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 Wendell Phillips

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

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.— filed under Action
the Arraignment of Paris. Revolutions are not made; they come.— filed under Change
Opinion, Jan. 28, 1852. Revolutions never go backward.— filed under Change
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.— filed under Destiny
Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.— filed under Education
One on God's side is a majority.— filed under God
Remote from man, with God he passed the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. PARNELL The Hermit. L. 5. The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.— filed under Religion
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