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35 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
Appetite comes with eating, says Angeston.— filed under Appetite
Do not believe what I tell you here any more than if it were some tale of a tub.— filed under Belief
You are Christians of the best edition, all picked and culled.— filed under Christian
The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he.— filed under Devil, The
Scaligerana. I drink no more than a sponge. S.— filed under Drinking
Je veux que le dimanche chaque paysan ait sa poule au pot. I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays. HENRY IV. of France. L'appétit vient en mangeant. Appetite comes with eating.— filed under Eating
By robbing Peter he paid Paul, he kept the from moon from the wolves, and was ready to catch the wolves, and was ready to catch larks if ever the heavens should fall.— filed under Pope
Louis XV. Je m'en vay chercher un grand peut-estre. I am going to seek a great perhaps.— filed under Futurity
Then I began to think, that it is very true which is commonly said, that the one-half of the world knoweth not how the other half liveth.— filed under Knowledge
One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man.— filed under Laughter
Ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublie. They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing. p. Attributed to TALLEYRAND. Pardieu! les plus grands clercs ne sont pas les plus finis. Indeed the greatest scholars are not the wisest men. q. REGNIER. Que nuist savoir tousjours et tousjours apprendre, fust ce D'un sot, d'une pot, d'une que-doufle D'un mouffe, d'un pantoufle. What harm in learning and getting knowledge even from a sot, a pot, a fool, a mitten or a slipper.— filed under Learning
Whose cockloft is unfurnished.— filed under Mind
time they called lack of money.— filed under Money
Spens. See also Scott-Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. He *** thought the moon was made of green cheese.— filed under Monuments
Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges. C.— filed under Music
Il faisoit de nécessité vertu. He made a virtue of necessity..— filed under Necessity
Vogue la galère. Row on whatever happens. S.— filed under Progression
He always looked a given horse in the mouth.— filed under Proverbs
He did not care a button for it. ff.— filed under Proverbs
How well I feathered my nest.— filed under Proverbs
P. 308. I am just going to leap into the dark.— filed under Proverbs
Make three bites of a cherry. dd.— filed under Proverbs
Others set carts before the horses.— filed under Proverbs
Democritus to the Reader. P. 35. Ed. 1887. Performed to a T.— filed under Proverbs
Plain as a nose in a man's face.— filed under Proverbs
This flea which I have in my ear. CC.— filed under Proverbs
We have here other fish to fry.— filed under Proverbs
C. We'll take the good-will for the deed.— filed under Proverbs
A baker's dozen.— filed under Prosperity
A crier of green sauce.— filed under Prosperity
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.— filed under Iii
Dialogue II. You shall never want rope enough.— filed under Providence
I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of Ossa, and set among those the shady Olympus.— filed under Strength
Man. Ep. 6. He briskly and cheerfully asked him how a man should kill time.— filed under Time
L'habit ne fait le moine. The dress does not make the monk.— filed under Dress