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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Pericles

Master, I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.
Why, as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

Time is the wisest counsellor.

’Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.

Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.