The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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13 subjects in this part of Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations.

Jealousy

Jealousy: Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.

Jesting

Jesting: A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

Jews

Jews: The Jews are among the aristocracy of every land; if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic tragedies, what…

Joy

Joy: And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

Judges

Judges: Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things…

Judgment

Judgment: To offend, and judge, are distinct offices And of opposed natures.

Justice

Justice: Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.

January

January: By her who in this month is born, No gems save Garnets should be worn; They will insure her constancy, True friendship and…

June

June: Who comes with Summer to this earth And owes to June her day of birth, With ring of Agate on her hand, Can health, wealth, and long…

July

July: The glowing Ruby should adorn Those who in warm July are born Then will they be exempt and free From love's doubt and anxiety.

Joubert

Joubert: C'est l'imagination qui gouverne le genre humain. The human race is governed by its imagination. d. NAPOLEON I. Es ist nichts…

John

John: 3 22 33 38 64 88 104 114 132 146 155 161 187 200 205 256 259 284 286 290 292 311 333 343 344 345 370 387 410 454 461 465 473 485 495…

Jeffreys, Charles

Jeffreys, Charles: 1807-1865 86 400 459 JERROLD, DOUGLAS, humorist, journalist, and writer...... ENGLAND, 1803-1857 23 126 251 280 307 359…

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