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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Purity |
| Quell’ onda, che ruina Dalla pendice alpina, Balza, si frange, e mormora Ma limpida si fa. That water which falls from some Alpine height is dashed, broken, and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall. Metastasio—Alcide al Bivio. | 1 |
| Qual diverrà quel fiume, Nel lungo suo cammino, Se al fonte ancor vicino É torbido così? What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turbid at its source? Metastasio—Morte d’ Abele. I. | 2 |
| Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source. The stream is always purer at its source. Pascal—Lettres Provinciales. IV. | 3 |
| Whiter than new snow on a raven’s back. Romeo and Juliet. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 19. | 4 |
| Unto the pure all things are pure. Titus. I. 15. | 5 |
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