I have not known a Man of War commission’d for several Years past, but three times her Compliment of Men have offer’d themselves in 24 Hours; the Merchants take their Advantage of this, lessen their Wages, and those few who are in Business are poorly paid, and but poorly fed; such Usage breeds Discontents amongst them, and makes them eager for any Change.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

112 Tommaso di Marco, 197 Tommaso Pisano, 130 Tossicani, Giovanni, 208 Traini, Francesco, 198 , 199 Turrita, Fra Jacopo da, 49 , 50 , 56 Ugolino Sanese (Ugolino da Siena), Life , 113 Urbino, Bramante da, 32 Urbino, Raffaello da
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

In silence he held it up before Doramin.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

Ma nell 'ultima bolgia de le diece me per l'alchimia che nel mondo usai danno` Minos, a cui fallar non lece>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Primitive adjectives may usually be divided into active and passive; but the same suffix often has either an active or a passive meaning.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Pour bien connaître un homme il faut avoir mangé un boisseau de sel
— 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.

Pure , the, a characteristic of, 541 , 4; heart, God's throne, 403 , 8 Pureness , Goethe's prayer for, 271 , 28 Purgation , now rather than hereafter, 200 , 21 Puritans , the, and their work, 479 , 7; their legacy to the world, 539 , 3 Purity , and simplicity, 392 , 9; of aim, attainment of, 154 , 34; only from purity, 5 , 52; the, required, 495 , 41 Purpose , fixed, necessity of, 222 , 8; increasing, through the ages, 564 , 37; of things, question unscientific, 450 , 30; one, at a time, 177 , 12; prosecution of, 112 , 51; single, value of, 462 , 3; steadfastness of, 530 , 3; to be followed by deed, 428 , 47; when in one's power, to be carried out, 546 , 15 Purposes , effect of, on the mind, 442 , 17; good, in churchyard, 269 , 4; how often broken, 539 , 23; wrecked, cause of, 207 , 5 Purse , a beggar's, 1 , 19; a common, effect of having, 546 , 25; as a friend, 63 , 53; full of other men's money, 413 , 21; in the head, 171 , 14; man who has lost, 169 , 36; the, its importance, 450 , 19; who steals my, 552 , 37 Purses among friends 124, 12 Pursuit , enchantment of, 206 , 8; the pleasure of, 10 , 57 Pushing man, deference to, 525 , 37 Pyramid , two that reach the top of, 469 , 2 Pyramids , antiquity of, 73 , 46; the, 450 , 20 Pyrenees , no longer any, 180 , 23 Q Quack talent, the two sources of, 459 , 29 Qualities , bad, akin to good, 88 , 24; natural, superiority of, 444 , 33; that ruin, rather than raise, 407 , 30; too high, inconvenience of, 497 , 32 Quarrel , pretext for, easily found, 177 , 20; proneness to, 484 , 2 Quarrelling , and both feeling in the wrong, 276 , 40; blame of, 52 , 22; no time for, 422 , 42; with ourselves, 522 , 19 Quarrels , entrance to, 29 , 67; how to prevent, 504 , 10; others', meddling with, 148 , 2; 145 , 20; why prolonged, 239 , 22 Question , test of a man in answering, 489 , 34; the vexing, 518 , 25 Questioning , much, effect of, 552 , 22; prudent, value of, 359 , 24; the value of, 148 , 12 Questionings , curious, 274 , 3 Questions , old vexed, now sorrowfully solving themselves, 327 , 20; test of a man, 214 , 38; when to answer, 207 , 10 Quickness , evil of too much, 559 , 7 Quotation , a fine, 5 , 46; classical, 43 , 48; justified, 168 , 20; the value of, 462 , 29 Quotations , Burns' fancy for, 168 , 15 {pg 635} R Rabble , the supreme powers, 109 , 14 Rabelais' last words, 210 , 36 Race , a humble, how ennobled, 131 , 3; always moving, 436 , 28; not hybrids, respected by Nature, 292 , 20 Races , growing effeminacy of, 239 , 23 Rage , how to treat, 335 , 51; of love turned to hatred, 154 , 3 Rags , disgraceful, 277 , 41 Railway travelling, Ruskin's estimate of, 128 , 25 Rain , continual, effect of, on blossoms, 320 , 4 Rainbow as a sign, 450 , 33 Rainy day, for unlearned, 165 , 49 Rake at another's expense, 281 , 3 Rank , but the guinea's stamp, 109 , 16; concern about, 467 , 34; high, a burden, 132 , 45; not happiness, 209 , 14; vanity of, 490 , 43 Raphael , Lessing on, 367 , 55 Rare , the, seldom forgotten, 319 , 5 Rascal , putting, to confusion, 297 , 44 Rascals , how to diminish, 260 , 48 Rash , none, when not seen, 311 , 11 Rashness , a fault of youth, 411 , 44; discouraged, 4 , 68; effect of, 394 , 13; effect of, on business, 141 , 5 Rational , and real, 520 , 20; compared with beautiful, 331 , 48 Raven , brought up, still a raven, 80 , 25 Read , how to, with profit, 303 , 21; things to, 368 , 49 Read , not, not written, 310 , 37; who has, little, 171 , 24 Reader , a good, 489 , 2; and author, 240 , 2; and the book he reads, 93 , 55; good, rare, 6 , 52; how to interest a, 299 , 5 Readers , busy, 32 , 62 Reading , a benefit to few, 469 , 6; a rule for, 297 , 18; advice in regard to, 208 , 15; advices on, 369 , 1, 2; as an entertainment, 301 , 38; counsels for, 235 , 45; experiment in, 502 , 45; harmful to fools, 540 , 35; how to profit from, 175 , 19; idling, 212 , 26; importance of, 565 , 24; John Morley on, 433 , 1; miscellaneous, to be avoided, 280 , 19; mistake about, 483 , 37; much, effect of, 285 , 23; much, Hobbes on, 172 , 37; much, the moral effect of, compared with seeing, 12 , 50; object of, 445 , 18; frequent, not enough, 198 , 35; rule for, 528 , 5; the most pleasant and profitable, 30 , 21; the object of, 368 , 50; to doubt or scorn, 14 , 39; 139 , 34; twice, the benefit of, 537 , 28; value of, 77 , 7; what is not worth, twice, 536 , 43; without reflecting, 495 , 11; worst kind of, 17 , 56 Real , and Ideal far apart, 115 , 33; as contrasted with possible, 234 , 40; man, a, defined by Mencius, 153 , 9; rational, 520 , 20; the, for ever, 219 , 54; the, how to measure, 271 , 43; the, to be idealised, 539 , 33 Realities , hard to discern, 391 , 26 Reality , always nobler than fancy, 90 , 49; and fancy, the provinces of, 101 , 48; and imagination, the worlds of, 465 , 7; behind appearances, 481 , 34; better than imagination, 14 , 14; importance of, 205 , 21; minus appearance, 61 , 23; only, supportable, 316 , 18; the only, 482 , 12; the product of, how to regard, 241 , 47; truth of, why unrecognised, 105 , 12 Reaping , more difficult than sowing, 495 , 45; the rule in, 510 , 28 Reason , a misuse of, 207 , 18; a rare guide, 162 , 20; against a crowd with stones, 535 , 37; agreeableness to, as a test, 298 , 19; and contingency, 462 , 1; and knowledge, 513 , 10; and necessity, 462 , 1; and instinct contrasted, 172 , 46; and piety, to be combined, 526 , 39; and prudence, in conduct, 241 , 44; and religion, 372 , 6; and spirit, two aspects of one thing, 414 , 37; and understanding, objects of, 67 , 2; being without, 491 , 2; compared with fancy, 526 , 20; elevating power of, 68 , 20; every man's, his oracle, 92 , 42, 44; functions of, 329 , 43; 504 , 2; its rank, 435 , 4; like drunk man on horseback, 163 , 29; like sweet bells jangled, 317 , 38; loss compared with deprivation of, 458 , 15; misapplied, 468 , 22; no, upon compulsion, 123 , 38; not to fust unused, 407 , 29; once passion, 537 , 4; origin of, 102 , 3; our chart, 46 , 35; our delight in, abuse of, 337 , 37; relation of, to revelation, 375 , 12; sacredness of, 148 , 33; service under, advantage of, 152 , 19; sound and sufficient, the lot of few, 400 , 22; sovereign with the noble, 15 , 52; the function of, Cicero on, 368 , 31; the pilot, 239 , 15; the use of, 53 , 39; those who have no, 127 , 6; true, its power, 500 , 36; truths of, not dependent on facts, 421 , 32; versus blind force, 350 , 24; versus faith, 20 , 20; without the light of divine truth, 352 , 6; worse appear better, 157 , 15, 16 Reasonable , or unreasonable, asking what is, 194 , 33; the, open to every one, 217 , 7 Reasoner , a wise, 551 , 7 Reasoning mule, obstinacy of, 17 , 41 Reasons , nothing to the chaff, 133 , 5; our own, our satisfaction in, 331 , 4; strong, effect of, 404 , 8 Rebellion , no equity under, 471 , 37 Rebels , treatment of, 47 , 38 Reckoning , when banquet's o'er, 394 , 48; without host, 41 , 21 Reckonings , short, 389 , 31 Recollection , a happy, 505 , 39; inferior to pertinency, 139 , 14 Recompense , 381 , 19; Fénelon on his, 284 , 18; rule of, 21 , 19 Reconciliation , desire for, as a prognostic, 238 , 30 Recreation , necessity of, 111 , 12 Redress , the surest way to, 456 , 30 Refined man, characteristic of, 452 , 12 Refinement , what contributes to, 540 , 34 Reflection , commentary on experience, 97 , 28; noble, 34 , 19; they who practise not, 479 , 21; value of, 77 , 7 Reform , evil of unsuccessful attempts at, 22 , 10; not joyous, but grievous, 305 , 28 Reformation , attended by a great licentiousness, 6 , 67; salve of, in ignorance of the sore, 452 , 23; the, egg of, 84 , 24; the only solid, 495 , 15; unconscious, 528 , 9 Reformers , error of our, 206 , 17 Reforming a world or a nation, 495 , 15 Reforms , great, negative as well as positive, 91 , 19; history of, 435 , 20; how far effective, 9 , 59; necessary, how helped, 127 , 8; our, not radical, 539 , 22 Refusal , a friendly, 28 , 30; less than nothing, 17 , 46 Refusing , in, the "no" only heard, 266 , 1 Regard , how to win, 42 , 13 Regeneration accompanied with travail, 12 , 7 Regimenting men, importance of, 202 , 44 Regret , no, no amendment, 147 , 38 Reign , to, worth ambition, 495 , 16 Rejected of man, accepted of God, 112 , 1 Relations , hard to discern, 391 , 26; hatred among, 2 , 53; our, character of, 339 , 9; our, and our friends', how chosen, 339 , 10 Relationships , one's, requirement in, 10 , 28 Relatives , by chance, 235 , 16 Religion , a bigotry, 524 , 29; a cloak, 165 , 5; a fruit of time, 486 , 32; a God, 398 , 40; a necessity to great minds, 76 , 27; a new, not the thing wanted, 297 , 31; and liberty in Catholic and Protestant countries, 185 , 23; and love, strength of, 253 , 48; and morality, divorce between, 427 , 18; and wise {pg 636} men, 11 , 5; anything but living for, 277 , 17; characteristic of, 64 , 8; Cicero's definition of, 216 , 30; contrasted with beliefs, 85 , 38; contrasted with morality, 467 , 13; contrasted with superstition, 407 , 6, 7, 12 , 13; dead letter of, fate of, 422 , 44; defined, 537 , 5; definition and power of, 452 , 45; dependence of, on prayer, 306 , 43; display of, 547 , 21; disputing about and practising, 423 , 45; done for money, Ruskin on, 540 , 40; essential to education, 77 , 4; effect of, 489 , 8; effect of first sense of, 2 , 56; effect of too deep study of, 497 , 36; errors in, 464 , 43; errors in, sanction of, 189 , 34; essence of all, 425 , 34; every established, once a heresy, 90 , 43; fancy in, 101 , 51; felt as a slavery, 12 , 47; first object, whole object, 151 , 44; first element in, 379 , 8; flower of, when perfect, 447 , 24; Frederick the Great on, 174 , 48; from habit, 398 , 37; fruit of age, 536 , 16; gentilising power of, 566 , 28; heartfelt, the source of all, 392 , 31; how to persuade men to, 553 , 33; in relation to art, 18 , 50; inconsistency of our zeal for, 197 , 10; indispensable to society, 307 , 14; living, root of, 252 , 6; made secondary, 541 , 7; matter of feeling, 121 , 43; Monday, 282 , 27; mongers, and their dupes, 284 , 36; much, no goodness, 285 , 24; much profession in, 189 , 32; murdered by bigotry, 30 , 18; national, now no test of a people, 306 , 36; no living, till dead own itself dead, 106 , 54; no teaching, without having, 305 , 43; no, without humanity, 142 , 44; not credited, excesses for, 496 , 43; not professed, 538 , 25; of all sensible people, 168 , 27; of one age in the next, 451 , 10; of present time, 114 , 22; only guide of life, 549 , 42; only one true, 476 , 19; origin of, in society, 340 , 20; our abuse of, 339 , 13; our, and treasure to be one, 508 , 4; our, Emerson on, 339 , 12; power of, 174 , 44; rooted in fear, 188 , 17; soul of, 100 , 18; sum of, 493 , 15; sympathy with Nature, 408 , 43; talk against, suspicious, 547 , 28; temple-step of, 456 , 5; the all in, 189 , 33; the only foundation of, 189 , 36; the performance of duty, 375 , 29; though undefined, no chimæra, 138 , 34; to be one's own, 240 , 37, 38; too hard, 497 , 30; true, 500 , 31-33; true, object of, 445 , 21; upon mere authority, 493 , 14; vestibule of, 283 , 17; vital, first condition of, 481 , 44; with suffering, no wonder, 203 , 28; without morality, 305 , 11; 522 , 39; without personal immortality, 559 , 21 Religions , all once true, 451 , 12; Goethe's three, 468 , 28; of world, 451 , 11; only two possible, 466 , 27; the essence of all true, 375 , 28; the genesis of, 372 , 34; transient, but not religious sense, 333 , 42 Religious , a, not less a man, 7 , 26; enthusiasm, hollowness of, 215 , 26; men at their beads, 543 , 39; passion, the, and art, 451 , 13; principles, Hume on, 96 , 1; revival, the ground on which to hope for, 422 , 44 Religiousness , true, condition of, 357 , 12 Relish in one's self, 310 , 1 Remedies , extreme, for extreme evils, 98 , 9; imaginary, for imaginary diseases, 269 , 30; our, in ourselves, 339 , 13; sayings about, 470 , 23; slower than diseases, 410 , 51 Remedy , of remedies, 514 , 14; where sure, 504 , 30; worse than disease, 5 , 2 Remembrance our inalienable paradise, 64 , 13 Reminding may cause forgetting, 273 , 9 Remorse , as punishment, 473 , 21; not imaginary, 10 , 13 Removals , quick, 365 , 8 Renounce , who needs not, 161 , 19 Rent , to pay, plough or not, 17 , 50 Renunciation , a life-long demand, 483 , 41; effect of, 237 , 40; essential to happiness, 217 , 6; importance of, 205 , 30 Repentance , a deathbed, 4 , 6; 55 , 37; a vain, 142 , 52; act of, the virtue in, 414 , 7; daughter of the skies, 44 , 43; man not satisfied with, 550 , 43; man's virtue, 66 , 40; our glory, 338 , 8; pain of, 446 , 37; true, 500 , 34, 35; with amendment rare, 117 , 28 Repetition , the effect of, 171 , 47 Reports , evil, belief in, 307 , 1 Repose , a well-earned, 399 , 15; agitating effect of our love of, 197 , 9; not finding, complaint of, 274 , 46; of mind, a specific for, 229 , 17; shameful, evil of, 344 , 31; the beginning of, 425 , 10; through equipoise, 103 , 46 Reproach , only defence against, 472 , 23 Reproaches , best revenge of, 567 , 43 Reproof , effect of, that hits a sore place, 398 , 41; how to administer, 374 , 3; of kings, 107 , 26 Republic , contrasted with monarchy, 282 , 25; necessity for, 515 , 10; the want of a, 109 , 13; Ruskin's definition of, 17 , 49 Republics , how ruined, 239 , 24 Reputation , a, dies at every word, 21 , 40; a great, Napoleon on, 7 , 4; a high, responsibility of, 434 , 31; a sinking, sign of, 199 , 16; blaze of, 418 , 35; different from esteem, 87 , 6; life on, prospective, 161 , 44; like a man's shadow, 227 , 28; loss of, 101 , 7, 8; 305 , 2; man's esteem for, 266 , 12; of others, as a support, 280 , 30; sayings about, 451 , 14-16; spotless, its value, 450 , 18; the bubble, 211 , 30 Resentment , Burns on, 340 , 17; concealed, 196 , 40; not to stain innocence, 402 , 10; of a poor man, 451 , 17; to be restrained, 243 , 43 Resentments , quick, 365 , 9 Reserve , commended, 205 , 39; effect of, on character, 443 , 38 Resetter as bad as thief, 24 , 9 Resignation , difficult, 161 , 29; under unjust suffering, 237 , 33 Resistance , spirit of, innate, 470 , 30 Resisted , what it is to be, 333 , 12 Resolution , acting with, 362 , 10; bad, effect of, 201 , 10; dauntless spirit of, 28 , 35; ebbing, 109 , 28; fate of authors of, 483 , 10; help in need, 97 , 39; native hue of, 485 , 46; one's, to be kept secret, 297 , 5; power of, 15 , 34; 237 , 21; road to, 452 , 3; steadfast, effect of, 92 , 3 Resolutions , first, most honest, 107 , 1; good, 356 , 3; hasty, 141 , 10; our, frail, 337 , 15; sudden, 406 , 3 Resolve , built on reason, 330 , 45; the feeble, despicable, 166 , 36 Respect , at a distance, 260 , 6; for others, condition of, 474 , 11; lost only with loss of self-respect, 305 , 38; the alone worthy of, 142 , 4; to all and sundry, a risk, 549 , 7 Respectability , how earned, 274 , 19 Responsibility , for acts, 34 , 29; not affected by ignorance, 448 , 2 Respectable people, world-made, 292 , 9 Rest , a man's, 278 , 26; a, that remaineth, 477 , 27; after all difficulty, 504 , 16; and unrest, 378 , 23; condition of, 378 , 33; effect of, 368 , 17, 18; how found in this world, 325 , 8; how to find, 567 , 41; in grave, 182 , 29; our, not to be the rest of stones, 243 , 28; peculiar to the spirit, 246 , 44; perfect, not to be found, 155 , 18; the secret of, 242 , 33; the only, worth anything, 307 , 2; too much, effect of, 497 , 44, 45 Restlessness , as a motive, 399 , 1; man's, accounted for, 536 , 21; no wisdom where, 473 , 32 Restraint , a necessity, 212 , 7; by arbitrary power, 207 , 28; versus liberty, 202 , 26 Results , contrasted with details, 547 , 40; great, of slow achievement, 135 , 1 Resurrection , the, promise of, 338 , 30 {pg 637} Reticence , value of, 145 , 37 Retirement , good for the soul, 59 , 27; love of, an extra sense, 153 , 3 Retribution , divine, 125 , 23, 30 Retrogression , no, 116 , 2 Retrospect , pleasing, 27 , 9 Revelation , and religion, 372 , 1; and sense to see it, 463 , 22; defined, 434 , 38; independent of our seeking, 481 , 18; mistake about, 275 , 13; of God, the only, 428 , 46; only steady guide, 34 , 50; the only, 85 , 32; the sole medium of divine grace, 538 , 11 Revelations , two, necessary to society, 396 , 13 Revenge , and pleasure, their ears, 349 , 31; best, 252 , 7; 492 , 30; most heroic, 307 , 3; sense of, 512 , 8; sign of weak mind, 280 , 4; study of, folly, 148 , 32; taking and passing over, 190 , 7; to the rude man, 22 , 19 Reverence , a central law, 215 , 48; a supernatural sense, 262 , 12; and fear contrasted, 492 , 21; and love, objects respectively of, 110 , 21; as an element in thought, 484 , 6; compared with fear, 291 , 43; due to gods, 58 , 41; not innate, and its importance, 334 , 21; the first object, 21 , 29; to herald knowledge, 260 , 28; value of, 189 , 37; with knowledge, 241 , 24 Reverie , losing one's self in, 494 , 12; under reflection, 371 , 4 Revolt , the promoters of, 335 , 13 Revolution , and its martyrs, 549 , 38; by whose fault it arises, 7 , 5; dangerous classes in a, 344 , 51; French, meaning of, 429 , 25; French, described, 122 , 4; modern, merely dissolution, 281 , 31 Revolutions , aim of all, 440 , 26; cause of, 451 , 22; fear herald of, 103 , 39; great, as movements, 135 , 2; great, cause of, 431 , 13 Rewarding , rule in, 203 , 32 Rhetoric , for, he could not ope, 111 , 1; god of, ceased from, 546 , 36; spiritual, the law of, 241 , 16; two rules of, 459 , 24; use of rules of, 109 , 6 Rhyme , excellence in, a defect often in, 411 , 32; the powerful, enduring power of, 312 , 43; rudder of verses, 111 , 2; without purpose or thought, 235 , 43 Rhythm , enchanting power of, 38 , 13 Rich , art of getting, 530 , 27; business of, 119 , 11; dependence of, 431 , 10; ghost of the, and his wealth, 299 , 39; hastening to be, 147 , 55; how to become, 136 , 43; 171 , 26; making, or poor, 477 , 4; man, a, 211 , 19; man, a, that is great, 414 , 6; man, according to Emerson, 143 , 53, 54; man, ready made, 208 , 47; man, the only, 144 , 52; man who is, 304 , 12; man's happiness, 528 , 12; men, weary of themselves, 237 , 24; mistake to seem, 265 , 15; none, by himself, 306 , 12; none so, as he should be, 304 , 49; not to be flattered, 107 , 19; partnership of poor with, risky, 99 , 1; secrets of, can't be kept, 320 , 11; that shall come to want, 148 , 7; the, benefactors to, 513 , 27; the, discontent of, 110 , 35; the right to be, 308 , 24; the, sayings about, 70 , 1-3; 451 , 24-32; the truly, 19 , 21; what it is to be, 490 , 37; what makes us, 191 , 42; who would grow, 41 , 29 Richard's himself again, 154 , 46 Richelieu , Corneille, on, 360 , 43; on his deathbed, 211 , 1 Riches , a bar to felicity, 161 , 30; a burden unloaded by death, 175 , 4; a test of a man, 14 , 46; accessible to man of common sense, 440 , 25; acquisition of, no end to misery, 286 , 14; affected despite of, 269 , 43; all, from heaven, 219 , 51; as a good, 18 , 17; as excluding from heaven, 204 , 22; baggage, 165 , 21; best effect of, 237 , 24; cause of ennui, 173 , 40; chains, 307 , 52; dependent on poverty, 171 , 43; fascination of, 74 , 13; fatal to happiness, 160 , 48; first approach to, 428 , 4; great, only by taxing labour of others, 303 , 9; great, sole use of, 325 , 2; great, source of all, 405 , 27; grow in hell, 242 , 7; how dispensed, 338 , 29; how to acquire, 243 , 10; how to increase, 140 , 3; incentives to evil, 77 , 36; Jean Paul's contempt for, 169 , 24; mistakes about, 128 , 27; motive in coveting, 97 , 47; never enough increased, 183 , 53; no guarantee for digestion, 174 , 30; passion for, restlessness of, 257 , 43; power of, 70 , 14; 530 , 20; profession without possession of, 449 , 33; real, 17 , 4; 358 , 4; the greatest, 474 , 14; true, how procured, 359 , 4; unenjoyed, 175 , 28; we can and cannot carry, 281 , 21; who delights in accumulating, 151 , 2; who has enough, 20 , 24 Richest , man, the, 143 , 45; 406 , 35 Rider , a good, on good horse, 6 , 53 Ridicule , if instructive, bearable, 166 , 27; settling power of, 376 , 43; that benefits, 29 , 45; the test of, 369 , 38; unbearable, 331 , 43 Ridiculous , appreciation of, test of a man, 34 , 8; being, hard to avoid, 202 , 45; easy to recognise, 496 , 34; from affectation, 330 , 7; how we become most, 521 , 38; sense of, dependent on intellect, 61 , 30; sense of, test of character, 276 , 31; side, our, 522 , 10; step from, to sublime, 334 , 12 Right , and might identical, 279 , 12; 184 , 30; and wrong, Goethe's test of, 306 , 16; as founded on possession, 27 , 22; assertion of, 211 , 12; at whatever cost, 71 , 51; before might, 370 , 23; champions for, 92 , 32; consciousness of, 150 , 22; divine, divine might, 70 , 10; following, as right, 386 , 13; Hobbes on, 215 , 18; how to assume one's, 368 , 23; keep to the, 548 , 30; knowledge of, enough, 171 , 20; man, the, 59 , 47; of man, first, 490 , 19; of man, most indisputable, 324 , 30; of slow attainment, 567 , 15; power of, 12 , 1; sometimes in abeyance, 71 , 52; sure to win, 111 , 3; that is born with us, 517 , 23; the, and no fear, 170 , 12; the one thing to be done, 485 , 43; the, to be anxious about, 455 , 23; to look into blots of, 167 , 13; way, how never to miss, 58 , 46; with the strongest, 233 , 26 Right-about-face , a brave word, 32 , 54 Right-doing , the key to, 177 , 11 Righteous man, mercy of, 18 , 1 Righteousness , effect of, 424 , 39; fruit of, 429 , 32; overmuch condemned, 28 , 15 Righting , of things in time, 480 , 48; one's self without right, 315 , 22 Rights , how forfeited, 96 , 44; of men not worth discussing, 451 , 44; permanence of, 85 , 26; transmitted, 231 , 43 Rigour often less effective than lenity, 237 , 35 Ring gone, but not finger, 166 , 48 Rings , uses of, 61 , 20 Ripe moment, the, to be seized, 4 , 1 Ripeness , all, 275 , 37 Rising , in the world, rapid, how to esteem, 276 , 39; sun, homage paid to, 272 , 19 Risk , the charm of, 94 , 36; to be run to save all, 9 , 4 Rivalry , effect of, on talent, 194 , 8; foiled, effect of, 542 , 21 River , a, a guide, 513 , 45; brink of that mighty, 103 , 45; every, leads to the sea, 108 , 14 River-courses , the great, 431 , 33 Rivers , roads, 239 , 25 Road , a long, 48 , 22; any, a world-highway, 16 , 18; common, safe, 217 , 28; good, and wise traveller, different, 6 , 54; how to make long, short, 474 , 16; every, leads to an inn, 108 , 15; right in the end, 212 , 14; the, who knows, 42 , 24 Robb'd , yet not robb'd, 147 , 17 Robert of Doncaster's epitaph, 535 , 31 Rocks , lessons they teach, 523 , 35 {pg 638} Rod , the, sparing, 148 , 24 Rogue , a, defined, 18 , 20; resemblance of, to honest man, 377 , 5 Rogues , not always punished, 85 , 35; not to be pitied, 177 , 6 Roman citizen, Cicero on punishing, 198 , 31 Romance , age of, transition into that of science, 431 , 5; ages of, 300 , 40; everywhere, 90 , 55; 191 , 1; the only, for grown-up persons, 446 , 5 Romances compared with history, 255 , 10 Romans , Emerson on, 335 , 8 Romantic , the, contrasted with the classical, 43 , 49; the, defined, 452 , 7 Rome , Augustus Cæsar's boast in regard to, 509 , 23; better first elsewhere than second in, 166 , 22 Rooks , how to get rid of, 68 , 31 Room , ample, and verge enough, 122 , 51; the, required, 368 , 38 Root , condition of taking, 488 , 13 Rose , brief life of, 505 , 42; scent of, enough, 61 , 21 Rosebuds , gather, while ye may, 118 , 56 Roses , contrasted, 33 , 5; who would gather, 152 , 53 Roughness , effect of, 387 , 54 Rousseau , Joubert on pathos of, 178 , 53 Rousseau's last words, 210 , 37 Routine , cramping to life, 437 , 39; fatal effect of, 423 , 43 Roving , profitlessness of, 218 , 30 Rude , breast, not without inspiration, 22 , 32; man, the, characteristic of, 452 , 12 Rudder , or rock, 152 , 43; 460 , 33 Ruin , going to, 128 , 26; how the gods bring about, 363 , 4; how we come to, 346 , 21; of everything, source of, 206 , 44; of men, 276 , 36; source of our, 522 , 15; sources of, 568 , 36; the broad road to, 69 , 29; the road to, 452 , 4; what underlies all, 506 , 22 Ruins , grey, beams of day on, 111 , 16; no cause to mourn over, 311 , 44 Rule , how to, 364 , 11; the desire to, 51 , 34; the sovereign, 297 , 48; what can and cannot, 301 , 35 Ruler , a, friendless, 320 , 21; a good, test of, 305 , 50; as such, 17 , 35; duty of, 390 , 19; positive and negative qualifications of, 153 , 1; qualification of, 148 , 14; quality in a, 324 , 10; test of a, 181 , 37; to regard his people's voice, 389 , 35 Rulers , limit of their authority, 239 , 1; many, not good, 337 , 2 Ruling , art of, 431 , 11; men, and amusing them different, 8 , 8; passion, power of, 452 , 14; safe, the condition of, 303 , 28; the art of arts, 218 , 20 Rumour , growth of, 101 , 5; often converse of truth, 233 , 9; spread of, 281 , 14 Running , the, not enough, 39 , 10; vain, if on wrong road, 519 , 26 Ruskin on his teachings, 559 , 11 Rust , foul cankering, 113 , 56 Rutland , Countess of, epitaph of, 506 , 30 S Sabbath , Christ's saying on, 452 , 16; ordainer of, pity in, 151 , 51; profaned, no gain, 316 , 52 Sack , bad, 37 , 5; empty, 79 , 23 Sackcloth , what underlies, 506 , 25 Sacrament , received, a benefit, 152 , 8 Sacrifice , a duty, 185 , 38; a sick man's, 19 , 24; a sorrowful, 440 , 7; as duty and necessity, effect of, 395 , 23; in the eyes of God, 491 , 42; necessary to realisation of idea, 302 , 34; of less for greater, 332 , 61 Sacrifices , in little things, hard, 522 , 43; our, passive, 339 , 14 Sad , man, not friend, 260 , 30; the, disliked by gay, 324 , 5; when has cause, 165 , 22 Saddest thing, the, 443 , 46 Sadness , a mark of goodness, 475 , 20; deep, 514 , 34; enjoyment in, 471 , 23; soul's poison, 118 , 17 Safety , the only, 397 , 5; the parent of, 37 , 15 Sagacious man contrasted with a wise, 566 , 36 Sage , a, defined, 18 , 54; a true, a world-pupil, 143 , 11; how regarded, 233 , 7; test of a, 478 , 51; why esteemed by world, 210 , 45 Sages , ancient, aim of, 208 , 27 Sailing without wind, 209 , 2 Sailor , a disgrace to, 35 , 10; first, daring of, 182 , 14; heart of, 34 , 17 Saint , peasant, toiling for bread and light, 405 , 19; run mad, 111 , 36; seeming, not to be trusted, 501 , 18 Sainthood , questionable, 476 , 31 Saints , a communion of, for all who have faith, 483 , 27; a living communion of, 470 , 4; God's triumph over, 385 , 14; living and dead, different treatment of, 461 , 24 Salvation , a dubious, offering, 73 , 31; according to Plato, 216 , 22; all alone, misery, 200 , 16; by human means, 430 , 23; first step in, 194 , 27; no, in the course of justice, 484 , 17; only road to, 444 , 40; things that tend to our, 457 , 26 Samaritan , the good, doing, 564 , 32 Same , the, everywhere, 39 , 9 Samson's riddle, 340 , 13 Sanctity , the root of, 452 ,
— 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.

At the midday meal, which the two ladies took alone to-day, she was still undecided, but directly it was over she ordered the carriage and drove off without a word.
— from The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann

The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.
— from Merrie England in the Olden Time, Vol. 2 by George Daniel

[342] This consideration is urged by De Quincey in one of his essays.
— from The Roman Poets of the Republic, 2nd edition by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

[12] A complete list of the club's publications is: John Filson , by R. T. Durrett (1884); The Wilderness Road , by Thomas Speed (1886); The Pioneer Press of Kentucky , by W. H. Perrin (1888); Life and Times of Judge Caleb Wallace , by W. H. Whitsitt (1888); An Historical Sketch of St. Paul's Church , by R. T. Durrett (1889); The Political Beginnings of Kentucky , by J. M. Brown (1889); The Centenary of Kentucky , by R. T. Durrett (1892); The Centenary of Louisville , by R. T. Durrett (1893); The Political Club of Danville, Kentucky , by Thomas Speed (1894); The Life and Writings of Rafinesque , by R. E. Call (1895); Transylvania University , by Dr. Robert Peter (1896); Bryant's Station , by R. T. Durrett (1897); The First Explorations of Kentucky , by J. S. Johnston (1898); The Clay Family , by Z. F. Smith and Mrs. Mary R. Clay (1899); The Battle of Tippecanoe , by Alfred Pirtle (1900); Boonesborough , by G. W. Ranck (1901); The Old Masters of the Bluegrass , by S. W. Price (1902); The Battle of the Thames , by B. H. Young (1903); The Battle of New Orleans , by Z. F. Smith (1904); History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University , by Dr. Robert Peter (1905); Lopez's Expeditions to Cuba , by A. C. Quisenberry (1906); The Quest for a Lost Race , by Dr. T. E. Pickett (1907); Traditions of the Earliest Visits of Foreigners to North America , by R. T. Durrett (1908); Sketches of Two Distinguished Kentuckians , by J. W. Townsend and S. W. Price (1909); The Prehistoric Men of Kentucky , by B. H. Young (1910); The Kentucky Mountains , by Miss Mary Verhoeff (1911).
— from Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 1 of 2 by John Wilson Townsend

If these notes had been permitted to remain as originally drafted, we should, I believe, have before this time been unembarrassed by diplomatic relations with more than one power.
— from The Life of Albert Gallatin by Henry Adams

They stand united, but divided fall–– ’Twas union that gave liberty to all!
— from The Emigrant or Reflections While Descending the Ohio by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Thomas

Modern science has shown us beyond dispute the purely historical origin of both these forms of social life; and both are, at least as we find them to-day, comparatively recent features of human society.
— from Anarchism: A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by E. V. (Ernst Viktor) Zenker