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Familiar Quotations

Ming – "Meaning"

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.–James Barrie

Nothing ever happens but once in this world. What I do now I do once for all. It is over and gone, with all its eternity of solemn meaning.–Carlyle

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.–Thomas Carlyle

The ceremonies you have seen today are ancient and some of their origins are veiled in the mists of the past, but their spirit and their meaning shine through the ages, never, perhaps, more brightly than now.–Elizabeth II

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.–John Stuart Mill

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.–Blaise Pascal

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.–Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ming – "Stinging"

When a bee stings, she dies. She cannot sting and live. When men sting, their better selves die. Every sting kills a better instinct. Men must not turn bees and kill themselves in stinging others.–Francis Bacon

Injustice is relatively easy to bear what stings is justice.–Henry Mencken

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.–Nicholas Rowe

• Preface iv
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Ming – "Meaning" 1
• Ming – "Stinging" 1
• Ming – "Tight" 1
• Use in Literature 3
• Ming 3
• Ming – "Dynasty" 4
• Ming – "Family" 5
• Ming – "Meaning" 5
• Ming – "Stinging" 6
• Ming – "Tight" 7
• Ping 7
• Nonfiction Usage 9
• Script Usage 9
• Journalism Usage 9
• Governmental Usage 17
• Patent Usage 18
• Bibliographic Usage 77
• Encyclopedic Usage 223
• Lexicographic Usage 243
• Index 264