Demosthenes: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.— FROUDE — Short Studies on Great
Subjects. Education. By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.— GAY — Fables. Pt. II.
The Pack-Horse and the Carrier. Roy's wife of Aldivalloch, Wat ye how she cheated me, As I came o'er the braes of Balloch?— ANNE GRANT — Roy's Wife.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize, Nor all that glisters gold.— GRAY — Ode on a Favorite Cat.
That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar.— BRET HARTE — Plain Language from
Truthful James. The angel answer'd, "Nay, sad soul; go higher! To be deceived in your true heart's desire Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"— JOHN HAY — A Woman's Love.
Judas had given them the slip.— MATHEW HENRY — Commentaries.
Matthew XXII.
Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress. S.— WENTWORTH DILLON — Essay on Translated Verse. L. 216.
O that grave speech would cumber our quick souls Like bells that waste the moments with their loudness.— GEORGE ELIOT — The Spanish Gypsy. Bk. III.
Speech is but broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken.— GEORGE ELIOT — The Spanish Gypsy. Bk. I.
Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech.— EMERSON — Essay on Nominalist and
Realist. The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.— GOLDSMITH — The Bee. No. 3.