; the fear of, 436 , 18; the, sparing, 31 , 33; 148 , 23; thing, worthless, 1 , 8; when good, 331 , 32 Bairns , young and old, and their parents, 543 , 9 Ballads , more powerful than laws, 241 , 33 Ballot-box , a leveller, 33 , 45 Banishment , bitter bread of, 76 , 17 Baptism , with water and with fire, 186 , 15 Barbarian , a, 150 , 38 Barbarism , defined, 549 , 31; first step from, 495 , 10 Barbarous , character, traits of, 475 , 31; man, first spiritual want of, 428 , 37 Bargain , a, and the purse, 6 , 38; a good, a loss, 31 , 39; to be clear, 260 , 23 Bargains , confined to man, 263 , 1; great, no economy, 178 , 45; third party to, 470 , 34 Barrel-organ in a slum, 170 , 45 Barter , passion for, 77 , 51 Base , and depraved training in, 70 , 26; man, a, who means to be your enemy, 541 , 34 Baseness , at heart, effect of, on character, 542 , 7; irrespective of looks, 112 , 37; provision for turning, into nobleness, 21 , 23 Bashfulness , a defect, 180 , 30; without merit, 278 , 20 Bathing , no, twice in the same river, 302 , 52 Battalions , the heaviest, God with the, 329 , 27 Battle , a, won, Wellington on, 444 , 45; all, misunderstanding, 9 , 14; ceasing for want of combatants, 88 , 22; each man alone in, 190 , 36; necessary to victory, 401 , 46; won, as sad as one lost, 297 , 35 Battlefield , mercy on the, 331 , 11 Battlefields , world's, 465 , 23 Bayonets , Napoleon on, 566 , 31 Be , to, not to be, 490 , 32 Be-all and end-all, 412 , 54 Bear and endure, 346 , 9, 10 Beard , or no beard, 146 , 41; pride of, 170 , 46 Beast , no, without some pity, 301 , 8; ungovernable, how to manage, 188 , 43 Beasts , wild and tame, to be avoided, 324 , 44 Beau , Fielding's definition of, 1 , 13 Beaufort , Cardinal, last words of, 537 , 24 Beautiful , a manifestation, 417 , 7; and good, 417 , 8; 430 , 39; benefit of, 540 , 41; capacity for, rare, 325 , 12; compared with rational, 331 , 48; effect of fostering, 113 , 55; Emerson on, 315 , 37; feeling for, to be cultivated, 264 , 3; formerly holy, 185 , 50; foundation of, 417 , 10; how to find, 526 , 32; in curves, 187 , 43; like sunshine, 417 , 9; nothing, by itself, 314 , 45; nothing, out of place, 206 , 2; only in song, 114 , 25; souls, short-lived, 162 , 29; the alone, 482 , 34; the, and the rude craftsman, 510 , 51; the, in the form, 23 , 42; the, lot of, 513 , 21; the, reconciliation of good and true, 518 , 17; things, the two most, 459 , 27; test of the, 313 , 43; to be encouraged, 460 , 15 Beauty , a fragile good, 112 , 30; a sign of purity, 153 , 37; a thing of, 21 , 37; adoration of, 273 , 29; aim of the world, 208 , 28; all, in man, 312 , 35; and folly, 26 , 14; and life in the small, 189 , 51; and the eternal, inseparable, 153 , 52; and virtue, rarely combined, 110 , 42; and worship of, Goethe on, 66 , 9; as seen, undefinable, 567 , 44; as truth, 520 , 22; attractive power of, 1 , 16; basis and essence of, 540 , 25; born a, born married, 42 , 6; complex, 488 , 22; contrasted with grace, 131 , 36-38; contracted with grace and innocence, 66 , 10; contrasted with grandeur, 132 , 8; dead, chaos comes again, 109 , 47; defined, 197 , 26; dependence of, on expression, 97 , 50; effect of contrast on, 47 , 33; Elysian, 81 , 4; everywhere, 290 , 35; fair point of the line of, 427 , 3; final aim of art, 66 , 8; fleeting, 70 , 15; forms of, compared, 1 , 15; human, effect of sight of, 301 , 40; ideal, fugitive, 436 , 10; ideal of, 436 , 11; in a plain dress, 447 , 47; in common lives, 476 , 20; in the purest sense, 469 , 10; like a leaf, 225 , 20; moral power of, 382 , 16; mortal, 22 , 27; not always blessed, 322 , 34; not separable from the eternal, 153 , 52; not vain, because fading, 197 , 4; of a rainbow character, 523 , 4; one, mortification to another, 292 , 8; only seen in suffering, 379 , 37; personal, power of, 129 , 60; persuasive power of, 10 , 10; possibility of, 471 , 5; principal ingredient in, 511 , 41; seat and sources of, 507 , 34; seldom unconscious, 105 , 3; sense of, and duty, 453 , 9; sought for pleasure, 20 , 36; sources of, 184 , 40; subtle attraction of, 99 , 42; the best part of, 413 , 29; the nature of, 406 , 40; too great, effect on sight of, 403 , 5; unconsciousness of, rare, 105 , 3; undemonstrable, 331 , 23; vain, 103 , 24; why snarled at, 274 , 49; with modesty, rare, 368 , 3; without modesty, 313 , 42; without virtue, 99 , 25; 224 , 20; worship of mere, 465 , 28 "Because" our concern, not "why," 556, 13 Becoming , the, defined, 535 , 45 Bed , a silken, kindly, 332 , 21; the conjugal, 386 , 32 Bede's tomb, inscription on, 138 , 26 Bedlam , how tenanted, 253 , 47 Bee , little busy, 161 , 11 Bees , keeping of, 437 , 26 Beggar , and king, 190 , 8; and rich, different feelings of, 531 , 32; at his level, 460 , 12; Lamb on, 417 , 11-17; on horseback, 387 , 40, 41; pains taken by Nature in forming, 292 , 26 Beggar'd all description, 155 , 2 Beggar's , bag, 28 , 54; purse, 1 , 19; robes, 367 , 39; the, song, 530 , 11 Begging , apt to provoke disgust, 88 , 32; shame of, to be spared, 123 , 2 {pg 576} Beginning , a bad, 1 , 6; a good, 6 , 39; a hot, course and end of, 15 , 6; and end, contrast of, 194 , 26; cheerful, 8 , 59; 90 , 5; contrasted with ulterior steps, 9 , 15; difficult, 8 , 60; implies an end, 48 , 12; most notable, 186 , 40; no, rather than never end, 29 , 34; prior to improving or finishing, 345 , 4; the true, unnoticed, 458 , 35 Beginnings to be resisted, 356 , 59 Begun , half done, 25 , 49; 68 , 30 Behaviour , contagious, 109 , 21; end of education, 77 , 9; in private, 58 , 14; learned, as we take diseases, 275 , 20; rule for, 394 , 46; the first sign of force, 347 , 4 Being , all, founded on reason, 9 , 3; every, has its own beauty, 91 , 35; resigned with regret, 112 , 2, 3; the chain of, 511 , 47 Beings , above us and beneath us, a wise man's attitude to, 199 , 48 Belial , the sons of, 445 , 33 Belief , a, easy to a man, 203 , 16; and conduct, inconsistency of, 264 , 2; and disbelief, dangerous, 346 , 18; a miracle, 197 , 16; alternations of, 173 , 30; affected by custom, 523 , 26; easier than judgment, 93 , 38; eludes system, 163 , 15; flower of, in the last darkness, 544 , 7; general ground of, 9 , 28; impotent to change nature, 301 , 10; in absurdity, 49 , 50; limiting, by comprehensibility, 148 , 48; modern, 565 , 49; multiform, 476 , 19; now-a-days, only half-hearted, 275 , 41; often unintelligent, 274 , 4; one's, effect on, of another's, 200 , 49; only in practice, 457 , 19; or disbelief, no compelling, 302 , 36; — from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.
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'Tis full of fear, anxiety, doubt, care, peevishness, suspicion; it turns a man into a woman, which made Hesiod belike put Fear and Paleness Venus' daughters, ———Marti clypeos atque arma secanti Alma Venus peperit Pallorem, unaque Timorem: because fear and love are still linked together. — from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“They would be more profitable in use.” “Es kommt drauf an.... Der Preis vom Draht muss ausgerechnet werden.” — from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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Un día le añade a tal mata [68-8] 30 un puñadillo de estiércol; otro le echa una chorreadita de agua; ora las limpia a todas de orugas y demás insectos dañinos; ora cura a las enfermas, entablilla a las fracturadas, y pone parapetos de caña y hojas secas a las que no pueden resistir los rayos del sol o están demasiado expuestas a los (p69) vientos del mar; ora, en fin, cuenta los tallos, las hojas, las flores o los frutos de las más adelantadas y precoces, y les habla, las acaricia, las besa, las bendice y hasta les pone — from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
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