Understanding

Understanding.

Understanding
1. Each one brings his understanding to market.
Ger.
2. He who understands most is other men's
master.
3. Much understanding has little good luck.
Ger.
4. That which is not understood is always mar-
vellous. Latin.
5. The more understanding the fewer words.
Ger.
6. The understanding is ever the dupe of the
heart. Fr.
7. There is a knack of showing we understand
the matter when we hold our peace.
8. There is a palate of the understanding as well
as of the senses. Ben Jonson.
9. Understanding is the most important matter
in everything. Hans Andersen.
10. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge distort
the understanding. Tillotson,
Undertaking.
1. Undertake no more than you can perform.
2. Who undertakes many things at once, seldom
does anything well. Dutch.
Undertaking^.
I. Small undertakings give great comfort. Ger.
Undoing.
I. We should be undone but for undoing.
Themistocles.

Unfortunate.— Ungained.— Unhappy.— Union.

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Unfortunate.
1. To persecute the unfortunate is like throwing
stones on one fallen into a well. Chinese,
2. Unfortunate and imprudent are but two words
for the same thing. Fr,
Ungained.
I. Men prize a thing ungained more than it is.
Shaks,
Unhappy.
I. The unhappy alone know the value of be-
nevolent minds. Rousseau,
Union.
1. Union gives strength to the humble. Syrus,
2. Union is strength. Dutch,
3. Union of capital is like union of fate. Chinese,
4. United we stand, divided we fall.
5. Even tender creepers when united are strong.
Tamil,
6. Let unity dwell in our tents, and discord
Be banished to our enemies. Massinger,
7. Unity is a precious diamond. Holydays,
Unkindness.
1. He that is unkind to his own, will be unkind
to others. Gallician,
2. No cut like unkindness.
3. 'Tis easier to bear unkindness than affronts.
4. Unkindness has no remedy at law.
5. We can distrain (pound) for debt, but not for
unkindness.
Upbraiding.
I. Upbraiding makes a benefit of an injury. Fr^

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Upright. — Useful. — Useless. — Unlearned.

Upright.
I. The upright never grow rich in a hurry. Dan,
Useful.
1. It was the wisdom of ancient times to con-
sider what is most useful as most illustrious. Seneca.
2. Study to be useful.
3. The useful and beautiful are never apart.
Periander,
Useless.
1. Nothing is useless to a person of sense.
La Fontaine,
2. To be employed in useless things is to be half
idle.
Unlearned.
I. A gem un wrought is a useless thing, so a man
unlearned is a senseless being. Chinese.
Use.
1. A used plough shines; standing water stinks.
Ger.
2. As a thing is used, so it brightens. Ger.
3. He who is of no use to himself, is of no use
to any one. Ger.^ Dan,
4. It is right to put everything to its proper use.
Gaelic,
5. Use can almost change the stamp of nature.
Shaks,
6. Use is the judge, the law, and rule of speech.
Shaks.
7. Use makes perfectness.
8. Use makes the craftsman. .S^., Ger.
9. Use, use, is life, and he most truly lives who
uses best.

Usurer.— Vacuum. — Valor.

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10. Use will make a man live in a lion's den.
11. What's in use wants no excuse. Sp,
Usurer.
1. A usurer, a miller, a banker and a publican
are the four evangelists of Lucifer. Dutch,
2. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth
his substance, he shall gather it for him that will
pity the poor. Bible,
3. That usury is a sin some hold,
But take for granted they've no gold. Ger,
4. To borrow on usury brings sudden beggary.
5. While with the silent growth of ten per cent.,
In dirt and darkness hundreds stink content.
Pope.
V.
Vacuum.
I. Nature abhors a vacuum, {Galileo said, how-
ever^ only for the first thirty feet, alluding to the ris-
ing of the water in a pump to that height^
Valor.
1. It is war's prize to take all advantages,
And ten to one is no impeach of valor. Shaks.
2. Perfect valor consists in doing without wit-
nesses all we should be capable of doing before the
whole world. Rochefoucauld,
3. That valor which is not founded on prudence
is rashness. Don Quixote,
4. The better part of valor is discretion,
5. There is a great difference between a due re-
gard to valor and a contempt of life. Cato the Elder,
6. There is always safety in valor. Emerson.

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Valued.— Van ity.

7. To make a man valiant abuse him lustily.
8. True valor is fire ; bullying is smoke.
9. True valor knows as well how to suflEer as to
act.
10. Valor can do little without discretion.
11. Valor's a mouse trap, wit a gin, which women
oft are taken in. Butler,
12. Valor that parleys is near yielding.
13. Valor would cease to be a virtue if there
were no injustice. Agesiiaus,
14. Valor would fight, but discretion would run
away.
15. When valor preys on reason it eats the sword
it fights with. Shaks.
Valued.
I. If you wish to be valued make yourself
scarce. Ger.
Vanity.
1. All is sugar to the vain, even the praise of
fools.
2. All is vanity and vexation of spirit. Bible,
3. Every man has just so much vanity as he
wants understanding. Pope,
4. Every man thinks his own copper gold.
Ger.y Dan,
5. Every man thinks his own geese swans.
6. Every man thinks his own owl a falcon. Dutch,
7. Every one thinks he has more than his own
share of brains. Ital,
8. Every one thinks himself able to advise an-
other.

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397

9. I see thy vanity through the holes of thy coat,
(Plato speaking to the Cynic Philosopher^
10. Make not thy tail broader than thy wings.
11. Make not your sail too big for your ballast.
13. No man sympathizes with the sorrows of
vanity. Dr. Johnson.
13. She doesn't think small beer of herself.
Maga.
14. She that looks too much at herself looks too
little to herself.
15. The cow rails at the pig for being black,
Chinese.
16. The frying-pan says to the kettle, "Avaunt,
black brows."
17. The kettle calls the sauce-pan smutty. IWrk.
18. The kiln calls the oven burnt brows.
19. The pan says to the pot, " Keep off or you'll
smut me." Jtal.
20. The pot upbraids the kettle that it is black.
Dutch.
21. The raven chides blackness.
22. The shovel scouts the poker. Pr,
23. The sooty oven mocks the black chimnej'.
24. There is no doubt that vanity is our principal
cause of infidelity. Knox.
25. Vanity has no greater foe than vanity. Fr.
26. Vanity is the food of fools. Swift,
27. Vanity is the vice of low minds; a man of
spirit is too proud to be vain. Svi/t.
28. Vanity will pre


3q8 Vanquished. — Variety. — Varnishing.
29. " We hounds killed the hare," quoth the dog.
30. " What a dust have I raised," quoth the fly
upon the coach.
31. " What a dust we kicked up," said the fly to
the car-wheel.
32. " Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for
nothing," said the pig to the horse. Russian,
Vanquished.
1. It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
Statius,
2. The more famous the vanquished the more
famous the victor. Don Quixote.
3. There should be no strife with the vanquished
or the dead. Virgil,
4. With the arni that won the victory he protects
the vanquished. Ovid,
Variety.
1. Variety alone gives joy, the sweetest meats
the soonest cloy. Prior,
2. Variety is the mother of enjoyment. Bea,
3. Variety's the very spice of life
That gives it all its flavor. Cowfer.
4. Variety, that divine gift that makes a woman
charming. Bea,
Varnishing^.
I. Varnishing hides a crack.
Vengeance.
1. Vengeance Ijas no foresight. Napoleon,
2. Vengeance is wild justice.
3. Vengeance ought always to pursue crimes, and
the guilty are not proper objects of mercy. Arabian,

Venom.— Venture. '^gg
4. Vengeance should be left to women.
Petrarch,
5. Vile is the vengeance on the ashes cold,
And envy base to bark at sleeping fame.
Spenser,
Venom.
1. In the tail lies the venom. Fr.
2. No viper so little but hath its venom.
3. The venom is in the tail.
4. The venom of a viper's tongue may be con-
verted into treacle.
Venture.
1. Boldly ventured is half won. Ger,
2. First weigh, then venture.
3. He has put all his eggs in one basket : /. e,y
ventured all in one enterprise,
4. He that dare not venture must not complain
of ill luck.
5. He that ventures not, fails not. Fr,
6. I will either win the horse or lose the sad-
dle.
7. Many ventures make a full freight.
8. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Shaks,
9. Nothing venture nothing have. Fr,
10. Take your venture as many a good ship hath
done.
11. Throw a brick to allure a gem. Chinese,
12. Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
13. Venture not all in one bottom.
14. Ventures make men and ventures break men.

^OO Venus.— Vice.
15. Venture thy opinion but not thyself for thy
opinion.
16. Who does not venture gets neither horse nor
mule,
And who ventures too much loses horse and
mule. Fr,
17. Who ventures nothing has no luck. Sp,
Venus.
1. Venus smiles not in a house of tears.
2. Venus, thy eternal sway, all the race of men
obey. Euripides.
Vice.
1. A man must either imitate the vicious or hate
them. Montaigne,
2. A vicious man has a good title to vice.
3. After one vice a greater follows. .5^.
4. All vice infatuates and corrupts the judg-
ment.
5. Concealed goodness is a sort of vice.
6. Every vice fights against nature.
7. Great parts produce great vices as well as
virtues. Plato,
8. Great vices as well as great virtues make men
famous.
9. He who is free from vice himself is the slower
to suspect it in others. Greek,
10. He who plunges into vice resembles a man
who rolls from the top of a precipice. Chinese,
11. He who suffers himself to hate vice will hate
mankind. Thrasea,

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12. If you swallow vice 'twill rise badly in your
stomach.
13. Lordly vices require lordly estates.
14. Most of our evils come from our vices.
15. Never open the door to. a little vice lest a
great one enter with it.
16. No vice but hath its patron.
17. No vice goes alone.
18. One vice begets another.
19. Our pleasant vices are made the whip to
scourge us. Shaks,
20. Private vices are public benefits. {Mande-
vine's celebrated paradox,)
21. The maintaining of one vice costeth more than
ten virtues.
22. The proudest vice is ashamed to wear its own
face long.
23. The vicious man should date his destruction
from his first temptation. Lapland,
24. The vicious obey their passions as slaves do
their masters. . Diogenes,
25. Through tattered clothes small vices do ap-
pear,
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shaks.
26. 'Tis the most dangerous vice looks like vir-
tue.
27. To blush at vice shows the world you are
ashamed of it.
28. Vice always produces contempt. Dr, Johnson.
29. Vice begins in mistake and ends in ignominy.
Rambler.
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12. If you swallow vice 'twill rise badly in your
stomach.
13. Lordly vices require lordly estates.
14. Most of our evils come from our vices.
15. Never open the door to. a little vice lest a
great one enter with it.
16. No vice but hath its patron.
17. No vice goes alone.
18. One vice begets another.
19. Our- pleasant vices are made the whip to
scourge us. Shaks,
20. Private vices are public benefits. {Mande-
villus celebrated paradox^
21. The maintaining of one vice costeth more than
ten virtues.
22. The proudest vice is ashamed to wear its own
face long.
23. The vicious man should date his destruction
from his first temptation. Lapland,
24. The vicious obey their passions as slaves do
their masters. . Diogenes,
25. Through tattered clothes small vices do ap-
pear,
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shaks.
26. 'Tis the most dangerous vice looks like vir-
tue.
27. To blush at vice shows the world you are
ashamed of it.
28. Vice always produces contempt. Dr, Johnson,
29. Vice begins in mistake and ends in ignominy.
Rambler,
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402 Vice.
30. Vice can never be too great to be lashed, nor
virtue too poor to be commended. Fielding,
31. Vice gets more in this vicious world than
piety. Beaumont and Fletcher,
32. Vice hath not a more abject slave than the
slanderer. Fielding,
33. Vice is a monster of such frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen ;
Yet seen, too oft familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Fope,
34. Vice is cherished and thrives by concealment.
Latin,
35. Vice is its own punishment and sometimes its
own cure.
36. Vice is learnt without a school-master. Dan,
37. Vice is the most dangerous when it puts on
the garb of virtue. Syrus,
38. Vice loses half its evil by losing its gross-
ness. Burke,
39. Vice makes virtue shine.
40. Vice often rides triumphant in virtue's chariot.
41. Vice ruleth where God reigneth.
42. Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but
virtue consoles us even in our pains.
43. Vice will stain the noblest race. Horace,
44. What maintains one vice would bring up two
children.
45. When our vices leave us, we flatter our-
selves we leave them..

Victor, Victory.

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46. Where vice goes before, vengeance follows
after.
47. Where vice is, vengeance follows.
Victor, Victory.
1. A victory is twice itself when the achiever
brings home full numbers. Shaks,
2. He conquers twice who conquers himself in
victory. Syrus.
3. He that forgives (the aggressor) gains the
victory. Yoruba {Africa),
4. He that traverses the list without an adver-
sary may receive the reward of victory, but he has
no pretension to the honor. Seneca.
5. He who has victory, has right. Ger,
6. Not the body but the soul strikes the blow in
which lives victory. Maga.
. 7. Oft the victor triumphs but to fall. Homer,
8. One may know how to gain a victory, and
know not how to use it. Barca the Carthagenian,
9. Such another victory and we are undone.
Pyrrhus,
10. The harder matched, the greater victory.
Shaks,
11. The more Moors, the better victory.
12. There are none but savage beasts, with whom
carnage succeeds victory. Petrarch,
13. Victories attended with little advantage will
ruin rather than enlarge an empire. Turkish Spy,
14. Victory gives no account of her actions.
Civilis the Batavian,
15. Victory or Westminster Abbey. Nelson,

404

Views.— Villain. — Vine, Vineyard. — Vinegar.

Views.
I. Extreme views are never just. Bea,
Villain.
1. Anoint a villain and he will prick you; prick
a villain and he will anoint you. Fr,
2. At an ambuscade of villains a man does
better with his feet than with his hands. Sp,
3. No villain like the conscientious villain.
4. The villain's censure is extorted praise. Pope.
5. The stains that villany leaves behind no time
will wash away. Fielding,
6. Where villany goes before, vengeance follows
after.
Vine, Vineyard.
1. Make your vine poor, and it will make you
rich.
2. He who has many vineyards has many cares.
Turk,
Vinegar.
1. Beware of vinegar made of sweet wine. Ital,
2. He cries wine, and sells vinegar.
3. More flies are caught with a spoonful of syrup
(or drop of honey) than with a cask of vinegar.
Dutch^ Dan.
Violent.
1. Nothing that is violent is permanent.
2. Violent fires soon burn out.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms
are short. Shaks.
Virtue.
.1. A happy life consists in virtue. Latin,

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2. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever
envieth virtue in others. Bacon,
3. A man who is wise and learned, but without
virtue, shall be despised. Cingalese,
4. All human virtue to its latest breath.
Finds envy never conquered but by death.
Pope.
5. All the praise of inward virtue consists in
outward action.
6. All the virtues are in peril when filial piety
is attacked. Chinese,
7. All virtue lies in a power of denying our own
desires when reason does not authorize them. Locke,
8. An exterior grave and majestic announces a
palace where virtue resides. Chinese,
9. As virtue is its own reward, so vice is its own
punishment.
10. Be a father to virtue, but a father-in-law to
vice.
11. Courage and resolution are the spirit and
soul of virtue.
12. Each must in virtue strive to excel,
That man lives twice who lives the first life
well. HerHck,
13. Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a
handsome person. Virgil,
14. Every virtue is but half way between two
vices. Latin,
15. Few are virtuous when the reward^s away.
Dr. Johnson.

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Virtue.

1 6. From our ancestors come our names, but
from our virtues our honors.
17. He cannot go wrong when virtue guides.
18. He has no mean portion of virtue that loveth
it in another.
19. He that thinks too much of his virtues, bids
others think of his vices.
20. He who aspires to be virtuous resembles a
man who climbs up a steep mountain. Chinese,
21. He who dies for virtue does not perish.
Plautus,
22. He whose mind is virtuous is alone of noble
kind. Dryden,
23. I have seen many men not adapted to the
sciences ; not one incapable of a virtue.
24. If virtue keep court within, honor will attend
without.
25. If you can be well without health, you may be
happy without virtue.
26. It is difficult to persuade mankind that the
love of virtue is the love of themselves. Cicero,
27. It is easier to run from virtue to vice than
from vice to virtue.
28. It is impossible for fortune to conquer vir-
tue. Plutarch.
29. It is in hating vice that we strengthen our-
selves in the love of virtue. Fr.
30. It is the will of heaven that virtue be proved
by trials. Arabian,
31. It is virtue to fly vice. Horace,

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32. It needs great virtues to be known and ad-
mired, or perhaps great vices. La Bruyhre,
33. Kindred without friends, friends without
power, power without will, will without effect, effect
without profit, profit without virtue, are not worth a
rush. Fr.
34. Let them call it mischief,
When it is past and prospered 'twill be virtue.
Ben Jonson,
35. Make a virtue of necessity.
36. Mankind are all stamped equal at their birth,
Virtue alone the difference makes on earth.
37. Men's evil manners live in brass.
Their virtues we write in water. Shaks,
38. Most men are more willing to indulge in easy
vices, than to practise laborious virtues. Dr, Johnson,
39. Nobody hath too much prudence or virtue.
40. Not to go forward in the way of virtue is to
go backwards.
41. O' need make virtue.
42. Our virtues will be often discredited with the
appearance of evil. Rogers.
43. Our virtues would be proud if our vices
whipped them not.
44. Poverty does not destroy virtue nor wealth
bestow it. Sp,
45. Room can never be wanting for virtue. Senua,
46. Some riRfi by wn and ^;mc by virtue fall.
S/iaks,
47. ^\f7tf\\Tir^% \% ihf foundation of all virtue.
Afotfo nf Viwount If erf ford.

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Virtue.

48. Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
Addison.
49. The first step to virtue is to love virtue in an-
other.
50. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
51. The man who is always fortunate cannot
easily have a great reverence for virtue. Cicero.
52. The virtue that was received from heaven was
as great as a mountain. Chinese.
53. The virtues and vices are put in motion by
interest. Rochefoucauld.
54. The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame,
And death^s a pleasant road that leads to
fame. Geo, Granville.
55. There is some virtue or other to be exercised
whatever happens.
56. There must ever be a place for virtue. Seneca.
57. To subdue the proud and spare the suppliant
has ever been a Roman virtue. TcMtus.
58. Virtue alone can procure that independence
which is the end of human wishes. Petrarch.
59. Virtue alone has majesty in death. Young,
60. Virtue alone is happiness below. Crabbe,
61. Virtue alone is invincible. Latin.
62. Virtue alone with lasting grace
Embalms the virtues of the face. Trumbull.
63. Virtue alone outbuilds the pyramids :
Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.
Young.
64. Virtue and happiness are mother and daugh-
ter.

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65. Virtue and truth are respected everywhere.
Turkish Spy.
66. Virtue and truth are two of heaven's most
beautiful and lovely daughters. Bacon.
67. Virtue and understanding cannot be bought
with gold. Ger,
68. Virtue and vice cannot dwell under the same
roof. Ger.
69. Virtue and vice, wisdom and folly, are not
hereditary. Chinese.
70. Virtue alone is true nobility. Stepney.
71. Virtue brings honor. Ger.
72. Virtue conquers envy.
Motto of Marquis of Comwallis.
73.' Virtue consists in action. Dutch.
74. Virtue consists in avoiding vice and is the
highest wisdom. Horace,
75. Virtue dwells not in the tongue but in the
heart.
76. Virtue even in rags will keep warm. Hora^.
77. Virtue flourishes from a wound.
Motto of Scotch Earl of Galloway.
78. Virtue flourishes in misfortune. Ger.
79. Virtue goes before, nobility follows after. Ger.
80. Virtue hath not a greater enemy than wealth.
• Petrarch.
81. Virtue grows under every weight. Latin.
82. Virtue in poverty is better than sinful wealth.
Ger.
83. Virtue is a friend ever true. Ger.

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84. Virtue is a jewel of great price.
85. Virtue is always amiable. Petrarch.
86. Virtue is always flourishing.
Motto of Irish Viscount Belmore.
87. Virtue is as good as a thousand shields. Latin,
88. Virtue is a sheet anchor. Latin,
89. Virtue is between two extremes ; he who has
passed the middle has not done better than he who
has reached it. Chinese.
90. Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.
Shaks.
91. Virtue is choked with foul ambition. Shaks.
92. Virtue is the best patrimony for a child to in-
herit.
93. Virtue is the only nobility.
94. Virtue is increased by the smile of approval.
Ovid.
95. Virtue is its own reward.
96. Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Bacon.
97. Virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant
when they are crushed. Bacon.
98. Virtue is more persecuted by the wicked than
encouraged by the good.
99. Virtue is never aided by a vice. Ben Jonson,
100. Virtue is of noble birth, but riches take the
wall of her.
1 01. Virtue is not allowed to go backward. Seneca.
102. Virtue is praised and starves. Juvenal.
103. Virtue is the base of the prosperity of an em-
pire. Chinese.

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104. Virtue is the most beautiful apparel. Ger,
105. Virtue is the only true nobility. Juvenal,
106. Virtue is the path of praise. Homer,
107. Virtue is the reward of virtue. Ger.
108. Virtue is the safest helmet. Latin,
109. Virtue is tied to no degrees of men.
no. Virtue is without alloy. Ger,
111. Virtue itself offends when coupled with for-
bidden manners. Middleton,
112. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.
113. Virtue itself turns vice being misapplied.
114. Virtue kindles strength.
Motto of the Irish Viscount of Str angf or d,
115. Virtue, like a strong and hardy plant, will root
where it can find an ingenuous nature and a mind
not averse to labor. Plutarch,
116. Virtue maketh men on the earth famous, in
their grave illustrious, in the heavens immortal.
Chile,
117. Virtue maybe overclouded for awhile, but
will shine at last.
118. Virtue, not pedigree, should characterize no-
bility. Latin,
119. Virtue often trips and falls on the sharp-
edged rocks of poverty. Eugene Sue,
120. Virtue only finds eternal fame. Petrarch,
121. Virtue overcomes envy. Latin,
122. Virtue rejoices in temptation.
Motto of the Earl of Dartmouth,
123. Virtue remains when all else has passed away.
Ger.

^ £ 2 Virtuous.
124. Virtue shines grandest in misfortune. Ger.
125. Virtue sometimes starves while vice is fed.
Pope.
126. Virtue subdues power. Ger.
127. Virtue survives the grave.
Motto of the Irish Earl of Shannon,
128. Virtue though momentarily shamed cannot
be extinguished. Syrus,
129. Virtue unites man with God. Latin.
130. Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
Claudianus.
131. Virtue which parleys is near surrender.
132. Virtue would not go far, if a little vanity
walked not with her.
133. Virtues all agree, but vices fight one another.
134. Wealth and beauty less than virtue please.
Homer.
135. What can the virtues of our ancestors profit
us if we do not imitate them.
136. What's vice to-day may be virtue to-morrow.
Fielding.
137. Where virtue resides not, liberty can no longer
subsist. Arabian.
138. Wherever virtue is found in an eminent de-
gree, it is sure to be persecuted. Don Quixote.
139. Whether I am praised or blamed, it enables
me to advance in virtue. Chinese Philosopher.
Virtuous.
I. The device of the virtuous man is expressed
by the two words : " to forgive," and " to pardon."
Fr.

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2. The world is ashamed of being virtuous.
StCTit€»
3. To be virtuous is to do good and do it well.
Voice.
1. A voice soft, gentle and low, is an excellent
thing in a woman. Shaks,
2. A loud voice bespeaks a vulgar man.
3. Apples, pears, and nuts spoil the voice.
4. He who has no voice in the valley will have
none in the council. Sp.
5. Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of
sorrow. Bea.
6. The voice of the people is the voice of God.
( Vox populi vox Dei)
7. The voice of the pigeon on the spit is not like
the voice of the pigeon on the tree. Woloffs (Africa),
Vows.
I. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
Vulg^.
I. The vulgar keep no account of your hits but
of your misses.
Vulgarity.
I. Vulgarity in manners defiles fine garments
more than mud.

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T.
Table.
1. Spread the table and contention will cease.
2. The table robs more than the thief.
Tailors.
1. Dull scissors make crooked mouthed tailors.
Dan.
2. Four farthings and a thimble make a tailor's
pocket jingle.
3. Nine tailors make a man.
4. Tailors' shreds are worth the cutting.
5. The Portuguese apprentice who does not
know how to sew and wants to cut out Sp.
6. The tailor ill dressed, the shoemaker ill shod.
Far.
7. The tailor that makes not a knot loses a
stitch.

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8. There is little to sew where tailors are true.
9. To be like the tailor of Campello, who worked
for nothing and found the thread. Sp.
Take Heed.
I. Take heed of a good minute,
a. Take heed of many, advice of few. Ztow.
3. Take heed of the words of the wise.
4. Take heed of an ox before, and an ass behind,
and a knave on all sides.
5. Take heed will surely speed.
6. Take heed you find not that you do not seek.
"Take Thia."
1. I was never satisfied wilh " I will," " I will ; "
one " take this," is better than two " I will give
you." Sfi.
2. One "take this," is better than ten "God
bless yous," Ger.
3. One " take this " is better than two " you
shall haves." J'r., Dutch.
1. Take not a musket to kill a fly.
2, Take not your sickle to another man's

Dan,

3. Take the ball at the hop.
4. Take the middle of the way and thou v

ivilt not
fall. Sp.
5. Take things always by the smoolh handle,
TlkinE Out.
I. Always taking out of the meal tub, and never
putting in soon comes to the bottom.

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Taul

2. It is delightful to take out of a great hoard.
Horace.
3. Take out without putting in, soon comes to
the bottom. Sp.^ Par.
4. When you take out and do not put in, expect
to reach the bottom. M. Greek.
Tale.
1. A good tale ill told is a bad one.
2. A good tale is not the worse for being twice
told.
3. A school-boy's tale the wonder of an hour.
Byron.
4. A tale never loses in the telling.
5. A tale twice told is cabbage twice sold.
6. An honest tale speeds best being plainly
told. Shaks.
7. And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
Pope.
8. Every man's tale is gude till anither be tauld.
9. Ha'f a tale is enough for a wise man.
10. In the fair tale is foul falsity.
11. It ought to be a good tale that is twice told.
12. Must I tell you a tale and find you ears too ?
13. No sweetness in a cabbage twice boiled or in
a tale twice told.
14. One tale is good until another be told.
15. Tell no tales out of school. Ger.
16. The tale runs as it pleases the teller.
17. There is many a true tale told in jest.
18. What so tedious as a twice-told tale. Homer.
19. You will tell another tale when you are tried.

Tale-bearer.— Talents.— Talking. 333
Tale-bearer.
1. A dog that fetches a bone will carty one.
2. Beware of the tale-bearer.
3. Put no faith in tale-bearers.
4. Tale-bearers are commonly a sort of half-
witted men.
Talents.
I. The more talents the more they will be de-
veloped. Chinese.

1. A great talker never wants for enemies.
Chinese,
2. A man of sense talks little and listens much.
Chinese,
3. Always talk big and you will not be forgotten.
Fr.
4. Beware of a man that does not talk and a
dog that does not bark. J'or.
5. Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor.
Sp.
6. Do not talk Latin before the sacristans. I^r.
7. Fore-talk spares after-talk. Ger.
8. Great talkers are commonly liars.
9. Great talkers are like leaky pitchers : every-
thing runs out of them.
10. Great talkers are not great doers, i^r., Dutch.
11. Have a care of whom you talk,
To whom and what and where. Horeue.
12. He has the gift of the gab ; i>., is a fluent
talker.

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Talking.

13. He that hears much and speaks not all.
Shall be welcome both in bower and hall.
14. He that talks to himself talks to a fool.
15. He who talks much is sometimes right Sp.
16. I have a poor opinion of a man who talks to
men what women should not hear. Richardson.
17. It is very seldom that a great talker hath
either discretion or good manners.
18. Leave a dog and a great talker in the middle
of the street.
19. Let people talk and dogs bark. Ger.
20. Long talk makes short days. Fr.
21. Many talk like philosophers and live like
fools.
22. Much talk little work. DuUk.
23. Much talking enervates the judgment
Turkish Spy.
24. Much talking, much erring. Sp.
25. People should talk not to please themselves
but those who hear them.
26. Talk does not cook rice. Chinese.
27. Talk is but talk; but 'tis money that buys
land.
28. Talk little and well and you will be looked
upon as somebody. Sp.
29. Talk much and err much.
30. Talk of camps but stay at home.
31. Talk of sporting but buy game in the market.
32. Talkers are no doers. Shahs.
33. Talking comes by nature, science of under-
standing. Ger.

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34. Talking is easier than doing, and prombing
than performing, Ger.
35. Talking is silver, silence is gold. Cer.
36. Talking pays no toll.
37. Talking very much and lying are cousin Ger-
mans.
38. The eternal talker neither hears nor learns.
39. The greatest talkers are always the least
doers.
40. The talker sows, the listener reaps. Ital.
41. The more you are talked about the less pow-
erful you are. Bea.
42. There is never much talk of a thing but there
is some truth in it. Ital,
43. They always talk who never think. Pope.
44. 'Tis remarkable that they talk most who have
least to say. Pope,
45. To talk without thinking is to shoot without
aiming.
46. Who talks much errs much. Sp.
Tarry.
1. Tarry awhile that we may make an end the
sooner.
2. Tarry long brings little home.
Task.
1. When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Ovid.
2. Whoever undertakes a task cannot repudiate
the responsibility. Chinese.
Taste.
I. To a depraved taste sweet is bitter. Sp.

Xx6 TattleKw— Taxis.— Tkachkr, Tkachikg.
3. To him who has lost his taste sweet is sour.
3. Whether sugar be white or black it preserves
its proper taste. TUrJk,
4. There is no accounting for tastes as the old
woman said when her husband kissed the cow.
Tattler.
I. A tattler is waur than a thief.
3. Shun an inquisitive person, for he is also a
tattler. Latin.
3. Tattlers and busy bodies are the canker and
rust of idleness as idleness is the rust of time.
Taylor.
4. The tattler's tongue is always dancing a silly
Jig-

1. Taxes are the perpetual theme of popular
complaint. Gibbon.
2. Those who do a good trade don't wrangle over
taxes. Chinese,
3. What church does not take^ exchequer takes.
Ger,^ Sp,
Teacher, Teaching.
1. A teacher is better than two books. Ger.
2. Delightful task to rear the tender thought.
To teach the young idea how to shoot
Thomson.
3. He teaches me to be good that does me
good.
4. He teaches ill that teacheth all.
5. He that teaches himself has a fool for his
master.

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■ '

Taught in the same school,

Zaiin.

■

Teaching others leaches yourself.


■

The best mode of instruction is

practise

■ what

we teach.


1

Who teaches often learns himself.
Tear.

//a/.

K ■

An orphan's tear (alts not in vain.

Hussion.

^^m.'

A small tear relieves a great sorrow. ^

^^■3-

But woes await a country when

■

^^B

She sees the tears of bearded men

Scott. ■

^^B"-

Easier to slop Euphrates at its source ^

■1

Than one tear of a true and tende

heart. 1
Byron. 1

■^^s-

Even when the gates of prayer are shut the |

gates

of tears are open.

ffebrew. 1

6.

Every woe a tear may claim
Except an erring sister's shame.

J

7-

He wastes his tears who weeps

before the ■

judge


Hal. H

S.

More tears are shed in playhouses than in S

Churches.

GutArif. n

9-

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

G^. 1

lO.

Oh, father, what a hell of witchcraft lies M


In the small orb of one particular tear. SAaJis. |

11.

Repentant tears wash out the stain

of guilt. ■
Latin. ■

11.

Tears are sometimes as weighty as

words. H
Oi'id. ■

'3-

Tears benefit not the dead, they may injure H

the living.

Ptiitareh. H

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336 TATTLU^-TAXn/— TftACBUt TXACHXIir
9. To him who has lost his taste .i. Homer,
3. Whether sugar be white o^ .ears. Byron,
its proper taste. ,^^^ has more
4. There is no aoooar' . ;/iedding seas of gore.
woman said when her * . Byron.
^,./iich moulds a tear
I. A tattle*' • ft^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ source,
Shuv "^'seTVGS the earth a sphere,
fatrtjw .'-[jidds the planets in their course.
V*' S.Rogers.
r ic^^^ ^^^ years the fewer his tears.
iS '.^jear down childhood's cheek that flows
i9- is Jike the dew-drop on the rose :
When next the summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush the flower is dry. ScoU.
go* Th^ tears of a whore and the oaths of a bully
may he put in the same bottle.
21. The tears of a penitent are the wine of angels.
St, Bernard.
22. The tears of the congregation are the praises
of the minister.
23. The tears of the night equal the smiles of the
day. Rousseau.
24. What can I think of thy good qualities since
every bite draws tears. African.
Teeth.
1. The teeth of the puppy are growing while the
©Id dog is gnawing bones. Dan.
2. The tooth often bites the tongue and yet they
keep together. Dan.
3. The toothless man envies those that can bite
well. Latin.

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339

4. Who hath aching teeth hath ill tenants.
Temper.
1. He who loses his temper is in the wrong. Fr.
2. Of all bad things by which mankind are curst,
Their own bad tempers surely are the worst.
Cumberland,
Temperance.
1. Temperance is the best medicine.
2. Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
Plutarch.
3. The virtue of prosperity is temperance. Bacon,
Temples.
1. The groves were God's first temples. Bryant,
2, The truest temples are fixed in the heart.
Tadtus,
Temptation.
1. A bad padlock invites a picklock.
2. A fair booty makes many a thief.
3. All temptations are found either in hope or
fear.
4. An open box tempts an honest ms^n. Dutch,
5. An open door may tempt a saint
6. At an open chest the righteous sins. Fr,
7. Flight is a triumph. {Fleeingfram temptation^
Latin.
8. Godfrey sent the thief that stole the cash
away,
And punished him that put it in his way. Pope,
9. He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin.
Sp.

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TKIIPTXR.^TlUrDSE.

10. It is difficult keeping that which is admired
by many. Syrus.
11. She is good who is close to the fire and does
not bum.
12. Shut your door and you will make your neigh-
bor good. Sp., For.
13. It is too much to expect of the cat that she
should sit by the milk and not lap it. Ger.
14. Take away the motive and you take away the
sin. Don Quixote,
15. Temptation makes a good Christian. Ger.
16. The key at my girdle keeps me good and my
neighbor too. Sp.
17. The less the temptation the greater the sin.
18. The open door invites the thief. Dutch.
19. The righteous man sins before an open chest.
20. When a chest lies open a reputed honest man
may sin.
21. When Christ was alone the devil tempted
him. Ger.
22. When we do ill the devil tempted us, when
we do nothing we tempt him.
Tempter.
1. The tempter is then ever nighest when we
think him furthest off. Old Divine.
2. Who draws others into evil courses is the
devil's factor.
Tender.
I. Who is tender in everj'thing is a fool in every-
thing. Catalan.

:S. — T H EFT, — T H IM ■.

1. I'll thank you for the next, for this I am sure
of. {Said after receiving a Javor^

I, Old thanks are not for new gifts. Ital,
9. Old thanks pay not for a new debt-
Theft.
I. A mouthful of meat (if it be stolen) may be a
townfut of shame. Scotch.
a. The honest man enjoys the theft.
Theme.
I. When great the theme 'tis easy to excel.
Quoted by Alexander from Euripides.
Theraites.
1. Thersites' body is as good as Ajax' when
neither is alive. Shaks.
Thief,
t. A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a
hundred tailors are three hundred thieves. Dutch.
2. A hundred tailors, a hundred millers, and a
hundred weavers are three hundred thieves. Sp.
3. A rackless hussie makes mony thieves,
4. A thief does not always ihieve, but be always
on your guard against him. Russian.
5. A thief does not willingly see another carry a
basket. Ger.
6. A thief is better than a lazy servant. Ger.
7. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
8. A thief makes opportunities. Dutch.
9. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing
has made him rich.

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Thief.

10. A thief seldom grows rich by thieving. Gcr,
11. A thief thinks every man steals. Dan.
12. All are not thieves whom the dogs bark at.
Ger.
. 13. An old thief desires a new halter.
14. As stout as the miller's waistcoat that takes
a thief by the neck every day.
15. Every tribe has its thief, every mountain its
wolf. Russian.
16. First a turnip, then a sheep, next a cow, and
then the gallows.
17. Great thieves always have their sleeves full of
gags. Fr.
18. Great thieves hang little ones. Fr,
19. He is a thief indeed that robs a thief. Fr.
20. He that showeth his wealth to a thief is the
cause of his own pillage.
21. He who has a son grown up should not call
another a thief. Sp,
22. He is a thief for he has taken a cup too much.
23. Highways and streets have not all the thieves :
shops have ten to one.
24. If there were no receiver, there would be no
thief. Sp.
25. If you cut down the woods you'll catch the
thief.
26. If you would make a thief honest trust him.
Sp.
27. Ill laying up makes many thieves.
28. It is hard to steal where the host himself is a
thief. Ger,^ Dutch.

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29. Look not at thieves eating flesh, but look at
them suffering punishment. Chinese.
30. No receiver, no thief.
31. No thief e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
32. Opportunity makes the thief.
Fr,^ ItaL^ Ger., Sp., Dutch^ Van.
33. Petty thieves are hanged, people take off their
hats to great ones. Ger,
34. Put a miller, a weaver, and a tailor in a bag
and shake them, the first that comes out will be a
thief.
35. Set a thief to catch a thief.
36. Stealing would be a nice thing if thieves were
hanged by the girdle. Sp.
37. The great thieves hang the small ones. Ger,
^%, The great thieves punish the little ones.
39. The hole invites the thief. Sp.
40. The thief becomes the gallows well. For,
41. The thief cannot find any tree that suits him
for a gallows. Ger,
42. The thief is frightened even by a mouse. Ital,
43. The thief is sorry he is to be hanged, not that
he is a thief.
44. The thief proceeds from a needle to gold,
and from gold to the gallows. For.
45. The thief steals until he comes to the gallows.
Ger.
46. The thief thinks all men are like himself.
Sp.y For.

344 Thing.
47. There are more thieves than are hanged.
Duich.
48. There are more thieves than gibbets. Ital.
49. There is but one short step between lying
and theft.
50. There is honor among thieves.
51. There is no guarding against the privy thief.
Fr.
52. Thick as thieves.
53. Thieves and rogues have the best luck if they
do but escape hanging.
54. Thieves quarrel and thefts are discovered. 1^.
55. Time and place make the thief. Crer.^ Dutch.
$6. When it thunders the thief becomes honest.
Itai.
57. When thieves fall out thefts are discovered.
Fr.
58. Why is there honor among thieves ? Because
they usually hang together. Punch.
Thing.
1. A good thing is known when it is lost. Par.
2. A good thing is soon caught up.
3. A good thing one soon forgets, the bad grow
old in the head. Ger.
4. A thing done has a head. (JEocclamcUum of an
ancient sculptor on finishing a statue.)
5. A thing done perforce is not worth a rush.
6. A thing is not bad if well understood. Ger.
7. A thing lost is a thing known. Fr.
8. All good things are not given to one.
La Fontaine.

9. All things are difficult before tbey are easy.
10. All things are easy that are done willingly.

. All things a

ivith the good.



e not to be granted at all times.
e soon prepared in a well ordered

12. All things a
13. All things a
house.
14. All things have their uses.
15. All things of this world are nothing unless
they have reference to the next. Sfi.
16. From trivia] things great contests oft arise.
DutcA.
17. Good things require time. DuUh.
18. Good things soon find a purchaser. Plaulus.
19. Great things spring from casualties. Bea.
ao. He who prizes little things is worthy of great
ones, Ger.
21, He who takes no care of little things will not
have the care of great ones. Ger.
22. Little things are preltj',
13. Little things attract light minds.
24. Moderate things last,
25. Out of small things large cannot spring. Ger.
26. Small things affect light minds.
27. Small things become the small. Horace.
28. Small things make base men proud. Skaks.
29. The best thing in the world is to live above it.
30. The best things are the first to perish. Latin,
31. The best things are the worst to come by.
3». The greatest things are done by the help of
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Thing.

33. Things above thy height are to be looked at,
not reached at
34. Things are not as they are, but as they are
regarded. Ital.
35. Things at the worse will cease or else climb
upwards. Shaks.
36. Things at the worst will sometimes mend.
37. Things bad begun strengthen themselves by
ill. Shaks.
38. Things beyond our reach are not worth our
consideration. Latin,
39. Things coming from afar are most esteemed.
40. Things do not always go as man wills. Ger.
41. Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus.
42. Things hardly attained are the longer re-
tained.
43. Things ill acquired are ill expended. Latin,
44. Things ill got have ever bad success. Shaks,
45. Things in motion sooner catch the eye than
what not stirs. Shaks,
46. Things may be fitting to be done, which are
not fitting to be boasted of. Fielding.
47. Things not understood are admired.
48. Things past may be repented but not recalled.
Livy.
49. Things promised are things due. Fr.
50. Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.
Shaks.
51. Things unhoped for happen oftener than
what we desire. Flautus.

Thinker, Thinking.— Thirst.— Thirteenth. ^47
52. Things unreasonable are never durable. ItaL
Thinker, Thinking.
1. A profound thinker always thinks he is super-
ficial. Bea,
2. A thinking man is always striking out some-
thing new.
3. It is for want of thinking that most men are
undone.
4. Think first and speak afterwards. Turk,
5. Think much, speak little, and write less.
Fr,, Hal
6. Think of ease, but work on.
7. Think of many things, do one. For,
8. Think to-day and speak to-morrow.
9. Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar,
Dr, Johnson,
10. Thinking is not knowing. For.
11. Thinking of where you are going, you forget
whence you came. For,
12. Who has never done thinking never begins
doing. ItaL
Thirst.
1. Thirst comes from drinking. ItaU
2. Thirst is the best butler. Ger,
3. Thirst makes wine out of water. Ger,
4. Who has no thirst, has no business at the
fountain. Dutch.
5. You look at what I drink and not at my
thirst. Sp.
Thirteenth.
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348.

Thirty. —Thistul— Thorn-bush.— Thoihs.

Thirty.
I. Thirty is the turning point of a man's life.
Thistle.
1. If you should plant a thistle in Paradise, it
would never become a rose. Ger.
2. Thistles are a salad for asses.
3. Thistles are more lovely to an ass, than roses.
Ger.
Thorn-bosh.
I. .Wherever a man dwells, he shall be sure to
have a thorn-bush before his door.
Thorns.
1. A man does not run among thorns for noth-
ing r either he b chasing a snake or a snake is chas-
ing him. Voruda.
2. A myrtle among thorns is a myrtle still.
3. Barefooted men must not go amongst thorns.
4. Better one thorn plucked out than all remain.
Iforace.
5. From the thorn springs the rose, and from
the rose the thorn. Jf. Greek.
6. He knows well where the thorn pricks him.
Ital.
7. He that handles thorns, shall smart for it.
8. He that scattereth thorns, must not go bare-
foot.
9. It early pricks that will be a thorn.
10. The point of the thorn is small but he who
has felt it does not forget it ItaL
11. The thorn comes into the world point fore-
roost.

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12. Thorns make the greatest crackling.
13. What profits you, only one thorn eradicated
out of many. fforace.
14. While the shoe is on thy foot tread upon the
thorns.
15. Without thorns no roses. Ger.
Thought.
1. A man without thought for the future must
soon have present sorrow. Coufucius.
2. He is never alone that is in the company of
noble thoughts.
3. If thoughts were legal witnesses, many an
honest man would be proved a rogue. Dan,
4. In matters of conscience first thoughts are
best ; in matters of prudence last thoughts are the
best. Rev, Robert Hall.
S- Keep your thoughts to yourself, let your mien
be free and open.
6. Second thoughts are best. Latin.
7. The only way to keep our thoughts is to fasten
them in words and chain them in writing.
Turkish Spy.
8. The thought has good legs and the quill a
good tongue.
9. They are never alone who are accompanied
by noble thoughts. Sidney.
10. Thought is a nimble footman.
11. Thought is free. Shaks.
IS. Thoughts are told tree but not held free. Ger.
Thretid.
I. By the thread we unwind the skein. Sp.

3 JO Threats, Threatening.
2. It hangs upon a silken thread.
3. Short flax makes long thread. Dan.
4. The thread breaks where it is thinnest. Sp.
5. Threads do not break for being tine, but for
being gouty and ill spun. Por.
6. Where it's weakest there the thread breaketh.
7. Who holds the thread holds the ball. Fr.
Threats, Threatening.
1. A blow threatened was never well given.
Ital., Sp.
2. A buffeting threatened is never well given.
Sp., Ital.
3. A threatened man lives long if he can get
bread. Dutch.
4. All do not bite that show their teeth. Dutch.
5. All tbreateners don't fight. Dutch.
6. He can do but little who cannot threaten an-
other. Sp.
7. He that threatens wastes his anger. Par.
8. He threatens many that injured one.
Ben Jonson.
9. He threatens who is afraid. Fr.
10. He who threateneth hunteth after revenge.
11. It is more easy to threaten than to kill. ItcU.
12. Longer lives he that is threatened than he
that is hanged. ItcU.
13. Many a one threatens while he quakes with
fear. Ital.^ Gcr.
14. More are threatened than are stabbed. Sp.
15. No one dies of threats. Dutch.

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16. Not all threateners fight. Dutch.
17. Some threaten who are afraid. Fr.
18. The threatener loses the opportunity of ven-
geance. Sp.
19. The threatener sometimes gets a drubbing.
Fr.
20. There are more threatened than hurt.
ItaL, Sp.
21. Threatened folks, too, eat bread. Sp,^ For.
22. Threatened folks live long. Fielding,
23. Threats are arms for the threatened. Jtal.
24. Threats don't kill. {Men dorCi die of threats.)
Dutch.
25. To freemen threats are impotent Cicero.
26. Who threatens, warns. Ger.
Three.
1. By three things we learn men : love, play and
wine. Ger.
2. One's too few, and three's too many.
3. Three things soon pass away: woman's
beauty, the rainbow, and the echo of the woods.
Ger.
4. Three things trouble life : quarrels, love and
wine. Ger.
5.' To expect what never comes, to lie in bed
and not sleep, to serve well and not be advanced,
are three things to die of. Ital.
6. What three know everybody knows. Sp.
7. What three know will soon be known to thirty.
Ger.

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Threshiwc— Thrift.— Thriving.— Throne.

Threthifis:.
I. When the barn is full you may thresh before
the door.
Thrift.
I. Thrift and he are at a fray.
3. Thrift is better than an annuity. F^.
3. Thrift is the philosopher's stone.

I. He that will thrive in this world must think
no course vile. Benjanson.
3. He who would thrive must follow the church,
the sea, or the king's service. Sp.
Throne.
I. It is more honorable to be raised than to be
bom to a throne ;
Hazard bestows the one, but merit obtains
the other. Fdrarck.
Thunder.
I. A bolt does not always fall when it thunders.
Ger.
Thnnder4>olt.
I. The thunder-bolt has but its clap.
Tide, Ebb, Flow.
I. A flow will have an ebb.
3. After ebb comes flood and friends with good.
3. After high floods come low ebbs. Dutch.
4. Every flood hath its ebb. Dutch.
5. Every tide hath its ebb.
6. The ebb will fetch off what the tide brings in.

TiEiNG.— Tiger.— Time.

353

7. There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.
Shaks.
Tieing.
1. He that ties well, unties well.
2. See that you tie so you can untie. Dutch,
3. Tie me hand and foot, and throw me among
my own people. ItaL
4. Who ties well, unties well. Sp.
Tiger.
1. Draw a tiger incompletely and he's like a
dog. Chinese,
2. Fiercer than a cubless tiger.
3« He is a paper tiger. {Applied to a blustering
coward?) Chinese.
4. The tiger that has once tasted blood is never
sated with the taste of it.
5. He calls the tiger to chase away the dog.
Chinese.
Time.
1. A little time may be enough to hatch a great
mischief.
2. A hundred years hence we shall all be bald.
3. A hundred years is not much, but never is a
long while. Fr.
4. A thousand years hence the river will run as
it did.
5. All the treasures of the earth would not bring
back one lost moment. Fr^
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354

Time.

6. An hour after twelve is just one whatever you
do, Ger.
7. As good have no time as make no good use
of it.
8. Better to take time. Latin.
9. Every scrap of a wise man's time is worth
saving.
10. Everything has its time. Par,
11. Everything has its time and that time must be
watched.
12. He is behind the times ; 1. e,^ old fashioned.
13. He that has most time has none to lose.
14. He that hath time and looketh for more,
loseth time.
15. He who gains time gains everything. Bea.
16. Hour by hour time departs. Ital.
17. I have lost a day. {Ferdidi diem.) Titus.
18. If the time don't suit you, suit yourself to the
time. Turk.
19. If time be of all things most precious, wasting
time must be the greatest prodigality. Franklin.
20. In less than a thousand years we shall all be
bald. Sp.
21. In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.
Shaks.
22. It is all one a hundred years hence.
23. It is good to be in good time, you know not
how long it will last.
24. It is time enough to set when the oven comes
to the dough.

Time.

3SS

25. It is time enough to take off your hat when
you see the man. Dan,
26. " IVe lost a day ! " the prince who nobly cried,
Had been an emperor without his crown.
Young.
27. It will be all the same an hundred years
hence.
28. Lost time never returns. Ger,
29. Lost time and opportunities can never be re-
covered.
30. Lost time is never found again, and what we
call time enough always proves little enough.
Franklin,
31. Man cannot buy time. Get,
32. Naeman can tether time or tide. Bums,
33. Once in every ten years every man needs his
neighbor.
34. Once in ten years one man hath need of an-
other.
35. Other times, other counsels. For.
36. Other times, other folks, Dan,
37. Other times, other manners. Fr,
38. Our time runs on like a stream ; first fall the
leaves and then the tree. Dutch,
39. Suit yourself to the times. Ger,
• 40. Take time by the forelock.
41. Take time for deliberation, haste spoils every-
thing. Statins,
42. Take time to be quick.
43. Take time when time is, for time will away.

356

Time.

44. The best preacher is time. Gtr.
45. The complaint of the present times is the gen-
eral complaint of all times.
46. The crutch of time does more than the club of
Hercules.
47. '' The good old times," all times when old
are good. Byron.
48. The good time comes but once. ItcU.
49. The greatest expense we can be at is that of
our time.
50. The heavens are just, and time suppresseth
wrong. Shaks.
51. The past is for wisdom, the present for ac-
tion, but for joy the future. Bea,
52. The time of life is short,
To spend that shortness basely 'twere too
long. SAoAs.
53. The time of the prince is the property of the
people. Gibbon.
54. The time to come is no more ours than the
time past.
- 55. There is a time for all things.
56. There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets.
Chinese.
57. There is a time to jest and a time when
jests are unreasonable. Don Quixote.
58. There is no appeal from time past. Itai.
59. There is no better counsellor than time.
Greek.
60. There is no hand to catch time. BengcUese.

™» 3s;
6c. There is nothing more precious Ihan'timc and
nothing more prodigally wasted,
6z. There's naeihingmore precious nor time.
63. They that make the best use of their time have
none to spare.
64. Time and opportunity are no man's slave,
Ger.
Time and the hour are not to be tied with a

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75'
76.
77-
time.
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79-

80.

Time and the hour run through the roughest
ingest) day.
Time and tide for no man bide.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Time and words can never be recalled.
Time at last sets all things even, Byron.
Time brings everything to those who can wait
Gir.
Time brings roses, Ga\, Dutch.
Time covers and discovers everything, Ger.
Time discovers truth. Seneca.
Time dresses the greatest wounds. Ger.
Time devours all things.
Time does not bow to you, you must bow to
Russian.
Time enough is little enough.
Time fleeth away without delay.
Time flies on restless pinions, constant never,
Be constant and ihou chatnest time forever.
Schiller.
Time gained, much gained. Dutch.

358

Time.

82. Time heals all things.
83. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
84. Time is anger's medicine. Ger.
85. Time is an inaudible file. Ital.
86. Time is an unpaid advocate. Ger,
87. Time is a true friend to sorrow. Wordsttforth,
88. Time is generally the best doctor. Ovid.
89. Time is God's and ours. Dutch.
90. Time is money. Dutch^ Turk.
91. Time is not tied to a post like a horse to a
manger. Dcm.
92. Time is precious but truth is more precious
than time. Bea.
93. Time is the best counsellor (or preacher), Ger.
94. Time is the greatest innovator. Bacon.
, 95. Time is the herald of truth. Cicero.
96. Time is the rider that breaks youth. ^
97. Time makes hay. Ger.
98. Time misspent is not lived but lost. Fuller.
99. Time, motion, and wine cause sleep. Ovid.
100. Time moves slowly to him whose employment
is to watch its flight. Dr. Johnson.
1 01. Time passes like the wind. Bor.
102. Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost
forever. Dr. Johnson.
• 103, Time reveals all things.
104. Time rolls his ceaseless course. Scott.
105. Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides ;
Who cover faults at last shame them derides.
Shiiks,

Timidity.

359

1 06. Time stays not at the fool's leisure.
107. Time stoops to no man*s lure. Swinburne,
108. Time subdues all things. Arabian Nights,
109. Time tint is ne*er to be found,
no. Time tries a*.
111. Time which obliterates the fictions of opin-
ions confirms the decisions of nature. Cicero,
112. Time works wonders. Ger,
113. 'Tis time, conversation and business that dis-
cover what a man is.
114. Tis time to yoke when the cart comes to the
oxen.
115. To him that does everything in its proper
time one day is worth three.
1 16. To save time is to lengthen life.
117. We are all the balls of time, tossed to and
fro, from the plough unto the throne and back
again. Massinger,
1 18. We take no note of time but from its loss.
Young.
119. What greater crime than loss of time.
120. What reason and endeavor cannot bring
about time often will.
121. Who has no time yet waits for time, comes
to a time of repentance. Sp,
Timidity.
1. A timid man has little chance.
2. The most timorous animals are the hardest
to be tamed. Fiuiarch.
3. The timid and weak are the most revengeful
and implacable.

360 TiwicKR.— Tired.— TiEUfc— Titles.— ToBACX».
4. The timid are always craeL Gibbon.
5. The timid never erect a trophy. Latin.
Tinker.
1. A tinker's budget b full of necessary tools.
2. Like Banbury tinkers that in mending one
hole make three.
Tired.
I. Tired folks are quarrelsome. Fr.
Tiring.
I. Who does not tire achieves. Sp.
Titles.
I. A successive title long and dark
Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark.
Dryden.
3. Empty heads love long titles. Gtr.
3. Of what avail are pedigrees. Juvenal.
Tobacco.
1. Divine tobacco. Spenser.
2. Sublime tobacco ! which from East to West,
Cheers the tar's labor or the Turkman's rest.
Byrwi.
3. Tobago— -hic^ if a man be well 'twill make
him sick.
4. Tobacco— hie, will make a man well if he be
sick.
5. What a glorious creature was he who first dis-
covered the use of tobacco. Fieldmg.
Tocsin.
I. He is in safety who rings the tocsin. Sp.

Toil. — ^Tongue.

361

Toil.
1. He toils like a dog in a wheel, who roasts
meat for other people's eating.
2. He who toils with pain will eat with pleasure.
Chinese,
3. How pleasant it is for him who has been pre-
served to remember his toil. Greek.
4. Nothing is achieved without toil.
5. To make a man of yourself you must toil.
Chinese,
6. Toil is prayer. {Laborare est orare,)
7. Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe
The fate of many. Homer,
8. Toil without glory is a menial's lot. Bea,
9. When toil ceases the people suffer. Bea,
Tongue.
1. A brain is worth little without a tongue. Fr,
2. A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece
of furniture.
3. A good tongue has seldom need to beg atten
tion.
4. A good tongue is a good weapon.
5. A long tongue betokens a short hand. Sp,
6. A man may hold his tongue in an ill time.
7. A quiet tongue shows a wise head.
8. A slip of the foot may be soon recovered but
that of the tongue never.
9. A slip of the tongue.
10. A smooth tongue is better than smooth locks.
Dan.

362

Tongue.

11. A still tongue maketh a wise head.
12. All successful men know how to hold their
tongues. Talleyrand.
13. All tongues are not made of the same flesh.
14. An unbridled tongue is the worst of diseases.
Euripides,
15. Beware of a fine tongue, 'twill sting mor-
tally.
16. Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.
Fr.
17. Between evil tongues and evil ears there is
nothing to choose. Sp.
18. Birds are entangled by their feet, men by their
tongues.
19. Confine your tongue lest it confine you.
20. For a bad tongue scissors. For,
21. He cannot speak well who cannot hold his
tongue.
22. He loses least in a quarrel who keeps his
tongue in check. Dan,
23. He must have leave to speak who cannot hold
his tongue.
24. He that knows not how to hold his tongue
knows not how to talk.
25. He who has a bad tongue should have good
loins. ItaL
26. He who holds his tongue does not commit
himself. Fr,
27. He who holds his tongue saves his head.
Turk.

Tongue. ^63
28. He who restrains not his tongue shall live in
trouble. Ancient Brahmin.
29. Her tongue steals away all the time from her
hands.
30. His tongue goes always of errands but never
speeds.
31. His tongue is no slander.
32. I know enough to hold my tongue but not to
speak.
33. Ill tongues ought only to be heard by persons
of discretion.
34. In all contentions put a bridle on your tongue.
35. It is a gude tongue that says nae ill.
36. Keep your tongue out of other men's pies.
37. Keep your tongue within your teeth.
38. Let him who is well off hold his tongue.
39. Let not the tongue utter what the head must
pay for. Sp,^ For.
40. Let not your tongue cut your throat.
41. Let not your tongue run away with your
brains.
42. Long tongue, short hand. Fr„ Ital.
43. Man is caught by his tongue and an ox by his
horns. Russian.
44. Much tongue and much judgment seldom go
together. LEstrange.
45. Much tongue and money go together.
46. No one ever repented of having held his
tongue. Ital,
47. One may hold one's tongue in an ill time.

364

Tongue.

48. One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred
tongues. ItaL
49. Point the tongue on the anvil of truth.
Pindar,
50. Put a key on your tongue. M. Greek,
51. Silken tongue and hempen heart often go
together. Dan.
52. Teach the tongue to say, " I do not know."
Hdfrew.
53. The overlicking (flattering) tongue soon makes
a wound. Russian.
54. The tongue breaketh bone though itself have
none.
55. The tongue can no man tame : it is an unruly
member. New Testament.
56. The tongue turns to an aching tooth. Latin.
57. The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.
Turk.
58. The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
59. The tongue is the rudder of our ship.
60. The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
Juvenal.
61. The tongue kills a man and the tongue saves
a man. Ashantee {Africa).
62. The tongue kills quicker than the sword.
T\irk.
63. The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a
knife. Sp.
64. The tongue of a fool carves a piece of his
heart to all that sit near him.

Tongue. 365
65. The tongue of idle persons is never idle.
66. The tongue slays more than the sword. Turk,
67. The tongue speaks wisely when the soul is
wise. Homer.
68. The tongue talks at the head's cost.
69. The tongue which is yielding endures, the
teeth which are stubborn perish. Chinese.
70. The tongue wounds more than a lance. Fr.
71. The wise hand doth not all the foolish tongue
says.
72. The wise man's tongue is a shield not a
sword. Ger.
73. There are some tongues so venomous no in-
nocence escapes them. Fielding.
74. They are little to be feared whose tongues
are their swords.
75. They say the tongues of dying men
Enforce attention like deep harmony. Shaks.
76. Thistles and thorns prick sore, but evil tongues
prick more. Dutch.
77. Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.
78. What the heart thinketh the tongue speaketh.
79. Who can govern his tongue is a strong man.
Ger.
80. Who has a tongue in his head can go all the
world over. Ital.
81. Who has not a good, tongue ought to have
good hands. Ger.
82. Who knows the tongue is at home everywhere.
DuUh.

366 Tools.— Towers. — Too Late. (Procrastination.)
83. Who looks for a courtier's tongue between
the teeth of a clown. Fielding.
84. Who masters his own tongue his bread shall
not fail. Ger.
85. Whose heart is narrow his tongue is large.
Hebrew.
86. Your tongue runs before your wit.
Tools.
1. He that works without tools is twice tired.
2. What is a workman without his tools.
Towers.
I. The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
Chinese,
Too Late. (Procrastination.)
1. A little too late, much too late. Ger.^ Dutch.
2. After death, the doctor.
3. After the carriage is broken many offer them-
selves to show the road. Turk.
4. After the vintage, baskets. Sp.
5. After the war many heroes present themselves.
Roumanian.
6. Better three hours too soon than a minute too
late. Shaks.
7. He brings his machines after the war is over.
8. He brings his medicines after his patient's
death. Shaks.
9. He has done like the Perugian, who, when his
head was broken ran home for his helmet. Ital.
10. He that always thinks it is too soon is sure
to come too late. Ger.

Too Late. (Procrastination.) ^6?
11. It is nae time to stoop when the head's off.
12. It is too late for the bird to scream when it is
caught. Fr,
13. It is too late to come with the water when the
house is burned down. ItaL
14. It is too late to cover the well when the child
is drowned. Dan,
15. It is too late to cry, "hold hard" when the
arrow has left the bow. Dutch,
16. It is too late to lock the stable door when the
steed is stolen. jFr., Dutch,
17. It is too late to spare when the bottom is
bare.
18. It is too late to throw water on the cinders
when the house is burned down. Dan,
19. One covers the well too late when the child is
drowned. Ger,
20. The gladiator having entered the lists is seek-
ing advice. Latin,
21. The Trojans were wise too late. Ital,
22. To fetch water after the house is burned. Sp.
23. " Too late's " the curse of life.
24. To stop the hole after the mischief is done.
Sp,
25. Too late the bird cries out when it is caught.
Fr,
26. Too late to grieve when the chance is past.
27. When the calf is drowned they cover the well.
Dutch,
28. When the calf is stolen the peasant mends
the stall. Ger,

366 Tools. — Towers. — Too Late. (Procrastination.)
83. Who looks for a courtier's tongue between
the teeth of a clown. Fielding.
84. Who masters his own tongue his bread shall
not fail. Ger.
85. Whose heart is narrow his tongue is large.
Hebrew.
86. Your tongue runs before your wit.
Tools.
1. He that works without tools is twice tired.
2. What is a workman without his tools.
Towers.
I. The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
Chinese.
Too Late. (Procrastination.)
1. A little too late, much too late. Ger.^ Dutch.
2. After death, the doctor.
3. After the carriage is broken many offer them-
selves to show the road. Turk*
4. After the vintage, baskets. Sp.
5. After the war many heroes present themselves.
Roumanian,
6. Better three hours too soon than a minute too
late. Shaks,
7. He brings his machines after the war is over.
8. He brings his medicines after his patient's
death. Shaks.
9. He has done like the Perugian, who, when his
head was broken ran home for his helmet. Ital.
10. He that always thinks it is too soon is sure
to come too late. Ger,

Too Late. (Procrastination.) ^6?
11. It is nae time to stoop when the head's off.
12. It is too late for the bird to scream when it is
caught. Fr,
13. It is too late to come with the water when the
house is burned down. ItaL
14. It is too late to cover the well when the child
is drowned. Dan.
15. It is too late to cry, "hold hard" when the
arrow has left the bow. Dutch,
16. It is too late to lock the stable door when the
steed is stolen. /r., Dutch,
17. It is too late to spare when the bottom is
bare.
18. It is too late to throw water on the cinders
when the house is burned down. Dan,
19. One covers the well too late when the child is
drowned. Ger,
20. The gladiator having entered the lists is seek-
ing advice. Latin,
21. The Trojans were wise too late. Ital,
22. To fetch water after the house is burned. Sp.
23. " Too late's " the curse of life.
24. To stop the hole after the mischief is done.
Sp,
25. Too late the bird cries out when it is caught.
Fr.
26. Too late to grieve when the chance is past.
27. When the calf is drowned they cover the well.
Dutch,
28. When the calf is stolen the peasant mends
the stall. Ger,

368 ^^^ Many.— Too Soon. (Premature.)
29. When the head is broken the helmet is put
on. Ha/.
30. When the horse is starved you bring him oats.
31. When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Juvenal.
32. When the wine runs to waste in the cellar he
mends the cask. Ger.
33. You break my head and then bring me a
plaster.
34. You come a day after the fair.
35. You plead after sentence is given.
Too Many.
1. A pig that has two owners is sure to die of
hunger.
2. A pot that belongs to many is ill stirred and
worse boiled.
3. Too many bitter herbs spoil the stew. Sp.
4. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
5. Too many sacks are the death of the ass. Ger.
6. Too many tire-women make the bride ill
dressed. Sp.
7. Two captains sink the ship. Turk,
8. Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
La Fontaine,
9. With seven nurses a child will be without
eyes. Russian,
Too Soon. (Premature.)
1. Boil not the pap until the child is bom.
2. Don't climb the hill until you get to it.
3. Don't cry fried fish before they are caught.
Ital.

Too Soon. (Premature.) ^gg
4. Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.
Dutch,
5. Don't cry hurrah till you're over the bridge.
Ger.^ Dutch,
6. Don't curse the crocodile's mother before you
cross the river. West African Negro,
7. Don't divide the spoil until the victory is won.
Tamil,
8. Don't fly till your wings are feathered. Ger,
9. Don't halloo until you are out of the wood.
10. Don't pick me up before I fall down.
11. Don't sell the bear skin before you have
killed the bear. //«/., Ger,y Dutch,
12. Don't snap your fingers at the dog before you
are out of the village. Fr.
13. Don't sing your triumph before you have con-
quered. Latin,
14. Don't throw away your dirty water till you
have got clean. Irish,
15. Don't throw away your old shoes till you have
got new ones. Dutch,
16. Do not strip before bed-time. Fr,
17. Gut nae fish till ye git them.
18. He counts his chickens before they are
hatched. Dutch,
19. He cries out before he is hurt. Ital.
20. He passes sentence before he hears the evi-
dence.
21. He wants to fly before he has wings. Dutch,
22. It will not do to keep holidays before they
come. Fr,
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370

Too Swift. — Torch.— Tormenting.— Tortoise.

23. To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched,
And count -their chickens ere they're hatched.
Butler.
24. To take physic before one is sick.
25. You cry out before you are hurt.
26. You halt before you are lame.
27. You take me up before I am down.
28. We have no son and yet are giving him a
name.
Too Swift.
I. Too swift arrives as tardily as too slow.
Torch.
I. He that beareth a torch shadoweth himself to
give light to others.
Tormentiiig.
I. He who torments others does not sleep well.
Fr.
Tortoise.
I . What does the tortoise care for flies ? Latin,
Touching.
I. To touch with fingers' ends ; /.^., to touch deli-
cately, Latin,
Touchstone.
I. The touchstone distinguishes between gold
and brass.
Toys.
I. There are toys for all ages. Fr.
Traceys.
I. The Traceys have always the wind in their
faces. {Because an ancestor was active in killing
Thomas d Bechet.)

Trade.

371

Trade.
1. A handful of trade is a handful of gold.
2. " Every man to his trade," quoth the dog to
the bishop.
3. Ever}'^one finds fault with his own trade. ItaL
4. Every trade has its ways. Chinese,
5. He smells of the faggot ; />., is known by his
trade, Fr,
6. He that brings not up his son to some trade
makes him a thief. Hebrew,
7. He that hath a trade hath an estate, and he
that hath a calling hath an office of profit and
honor. Franklin.
8. He who cannot speak well of his trade does
not understand it. Fr,
9. He who has a trade may travel through the
world. Sp,
10. Jack of all trades is no trade.
11. Jack of all trades and master of none.
12. Let every man practise the trade he best un-
derstands. Cicero,
13. Small trades make great profits. Chinese,
14. The man of your trade is your enemy. For,
15. There are no foolish trades, there are only
foolish people. Fr,
16. There may be trade and none able to do it.
Chinese,
17. Trade is the mother of money.
18. Trade knows neither friends nor kindred.
19. Two of a trade seldom agree.

272 Tranquillity.— Translators.— Trap.
20. Who hath a good trade through all waters
may wade.
Tranquillity.
I. Tranquillity is the first duty of a citizen.
Governor of Berlin.
Translators.
I. Translators, traitors. Ital.
Trap.
I. 'Tis easy to fall into a trap but hard to get
out again.
Trayelling, Trayeller.
1. A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a
thousand years.
2. A pleasant companion on a journey is as good
as a post-chaise. Fr.
3. A short cut is a losing cut. Latin.
4. A short cut is always a long road.
5. A short cut is often a wrong cut. Dan.
6. A tired traveller must be glad of an ass if he
have not a horse.
7. A travelled man hath leave to lie.
8. Better return half-way than lose yourself.
Dutch.
9. Discreet stops make speedy journeys.
10. Don't leave the high road for a short cut.
For.
11. Fair and softly goes far in a day.
12. Far traveller, great liar. Ger.
13. Getting out well is a quarter of the journey.
14. He least discredits his travels who returns
the same as he went. Wotton.

Travelling, Traveller. oyo
15. He that can travel well afoot keeps a good
horse. Franklin.
16. He that leaves the highway for a short cut
commonly goes about.
17. He that travels far knows much.
18. He who stops at every stone never gets to
his journey's end. Fr.
19. He who takes the wrong road must make his
journey again. Sp,
20. He who wants to travel far takes care of his
beast. Fr,
21. He who would travel through the land,
Must go with open purse in hand. Dutch,
22. How much a dunce that hath been sent to
roam,
Excels a dunce that hath been kept at home.
Cawper,
23. If an ass goes a travelling he'll not come
home a horse.
24. If you tell every step you will make a long
journey of it.
25. It is better to turn back than go astray. Ger.
26. It is necessary for him who would reach his
journey's end sometimes to go round about. Persian,
27. Meat and matins hinder no man's journey.
28. Nothing is lost on a journey by stopping to
pray or to feed your horse. Sp.
29. On a long journey even a straw is heavy.
Ital.
30. One never goes so far as when one don't
know whither one is going. Fr.

374

Treachery.

31. The farthest way about is the nearest way
home. Ger.
32. The farthest way about to overcome,
In the end proves nearest home. Butler.
33. The getting out of doors is the greatest part
of the journey. Cowley,
34. The traveller without money will sing before
the robber. JuvenaL
35. 'Tis a great journey to the world's end.
36. To bait and to grease does not retard a
journey.
37. To travel safely through the world a man
must have a falcon's eye, an ass's ears, an ape's
face, a merchant's words, a camel's back and a
hart's legs.
38. Travel is the great source of true wisdom.
Bea.
39. Travel makes a wise man better but a fool
worse.
40. Travel renders life more modest. Greek,
41. Travelling teaches toleration. Bea,
42. Travellers should correct the vice of one
country by the virtue of another,
43. Who goes and returns makes a good journey.
Fr,
44. Who goes softly goes safely, and he that goes
safely goes far. Ital,
45. Who will go far must go slow. Ger,
Treachery.
I. He covers me with his wings and bites me
with his bill.

Treason, Traitors. 57c
2. It is the foot of a baboon. {Said of a treach-
erous person?) Kaffir.
3. Passion and unkindness may give a wound
that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that
makes it fester. South,
4. The act of treachery is liked but not he that
does it. Sp.
m
5. To stroke with one hand and stab with the
other.
6. Treachery and slander are long lived. Dan,
7. Treachery lurks in honeyed words. Dan,
Treason, Traitors.
1. A traitor is a coward. Turk.
2. A traitor must be looked upon as an enemy.
Cicero.
3. Are there traitors at the table that the loaf is
turned the wrong side upwards ?
4. Give a traitor good words and you make him
loyal. Dutch.
5. I like the treason, but I praise not the
traitor. Plutarch.
6. The hasty man was never a traitor. Ger.
7. The loyal man lives no longer than the
traitor pleases. Sp.
8. The treason approved — the traitor abhorred.
Ger.y For.
9. The treason is loved, but the traitor is hated.
Itai.
10. Traitors all first fall themselves. Demosthenes.
11. Traitors are detested by those who have em-
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Treasure. —Tree.

12. Traitors are hated even by those they favor.
Tacitus,
13. Treason doth never prosper. What's the
reason ?
For if it prosper none dare call it treason.
Sir John Harrington.
14. Treason is not inherited. Shaks,
15. Two false men to one traitor.
16. Tyranny is far the worst of treasons. Byron.
Treasure.
I. Where your treasure is there will your heart
be also. New Testament.
Tree.
1. A good walnut tree is as good to a poor man
as a milch cow. Ital.
2. A great tree hath a great fall.
3. A short tree stands long.
4. A tree is known by its fruit.
5. A tree often transplanted neither grows nor
thrives. Sp,
6. A twig in time becomes a tree. Latin.
7. Airly crooks the tree that good cammock
should be.
8. All leaf and no fruit. Sp.
9. All superfluous branches we lop away that
bearing boughs may live. Shaks.
10. As the tree so the fruit. Ger.
11. As the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
12. Delicious fruit is pleasing to the taste, but it
is the tree that bears it that merits our esteem.
Arabian.

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13. Good fruit never comes from a bad tree. Par*
14. Great trees are uprooted in an hour.
15. Great trees give more shade than fruit. Ger.
16. Great trees keep down the little ones.
17. He that plants trees loves others beside him-
self.
18. He who leaneth against a good tree, a good
shelter findeth he. Don Quixote,
19. He who plants fruit trees must not count up-
on the fruit. Dutch,
20. High trees give more shadow than fruit.
Dutch,
21. It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that
people throw stones. Fr,
22. Judge of the tree by its fruit.
23. Many desire the tree who pretend to refuse
the fruit, Ital.
24. No tree falls at the first stroke. Ger,
25. Nobody lets go a tree and springs in the air.
Accra {Africci),
26. Of a good tree the fruit is also good.
M, Greek.
27. Old trees are not to be bent, Ger.
28. Set trees poor and they will grow rich.
Set them rich and they will grow poor.
29. Shake the tree when fruit is ripe.
30. Soon crooks the tree that good gambrel
would be.
31. Straight trees have crooked roots.
32. Such as the tree is, such is the fruit.

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Trials.

33. Tall trees catch much wind. Dutch.
34. The best trees are the most beaten. Ital,
35. The highest tree hath the greatest fall.
36. The more the good tree grows the more shade
does it afford. (The good rich marCs munificence in-
creases with his age,) M, Greek.
37. The more noble the tree the more pliant the
twig. Dutch.
38. The old withy tree would have a new gate
hung to it.
39. The tree does not fall at the first stroke.
Fr,^ Ital,, Dutch.
40. The tree is known by its fruit. New Testament,
41. The tree is no sooner down than every one
runs for his hatchet.
42. The tree is not to be judged by its bark. Ital.
43. The tree is sure to be pruned before it
reaches the skies. Dan.
44. The tree must be bent while it is young. Ger.
45. There is no tree but bears some fruit.
46. Though a tree grow ever so high, its falling
leaves return to the root. Chinese.
47. To the fallen tree, hatchets ! hatchets ! Ital.
48. When the tree falls every one runs to cut
boughs. Dutch^ Dan.
49. When the tree falls the shade is gone ; /.^., the
unfortunate man is deserted. Chinese.
50. When the tree is down everybody gathers
wood. Latin.
Trials.
I. The gem cannot be polished without friction
nor man perfected without trials. Chinese.

Trick.— Tricks.— Trickery.— Tripe.— Trouble, j 7^
Trick.
1. One trick is met by another. Sp.
2. One trick needs a great many more to make
it good.
3. Trick against trick. Ger.
Tricks.
I. There are tricks in all trades but ours.
Trickery.
I. Trickery comes back to its master. Fr.
Tripe.
1. Tripe broth is better than no porridge.
2. Tripe is good meat if it be well cleaned.
3. Tripe broth, you make much of yourself. Sp.
Trouble.
1. Do not call upon death to relieve you of
trouble. (Fable of the old man and death,)
2. He that seeks trouble, it were a pity he should
miss it. Scotch,
3. He that will have no trouble in this world
must not be born in it.
4. In trouble to be troubled is to have your
trouble doubled. Sp,
5. It is good to have company in trouble.
6. Let your trouble tarry 'til it's own day comes.
7. No one gets into trouble without his own
help. Dan.
8. Send not to market for trouble.
9. There is always some trouble mixed up with
the greatest pleasure. Hans Andersen.

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Trumpet.— Trumpeter.— Trust.

10. While at their ease men burn no incense, but
when trouble comes they clasp the feet of Fo.
{Chief of the gods,) Chinese.
11. Who troubles others has no rest himself. Ital,
Trumpet.
1. Empty men are trumpets of their own deeds.
Massinger,
2. Make good flour and you need no trumpet.
3. Some tremble before the trumpet sounds.
lAxtin.
Trumpeter.
I. Your trumpeter is dead so you trumpet your-
self.
Trust.
1. Be just to all but trust not all.
2. Do not trust a boy with a sword. Latin.
3. Do not trust or contend, nor borrow or lend.
And you'll gain in the end. Sp.
4. Eat a peck of salt with a man before you
trust him.
5. From those I trust God guard me ; from those
I mistrust, I will guard myself. Ital.
6. He that trusts every one without reserve will
at last be deceived. Rambler.
7. He that trusts to borrowed ploughs will have
his land lie fallow.
8. He who looks demurely trust not with your
money. Sp.
9. He who trusteth not is not deceived.
10. I'll trust him no farther than I can throw a
millstone.

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11. I sell nothing on trust till to-morrow.
12. I would not trust him, no, not with a bag of
scorpions,
13. If you trust before you try, you may repent
before you die.
14. In trust is treason.
15. It is an equal failing to trust everybody and
to trust nobody.
16. It is happier to be sometimes cheated than
not to trust. Rambler,
17. Living on trust is the way to pay double.
18. Never trust him whom you have wronged.
19. Never trust much to a new friend or an old
enemy.
20. Never trust a black Brahmin nor a white
Pariah. Hindoo.
21. Never trust the man that hath reason to
suppose that you know he hath injured you. Fielding.
22. Never trust to a broken staff.
23. Never trust to another what you should do
yourself.
24. Never trust a tailor that does not sing at his
work ; his mind is on nothing but filching.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
25. Never trust to fine promises.
26. Of a bitter gourd use not even the seed.
{Trust not the children of the wicked^ M, Greek.
27. Put not your trust in princes. Bibk.
28. Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
29. Sudden trusts bring sudden repentance.

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Trust.

30. Swim on and don't trust. Fr.
31. There's none deceived but he that trusteth.
32. This day there is no trust, come to-morrow.
33. To trust in thyself and God is best.
Hans Andersen,
34. Trust all in all, or not at all.
35. Trust begets truth.
36. Trust, beware whom. Ger.
37. Trust but not too much. Ger.
38. Trust entirely or not at all, for a secret is
often innocently blabbed out by those who know
but half of it. Fielding,
39. Trust everybody but thyself most. Dan,
40. Trust him no further than you can see him.
41. Trust in God but keep your powder dry.
CromwelVs order to his soldiers,
42. Trust in God but mind your business.
Russian,
43. Trust makes way for treachery.
44. Trust me but look to thyself.
45. Trust no one until you have eaten a bushel
of salt with him. Ger,
46. Trust nor contend, nor wager, nor lend,
And you'll have peace to your end.
47. Trust no secrets to a friend which if repeated
would bring infamy. Thales,
48. Trust not a dog that limps. For,
49. Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
50. Trust not a horse's heels nor a dog's tooth.
51. Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.

Truth. 383
52. Trust not a skittish horse, nor a great lord
when they shake their heads. Dan,
53. Trust not him who has broken faith. Shaks,
54. Trust not still water nor a silent man. Dan,
55. Trust not to another for what you can do
yourself.
56. Trust not too much in a new friend and an
old house. Ger,
57. Trust not too much to an enchanting face.
Virgil,
58. Trust thyself only, and another shall not be-
tray thee.
59. Trusting often makes fidelity.
60. Trusting too much to others is the ruin of
many.
61. "Trust" was a good man, "Trust Not" was
a better.
62. Trust-well rides away with the horse. Ger,
63. We live by reposing trust in each other. Pliny,
Truth.
1. A little truth makes the whole lie pass. Ital,
2. A man for being told the truth thanks you
the first time, votes you a bore the second, and
quarrels with you the third. Punch,
3. A thing is never much talked about but there
is some truth in it. ItaL
4. A thousand probabilities do not make one
truth. Ital,
5. A truth teller finds the doors closed against
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Truth.

6. Above all things always speak the truth.
Haliburtan,
7. All is not true that is told. Dr. Johnson,
8. All men naturally have some love of truth.
9. All truth is not to be told at all times.
10. As true as a turtle to her mate.
11. As true as God is in Heaven.
12. As true as steel,
13. As true as the dial to the sun.
14. Better suffer for truth than prosper by false-
hood. Dan.
15. Between wrangling and disputing truth is lost.
Ger.
16. Buy the truth and sell it not. Bible.
17. By too much altercation truth is lost.
18. Every truth is not to be told. Ital.
19. Face to face the truth comes out.
20. Fair fall truth and daylight.
21. From the fool and the drunkard you may
learn the truth. M. Greek.
22. Great is truth, and mighty above all things.
Bible.
23. He must keep a sharp lookout who would
speak the truth. Dan.
24. He that does not speak truth to me, does not
believe me when I speak the truth.
25. He that follows truth too near will have dirt
kicked in his face.
26. He who conceals an useful truth is equally
guilty with the propagator of the injurious false-
hood. Augustine,

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27. He who does not fully speak the truth is a
traitor to it. Latin.
28. If it is not true, it ought to be. Ital,
29. If we reject the truth we seal our own per-
dition. J, M. Mason.
30. In too much disputing truth is lost. Fr,
31. In truth is right. Turk.
32. Is not the truth better banished out of nine
cities ? Turk.
33. It is impossible to sin against charity when
we do not against truth,
34. It is true that a* men say.
35. It is truth that makes a man angry. Ital.
36. It takes a good many shovelfuls of earth to
bury the truth. Ger.
^y. No crime is more infamous than the violation
of truth. Dr. Johnson.
38. None but a fool distasteful truth will tell.
Dryden.
39. Not all that is true is to be spoken. For,
40. Obsequiousness begets friends ; truth, hatred.
Terence.
41. Oil and truth will get uppermost at last.
42. One must not say all that is true. Ger.
43. People praise truth, but invite lying to be
their guest.
44. Sooner or later the truth comes to light. Dutch.
45. Speak the truth and shame the devil. Ital.
46. Tell your friend a lie and if he keep it secret
tell him the truth. Sp.^ For.
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Truth.

47. That is most true which we least care to hear,
48. That is true which all men say.
49. That which is probable is the greatest enemy
to truth.
50. The language of truth is simple. Seneca.
51. The truth is mighty and will prevail.
52. The truth is the best advocate.
53. The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
54. The truth will out.
55. The usefulest truths are the plainest.
56. Though malice may darken truth, it cannot
put it out.
57. 'Tis possible if true. Fr,
58. To discover truth by telling a falsehood. Sp,
59. To withhold truth is to bury gold. Dan.
60. Truth and honesty have no need of loud pro-
testations.
61. Truth and oil always come to the surface.
Sp.y For,
62. Truth begets hatred. Latin.
63. Truth can never be confirmed enough,
Though doubts did ever sleep. Shaks.
" 64. Truth conquers all things. Latin.
65. Truth creeps not in corners. Ger.
66. Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers ;
But error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers. Bryant.
67. Truth fears no colors.


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387

68. Truth finds foes where it makes none.
69. Truth finds no asylum. Ger,
70. Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne. Lowell,
71. Truth gives a short answer; lies go round
about. Ger.
72. Truth gives wings to strength.
Motto of the Irish Earl of Belvedere,
73. Truth has a handsome countenance but torn
garments. Ger,
74. Truth hates delays. Seneca.
75. Truth hath always a fast bottom,
76. Truth hath a quiet breast. Shaks.
77. Truth ill timed is as bad as a lie. Ger,
78. Truth is a means not an end.
79. Truth is above everything else, though truth
is not always agreeable. Hans Andersen,
80. Truth is always straightforward. Sophocles,
81. Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.
Byron,
82. Truth is afraid of nothing but concealment.
?i2i* Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any
outward touch as the sunbeam, Milton,
84. Truth is better than gold. Arabian,
85. Truth is bitter food. Dan,
86. Truth is God's daughter. Sp,
87. Truth is heavy, few therefore can bear it.
Hebrew,
88. Truth is lost in too much debating. Dutch,
89. Truth is mighty and will prevail. Latin,

388

Truth.

90. Truth is not truth to the false. Bea,
91. Truth is stranger than fiction.
92. Truth is the best buckler.
93. Truth is the club that knocks down and kills
ever)'body. Fr,
94. Truth is the daughter of time. Ger,, Dutch.
95. Truth is the foundation of all knowledge,
and the cement of all societies. Dryden.
96. Truth is the highest thing that may kepe.
Chaucer,
97. Truth is the spring of heroic virtue. Pindar,
98. Truth is the water of life. Ger,
99. Truth is truth to the end of the reckoning.
Shahs,
100. Truth itself doth flow in wine. {In vino
Veritas^
1 01. Truth knows no fear,
While praise earned without it is purchased
too dear. Scribleotnania,
102. Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
103. Truth like the sun submits to be obscured,
but unlike the sun only for a time.
104. Truth makes all things plain. Shahs,
105. Truth makes the devil blush.
106. Truth makes the tongue smart. Ger,
107. Truth may be blamed but shall never be
shamed.
108. Truth may be suppressed but not strangled.
Ger,
109. Truth may languish but can never perish.
ItaL

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389

10. Truth may sometimes come out of the devirs
mouth.
11. Truth must be seasoned to make it palatable.
Dan.
12. Truth needs no memory.
13. Truth needs not many words but a false tale
large preamble.
14. Truth never fears investigation.
15. Truth never grows old.
16. Truth never perishes. Seneca.
17. Truth never was indebted to a lie. Young.
18. Truth seeks no corner. Latin.
19. Truth shines brighter clad in verse. Swift.
20. Truth should not always be revealed.
21. Truth stretches but does not break.
Don Quixote.
22. Truth is truth to the end of the reckoning.
23. Truth will sometimes break out unlocked for.
24. Truth and roses have thorns about them.
25. Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
26. Truth's cloak is often lined with lies.
27. Truths too fine spun are subtle fooleries.
28. What is true is not always probable.
29. When anger blinds the eyes truth disappears.
30. When you have to fool the world, tell the
uth. Bismarck.
31. Whoever knew truth put to the worse in a
ee and open encounter ? Milton,
Try.
I. If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again.

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Turn About.— Turning Post.— Turnip.— Tuscan.

2. Try before you trust.
3. Try the ice before you venture on it.
Turn About.
I. Turn about is fair play.
Turning Post.
I. Urge the horse close to the turning post, /. ^.,
keep to the point in question. Latin.
Turnip.
I. There is no getting blood out of a turnip. 7W.
Tuscan.
I. He that hath to do with a Tuscan must not
be blind. Ital.
Twig.
1. A twig in time becomes a tree.
2. Young twigs may be bent but not trees. Dutch.
Two.
1. To catch two pigeons with one bean. Fr.
2. To have two strings to his bow.
3. To kill two birds with one stone. For., Dutch.
4. To kill two flies with one flap.
5. To make two friends with one gift.
6. To make two nails at one heat. Ital.
7. To stop two mouths with one morsel.
8. To stop two gaps with one bush.
9. To take two boars in one thicket.
10. Two are the masters of one. Dan.
1 1. Two " anons " and a " by-and-by," are an hour
and a half.
12. Two dogs strive for a bone and a third runs
away with it.

Tyrant.— Uncertainty. ogj
13. Two dry sticks will kindle a green one.
14. Two good things are better than one.
15. Two securities avail more than one.
La Fontaine,
16. Two things are bad : "too much," and " too
little."
17. Two to one are odds at foot-ball.
18. Two watermelons cannot be held under one
arm. Turk.

Tyrant.
1. A tyrant's breath is another's death.
2. Better to live in mirth and pleasure than to
occupy a tyrant's uneasy throne. ' Diogenes,
3. It is hard to see an old tyrant.
4. No tyrant can take from you your knowledge
or wisdom.
5. Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
6. The tyrant is dead but not tyranny. Ger,
U.