Bachelors. Maidens' bairns and bachelors' wives are aye weel bred. {Scotch. Proverb.} Back. 'Tis only in the forehead Nature plants the watchful eye; the back, without defence, must find its shield in man's fidelity. {Schiller.} Back. A bad penny always comes back again. - Böser Pfennig kommt immer wieder {German. Proverb.} Back. A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that eye in the back of his head. {Coleridge.} Back. A niggard and unfrequent worshipper of the gods, as long as I strayed from the way by senseless philosophy; I am now forced to turn my sail back, and to retrace the course I had deserted. - Parcus Deorum cultor, et infrequens, / Insanientis dum sapientiæ / Consultus erro; nunc retrorsum / Vela dare, atque iterare cursus / Cogor relictos {Horace.} Back. A physician may not turn his back even on an enemy. - Ein Arzt darf auch dem Feind sich nicht {Gutzkow.} Back. And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil. - Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus {Horace.} Back. Armed prayers, , with arms to back them up. - Preces armatæ {i.e.} Back. Art must not be a superficial talent, but must begin further back in man. {Emerson.} Back. Better go back than go wrong. {Proverb.}
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev.James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
