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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Quotes by Junius

6 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.— filed under Character
Private credit is wealth; public honor is S. security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.— filed under Credit
Pope's trans. I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter. γ.— filed under Example
Thoughts. These are the gloomy companions of a disturbed imagination; the melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.— filed under Imagination
Rhyme Against Rhyme. These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.— filed under Poetry
Illiteratus Princeps. They [Americans] equally detest the pageantry of a king and the supercilious hypocrisy of a bishop.— filed under Royalty
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