...the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon the tongue as

…the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind. – William Francis Henry King, “Introduction,” Classical and Foreign Quotations, 18

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Quotations
category

The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and the proverbs of nations, which embody the commonsense of nations, have the brisk concussion of the most sparkling wit. – Edwin P. Whipple, lecture delivered before the Boston Mercantile Library Associa

Category:
Quotations

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates. – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010

Category:
Quotations

I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation. – Joseph Addison, Spectator, No.464

Category:
Quotations

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. – Amos Bronson Alcott

Category:
Quotations

Random Quotes

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. – James Freeman Clarke, Sermon

Category:
Election Day

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Category:
Men

Thats my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them. – Kristin Hersh

Category:
Travel

Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon, Essays

Category:
Death