Rabbit.— Rabhle.— Race. — Race.— Rack.
R.
Rabbit.
1. Like a rabbit, fat and lean in twent}^-four
hours.
2. Smart rabbit go home fo* de snow done fal-
len. American Negro,
Rabble.
I. Sometimes the rabble discovers what is right.
Latin.
Race.
1. He lives to build, not boast, a generous race ;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.
Savage the bastard,
2. It is better to be the first of one*s race than
the last (meanest). Fr,
3. The decay of a race is an inevitable necessity
unless it lives in deserts and never mixes its blood.
Bea,
Race.
1. The race is got by running.
2. The race is not always to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong.
Rack.
I. The rack can extort a false confession from
the innocent. Latin,
Rag^amuffin.
I. He who is always drinking and stuffing
Will in time become a ragamuffin. Ger.
Rage.
1. Rage furnishes no weapon. Latin,
2. Rage is a brief insanity. (Jra brevis furor est,)
Raillery.— Rain.— Rainbow.— Rank.— Rare, j 87
Raillery.
1. No raillery is worse than that which is true.
2. Raillery which plays with the foibles of the
great is long remembered and seldom forgiven.
Tacitus.
Rain*
1. After great droughts come great rains. Dutch.
2. ** Agree between yourselves" (as to the time)
quoth Arlotto, " and I will make it rain." ItaL
3. A heavy shower is soon over. Ital.
4. A little rain stills a great wind. Fr.
5. After fain comes sunshine. Fr.^ Ger.y Dutch.
6. It is pleasant to look on the rain when one
stands dry. Dutch.
7. Much rain wears the marble. Shaks.
8. One alreadv wet does not fear the ram. Turk.
9. Small rain lays a great wind. Itctl.
10. Small rain lays great dust.
11. Some rain, some rest.
12. When it rains it pours.
Rainbow.
1. The rainbow at night is the sailor's delight.
2. The rainbow in the morning gives the sailor
warning.
Rank.
1 . Rank has its bores as well as pleasures. Bea.
2. The rank is but the guinea stamp,
A man 's a man for a* that. Bums.
3. There is a rank of mind as well as of birth.
Rare.
I. Rare commodities are worth more than good.
Igg Rascau^Rashness.— Rasp.— Rat.
1. A rascal grown rich has lost all his kindred.
2. A rascal praised, you make his faults your
own. Horace.
Rashness.
1. A rash man, a skin of good wine and a glass
vessel do not last long. For.
2. A rash man provokes trouble, but when the
trouble comes is no match for it Chinese.
3. It is best not to be rash. JValter Scoff,
4. Rash presumption is a ladder which will break
the mounter's neck.
5. Rashness brings success to few, misfortune
to many. Phcedrus.
6. Rashness is not always fortunate. Uvy.
7. Rashness is not valor.
Rasp.
I. You must use the rasp before you turn to the
sand-paper.
Rat.
1. A good rat will not injure the grain near its
own hole. Chinese.
2. A rat makes a hole, a snake inhabits it Tamil.
3. A rat may flood a province.
Sydney Smithy speaking of Holland.
4* An old rat easily finds a hole. Dufch.
5. An old rat won't go into a trap. Dufch.
6. Do you not smell a rat ? Benjonson.
7. Many a rat devours the lion. Ger.
8. Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy
in misfortune.
Raven. — Razor.
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9. Rats do not play tricks with kittens. Sp.
10. Rats desert a sinking ship.
11. The rat betrayed by his own trap perishes.
Latin.
12. The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.
Sp.j Dutch,
13. The very rats had instinctively quit it (the
ship). Shaks,
Raven.
1. A raven can wish a long time before the
horse die therefrom. Ger,
2. Foster a raven and it will pluck out your
eyes. Sf.
3. He that takes a raven for his guide will light
on carrion. Oriental.
4. The raven chides blackness.
5. The raven doth not hatch a lark. Shaks.
6. The raven is fair when the rook is not by.
Dan.
7. The young ravens are beaked like the old.
DuUh.
8. *' Thou art a bitter bird," said the raven to
the starling.
9. When the ravens cry the rain follows. Ger.
10. Who doth the raven for a guide invite,
Must marvel not on carcasses to light.
Oriental.
Razor.
1. A razor against a whetstone, i>., he has met his
match, Latin.
2. The razor cannot shave itself.
West African Negro.
IQO
Rrading. — Ready.— Reason.
Reading.
1. And better had they ne'er been born,
Who read to doubt or read to scorn.
Walter Scott.
2. By reading a man antedates his life and
makes himself contemporary with ages past. Collier.
3. He that can read and meditate will not find
his evenings long or life tedious.
4. Read and you will know.
Mother of Sir William Jones.
5. Reading between the lines.
6. Reading maketh a full man, conversation a
ready man, and writing an exact man. Bacon.
Ready.
I. He who is not ready to-day will be less so
to-morrow. Ovid.
Reason.
1. A man without reason is a beast in season.
2. Do not an ill thing in company nor alone, but
above all respect yourself; govern yourself by
reason. Pythagoras,
3. He that does not reason is a slave.
4. He that will not reason is a bigot.
5. I have no other but a woman's reason,
I think him so because I think him so. Shahs.
6. If you will not hear reason, she will surely
rap your knuckles.
7. Neither great poverty nor great riches will
hear reason.
8. Reason binds the man.
9. Reason does not come before years. Ger.
Rebel, Rebellioit. igj
10. Reason governs the wise man and cudgels
the fool.
11. Reason lies between the bridle and the spur.
Ital.
12. Reason not with the great,
'Tis a perilous gate. Fr,
13. Reason serves when pressed, but honest in-
stinct comes a volunteer. Pope.
14. Strong reasons make strong actions. Shaks,
15. Swift instinct leaps, slow reason feebly climbs.
Young,
16. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
La Fontaine,
17. There are subjects upon which we cannot
reason, we can only feel. Maga,
18. 'Tis in vain to speak reason where it will not
be heard.
19. To tell a lie and give a reason for it.
20. Two principles in human nature reign.
Self-love to urge and reason to restrain.
21. We reason from our heads but act from our
hearts. Fielding,
Rebel, Rebellion.
1. To despise life is the first qualification of a
rebel. Gibbon.
2. Who draws his sword against his prince must
throw away the scabbard.
3. An insurrection that stands still is an insur-
rection ruined. Maga,
4. Conquered rebellion strengthens a govern-
ment. Fielding,
IQ2 Rebuke.— RECKIVEII.--RBCBIVING.
Rebuke.
1. Open rebuke is better than secret hatred.
2. Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
3., Rebuke ought not to have a grain more of
salt than of sugar.
Receiver.
I. The receiver is as bad as the thieL
Receiving.
1. What is worth receiving is worth returning.
Itai.
2. Who receives should thank, who gives should
be silent. Ger.
Reckoning.
1. A short reckoning makes long friendship. Ital.
2. Always count the cost.
3. Don't reckon your eggs before they are laid«
Itai.
4. Don't reckon without your host. Ger.
5. He that reckoneth before his host must reckon
again.
6. I may go over my reckoning but not over
my time. Dutch.
7. Merry is the feast*making until we come to
the reckoning.
8. Misreckoning is no payment.
9. Old reckonings breed new disputes.
Fr^ Ital,, Sp.
10. Reckon not your chickens before they are
hatched.
11. Short reckonings make long friends.
Fr,^ Ger,y For.^ Dutch.
Red. — Reed. — Refinement.
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12. The fairer the hostess the fouler the reckon-
ing.
13. The fairer the hostess the heavier the reckon-
ing. Ger,
14. Who can reckon well will not become poor.
Ger,
15. Who reckons without his host must reckon
again. Dutch,
16. Wine and roast ? Yes, yes 1 Count and bill !
Woe, woe I ^ Turk,
Red.
I. " Red is love's color," said the wooer to his
foxy charmer. Ger,
Reed.
1. He that sits among reeds may cut pipes as he
pleases.
2. Lean not on a reed.
3. Thou trusted in the staff of this broken reed.
Bible,
4. Where there are reeds there is water.
Refinement.
I. Over refinement is the herald of the decay of
a country.
Reformation, Reforms.
1. A true reformation must begin at the upper
end.
2. Fire and faggots are but sad reformers.
3. He who reforms, God assists. Sp.
4. Reforms are generally most unpopular where
most needed. MartitCs History of India,
5. To turn over a new leaf.
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IQA Refusing. — Regard. — Relations (Kindred).
Refusing.
1. A prompt refusal has in part the grace of a
favor granted. Ijitin.
2. Some refuse roast meat and afterwards long
for the smoke of it. ItaL
3. To refuse graciously is half to grant a favor.
Syrt^.
4. Who refuses, muses. Fr.
Regard*
1. I am the slave of him who regards me and
the king of him who disregards me. Turk,
Relations (Kindred).
1. A bag full of flour and a purse full of money
are the best relations in the world. Roumanian,
2. Curse on accounts with relations. Sp,
3. Dine with thy aunt, but not every day.
4. Go not every evening to your brother's house.
5. Go to your aunt's house but not every day.
Sp.
6. He who abandons his poor kindred God for-
sakes him.
7. If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been
my uncle.
8. I want more for my teeth than my relations.
For,
9. Let us have florins and we shall find cousins.
ItaL
10. Much kindred, much trouble. Fr.
11, My sister's son is a kinsman beyond dispute.
Sp.
Religion.
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12. My teeth are nearer than my kindred. Sp.
13. No relation is poor. Sp.
14. Poor relations have little honor. Dan,
15. Relations or not relations my turnips are
three hundred cash per picul. Chinese,
16. The kinsman's ears will hear it.
17. The nearest boor is the nearest kinsman when
the calf lies in the ditch. Dutch,
18. Though my father-in-law is a good man, I do
not like a dog with a bell.
19. With a relation eat and drink, but transact no
business with him. M, Greek,
Religion.
1. A man should be religious but not supersti-
tious. Latin,
2. A man without religion is like a horse with-
out a bridle. Latin,
3. A profitable religion never wants proselytes.
Ital,
4. All things that are good and beautiful make
us more religious. Bea,
5. Be not righteous over much. Bible,
6. Each one holds his own religion for the best.
Ger,
7. " I have learned religion, I believe what I
will, " said the cobbler. Ger,
8. It matters not what religion an ill man is of.
9. Much religion but no goodness.
10. No man's religion ever survived his morals.
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Rbmedy.
1 1. Our religion and our language we suck in with
our milk.
12. Religion has true and lasting joys; weigh all
and so if anything have more let heaven go.
13. Religion is the best armor but the worst
cloak.
14. Religion lays not an icy hand on the true joys
of life. BuckminsUr,
15. Religion was never designed to make our
pleasures less.
16. Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual
incident to it. Bea.
17. Religious contention is the devil's harvest Fr,
18. The strength of empire is in religion.
Benjanson.
19. There never was and never will be a country
without a religion. Byron,
Remedy.
1. Divine Providence always places the remedy
by the side of the evil. J*r,
2. Extreme remedies are never the first to be
resorted to.
3. How readily do men at ease prescribe to those
who're sick at heart. Tm^ence.
4. No one tries extreme remedies at first Seneca.
5. Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to Heaven. Shake,
6. The best remedy against an ill man is much
ground between both.
7. The remedy is worse than the disease. Scotch.
Remewbkr.— Rt 11 KM SKANCE.— Remorse. iqt
8, The remedy of lo-morrow is too late for ihe
.evil of to-day. Sp.
. 9. There is a remedy for all things but the ap-
pointed time to die. litrA.
10. There is a remedy for everything could men
find it.
II. There is a remedy for everything except
death. J'r., Sp., Dutch, Dan.
\z. Where remedies are needed, sighing avails
not. Ital.
Remember.
I. It is as well now and then not to remember ^^
all we know. Syrus, ^^^^H
2. Remember Lot's wife. New Testament. ^^^^H
3. Remember Milo's end, ^^^H
Wedged in that timber which he strove to ^|
rend. Roscommon , ^|
4. That is pleasant to remember which was hard ^^^^H
to ^^^^1
5. That which was endured with difficulty is re- ^^^^|
membered with delight. Smeca. ^^^^|
6. We have all forgotten more than we remem- ^^^H
^^^1
7. What was hard to bear is sweet to remember, ^^^H
^^^1
8. What you remember to your cost you remem- ^^^^H
ber long. Dan. ^^^^H
t. The remembrance of a well spent life is ^^^H
'^^^^1
Remorse. ^^^^H
I, Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. Bulwer. ^^^^H
I og Rbmovino.— Renter.— Repair.— Repentanci.
Removing.
1. I never saw an oft-removed tree, nor yet an
oft-removed family that throve so well as those that
settled be. Franklin.
2. One is never so rich* as when he moves from
one house to another. I*r.
3. Plants oft removed never thrive. Ger,
4. Remove an old tree and it will wither to
death.
5. Remove not the ancient landmarks which
thy fathers have set. Solomon.
6. Three removes are as bad as a fire.
7. Trees often transplanted seldom prosper.
Dutch.
8. Two removes are as bad as a fire.
Renter.
I. The owner has one house, the renter a thou-
sand. Turk.
Repair.
1. He that repairs not a part builds all.
2. He who does not repair a gutter has a whole
house to repair. Sp,
3. It is better to repair the beginning than the
eiid. Ger.
4. Let him that receives the profit repair the
inn.
Repentance.
1. A noble mind disdains not to repent. Homer.
2. Amendment is repentance.
3. Every one finds sin sweet and repentance
bitter. Dan.
Repentance. log
4. He that protects an ill man may live to repent
it.
5. Late repentance is seldom worth much. Dan,
6. Not to repent of a fault is to justify it.
7. He who seeks repentance for the past
Should woo the angel virtue. in the future.
Bulwer,
8. I left what I know for what I hear and re-
pented. Sp,
9. He that repents of a fault upon right grounds
is almost innocent Seneca,
10. Repentance costs dear. Fr,^ Sp,
11. Repentance does not bring the lost back. Ger,
12. Repentance follows hasty counsels. Syrus,
13. Repentance is not to be measured by inches
and hours.
14. Repentance is the heart's medicine. Ger,
15. Repentance is the whip for fools.
16. Short acquaintance brings repentance.
17. Take nothing in hand that may bring repent
ance. Dutch
18. That may be soon done which brings long re
pentance. Dan
19. The sinning is the best part of repentance
{An atrocious maxim,) Arabian
20. Thou must repent,
And one bad act with many deeds well done
mayst cover. Milton,
21. 'Tis never too late to repent.
22. When all is consumed repentance comes too
,'ate.
200 Rkhort. — Reproach. —Reproof.— Reputation.
23. You will never repent of being patient and
sober.
Report.
1. In the report of riches and goodness always
bate one half. Sp.
2. Report makes the wolf bigger than he is. Ger.
Reproach.
1. Reproach is infinite and knows no end.
2. The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
Reproof.
1. A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.
2. Public reproof hardens shame.
3. Reprove not a scomer lest he hate thee;
rebuke a wise man and he will love thee. Bible.
4. Reprove others but correct thyself.
5. Reprove thy friend privately, commend him
publicly. Solon.
6. Reproof never does a wise man harm.
7. Who reproves the lame must go upright. Dan.
8. It is better to reprove privately than to be
angry secretly.
Reputation.
1. A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills.
Sp.
2. A good name covers theft Ger.
3. A good name is a rich inheritance. Ger.
4. A good name is a second inheritance. Ger.
5. A good name is better than a golden girdle.
Fr.
6. A good name is better than precious oint-
ment. Bible.
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J. A good name is better than riches, Sii/e.
8. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.
9. A good reputation is a fair estate.
10. A great reputation is a great charge,
: [. A good name is sooner tint than won,
iz. A man had better die than lose his good
name. li/ri.
13. A man's charactei' reaches town before his
14. A splendid reputation is not amongst the
necessaries of life. Z>r. Johnson.
15. A wounded reputation is seldom cured.
16. Beware of him who regards not his repu-
17. Good name in man or woman
Is the immediate jewel of their soul. Skaks,
18. Good repute ia belter than a golden belt. Fr.
19. Good repute is like the cypress, once cut it
never puts forth leaf again. Ital.
zo. He deserves no man's good word of whom
all men speak well. Arabian.
, He that regardelh not his reputation despis-
eth V
a dead n
>i. He who hath lost his repu
among the living, Sp.
13. He who hath lost his good name how shall he
in the future earn his living. Latin.
24. He is born in a good hour who gets a good
name.
25, How difficult it IS to SKve the bsrk of reputa-
tion from the rocks of ignorance. PetrartM.
202 Rbputation.
26. If one's name be up he may lie abed*
27. It is better to lose an eye than one's reputa-
tion. TUrk.
28. It takes a lifetime to build up a good repu*
tation ; it may be lost in a moment.
29. Let every man strive to add a good name to
his other capital.
30. No ruins are so irreparable as those of repu-
tation.
31. One man may steal a horse, and another may
not look over the hedge.
32. Our reputation for wisdom depends much on
our success. Euripides.
33. Reputation is commonly measured by the
acre.
34. Reputation is often got without merit and
lost without fault.
35. Reputation serves to virtue as light does to a
picture.
36. Repute hangs a man. Fr.
37. Take away my good name, take away my life.
38. The first step to a good name is a good life,
the next is good behavior.
39. The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. Shaks^
40. The reputation of a man depends on the first
steps he makes in the world. Pope.
41. There is no reputation so clear but a slan-
derer may stain it.
42. When his name is up he may lie abed.
Sp€Ct€ttor.
KeQU it AL. — R ESOL UTION. — RESPECT.
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43. When your name is up you may lie abed till
noon.
Requital.
I. He that looks for a requital serves himself,
not me.
Resolution.
1. A resolute man cares nothing about diffi-
culties. Tamil,
2. Be resolved and the thing is done. Chinese,
3. Bold resolution is the favorite of Providence.
4. Every task can be accomplished by a man of
re so 1 u t i o n . Chimse,
5. He who refuses to serve either king or prince
is possessed of lofty resolution. Chinese.
6. He who resolves suddenly repents at leisure.
7. In things that must be it is good to be reso-
lute.
8. Once resolved, the trouble is over.
9. Resolution is independent of great age, but
without it one lives a hundred years in vain. Chinese,
10. Set a stout heart to a steep hill-side. Scotch,
11. Set hard heart against hard hap.
12. The first thing a scholar does is to establish
resolution. Chinese.
13. With ease a man of worth establishes a fam-
ily, and what is hard to the true superior man when
he resolves. Chinese,
14. Without resolution a man must make his liv-
ing by the sweat of his brow. Chinese,
Respect.
I. Respect a man, he will do the more.
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Rest. — R rrREAT.
2. Respect for one's parents is the highest of
the duties of civil life. Chinese.
Rest.
1. A man rests all over when he lies down.
Stonewall Jackson,
2. A short rest is always good. Dan.
3. All that are in a bed must not have quiet
rest.
4. Alternate rest and labor long endure. Ovid.
5. Better a little with rest than much with un-
rest. Ger.
6. Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. Sterne,
7. Rest comes from unrest and unrest from rest.
Ger.
8. Rest is good after the work is done. Dan.
9. Rest is sweet after strife. Owen Meredith,
10. Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. Plutarch,
11. Rest is won only by work. Turk,
12. Rest makes rusty. Dan,
13. Silken rest tie all my cares up.
Beaumont atid Fletcher,
14. The fertile field becomes sterile without rest.
Sp,
15. Too much rest itself becomes a pain. Homer,
Retreat.
1. A brave retreat is a brave exploit.
2. Flying men often meet their fate. Uvy,
3. He that fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day. Butler,
4. He who retires does not fly. Don Quixote,
Retribution.
20S
5. In all the trade of war no feat
Is nobler than a brave retreat. Butler.
Retribution.
1. As they brew so let them bake.
2. As they pipe to me I will dance. Por.
3. As they sow let them reap.
4. As you begun the dance you may pay the
piper. Dutch.
5. As you brew so drink.
6. As you have ground so eat. M, Greek.
7. As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
8. As you salute you will be saluted. ItaL
9. As you sow you shall reap.
10. Every one reaps as he sows. Por.
11. For it is sport to have the engineer hoist by
his own petar. Shaks,
12. He falls into the pit who leads another into
it. Sp.
13. He is caught in his own snare. Latin.
14. He is dead in his own den.
North American Indian.
15. He that makes his bed ill lies thereon.
16. He that digs a pit falls into it himself. Ger,
17. He who laid a snare for me has fallen into
it. Sp.
18. Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it
may singe yourself. Shaks.
19. Perfidy often recoils upon its author.
La Fontaine.
20. Subtlety set a trap and was caught itself.
2o6 Rrvenge.
21. They thought to put others in a sleeve and
they are put in themselves.
22. Those who sow injustice reap hate and ven-
geance. Fr.
23. Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also
reap. New Testament.
24. You are bottled in your own jug.
North American Indian.
25. You are mired in the hole which you dug
yourself. North American Indian.
26. You gather a rod for your own back.
27. You were caught with your own chaff.
North American Indian.
Revenge.
1. Forgetting of a wrong is a mild revenge.
2. He's like the pope's mule that kept his kick
for seven years. ItcU.
3. He who cannot revenge himself is weak ; he
who will not is contemptible. Ital.
4. He who will have a good revenge let him
leave it to God.
5. He who would seek revenge must be on his
guard. Dan.
6. If I ever catch his cart overthrowing I'll
give it one shove.
7. If you want to be revenged hold your tongue.
Sp.
8. In taking revenge a man is but even with his
enemy, but in passing it over he is superior.
9. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear
them.
Revenge.
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10. It is but the weak and little mind that re-
joices in revenge. JuvenaL
11. It is more wisdom sometimes to dissemble
wrongs than to revenge them.
12. It is worse to do than revenge an injury.
13. No one delights more in revenge than a
woman. JuvenaL
14. Nothing so easy as to revenge an offence;
nothing so grand as to pardon it.
15. Revenge a hundred years old has still its
milk teeth. Ital,
16. Revenge at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. Milton.
17. Revenge converts a little right into a great
wrong. Ger.
18. Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act
and deed.
19. Revenge is an expensive luxury.
20. Revenge is new wrong.
21. Revenge is sure though sometimes slow
paced. Dryden,
22. Revenge is sweet.
23. Revenge remains not unrevenged. Ger,
24. Since he cannot be revenged on the ass he
falls on the pack-saddle.
25. Sit down and dangle your legs and you will
see your revenge. ItaL
26. Sweet is revenge, — especially to women.
Byron^
27. The best revenge is to prevent the injury.
28. The revenge of an idiot is without mercy.
2o8 Revolutions. —Reward. — Rich.
29. The whirligig of time brings in its revenges.
Sheiks.
30. There is small revenge in words, but words
may be greatly revenged.
31. Tis sure the mighty will revenge at last.
La Fontaine.
32. To lose one eye that you may deprive another
of two. Sp.
7^2i* To forget wrong is the best revenge.
34. To revenge is no valor, but to bear. Shaks.
35. Wait for time and place to take your revenge
for it is never well done in a hurry. lUii.
36. Who holds his peace and gathers stones, will
find a time to throw them. For.
Revolutions.
I. Revolutions never go backward.
Reward.
I. Desert and reward go not often together.
Rich.
1. A little house well filled, a little land well
tilled, and a little wife well willed are great riches.
2. A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not,
is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
3. A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.
Dan.
4. A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise
ones. Sp.
5. A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
Latin.
6. A rich man is never ugly in the eyes oi a
girl. JFr.
Rich.
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7. A rich man knows not his friends. Ger,
8. A rich man without understanding is a sheep
with golden wool. Ger.
9. A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.
10. All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good.
Latin.
11. All strive to give to the rich man.
12. And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Goldsmith,
7 13. At the door of the rich are many friends, at
the door of the poor none. Hebrew,
14. Before the rich man is willing to give, the
poor man dies. Turk,
15. Better rich in God than rich in gold.
16. Every one is kin to the rich man.
17. For one rich man that is content there are a
hundred who are not.
18. Give me neither poverty or riches. Bible,
19. God help the poor, for the rich can help them-
selves. Scotch.
20. God help the poor, the rich help themselves.
Ger.
21. God help the poor, the rich can beg.
22. God sends us some wheat of our own when the
rich men go to dinner.
23. God sends us of our own when rich men go to
dinner.
24. He alone is rich who makes a proper use of
his riches. Horace.
25. He has riches enough who need neither bor-
row nor flatter.
«4
2IO Rich-
26. He is not fit for riches who is afraid to use
them.
27. He is not rich who is not satisfied. Ger.
28. He is rich enough who does not want. ItaL
29. He is rich enough who has true friends. Ger,
30. He is rich enough who owes nothing.
Ger.^ Fr.^ ItaL
31. He is rich that is satisfied.
32. He is richest who is content with least, for
content is the wealth of a nation.
33. He is truly rich who desires nothing and he
is truly poor who covets all. Solan.
34. He that is poor all his kindred scorn him ; he
that is rich all are kin to him.
35. He that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be
innocent. Proverbs.
36. He that never fails never grows rich. ItaL
37. He that oppresses the poor to increase his
riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely
come to want. BibU.
38. He who despises small things seldom grows
rich. Dan,
39. He who has good health is young and he is
rich who has no debts.
40. He who hastens to be rich incurs peril.
Chinese,
41. He who is rich can have no vice, and he that
is poor no virtue. Fielding,
42. He who wants to be rich in a year comes to
the gallows in half a year. Fr.y ItaLy Sf.^
43. I never knew a silent rich man. Fr.
Rich. 211
44. I would rather be a hog than an ignorant
rich man. Bishop Hall.
45. If rich be not elated, if poor be not dejected.
Socrates.
46. If riches were granted even beggars would
become rich. M. Greek.
47. Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die
rich ? Juvenal.
48. It is a miserable sight to see a poor man
proud and a rich man avaricious. Ital.
49. It is better to be poor and well, than rich and
ill. African.
50. It is better to be poor with honor than rich
with shame. Ger.
51. It is not without a purpose when a rich man
greets a poor man with kindness. Plautus.
52. It would make a man scratch where he doth
not itch to see a man live poor to die rich.
53. Men often seem rich to become rich. Maga.
54. Moderate riches will carry you, if you have
more you must carry them.
55. Once poor, my friend, still poor you must re-
main,
The rich alone have all the means of gain.
Martial
56. No good man ever becomes suddenly rich.
Syrus.
57. No man is so rich as to say, " I have enough."
Latin.
58. Not possession but use is the only riches.
59. Rich for yoirself, poor for your friend.
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Rich.
60. Rich in gold, rich in care. G€r.
61. Rich men and fortunate men have need of
much prudence.
62. Rich men are slaves condemned to the
mines.
63. Rich men feel misfortunes that pass over
poor men's heads.
64. Rich men have no faults.
65. Rich men seem happy, great and wise, all
which the good man only is.
66. Rich men's spots are covered with money.
67. Rich people are everywhere at home. (xer.
68. Riches abuse them who know not how to use
them.
69. Riches and cares are inseparable.
{Fable of the mouse and the weasd^
70. Riches and favor go before wisdom and art.
Dan.
71. Riches and virtue do not often keep each
other company.
72. Riches are always restless ; it is only to pov-
erty the gods give content. Maga.
73. Riches are as precious as life. 2\irk.
74. Riches are but the baggage of fortune.
75. Riches are but the baggage of virtue.
76* Riches are first to be sought for, after wealth
virtue.
77. Riches are like muck which stink in a heap
but spread abroad make the earth fruitful.
78. Riches are often abused but never refused.
Dan,
^^T ^'<^ 313 ■
79
Riches breed care,
poverty is safe. Dan. H
So
Riches cause arrogance, poverty meekness. |
Ger. ■
8i
Riches come better after poverty than pov H
eny after riches.
Chinese. H
82
Riches endless is a
s poor as winter, H
To him that ever fears he shall be poor. B
Shaks. ■
83
Riches fall not always to the lot of the most H
deserving.
Latin. ■
84.
Riches have made
more men covetous, than ^|
covet
ousness hath made n
■
8S-
Riches have their e
mbarrassments, Fr. ^|
86
Riches have wings.
■
87.
Riches make men v
orse in their latter days. H
88.
Riches never com
even by chance to him H
whos
destiny it is to be poor. Chinese. ^|
89.
Riches only adorn the house, but virtue ^|
adom
s the person.
Chinese. ■
90.
Riches only give us
meat, fire and clothes, H
Pope. ■
91.
Riches rule the roast. B
91.
Riches serve a wise
man but command a fool. H
93-
Riches take peace
rom the soul but rarely if H
everc
onfer it.
Petrarch. H
94.
Riches well got and well used are a blessing. ^|
95-
Riches will bear ou
folly, Latin. ■
96.
Riches without understanding, 3 body without ^|
a sou
Ger. ■
97-
(iesiie
That man is rich w
ho hath a sufficiency and ^|
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Rich.
98. The abuse of riches is worse than the want
of them.
99. The foolish sayings of the nch man pass for
laws in society. Don Quixote.
100. The rich and ignorant are sheep with golden
wool. It€U.
1 01. The rich are trustees under God for the
poor.
102. The rich can only eat with one mouth. Ger.
103. The rich devour the poor, and the devil de-
vours the rich and so both are devoured. Dutch.
104. The rich have many friends. Dutch.
105. The rich man does not know who is his
friend.
106. The rich man has more relations than he
knows. Fr.
107. The rich man is often poorer than the beg-
gar. Ger.
108. The rich need not beg a welcome.
109. The rich never want for kindred.
no. The rich ruleth over the poor and the bor-
rower is servant to the lender. Bible.
111. The richest man carries nothing away with
him but his shroud. Fr.
112. The richest man whatever his lot,
Is he who's content with what he has got.
Dutch.
113. The ways to enrich are many and most of
them foul for you. Terence.
114. The whole world is the house of the rich and
they may live in whatever apartment they please.
Fielding,
Rich.
215
115. There are none so poor they cannot help, and
none so rich as not to need help. Ger,
116. There be as many miseries beyond riches as
on this side them.
117. There is no one so rich that he does not still
want something. Ger,
118. There is no revenging yourself on a rich man.
Don Quixote,
119. *Tis brave scrambling at the rich man's dole.
120. To be rich one must have a relation at home
with the devil. ItaL
121. To become rich In this world it needs only to
turn one's back on God. ItaL
122. To whom can riches give repute or trust.
Content, or pleasure, but the good and just 'i
Pope.
123. We heap up riches as if we should live al-
ways. Fr,
124. What need a rich man be a thief?
125. When riches increase, the body decreaseth.
126. Who is healthy and free is rich. Ger.
127. Who will become rich must cast his soul be-
hind the money chest. Ger,
128. Who will become rich must have great care
and little conscience. Ger,
129. Who will become rich must rise at four; who
is rich may lie till seven. Ger,
130. Who would be rich in a year gets hanged in
half a year. Sp,
131. Who would be rich must keep his soul under
cover of his cash box. Ger,
2 1 6 Ridicule. — Ridiculous. — Riding.
Ridicule.
1. Ridicule is the test of truth.
2. The dread of ridicule extinguishes originality
in its birth. Maga.
Ridiculous.
I. A fear of becoming ridiculous is the best
guide in life and will save one from all sorts of
scrapes. Bea,
Riding.
1. A canter is a cure for every evil. 3ea.
2. Be the horse good or bad always wear your
spurs. ItaL
3. Before you mount look at the girth. Dutch,
4. Better a begging mother than a riding father.
5. Better badly mounted than proud on foot.
Ger.
6. Better ride, when saddles do lack,
On a pad than on a bare horse's back.
7. He rode sure indeed that never caught a fall.
8. He that can't ride a gentle horse must not
attempt to break a mad colt.
9. He that rides before he is ready wants some
o' his gear.
10. He who knows the road can ride at full trot.
Ital.
11. He who rides behind another does not saddle
when he will. Sp.
12. He who rides on the giant's shoulders sees
further than he who carries him. J*r,
13. He who rides the horse is his master. JDan,
14. He who rides the mule shoes her. Fr,
Right.
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15. If two men ride a horse one must ride behind.
Shaks,
16. It is good to go afoot when one is tired of
riding. Dutch,
17. More belongs to riding than a pair of riding
boots. Ger,
18. Ne'er rode, ne'er fall.
19. Ride on but look before you. Dutch.
20. Ride softly that we may come sooner home.
21. Riding the only thing that princes ever do
well because horses are no flatterers. Swift*
22. The best horseman is always on his feet.
23. When you ride a young colt see your saddle
be well girt.
24. You ride as if you went to fetch a midwife.
Right.
1. A hundred years of wrong do not make an
hour of right. Ger.
2. A man in the right with God on his side is
the majority. Beecher.
3. Be sure you're right, then go abend.
Davy Crockett,
4. Between right and wrong never balance a
moment.
5. Entreaty and right do the deed. Sp.
6. Every one says " my right is good.*' Fr,
7. Good right needs no help. Dutch.
8. I would rather be wrong with this man than
right with others. Latin.
9. Little between right and wrong.
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10. Many love to praise right and do wrong. Dan,
11. No one is always right.
12. Nothing can be great which is not right
Ramhler.
13. Right is with the strongest. Ger.
14. Right or wrong, God aid our purpose, .^f^.
15. Right or wrong, 'tis our house up to the roof.
Sp., Par.
16. Right overstrained turns to wrong. Sp.
17. Right wrangs nae man.
18. That side is always right that's strong,
And that that's beaten must be wrong.
Royal Songs.
19. One truth is clear, whatever is is right. Pope.
20. What is right for one is reasonable for the
other. Ger.
21. Where force prevails right perbhes. Sp.
22. Where might is right, right is not upright. Crer.
23. Where there's no might there's no right Par.
24. Where will is right law is banished. Dan.
25. Who bows to might loses his right. Ger.
26. Who does right is bom of God. Ger.
27. Who does right is born sufficiently noble. Grer.
28. Who is in the right fears, who is in the wrong
hopes. Pr.
29. With a little wrong a man comes by his right
Sp.
Rip.
I. We must rip, not tear away.
River. — Rhyme.— Righteous.
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River.
1. A smooth river washes away its banks.
Servian,
2. Swollen rivers subside rapidly. Latin.
3. The course of a river is not to be altered.
Latin,
4. The greatest rivers must run into the sea. Ger.
5. The river does not swell with clear water.
Itai.
6. The river which runneth with sound beareth
away along with it stone and water. Spanish Gypsy.
7. When the river makes a noise it is either
dried up or much swollen. 1^.
8. Where the river is deepest it makes least
noise. //a/., .^,, For.
9. You, a river, are contending with the ocean.
Ld^n.
RhjTine.
1. For rh3rme the rudder is of verses,
With which like ships they steer their courses.
Butler,
2. It's neither rhyme nor reason.
Righteous.
1. Be not righteous overmuch. BiMe,
2. Many are the afflictions of the righteous.
Bid/e,
3. The green bums for the dry, and the right-
eous pay for sinners. Sp.
4. The righteous find peace when the wicked
feel torment.
5. The righteous pays for the sinner. Ar.
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6. Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for
the old one. JDutch.
1. It is better to risk, than to delay overmuch.
2. It is necessary to risk something. Latin,
3. Swift risks are often attended with precipitate
falls.
Road.
1. All roads lead to the mill. Syriac.
2. De public road aint free for de rattlesnake.
American Negro.
3. Had you but seen those roads before they
were made,
You'd lift up your hands and bless General
Wade.
4. The beaten road is the safest. Coke.
5. The nearer the inn, the longer the road. Ger.
6. Whatever way you take there is a league of
bad road. Sp.
Robbing.
1. He that is robbed not wanting what is stolen.
Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at
all. Shaks.
2. To rob a robber is not robbing. Fr.
3. To steal for pence is dastardly and mean ;
To rob for millions with a soul serene,
Soils not the fingers ; all such is clean.
Robin Hood.
I. Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot
in his bow.
Many talk of Little John that never did him
know.
ROCHKFOUCAULD, — RoCK.— ROCKET. — ROC KING-CM AIK. 22 |
2. Robin Hood's pennyworth. {Applied to those
who having gotten a thing irregularly sell it much
below cost.}
3, Tales of Robin Hood are good enough for
Rochefoucauld.
I. Rochefoucauld is the greatest philosopher for
administering consolation to the idle, the envious,
and worthless of mankind. Addison.
Rock.
I. The Tocic that resists a crow-bar gives way to
the roots of a tender plant. Tamil.
Rocket.
1, Goes up like a rocket, comes down like a
stick.
2. The final event to himself (Mr. Burke) has
been, that as he rose like a rocket he fell like a
stick, Thomas Paine,
Rocking-cluur.
J. Better to keep de rockin' chair In de cabin lof
till Sunday. American Negro.
Rogue.
1. After a long experience of the world, I
affirm before God, 1 never knew a rogue who was
not unhappy. Junius.
2. A rogue in grain is a rogue amain.
zi. A thread will lie an honest man better than a
rope will do a rogue.
3. He who has left a rogue behind him has
made a good day's journey. Ger.
4. He who would catch a rogue must watch
behind the door. Dutch.
222 Roman.— Rome.
5. If you pity rc^;iie8 you are no great friend of
honest men.
6. If you save a rogue from the gallows he will
rob you before night.
7. It is easier to fill a rogue's belly than his eyes.
8. Much better never catch a rogue than let him
go again.
9. No greater rogue than he who marries only
for money, and no greater fool than he who marries
only for love. Dr. Johnson.
10. No rogue like the godly rogue.
11. Nobody calls himself rogue.
12. One rogue is usher to another still. JTomer.
13. One rogue does not betray another. Ger.
14. One rogue knows another. Ger.
15. One rogue makes another.
16. To a rogue a rogue and a half. JFr.
17. When a rogue kisses you count your teeth.
Hebrew.
18. When rogues fall out, honest men come by
their own.
19. When rogues go in procession the devil car-
ries the cross. Itai.
20. You cannot make a good archbishop of a
rogue. Dan.
Roman.
I. Wherever the Roman conquered he inhab*
ited. Gibbon.
Rome.
I. All roads lead to Rome. Ital.
Root. — Rope. — Rose.
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2. Every road leads to Rome. Fr,^ Sp.
3. He who would live at Rome must not quarrel
with the pope. Fr,
4. I found Rome brick, I left it marble.
Augustus CcBsar.
5. I had rather be the first man in a village than
the second man in Rome. Ccesar.
6. It is folly to live in Rome and quarrel with
the pope. John RusseL
7. Rome was not built in a day.
8. The nearer to Rome the worse Christian.
Dutch,
9. There are many roads to Rome. ItaL
10. When you are at Rome do as Rome does.
11. Where the pope is Rome is. ItaL
12. Ye drive a snail to Rome.
Root.
I. When the root is worthless so is the tree. Ger,
Rope.
I. Name not a rope in the house of him that
hanged himself.
Rose.
1. An onion will not produce a rose. Latin,
2. Among thorns, grow roses.
3. Brief, while the rose doth bloom gather it
straight;
No rose, but thorns, remain for those who
wait.
4. Every rose has its thorn. ItaL
5. For the rose the thorn is often plucked.
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Rowing.
6. Gather the rose and leave the thorn behind.
7. He who would gather roses must not fear
thorns. Dutch.
8. No house without a mouse, no bam without
corn, no rose without a thorn. Ger.
9. Not every one may pluck roses.
10. Pluck the rose, and leave the thorns. IteU.
11. Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.
Ger.
12. Roses fall but the thorns remain. Dutch.
13. Roses have thorns.
14. Soon fades the rose, once past the fragrant
hour.
The loiterer finds a bramble for a flower.
Dr, Johnson, from the Greek.
15. Strew no roses before swine. Dutch.
16. The bud becomes a rose, and the rose a hip.
Fr.
17. The faded rose no suitor knows.
18. The fairest rose at last is withered.
19. The rose is queen. Ger.
20. The roses fall and the thorns remain. ItcU.
21. There are more thistles than roses. Ger.
22. Under the thorn grow the roses. Ger.
23. You may break, you may shatter the vase as
you will.
But the scent of the roses will hang round it
still. Moore.
Rowing.
I. He looks one way and rows another.
Rubbish. — Rudder.— Rudeness.--Ruin.— Rule.
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2. He that's carried down the stream need not
row.
3. It is good rowing with set sail. Dutch.
4. You may row your heart out, if the wind and
tide set against you.
Rubbish.
I. Rubbish is only matter out of place.
Rudder.
1. He that will not be ruled by the rudder, must
be ruled by the rock. Cornish,
2. One that will not answer to the rudder must
answer to the rock.
Rudeness.
I. Rudeness will repel when courtesy would at-
tract friends.
Ruin.
I. You are creeping on your knees to the fire-
place ; !>., going to ruin. Kaffir,
Rule.
1. No rule (general) withput an exception.
2. Submit to the rule you have yourself laid
down. Latin,
3. The good old rule sufficeth them, the simple
plan.
That they should take who had the power
and they should keep who can. Old Song,
Ruling.
1. He that hath a fellow ruler, hath an over-
ruler.
2. He that is heady is ruled by a fool.
3. He who would rule, must hear and be deaf,
see and be blind. Ger.
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226 RUMMUfC— RUSSIAM.
4. No ruler good save God.
5. No single man is bom with the right of con-
trolling all the rest. tFarilpm.
6. Rulers always hate and suspect the next in
succession. Tadtus,
Rnnning.
1. He must not talk of running that cannot go.
2. He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.
DmUk.
3. He runs far that never turns.
4. He runs heavily who is forced to run. Dan.
5. He runs the wild goose chase. {A horse race
m any direction the leader chooses to take^ Shake.
6. He that runs fast will not run long.
7. He that runs fastest gets most ground.
8. He that runs fastest gets the ring. Shake,
9. He that runs in the dark may well stumble.
10. He that runs, loses ground in the end. Ger^
1 1. It is not enough to run : one must start in
time. Fr.
12. There is no use running : to set out betimes is
the main point La Fontaine.
13. Who runs is followed. Dutch.
14. You run like Teague before your errand.
15. What is the use of running when we are not
on the right road ? Ger.
Rossian.
I. A Russian without the knout seldom does
good. Ger.
a. In a Russian stick three Jews. Ger.
Rust. — Sack.
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3. Let the Russian not die and he would not let
thee live. Ger.
4. Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tartar.
5. You may praise a Russian a thousand times
but his eyes will still be blue. {The reverse of hand-
some according to the Usberg tctste,)
Rust.
1. Rust consumes iron and envy consumes it-
self. Dan,
2. Rust wastes more than use. Fr,
R.
Rabbit.
1. Like a rabbit, fat and lean in twent}^-four
hours.
2. Smart rabbit go home fo* de snow done fal-
len. American Negro,
Rabble.
I. Sometimes the rabble discovers what is right.
Latin.
Race.
1. He lives to build, not boast, a generous race ;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.
Savage the bastard,
2. It is better to be the first of one*s race than
the last (meanest). Fr,
3. The decay of a race is an inevitable necessity
unless it lives in deserts and never mixes its blood.
Bea,
Race.
1. The race is got by running.
2. The race is not always to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong.
Rack.
I. The rack can extort a false confession from
the innocent. Latin,
Rag^amuffin.
I. He who is always drinking and stuffing
Will in time become a ragamuffin. Ger.
Rage.
1. Rage furnishes no weapon. Latin,
2. Rage is a brief insanity. (Jra brevis furor est,)
Raillery.— Rain.— Rainbow.— Rank.— Rare, j 87
Raillery.
1. No raillery is worse than that which is true.
2. Raillery which plays with the foibles of the
great is long remembered and seldom forgiven.
Tacitus.
Rain*
1. After great droughts come great rains. Dutch.
2. ** Agree between yourselves" (as to the time)
quoth Arlotto, " and I will make it rain." ItaL
3. A heavy shower is soon over. Ital.
4. A little rain stills a great wind. Fr.
5. After fain comes sunshine. Fr.^ Ger.y Dutch.
6. It is pleasant to look on the rain when one
stands dry. Dutch.
7. Much rain wears the marble. Shaks.
8. One alreadv wet does not fear the ram. Turk.
9. Small rain lays a great wind. Itctl.
10. Small rain lays great dust.
11. Some rain, some rest.
12. When it rains it pours.
Rainbow.
1. The rainbow at night is the sailor's delight.
2. The rainbow in the morning gives the sailor
warning.
Rank.
1 . Rank has its bores as well as pleasures. Bea.
2. The rank is but the guinea stamp,
A man 's a man for a* that. Bums.
3. There is a rank of mind as well as of birth.
Rare.
I. Rare commodities are worth more than good.
Igg Rascau^Rashness.— Rasp.— Rat.
1. A rascal grown rich has lost all his kindred.
2. A rascal praised, you make his faults your
own. Horace.
Rashness.
1. A rash man, a skin of good wine and a glass
vessel do not last long. For.
2. A rash man provokes trouble, but when the
trouble comes is no match for it Chinese.
3. It is best not to be rash. JValter Scoff,
4. Rash presumption is a ladder which will break
the mounter's neck.
5. Rashness brings success to few, misfortune
to many. Phcedrus.
6. Rashness is not always fortunate. Uvy.
7. Rashness is not valor.
Rasp.
I. You must use the rasp before you turn to the
sand-paper.
Rat.
1. A good rat will not injure the grain near its
own hole. Chinese.
2. A rat makes a hole, a snake inhabits it Tamil.
3. A rat may flood a province.
Sydney Smithy speaking of Holland.
4* An old rat easily finds a hole. Dufch.
5. An old rat won't go into a trap. Dufch.
6. Do you not smell a rat ? Benjonson.
7. Many a rat devours the lion. Ger.
8. Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy
in misfortune.
Raven. — Razor.
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9. Rats do not play tricks with kittens. Sp.
10. Rats desert a sinking ship.
11. The rat betrayed by his own trap perishes.
Latin.
12. The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.
Sp.j Dutch,
13. The very rats had instinctively quit it (the
ship). Shaks,
Raven.
1. A raven can wish a long time before the
horse die therefrom. Ger,
2. Foster a raven and it will pluck out your
eyes. Sf.
3. He that takes a raven for his guide will light
on carrion. Oriental.
4. The raven chides blackness.
5. The raven doth not hatch a lark. Shaks.
6. The raven is fair when the rook is not by.
Dan.
7. The young ravens are beaked like the old.
DuUh.
8. *' Thou art a bitter bird," said the raven to
the starling.
9. When the ravens cry the rain follows. Ger.
10. Who doth the raven for a guide invite,
Must marvel not on carcasses to light.
Oriental.
Razor.
1. A razor against a whetstone, i>., he has met his
match, Latin.
2. The razor cannot shave itself.
West African Negro.
IQO
Rrading. — Ready.— Reason.
Reading.
1. And better had they ne'er been born,
Who read to doubt or read to scorn.
Walter Scott.
2. By reading a man antedates his life and
makes himself contemporary with ages past. Collier.
3. He that can read and meditate will not find
his evenings long or life tedious.
4. Read and you will know.
Mother of Sir William Jones.
5. Reading between the lines.
6. Reading maketh a full man, conversation a
ready man, and writing an exact man. Bacon.
Ready.
I. He who is not ready to-day will be less so
to-morrow. Ovid.
Reason.
1. A man without reason is a beast in season.
2. Do not an ill thing in company nor alone, but
above all respect yourself; govern yourself by
reason. Pythagoras,
3. He that does not reason is a slave.
4. He that will not reason is a bigot.
5. I have no other but a woman's reason,
I think him so because I think him so. Shahs.
6. If you will not hear reason, she will surely
rap your knuckles.
7. Neither great poverty nor great riches will
hear reason.
8. Reason binds the man.
9. Reason does not come before years. Ger.
Rebel, Rebellioit. igj
10. Reason governs the wise man and cudgels
the fool.
11. Reason lies between the bridle and the spur.
Ital.
12. Reason not with the great,
'Tis a perilous gate. Fr,
13. Reason serves when pressed, but honest in-
stinct comes a volunteer. Pope.
14. Strong reasons make strong actions. Shaks,
15. Swift instinct leaps, slow reason feebly climbs.
Young,
16. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
La Fontaine,
17. There are subjects upon which we cannot
reason, we can only feel. Maga,
18. 'Tis in vain to speak reason where it will not
be heard.
19. To tell a lie and give a reason for it.
20. Two principles in human nature reign.
Self-love to urge and reason to restrain.
21. We reason from our heads but act from our
hearts. Fielding,
Rebel, Rebellion.
1. To despise life is the first qualification of a
rebel. Gibbon.
2. Who draws his sword against his prince must
throw away the scabbard.
3. An insurrection that stands still is an insur-
rection ruined. Maga,
4. Conquered rebellion strengthens a govern-
ment. Fielding,
IQ2 Rebuke.— RECKIVEII.--RBCBIVING.
Rebuke.
1. Open rebuke is better than secret hatred.
2. Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
3., Rebuke ought not to have a grain more of
salt than of sugar.
Receiver.
I. The receiver is as bad as the thieL
Receiving.
1. What is worth receiving is worth returning.
Itai.
2. Who receives should thank, who gives should
be silent. Ger.
Reckoning.
1. A short reckoning makes long friendship. Ital.
2. Always count the cost.
3. Don't reckon your eggs before they are laid«
Itai.
4. Don't reckon without your host. Ger.
5. He that reckoneth before his host must reckon
again.
6. I may go over my reckoning but not over
my time. Dutch.
7. Merry is the feast*making until we come to
the reckoning.
8. Misreckoning is no payment.
9. Old reckonings breed new disputes.
Fr^ Ital,, Sp.
10. Reckon not your chickens before they are
hatched.
11. Short reckonings make long friends.
Fr,^ Ger,y For.^ Dutch.
Red. — Reed. — Refinement.
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12. The fairer the hostess the fouler the reckon-
ing.
13. The fairer the hostess the heavier the reckon-
ing. Ger,
14. Who can reckon well will not become poor.
Ger,
15. Who reckons without his host must reckon
again. Dutch,
16. Wine and roast ? Yes, yes 1 Count and bill !
Woe, woe I ^ Turk,
Red.
I. " Red is love's color," said the wooer to his
foxy charmer. Ger,
Reed.
1. He that sits among reeds may cut pipes as he
pleases.
2. Lean not on a reed.
3. Thou trusted in the staff of this broken reed.
Bible,
4. Where there are reeds there is water.
Refinement.
I. Over refinement is the herald of the decay of
a country.
Reformation, Reforms.
1. A true reformation must begin at the upper
end.
2. Fire and faggots are but sad reformers.
3. He who reforms, God assists. Sp.
4. Reforms are generally most unpopular where
most needed. MartitCs History of India,
5. To turn over a new leaf.
13
IQA Refusing. — Regard. — Relations (Kindred).
Refusing.
1. A prompt refusal has in part the grace of a
favor granted. Ijitin.
2. Some refuse roast meat and afterwards long
for the smoke of it. ItaL
3. To refuse graciously is half to grant a favor.
Syrt^.
4. Who refuses, muses. Fr.
Regard*
1. I am the slave of him who regards me and
the king of him who disregards me. Turk,
Relations (Kindred).
1. A bag full of flour and a purse full of money
are the best relations in the world. Roumanian,
2. Curse on accounts with relations. Sp,
3. Dine with thy aunt, but not every day.
4. Go not every evening to your brother's house.
5. Go to your aunt's house but not every day.
Sp.
6. He who abandons his poor kindred God for-
sakes him.
7. If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been
my uncle.
8. I want more for my teeth than my relations.
For,
9. Let us have florins and we shall find cousins.
ItaL
10. Much kindred, much trouble. Fr.
11, My sister's son is a kinsman beyond dispute.
Sp.
Religion.
19s
12. My teeth are nearer than my kindred. Sp.
13. No relation is poor. Sp.
14. Poor relations have little honor. Dan,
15. Relations or not relations my turnips are
three hundred cash per picul. Chinese,
16. The kinsman's ears will hear it.
17. The nearest boor is the nearest kinsman when
the calf lies in the ditch. Dutch,
18. Though my father-in-law is a good man, I do
not like a dog with a bell.
19. With a relation eat and drink, but transact no
business with him. M, Greek,
Religion.
1. A man should be religious but not supersti-
tious. Latin,
2. A man without religion is like a horse with-
out a bridle. Latin,
3. A profitable religion never wants proselytes.
Ital,
4. All things that are good and beautiful make
us more religious. Bea,
5. Be not righteous over much. Bible,
6. Each one holds his own religion for the best.
Ger,
7. " I have learned religion, I believe what I
will, " said the cobbler. Ger,
8. It matters not what religion an ill man is of.
9. Much religion but no goodness.
10. No man's religion ever survived his morals.
196
Rbmedy.
1 1. Our religion and our language we suck in with
our milk.
12. Religion has true and lasting joys; weigh all
and so if anything have more let heaven go.
13. Religion is the best armor but the worst
cloak.
14. Religion lays not an icy hand on the true joys
of life. BuckminsUr,
15. Religion was never designed to make our
pleasures less.
16. Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual
incident to it. Bea.
17. Religious contention is the devil's harvest Fr,
18. The strength of empire is in religion.
Benjanson.
19. There never was and never will be a country
without a religion. Byron,
Remedy.
1. Divine Providence always places the remedy
by the side of the evil. J*r,
2. Extreme remedies are never the first to be
resorted to.
3. How readily do men at ease prescribe to those
who're sick at heart. Tm^ence.
4. No one tries extreme remedies at first Seneca.
5. Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to Heaven. Shake,
6. The best remedy against an ill man is much
ground between both.
7. The remedy is worse than the disease. Scotch.
Remewbkr.— Rt 11 KM SKANCE.— Remorse. iqt
8, The remedy of lo-morrow is too late for ihe
.evil of to-day. Sp.
. 9. There is a remedy for all things but the ap-
pointed time to die. litrA.
10. There is a remedy for everything could men
find it.
II. There is a remedy for everything except
death. J'r., Sp., Dutch, Dan.
\z. Where remedies are needed, sighing avails
not. Ital.
Remember.
I. It is as well now and then not to remember ^^
all we know. Syrus, ^^^^H
2. Remember Lot's wife. New Testament. ^^^^H
3. Remember Milo's end, ^^^H
Wedged in that timber which he strove to ^|
rend. Roscommon , ^|
4. That is pleasant to remember which was hard ^^^^H
to ^^^^1
5. That which was endured with difficulty is re- ^^^^|
membered with delight. Smeca. ^^^^|
6. We have all forgotten more than we remem- ^^^H
^^^1
7. What was hard to bear is sweet to remember, ^^^H
^^^1
8. What you remember to your cost you remem- ^^^^H
ber long. Dan. ^^^^H
t. The remembrance of a well spent life is ^^^H
'^^^^1
Remorse. ^^^^H
I, Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. Bulwer. ^^^^H
I og Rbmovino.— Renter.— Repair.— Repentanci.
Removing.
1. I never saw an oft-removed tree, nor yet an
oft-removed family that throve so well as those that
settled be. Franklin.
2. One is never so rich* as when he moves from
one house to another. I*r.
3. Plants oft removed never thrive. Ger,
4. Remove an old tree and it will wither to
death.
5. Remove not the ancient landmarks which
thy fathers have set. Solomon.
6. Three removes are as bad as a fire.
7. Trees often transplanted seldom prosper.
Dutch.
8. Two removes are as bad as a fire.
Renter.
I. The owner has one house, the renter a thou-
sand. Turk.
Repair.
1. He that repairs not a part builds all.
2. He who does not repair a gutter has a whole
house to repair. Sp,
3. It is better to repair the beginning than the
eiid. Ger.
4. Let him that receives the profit repair the
inn.
Repentance.
1. A noble mind disdains not to repent. Homer.
2. Amendment is repentance.
3. Every one finds sin sweet and repentance
bitter. Dan.
Repentance. log
4. He that protects an ill man may live to repent
it.
5. Late repentance is seldom worth much. Dan,
6. Not to repent of a fault is to justify it.
7. He who seeks repentance for the past
Should woo the angel virtue. in the future.
Bulwer,
8. I left what I know for what I hear and re-
pented. Sp,
9. He that repents of a fault upon right grounds
is almost innocent Seneca,
10. Repentance costs dear. Fr,^ Sp,
11. Repentance does not bring the lost back. Ger,
12. Repentance follows hasty counsels. Syrus,
13. Repentance is not to be measured by inches
and hours.
14. Repentance is the heart's medicine. Ger,
15. Repentance is the whip for fools.
16. Short acquaintance brings repentance.
17. Take nothing in hand that may bring repent
ance. Dutch
18. That may be soon done which brings long re
pentance. Dan
19. The sinning is the best part of repentance
{An atrocious maxim,) Arabian
20. Thou must repent,
And one bad act with many deeds well done
mayst cover. Milton,
21. 'Tis never too late to repent.
22. When all is consumed repentance comes too
,'ate.
200 Rkhort. — Reproach. —Reproof.— Reputation.
23. You will never repent of being patient and
sober.
Report.
1. In the report of riches and goodness always
bate one half. Sp.
2. Report makes the wolf bigger than he is. Ger.
Reproach.
1. Reproach is infinite and knows no end.
2. The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
Reproof.
1. A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.
2. Public reproof hardens shame.
3. Reprove not a scomer lest he hate thee;
rebuke a wise man and he will love thee. Bible.
4. Reprove others but correct thyself.
5. Reprove thy friend privately, commend him
publicly. Solon.
6. Reproof never does a wise man harm.
7. Who reproves the lame must go upright. Dan.
8. It is better to reprove privately than to be
angry secretly.
Reputation.
1. A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills.
Sp.
2. A good name covers theft Ger.
3. A good name is a rich inheritance. Ger.
4. A good name is a second inheritance. Ger.
5. A good name is better than a golden girdle.
Fr.
6. A good name is better than precious oint-
ment. Bible.
201
J. A good name is better than riches, Sii/e.
8. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.
9. A good reputation is a fair estate.
10. A great reputation is a great charge,
: [. A good name is sooner tint than won,
iz. A man had better die than lose his good
name. li/ri.
13. A man's charactei' reaches town before his
14. A splendid reputation is not amongst the
necessaries of life. Z>r. Johnson.
15. A wounded reputation is seldom cured.
16. Beware of him who regards not his repu-
17. Good name in man or woman
Is the immediate jewel of their soul. Skaks,
18. Good repute ia belter than a golden belt. Fr.
19. Good repute is like the cypress, once cut it
never puts forth leaf again. Ital.
zo. He deserves no man's good word of whom
all men speak well. Arabian.
, He that regardelh not his reputation despis-
eth V
a dead n
>i. He who hath lost his repu
among the living, Sp.
13. He who hath lost his good name how shall he
in the future earn his living. Latin.
24. He is born in a good hour who gets a good
name.
25, How difficult it IS to SKve the bsrk of reputa-
tion from the rocks of ignorance. PetrartM.
202 Rbputation.
26. If one's name be up he may lie abed*
27. It is better to lose an eye than one's reputa-
tion. TUrk.
28. It takes a lifetime to build up a good repu*
tation ; it may be lost in a moment.
29. Let every man strive to add a good name to
his other capital.
30. No ruins are so irreparable as those of repu-
tation.
31. One man may steal a horse, and another may
not look over the hedge.
32. Our reputation for wisdom depends much on
our success. Euripides.
33. Reputation is commonly measured by the
acre.
34. Reputation is often got without merit and
lost without fault.
35. Reputation serves to virtue as light does to a
picture.
36. Repute hangs a man. Fr.
37. Take away my good name, take away my life.
38. The first step to a good name is a good life,
the next is good behavior.
39. The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. Shaks^
40. The reputation of a man depends on the first
steps he makes in the world. Pope.
41. There is no reputation so clear but a slan-
derer may stain it.
42. When his name is up he may lie abed.
Sp€Ct€ttor.
KeQU it AL. — R ESOL UTION. — RESPECT.
203
43. When your name is up you may lie abed till
noon.
Requital.
I. He that looks for a requital serves himself,
not me.
Resolution.
1. A resolute man cares nothing about diffi-
culties. Tamil,
2. Be resolved and the thing is done. Chinese,
3. Bold resolution is the favorite of Providence.
4. Every task can be accomplished by a man of
re so 1 u t i o n . Chimse,
5. He who refuses to serve either king or prince
is possessed of lofty resolution. Chinese.
6. He who resolves suddenly repents at leisure.
7. In things that must be it is good to be reso-
lute.
8. Once resolved, the trouble is over.
9. Resolution is independent of great age, but
without it one lives a hundred years in vain. Chinese,
10. Set a stout heart to a steep hill-side. Scotch,
11. Set hard heart against hard hap.
12. The first thing a scholar does is to establish
resolution. Chinese.
13. With ease a man of worth establishes a fam-
ily, and what is hard to the true superior man when
he resolves. Chinese,
14. Without resolution a man must make his liv-
ing by the sweat of his brow. Chinese,
Respect.
I. Respect a man, he will do the more.
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Rest. — R rrREAT.
2. Respect for one's parents is the highest of
the duties of civil life. Chinese.
Rest.
1. A man rests all over when he lies down.
Stonewall Jackson,
2. A short rest is always good. Dan.
3. All that are in a bed must not have quiet
rest.
4. Alternate rest and labor long endure. Ovid.
5. Better a little with rest than much with un-
rest. Ger.
6. Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. Sterne,
7. Rest comes from unrest and unrest from rest.
Ger.
8. Rest is good after the work is done. Dan.
9. Rest is sweet after strife. Owen Meredith,
10. Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. Plutarch,
11. Rest is won only by work. Turk,
12. Rest makes rusty. Dan,
13. Silken rest tie all my cares up.
Beaumont atid Fletcher,
14. The fertile field becomes sterile without rest.
Sp,
15. Too much rest itself becomes a pain. Homer,
Retreat.
1. A brave retreat is a brave exploit.
2. Flying men often meet their fate. Uvy,
3. He that fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day. Butler,
4. He who retires does not fly. Don Quixote,
Retribution.
20S
5. In all the trade of war no feat
Is nobler than a brave retreat. Butler.
Retribution.
1. As they brew so let them bake.
2. As they pipe to me I will dance. Por.
3. As they sow let them reap.
4. As you begun the dance you may pay the
piper. Dutch.
5. As you brew so drink.
6. As you have ground so eat. M, Greek.
7. As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
8. As you salute you will be saluted. ItaL
9. As you sow you shall reap.
10. Every one reaps as he sows. Por.
11. For it is sport to have the engineer hoist by
his own petar. Shaks,
12. He falls into the pit who leads another into
it. Sp.
13. He is caught in his own snare. Latin.
14. He is dead in his own den.
North American Indian.
15. He that makes his bed ill lies thereon.
16. He that digs a pit falls into it himself. Ger,
17. He who laid a snare for me has fallen into
it. Sp.
18. Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it
may singe yourself. Shaks.
19. Perfidy often recoils upon its author.
La Fontaine.
20. Subtlety set a trap and was caught itself.
2o6 Rrvenge.
21. They thought to put others in a sleeve and
they are put in themselves.
22. Those who sow injustice reap hate and ven-
geance. Fr.
23. Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also
reap. New Testament.
24. You are bottled in your own jug.
North American Indian.
25. You are mired in the hole which you dug
yourself. North American Indian.
26. You gather a rod for your own back.
27. You were caught with your own chaff.
North American Indian.
Revenge.
1. Forgetting of a wrong is a mild revenge.
2. He's like the pope's mule that kept his kick
for seven years. ItcU.
3. He who cannot revenge himself is weak ; he
who will not is contemptible. Ital.
4. He who will have a good revenge let him
leave it to God.
5. He who would seek revenge must be on his
guard. Dan.
6. If I ever catch his cart overthrowing I'll
give it one shove.
7. If you want to be revenged hold your tongue.
Sp.
8. In taking revenge a man is but even with his
enemy, but in passing it over he is superior.
9. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear
them.
Revenge.
207
10. It is but the weak and little mind that re-
joices in revenge. JuvenaL
11. It is more wisdom sometimes to dissemble
wrongs than to revenge them.
12. It is worse to do than revenge an injury.
13. No one delights more in revenge than a
woman. JuvenaL
14. Nothing so easy as to revenge an offence;
nothing so grand as to pardon it.
15. Revenge a hundred years old has still its
milk teeth. Ital,
16. Revenge at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. Milton.
17. Revenge converts a little right into a great
wrong. Ger.
18. Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act
and deed.
19. Revenge is an expensive luxury.
20. Revenge is new wrong.
21. Revenge is sure though sometimes slow
paced. Dryden,
22. Revenge is sweet.
23. Revenge remains not unrevenged. Ger,
24. Since he cannot be revenged on the ass he
falls on the pack-saddle.
25. Sit down and dangle your legs and you will
see your revenge. ItaL
26. Sweet is revenge, — especially to women.
Byron^
27. The best revenge is to prevent the injury.
28. The revenge of an idiot is without mercy.
2o8 Revolutions. —Reward. — Rich.
29. The whirligig of time brings in its revenges.
Sheiks.
30. There is small revenge in words, but words
may be greatly revenged.
31. Tis sure the mighty will revenge at last.
La Fontaine.
32. To lose one eye that you may deprive another
of two. Sp.
7^2i* To forget wrong is the best revenge.
34. To revenge is no valor, but to bear. Shaks.
35. Wait for time and place to take your revenge
for it is never well done in a hurry. lUii.
36. Who holds his peace and gathers stones, will
find a time to throw them. For.
Revolutions.
I. Revolutions never go backward.
Reward.
I. Desert and reward go not often together.
Rich.
1. A little house well filled, a little land well
tilled, and a little wife well willed are great riches.
2. A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not,
is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
3. A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.
Dan.
4. A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise
ones. Sp.
5. A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
Latin.
6. A rich man is never ugly in the eyes oi a
girl. JFr.
Rich.
209
7. A rich man knows not his friends. Ger,
8. A rich man without understanding is a sheep
with golden wool. Ger.
9. A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.
10. All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good.
Latin.
11. All strive to give to the rich man.
12. And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Goldsmith,
7 13. At the door of the rich are many friends, at
the door of the poor none. Hebrew,
14. Before the rich man is willing to give, the
poor man dies. Turk,
15. Better rich in God than rich in gold.
16. Every one is kin to the rich man.
17. For one rich man that is content there are a
hundred who are not.
18. Give me neither poverty or riches. Bible,
19. God help the poor, for the rich can help them-
selves. Scotch.
20. God help the poor, the rich help themselves.
Ger.
21. God help the poor, the rich can beg.
22. God sends us some wheat of our own when the
rich men go to dinner.
23. God sends us of our own when rich men go to
dinner.
24. He alone is rich who makes a proper use of
his riches. Horace.
25. He has riches enough who need neither bor-
row nor flatter.
«4
2IO Rich-
26. He is not fit for riches who is afraid to use
them.
27. He is not rich who is not satisfied. Ger.
28. He is rich enough who does not want. ItaL
29. He is rich enough who has true friends. Ger,
30. He is rich enough who owes nothing.
Ger.^ Fr.^ ItaL
31. He is rich that is satisfied.
32. He is richest who is content with least, for
content is the wealth of a nation.
33. He is truly rich who desires nothing and he
is truly poor who covets all. Solan.
34. He that is poor all his kindred scorn him ; he
that is rich all are kin to him.
35. He that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be
innocent. Proverbs.
36. He that never fails never grows rich. ItaL
37. He that oppresses the poor to increase his
riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely
come to want. BibU.
38. He who despises small things seldom grows
rich. Dan,
39. He who has good health is young and he is
rich who has no debts.
40. He who hastens to be rich incurs peril.
Chinese,
41. He who is rich can have no vice, and he that
is poor no virtue. Fielding,
42. He who wants to be rich in a year comes to
the gallows in half a year. Fr.y ItaLy Sf.^
43. I never knew a silent rich man. Fr.
Rich. 211
44. I would rather be a hog than an ignorant
rich man. Bishop Hall.
45. If rich be not elated, if poor be not dejected.
Socrates.
46. If riches were granted even beggars would
become rich. M. Greek.
47. Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die
rich ? Juvenal.
48. It is a miserable sight to see a poor man
proud and a rich man avaricious. Ital.
49. It is better to be poor and well, than rich and
ill. African.
50. It is better to be poor with honor than rich
with shame. Ger.
51. It is not without a purpose when a rich man
greets a poor man with kindness. Plautus.
52. It would make a man scratch where he doth
not itch to see a man live poor to die rich.
53. Men often seem rich to become rich. Maga.
54. Moderate riches will carry you, if you have
more you must carry them.
55. Once poor, my friend, still poor you must re-
main,
The rich alone have all the means of gain.
Martial
56. No good man ever becomes suddenly rich.
Syrus.
57. No man is so rich as to say, " I have enough."
Latin.
58. Not possession but use is the only riches.
59. Rich for yoirself, poor for your friend.
212
Rich.
60. Rich in gold, rich in care. G€r.
61. Rich men and fortunate men have need of
much prudence.
62. Rich men are slaves condemned to the
mines.
63. Rich men feel misfortunes that pass over
poor men's heads.
64. Rich men have no faults.
65. Rich men seem happy, great and wise, all
which the good man only is.
66. Rich men's spots are covered with money.
67. Rich people are everywhere at home. (xer.
68. Riches abuse them who know not how to use
them.
69. Riches and cares are inseparable.
{Fable of the mouse and the weasd^
70. Riches and favor go before wisdom and art.
Dan.
71. Riches and virtue do not often keep each
other company.
72. Riches are always restless ; it is only to pov-
erty the gods give content. Maga.
73. Riches are as precious as life. 2\irk.
74. Riches are but the baggage of fortune.
75. Riches are but the baggage of virtue.
76* Riches are first to be sought for, after wealth
virtue.
77. Riches are like muck which stink in a heap
but spread abroad make the earth fruitful.
78. Riches are often abused but never refused.
Dan,
^^T ^'<^ 313 ■
79
Riches breed care,
poverty is safe. Dan. H
So
Riches cause arrogance, poverty meekness. |
Ger. ■
8i
Riches come better after poverty than pov H
eny after riches.
Chinese. H
82
Riches endless is a
s poor as winter, H
To him that ever fears he shall be poor. B
Shaks. ■
83
Riches fall not always to the lot of the most H
deserving.
Latin. ■
84.
Riches have made
more men covetous, than ^|
covet
ousness hath made n
■
8S-
Riches have their e
mbarrassments, Fr. ^|
86
Riches have wings.
■
87.
Riches make men v
orse in their latter days. H
88.
Riches never com
even by chance to him H
whos
destiny it is to be poor. Chinese. ^|
89.
Riches only adorn the house, but virtue ^|
adom
s the person.
Chinese. ■
90.
Riches only give us
meat, fire and clothes, H
Pope. ■
91.
Riches rule the roast. B
91.
Riches serve a wise
man but command a fool. H
93-
Riches take peace
rom the soul but rarely if H
everc
onfer it.
Petrarch. H
94.
Riches well got and well used are a blessing. ^|
95-
Riches will bear ou
folly, Latin. ■
96.
Riches without understanding, 3 body without ^|
a sou
Ger. ■
97-
(iesiie
That man is rich w
ho hath a sufficiency and ^|
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Rich.
98. The abuse of riches is worse than the want
of them.
99. The foolish sayings of the nch man pass for
laws in society. Don Quixote.
100. The rich and ignorant are sheep with golden
wool. It€U.
1 01. The rich are trustees under God for the
poor.
102. The rich can only eat with one mouth. Ger.
103. The rich devour the poor, and the devil de-
vours the rich and so both are devoured. Dutch.
104. The rich have many friends. Dutch.
105. The rich man does not know who is his
friend.
106. The rich man has more relations than he
knows. Fr.
107. The rich man is often poorer than the beg-
gar. Ger.
108. The rich need not beg a welcome.
109. The rich never want for kindred.
no. The rich ruleth over the poor and the bor-
rower is servant to the lender. Bible.
111. The richest man carries nothing away with
him but his shroud. Fr.
112. The richest man whatever his lot,
Is he who's content with what he has got.
Dutch.
113. The ways to enrich are many and most of
them foul for you. Terence.
114. The whole world is the house of the rich and
they may live in whatever apartment they please.
Fielding,
Rich.
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115. There are none so poor they cannot help, and
none so rich as not to need help. Ger,
116. There be as many miseries beyond riches as
on this side them.
117. There is no one so rich that he does not still
want something. Ger,
118. There is no revenging yourself on a rich man.
Don Quixote,
119. *Tis brave scrambling at the rich man's dole.
120. To be rich one must have a relation at home
with the devil. ItaL
121. To become rich In this world it needs only to
turn one's back on God. ItaL
122. To whom can riches give repute or trust.
Content, or pleasure, but the good and just 'i
Pope.
123. We heap up riches as if we should live al-
ways. Fr,
124. What need a rich man be a thief?
125. When riches increase, the body decreaseth.
126. Who is healthy and free is rich. Ger.
127. Who will become rich must cast his soul be-
hind the money chest. Ger,
128. Who will become rich must have great care
and little conscience. Ger,
129. Who will become rich must rise at four; who
is rich may lie till seven. Ger,
130. Who would be rich in a year gets hanged in
half a year. Sp,
131. Who would be rich must keep his soul under
cover of his cash box. Ger,
2 1 6 Ridicule. — Ridiculous. — Riding.
Ridicule.
1. Ridicule is the test of truth.
2. The dread of ridicule extinguishes originality
in its birth. Maga.
Ridiculous.
I. A fear of becoming ridiculous is the best
guide in life and will save one from all sorts of
scrapes. Bea,
Riding.
1. A canter is a cure for every evil. 3ea.
2. Be the horse good or bad always wear your
spurs. ItaL
3. Before you mount look at the girth. Dutch,
4. Better a begging mother than a riding father.
5. Better badly mounted than proud on foot.
Ger.
6. Better ride, when saddles do lack,
On a pad than on a bare horse's back.
7. He rode sure indeed that never caught a fall.
8. He that can't ride a gentle horse must not
attempt to break a mad colt.
9. He that rides before he is ready wants some
o' his gear.
10. He who knows the road can ride at full trot.
Ital.
11. He who rides behind another does not saddle
when he will. Sp.
12. He who rides on the giant's shoulders sees
further than he who carries him. J*r,
13. He who rides the horse is his master. JDan,
14. He who rides the mule shoes her. Fr,
Right.
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15. If two men ride a horse one must ride behind.
Shaks,
16. It is good to go afoot when one is tired of
riding. Dutch,
17. More belongs to riding than a pair of riding
boots. Ger,
18. Ne'er rode, ne'er fall.
19. Ride on but look before you. Dutch.
20. Ride softly that we may come sooner home.
21. Riding the only thing that princes ever do
well because horses are no flatterers. Swift*
22. The best horseman is always on his feet.
23. When you ride a young colt see your saddle
be well girt.
24. You ride as if you went to fetch a midwife.
Right.
1. A hundred years of wrong do not make an
hour of right. Ger.
2. A man in the right with God on his side is
the majority. Beecher.
3. Be sure you're right, then go abend.
Davy Crockett,
4. Between right and wrong never balance a
moment.
5. Entreaty and right do the deed. Sp.
6. Every one says " my right is good.*' Fr,
7. Good right needs no help. Dutch.
8. I would rather be wrong with this man than
right with others. Latin.
9. Little between right and wrong.
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10. Many love to praise right and do wrong. Dan,
11. No one is always right.
12. Nothing can be great which is not right
Ramhler.
13. Right is with the strongest. Ger.
14. Right or wrong, God aid our purpose, .^f^.
15. Right or wrong, 'tis our house up to the roof.
Sp., Par.
16. Right overstrained turns to wrong. Sp.
17. Right wrangs nae man.
18. That side is always right that's strong,
And that that's beaten must be wrong.
Royal Songs.
19. One truth is clear, whatever is is right. Pope.
20. What is right for one is reasonable for the
other. Ger.
21. Where force prevails right perbhes. Sp.
22. Where might is right, right is not upright. Crer.
23. Where there's no might there's no right Par.
24. Where will is right law is banished. Dan.
25. Who bows to might loses his right. Ger.
26. Who does right is bom of God. Ger.
27. Who does right is born sufficiently noble. Grer.
28. Who is in the right fears, who is in the wrong
hopes. Pr.
29. With a little wrong a man comes by his right
Sp.
Rip.
I. We must rip, not tear away.
River. — Rhyme.— Righteous.
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River.
1. A smooth river washes away its banks.
Servian,
2. Swollen rivers subside rapidly. Latin.
3. The course of a river is not to be altered.
Latin,
4. The greatest rivers must run into the sea. Ger.
5. The river does not swell with clear water.
Itai.
6. The river which runneth with sound beareth
away along with it stone and water. Spanish Gypsy.
7. When the river makes a noise it is either
dried up or much swollen. 1^.
8. Where the river is deepest it makes least
noise. //a/., .^,, For.
9. You, a river, are contending with the ocean.
Ld^n.
RhjTine.
1. For rh3rme the rudder is of verses,
With which like ships they steer their courses.
Butler,
2. It's neither rhyme nor reason.
Righteous.
1. Be not righteous overmuch. BiMe,
2. Many are the afflictions of the righteous.
Bid/e,
3. The green bums for the dry, and the right-
eous pay for sinners. Sp.
4. The righteous find peace when the wicked
feel torment.
5. The righteous pays for the sinner. Ar.
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6. Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for
the old one. JDutch.
1. It is better to risk, than to delay overmuch.
2. It is necessary to risk something. Latin,
3. Swift risks are often attended with precipitate
falls.
Road.
1. All roads lead to the mill. Syriac.
2. De public road aint free for de rattlesnake.
American Negro.
3. Had you but seen those roads before they
were made,
You'd lift up your hands and bless General
Wade.
4. The beaten road is the safest. Coke.
5. The nearer the inn, the longer the road. Ger.
6. Whatever way you take there is a league of
bad road. Sp.
Robbing.
1. He that is robbed not wanting what is stolen.
Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at
all. Shaks.
2. To rob a robber is not robbing. Fr.
3. To steal for pence is dastardly and mean ;
To rob for millions with a soul serene,
Soils not the fingers ; all such is clean.
Robin Hood.
I. Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot
in his bow.
Many talk of Little John that never did him
know.
ROCHKFOUCAULD, — RoCK.— ROCKET. — ROC KING-CM AIK. 22 |
2. Robin Hood's pennyworth. {Applied to those
who having gotten a thing irregularly sell it much
below cost.}
3, Tales of Robin Hood are good enough for
Rochefoucauld.
I. Rochefoucauld is the greatest philosopher for
administering consolation to the idle, the envious,
and worthless of mankind. Addison.
Rock.
I. The Tocic that resists a crow-bar gives way to
the roots of a tender plant. Tamil.
Rocket.
1, Goes up like a rocket, comes down like a
stick.
2. The final event to himself (Mr. Burke) has
been, that as he rose like a rocket he fell like a
stick, Thomas Paine,
Rocking-cluur.
J. Better to keep de rockin' chair In de cabin lof
till Sunday. American Negro.
Rogue.
1. After a long experience of the world, I
affirm before God, 1 never knew a rogue who was
not unhappy. Junius.
2. A rogue in grain is a rogue amain.
zi. A thread will lie an honest man better than a
rope will do a rogue.
3. He who has left a rogue behind him has
made a good day's journey. Ger.
4. He who would catch a rogue must watch
behind the door. Dutch.
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5. If you pity rc^;iie8 you are no great friend of
honest men.
6. If you save a rogue from the gallows he will
rob you before night.
7. It is easier to fill a rogue's belly than his eyes.
8. Much better never catch a rogue than let him
go again.
9. No greater rogue than he who marries only
for money, and no greater fool than he who marries
only for love. Dr. Johnson.
10. No rogue like the godly rogue.
11. Nobody calls himself rogue.
12. One rogue is usher to another still. JTomer.
13. One rogue does not betray another. Ger.
14. One rogue knows another. Ger.
15. One rogue makes another.
16. To a rogue a rogue and a half. JFr.
17. When a rogue kisses you count your teeth.
Hebrew.
18. When rogues fall out, honest men come by
their own.
19. When rogues go in procession the devil car-
ries the cross. Itai.
20. You cannot make a good archbishop of a
rogue. Dan.
Roman.
I. Wherever the Roman conquered he inhab*
ited. Gibbon.
Rome.
I. All roads lead to Rome. Ital.
Root. — Rope. — Rose.
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2. Every road leads to Rome. Fr,^ Sp.
3. He who would live at Rome must not quarrel
with the pope. Fr,
4. I found Rome brick, I left it marble.
Augustus CcBsar.
5. I had rather be the first man in a village than
the second man in Rome. Ccesar.
6. It is folly to live in Rome and quarrel with
the pope. John RusseL
7. Rome was not built in a day.
8. The nearer to Rome the worse Christian.
Dutch,
9. There are many roads to Rome. ItaL
10. When you are at Rome do as Rome does.
11. Where the pope is Rome is. ItaL
12. Ye drive a snail to Rome.
Root.
I. When the root is worthless so is the tree. Ger,
Rope.
I. Name not a rope in the house of him that
hanged himself.
Rose.
1. An onion will not produce a rose. Latin,
2. Among thorns, grow roses.
3. Brief, while the rose doth bloom gather it
straight;
No rose, but thorns, remain for those who
wait.
4. Every rose has its thorn. ItaL
5. For the rose the thorn is often plucked.
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Rowing.
6. Gather the rose and leave the thorn behind.
7. He who would gather roses must not fear
thorns. Dutch.
8. No house without a mouse, no bam without
corn, no rose without a thorn. Ger.
9. Not every one may pluck roses.
10. Pluck the rose, and leave the thorns. IteU.
11. Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.
Ger.
12. Roses fall but the thorns remain. Dutch.
13. Roses have thorns.
14. Soon fades the rose, once past the fragrant
hour.
The loiterer finds a bramble for a flower.
Dr, Johnson, from the Greek.
15. Strew no roses before swine. Dutch.
16. The bud becomes a rose, and the rose a hip.
Fr.
17. The faded rose no suitor knows.
18. The fairest rose at last is withered.
19. The rose is queen. Ger.
20. The roses fall and the thorns remain. ItcU.
21. There are more thistles than roses. Ger.
22. Under the thorn grow the roses. Ger.
23. You may break, you may shatter the vase as
you will.
But the scent of the roses will hang round it
still. Moore.
Rowing.
I. He looks one way and rows another.
Rubbish. — Rudder.— Rudeness.--Ruin.— Rule.
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2. He that's carried down the stream need not
row.
3. It is good rowing with set sail. Dutch.
4. You may row your heart out, if the wind and
tide set against you.
Rubbish.
I. Rubbish is only matter out of place.
Rudder.
1. He that will not be ruled by the rudder, must
be ruled by the rock. Cornish,
2. One that will not answer to the rudder must
answer to the rock.
Rudeness.
I. Rudeness will repel when courtesy would at-
tract friends.
Ruin.
I. You are creeping on your knees to the fire-
place ; !>., going to ruin. Kaffir,
Rule.
1. No rule (general) withput an exception.
2. Submit to the rule you have yourself laid
down. Latin,
3. The good old rule sufficeth them, the simple
plan.
That they should take who had the power
and they should keep who can. Old Song,
Ruling.
1. He that hath a fellow ruler, hath an over-
ruler.
2. He that is heady is ruled by a fool.
3. He who would rule, must hear and be deaf,
see and be blind. Ger.
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226 RUMMUfC— RUSSIAM.
4. No ruler good save God.
5. No single man is bom with the right of con-
trolling all the rest. tFarilpm.
6. Rulers always hate and suspect the next in
succession. Tadtus,
Rnnning.
1. He must not talk of running that cannot go.
2. He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.
DmUk.
3. He runs far that never turns.
4. He runs heavily who is forced to run. Dan.
5. He runs the wild goose chase. {A horse race
m any direction the leader chooses to take^ Shake.
6. He that runs fast will not run long.
7. He that runs fastest gets most ground.
8. He that runs fastest gets the ring. Shake,
9. He that runs in the dark may well stumble.
10. He that runs, loses ground in the end. Ger^
1 1. It is not enough to run : one must start in
time. Fr.
12. There is no use running : to set out betimes is
the main point La Fontaine.
13. Who runs is followed. Dutch.
14. You run like Teague before your errand.
15. What is the use of running when we are not
on the right road ? Ger.
Rossian.
I. A Russian without the knout seldom does
good. Ger.
a. In a Russian stick three Jews. Ger.
Rust. — Sack.
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3. Let the Russian not die and he would not let
thee live. Ger.
4. Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tartar.
5. You may praise a Russian a thousand times
but his eyes will still be blue. {The reverse of hand-
some according to the Usberg tctste,)
Rust.
1. Rust consumes iron and envy consumes it-
self. Dan,
2. Rust wastes more than use. Fr,
