Faith. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Faith


A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith. Swift.—On Bishops’ Leases. (Roscoe’s Life of Swift.)	1
The Americans have no faith— They rely on the power of a dollar: They are deaf to a sentiment. Emerson.—Man a Reformer, 121.	2
Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. Milton.—Paradise Lost, Book IX. Line 1140.	3
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right. Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. III. Line 305.	4
Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforced ceremony; There are no tricks in plain and simple faith. Shakespeare.—Julius Cæsar, Act IV. Scene 2. (Brutus to Lucilius.)	5
There is no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune. Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part I. Act III. Scene 3. (Falstaff to the Hostess.)	6
On argument alone my faith is built. Dr. Young.—Night IV. Line 742.	7
Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next. Dr. Young.—Night VIII. Line 717.	8