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"Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno ^''^^ SyRUSj m " It is good to learn what to avoid by studying the misfortunes of others." " Bonum est pauxillum amare sane ; insane non bonum est." PLAUTUS. Curculio, Act I., Sc. III., 20.-(Pahnurus.) " 'Tis good to love a little, and discreetly : 'Tis bad to love to a degree of madness. " (Bonnell Thornton.) Act r &" " If against evil fortune you are bold, Then half the evil's gone." " Bonus judex damnat improbanda, non odit." SENECA. De Ira, I., 16, 7. "The upright judge condemns the crime, but does not hate the criminal." "Breve enim tempus aetatis, satis longum est ad bene honesteque vivendum." CICEBO. De Senectute, XIX., 70. " Our span of life is brief, but it is long enough for us to live well and honestly. " " Brevis a natura nobis vita data est : at memoria bene redditae vitae sempiterna." CICEBO. Phihppwa, XIV., 12, 32. " Short is the life which nature has given us: but the memory of a life nobly laid down is eternal." " Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus no." HORACE. De Arte Poet, 25. " I prove obscure in trying to be terse." (Conington.) BREVISSIMA AD DIVITIASCARPE VI AM. 25 " 4 Brevissima ad divitias per contemptum divitiarum via est." SENECA. Epistolae, LXIL, 3. " The shortest road to wealth lies through the contempt of wealth." *' Cadit ira metu." OVID. Amores, II., 13, 4. ' ' Fear wipes out wrath. " "" Caedimus, inque vicem praebemus crura sagittis : Vivitur hoc pacto." PEBSIUS. Satires, IV., 42. " Misled by rage our bodies we expose, And while we give, forget to ward, the blows ; This, this is life." (Gi/ord.) " Caesarem se, non regem esse (respondit)." JULIUS C^ESAB. (Suetonius, I. , 79.) " I am no king, but Caesar." " Calamitas virtutis occasio est." SENECA. De Providentia, IV., 6. " Misfortune is virtue's opportunity." "Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra." OVID. Metamorphoses, XI., 315. " He makes black white, and white he turns to black." " Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras." OVID. De Arte Amandi, III., 502. " Let white-robed peace be man's divinity ; Rage and ferocity are of the beast." " (Adjicit deinde, quod apud Bactrianos vulgo usurpabant :) Canem timidum vehementius latrare quam mordere : altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi." QUINTUS CUBTIUS. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, VII., 4, 13. " The cur's bark is worse than his bite ; the deepest rivers flow most silently. " Ht Cantet, amat quod quisque ; levant et carmina curas." CALPURNIUS. Eclogues, I., 19. " Let each one sing his love, for song will banish care." " Captum te nidore suae putat ille culinae." JUVENAL. Satires, V., 162. " He thinks you a vile slave, drawn by the smell Of his warm kitchen." (Gifford.} 141 Carmina Paullus emit ; recitat sua carmina Paullus. Nam quod emas, possis dicere jure tuum." MABTIAL. Epigrams, II., 20, 1. ' ' Paullus buys poems ; his own poems he'll recite, For what he buys is surely his by right." " Carpe viam et susceptum perfice munus ! " VIRGIL. ^Eneid, VI., 629. " Now to the task for which we came : Come, make we speed." (Conington.) 26 CASTA AD VIRUMCEDE REPUGNANTI. " Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat." PUBLILIUS SYBDS, 83 " A virtuous wife rules her husband by obeying him." . . Semu> CXXXI, 10.-(O/ the Pel^i^n Controversy.) " The argument is at an end." " (Quae tantum accenderit ignem) Causa latet ; duri magno sed amore dolores Pollute, notumque, furens quid foemina possit, ^ Triste per augurium Teucrorum pectora ducunt. VIRGIL. Aiineia, v., o " What cause has lit so fierce a flame They know not ; but the pangs of shame From great love wronged, and what despair Can make a baffled woman dare, All this they know, and knowing tread The paths of presage, vague and dread. (Lomngton.) Causa latet ; vis est notissima (fontis).^ " The cause is hidden ; the effect is visible to all. Cavendum est etiam, ne major poena, quam culpa sit ; et^ne iisdem de caussis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur qdem. CICEKO. De Officiis, /., 25, 89. We must take care that the punishment is not in excess of rthe crime and that it is not inflicted on some only, while others equally guilty at even brought to trial." "Cavete, per deos immortales ! patres^ conscripti, ne spe praesentis pacis perpetuam pacem amittatis." CICEBO. Phihppwa, VIL, 8, 25. For heaven's sake beware, lest in the hope of maintaining peace now, we lose the chance of a lasting peace hereafter. - Cedant anna togae, concedat laurea laudi^ ^ ^. ^ ^ ^ ^ "Let the sword yield to the gown, let the laurel give place to honest worth." "Cedat, opinor, Sulpici, forum castris, otium militiae, ^ilus gladio^ tinbra soli : sit denique in civitate ea prima res, propter quam ipsa est civitas omnium P*" prQ Mur ^ XI ^ 30. -the ruler of the world. ' Cede repugnanti ; cedendo victor abjbu,." " Give way to your opponent ; thus will you gain the crown of victory." CEDIMUS, AN SUBITUMCERTA RES 'ST. 27 " Cedimus, an subitum luctando accendimus ignem ? Cedamus. Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus. Vidi ego jactatas mota face crescere flammas, Et vidi nullo concutiente mori." OVID. Amores, I., 2, 9. ' ' By fighting 'gainst desire we but allume The sudden spark of love. Best yield ; for thus The burden of our passion lighter grows. The brandished torch burns with a fiercer flame ; But cease to brandish it, the fire dies." " Cedunt Grammatici, vincuntur Rhetores, omnis Turba tacet, nee causidicus, nee praeco loquatur, Altera nee mulier: verborum tanta cadit vis." JUVENAL. Satires, VI., 438. " Grammarians yield, Loud rhetoricians, baffled, quit the field ; Even auctioneers and lawyers stand aghast, And not a woman speaks ! So thick and fast The wordy shower descends." (Gifford.) ' Censen' te posse reperire ullam mulierem, Quae careat culpa ? an quia non delinquunt viri ? " TERENCE. Hecyra, Act IV., Sc. IV., 40. (Laches.) ' ' Do you think To find a woman without any fault ? Or is't because the men are ne'er to blame ? " (George Colman.) " Centum doctum hominum consilia sola haec devincit Dea Fortuna. Atque hoc verum est : proinde ut quisque fortuna utitur, Ita praecellet, atque exinde sapere eum omnes dicimus." PLAUTUS. Pseudolus, Act II., Sc. III., 12. (Pseudolus.) ' ' The goddess Fortune Frustrates the counsels of a hundred wise heads. And 'tis but truth the man who knows to use His fortune, he surpasses all : by all Is therefore called a man of understanding." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 163. " Pliant as wax to those who lead him wrong, But all impatience with a faithful tongue." (Conington.) " Certa amittimus, dum incerta petimus." PLAUTUS. Pseudolus, Act II., Sc. III., 19. (Pseudolus.) " We lose a certainty and grasp a shadow." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Certa res 'st Me usque quaerere illam, quoquo hinc abducta est gentium ; Neque mihi ulla obsistet amnis, neque mons, neque adeo mare ; Nee calor, nee frigus metuo, neque ventum neque grandinem ; Imbrem perpetiar ; labor em subferam, solem, sitim. Non concedam, neque quiescam usquam noctu neque interdius Prius profecto quam aut amicam aut mortem investigavero." PLAUTUS. Mercator, Act V., Sc. II., l6.(Eutychus.) ' ' I'm resolved To seek her over all the world. No river, Mountain, or sea shall bar my way. I fear Nor heat, nor cold, nor wind, nor hail. Let rain Descend in torrents and the scorching sun Parch me with thirst, I will endure it all. No rest, no respite night or day I'll take, Till I have lost my life, or found my love." (Bonnell Thornton.) 28 CERTAMINIS GAUDIACLARIOR EST SOLITO. " Certaminis gaudia." (Attila at the battle of Chalons.) JOBDANUS OP RAVENNA, ae Getarum origine, Cap. XXXIX. (Migne's Patrologiae Cursus, Vol. LXIX., 415). "The joys of battle." ' Certum est quia impossibile est." TERTULLIAN. De Carne Christi, V. " It is certain, because it is impossible." (Probably the origin of the phrase " Credo quia impossmle .) " (At) Chartis nee furta nocent, nee saecula prpsunt ; Solaque non norunt haec monumenta mori." MARTIAL. Epigrams, X., 2, 11. " No thefts can mar our poems, nor centuries aid ; Yet we can build no other monument That shall be deathless." " Chimaera bombinans in vacuo." RABELAIS. Pantagruel, IL, 7. " A chimsera buzzing in a vacuum." " Cibi condimentum esse famem (dicit)." CICERO. De Finibus, IL, 28, 90. " Hunger is the best sauce." " Cicerone secundo Non opus est, ubi fantur opes." JOSEPHUS ISCANUS. De Bella Trojano, III., 251. " We need no Cicero to plead our cause, When riches speak for us." " Citharoedus Ridetur, chorda qui semper oberrat eadem." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 355. " The harp-player, who for ever wounds the ear With the same discord, makes the audience jeer." (Conington.) " Citius venit periculum cum contemnitur." PUBLILIUS SYROS, 88. " The danger we despise is the quickest upon us." " Cito enim exarescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis." CICERO. De Partitione Oratoria, XVII., 57. "Our tears are quickly dried, especially when they are shed over others' griefs." " Civis Romanus sum." CICERO. In Verrem, II., V., 57, 147. " I am a Roman citizen." " Clarior est solito post maxima nubila phebus ; Post inimicitias clarior est et amor." LANGLAND. Piers the Plowman (Skeafs ed.), Pass., XXL, 454. " The sun shines brightest after heaviest clouds, And after quarrels love but brighter glows." CLIENTEIS SIBI OMNESCOMPEDES, QUAS. 29 " Clienteis sibi omnes volunt esse multos ; Bonine an mail sint, id baud quaeritant ; Res magis quaeritur, quam clientium Fides quojusmodi clueat." PLAUTDS. Menaechmi, Act IV., Sc. If., 4. (Menaechmus Surreptus.) " All wish to have a number of dependents, But little care whether they're good or bad. Their riches, not their qualities, they mind." (Bonnell Thornton.) " (Denique) Coelesti sumus omnes semine oriundi." LUCRETIUS. De Rerum Natura, II. , 990. " All are descended from a heavenly stock." " Coelestis ira quos premit, miseros facit ; Humana nullos." SENECA. Hercules Oetaeus, 442. ' ' Unhappy is their lot whom heavenly ire Pursues ; but none need fear the wrath of man." " Coelo fulgebat Luna sereno Inter minora sidera." HORACE. Epodes, XV., 1. " The moon was shining in a cloudless sky Among the lesser lights." " Cogi qui potest nescit mori." SENECA. Hercules Furens, 431. (Megara.) ' ' The man who will yield to compulsion knows not how to die." " Comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem." HORACE. Satires, II., 1, 115. " The black dog follows you, and hangs Close on your flying skirts with hungry fangs." (Conington.) " Comes facundus in via pro vehiculo est." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 91. " A talkative companion on a journey is as good as a coach." " Commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier." TERENCE. Pharmio, Act IV., Sc. IT., 13. (Geta.) " I think it more convenient to have two strings to my bow." " Communi enim fit vitio naturae, ut invisis, latitantibus, atque incog- nitis rebus magis confidamus, vehementiusque exterreamur." C^SAR. De Bella Civili, If., 14. "It is a common, but natural failing of mankind, in regard to the unseen, the hidden, and the unknown, to err on the side either of over-confi- dence, or of undue apprehension." " Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia." TERENCE. Adelphi, Act V., Sc. III., 17. (Micio.) " All things are common among friends." " Compedes, quas ipse fecit, ipsus ut gestet faber." AUSONIUS. Idyllia, VI., Pauli, 6. " Let the smith wear the fetters which he himself has made." 3 o COMPESCE CLAMOREMCONSILIA CALIDA. " Compesce clamorem ac sepulchri Mitte supervacuos honores." HORACE. Odes, 11., M, M. "All clamorous grief were waste of breath, And vain the tribute of a grave." (Conington.) " Componitur orbis Regis ad exemplum : nee sic inflectere sensus Humanos edicta valent, ut vita regentis. Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus. CLAUDIANUS. De Quarto Consulatu Honarn, 299. "The world Is fashioned on the pattern of the king. Men's minds are moulded rather by his life Than by his laws, and as his fancies change So change the fickle crowd." " Comprime motus, Nee tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit, Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti. CLAUDIANUS. De Quarto Consulatu Honorn, 266. " Restrain your impulses, and let your guide Be what is fitting, not what laws allow, Your mind controlled by reverence for the right. Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia "*^<*^ ^ " Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord." " Confiteor, si quid prodest delicta fateri." OVID. Amores, II., 4, 3. " I will confess ; if it advantages In aught to own one's faults." - Conjugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomine culpam." ^^ ^ ^ " She calls it marriage now ; such name She chooses to conceal her shame." (Conington.) "ConsanguineusLeti Sopor." VIRGIL. JSneid, VL, 278. " Sleep, the brother of Death." " Stulte, quid est somnus gelidae nisi mortis imago ?" OVID. Amores, II., 9, 41. " fool, what else is sleep but chill death's likeness ? " - Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit." OVID. Fasti, IV. , 311. " The mind that's conscious of its rectitude, Laughs at the lies of rumour." -Consilia calida et audacia prima specie laeta, tractatu tdura .eventu tristia esse (dixit)." LIVY. Butanes, XXXV., 32. Such rash and impetuous schemes are at first sight alluring, but are difficult of execution, and in the result disastrous. CONSILIA QUI DANTCONSULES FIUNT. 31 " Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus, Et perdunt operam, et deridentur turpiter." PHAEDEUS. Fables, I., 25, 1. ' ' Those who to prudent men give bad advice But lose their pains, for laughter is their price." " Consiliis nox apta ducum, lux aptior armis." CAIUS RABIRIUS. Fragment. "Night is the time for counsel, day for arms." " Constat autem jus nostrum aut ex scripto aut ex non scripto." JUSTINIAN. Institutes, I., 2, 3. " Our law consists of the written and the unwritten." " Consuetudinis magna vis est." CICEKO. Tusculanae Disputationes, II., 17, 40. " Great is the force of habit." " Consuetudine quasi alteram quandam naturam effici." CICERO De Finibus, V., 25, 74. "Habit produces a kind of second nature." " Consuetudo enim, si prudenter et perite inducatur, fit revera (ut vulgo dicitur) altera natura." BACON. De Augmentis Scientiarum, VIII., 3. " For habit, if it be guided with care and skill, becomes in truth, as the well-known saying is, a second nature." " (Quod superest) Consuetudo concinnat amorem ; Nam, leviter quamvis, quod crebro tunditur ictu, Vincitur in longo spatio tamen, atque labascit. Nonne vides etiam guttas, in saxa cadenteis, Humoris longo'in spatio pertundere saxa ? " LUCRETIUS. De Rerum Natura, IV., 1278. ' ' Close comradeship to warm affection leads ; Aught that is struck with e'er so light a blow, Yet oft repeated, must at last give way ; And falling, drop by drop, in many days Water at last will pierce the hardest stone." " Fac tibi consuescat. Nil adsuetudine majus." OVID. De Arte Amandi, II., 345. "Accustom her to your companionship. There's nought more powerful than custom." "' Consules fiunt quotannis et novi proconsules : Solus aut rex aut poeta non quotannis nascitur." De Qualitate Vitae, Fragment VIII. ' ' Each year new consuls and proconsuls are made ; but not every year is a king or a poet born." (Hence, probdbly t " Poeta nascitur, non fit ".) 32 CONSULQUE NON CONTRA VERBOSOS. " Consulque non unius anni Sed quotiens bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili et Reiecit alto dona nocentium Vultu." HORACE. Odes, IV., 9, 39- " A consul not of one brief year, But oft as on the judgment seat You bend the expedient to the right, Turn haughty eyes from bribes away." (Comngton.) Contemnuntur ii, qui nee sibi nee alteri, ut dicitur ; in quibus nullus labor, nulla industria, nulla cura est." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 10, 3b. -We despise those who, as the saying goes, are no good either to them- selves or to any one else ; who are neither laborious, nor industrious,, nor careful." ' Contemptu famae contemn! virtutes." TACITUS. Annals, IV., 88. "To despise fame is to despise merit." (Church and Brodribb.) " Conticuere omnes, intentique ora tenebant. Inde toro pater Aeneas sic orsus ab alto : Infandum, Regina, jubes renovare dolorem, Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum Eruerint Danai ; quaeque ipse miserrima vidi, Et quorum pars magna fui. Quis talia fando " Each eye was fixed, each lip compressed, When thus began the heroic guest : ' Too cruel, lady, is the pain You bid me thus revive again ; How lofty Ilium's throne august Was laid by Greece in piteous dust, The woes I saw with these sad eyne, The deeds whereof large part was mine What Argive, when the tale were told, What Myrmidon of sternest mould, What foe from Ithaca could hear, And grudge the tribute of a tear ? ' "(Comngton.) ' Contra potentes nemo est munitus satis ; Si vero accessit consiliator maleficus, Vis et nequitia quidquid oppugnant, "^^ ^ S , //., 6, " Against the mighty none are fully armed ; Join but with them an evil counsellor, w Opposed to might and malice nought can stand. Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis : ^ Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis. DIONYSIUS CATO. Disticha de Moribus, L, " Against a chatterer wage no wordy war ;_ To all is riven speech, wisdom to few. COR AM REGE SUOCREDE MIHI. 33 " Coram rege suo de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent." HORACE. Epistolae, I. , 17, 43. " Those who have tact their poverty to mask Before their chief, get more than those who ask." ( Conington. ) " Corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est : animus audax, subdolus, varius ; cujuslibet rei simulator ac dissimulator ; alieni appetens, sui profusus ; ardens in cupiditati- bus : satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum : vastus animus im- moderata, incredibilia, nimis alta semper cupiebat." SALLUST. Catilina, 5. " Physically, he was capable, in an incredible degree, of doing without food, warmth, and sleep ; mentally, he was daring, crafty, versatile ; ready at all times to feign a virtue or dissemble a vice ; hungering after the wealth of others, while prodigal of his own ; a man of fiery passions ; of some eloquence, but little judgment ; an insatiable mind, for ever striving after the immeasurable, the inconceivable, the inac- cessible. " " Corruptissima republica plurimae leges." TACITUS. Annals, III., 27. " The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." " (Hie dies anno redeunte festus) Corticem astrictum pice demovebit Amphorae fumum bibere institutae Consule Tullo." HORACE. Odes, III., 8, 10. " So when the holiday comes round, It sees me still the rosin clear From this my wine jar, first embrowned In Tullus' year." (Conington.) " Corvo quoque rarior albo." JUVENAL. Satires, VII. , 202. " Rarer than a white crow." " Crambe repetita. " JUVENAL. Satires, VII., 154. " Twice cooked cabbage." " Cras amet qui nunquam amavit, quique amavit eras amet." Pervigilium Veneris, 1 (Authorship uncertain}. " To-morrow let him love who ne'er has loved, And him who once has loved to-morrow love. " " Cras vives : hodie jam vivere, Posthume, serum est. Ille sapit, quisquis, Posthume, vixit heri." MARTIAL. Epigrams, V., 58, 7.. " You'll live to-morrow ? E'en to-day's too late ; He is the wise man who lived yesterday." " Credat Judaeus Apella, Non ego." HORACE. Satires, L, 5, 100.. " Tell the crazed Jews such miracles as these." (Conington.) " Crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit; et intra Fortunam debet quisque manere suam." OVID. Tristia, TIL, 4, 25.. " Well doth he live who lives retired, and keeps His wants within the limit of his means." 34 CREDE MIHICROCODILI LACRIMAE. " Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt, Nee semper laesos et sine fine premunt." OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, III., 6, 21. " Those who are suffering e'en the gods will spare, And grant them at the last surcease from pain." " Crede mihi, quamvis ingentia, Posthume, dona Auctoris pereunt garrulitate sui." MARTIAL. Epigrams, V., 52, 7. " Believe me, Postunms, though rich the gifts, The giver's chatter makes them nothing worth. " Crede ratem ventis, animam ne crede puellis, Namque est feminea tutior unda fide." PETRONIUS ARBITER, or QUINTUS CICERO. De Mulwrum levitate. (Ed. Michael Hadrianides, Amsterdam, 1669.) " Trust thy bark to the winds, trust not thy soul to woman, ^ More safely canst thou trust the sea than woman's word. " Crede vigori Femineo : castum haud superat labor ullus amorem." SILIUS ITALICUS. Punica, III., 112. " Doubt not a woman's power to aid ; no toil Can daunt a pure affection." " Credebant hoc grande nefas, et morte piandum Si juvenis vetulo non assurrexerat." JUVENAL. Satires, XIII., 54. " 'Twas a crime Worthy of death, such awe did years engage, If manhood rose not up to reverend age." Afford.) " Credite poster!." HORACE. Odes, II., 19, 2. "Believe it, after years ! "(Conington.) *' Credula res amor est. Utinam temeraria dicar Criminibus falsis insimulasse virum ! " OVID. Heroiaes, PT., 31. " Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made." *' Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam Majorumque fames." HORACE. Odes, III., 16, 17. " As riches grow, care follows : meu repine And thirst for more." (Conington.) " Crescit cum amplitudine rerum vis ingenii, nee quisquam claram et illustrem orationem efficere potest, nisi qui causam parem m- yenit TACITUS. De Orator ibus, XXXVII. The power of genius increases with the wealth of material at its com- mand No one can hope to deliver a great and epoch-making speech, unless he has found a subject worthy of his eloquence. " Crescit indulgens sibi dims hydrops." HORACE. Odes, //., 2, 13. "Indulgence bids the dropsy grow." (Conington.} ^Proverbial Expression. (Erasmus, Chiliades Adagiorum, "Simulatio".) " Crocodile's tears." CRUDA DEO VIRIDISQUECUI PUDOR. 35 " Cruda deo viridisque senectus." VIRGIL. JEneid, VI., 304. " The god a hale and green old age displayed." " Crudelis ubique Luctus, ubique pavor, et plurima mortis imago." VIRGIL. ^Eneid, II. , 368. " Dire agonies, wild terrors swarm, And Death glares grim in many a form." (Conington.) " Cui bono fuerit ? " CASSIUS. (Quoted by Cicero, Philippica, II., 14, 35, and Pro Milone, XII., 32.) " Whom did it benefit ?" " Cui prodest scelus Is fecit." SENECA. Medea, 503. (Medea.) ' ' Who benefits by the crime, he is the guilty man. " " Cui malus est nemo, quis bonus esse potest ? " MARTIAL. Epigrams, XII., 81, 2. " If ne'er a man is evil in your sight, Who then is good ? " " Cui non conveniet sua res, ut calceus olim, Si pede major erit, subvertet ; si minor, uret." HORACE. Epistolae, I., 10, 42. " Means should, like shoes, be neither large nor small ; Too wide they trip us up, too straight they gall." (Conington.) " Cui peccare licet, peccat minus. Ipsa potestas Semina nequitiae languidiora facit." OVID. Amores, III., 4, 9. " He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil." " Quod licet ingratum est. Quod non licet acrius urit." OVID. Amores, II., 19, 3. " We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought." " Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata." OVID. Amores, III., 4, 17. " What is forbidden is our chiefest aim, And things denied we most desire." " Sic mihi peccandi studium permissa potestas Abstulit, atque ipsum talia velle fugit." MAXIMIANUS. Elegies, III., 91. " The power to sin destroys the joy of sinning ; Nay even the will is gone." " Cui Pudor et Justitiae soror Incorrupta Fides nudaque Veritas Quando ullum inveniet parem ? " HORACE. Odes, I., 24. 6. " Piety, twin sister dear Of Justice ! naked Truth, unsullied Faith ! When will ye find his peer ? " (Conington.) 36 GUI SEMPER DEDBRISCUM DIGNITATE OTIUM. ' Cui semper dederis, ubi negas, rapere imperas." PUBLHJUS SYBUS, 105. " If you refuse where you have always granted, you invite to theft." " Cujus autem aures veritati clausae sunt, ut ab amico verum audire nequeat, hujus salus desperanda est." CICEBO. De Amicitia, XXIV., 90. " "When a man's ears are so closed to the truth that he will not listen to it even from a friend, his condition is desperate." " Cujus tu fidem in pecunia perspexeris, Verere verba ei credere ? " TEBENCE. Phormio, Act I., Sc. II., 10. (Davus.) " The man whose faith in money you have tried, D'ye fear to trust with words ? " (George Colman.) " Cujusvis hominis est errare : nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore per- severare." CICEBO. Philippica, XII., 2, 5. " Every man may err, but no man who is not a fool may persist in error." " Errare humanum est." MELCHIOB DE POLIGNAC. Anti-Lucretius, V., 58. ' ' To err is human." " Culpa quam poena tempore prior, emendari quam peccare posterius est." TACITUS. Annals, XV:, 20. " In point of time, guilt comes before punishment, and correction follows after delinquency." (Church and Brodribb.) " Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit e mente." THOMAS A KEMPIS. De Imitatione Christi, I., 23, 1. 1 ' Once he was taken from our sight, his memory quickly passed out of our minds." " Cum calceatis dentibus veniam tamen." PLAUTUS. Captivi, Act I., Sc. II., M.(Ergasilus.) " I'll come with teeth well shod." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Cum coepit quassata domus subsidere, partes In proclinatas omne recumbit onus, Cunctaque fortuna rimam faciente dehiscunt, Ipsa suo quodam pondere tecta ruunt." OVID. Tristia, II., 83. ' ' When that a house is tottering to its fall, The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part, One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads, And its own weight soon brings it toppling down." " Cum dignitate otium." CICEBO. Ad Familiares, I., 9, 21. (Cf. De Oratore, I., 1, 1.) " Ease with dignity." " Id quod est praestantissimum, rnaximeque optabile omnibus sanis et bonis et beatis, cum dignitate otium." CICEBO. Pro Sestio, XLV., 98. " That which stands first, and is most to be desired by all happy, honest, and healthy-minded men, is ease with dignity." CUM HIS VIRISCUNCTAS NATIONES. 37 " Cum his viris equisque, ut dicitur, . . . decertandum est." CICERO. De Officiis, III., 33, 116. "We must fight them, as the saying is, with foot and horse." " Cum insanientibus furere." PETBONIUS ABBITEB. Satyricon, Cap. 111. " To rave with the insane." " Cum jam plus in mora periculi quam in ordinibus conservandis praesidii, omnes passim in fugam effusi sunt." LIVY. Histories, XXXVIL, 25. "As the danger of delay began to outweigh the security afforded by ordered ranks, the flight became general." " Cum lux altera venit Jam eras hesternum consumpsimus ; ecce aliud eras Egerit hos annos, et semper paulum erit ultra." PERSIUS. Satires, V., 67. : " (When dawns another day) Reflect that yesterday's to-morrow's o'er. Thus ' one to-morrow ! one to-morrow ! more,' Have seen long years before them fade away ; And still appear no nearer than to-day." (Gifford.) " Cum ratione licet dicas te vivere summa ; Quod vivis, nulla cum ratione facis." MARTIAL. Epigrams, III., 30, 5. ' ' How can you say you live by reason's light, When there's no reason why you live at all ? " " Cum sitis similes, paresque vita, Uxor pessima, pessimus maritus, Miror non bene convenire vobis." MARTIAL. Epigrams, VIII., 35, 1. " You are so like, so equal, in your life, A husband of the worst, a worthless wife, I really wonder why you don't agree." " Cumque sit exilium, magis est mini culpa dolori : Estque pati poenam, quam meruisse, minus." OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, L, 1, 61. ' ' An exile I ; yet 'tis the fault that pains ; The punishment is nought ; that 'tis deserved Is all the pang. " " Cunctas nationes et urbes populus aut primores aut singuli regunt ; delecta ex iis, et consociata rei publicae forma laudari facilius quam evenire, vel si evenit baud diuturna esse potest. " TACITUS. Annals, IV., 33. " All nations and cities are ruled by the people, the nobility, or by one man. A constitution, formed by selection out of these elements, it is easy to commend but not to produce, or if it be produced, it cannot be lasting." (Church and Brodribb.) 3 8 CUPIDITATI NIHIL-CURA PII DIS SUNT. "Cupiditati nihil est satis, natur^atis eat gjgj*^ z> n . "Nothing will satisfy covetousness ; nature is satisfied even with too little." .. Cupido dominandi cunctis adfectibus ^^^^ ^ 53 . -The lust of dominion inflames the heart t Deficiunt. Would that I could, my worthy sire, but skill And vigour lack, how great soe'er the will. ( Comng ton.) "Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus ? " VIRGIL. JEneid, XL, 424. " Ere sounds the trumpet, why quake and fly ? " (Conington.) "Cur denique fortunam periclitaretur ? praesertim quum non minus esset imperatoris, consilio superare, quam gladio C-assAR. De Bello C^v^l^, 1., 72. Why stake your fortune on the risk of battle ? especially as a victory by strategy is as much a part of good generalship as a victory by the sword." " Cur non mitto meos tibi, Pontiliane, libellos ? Ne mihi tu mittas, Pontiliane, tuos.' MARTIAL. Epigrams, VII., 3. " You ask me why I send you not my books ? Lest you should send me yours, my friend, in turn. "Cur Quae laedunt oculum, festinas demere ; si quid Est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum ? Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet : sapere aude ; Incipe 1 Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, Rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis ; at ille Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum. HORACE. Episwiae, J.., 2, 01. You lose no time in taking out a fly Or straw, it may be, that torments your eye ; Why, when a thing devours your mmd, adjourn Till this day year all thought of the concern > Come now, have courage to be wise : begin : You're half-way over when you once plunge in : He who puts off the time for mending, stands A clodpoll by the stream with folded hands, Waiting till all the water be gone past ; ,-/ \ But it runs on, and will, while time shall last. (Comngton.) " Cura pii dis sunt, et qui coluere, coluntur." OVID. Metamorphoses, VIII., 725. " Heaven rewards the pious ; those who cherish God Themselves are cherished." 9 ' CURA QUID EXPEDIATCYGNI . . . PROVIDENTES. 39 " Cura quid expediat prius est quam quid sit honestum, Et cum fortuna statque caditque fides. Nee facile invenias multis e millibus unum, Virtutem pretium qui putet esse sui. Ipse decor, recte facti si praemia desint, Non movet, et gratis poenitet esse probum." OVID. Epistolae ex Panto, II. , 3, 9. " What profits, is our care, not what is right ; Faith stands or falls with fortune. It were hard To find but one in thousands who shall seek, As virtue's guerdon, nought but virtue's self. Even honour, if reward for our good deeds Be wanting, moves us not, and we regret That no one pays us for our honesty." " Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent." SENECA. Phaedra, 615. (Phaedra.} " Small troubles voice themselves, great woes are struck dumb." " Curando fieri quaedaxn majora videmus Vulnera, quae melius non tetigisse fuit." OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, III., 7, 25. " Some wounds grow worse beneath the surgeon's hand ; 'Twere better that they were not touched at all." " Curiosi sunt hinc quamplures mali, Alienas res qui curant studio maximo, Quibus ipsis nulla res est, quam procurent, sua." PLAUTUS. Stichus, Act I., Sc. III., 44. (Gelasimus.) "But here are A world of curious mischief-making folks, Still busied much in other men's affairs, Having no business of their own to mind." (Bonnell Thornton.) * Curiosus nemo est, quin sit malevolus. " PLAUTUS. Stichus, Act I., Sc. III., 54. (Gelasimus.) " There's no one pries into the affairs of others But with the will to do them an ill turn." " Cursu volucri, pendens in novacula, Calvus, comosa fronte, nudo corpore, Quern si occuparis, teneas : elapsum semel Non ipse possit Jupiter reprehendere ; Occasionem rerum significat brevem." PHAEDBUS. Fables, V., 8, 1. ' ' Most swift of flight, hanging on razor edge, Nude, bald, but with a lock of hair upon The forehead ; if you seize it hold it tight ; If it escape, not Jupiter himself Can catch it ; such is opportunity." " (Commemorat ut) Cygni . . . providentes quid in morte boni sit, cum cantu et voluptate moriantur." CICERO. Tusculanae Disputationes, I., 30, 73. "The swan, foreseeing how much good there is in death, dies with song and rejoicing. " 40 DA SPATIUMDE MINIMIS. " Da spatium tenuemque moram ; male cuncta ministrat Impetus." STATIUS. Thebais, X., 704. ' ' Grant us a brief delay ; impulse in everything Is but a worthless servant. " " Da spatium vitae, multos da, Jupiter, annos ! " JUVENAL. Satires, X., 188. " God grant us life, God grant us many years." " Damna tamen celeres reparant coelestia lunae : Nos ubi decidimus Quo pater Aeneas, quo dives Tullus et Ancus, Pulvis et umbra sumus." HORACE. Odes, IV., 7, 13. ' ' Yet the swift moons repair Heaven's detriment : We when once thrust Where good ^Eneas, Tullus, Ancus went, What are we ? dust." (Conington.) " Dat poenas laudata fides, quum sustinet, inquit, Quos Fortuna premit." LUCAN. Pharsalia, VIII., 484. " All praise fidelity, but the true friend Must pay the penalty, if those he loves Lie under Fortune's ban. " " Dat tibi secures vilis tegeticula somnos ; Pervigil in pluma Caius, ecce, jacet." MARTIAL. Epigrams, IX., 93, 3. ' ' The lowliest cot will give thee peaceful sleep, While Caius tosses on his bed of down." " Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas." JUVENAL. Satires, II., 63. ' ' While with partial aim their censure moves, Acquit the vultures, and condemn the doves." (Gifford.) " Davus sum, non Oedipus." TERENCE. Andria, Act I., Sc. II., 23. (Davus.) " I'm Davus and not CEdipus." (George Colman.) " De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum." THOMAS A KEMPIS. De Imitatione Christi, III., 12. 3. " Of two evils we must always choose the least." " De mendico male meretur, qui ei dat quod edit aut quod bibat : Nam et illud quod dat perdit, et illi producit vitam ad miseriam." PLAUTUS. Trinummus, Act II., Sc. II., 62. (Philto.) " The beggar's thanks He scarce deserves who gives him wherewithal To buy him meat and drink ; for what is given Is lost, and only serves to lengthen out A life of misery." (Bonnell Thornton.) " De minimis non curat lex." BACON. Letter CCLXXXII. " The law pays no attention to little things." DE QUO LIBELLIDEFORMIUS, A PER. 41 " De quo libelli in celeberrimis locis proponuntur, huic ne perire quidem tacite obscureque conceditur." CICERO. ProQuintio, XV., 50. "He who has mice become notorious in the busy centres of life, is not permitted even to die in silence and obscurity. " " De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus." ST. AUGUSTINE. Sermo CLXXVIL, 4. (Migne's Patrologiae Cursus, Vols. XXXVIII. and XXXIX., p. 2082.) '' If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things. " " Decet indulgere puellae, Vel quum prima nocet." CALPURNIUS. Eclogues, III., 37. " Even if the woman makes the first attack, It well becomes the man to yield to her." " Decet verecundum esse adolescentem." PLAUTUS. Asinaria, Act V., Sc. L, 6. (Demaenetus.) " It well becomes a young man to be modest." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Decipimur specie recti." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 25. ' ' The appearance of right oft leads us wrong. " " Decipit exemplar vitiis imitabile." HORACE. Epistolae, I., 19, 17. " Faults are soon copied." (Conington.) " Dedecus ille domus sciet ultimus." JUVENAL. Satires, X., 342. " Still sure the last his own disgrace to hear." (Gifford.) " Dediscit animus sero quod didicit diu." SENECA. Troades, 642. (Andromache.) " The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early." "Natura tenacissimi sumus eorum quae rudibus annis per- cepimus." QUINTILIAN. De Institutione Oratorio,, L, 1, 5. " Our memory is naturally most tenacious of those things which we learnt in our raw youth. " " Dedit hanc contagio labem Et dabit in plures : sicut grex totus in agris Unius scabie cadit et porrigine porci." JUVENAL. Satires, II., 78. " Anon from you, as from its fountain head, Wide and more wide the flagrant pest will spread ; As swine take measles from distempered swine." (Gifford.) " Deforme sub armis Vana superstitio est ; dea sola in pectore Virtus Bellantum viget." SILIUS ITALICUS. Punica, V., 125. " How odious a thing in armed men Is superstition ; in true warriors' hearts No goddess rules but Valour. " " Deformius, Afer, Omnino nihil est ardelione sene." MARTIAL. Epigrams, IV., 79, 9. " Nothing is more odious than an elderly busybody." 42 DEGENERES ANIMOS-DEMUS, NECNE. Degeneres animos timor arguit." VIRGIL. A*M, IV., 13. " Fear proves a base-born soul." (Comngton.) "Dei divites sunt ; decs decent opulentiae Et factiones ; verum nos homunculi Salillum animae: qui quum extemplo amisimus Aequo mendicus atque ille opulentissimus Censetur censu ad Acheruntem mortuus _(pfcilto.) PLAUTCS. Trmummus, Act 11., oc. i v., y. i^ 1 ' The gods alone are rich ; to them alone Is wealth and power : but we poor mortal men, When that the soul which is the salt at lite, Keeping our bodies from corruption, leaves us, Carthage must be blotted out." " Delere licebit . Quod non edideri 8 ; nescit vox ^^^; ^ Ar(e Poetica , 389 . Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum - We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all." fQui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,) ^ KelpMnum silvis appingit, fluctibus arun nn < Deme supercilio nubem. Plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, taciturnus a^bi.^ , I., 9, 20. Demonstratio longe optima est ^^^^ or^tww, I., 70. " By far the best proof is experience." Demus necne, in nosta. potestate e,t j non reddere, viro bono no n m 't, Wo id facsre poss.t S ,nem = . DEORUM INJURIASDETERIORES OMNES. 43 " Deorum injurias dis curae (scripsit)." TACITUS. Annals, I., 73. " Wrongs done to the gods were the gods' concern." (Church and Brodribb.) " Deosque precetur et oret Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis. " HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 200. ' ' The gods implore To crush the proud and elevate the poor." (Coningtori) " Deprendi miserum est." HORACE. Satires, I., 2, 134. " 'Tis sad to be found out." " Derelicta fertilius revivescunt." PLINY THE ELDER. Natural History, XXXIV., 49 (17). " Fields left fallow more than recover their former fertility." " Derisor vero plus laudatore movetur." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 433. " False flattery displays More show of sympathy than honest praise." (Conington.) " Desinant Maledicere, malefacta ne noscant sua." TERENCE. Andria, Prologue, 22. "Let them . . . . . . cease to rail, lest they be made to know Their own misdeeds." (George Colman.) " Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando." VIRGIL. JEneid, VI. , 376. " Hope not by prayers to shake the will of Heaven." " Desine quapropter, novitate exterritus ipsa, Exspuere ex animo rationem : sed magis acri Judicio perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus ; aut, si falsum est, accingere contra." LUCRETIUS. De Rerum Natura, II., 1038. " Do not, in fear, because the doctrine's new, Expel it from your mind ; but weigh it well, Bringing your keenest faculties to bear ; If it seem true, accept it, but if false, Gird on your sword to combat it." " Desuetude omnibus pigritiam, pigritia veternum parit." APULEIUS. Florida, III., 17. " Disuse always begets indolence, and indolence lethargy." " Desunt inopiae multa, avaritiae omnia. In nullum avarus bonus est, in se pessimus." PUBULIUS SYRUS, 121, 124. (Quoted together by Seneca, Epistolae, CVIIL, 9.) " Poverty wants many things, but avarice everything. The miser is no good to any one, least of all to himself." " (Nam) Deteriores omnes sumus licentia." TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act III., Sc. L, 74. (Chremes.) "Too much liberty corrupts us all." (George Colman.) 44 DETUR ALIQUANDO OTIUMDI IMMORTALIS. " Detur aliquando otium Quiesque fessis." SENECA. Hercules Furens, 929. (Amphitryon.) " God grant the weary some surcease of toil." " Deum namque ire per omnis Terrasque tractusque maris, coelumque profundum." VIRGIL. Georgics, IV., 221. "Through every laud God journeys, and across The ocean wastes, and through the depths of heaven." " Deum qui non summum putet, Aut stultum aut rerum esse imperitum existumem. " CAECILIUS STATIUS. Incert. Fragment., XV. " He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or has no experience of life. " 41 (Dicendum est,) Deus ille fuit, Deus, inclyte Memmi, Qui princeps vitae rationem invenit earn, quae Nunc appellatur Sapientia." LUCRETIUS. De Rerum Natura, V., 8. ' ' A god indeed was he, most noble Memmius, Who first laid down for us that rule of life Which men call Wisdom." " Deus nobis haec otia fecit." VIRGIL. Eclogues, I., 6. " From God it is that comes this rest from toil." " Deus . . . nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris, quae quidem . ' mortalia essent, quam dicendi facultate." QUINTILIAN. De Institutione Oratorio,, II., 16, 12. "God has in no way more strikingly differentiated man from the rest of creation than by the gift of speech." " Devenere locos laetos et amoena vireta Fortunatorum nemorum, sedesque beatas." VIRGIL. JEneid, VI. , 638. " They reach the realms of tranquil bliss, Green spaces folded in with trees, A paradise of pleasanc&s. " (Conington.) " Devictae gentes nil in amore valent." PROPERTIUS. Elegies, II., 7, 6. " In love a subject race is nothing worth." " Dextrae se parvus lulus Implicuit sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis." VIRGIL. ^Eneid, II., 723. ' ' lulus fastens to my side, His steps scarce matching with my stride." (Conington. ) " Di immortalis virtutem approbare, non adhibere debent." METELLUS (NUMIDICUS). (Aldus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, I., 6,5.) " The immortal gods are bound to approve virtue, but not to provide us with it." DI NOS QUASI DICTUM SAPIENTI. 45 " Di nos quasi pilas homines habent." PLAUTUS. Captivi, Prologue, 22. " Men are the footballs of the gods." " Di pia facta vident. " OVID. Fasti, II., 117. " The gods behold all righteous actions." " Di, talem terns avertite pestem ! " VIRGIL. JEneid, III., 620. " Snatch him, ye gods, from mortal eyes ! " (Conington.) " Di tibi, si qua pios respectant numina, si quid Usquam justitia est et mens sibi conscia recti, Praemia digna ferant." VIRGIL. JEneid, I., 603. " May Heaven, if virtue claim its thought. If justice yet avail for aught ; Heaven, and the sense of conscious right, With worthier meed your acts requite." (Conington.) " Die mini, an boni quid usquam est, quod quisquam uti possiet Sine malo omni ; aut, ne laborem capias, quum illo uti voles ? " PLAUTUS. Mercator, Act I., Sc. I., 34. (Charinus.) "Was ever good without some little ill ? And would you lose the first to gain the last ? " (Bonnell Thornton.) " Dicenda tacendaque calles." PEBSIUS. Satires, IV., 5. " Thou knowest what may well be said, and what Were best in silence hidden. " " Dicere enim bene nemo potest, nisi qui prudenter intelligit." CICERO. Brutus, VI., 23. " No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.'" " Dicimus autem Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, Nee jactare jugum vita didicere magistra." JUVENAL. Satires, XIII., 20. " Nor those unblest who, tutored in life's school, Have learnt of old experience to submit, And lightly bear the yoke they cannot quit." (Gifford.) " Dicis formosam, diciste, Bassa, puellam. Istud quod non est, dicere Bassa solet." MAKTIAL. Epigrams, V., 45. " Thou sayest, Bassa, thou'rt a lovely girl; 'The thing that is not ' Bassa's wont to say." " Dicta dabant ventis, nee debita fata movebant." VALERIUS FLACCUS. Argonautica, V., 21. "Their words flew wide upou the wiuds, nor moved the Fates one jot." " Dictum sapienti sat est." PLAUTUS. Persa, Act IV., Sc. VII., W.(Saturio.) TERENCE. Phormio, Act III., Sc. III., Q.(Antipho.) ' ' A word to the wise is enough. " (Hence the expression " Verbutn sap.".) 46 DIEM, AQUAM, SOLEMDIGNUM LAUDE VIRUM. " Diem, aquam, solem, lunam, noctem, haec argento non emo ; Cetera, quaeque volumus uti, Graeca mercamur fide." PLAUTUS. Asinaria, Act I., Sc. III., 46. (Argyrippus.) " True, I purchase not with money Daylight nor water, sun nor moon, nor night : Whatever else we want, we buy for ready money." (Bonnett Thornton.) " Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem." CATULLUS. Carmina, LXXIV. (LXXVL), 13. " 'Tis hard at once to tear an old love from the heart." " Difficile est proprie communia dicere." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 128. " 'Tis hard, I grant, to treat a subject known And hackneyed, so that it may look one's own." (Conington.) -' Difficile est saturam non scribere ! " JUVENAL. Satires, I., 30. ' ' Indeed 'tis hardest not to satirise ! " " Difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 123. "We should turn a deaf ear to accusations." " Diffugiunt cadis Cum faece siccatis amici." HORACE. Odes, I., 35, 26. " When the cask is drained The guests are scattered here and there." (Conington.) " Donee eris felix multos numerabis amicos : Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris." OVID. Tristia,I.,9,5. ' ' While fortune smiles, you'll count your friends by scores ; The sky clouds over, you will be alone." " En ego non paucis quondam munitus amicis, Dum flavit velis aura secunda meis, Ut fera nimboso tumuerunt aequora vento, In mediis lacera puppe relinquor aquis." OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, II., 3, 25. " But late surrounded by a host of friends, The while a favouring Zephyr filled my sails. Now when the wind-tossed waves in mountains rise, Lone in my riven bark I face the storm. " " Cum fortuna manet, vultum servatis amici." PETRONIUS ARBITER. Satyricon, Cap. 80. " While your fortune lasts you will see your friend's face." " Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori ; Coelo Musa beat." HORACE. Odes, IV., 8, 27. " Nay, trust the Muse ; she opes the good man's grave, And lifts him to the gods." (Conington.) DIGNUS EST DECIPIDISCITE JUSTITIAM. 47 " Dignus est decipi qui de recipiendo cogitavit cum daret." SENECA. De Beneficiis, I., 1, 9. " The man who gives with a view to receiving deserves to be deceived." ISTHAEC IN ME IT A EST AMOR. 113 " Isthaec in me cudetur faba." TERENCE. Eunuchus, Act IL, Sc. III., 89. (Parmeno.) " I shall have to serve for the threshing floor." " Istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo 'st Videre, sed etiam ilia quae futura sunt Prospicere." TERENCE. Adelphi, Act III., Sc. III., 32. (Syrus.) " That is to be wise, to see Not that alone which lies before the feet, But ev'n to pry into futurity." (George Coltnan.) " Istuc est sapere, qui, ubicumque opus sit, animum possis flectere ; Quod faciendum fortasse sit post, idem hoc nunc si feceris." TERENCE. Hecyra, Act IV., Sc. III., 2. (Laches.) "That man is wise who so can bend his mind, When need arises, as to do at once That which hereafter he will recognise As having been the proper thing to do." " Ita comparatam esse hominum naturam omnium, Aliena ut melius videant et dijudicent Quam sua." TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act III., Sc. I., 97. (Menedemus.) " Gods ! that the nature of mankind is such, To see and judge of the affairs of others Much better than their own." (George Colman.) " Ita Dis placitum, voluptatem ut maeror comes consequatur." PLAUTUS. Amphitryo, Act II., Sc. II., 5. (Alcumena.) "Thus it pleases Heaven, That Sorrow, her companion, still should tread Upon the heels of Pleasure." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris, eaque quae percipi non possunt, iis quae possunt ut tarn in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere." CICERO. Academica, II., 21. "The false borders so closely on the true, and the possible on the impossible, that the wise man should refrain from venturing on such dangerous ground. " " Ita est amor, balista ut jacitur : nihil sic celere est, neque volat ; Atque is mores hominum moros et morosos efficit : Minus placet, magis quod suadetur ; quod dissuadetur placet. Quom inopia 'st, cupias ; quando ejus copia 'st, turn non velis ; Ille qui aspellit, is compellit ; ille qui consuadet, vetat." PLAUTUS. Trinummus, Act III., Sc. II., 42. (Lysiteles.) " It is with love As with a stone whirled from a sling ; it flies, Nothing so quick. Love makes a man a fool, Hard to be pleased. What you persuade him to He likes not, and embraces that from which You would dissuade him. What there is a lack of, That will he covet ; when 'tis in his power He'll none on't. Whoso bids him to avoid A thing invites him to it ; interdicts, Who recommends it." (Bonnell Thornton.) 8 n 4 IT A MAJOR ESTITIDEM DIVOS. " Ita major est muneris gratia quo minus diu pependit." SENECA. De Beneficiis, II., 5, 3. "A gift is the more grateful, .the shorter the time during which we are waiting for it." " Ita plerique ingenio sumus omnes ; nostri nosmet poenitet." TERENCE. Phormio, Act I., Sc. Ill:, 20. "Sure 'tis in our nature Never to be contented." (George Colman.) " Ita serpit illud insitum natura malum consuetudine peccandi libera, finem audaciae ut statuere ipse non possit." CICERO. In Verrem, II., 3, 76, 177. "The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessuess." " Ita servom par videtur frugi sese instituere, Proinde heri ut sint, ipse item sit ; voltum e voltu comparet ; Tristis sit, si heri sint tristes ; hilaris sit si gaudeant." PLAUTUS. Amphitryo, Act III., Sc. III., 4. (Sosia.) ' ' It becomes A trusty servant still to fashion him So as to be himself as is his master. To set his face by his face, to be grave If he is grave, and merry if he's merry." (Bonnell Thornton.) *' Ita vita 'st hominum, quasi quam ludas tesseris : Si illud quod maxime opus est jactu, non cadit, Illud, quod cecidit forte, id arte ut corrigas." TERENCE. Adelphi, Act IV., Sc. VII., 21. (Micio.) ' ' The life of mail Is like a gaming table. If the cast Which is most necessary be not thrown, That which chance sends you must correct by art." (George Colman.) "' Ite procul, Musae, si nil prodestis amanti." TIBCLLOS. Elegies, II., 4, 15. " Muses, avaunt ! if to the lover ye refuse your aid." " Itidem divos dispertisse vitam humanam aequom fuit ; Qui lepide ingeniatus esset, vitam longinquam darent ; Qui improbi essent et scelesti, iis adimerent animam cito." PLAUTUS. Miles Gloriosus, Act III., Sc. I., 135. (Pleusides.) So it were just, the Gods in human life Should make distinction due, and disproportion ; That on the well-disposed they should bestow A long extent of years ; the reprobate And wicked they should soon deprive of life. " (Bonnell Thornton.) ITIDEM UT TEMPUSyAM, JAM NULLA. 115 " Itidem ut tempus anni, aetatem aliam aliud factum convenit." PLAUTUS. Mercator, Act V., Sc. IV., 24. (Eutychus.) " For as the several seasons of the year Bring with them different fruits, in human life So have our actions their fit seasons too." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Jacet enim corpus dormientis ut mortui ; viget autem et vivit animus." CICEBO. De Divinati&ne, I., 30, 63. "The body of the sleeper lies as though dead; but his mind lives and nourishes." " Jacta alea esto." JULIUS CAESAR. (Suetonius, I., 32.) " Let the die be cast." " Jactat inaequalem Matho me fecisse libellum : Si verum est, laudat carmina nostra Matho. Aequales scribit libros Calvinus et Umber. Aequalis liber est, Cretice, qui malus est." MARTIAL. Epigrams, VII., 90, 1. " I've writ, says Matho, an uneven book : If that be true, then Matho lauds my verse. Umber writes evenly, Calvinus too ; For even books, be sure, are always bad." " Jam Antiphonem conveni, adfinem meum, Cumque eo reveni ex inimicitia in gratiam. Yidete, quaeso, quid potest pecunia." PLAUTUS. Stichus, Act III., Sc. I., 1. (Epignomus.) "I saw my father Antipho but now, And found him whom I left a foe, my friend. What will not money do ? " (Bonnell Thornton. ) " Jam istuc, Aliquid net, metuo." PLAUTUS. Mercator, Act II., Sc. IV., 26. (Eutychus.) " I am always afraid of your ' Something shall be done '." " Jam, jam nulla viro juranti femina credat ; Nulla viri speret sermones esse fideles : Qui dum aliquid cupiens animus praegestit apisci, Nil metuunt jurare, nihil promittere parcunt : Sed simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est, Dicta nihil metuere, nihil perjuria curant." CATULLUS. Carmina, LXII. (LXIV.), 143. " Let not a woman trust her lover's oath, Let her not hope he'll keep his promises ! For while the soul is lusting to possess, No oath he fears, no promise but he'll make : Then when he's satisfied his heart's desire, Little he recks of falsest perjury." n6 JAM POSCIT AQUAMJUDEX DAMNATUR. " Jam poscit aquam, jam frivola transfert Ucalegon ; tabulata tibi jam tertia fumant. Tu nescis." JUVENAL. Satires, III., 198. " 'Midst the loud cry Of ' water ! water ! ' the scared neighbours fly With all their haste can seize the flames aspire, And the third floor is wrapt in smoke and fire, While you, unconscious, doze." (Gifford.) " Jamne igitur laudas, quod de sapientibus alter Ridebat, quoties a limine moverat unum Protuleratque pedern ; flebat contrarius alter ? Sed facilis cuivis rigidi censura cachinm : Mirandum est unde ille oculis suffecerit humor." JUVENAL. Satires, X., 28. "And do we, now, admire the stories told Of the two sages, so renowned of old ; How this for ever laughed, whene'er he stept Beyond the threshold ; that, for ever wept ? But all can laugh : the wonder yet appears, What fount supplied the eternal stream of tears !" ((jlifford.) " Jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest, quern semper acerb um, Semper honoratum, sic Di voluistis, habebo. " VIRGIL, ^neid, V., 49. " And now that day has come, to me For evermore, by Heaven's decree, Embittered and endeared." (Conington.) " Jamque comes semper magnorum prima malorum Saeva fames aderat." LUCAN. Pharsalia, IV., 93. " And now, of great disasters aye the closest comrade, Gaunt famine s nigh at hand." " Jamque vale ; feror ingenti circumdata nocte, Invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua. palmas ! " VIRGIL. Georgics, IV., 497. " And now farewell ; shrouded in endless night, No longer thine, alas, I'm borne away, Stretching in vain to thee my helpless hands." " Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit." HORACE. Satires, II., 2, 38. "When the stomach's pricked by hunger's stings, We seldom hear of scorn for common things." (Conington.) " Jucundi acti labores." CICERO. De Finibus, II., 32, 105. " Delightful are past labours." " Jucundiorem autem faciet libertatem servitutis recordatio." CICERO. Philippica, III., 14, 36. "Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.' " Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 247. " When a guilty man is acquitted, the judge is convicted." yUDICIUM HOC JUS TAM NEQUAM. 117 " Judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam, a se ipso sumendam esse sapientiam. " CICEKO. De Natura Deorum, III., 36, 88. ' It is the universal opinion that we may pray the gods for fortune, but must provide ourselves with wisdom." " Judicis est semper in causis verum sequi ; patroni nonnunquam veri- simile, etiam si minus sit verum, defendere." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 14, 51. " It is always the judge's business in a suit to endeavour to get at the truth : it may sometimes be the duty of the advocate to defend a prob- able hypothesis, even though it be not quite the truth." " Jugulare civem ne jure quidem quisquam bonus vult ; mavult enim commemorare, se, quum posset perdere pepercisse, quam, quum parcere potuerit, perdidisse. " CICEKO. Pro Quintio, XVI., 51. " No honest man desires to cause the death of a fellow-man, even by lawful means ; he prefers always to remember that, when he could have destroyed, he spared, rather than that when he could have spared, he destroyed." " Jura inventa metu injusti fateare necesse est, Tempora si fastosque velis evolvere mundi." HORACE. Satires, I., 3, 111. " 'Twas fear of wrong gave birth to right, you'll find, If you but search 'the records of mankind." (Conington.) " Jurantem me scire nihil mirantur ut unum Scilicet egregii mortalem altique silenti." HORACE. Satires, II. , 6, 57. " I swear that I know nothing, and am dumb : They think me deep, miraculously mum." (Conington.) "Juris peritorum eloquentissimus, eloquentium juris peritissimus. " CICERO. De Oratore, L, 39, 180. (Of Q. Scaevola.) " The greatest orator among the lawyers, the greatest lawyer among the orators." " Jus et furi dicitur." SENECA. De Beneficiis, IV., 28, 5. " Even to the thief justice is meted out." " (Verum illud, Chreme, Dicunt,) jus summum saepe summa malitia est." TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act IV., Sc. V., 48. (Syrus.) " 'Tis a common saying and a true, That strictest law is oft the highest wrong." (George Colman.) " Summum jus, summa injuria." CICERO. De Officiis, I., 10, 33. " The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong." " Jus tarn nequam esse Verrinum." CICERO. In Verrem, II., 1, 46, 121. " So nefarious is Verriue justice." n8 yUSTITIA, EX QUA LABOR EST ETIAM. " Justitia, ex qua virtute viri boni appellantur, mirifica quaedam multi- tudini videtur; nee injuria ; nemo enim Justus esse potest, qui mortem, qui dolorem, qui exilium, qui egestatem timet, aut qui ea, quae sunt his contraria, aequitati anteponit." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 11, 35. "Justice, the possession of which virtue entitles men to be called good, is looked upon by the masses as something miraculous ; and rightly so, for no one can be just who fears death, pain, exile, or poverty, or who ranks the opposites of these above equity." " Justitia sine prudentia multum poterit : sine justitia nihil valebit prudentia." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 9, 34. "Justice without discretion may do much ; discretion without justice is of no avail." " Justo et moderate regebantur imperio ; nee abnuebant, quod unum vinculum fidei est, melioribus parere." LIVY. Histories, XXII. , 83. "They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men." " Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida." HORACE. Odes, III., 3, 1. " The man of firm and righteous will, No rabble, clamorous for the wrong, No tyrant's brow, whose frown may kill, Can shake the strength that makes him strong." (Conington.) "Juvenile vitium est regere non posse impetus." SENECA. Troades, 259. (Agamemnon.) " It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses." " Labefactant fundamenta reipublicae ; concordiam primum, quae esse non potest, quum aliis adimuntur, aliis condonantur pecuniae ; deinde aequitatem, quae tollitur omnis, si habere suum cuique non licet." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 22, 78. "They are uprooting the very foundations of the state; first, harmony, which cannot exist when property is taken by force from some to be presented to others; next, justice, which is destroyed when a man is not permitted to retain possession of his own." " Labitur occulte, fallitque volatilis aetas, Et nihil est annis velocior." OVID. Metamorphoses, X., 519. "Time spreads his wings and glides away unseen ; Naught's swifter than the years." " Labor est etiam ipsa voluptas." MANILIOS. Astronomicon, IV., 155. " Even pleasure itself is a toil." LABOR OMNI A VICITLATET ANGUIS. ng " Labor omnia vicit Improbus, et duris urgens in rebus egestas." VIRGIL. Georgics, I., 145. " Unswerving toil all things has overcome And want, that's ever urging, in hard times, To greater efforts. " " Labor voluptasque, dissimillima natura, societate quadam inter se naturali sunt juncta." LIVY. Histories, V., 4. " Toil and pleasure, so dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond of union." " Labors alieno magnam partam gloriam Verbis saepe in se transmovet, qui habet salem, Quod in te est." TERENCE. Etmuchus, Act III., Sc. I., 9. (Gnatho.) " Men of wit, like you, The glory got by others' care and toil Often transfer unto themselves." (George Colman.) " Lacrimae nobis deerunt antequam causae dolendi." SENECA. Ad Polybium de Consolatione, IV., 3. " Our tears will fail before we cease to have cause for grief." " Laedere nunquam velimus, longeque absit propositum illud, ' Potius amicum quam dictum perdendi '. " QUINTILIAN. De Institutione Oratorio,, VI., 3, 28. "We should always be unwilling to give pain, and should scorn the sug- gestion that it is better to lose a friend than a bon mot." " Laetus sum laudari me, abs te, pater, a laudato viro." NAEVIUS. Hector Proficiscens, Fragment II. " Praise from thee, my father, a much lauded man, makes me glad indeed." "Languescet alioqui industria, intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes, et securi omnes aliena subsidia exspectabant, sibi ignavi, nobis graves." TACITUS. Annals, II., 38. "Otherwise industry will languish and idleness be encouraged, if a man has nothing to fear, nothing to hope from himself, and every one in utter recklessness will expect relief from others, thus becoming useless to himself and a burden to me." (Church and Brodribb.) " Lapides loqueris." PLAUTUS. Aulularia, Act II., Sc. I., 30. (Megadorus.) " You are talking stones." " Largitionem fundum non babere." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 15, 55. (Proverbial expression.) " Charity's money-bags are bottomless." " Lasciva est nobis pagina, vita proba est." MARTIAL. Epigrams, I., 4 (5), 8. " Licentious though my page, my life is pure." " Latet anguis in herba." VIRGIL. Eclogues, IIL, 93. " There lurks a snake in the grass." 120 LATIUS REGNES LEGES BONAE. " Latins regnes avidum domando Spiritum, quam si Libyam remotis Gadibus jungas, et uterque Poenus Serviat uni." HORACE. Odes, II., 2, 9. " Who curbs a greedy soul may boast More power than if his broad-based throne Bridged Libya's sea, and either coast Were all his own." (Conington.) " Laudaxnus veteres, sed nostris utimur annis ; Mos tamen est aeque dignus uterque coli." OVID. Fasti, I., 225. " We praise times past, while we times present use ; Yet due the worship which to each we give." " Laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito. " VIRGIL. Georgics, II., 412. " Praise, if you will, large farms, but till a small one." " (Difficilis, querulus,) Laudator temporis acti." HORACE. Ars Poetica, 173. " Loud in his praises of bygone days." " Laudatur ab his, culpatur ab illis." HORACE. Satires, I., 2, 11. " By some he's lauded and by others blamed." " Laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales." SALLUST. Catilina, VII. "Greedy of praise, lavish of money." " Laus vera et humili saepe contingit viro ; Non nisi potenti falsa." SENECA. Thyestes, 211. (Atreus.) ' ' True praise is oft the lot of him whose station is humble ; false praise reaches no ears but those of the powerful." " Lectio certa prodest, varia delectat." SENECA. Epistolae, XLV., 1. " Desultory reading is delightful, but, to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed." " Lector et auditor nostros probat, Aucte, libellos : Sed quidam exactos esse poeta negat. Non nimium euro : nam coenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis." MARTIAL. Epigrams, IX., 82. " Reader and hearer both my verses praise : Some other poet cries, ' They do not scan '. But what care I ? my dinner's always served To please my guests, and not to please the cooks." " Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur." MACROBIUS. Saturnalia, II. , 18. " Good laws have their origin in bad morals." LEGES REM SURDAMLEVIS EST DOLOR. 121 " Leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse, salubriorem melioremque inopi quam potent! ; nihil laxamenti nee veniae habere, si moduna excesseris." LIVY. Histories, II., 3. " Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more propitious to the weak than to the strong ; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits." *' Lene fluit Nilus, sed cunctis amnibus exstat Utilior, nullas confessus murmure vires." CLAUDIANUS. De Consulatu Fl. Mallii Theodori, 232. 1 ' Though gently Nilus flows, yet of all other streams Most service renders he to man, nor aught proclaims Of his vast might." " Lenior et melior fis accedente senecta. Quid te exempta juvat spinis de pluribus una ? Vivere si recte nescis, discede peritis. Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti ; Tempus abire tibi est." HORACE. Epistolae, II., 2, 211. " Grow Gentler and better as your sands run low, Where is the gain in pulling from the mind One thorn, if all the rest remain behind ? If live you cannot as befits a man, Make room, at least, you may for those that can. You've frolicked, eaten, drank to the content Of human appetite; 'tis time you went." (Conington.) " Leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est, Quae venit indigno poena, dolenda venit." OVID. Heroides, V., 7. " With patience bear what pains thou hast deserved, Grieve, if thou wilt, o'er what's unmerited." "Leo quoque aliquando minimarum avium pabulum fuit; et ferrum rubigo consumit : nihil tarn firmum est, cui periculum non sit etiam ab invalido." QUINTOS CUBTIUS. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, VII., 8, 15. 1 ' The lion has oftentimes been the prey of the smallest birds ; iron is eaten away by rust : there is nothing so strong as to be free from danger even from the weakest." " Quamvis sublimes debent humiles metuere." PHAEDBUS. Fables, I., 28, 1. " Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble." <( Levia perpessae sumus Si flenda patimur." SENECA. Troades, 420. (Andromache.) " Light are the woes that we have borne If tears are all our woes demand." " Levis est dolor, qui capere eonsilium pobest." SENECA. Medea, 155. (Medea.) " Not deep thy grief, if thou canst take advice." 122 LEVIUS FIT PATIENTIALIBERTAS ULTIMA. " Levius fit patientia Quicquid corrigere est nefas." HORACE. Odes, I., 24, 19. 1 ' Patience makes more light What sorrow may not heal." (Conington.) " (Nam) Levius laedit, quidquid praevidimus ante." DIONYSIUS CATO. Disticha de Moribus, II., 24. " Lighter is the wound which is foreseen." " Levius solet timere, qui propius timet." SENECA. Troades, 524. (Andromache.) " The danger that is nearest we least dread." " Lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae jubet ea quae facienda sunt prohibetque contraria." CICERO. De Legibus, I., 6, 18. "Law is the highest expression of the system of nature, which ordains what is right and forbids what is wrong." " Lex universi est quae jubet nasci et mori." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 255. " Birth and death are a law of the universe." " Liber captivus avis ferae consimilis est ; Semel fugiendi si data est occasio, Satis est ; nunquam post illam possis prendere." PLAUTUS. Captivi, Act I., Sc. II., 1. (Hegio.} " A free man, made a captive, Is like a bird that's wild : it is enough, If once you give it opportunity To fly away ; you'll never catch it after. " (Bonnell Thornton.} " Libera Fortunae mors est : capit omnia tellus Quae genuit ; coelo tegitur, qui non habet urnam." LDCAN. Pharsalia, VII. , 819. " Death is no slave to fortune: earth recalls All she has borne ; the sky will cover him Who has no tomb." " Liberae sunt enim nostrae cogitationes." CICERO. Pro Milone, XXIX., 79. " Our thoughts are free." " Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur." ULPIANUS. (Corpus Juris Civilis Romani, Digesta, XLVIII., Tit. XIX., 18.) " No one can be punished for his thoughts." " Libertas est animum superponere injuriis, et eum facere se, ex quo solo sibi gaudenda veniant." SENECA. De Constantia Sapientis, XIX., 2. " We best preserve our liberty by looking upon wrongs done us as beneath our notice, and relying upon ourselves alone for those things which make life agreeable." '* Libertas ultima mundi Quo steterit ferienda loco." LUCAN. Pharsalia, VII., 581. " Where freedom her last stand has made, There must the blow be struck." LIBERTATE MODICELIMAE LABOR. 125 " Libertate modice utantur. Temperatam eam salubrem et singulis et civitatibus esse ; nimiam et aliis gravem, et ipsis qui habeant,. effrenatam et praecipitem esse." LIVY. Histories, XXXIV., 49. "They enjoy a moderate degree of liberty, which, when kept within bounds, is most salutary both for individuals and for communities, though when it degenerates into license, it becomes alike burdensome to others, and uncontrollable and hazardous to those who possess it." " Libertatis restitutae dulce auditu nomen." LIVY. Histories, XXIV., 21. " Sweetly sounds the name of Freedom, when we have lost it and regained it." " Libidinosa enim et intemperans adolescentia effetum corpus tradit senectuti." CICERO. De Senectute, IX., 29. ' ' A licentious and intemperate youth transmits a worn-out body to- old age." " (Alumna) Licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant." TACITUS. De Oratoribus, XL. "License, which fools call liberty." " Liceret ei dicere utilitatem aliquando cum honestate pugnare." CICERO. De Officiis, III., 3, 12. " He may say, if he will, that expediency sometimes clashes with honesty." "Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter tamen causa virtutum est." QUINTILIAN. De Institutions Oratorio,, I. , 2, 22. "Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is oftentimes the cause of virtues." " Licet ipse nihil possis tentare, nee ausus, Saevior hoc, alios quod facis esse malos." AVIANUS. Fabulae, XXXIX., 15. ' ' Though naught yourself you can or dare attempt, You're worse in this, that you make others bad." " Licet superbus ambules pecunia, Fortuna non mutat genus." HORACE. Epodes, 4, 5. " Though high you hold your head with pride of purse, "Pis not the fortune makes the gentleman." " Lilia non domina sunt magis alba mea : Ut Maeotica nix minio si certet Hibero, Utque rosae puro lacte natant folia." PROPERTIUS. Elegies, II., 3, 10. " Fairer my lady than the lily fair, Like snow of Azov with vermilion dyed, Or rose leaves floating in the purest milk." " Limae labor." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 291. "The labour of the file." 124 LINQUENDA TELLUSLUCUS, QUIA. " Linquenda tellus et domus et placens Uxor, neque harum, quas colis, arborum Te praeter invisas cupressos Ulla brevem dominum sequetur." HORACE. Odes, II., 14, 21. " Your laud, your house, your lovely bride Must lose you ; of your cherished trees None by its fleeting master's side Will travel save the cypresses." (Oonington.) " Livor, iners vitium, mores non exit in altos, Utque latens ima vipera serpit humo." OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, III., 3, 101. " Envy, slothful vice, Ne'er makes its way in lofty characters, But, like the skulking viper, creeps and crawls Close to the ground." " Longa est injuria, longae Ambages ; sed summa sequar fastigia rerum." VIRGIL. JEneid, L, 341. " Long And dark the story of her wrong ; To thread each tangle time would fail, So learn the summits of the tale." (Conington.) " Longae finis chartaeque viaeque." HORACE. Satires, I., 5, 104. , ' ' There the lines I penned, The leagues I travelled, find alike their end." (Oonington.) " Longe fugit quisquis suos fugit." PETRONIUS ARBITER. Satyricon, 43. "He flees far, who flees from his relations." " Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla." SENECA. Epistolae, VI., 5. " The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual." " In omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam experimenta." QUINTILIAN. De Institutione Oratoria, II., 5, 15. " In almost everything experiment is better than precept." " Loqui ignorabit, qui tacere nesciet." AUSONIUS. Septem Sapientum Sententiae, Pittacus, 1. " He who does not know how to be silent, will not know how to speak." " Lucri bonus est odor ex re Qualibet." JUVENAL. Satires, XIV., 204. " Gain smells sweet, from whatsoe'er it springs." (Gi/ord.) " Lucus, quia, umbra opacus, parum luceat." QUINTILIAN. De Institutione Oratoria, I., 6, 34. " Lucus, a grove, is so called, because, from the dense shade, there is very little light there." (Hence the phrase, " Lucus a non lucendo ".) LUPO AGNUMMAGNA EST VERITAS. 125 " Lupo agnum eripere postulant." PLAUTUS. Poenulus, Act III., Sc. V., 31. (Lycus.) " From the wolfs jaws they'd snatch the lamb." (Bonnell Thornton.) " (Ut mavelis) Lupos apud oves linquere, quam hos custodes domi." PLAUTUS. Pseudolus, Act I., Sc. II., 9. (Ballio.) " You may as well leave wolves among your sheep, As these to guard your house." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Lupo ovem commisisti." TEBENCE. Eunuchus, Act V., Sc. I., 16. (Thais.) " You set the wolf to keep the sheep." (George Colman.) " Lupus in fabula." CICERO. Ad Atticum, XIIL, 33, 4. " The wolf in the fable." " praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum ! " CICEBO. Philippica, III., 11, 27. "What a splendid shepherd is the wolf ! as the saying goes." " Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit." PLAUTUS. Asinaria, Act II., Sc. IV., 88. (The Merchant.) " Man is to man, to whomsoe'er one knows not, A wolf and not a man." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Macies illis pro sanitate, et judicii loco infirmitas est ; et dum satis putant vitio carere, in id ipsum incidunt vitium, quod virtutibus careat." QUINTILIAN. De Institutions Oratorio,, II., 4, 9. " These people mistake an ascetic appearance for health, and a feeble will for judgment ; they think it sufficient to have no vices, and thereby fall into the vice of having no virtues." " Macte nova virtute, puer ; sic itur ad astra." VIBGIL. JEneid, IX., 641. " "Pis thus that men to heaven aspire : Go on and raise your glories higher." (Conington.) " Maecenas, atavis edite regibus, et praesidium et dulce decus meum ! " HORACE. Odes, I., 1, 1. ' ' Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors, The shield at once and glory of my life ! " (Conington.) " Magister artis, ingenique largitor Venter." PERSIUS. Satires, Prologue, 10. " The Belly : Master, he, of Arts, Bestower of ingenious parts." (Oifford.) " Magna est enim vis humanitatis : multum valet communio sanguinis." CICEBO. Pro Roscio Amerino, XXII., 63. " Strong is the bond of our common humanity ; great is the tie of kinship." "Magna est veritas, et praevalet." THE VULGATE. Third Bk. of Esdras, IV., 41. " Great is truth, and all-powerful." 126 MAGNA PARS HOMINUMMAGNI SAEPE. " Magna pars hominum est quae non peccatis irascitur, sed pec- cantibus." SENECA. De Ira, II., 28, 8. "A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners." " Magna quidem sacris quae dat praecepta libellis Victrix Fortunae Sapientia." JUVENAL. Satires, XIII., 19. " Wisdom, I know, contains a sovereign charm To vanquish Fortune, or at least disarm." (Clifford.) " Magna res est vocis et silentii tempora nosse." SENECA. De Moribus, 74. "It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence." " Magna servitus est magna fortuna." SENECA. Ad Polybium de Consolatione, VI., 5. " A great fortune is a great slavery." " Misera est magni custodia census." JUVENAL. Satires, XIV., 304. "Wealth, by such dangers earned, such anxious pain. Requires more care to keep it than to gain." ((jrijford.) -" Magna vis est conscientiae, judices, et magna in utramque partem ; ut neque timeant, qui nihil commiserint, et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent, qui peccarint." CICEBO. Pro Milone, XXIII., 61. "Great, gentlemen of the jury, is the power of conscience, and in both directions ; for it frees the innocent from all fear, and keeps ever before the eyes of the guilty the dread of punishment." -" Magnas inter opes inops." HORACE. Odes, III., 16, 28. "'Mid vast possessions poor." (Conington.) *' Magni autem est ingenii sevocare mentem a sensibus et cogitationem a consuetudine abducere." CICEBO. Tusculanae Disputationes, I., 16, 38. "The power of separating the intellect from the senses, and reason from instinct, is characteristic of the highest genius." " Magni interest quos quisque audiat quotidie domi ; quibuscum loquatur a puero, quemadmodum patres, paedagogi, matres etiam loquantur." CICEKO. Brutus, LVIII., 210. "It makes a great difference to whom we listen in our daily home life; with whom we have been accustomed to talk from boyhood upwards, and how our fathers, our tutors and our mothers speak." -" Magni saepe duces, magni cecidere tyranni, Et Thebae steterunt, altaque Troja fuit. Omnia vertuntur. Certe vertuntur amores. Vinceris aut vincis : haec in amore rota est." PBOPEBTIUS. Elegies, II., 8, 7. ' ' Great leaders and great kings have fallen low, And Thebes once stood, and lofty Troy's no more. All things are overturned ; nor can our loves Escape thp common lot. Thy fate is now Defeat, now victory ; thus turns love's wheel." MAGNOS HOMINES-MALA MENS. 127 *' Magnos homines virtute metimur, non fortuna." CORNELIUS NEPOS. Eumenes, 1. " We measure great men by their virtues, not by their fortunes." " Magnum hoc ego duco Quod placui tibi, qui turpi secernis honestum, Non patre praeclaro, sed vita et pectore puro." HORACE. Satires, I., 6, 62. ' ' 'Tis no common fortune when one earns A friend's regard, who man from man discerns, Not by mere accident of lofty birth But by unsullied life, and inborn worth ! " (Oonington.) " Magnum pauperies opprobrium jubet Quidvis et facere et pati, Virtutisque viam deserit arduae." HORACE. Odes, III., 24, 42. " Guilty poverty, more fear'd than vice, Bids us crime and suffering brave, And shuns the ascent of virtue's precipice." (Oonington.) 44 (Non dubium quin) Major adhibita vis ei sit, cujus animus sit perterritus, quam illi, cujus corpus vulneratum sit." CICERO. Pro Caecina, XV., 42. " There is no doubt that you can apply stronger pressure to a man whose mind is unhinged by fear, than to one who is only suffering from bodily injuries." * Major est animus inferentis vim quam arcentis." LIVY. Histories, XXL, 44. "Plus animi est inferenti periculum, quam propulsanti." LIVY. Histories, XXVIII., 44. ' ' There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. " " Major privato visus, dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax imperil, nisi imperasset." TACITUS. History, L, 49. (Of Galba.) " He seemed greater than a subject while he was yet in a subject's rank, and by common consent would have been pronounced equal to empire, had he never been emperor." (Church and Brodribb.) " Major rerum mihi nascitur ordo ; Majus opus moveo." VIRGIL. JEneid, VII., 44. " A loftier task the bard essays ; The horizon broadens on his gaze." (Oonington.) " Majorum gloria posteris lumen est ; neque bona neque mala in occulto patitur." SALLUST. Jugurtha, LXXXV. ' ' Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits." " Mala mens, malus animus." TERENCE. Andria, Act L, Sc. L, 137. (Simo.) " Bad mind, bad heart." (George Colman.) 128 MALA SUNT VICINAMALIM MORIRI. " (Et) mala sunt vicina bonis. Errore sub illo Pro vitio virtus crimina saepe tulit." OVID. Hemedia Amoris, 323. ' ' Evil is nearest neighbour to the good. Thus virtue oft, instead of vice, has been Arraigned in error." " Male enim se res habet, quum quod virtute effici debet, id tentatur pecunia." CICERO. De Officiis, II. , 6, 22. "Things are in a bad way when money is used to effect what should be accomplished by valour." " Male imperando summum imperium amittitur." PUBLIMUS SYBUS, 269. "Bad government will bring to the ground the mightiest empire." " Male irato ferrum committitur." SENECA. De Ira, I., 19, 8. ' ' Trust not an angry man with a sword." " Male mihi esse malo quam molliter." SENECA. Epistolae, 82, 2. " I prefer a life of hardship to a feather-bed existence." "Male partum, disperit." PLAUTUS. Poenulus, Act IV., Sc. II., 22. (Synceratus.)> "What is idly got is idly spent." (Bonndl Thornton.) "Male parta male dilabuntur." (Quoted by Cicero, Philippica, II., 27, 65. )> "What is got by evil means is squandered in evil courses." " Male tornatos incudi reddere versus." HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 441. "Take back your ill-turned verses to the anvil." " Male verum examinat omnis Comiptus judex." HORACE. Satires, II., 2, 8. ' ' The judge who soils his fingers by a gift Is scarce the man a doubtful case to sift." (Conington.) " Male vivet quisquis nesciet bene mori." SENECA. De Tranquillitate Animi, XL, 4. " He will live ill who does not know how to die well." " Maledicus a malefico non distat nisi occasione." QUINTILIAN. De Institutione Oratorio,, XII., 9, 9.. " An evil-speaker only wants an opportunity to become an evil-doer." " Malefacere qui vult nunquam non causam invenit." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 267. " He who wishes to do you a bad turn will always find an excuse." " Malim moriri meos quam mendicarier : Boni miserantur ilium ; hunc irrident mali." PLAUTUS. Vidularia (Fragment)^ " I'd rather those belong to me should die Than become beggars. Of the dead good men Take care but ill men jeer the beggar." (Bonndl Thornton.), MALO BENEFACEREMANUS MANUM LAV AT. 129 " Malo benefacere tantundem est periculum, Quantum bono malefacere. " PLAUTUS. Poenulus, Act III., Sc. III., 20. (The Witness.) . " To serve the bad, and hurt the good alike Is dangerous." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Malorum facinorum ministri quasi exprobrantes aspiciuntur." TACITUS. Annals, XIV., 62. " Men look on their instruments in crime as a standing reproach to them." (Church and Brodribb.) " Malum consilium consulted pessimum est." ANON. (Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, IV., 5, 2.) " "Tis the adviser who suffers most from bad advice." " Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest." PUBLILIUS SYBUS, 282. " Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification." " Malus clandestinus est amor; damnum 'st merum." PLAUTUS. Curculio, Act J., Sc. I., 49. (Palinurus.) ' ' This same clandestine love's a wicked thing : "Pis utter ruin." (Bonnell Thornton.) " Malus enim custos diuturnitatis metus ; contraque benevolentia, fidelis est vel ad perpetuitatem." CICERO. De Officiis, II., 7, 23. " Fear is an untrustworthy guardian of constancy, but a kindly heart is faithful even to the end of the world." " Malus ubi bonum se simulat, tune est pessimus." PUBLILIUS SYBUS, 284. " An ill man is always ; but he is then worst of all when he pretends to be a saint." (Bacon.) " Manet alta mente repostum Judicium Paridis spretaeque injuria formae." VIRGIL. jEneid, I., 26. ' ' Deep in remembrance lives engrained The judgment which her charms disdained." (Conington.) " Mantua me genuit ; Calabri rapuere ; tenet nunc Parthenope ; cecini pascua, rura, duces." VIRGIL. Epitaph. (Tib. Claudius Donatus 1 Life of Virgil, included in Delphin Virgil, ed. 1830, p. 14.) " Mantua bore me ; Calabria stole me ; the Muses own me. Of pastures . have I sung, of country life and of war's heroes." " (Uno se praestare, quod) manum ille de tabula non sciret kottere."" PLINY THE ELDER. Natural History, XXXV., 36 (10)". " He excelled in this, that he did not know how to take his hand from his work." 41 Manus manum lavat." SENECA. Ludus de Morte Claudii, IX., 9. PETBONIUS ARBITER. Satyricon, Cap. 45. " One hand washes the other." 130 MARCET SINEMAXIMAE CUIQUE. " Marcet sine adversario virtus." SENECA. De Providentia, II., 4. " Valour droops without an opponent." " Mars gravior sub pace latet." CLAUDIANVS. De Sexto Consulatu Hcmorii, 307. " Mars in the garb of Peace is deadlier still." " Mater saeva cupidinum." HORACE. Odes, IV., 1, 5. " Cruel mother of sweet love." (Ccmington.) " Materiae ne quaere modiun ; sed perspice vires Quas ratio, non pondus habet ; ratio omnia vincit." MANILIUS. Astranamicon, IV., 924. ' ' Seek not the measure of matter ; fix your gaze Upon the power of reason, not of bulk ; For reason 'tis that all things overcomes." " (0) Matre pulchra filia pulchrior." HORACE. Odes, I., 16, 1. " lovelier than the lovely dame That bore you." (C&nington.) " Matres omnes filiis In peccato adjutrices, auxilio in paterna injuria Solent esse." TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act V., Sc. II., 38. (Syrus.) ' ' 'Tis ever found that mothers Plead for their sons, and in the father's wrath Defend them." (George Colman.) *' Maxima de nihilo nascitur historia." PROPERTIUS. Elegies, II. , 1, 16. "Great epics from small causes oft are born." "' Maxima debetur puero reverentia." JUVENAL. Satires, XIV., 47. " Reverence to children as to heaven is due." (Gifford.) " Maxima enim morum semper patientia virtus." DIONYSIUS CATO. Distichade Moribus, I., 38. " Patience is the greatest of all the virtues." *' Maxima est enim factae injuriae poena fecisse, nee quisquam gravius adficitur quam qui ad supplicium poenitentiae traditur." SENECA. De Ira, III., 26, 2. "The severest penalty for a wrong done is the knowledge that we are guilty, nor is any suffering greater than his who is brought to the stool of repentance." " Maxima est enim vis vetustatis et consuetudinis." CICERO. De Amicitia, XIX., 68. " Great is the power of antiquity and of custom." " Maxima quaeque domus servis est plena superbis." JUVENAL. Satires, V., 66. " Every great house is full of insolent domestics." " Maximae cuique fortunae minime credendum est." LIVY. Histories, XXX., 30. " It is when fortune is most propitious that she is least to be trusted." MAXIMAS VERO-ME VERO PRIMUM. 131 " Maximas vero virtutes jacere omnes necesse est, voluptate domi- nante." CICEBO. De Finibus, II., 35, 117. " All the greatest virtues must lie dormant where pleasure holds sway." " Maximeque admirantur eum, qui pecunia non movetur." CICEBO. De Officiis, II., 11, 38. ' ' Above all is he admired who is not influenced by money." " Maximum ergo solatium est cogitare id sibi accidisse, quod ante se passi sunt omnes, omnesque passuri." SENECA. Ad Polybinm de Consolatione, I., 3. " Our greatest consolation in death is the thought that what is happening to us has been endured by all in the past, and will be endured by all in the future." " Maximum remedium irae mora est." SENECA. De Ira, II., 29, 1. " The best remedy for anger is delay." " Me constare mini scis et discedere tristem, Quandocunque trahunt invisa negotia Romam." HORACE. Epistolae, I., 14, 16. ' ' I'm consistent with myself : you know I grumble when to Rome I'm forced to go." (Conington.) " Me Parnasi deserta per ardua dulcis Raptat amor. Juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo." VIRGIL. Georgics, III., 291. " Across Parnassus' lonely heights My ardour hurries me. I love to climb The hills, and tread the path, untrod before, That rises gently to Castalia's spring." " Me quoque felicem, quod non viventibus illis Sum miser, et de me quod doluere nihil." OVID. Tristia, IV., 10, 83.