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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS 
 
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 ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES, 
 
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 ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, 
 
 ILLUSTRATED BY REMARKS AND EXPLANATIONS. 
 
 BY HUGH MOORE, ESQ. 
 
 Si qui sunt, qui in cognitione semper pueri esse velint, non ep:o illis liaec conscripsi, 
 non illis vigilavi, non illis laboravi.— Cicero. 
 
 LONDON: 
 PRINTED FOR WHITTAKER, TREACHER, & CO. 
 
 AVE-MARIA LANE. 
 
 1831. 
 
LONDON : 
 
 GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, 
 ST. JOHN'S SQUARE. 
 

 DEDICATION. 
 
 TO THE MOST HONOURABLE 
 
 ARTHUR-BLUNDELL-SANDYS-TRUMBULL-HILL, 
 
 MARQUIS OF DOWNSHIRE, 
 
 8sc, <^c, S^c, 
 
 Omne vovemus 
 
 Hoc tibi, ne tanto careat mihi nomine charta," 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 In entreating your Lordship to permit me to introduce to the 
 world the following compilation, under the auspices of your 
 justly respected name, I have been actuated, not only by a 
 deep sense of obligation for many acts of friendship and 
 kindness, but likewise by the consideration, that you have 
 uniformly been a strenuous and a liberal supporter of every 
 undertaking that could, even in the slightest degi'ee, tend to 
 promote the diffusion of knowledge throughout Ireland. 
 
 For the following collection of gleanings, commenced as a 
 matter of private recreation, and which has, gradually, and 
 almost imperceptibly, (notwithstanding other avocations and 
 habits but little studious) grown to its present dimensions, I 
 beg leave to solicit your Lordship's protection ; and knowing 
 
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IV DEDICATION. 
 
 how highly you would appreciate any ^vork that could be 
 useful to Lord Hillsborough (of whom, as a father, you may 
 justly indeed feel proud) I venture to hope, that in the pro- 
 secution of his classical studies, he may find in the following 
 pages, many quotations deserving of his attention, and not a 
 i'ew maxims that will appear w orthy of being treasured up, 
 as valuable moral guides, and in perusing which, at a leisure 
 moment, he may say, in the words of a favourite author of 
 your Lordship's, 
 
 *' Condo et compono, quae mox depromere possim." 
 
 May he, my Lord, being heir to the exalted honours, and 
 princely possessions of his noble father, emulate his example 
 in the morality and probity of his life, and consider that, to 
 rival his many virtues, will form his proudest claim to true 
 nobility ! ! 
 
 I have the honour to be, 
 With the utmost respect and with unfeigned esteem. 
 My Lord, 
 Your much obliged and faithful servant, 
 H. MOORE. 
 
 EGLANTINE-HOUSE, HILLSBOROUGH, 
 
 March 24, 1831. 
 
PREFACE, 
 
 Having occasionally employed myself, as a matter of amusement, in 
 making a collection of Quotations from various authors, and in dif- 
 ferent languages ; a collection originally intended by me, as a present 
 to a juvenile relation, who was about to enter into one of the learned 
 professions ; and having accidentally, after my own work had ap- 
 proached near to its consummation, met with a Dictionary of Quota- 
 tions, compiled by D. E. Macdonnell, Esq. of the Inner Temple, a 
 work which exhibits in a very favourable point of view the literary 
 attainments and industrious research of that very learned gentle- 
 man ; the idea occurred to me (though I had never before thought of 
 offering to public notice the gleanings which I had gathered toge- 
 ther) that the value of his Dictionary would be enhanced, and its 
 utility be rendered more extensive, by the incorporation with it of 
 my collection, on the same plan which Mr. Macdonnell had, with so 
 much judgment, adopted ; and on consulting a literary friend, in 
 whose opinion I place much confidence, he gave me the encourage- 
 ment of his most unqualified approbation of my design, and of his 
 decided belief as to the general usefulness of such an augmented 
 compilation. 
 
 He, however, at the same time suggested the propriety of studi- 
 ously avoiding the use of the same translations given by Mr. Mac- 
 donnell, as my availing myself of the productions of his pen, without 
 acknowledging the fact, might be considered as an act of plagiarism, 
 and an encroachment on his property. My anxiety to avoid the 
 imputation of such a trespass, has rendered my undertaking infi- 
 nitely more arduous, as it dictated the necessity of re-translating 
 every Quotation in Mr. Macdonnell's work, and substituting con- 
 structions of my own; and that gentleman having had, as the original 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 translator, his choice of all the words in the English language, the 
 most appropriate and obvious, and which appeared the best suited to 
 his purpose, the avoidance of those words which, on reading the 
 text in the original language, naturally presented themselves to my 
 mind, as they had done to his, has proved to me a task of greater 
 difficulty, than the work of translation would have been, had I 
 never seen his book. I have, however, ventured on the undertaking, 
 and though the extreme diffidence I feel in my own powers, makes 
 me apprehensive of placing myself in juxta-posiiion with my more 
 learned archetype, in this species of compilation, to which his labours 
 have imparted consequence, as has been proved by his Dictionary 
 having, in a few years, passed through nine editions, I presume to 
 hope that my humble and unpretending efforts may not be consi- 
 dered as wholly useless, but that some among my selection, of not an 
 inconsiderable number of the pithy apophthegms, and of the admir- 
 able moral precepts with which the writings of many of the ancients 
 abound, will be considered to be such, as would do honour to the 
 most enlightened age, or to the most pure system of ethics ; and 
 that they are, therefore, worthy of being brought together in such a 
 compressed form, as may render them accessible even to the most 
 superficial and common-place readers. 
 
 The publication of a work, in design somewhat similar to this, 
 but in the English language, has been lately announced in the fol- 
 lowing terms, which appear so perfectly to describe the utility of 
 every work of the same nature, that it could scarcely be more pro- 
 perly, more forcibly, or more justly depicted. 
 
 " A Dictionary of Quotations is the ready-reckoner of the pedant, 
 and an index to the man of letters ; it refreshes an over-crowded or 
 defective memory, and recals to some, past recollections of the dif- 
 ferent branches of literature, while to others, it furnishes them with- 
 out research, or the labour of a single thought. It is the editor's 
 manual, the critic's resource, and the idler's amusement j. to many it 
 is entertaining, to others instructive, but useful to all." 
 
 Having myself often had occasion to lament that, from the mis- 
 fortune of possessing a very defective memory, I have been unable 
 to remember the whole of a quotation which I had heard used, and 
 
PREFACE. Vll 
 
 which I should have wished to retain, it occurred to me, that the 
 value of the collection which I now present to the public, would be 
 greatly increased by the addition of an Index, similar in its arrange- 
 ment to the Index attached to the Delphini editions of Virgil, Ho- 
 race, &c. &c. 
 
 In the prosecution of this plan, I have numbered all the Quota- 
 tions in this work, to facilitate the reference to them from the Index, 
 and I had intended, at the commencement, that my Index should 
 contain every word in each Quotation, but finding that it would have 
 thus become too voluminous, I abandoned that plan, and have made 
 it contain the substantives and verbs only, with a very few participles 
 or adjectives, which, it is hoped, will answer every purpose, and 
 enable a person who can hold in remembrance any one substantive, 
 or verb, contained in any of the passages to be found in this book, 
 which he may have heard quoted in private society, or in debate, to 
 find, by reference to the Index, that Quotation entire, with the con- 
 struction annexed. 
 
 I have adopted the plan of numbering the Quotations, aS it ap- 
 peared to me to afford the greatest possible facility of reference 
 from the Index, in which each word having the number of the Quo- 
 tation to which it belongs affixed to it, points out at once where that 
 Quotation may be found. Or, the incipient word of any Quotation 
 being known, the entire passage may be found, by looking for that 
 word in the alphabetical order of the Quotations, without regard to 
 the numerical arrangement. 
 
 Hating egotism, I decline prefixing to my work, as many modern 
 publishers do, a sketch of my hirth, parentage, and education ; but, 
 of the latter, I hope to be excused for saying, that it was, at an early 
 period, interrupted by the duties of a military life ; it is, therefore^ 
 with the most profound humility, and even a painful consciousness 
 of my own deficiencies as a scholar, that I submit to public inspec- 
 tion the fruits of hours dedicated to literary amusement, with a 
 view to retrieve in some degree, if possible, time before misspent, 
 but without a thought having been entertained beyond the gratifica- 
 tion of presenting in MSS. as before mentioned, to a very near and 
 
Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 rauch-loved relation, a collection which I hoped might prove amus- 
 ing to him, and be received, and valued as a proof of my affection. 
 
 The translation immediately following each Quotation, and com- 
 prised between commas, is, in general, a tolerably direct, if not a 
 literal translation of it, and the remarks which follow, afford a more 
 ample and extended explanation of the passage. 
 
 The name of the original author, or otherwise that of the language 
 in which it is written, is given, in a character differing from that 
 used in the text, immediately following each Quotation. 
 
 All the Quotations to which the letters M.D. are affixed, are the 
 exclusive property of Mr. Macdonnell, though (except in a very 
 few instances) the translations have been altered. Those Quotations 
 to which two MM.'s. are placed, were included \n the collection of the 
 compiler of this Dictionary, before he had ever seen Mr. Macdon- 
 nell's work, though, having been also in the collection of that gen- 
 tleman, they may be considered, as, in a manner, joint property ; 
 but those which have a single M. affixed to them, are all to be viewed 
 as additions introduced into this work, which had not appeared in 
 any other Dictionary, the number of the first being about 2516, that 
 of the second about 472, and of the third (including the Supplement) 
 about \95'6, making a total of 4941 Quotations. 
 
 Having adopted Mr. Macdonnell's plan of arrangement, I also use 
 his Index of abbreviations as follow : — 
 
 (Gr.) Greek. (Cic.) Cicero. 
 
 flat.) Latin. (Sen.) Seneca. 
 
 (Fr.) French. (Fir.) Virgil. 
 
 (Span.) Spanish. (Lab. J Laberius. 
 
 (Jtal.J Italian (Ov.) Ovid. 
 
 (Prov.) Proverb. (Lucret.) Lucretius. 
 
 (Hor.) Horace. (Cat.) Catullus. 
 
 (Juv.) Juvenal. (Mart.) Martial. 
 
 (Claud.) Claudian. (Prop.) Propertius. 
 (Luc.) Lucan. 
 
 Eglantine-House, Hillsborough, 
 March 24, 1831. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS, 
 
 1. Ab actu ad posse valet illatio. (Lat.) — " From events which have taken 
 
 place we may form deductions as to those which are to ensue." 
 Hence, experience may be regarded as our best guide, to steer us 
 in safety through the comphcated mazes of worldly affairs, and it 
 is reasonable to infer, that results which we have once witnessed 
 may again come to pass. — M.D. 
 
 2. Ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris. Decim. Laber. — " As you have 
 
 acted towards others, you may expect others to act towards you." 
 To do unto others as you would they should do unto you, is a 
 golden maxim that can never be too deeply impressed upon the 
 human mind; and though the sublime moral precept, to return 
 good for evil, should never be forgotten, he who expects to see it 
 often fulfilled in this world will be grievously disappointed. — M.D. 
 
 3. A barbe de fol on apprend a raire. (Old Fr.J — " On the beard of a fool 
 
 persons learn to shave." We all like to learn at the expence of 
 others, and fools are generally found the most pliable subjects to 
 practise on. — M.D. 
 
 4. Abbatis. (Fr. Mil. Term.) — ** An impediment to stop the advance of 
 
 an enemy, composed of trees felled, and thrown with their branches 
 firmly intertwined, to stop a road or passage." — M.D. 
 
 5. A ben conoscer la natura deipopoli, convien esser principe, ed a conoscer 
 
 ben quella dei principi convien esser popolare. Machiavelli. — 
 ** To be weU acquainted with the dispositions of a people, one 
 should be a prince ; and to know well the disposition of a prince 
 one should be his subject." — M.D. 
 
 6. Abiit nemine salutato. (Lat.) — " He went away without taking leave." 
 
 Without saying good-bye. — M. 
 
2 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 7. Ab inconvenienti. (Lat.) — " From the inconvenience." Argumentum 
 
 ab inconvenienti, means an argument to prove that any measure 
 proposed will be unlikely to promote the expected end, and that 
 consequently it is inexpedient and inconvenient. — M.D. 
 
 8. Ab initio. (Lat. Phrase.) — " From the beginning." Such a thing 
 
 has endured from the beginning. His measures were, from the 
 beginning, well concerted. — M.D. 
 
 9. Abnormia sapiens. Horace. — " Wise without instruction." Gifted by 
 
 nature with a sound understanding. Of plain, untutored, common 
 sense. — M.M. 
 
 10. Ab ovo usque ad mala. Horace. — ** From the egg to the apple." 
 
 From the commencement of the feast to the end. Eggs having been 
 the first, and apples the last article served at a Roman entertain- 
 ment. From the alpha to the omega. — M.M. 
 
 11. Absentem Icedit cum ebrio qui litigat. Pub. Syr. — "He who argues 
 
 with a drunken man, offends a person who is absent." For his 
 senses being in abeyance, he may be considered as if he was absent. 
 —M.M. 
 
 12. Absentem qui rodit amicum. 
 
 Qui non defendit alio culpante, solutos 
 Qui capiat risus hominum, famamque dicacis j 
 Fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere 
 
 Qui nequit, hie niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto. Hor. — " He 
 who backbites an absent friend, who does not defend him against 
 the censure of others, who excites a laugh (at another's expense) 
 and aims at the character of a merry fellow, who can relate things 
 he never saw happen, who is incapable of keeping a secret, he is 
 a dangerous man, and be thou. Oh Roman ! aware of him." 
 
 " He who malignant tears an absent friend. 
 Or when attack'd by others don't defend : 
 Who trivial bursts of laughter strives to raise, 
 And courts of prating petulance the praise ; 
 Of things he never saw, who tells his tale, 
 And friendship's secrets knows not to conceal ; 
 This man is vile ; here fix your mark ; 
 His soul is black, as his complexion's dark.*' 
 
 M.M. 
 
 13. Absit invidia. (Lat.) — "Divest yourself of envy." Lay aside all in- 
 
 vidious feeling. — M.M. 
 
 14. Absque sudore et labore, nullum opus perfectum est. (Lat.) — " Without 
 
 sweat and labour no work is perfected." Without exertion and 
 diligence success in the pursuits of this life is rarely attained. — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 3 
 
 15. Abstinere a fabis. Pythag. — " To abstain from beans." To keep 
 
 clear of elections. The Athenians, at the election of citizens who 
 were to perform the duties of the magistracy, ballotted by beans, 
 a custom which we have retained, and which seems likely to be 
 perpetuated. — M. 
 
 16. Ahundat dulcibus vitiis. Quint. — *' He abounds with seductive 
 
 faults." Spoken in allusion to an author whose very errors were 
 so fascinating as to afford pleasure. — M.D. 
 
 17. Ab urbe conditd: generally expressed in the classics by the initials 
 
 A. U. C. signifying, " from the building of the city." The aera 
 from which time was calculated, and the dates of events recorded 
 by the Romans. — M.D. 
 
 18. .4 capite ad calcem. (hat.) — " From the head to the heel." From 
 
 top to bottom. Thoroughly. From one end to the other. — M.D. 
 
 19' A causa persa, parole assai. (Ital. Prov.J — " Your cause being lost, 
 *tis useless to speak of it." When a decree is irrevocable, there is 
 no good in dwelling on the misfortune. — M.D. 
 
 20. Accedas ad curiam. (Law Lat.J — " You may approach the bench." 
 
 A term used to signify a writ under which proceedings may be re- 
 moved from one court to another. — M.D. 
 
 21. Accede ad ignem hunc, jam calesces plus satis. Ter. — ''Approach to, 
 
 this fire, you will soon be too warm." This was written in allu- 
 sion to the beauty of Thais. — M. 
 
 22. Accensa domo proximi, tua quoque periclitatur. (Lat.J — "The house of 
 
 your neighbour being in flames, your own must be exposed to 
 danger," This may be applied as a moral lesson, teaching us to 
 be ever anxious to avert from our neighbour misfortunes, which 
 beginning with him, may ultimately assail ourselves ; and to dis- 
 countenance in his family, as far as in us lies, evil habits, of which 
 the contagion may extend to our own. — M. 
 
 23. Acceptissima semper 
 
 Munera sunty auctor quce pretiosa facit. Ovid. — " Presents which 
 our love for the donor has rendered precious, are ever the most 
 acceptable." The value we place on every gift, is in a ratio pro- 
 portionate to the degree of estimation in which we hold the per- 
 son by whom it has been presented, and (as in Shakspeare) that 
 value may be enhanced by the manner of giving. 
 
 " You gave — with words of so sweet breath composed, 
 As made the things more rich." 
 
 M.D. 
 
 24. Accidit in puncto, et tofo contingit in anno. (Lat.J — " It happens in 
 an instant, and continues to occur throughout the entire year." 
 B 2 
 
4 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 This is commonly applied to those uniform occurrences which are 
 dictated by the laws of nature ; as, the revolutions of the celestial 
 bodies ; the systematic movements of a clock, or any other piece 
 of well-regulated machinery. — MD. 
 
 25. Accidit in puncto, quod non contingit in anno, (hat.) — ** A thing 
 
 which does not occur in a year, may, perchance, happen in a mo- 
 ment."— M.D. 
 
 26. Accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. (Lat. Law Maxim.) — ** No 
 
 man ought to accuse himself unless it be before his God." It is a 
 maxim in the British law, that no man can be compelled to incul- 
 pate himself, or become his own accuser ; and even when culprits 
 are disposed to confess their guilt, that confession is not received 
 without their being cautioned by the court as to the consequences, 
 and permitted to put in a plea of not guilty. — M.D. 
 
 27- Acer et vehemens bonus orator. Cicero. — " A good orator is pointed 
 and vehement." The contrast is, "Lentus in dicendo, et pene fri- 
 gidus orator.** Slow in his enunciation, frigid in style. — M. 
 
 28. Acerrima proximorum odia, Tacitus. — "The hatred of those who are 
 
 the most nearly connected, is the most inveterate." Family dis- 
 putes are generally conducted with more acrimony than those be- 
 tween persons unallied by the ties of consanguinity, and the ani- 
 mosities engendered by civil wars are infinitely more deadly and 
 implacable than those which subsist between enemies of different 
 nations. — M.D. 
 
 29. Acribus initiis incurioso fine. Tacit. — *' Ardent in the commencement, 
 
 careless towards the conclusion." This is a fault common to many 
 in the conduct of their affairs, and one which always ought to be 
 guarded against; for, without perseverance and steadiness, few 
 projects can ever be brought to perfection, and without these 
 essential qualifications no difl5culties are ever surmounted, no con- 
 summation is ever attained ; and how many once flourishing con- 
 cerns do we see crumble away, how many once thriving establish- 
 ments dilapidated, through this defect in the conductors ! ! — M.D. 
 
 30. A cruce salus. (hat.) — ** Salvation from the cross." Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Mayo. 
 
 31. Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta. CLat. Law Maxim) — " The 
 
 outward conduct of men is- an index to the secrets of the heart." 
 In forming our opinions of the dispositions of men, we can alone 
 be guided by a reference to their past conduct. — M.D. 
 
 32. Actio personalis moritur cum persona. (Lat. Law Maxim.) — ** An action 
 
 brought against any man's person, dies when he dies." In case of 
 a breach of the peace, by assault, forcible entry, or trespass, one 
 party or the other dying', puts an end to the proceedings — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 5 
 
 33. Actis (Bvum impiety non segnihus annis. Ovid. — '* He signalizes his ex- 
 
 istence by his actions, not by a long life passed in indolence." 
 This may be applied to the noble hero of our own time, who 
 has immortalized his fame, (Wellington) ; as well as to many of his 
 confreres d'armes, whose brilliant achievements have preserved the 
 liberties of the world. — M.D. 
 
 34. Actum est de republicd. — " The republic is at an end." The constitu- 
 
 tion is overturned and annihilated. — M.D. 
 
 35. Actum ne agas. Ter. — "What has been already done you need not 
 
 do again." A work which has been brought to perfection may 
 be injured by an over, or (to use a fashionable term) an ultra- 
 anxiety to improve it. — M.D. 
 
 36. Actus Dei ncmini facit injuriam. (Law Maxim.) — ** The act of God 
 
 does injury to no man." This means that no human contract can 
 be enforced when impeded by the decree of the Almighty; no 
 penalty be exacted for a damage sustained through his will. Thus, 
 if a house is swallowed up by an earthquake, or a portion of land 
 carried away or overwhelmed by the ocean, the tenant shall not 
 . be held responsible for such damage, though bound by his lease 
 to restore the premises to the lessor in the same order as when he 
 received possession. — M.D. 
 
 37. Actus legis nulli facit injuriam. (Lat. Law Maxim.) — The act of the law 
 
 injures no man, for (as a learned author has explained this maxim) 
 ** if land out of which a rent-charge is granted, be recovered by 
 elder title, the grantee shall have a writ of annuity, because the rent- 
 charge is made void by course of law." — MacdonneVs Die. of Quot. 
 
 38. Actus me invito f actus, non est meus actus. (Law Maxim.) — An act 
 
 done, to which I am not a consenting party, cannot be called my 
 act. As, for instance, if a person should be compelled, through fear 
 of bodily injury, or by force of confinement, to give his promissory 
 note, or his draft for a sum of money, the instrument, whatever it 
 might be, would be rendered void and illegal by the act of compul- 
 sion by which it was elicited. — M.D. 
 
 39. Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The act 
 
 does not constitute guilt" (in the eye of the law), " unless the 
 design is criminal." The law requires that evil intention should 
 be brought home to the person accused, before he can be pro- 
 nounced guilty. — M.D. 
 
 40. A cuspide corona, (Lat.) — " From the spear a crown." Glory, or 
 
 honours won in the field, or by military achievements. Motto of 
 the Ir. Viscount Middleton.— ikf.D. 
 
 41. Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet. (Lat.) — ** Every rumour is cre- 
 
 dited, when directed against the unfortunate." The visitations of 
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6 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 calamity and affliction, too often subject us to the cruel attacks 
 of malevolence and slander. — M.M. 
 
 42. Ad captandum mlgum. {Lat.)—" To captivate the vulgar." A bait 
 
 thrown out to gain the plaudits of a mob. — M.D. 
 
 43. A Deo et rege. {Lat.) — " From God and from my king." Motto of 
 
 the earls Chesterfield, Harrington and Stanhope. — M.D. 
 
 44. Adde parvum parvo, magnus acervus erit. (Lat.) — ** Continue adding 
 
 a little, to what was originally little, and you will form a great 
 heap." This would be well construed by the Scotch proverb, 
 *' Many littles make a micJcle." — M. 
 
 45. Adeone homines immutari 
 
 Ex amorcy ut non cognoscas eundem esse ? Ter. — '* Is it possible 
 that a man can be so changed by love, that one could not recog- 
 nize him to be the same person ?" — M.D. 
 
 46. Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est. Virg. — "It is of infinite im- 
 
 portance to be thus trained in our youth." The value of sound, 
 correct principles, early implanted in the human mind, is incalcu- 
 lable.— M.D. 
 
 47. Ad eundem. (Lat.) — ** To the same" (rank, class, or degree). In 
 
 changing from one university to another, one is said to be re- 
 ceived ad eundem gradum, that is, to the same rank which he held 
 in the society or congregation from which he had separated himself. 
 —M.D. 
 
 48. Adhibenda est munditia, non odiosa, neque exquisita nimis, tantum qvxB 
 
 fugiat agrestem ac inhumanam negligentiam. Cic. — " We should ex- 
 hibit (in our dress) a constant neatness, not too exquisite or af- 
 fected, and equally remote from rustic and unpolished negligence." 
 —M. 
 
 49. Adhuc subjudice lis est. (Lat.) — ** The point in dispute is still before 
 
 the judge." The controversy is yet undecided. — M.D. 
 
 50. Ad humum mcerore gravi deducit et angit. (Lat.) — " With heart-rending 
 
 grief he is weighed down to the earth." 
 
 *' Grief dejects and wrings the tortured soul." Roscommon. — M. 
 
 51. Adieu la voiture, adieu la boutique. (Fr. Prov.) — "Adieu to the car- 
 
 riage, adieu to the shop." There is an end of the business ; the 
 establishment is broken up. — M.D. 
 
 52. Ad infimas abjectiones ac preces descendit. (Lat.) — "He stooped even to 
 
 the most abject entreaties and supplications." — M. 
 
 53. Ad infinitum. — " Without end, to infinity." The aflfair may proceed, 
 
 or the calculation may be carried on, ad infinitum. — M.D. 
 
 54. A discretion. (Fr. phrase.) — " Agreeably to your discretion." With- 
 
 out limitation. — M, 
 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 7 
 
 55. Aditus est ipsi ad omnes facilis et pervius. Cic. — " Every door is open 
 
 to him." He has a free entree, is well received every where. — M. 
 
 56. A divitibus omnia maynificefiunt. (Lat.) — ** All things are magnificently 
 
 executed by the rich." Those on whom Providence has bestowed 
 ample fortunes, are expected to be more liberal in their expendi- 
 ture, more munificent in their charities, more splendid in their ap- 
 pointments, and more sumptuous in their style of living, than 
 those on whom the favours of fortune have not been lavished with 
 so profuse a hand. — M. 
 
 57. Adjuro numquam earn me deserturum,, 
 
 Non si capiendos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnes homines j 
 
 Hanc mihi expetivi, contingit, conveniunt mores j valeant 
 
 Qui inter nos discidium volunt j hanc, nisi mors, mi adim,et nemo 
 
 Ter. — ** I swear never to forsake her, no ! though I were to make 
 
 all men my enemies. Her 1 desired above all things, her I have 
 
 obtained ; it is well. Our humours agree ; fie upon all who would 
 
 set us at variance. Death alone shall deprive me of her." — M. 
 
 58. Ad Kalendas Grcecas. (Lat.) — " At the Greek Kalends." As the 
 
 Greeks, in their division of their months had no Kalends, (they 
 being used by the Romans only) this phrase was in allusion to a 
 thing that could never take place ; to a period of time that never 
 could arrive, to some event that was improbable, if not utterly im- 
 possible. — M.D. 
 
 59. Ad libitum. (Lat.) — " At pleasure, agreeably to your inclination." 
 
 In music this applies to the introduction of certain variations in 
 the composition, or changes in the time, which are left to the 
 taste and skill of the performer. — M.D. 
 
 60. Ad mensuram aquam. bibit. {Lat.) — " He drinks water by measure." 
 
 He is so parsimonious as to grudge himself even a drink of water. 
 —M. 
 
 61. Ad minora vfie demittere non recusabo. Quint. — "I will not refuse 
 
 to descend to even the most minute circumstances." I will inves- 
 tigate all the minutiae of the business. — M. 
 
 62. Admonere voluimus, non morderej 
 
 Prodesse, non Icedere j consulere morbis hominum, 
 Non officere. Eras. — *' Our object is, to admonish, not to sting; to 
 improve, not to wound ; to correct the errors of men, not to ob- 
 struct them in their career." — M. 
 
 63. Ad nullum consurgit opus, cum corpore languet. Gallus. — "We in 
 
 vain summon the mind to intense application, when the body is in 
 a languid state." — The mind is incapable of active exertion, when 
 the nerves are shaken, the body debilitated. — M.D, 
 
 64. Ad ogni santo la sua torcia. (Ital.) — " Every saint his torch." The 
 
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 insignia of his office are to be conceded to every man ; and if we 
 expect, through a saint, to derive blessings, we must indulge him 
 with all the attributes appertaining to the priesthood. — M.D. 
 
 65. Ad ogni uccello suo nido e bello. (Ital. Prov.) — ** Every bird thinks 
 
 its own nest beautiful." This maybe in allusion, either to the in- 
 nate attachment which all living creatures feel to their home, or to 
 the natural affection we bear towards the place of our own nati- 
 vity, or that of our offspring. — M.D. 
 
 66. Adolesceniem verecundum esse decet. Plautus. — " It is becoming in a 
 
 young man to be modest." A certain degree of modesty and re- 
 serve in the manners of young persons are sure passports to the 
 good opinion and esteem of their superiors in age as well as in rank. 
 —M.D. 
 67- Ad omnem lihidinem projectus homo. (Lat.J — " A man addicted to every 
 species of dissipation." A man who is dissolute and abandoned. — M. 
 
 68. Adornare verbis benefacta. Plin. — " To enhance the value of a favour 
 
 by kind expressions." Gifts of little or no intrinsic worth, are 
 often rendered valuable by the manner in which they are given. — M. 
 
 69. Ad populum phaleras, ego te intus et in cute novi. Persius. — "Display 
 
 your finery to the vulgar, I know the outward conduct, as well as 
 the inward movements of thy heart." Thou mayest deceive the 
 common people, me thou canst not. — M.M. 
 
 *' Such pageantry be to the people shown, 
 
 There boast thy horse's trappings and thy own ; 
 I know thee to the bottom, from within 
 Thy shallow centre to thy utmost skin." 
 
 70. Astrictus necessitate. Cic. — *' Bound, compelled, by necessity." 
 
 Driven by the irresistible force of necessity, to the performance of 
 any act, or the adoption of any measures. — M. 
 
 71. Ad qucBstionem juris respondeant judices, ad qucestionem facti responde- 
 
 ant juratores. (Lat. Law Max.) — " It is the business of the judge 
 to answer as to the point of law, and the duty of the jurors to de- 
 cide as to the matter of fact." — M.D. 
 
 72. Ad quod damnum. (Law Lat.) — ** To what damage," A writ issued 
 
 on certain occasions, to enquire into the damage that may be sus- 
 tained by certain persons, from any projected measure. — M.D. 
 
 73. Ad referendum. (Lat) — "To be referred," or, to be left for future 
 
 consideration. A phrase introduced in diplomacy by the Dutch, 
 and now become proverbial, to express tardiness in deliberation, 
 and a want of promptitude in decision. — M.D. 
 
 74. Ad rem attentus est. (Lat.) — ** He is attentive to business. He takes 
 
 care of his money ;" or, in homely phraseology, he minds the main 
 chance. — M. 
 
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 75. Adscriptus glehce. — ** Belonging to the soil, or premises." That may be 
 disposed of with the land, as is the case, at this day, with the 
 wretched peasantry of the Russian empire. A cruel and unjust 
 privilege enjoyed in barbarous days by the landed proprietors of 
 other coimtries. — M.D. 
 
 "jQ, Adsit 
 
 Regula, peccatis quce poenas irroget aquas. Hor — "Let a law be 
 established which shall inflict punishment suited to the crime." 
 
 77- Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio. Pub. Syr. — " The minds of 
 men who have been unfortunate in their business, are peculiarly 
 susceptible of suspicious impressions ;" and in such cases, we are 
 apt to impute treachery or dishonesty to all with whom we have 
 been concerned. — M.D. 
 
 78. Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat 
 
 Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici. Juv. — " The cunning 
 race of flatterers praise the conversation of their uninformed, and 
 * the countenance of their deformed friend. They direct their at- 
 
 tacks against the folly, the vanity, the weakness, the foibles of 
 him whom they wish to deceive. — M. 
 
 79. Ad valorem. — " According to the actual value." A phrase used in 
 
 imposing duties on articles of merchandise, either at the import or 
 export, when they are to pay so much, ad valorem, or according 
 to their value. — M.D. 
 
 80. ^gresdtque medendo. Virg. — *' He destroys his health by the pains 
 
 he takes to preserve it." — M.D. 
 
 81. ^gri somnia vana. Hor. — "The delusive dreams of a sick person." 
 
 — The ever-changing fancies of a distempered imagination. — M.M. 
 
 82. jEgroto dum aniraa est, spes est. Cic. — " While a sick man has life, 
 
 there is hope." This is become a common proverb in our lan- 
 guage. While there is life there is hope. — M.M. 
 
 83. ^mulatio cemulationem parit. (Lat.) — "Emulation begets emulation." 
 
 A spirit of emulation excites industry and diligence ; these, by their 
 natural results, induce prosperity, and our success stimulates our 
 neighbour to similar exertion. — M. 
 
 84. jEmulus studiorum et laborum. Cic. — " Vying in his studies and la- 
 
 bours." Zealous in the pursuit of knowledge ; and rivalling his 
 contemporaries in the advancement of his fortune. — M. 
 
 85. JEqud ^?ge necessitas 
 
 Sortitur insignes et imos. — Hor. — " By a just decree, death is 
 equally allotted to those in the highest, as in the lowest stations of 
 life." The visitations of prosperity, of misfortune, of death, are 
 impartially entailed on the whole race of mankind. — M. 
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 8 6. jEqmbiliter et diligenter. (LatJ—" Equitably and diligently." Motto 
 of Baron Redesdale. — M. 
 
 87. ^quam memento rebus in arduis 
 
 Servare mentem, non secus in bonis 
 Ab insolenti temperatam 
 
 hcetitia, moriture Belli. Hor. — " In arduous and trying circum- 
 stances preserve equanimity, and equally (O my short-lived Dellius) 
 in prosperous hom's restrain the ebullitions of excessive joy." 
 
 *' Be calm, my Dellius, and serene, 
 However fortune change the scene, 
 In thy most dejected state, 
 Sink not underneath the weight. 
 Nor yet, when happy days begin. 
 And the full tide comes roUing in, 
 Let a fierce unruly joy 
 
 The settled quiet of thy mind destroy." Anon. 
 
 M. 
 
 88. ^quam servare mentem. (Lat.) — " to preserve an equal mind." Motto 
 
 of earl Rivers. — M. 
 
 89. jfEqua tellus 
 
 Pauperi recluditur regumque pueris. — Hor. — ** The earth is opened 
 equally to receive the child of the peasant as of the king." This is 
 the same sentiment that is contained in a quotation given a little 
 back, cequd lege, &c. — M.M. 
 
 90. JEquo animo. (Lat.) — " With an even mind." With a mind unruffled, 
 
 unmoved by the incidents of life ; with equanimity. Motto of the 
 Irish Baron Pemtryn. — M.D. 
 
 91. jEquum est 
 
 Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursits. Hor. — *' It is just that he, 
 who expects forgiveness, should, in his turn, extend his pardon 
 to others." Our forgiveness of the venial transgressions which 
 so frequently give rise to animosities, and disturb the peace of so- 
 ciety, should be prompt and mutual ; and the divine Author of our 
 religion has taught us, that, '* as we forgive them that trespass 
 against us, so may we hope to be forgiven." — M.M. 
 
 92. JSs debitorem leve, gravius inimicum facit. Lab. — " A trifling debt 
 
 makes a man your debtor, but a more weighty one makes him your 
 enemy."-— 3f.D. 
 
 93. JEsopo ingentem statuam posu^re Attid, servumque locarunt eetemd in 
 
 basi, paters honoris scirent ut cuncti viam. Ph^dr. — " The Athe- 
 nians erected a colossal statue to ^Esop, and placed him, though 
 a slave, upon a permanent pedestal, that all might know that the 
 way to honour lay open alike to all."— M. 
 
 94. ^stimatio delicti prceteritly ex post facto non crescit. (Jus. Antiq.) 
 
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 — " The degree of delinquency attaching to a crime that has been 
 committed, is in no way increased by subsequent events." — M.D. 
 
 95. yEtas parentum, pejor avis, tulit 
 
 Nos nequiores, mox daturos 
 
 Progeniem vitiosiorem. Hor. — " The days in which our parents 
 lived, more dissolute than those of our more remote ancestors, 
 produced us, more wicked than they were ; and we are presently to 
 give birth to a still more vicious progeny." — M.D. 
 
 96. jEtatem Priami Nestorisque 
 
 Longam qui putat esse, Martiane, 
 Multum decipitur falliturque, 
 
 Non est vivere sed valere vita. — ^Vir. — "Those, O Martianus, are 
 much deceived, who, estimating the value of this life by its length, 
 suppose that because they lived long, Priam and Nestor must of 
 course have been happy ; for the mere state of animal existence 
 scarcely deserves to be called life, unless it is accompanied by the 
 blessings of health and comfort." — M. 
 
 97. jEtatem non tegunt tempora. (Lat.) — " Our temples do not conceal our 
 
 years." The wrinkled forehead exposes our age. — M. 
 
 98. j^tatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores. Hor. — " You must mark 
 
 the manners of every age." This admonition is addressed by the 
 poet with peculiar propriety to dramatic writers. — M. 
 
 99. JEtemum inter se discordant. Ter. — "They are eternally at variance." 
 
 —M. 
 
 100. j^vo rarissima nostro 
 
 Simplicitas. Ovid. — " Simplicity, most rare in our days." The na- 
 tural simplicity of primeval times seems banished from the world, 
 to make way for artifice, luxury, refinement and deceit, bearing 
 extravagance and dissoluteness in their train. — M.M. 
 
 101. Affirmatim. (Lat.)—'' In the aflSrmative."— Jf.D. 
 
 102. Afflavit Deus et dissipantur. — " God has sent forth his breath, and 
 
 they are dispersed." In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a medal 
 was struck, bearing the above inscription, for the purpose of re- 
 cording the destruction of the Spanish Armada. The same quota- 
 tion is sometimes called in, to express the divine interference, in 
 overthrowing a hostile army by disease, or otherwise defeating 
 their designs. — M.M. 
 
 103. A Jin. (Fr.) — " To the end," or, for the purpose of. Motto of the 
 
 Scotch earl Airly.— ikf.D. 
 
 104. A fonte puro pura defiuit aqua. (Lat. Prov.) — " From a pure spring 
 
 clear water flows." So, in good company, you will learn to vene- 
 rate good principles, as well as to practise good manners. — M. 
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 105. A fortiori. (Lat.) — " With stronger grounds." Witli increased 
 
 pretensions. A blow weighty enough to kill an elephant, would, 
 a fortiori, annihilate a mouse. If, in a controversy, you seize on 
 a new ground of argument, which gives you the better side of the 
 question, a fortiori, you must defeat your adversary, — M.D. 
 
 106. Afronte prcBcipitium, atergolupus. (Lat. Prov.) — "A precipice be- 
 
 fore, a wolf behind." There is no mode of escape. — M. 
 
 107. Age, quod agis. — *' Attend to your business. Do the work you are 
 
 about."— ikf.D. 
 
 108. Agnosco veteris vestigia jiammce. Vir. — " I acknowledge the remains 
 
 of my former attachment." The passion which so long glowed in 
 my bosom is yet unextinguished. — M.D. 
 
 109. Agnus Dei. (hat.) — '* A Lamb of God." A figure fabricated of paste 
 
 or any other composition representing a lamb, holding a cross, and 
 which, having been sanctified by the Pope, is sold at a high price, 
 and carried by credulous Papists as an amulet, and sure protection 
 from evil. — M. 
 
 110. A grand frais. (Fr. Phrase.) — " At great cost." With magnificence. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 111. Ah miser ! 
 
 Quanta lahoras in Charyhdi, 
 
 Digne puer meliore flammd ! Hor. — " Unhappy boy ! into what an 
 abyss hast thou fallen, thou who wast worthy of a more happy 
 passion!" — M. 
 
 112. Ah! quam dulce est meminisse ! — "Ah ! how many, and how great, 
 
 are the delights of memory ! " — M. 
 
 113. Ai voli alti e repentini 
 
 Sogliono i precipizi esser vicini. (It. Prov.) — ** Lofty and sudden 
 flights place us as if on the brink of a precipice." The relapse 
 into insignificance, from an elevated station that had been suddenly 
 attained, may be considered as the precipice here alluded to. — M. 
 
 114. Aide-toi, le del faidera. (Fr. Fontaine J — "Assist yourself, and 
 
 Heaven will assist you." The diligent and industrious are gene- 
 rally favoured by Providence ; while the indolent and idle fre- 
 quently pine in want. — M.D. 
 
 115. Ajustez vos flutes. (Fr.) — " Put your flutes in unison." Settle your 
 
 disagreements ; restore harmony. — M.D. 
 
 116. A la bonne heure ! — " How fortunate !" How lucky ! That will dol 
 
 I am pleased, satisfied with it. — M.D. 
 
 117. A la faim il n'y a pas de mauvais pain. (Fr. Prov.) — " Hunger finds 
 
 no bread bad." Makes all things palateable, and is therefore the 
 *• best sauce." — M. 
 
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 118. A la mode. (Fr.) — "Agreeably to the fashion.*' To the mode of 
 
 the day.— MD. 
 
 119. Aleator, quantum in arte melior, tanto est nequior. Pub. Syr. " The 
 
 gambler, the more conversant he is in his art, the more wicked 
 and dangerous is he." — M.D. 
 
 120. A Venvi. — " According to your desire or wish." Also, emulously, 
 
 h Venvi Vun de V autre, in emulation of one another. Travailler d 
 Venvi, to try who can work best. — M.D. 
 
 121. Alentour. (Fr. Term.) — " Around," or about. Leshoisd'alentour, the 
 
 neighbouring woods. — M. 
 
 122. A V extinction de la cTiandelle. (Fr.) — " To the extinction of the can- 
 
 dle." To the termination of the business, to the breaking up of 
 the assembly. It is also used to express a sale by inch of candle, as 
 practised in the custom-houses. — M.D. 
 
 123. A Vextremite. (Fr.) — Used in the same sense as aux abois, " At the 
 
 point of death." It is also used when a man's affairs are in a des- 
 perate state, as we say in English, that such a person is on his last 
 legs.— M.D. 
 
 124. Alia tentandavia est. Vir. — "Another way is to be tried." We must 
 
 change our mode of acting ; we must try other means to accom- 
 plish our purpose. — M.D. 
 
 125. Alias. (Lat.) — "Otherwise." Applied to persons who assume two 
 
 or more names ; as Jones, alias Gordon, &c. — M.D. 
 
 126. Alibi. (Lat.)—** Elsewhere." (Law Term.) When a person accused 
 
 criminally, endeavours to prove that he was absent from the place 
 at the time the crime was committed, it is said he set up an alibi 
 in defence.— 3f.-D. 
 
 127. Aliena negotia euro, excussus propriis. Hor. — " I transact the business 
 
 of other men, being disengaged from my own." This quotation is 
 used to designate a meddling fellow, who, neglecting his own af- 
 fairs (if any he has) busies himself, uninvited, in those of others. 
 —M.M. 
 
 128. Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent. Pub. Syr. — " Those things 
 
 which belong to others, please us, while those which are our pro- 
 perty, are more valued by others than their own." This is a maxim 
 of very general and extensive application, as there are few men 
 perfectly satisfied in the station assigned to them, or perfectly con- 
 tented with the effects which they possess. — M.M. 
 
 129. Aliena optimum frui insanid. (Lat.) — " It is most fortunate to be able 
 
 to profit by the lessons which may be drawn from the madness of 
 others." The faults, the vanity, the transgressions of other men. 
 
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 should serve as so many beacons to warn us against the quick- 
 sands in which they have been overwhelmed. — M.D. 
 
 130. Aliena opprobria scepe 
 
 Absterrent vitiis. — Hor. — '* The disgrace incurred by the crimes of 
 others, often deters us from indulging in vicious habits." — M. 
 
 131. Aliena vivere quadra. Juv. — "To eat off another man's trencher." 
 
 To live at another's expence. — M. 
 
 132. Alieni appetens, sui profusus. Sall. — " Coveting that which belongs 
 
 to others, profuse in the expenditure of his own." Catiline is thus 
 described by this eminent historian, and the description may be 
 applied every day to persons within the circle of every man's ac- 
 quaintance. — M.D. 
 
 133. Alieno in loco 
 
 Hand stabile regnum est. — Sen. — " Sovereignty is insecure when 
 exercised over remote and distant territories." — M.D. 
 
 134. _^ Alii ventosis follibus auras 
 
 Accipiunt redduntque. Virg. — " Others draw in, and eject the air 
 from wind-propelling bellows." The Cyclops working their bel- 
 lows.— M. 
 
 135. A Vimpossible nul est tenu. (Fr.j — *' No man can be bound to do a 
 
 thing that is impossible." — M.D. 
 
 136. A rimproviste. (Fr.) — " Unawares." Unexpectedly, not foreseen. — 
 
 M.D. 
 
 137. Alio patriam qutsrunt sub sole jacentem. — " They seek a country situ- 
 
 ated in another hemisphere." They seek a home in foreign- climes. 
 —M. 
 
 138. Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus. Hor. — *' Even the good Homer 
 
 may be sometimes caught napping." The most distinguished men, 
 in all ages, have had their foibles. — Where is the man who liveth 
 and sinneth not ? — M.D. 
 
 139. Aliquem fortunes jilium reverentissimh colere ac venerari. Aus. — " To 
 
 treat with reverence and veneration any man who is a favourite of 
 fortune." To estimate a man's character more for his wealth than 
 his goodness. — M. 
 
 140. Aliquis malo sit ususab illo. (Lat.) — ** Let some advantage be drawn 
 
 from that evil." There are some vices which have a direct tendency 
 to inspire us with a hatred of them. — M.D. 
 
 141. Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa. (Lat. Law Max.) — " No 
 
 one should sit in judgment in his own cause." — M.D. 
 
 142. Alis volat propriis. (Lat.) — '* He flies on his own wings." He is 
 
 able to take care of himself. He needs no assistance. Motto of 
 earl Thanet. — M. 
 
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 143. Alitur vitium, vivitque tegendo. Virg. — " Vice is cherished and 
 
 flourishes by concealment." It appertains to evil deeds to shun 
 the light.— ilf.jD. 
 
 144. Aliumsilere quod valeas, primus sile. Sen. — " That you may appear- 
 
 consistent in imposing silence on another, be you yourself silent." 
 Never embitter a useless controversy, by an irritating or ill-judged 
 opposition. — M.D. 
 
 145. Allegatea los buenos y seras uno dellos. (Span. Prov. ) — "Attach your- 
 
 self to good company and you will be respected as one of them." — 
 M. 
 
 146. AXAwv larpoQ, avTOQ tXiceffi jSpviov. Plut. 
 
 Allon iatros, autos elkesi bruon. — ** A physician to others, while he 
 himself is overrun with ulcers." A man who distinguishes the 
 mote in his brother's eye, but does not take out the beam from 
 his own. — M.D. 
 
 147. Alma mMter. — " A mild, or benign mother." A term used by stu- 
 
 dents to designate the university in which they were brought up. 
 Applied also to nature, and to the earth, which affords us every 
 thing we enjoy. — M.D. 
 
 1^8. Almolino, ed alia sposa, 
 
 Sempre manca qualche cosa. (Itdl. Prov.) — *' A mill, and a wife, are 
 ever in want of something." The former from its complex con- 
 struction, the latter from her capricious fancies. There are excep- 
 tions to this maxim here, though in the meridian of Italy they 
 may be few. — MD. 
 
 149. Al mare dov' egli nacque, 
 
 Dove succhio gli umori, 
 
 Toma da lunghi errori 
 
 Ilfiume a riposar. — Metas. — " To the sea which gave it birth, by 
 
 the exhalation of whose vapours it was fed, the river, meandering 
 
 through its lengthened course, returns to repose in her bosom." — 
 
 M.D. 
 
 150. Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrm. — Lucan. — "The wounds of civil 
 
 war are deeply cut." Its calamities are more afflicting, its evils 
 more heart-rending, its consequences inflict deeper devastation on 
 the soil, and greater miseries on its population, than any that can 
 result from foreign contests. — M.D. 
 
 151. Altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostendit altera. (Lat.) — "In one 
 
 hand he conceals a stone, while in the other he shews you bread." 
 In allusion to a character but too common, who, by professions of 
 kindness, lures you into his toils, to accomplish your ruin, or seeks 
 your confidence to betray you. — M. 
 
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 152. Alterius non sit qui suns esse potest. Hor. — *' Let no rnan bind him- 
 self to serve another, who can afford to be his own master." Inde- 
 pendence, the kindest gift bestowed by Providence on man, cannot 
 be too highly valued. — M. 
 
 153. Alterius sic 
 
 Altera poscit opem res, et conjurat amice. Hor. — '* Thus, one thing 
 requires the co-operation of the other, and they join in mutual and 
 friendly aid." The poet here alludes to that indispensable aid which 
 genius, however naturally brilliant, should receive from study. But 
 the passage maybe applied to combinations of various descriptions. 
 —M.D. 
 
 154. Alter remus aquas, alter mihi radat arenas. Prop. — ** With one of my 
 
 oars let me act upon the water, while with the other I touch the 
 Sf.nd." Thus shall I avoid danger, by never launching out my bark 
 upon the deep. Never going out of my depth. — M.D. 
 
 155. Alter rixatur de land sape caprind, 
 
 Propugnat nugis armatus. Hor. — " Another will raise a violent 
 quarrel about a lock of goat's wool, and have recourse to arms for 
 a mere trifle." Some men have such a love for contention, that 
 they will quarrel, even with their friend, for a matter devoid of all 
 importance. 
 
 ** He strives for trifles and for toys contends, 
 And then in earnest, what he says defends." 
 
 M.D. 
 
 156. Alter alterius auxilio eget. Sall. — ''The one is in want of aid from 
 
 the other." Neither of the two positions proposed, could be main- 
 tained without mutual support. Men likewise require, recipro- 
 cally, assistance from each other, to afford which, whenever we 
 possess the power, is one of our most sacred duties. — M.D. 
 
 157. Altri tempi, altre cure. (Ital.) — ''Other times, other cares." The 
 
 worldly cares of the present hour, are succeeded by those of the 
 next. — M.D. 
 
 158. Amahilis insania, mentis gratissimus error. Hor. — "An agreeable in- 
 
 sanity, a delightful error of the mind." The latter words are sup- 
 posed to be spoken by a person who, having been cured of insa- 
 nity, laments the absence of those agreeable wanderings of the 
 mind, in which he had indulged when under the influence of his 
 delirium. — M.D. 
 
 159. Amantium tree amoris redintegratio est. Ter. — " The quarrels of lovers 
 
 bring about a renewal of love." The incidental disputes which 
 generally spring from trivial causes, between persons strongly at- 
 tached to each other, commonly end in a sincere and hearty recon- 
 ciliation. — M.D. 
 
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 160. A ma puissance. (Fr.)—** To my power." Motto of the earl of Stam- 
 ' ford.— M.D. 
 
 161. Amare et sapere vix Deo conceditur. D. Lab. — *'To be in love, and 
 
 at the same time to act wisely is scarcely within the power of a 
 god." It is scarcely necessary to add, that this is the sentiment 
 of a heathen writer. When love enters, prudence adieu ! ! ! — MD. 
 
 162. Ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces. Vir. — **To spread ambiguous 
 
 reports among the mob." To endeavour to produce excitement 
 among the rabble, by doubtful and irritating suggestions. — M.D. 
 
 163. Ambiguum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est. (I^tat. Law 
 
 Max.) — ** A doubtful agreement is to be interpreted as against the 
 seller." Thus, if a man grants a lease of his land for life, without 
 reservation to himself of any thing existing on the premises, the 
 grantee will have all ; as, for instance, in the case of game, a rabbit- 
 warren, &c. — M.D. 
 
 164. Ame damnee. — A French expression. ''Ad d soul." A slave, 
 
 a drudge, a fellow who will do any mean or dirty act for another, 
 of whom he is said to be the ame damnee. — M.D. 
 
 165. Ame de boue. (Fr.J — '* A soul of mud." A low, degraded creature. 
 
 A wretch.— M.D. 
 
 166. A mensd et thoro. — " From table and bed," or, as we say in English, 
 
 from bed and board. A sentence of divorce, or separation of man 
 and wife, issuing from the consistorial court, on account of acts of 
 adultery which may have been substantiated against either party. — 
 M.D, 
 
 167. A merveille. (Fr.) — ** Wonderfully," astonishingly. Such a one has 
 
 acquitted himself a merveiUe. — M.D. 
 
 168. Amicitia semper prodest, amor et nocet. D. Lab. — " Friendship is 
 
 always productive of advantage, but love is prejudicial." Inasmuch 
 as the former is the result of mature deliberation, while the other 
 is too frequently the offspring of a blind passion, devoid of pru- 
 dence, incapable of discrimination. — M.D. 
 
 169. Amid qui diu abfuerunt, in mutuos ruunt ampleocus. Chat.) — " Friends 
 
 who have been long separated, rush forward mutually to embrace 
 each other." — M. 
 
 170. Amici vitium niferas, prodis tuum. Pub. Syr. — ** Unless you make 
 
 allowances for the foibles of your friend, you betray your own j" 
 and you thereby subject yourself to the imputation of either want- 
 ing temper, or being lukewarm in your friendship. — M.D. 
 
 171. Amicorum, magis quam tuam ipsiv^ laudem, prcedica. (Lat.) — ** Expa- 
 
 tiate rather in your friend's praise, than in your own." Nothing 
 is more disagreeable than the society of a man, who always makes 
 
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 himself the hero of his tale, and who is loud in extolling his own 
 virtues. — M. 
 
 172. Amicos res opimcB pariunt, adversoB probant. Pub. Syr. — " Prospe- 
 
 rity attracts friends, adversity proves them." — M. 
 
 173. Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias. Decim. Laber. 
 
 — *' Live with your friend as if you knew he would some day be- 
 come your enemy." This maxim, dictated by cold calculating 
 selfishness, must ever be unjust towards a sincere friend if you have 
 found one, and must eradicate all confidence from the mind of him 
 who adopts it. — M. 
 
 174. Amicum 
 
 Mancipium domino et frugi. Hor. — " A servant faithful to his 
 master, careful of his property." *' The faithful servant and the 
 true." Creech.— If. 
 
 175. Amicum perdere est damnorum maximum. Pub. Syr. — ** To be bereft 
 
 of a friend is the greatest loss." — M.M, 
 
 176. Amicus certus in re incertd cernitur. Ennius. — " A real friend shows 
 
 himself in doubtful circumstances." Situations of peril or em- 
 barrassment prove a true friend. A friend in need is a friend in- 
 deed. — M.M. 
 
 177' Amicus humani generis. (Lat.) — "A friend to mankind." Among 
 those who have had a just claim to this honourable designation, 
 the names of Franklin and Howard stand pre-eminent, to which two 
 that of Davy is worthy to be conjoined ; happy would it be, were 
 there more aspirants to similar honours ! ! — M.D. 
 
 178. Amicus magis necessarius guam ignis aut aqua. Plut. — ** A friend is 
 
 more necessary than fire or water." — M. 
 
 179. Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sed magis arnica Veritas, {hat.) — " Plato 
 
 is my friend, so is Socrates, but truth is a friend I prize above 
 both." It is here to be understood that the person speaking, ap- 
 preciates, as he ought, the value of his friend, but that he holds 
 sacred the interests of truth which no inducement could tempt him 
 to violate. — M.D. 
 
 180. Amicus usque ad aras. {hat.) — " A friend even to the very altar." 
 
 i. e. to the point of being sacrificed, to the last extremity. — M.D. 
 
 181. Amittimus iisdem modis quibus acquirimus. (Jus. Antiq.) — " We lose 
 
 by the same means by which we gain." — M.D. 
 
 182. Amittit meritb proprium, qui alienum appetit. Ph^d. — " He who 
 
 covets the property of another, deservedly loses his own." We see 
 without regret, covetous men, who have laid traps to plunder the 
 unwary and unsuspecting, become victims, by the inauspicious 
 issue of their own dishonourable projects. — M.D. 
 
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 183. Amo. (Lat.) — " I love." Motto of duke of Buccleugh and lord 
 
 Montague. — M.D. 
 
 184. Amor patrics. (Lat.) — " The love of one*s country." That innate 
 
 attachment which the natives of every clime feel for the soil o n 
 which they first drew the breath of life. — M.D. 
 
 185. Amor tutti eqmglia. (Ital.) — " Love reduces all to one common 
 
 level"— M.D. 
 
 186. Amores 
 
 De tenero meditatur ungui. Hor. — "She meditates amours even 
 from her infancy." 
 
 ♦* Love from her tender years her thoughts employed." 
 
 M. 
 
 187. Amoris stimuli. {Lat.) — " The impulses of love." — M, 
 
 188. Amoto qiusramus seria ludo. Hor. — " Jesting apart, let us give our 
 
 minds to serious matters." 
 
 ■Let us now 
 
 With graver air our serious theme pursue, 
 
 And yet preserve our moral full in view. Francis. 
 
 M.D. 
 189. Amour, amour, quand tu nous tiens, 
 
 Onpeut dire adieu prudence. {Fr. La Fontaine.) 
 
 ** O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good 
 
 bye to prudence." — M.D, 
 
 igo. ■ Amphora coepit 
 
 Institui : current e rota cur urceus exit ? Hor. — *' He had begun to 
 form a large jar ; why, (the wheel going round), does it come out a 
 poor pitcher?" The metaphor is taken from the potter's wheel. 
 The quotation is pointed at those, who, having boasted that they 
 would produce something jine, show, at last, something poor and 
 insignificant. — M.D. 
 
 191. Ampliat cetatis spatium sihi vir bonus; hoc est 
 
 Vivere bis vita posse priore frui. Mar. — '* A good man increases 
 the period of his own life ; it is to live twice, when we can contem- 
 plate with satisfaction the retrospect of our past life." This must 
 be the most sublime enjoyment of which the human mind can be 
 susceptible, as none other can so much exalt us in our own good 
 opinion, or inspire us with so much confidence in the hope of 
 being able '* to render our last account with joy." — M.D. 
 
 192. AvayKy ovde Oeoi fxaxovrai. Ananche oude theoi machontai. (Gr. Prov.) 
 
 — '* Even the gods themselves do not oppose that which is ne- 
 cessary." — M.D. 
 
 193. Ancora non si gettasi net jiume delta vita, essa trasporta equalmente 
 
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 colui che si dihutte contro il suo cor so, e quegli che vi si abbandonna 
 spontaneamente. (Ital.) — *' Man does not cast anchor in the river 
 of life. Its stream carries along equally those who struggle against 
 its current, and those who commit themselves unresistingly to its 
 wave." — M. 
 
 194. Anideo, tantum venis ut exires ? Mar. — " What then are you come 
 
 in, only to go out again ?" Will you not stay some time with me ? 
 — M. 
 
 195. Anemico che fugge, fa un ponte d' oro. (Ital.) — " For an enemy who is 
 
 flying from you, make a bridge of gold." You thereby avoid the 
 dangers that might attend a battle waged in despair, if his retreat 
 was cut off. A fight for existence. — M.D. 
 
 196. Anglia cur tantum jactat Trafalgaris undas 
 
 Et mihi direptas ambitiosa rates ? 
 
 Amisi classem, at Nelsonum perdidit ilia ! 
 
 Damna tulit victrix sic graviora meis j 
 
 j^tas restituet mihi non longinqua carinas, 
 
 Nelsoni huic referent secula nulla parem. (hat.) — " Why should 
 
 ambitious England boast of Trafalgar's waves, and my ships which 
 
 she has seized ? I have lost my fleet, but she has to bewail her 
 
 NELSON. Thus, though victorious, her loss is more grievous 
 
 than mine ; a period not remote may re-establish my naval power, 
 
 but no future age will ever produce NELSON'S equal." France 
 
 is here supposed to speak. 
 
 Though the above is not perhaps legitimately entitled to a place 
 in this work, having accidentally met it, I thought that my inser- 
 tion of it might escape censure, my object being to rescue from 
 oblivion a tribute to the memory of the valiant NELSON. — M. 
 
 197. Anglice. {Lat.) — " In English," or, conformably to the English 
 
 fashion or custom. — M.D. 
 
 198. Anguillam caudd tenes. {Lat. Prov.)—" You hold an eel by the tail." 
 
 Your opponent is an active slippery fellow, and if you do not hold 
 him fast, and watch him closely, he will slip through your fingers. 
 —M.M. 
 
 199. Anguis in herba latet. (Lat.) — " The snake lies hidden in the grass." 
 
 A hidden danger lies before you, or an evil design, which you 
 ought to guard against with prudence and circumspection. — M.M. 
 
 200. Angusta utitur fortuna. Cic. — ** He is in narrow circumstances." 
 
 His means are small. — M. 
 
 201. Angusta via est qua ducit ad vitam. (Lat.) — " Narrow is the path 
 
 which leads to life."— M. 
 
 202. Animal implume bipes. (Lat.) — " An animal having no feathers, and 
 
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 two legs." This very imperfect description of man, was given by 
 Plato, and attracted the ridicule of Diogenes, who wittily, and in 
 derision, introduced into the school, as if to demonstrate Plato's 
 theory, a cock which he had caused to be despoiled of all his fea- 
 thers, and exhibiting it among the students, he contemptuously 
 asked, " if that was Plato's man ?" — MD. 
 
 203. Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus. Cic. — " Cultivation is 
 
 as essential to the mind as the supply of food is to the body." — 
 MM. 
 
 204. Animo et fide. (Lat.) — " By courage and faith." Motto of the earl 
 
 of Guilford.— iU.D. 
 
 205. Animo, non astutid. {Lat.) — " By courage not by craft." Motto of 
 
 duke of Gordon, as earl of Norwich. — M.D. 
 
 206. Animoque supersunt 
 
 Jam prope post animam. Sidon. Apol. — **They display courage to 
 the last extremity," even after they have nearly ceased to breathe. 
 —M.D. 
 
 207. Animum picturd pascit inani. Virg. — " He occupies his mind with a 
 
 vain picture." He amuses himself in delusive contemplations. 
 This passage has also been applied to dilettanti, or connoisseurs, 
 picture-fanciers. — M.M. 
 
 208. Animum rege, qui nisi paret 
 
 Imperat. Hor. — " Keep your passions in subjection, which, unless 
 they obey, wiU govern you." We should endeavour so to controul 
 our passions, as to have them obedient to our reason. They will 
 otherwise ever involve us in most disagreeable predicaments. — 
 M.M. 
 
 209. Animus conscius se remordet. (Lat.) — " A mind conscious of guilt 
 
 reproaches itself." — M. 
 
 210. Animus furandi. (Law Lat.) — " The design to steal." He mounted 
 
 that horse, animo furandi, with the intention of stealing him.-^ 
 M.D. 
 
 211. Animus homini, quicquid sibi imperat, obtinet. (Lat.) — " The human 
 
 mind can accomplish whatever it is determined to effect. Patience 
 and perseverance surmount every difficulty." — M. 
 
 212. Animum illius /regit hcec calamitas. Cic. — ** His mind is broken down 
 
 by this calamity." — 31. 
 
 213. Animus non deficit aquus. {Lat.) — '* An even mind never is preju- 
 
 dicial." Motto of Lord Gwydyr, but taken from Horace. Ep. 12. 
 1. 1. V. 30.— 3f.D. 
 
 214. Animus quod perdidit ojitat, 
 
 Atque in prateritd se totus imagine versat. Petron. Arbiter. — 
 
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 *• The mind still wishes for what it has lost, and dwells in remem- 
 brance on that which is past." The contemplation of lost opportu- 
 nities most men revert to with cause for self-reproach. — M.D. 
 
 215. Animus tamen idem. (Lat.) — "My mind, however, is still un- 
 
 changed." Motto of earl Tyravvley.— M.D. 
 
 216. An nescis long as regihus esse manusF Ovid. — " Do you not know 
 
 that kings have long hands ?" That they grasp at every thing that 
 they desire. — M.D. 
 117. Anno Christi. — " In the year of Christ." This is synonymous with 
 Anno Domini. — M. 
 
 218. Anno Domini. — *' In the year of our Lord." The period from which 
 
 we date the commencement of the Christian iEra. — M.D. 
 
 219. Anno mundi. {hat.) — " In the year of the world." Reckoning from 
 
 the creation of the world. — M. 
 
 220. Annus inceptus habetur pro completo. (JLat.) — " A year entered on 
 
 is reckoned as completed." — M.D. 
 
 221. Annus mirahilis. {Lat.) — " The wonderful year." The year of won- 
 
 ders.— ikf.D. 
 
 222. An quisquam est alius liber, nisi ducere vitam 
 
 Cui licet, ut voluit ? Per. 
 
 ** Is any man to be considered free, except it is he who enjoys the 
 power of spending his life in whatever manner he may please?" 
 It is the very essence of that liberty guaranteed by the unrivalled 
 constitution under which we live, (a liberty dear to the heart of 
 every Briton) that every man shall do whatever his habits or his 
 disposition may prompt him to, provided he does it without violating 
 the law, or injuring another. — M.D. 
 
 223. Ante meridiem. (Lai.) — '* Before noon." — M. 
 
 224. Ante tubam trepidat. — " He trembles before the trumpet sounds." 
 
 Before the signal of battle. — M.D. 
 
 225. Ante victoriam eanere triumphum. (Lat.) — *' To celebrate a triumph 
 
 before victory." Vulgo, to reckon your chickens before they are 
 hatched.— M". 
 
 226. Antiqud homo virtute acfide. Ter.— *' A man of long-known virtue 
 
 and fidelity." Or, of that honesty and good faith, which has at all 
 times been ascribed to our primaeval predecessors. — M.D. 
 
 227. Antiquam obtinens. {Lat.) — " Possessing antiquity." Motto of lord 
 
 Bagot.— M.D. 
 
 228. A outrance. (Fr.) — " To an outrageous extent." Applied to describe 
 
 a contest between two antagonists who were each determined to 
 
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 conquer or to die. Also to dress, or to any custom or habit which 
 is carried to an extravagant pitch. — M.D. 
 
 229. A pas de g^ant. {Fr.) — " With a giant's step." A phrase not uncom- 
 
 monly applied by the French, to describe their national progress 
 and prowess in war, in arts, and manufactures ; and which savours 
 strongly of that spirit of exaggeration and gasconade, which forms 
 one of the principal features in the character of that people. N(ms 
 avancons h pas de geant. " With hasty strides ; irresistibly." — 
 M.D. 
 
 230. A peindre. (Fr.) — " Fit to be painted." A proper model for a painter 
 
 to copy. It is very commonly said of a man, woman, or any other 
 animal, that they are f aits a peindre. — M.D. 
 
 231. Aperit prcecordia Liber. Hor. — "Bacchus (wine) opens the heart." 
 
 — M. 
 
 232. Aperte mala cum est mulier, turn demum est bona. (Lat. Prov.) — **When 
 
 a woman is openly bad, then she is good." This is spoken com- 
 paratively, implying that a state of open undisguised dissoluteness, 
 is preferable to the hypocrisy that would endeavour to deceive the 
 world, by concealing vicious habits, in which she was still clandes- 
 tinely indulging. — M.D. 
 
 233. Aperto vivere voto. Per. — " To live with every wish laid open." 
 
 Without concealment of any of our propensities. The motto 
 adopted by the earls of Aylesford. — M.D. 
 
 234.' Apes complent mellefavos. Tibull. — ** The bees fill their combs with 
 honey."— ikf. 
 
 235. A posteriori. (Lat.)—'* From the latter." — M.D. 
 
 236. Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto. Vir. — " A few appear, swim- 
 
 ming in the boundless ocean," This phrase, used by the poet to 
 
 describe the unfortunate mariners of ^Eneas's fleet, emerging from 
 I the waves, when shipwrecked, is sometimes applied by modern 
 
 - critics to literary productions, where a few valuable passages are 
 
 found, but almost inextricable from a mass of mere chaff, with 
 
 which they are confounded. — M.M. 
 
 237. Appetitus rationipareat. {Lat.) — "Keep your appetites (desires) ever 
 
 under the control of your reason." Motto of earl Fitzwilliam. — 
 M.D. 
 
 238. Appui. (Fr. Mil. Term.) The point d'appui, means "the point to 
 
 lean on." The support or defence on which you rest the safety of 
 one of your wings ; as, a wall, a house, or any other obstacle that 
 may cover your flank from being attacked by the enemy. — M.D, 
 
 239. A priori, Sfc. D. E Macdonald Esq., the very learned, and original 
 
 compiler of the first Dictionary of Quotations, to whose indefati- 
 
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 gable perseverance and research the public are much indebted, 
 gives a logical definition of the terms a -priori^ and a posteriori, 
 which cannot be better given than in his own words. — M.D. 
 
 240. A priori, a posteriori. (Lat.) — ** From the former ; from the latter." 
 
 Phrases which are used in logical argument, to denote a reference 
 to its different modes. The schoolmen distinguished them into the 
 propter quod, wherein an effect is proved from the next cause, as, 
 when it is proved that the moon is eclipsed, because the earth is 
 then between the sun and the moon. The second is, the quia, 
 wherein the cause is proved from a remote effect ; as, that plants 
 do not breathe, because they are not animals ; or, that there is a 
 God, from the works of the creation. The former argument is 
 called demonstration a priori, the latter demonstration a posteriori. 
 Macdonald's Diet. A. V.—M.D. 
 
 241. Apropos. (Fr.) — " To that purpose." At a fortunate moment, at 
 
 a lucky time, seasonably, well recollected. Such a thought has 
 occurred to me tres apropos. — M.D. 
 
 242. Aqua fortis. {Lat.) — '* Strong water." Aqua regia. " Royal water." 
 
 Chemical preparations well known as the most powerful solvents of 
 metals, the latter dissolving gold itself ; which being termed a royal 
 metal, the same designation has been assigned to its solvent. — 
 M.D. 
 
 243. A quatre epingles. (Fr.) — '' With four pins." A man whose dress is 
 
 distinguished by an affectation of superior dandyism, is said to be 
 mis a quatre epingles, or, tire a quatre epingles, or as the English 
 say, just come out of a band box. This saying may probably have 
 been adopted from the custom of adjusting the neckcloth with four 
 pins, practised by the exquisites of Paris. — M-D. 
 
 244. Aquce guttce saxa excavant. {Lat.) — "Drops of water make hollows 
 
 in stones ;" i. e. by continually dropping. — M. 
 
 245. Aquila non capit muscas. {Lat.) — '* The eagle does not catch flies." 
 
 Casti, an Italian poet, pensioned by the empress Catherine of Rus- 
 sia, having been obliged to fly from her court for having written a 
 scurrilous poem {Poema Tartara) in which he made severe animad- 
 versions on the Czarina and her two favourites, took refuge in the 
 court of Joseph, the second emperor of Austria ; and this monarch 
 having asked him " whether he was not afraid of being punished 
 there as well as in Russia, for having insulted his high friend and 
 ally?" The bard readily replied, Aquila non cajnt muscas; this 
 anecdote is taken from M'Donald's Dictionary. — M.M. 
 
 246. A raconter ses maux, souvent on les soulage. {Fr.) — " In imparting 
 
 to another the circumstances of our misfortunes, we often feel 
 them lightened."— ilf.D. 
 
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 247. Aranearum telas texere. (Lat.) — " To weave a spider's web." Meta- 
 
 phorically, to support an argument by sophistry. — M.D. 
 
 248. Arbiter bibendi. (Lat.) — " The arbitrator of drinking." The toast 
 
 master. — M. 
 
 249. Arbiter elegantiarum. {Lat.) — ** Arbitrator of the elegancies." Ap- 
 
 plied commonly to the person who, in any public place, decides 
 on any matter of taste or form j as, for instance, a master of the 
 ceremonies . — M.D. 
 
 250. Arbiter hie igitur sumtus de lite jocosa. Ovid. — " He was therefore 
 
 chosen as the arbitrator in the amusing controversy." — M.D. 
 
 251. Arbore dejecta qui vult ligna colligit. Juv. — ** The tree being thrown 
 
 down, every person gathers the wood." The meanest, the weak- 
 est creature may triumph even over majesty when it is overthrown. 
 — ikf.ijf. 
 
 252. Arcades ambo 
 
 Et cantare pares, et respondere parati. Virg. — " Both Arcadians, 
 equally skilled in the song and in the response." The poet speaks 
 of two contending shepherds.- ^LD. 
 
 253. Arcana imperii. (Lat.) — " State secrets." The mysteries of govern- 
 
 ing.— ikf.D. 
 
 254. Arcanum. (Lat.) — " A secret." The grand arcanurn or philosopher's 
 
 stone. — M.D. 
 
 255. Arcanum demens detegit ebrietas. Virg. — '* Mad drunkenness reveals 
 
 every secret." A person in a state of intoxication lays aside all 
 reserve. — M.D. 
 
 256. Arcanum neque tu scrutaberis ullius unquam, 
 
 Coramissumque teges et vino tortus et ird. Hor. — *' Never pry into 
 the secrets of others, and conceal whatever is confided to you, 
 though tempted by the influence of wine, and by passion to reveal 
 iV'—MM. 
 
 257. Apx^ '/A"'^" ""avrof. Arche hemisu pantos. Hesiod. — ",Tlie beginning 
 
 is the half of the whole." The most appropriate illustration of 
 this, is to be found in our own proverb, "well begun is half done." 
 —M.D. 
 
 258. Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio. Pub. Syr. — " Straining 
 
 breaks the bow, relaxation unhinges the mind." As the bow, if 
 overstrained, will break, so the mind, by too much relaxation and 
 idleness, will lose its natural power and elasticity, and cease to 
 be susceptible of improvement by instruction. 
 Arcus nimis intensus rumpitur, {Lat. Prov.) L'arco nimo teso 
 sirompe. (Ital. Prov.) — M.D. 
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 259. Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentis gaudet amantis. Juv. — " Although she 
 
 herself may burn, she rejoices at the torments which her lover suf- 
 fers." 
 
 " Though equal pains her peace of mind destroy, 
 A lover's torments give her spiteful joy." 
 
 M.D. 
 
 260. Ardeniia verba. (LatJ — " Ardent expressions." Expressions of 
 
 great warmth and ardour. One of our poets in a strain of poetical 
 hyperbole, speaks of ** thoughts that glow, and words that burn." 
 — M.D. 
 
 261. Ardua cervix 
 
 Argutumque caput, brevis alvus, obesaque terga, 
 Luxuriatque toris animosum pectus. Virg. — " A firm neck, a taper- 
 ing head, a short compact body, loins full and round, and a high 
 spirit manifest in every muscle." A fine description of a horse. — 
 M. 
 
 262. A re decedunt. (Lat.) — " They go from the point." They intro- 
 
 duce irrelevant matter. — M. 
 
 263. Arescit gramen veniente autumno. (Lat.) — '* The grass withers at the 
 
 approach of autumn." — M. 
 
 264. A rez de chaussee. (Fr.) — '* Even with the ground." On a level 
 
 with the street, or pavement. — M.D. 
 
 265. Argent comptant. (Fr ) — " Ready money." Prompt payment ; money 
 
 counted down. — M.D. 
 
 266. Argilld quidvis imitaberis udd. (Lat.) — " You may imitate any thing 
 
 you please in moist clay." — M.D. 
 
 267- Argumentum ad hominem. (Lat.) — " An argument direct to the man." 
 An argument, the force of which consists in its personal applica- 
 tion.— M.D. 
 
 268. Argumentum ad ignorantiam. (Lat. J — An argument founded on the 
 
 ignorance displayed by your adversary, of the facts or circum- 
 stances of the case. — M.D. 
 
 269. Argumentum ad judicium. (Lat.) — " An argument to the judgment." 
 
 This, says Mr. Locke, is an appeal made to proofs drawn from any 
 of the established foundations of knowledge. — M.D. 
 
 270. Argumentum ad verecundiam. (Lat.) — " An argument to modesty." 
 
 An appeal to the regard to decency, which you may suppose the 
 person to feel whom you address. — M.D. 
 
 271. Argumentum baccuUnum. (Lat.) — " The argument of the stick." 
 
 Convictions enforced by drubbing, nolens volens. Club Law. — 
 M.D. 
 
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 272. Argutos inter strepit anser olores. Vir. — " The goose gabbles among 
 
 the screaming swans." 
 
 ** He gabbles like a goose amidst the swan-like quire." 
 
 M. 
 
 273. ApiffTov fxtTpov. (Gr.) Ariston metron. — " The middle course is the 
 
 best." Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men of Greece, was the 
 author of this saying, which our every day experience in the com- 
 mon walks of life, must convince us is founded in wisdom and 
 trath.— M.D. 
 
 274. Arma cerealia. (Lat.) — " The arms of Ceres." A term comprehend- 
 
 ing the various manual implements of husbandry : as, the spade, 
 shovel, scythe, sickle, &c. &c. — M. 
 
 275. Arma tenenti omnia dat, qui justa negat. Lucan. — " He who with- 
 
 holds that which he knows to be just, grants every thing to his 
 opponents, if they have arms in their hands." He who acts un- 
 justly, being devoid of principle, he must be deficient in that confi- 
 dence and courage which a consciousness of rectitude inspires, 
 and he will, therefore, concede every thing to the man who pos- 
 sesses the power to intimidate him. — M.D. 
 
 276. Arrectis auribus. (Lat J — " With ears pricked up." — M.D. 
 
 277. Ars est celare artem. (Lat.) — " It is the height of art to conceal art." 
 
 The painter and the player, for instance, finds that to conceal the 
 deception, is to bring his performance to perfection so near to na- 
 ture that the spectator is deceived. — M.D. 
 
 278. Ars est sine arte, cvjus principium est mentiri, medium laborare, et 
 
 finis mendicare. (Lat.) — This quotation gives a useful exposure of 
 the result of the pursuit of alchemy, the fruitless search after the 
 philosopher's stone. " An art without art, of which the beginning 
 is founded in falsehood, its middle in labour, and its end in beg- 
 gary."— M.D. 
 
 279. Artes honorabit. (Lat.) — " He will honor the arts." — M.D. 
 
 280. Artus confecti languent. Lucret. — " Their (or his or her) wasted 
 
 limbs become languid." Motto of the Irish Baron Coleraine. — M. 
 
 281. Asinus asino, et sus sui pulcher. (Lat.) — ** An ass to an ass, seems 
 
 beautiful : a swine to a swine." So one blackmoor sees in another 
 beauties to which we are insensible. — M. 
 
 282. Asinus portans mysteria. Aristoph. — "An ass (a foolish fellow) af- 
 
 fecting to be mysterious." — M. 
 
 283. A solis ortu usque advccasum. (Lat) — *' From the rising of the sun 
 
 even to its setting." From morning till night. — M. 
 
 284. Asperce facetice, ubi nimis ex vero trax&e, acrem sui memoriam re- 
 
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 linquunt. Tacitus. — ** Cutting jests, especially when the satire is' 
 true, inflict a wound which is not soon forgotten." The indul- 
 gence of a satirical disposition is always dangerous ; it betrays a 
 malicious spirit, a bad heart, and it often creates enmities and 
 dislikes which no lapse of years can soften down, and death alone 
 can extinguish. — M.D. 
 
 285. Asperitds agrestis et inconcinna. Hor. — "A vulgar, coarse asperity," 
 often seen in low-bred uneducated men. 
 
 " A clownish roughness and unkindly, close, 
 
 Unfriendly, stiff, and peevishly morose." Creech. — M. 
 
 286- Asperius nihil est humili, cum surgit in altum. Claud. — '* Nothing is 
 more harsh than a low-bred fellow, when he suddenly attains an 
 elevated station." All experience proves this to be an apophthegm 
 so true, that it is quite incontrovertible when applied to the gene- 
 ral mass of mankind ; and it is well illustrated by the common 
 homely expression, *' Set a beggar on horseback, &c. &c." — M.D, 
 
 287. Aspettare e non venire. 
 
 Stare in letto e non dormire, 
 
 Ben servire e non gradire, 
 
 Son tre cose da morire. (Ital. ProvJ — " To expect a person who 
 
 does not come, to lie in bed and not to be able to sleep, to ser\^e 
 
 faithfully and not to be promoted, are three things suflScient to 
 
 make a man die." — Three of the ** miseries of human life." — M.D. 
 
 288. Assai ben balla, a chifortuna suona. — (Ital. Prov.J — " He may well 
 
 dance who has fortune for his fiddler." Prosperity lightens the 
 heels as well as the heart. — M. 
 
 289. Assiduita genera facilta (Ital.) — " Diligence makes all things appear 
 
 easy."— M. 
 
 290. Assumpsit. (Lat. Law Term.) — He assumed. He engaged to pay. An 
 
 action founded on a verbal engagement. — M.D. 
 
 291. Ast alii sex, et plures, uno conclamant ore. Juv. — " Six others, and 
 
 more, unite in a joint vociferation." 
 
 ** Six more at least join their consenting voice." — M. 
 
 292. Astra castra, numen lumen. (Lat.) — "The stars are my camp, the 
 
 Deity my light." This quibble on words is taken as his motto 
 by the Earl of Balcarras. — M.D. 
 
 293. Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus. (Lat.) — " The stars rule 
 
 mankind, but God governs the stars." This quotation refutes the 
 theories of those assuming the title of judicial astrologers. — MD. 
 
 294. Astrietus necessitate. (Lat.) — " Compelled by necessity." Straitened 
 
 by his necessities. — M. 
 
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 295. A tatons. (Fr.) — " Groping." Feeling the way, as in the dark, often 
 
 metaphorically applied to those who suffer themselves to be guided 
 by chance in their pursuits, or the management of their affairs. — 
 M.B. 
 
 296. At hcBc etiam servis semper libera fuerunt, timerent, gauderent, dole- 
 
 rent, suo potiils quam alterius arbitrio. Tull. Epist. — ** Even slaves 
 enjoy the privilege to fear, to rejoice, to grieve, at their own plea- 
 sure, and not at the will of another." — ^The body may be coerced, 
 but the movements of the human mind no human power can con- 
 troul.— ikf. 
 
 297. A tort et a travers. (Fr.) — ** Wrong and across." At random, by 
 
 chance. — M.D. 
 
 298. A tout venant. (Fr.) — ** To any one I meet." To whoever comes in 
 
 my way. — M.D. 
 
 299. At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier. Hie est. Persius. — ** It is 
 
 gratifying to be pointed at with the finger, and to have it said, 
 that is the man." The love of notoriety is a passion common to 
 us all, and when we seek to obtain it by means in themselves 
 laudable and just, and especially if they are useful to our country 
 or to our fellow-creatures, the pursuit is commendable and ho- 
 nourable to any man. — M.D. 
 
 300. Atque Deos atque astra vocat crudelia mater. Vir. — ** And his mother 
 
 accuses the gods, and all the stars of cruelty." The poet thus de- 
 scribes the transports of Daphnis's grief on hearing of the death 
 of her son. — M. 
 
 301. At spes nonfracta. (Lat.) — "But my hope is not broken." Motto 
 
 of Earl of Hopetoun.— iW.D. 
 
 302. Au bon droit. (Fr.)—'' To the just right." Motto of the Earl of 
 
 Egremont.— M.D. 
 
 303. Au bout de son Latin. (Fr.) — " At the end of his Latin." Applied 
 
 metaphorically to a man who is driven to the end of his argument, 
 and has nothing more to say ; or who is, according to the homely 
 phrase, " at the end of his tether." This was probably originally 
 applied to some ignorant student, who had learned a few phrases 
 of Latin by rote, but on being examined, he was soon au bout de 
 son Latin. — M.D. 
 
 304. Au bout du compte. (Fr.) — "At the close of the account." On the 
 
 winding up of the business ; after all. — M.M. 
 
 305. Auctor pretiosafacit. (Lat.) — " The giver makes the gift precious." 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. The estimation in which 
 we hold the giver, enhances the value of every gift. — M.D. 
 
 306. Aucun chemin dejleur, ne conduit a laghire. La Font. — ** A flowery 
 
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30 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 path is never that which conducts us to glory." Difficulties and 
 dangers to be combated by perseverance ; arduous enterprises to be 
 consummated by valour and prudence ; disappointment and even 
 defeat to be borne with patience and resignation ; resistance to be 
 overcome by resolution and constancy, by firmness and good con- 
 duct ; these are the obstacles that beset the path to glory, these the 
 qualifications by which they are to be surmounted, and through 
 the energetic exertion of which we can alone hope to enter her 
 shrine. — M.D. 
 
 307. Audaces fortuna juvat timidosque repellit. (Lat.) — *' Fortune favours 
 
 the bold, and abandons the timid." Conduct intrepid and decisive 
 often ensures success, where failure would have been the conse- 
 quence of measures less vigorous and active. — M.D. 
 
 308. Audacter et sincere. (Lat.) — " Boldly and sincerely." Motto of the 
 
 Earls of Powis and Clare — M.D. 
 
 309. Audax omnia perpeti 
 
 Gens humana ruit per vetitum et nefas. Hor. — " Bold to perpetrate 
 every species of crime, mankind rushes into every thing that is 
 wicked and forbidden." An appropriate motto to any philippic, 
 against the vices and dissoluteness of the age. — M.M. 
 
 310. Aude aliquid brevibus gyaris et carcere dignum, 
 
 Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et aJget. Juv. — *' Dare to com- 
 mit some act worthy of transportation, or a prison, if you wish to 
 acquire notoriety. Virtue is praised while it is left neglected to 
 shiver with cold." — M.D. 
 
 311. Audendo magnus tegitur timor. Lucan. — " A display of courage often 
 
 covers real cowardice." The coward blusters and makes a noise, 
 while inwardly he trembles. — M.D. 
 
 312. Audentes fortuna Juvat. Vm.— " Fortune favours the resolute." — M, 
 
 313. Au desespoir. (Fr.) — *' In despair." A term often applied by the 
 
 French to trivial circumstances, which by an Englishman would 
 scarcely be noticed as subjects of momentary regret. When an 
 Englishman says, in compliance with the rules of etiquette, that he 
 is sorry y (for instance) to give you the trouble of performing for 
 him any trifling act, the Frenchman declares himself to be ** au 
 desespoir." — M. D. 
 
 314. Audi alteram partem. (Lat. Prov.) — " Hear the other side of the ques- 
 
 tion." Listen to what each party may be able to advance, other- 
 wise you cannot be sure that your decision wiU be impartial or 
 just.— ikf.D. 
 
 315. Audiet pugnas, vitio parentum, 
 
 Rara juventus. Hor. — " Young men become scarce by war, will 
 hear of battles waged for their fathers' crimes." 
 
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 K ** Posterity thinn'd by their father's crimes, 
 
 Shall read with grief the story of their times." — M. 
 
 316. Audire, atque togam jubeo componere quisquis 
 Ambitione mala, aut argenti pallet amore, 
 
 Quisquis luxurid. Hor. — " Sit still and hear, whoever is pale 
 through foul ambition, or the love of money, or through luxurious 
 living." 
 
 ** Sit still and hear, those whom j)roud thoughts do swell, 
 Those that look pale by loving coin too well, 
 Whom luxury corrupts." Creech. — M. 
 
 317- Audire est operce pretium. Hor. — " It is worth while to listen." I 
 am about to relate a thing which merits your attention. — M.D. 
 
 318. Audita querela. (Law Phrase.) — " The cause of quarrel having been 
 
 investigated." — M.D. 
 
 319. Auditque vocatus Apollo. Vir. — *' And Apollo hears when invoked," 
 
 — is auspicious to poets who invoke his muse-inspiring protection. 
 —M.D. 
 
 320. Afonds. (Fr.) — "Thoroughly; to the bottom." I know the man 
 
 a fonds, I am thoroughly acquainted with his character. I have 
 learned the language afonds, grammatically. — M.D. 
 
 321. Aula regis. (Lat.) — " The court of the king." A court which, in 
 
 former days, accompanied the king wherever he went. The original 
 of the present Court of King's Bench. — M.D. 
 
 322. Aupisaller. (Fr.) — " At the worst." Let the worst happen that 
 
 can. — MD. 
 
 323. Au plaisir fort de Dieu. (Fr.) — " At the powerful disposal of God." 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Mountedgecomb. — M.D. 
 
 324. Aura popularis. (Lat.) — " The popular buzz." The short-lived 
 
 breath of popularity. It is said of a man who has the mob upon his 
 side, that he has caught the aura popularis. — M.D. 
 
 325. Aurea mediocritas. (Lat.) — " The happy state of mediocrity." The 
 
 golden mean between great wealth and poverty. The object of 
 this quotation is beautifully expressed in the thirtieth chapter of 
 Proverbs, where Agur says, ** Give me neither poverty nor riches, 
 feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, 
 and say. Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the 
 name of my God in vain." — M.D. 
 
 326. Aurea necredas qucecunque nitescere cernis. (Lat.) — " Do not suppose 
 
 every thing bright to be gold." All is not gold that glitters. Ap- 
 plied metaphorically as a caution to men of a too sanguine tem- 
 perament, not to build their hopes of prosperity on a slippery 
 foundation. During an election at Bristol a Mr. Goold, an apo- 
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 thecary, found this proverb chalked one morning on the shutters 
 of his shop-window : ** All is not gold that glisters." — M. 
 
 327. Auream quisquis mediocritatem 
 
 Diligity tutus caret obsoleti 
 Sordibus tecti, caret invidendd 
 
 Sobrius aula. Hor. — " Whoever delights in a state of golden 
 (happy) mediocrity, avoids in safety the dirt of an old house, while 
 he wisely escapes the cares of a splendid establishment." All ex- 
 perience proves that the greatest share of human happiness is en- 
 joyed by those who possess affluence without superfluity, and can 
 command the comforts of life without plunging into its luxuries. 
 — Jf.M. 
 
 328. Auribus teneo lupum. Ter. — " I hold a wolf by the ears." If I quit 
 
 my hold he will destroy me, yet I shall not be able long to retain 
 him. Mr. Macdonald assigns the following origin to this term. 
 " This is similar to our English phrase of catching a Tartar," which 
 is supposed to have arisen from a trooper meeting a Tartar in the 
 woods, and exclaiming that he had caught one. To the excla- 
 mation of his companions, ** bring him along with you," the 
 reply was, " I can't" — "then come yourself" — " he won't let me." 
 The meaning is to represent a man grappling with such a diffi- 
 culty, that he knows not how to advance or recede. — M.D. ■ 
 
 329. Auri sacra fames. Vir. — " The accursed thirst after gold." — M.D. 
 
 330. Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia jura, 
 
 Aurum lex sequitur, mow sine lege pudor. Proper. — '* By gold good 
 .faith is driven away, laws are made subservient to gold, the law fol- 
 lows gold, and soon modesty will find no protection." The 
 spirit of venality is more or less to be traced in all human insti- 
 tutions. — M.D. 
 
 331. Aurum e stercore. (Lat.J — " Gold from dung." Valuable passages 
 
 extracted from a medley of literary trash. — M.D. 
 
 332. Aurum omnes, victdjam pietate, volunt. Prop. — " All men now con- 
 
 tend for gold, true piety being banished from the world." Wealth 
 is now become the sole ground of claim to respect or consideration 
 among men. — M.D. 
 
 333. Aurum per medios ire satellites 
 
 Et perrumpere amat saxa, potentius 
 
 Ictufulmineo. Hor. — " Gold delights in corrupting the fidelity of 
 guards, and in breaking through stone walls, more powerful than 
 the shock of thunder." — M. 
 
 334. AuspiciummelioriscBvi. (Lat.) — " A prospect of better times." Motto 
 
 of the duke of St. Alban's. — M.D. 
 
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 335. Aussitotdit, aussitot fait . (Fr. ProvJ — **No sooner said than done." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 336. Aut amat, aut odit mulierj nil est tertium. — '* A woman either loves 
 
 you or hates you, she knows no medium." The female mind is 
 susceptible of the most ardent attachment ; but if, from real, or 
 sometimes fancied, ill-treatment, the ardour of that attachment 
 should be diminished, it is too frequently transformed into violent 
 aversion, perhaps into unmitigated hatred. — M.M. 
 
 337. Autant en emporte le vent. (Fr.) — " So much of it as the wind carries 
 
 away." All idle talk.— M.D. 
 
 338. Aut Ccesar aut nullus. (Lat.) — " I will be a Caesar or nobody." I 
 
 will attain the highest station, or perish in the attempt. A laud- 
 able ambition which, if properly directed, must lead to deeds of 
 the most distinguished heroism. — M.D. 
 
 339. Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit. Hor. — " Either the man must 
 
 be insane, or he is turned poet." He must either be actually mad, 
 or he has been infected by a mad poet. — M.D. 
 
 340. Aut nunquam tentes, aut perjice. (hat.) — ** Either never attempt a 
 
 thing, or accomplish it." Motto of duke of Montague and V. 
 Sackville.— M.M. 
 
 341. Auto da fe. {Span.) — " An act of faith." A name formerly given 
 
 to the ceremony of piously consuming at the stake Jews and He- 
 retics, for the love of God, and to evince the pure and Christian- 
 like spirit of the Popish religion. — M.D. 
 
 342. Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetce, 
 
 Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitce. Hor. — ** The design of 
 poets is either to instruct or to amuse ; and to inculcate at the same 
 time maxims which are agreeable and becoming." — M, 
 
 343. Autrefois acquit. (Fr.) — " Formerly acquitted." A culprit who is 
 
 again arraigned for a crime for which he had before been tried and 
 acquitted, has a right to put in a plea of autrefois acquit, on exhi- 
 biting a proof of which he must be discharged, as the British laws 
 never allow a person to be twice tried for the same offence. — M.D. 
 
 344. Autumnus — Libitince qucestus acerbce. Hor. — "Autumn — the harvest 
 
 of the direful Libitina." Autumn was accounted a sickly season, 
 and Libitina was the goddess of funerals, or death. — M.D. 
 
 345. Aut vincere aut mori. (Lat.) — " Either to conquer or to die." Motto 
 
 of the duke of Kent.— M.D. 
 
 346. Aux abois. (Fr.)—" At the point of death."— M. 
 
 347. Auocilia humilia firma consensus facit. Decim. Laber. — ** Concord 
 
 gives efficiency to the most humble aids." Union gives strength. 
 -^M.D. 
 
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 348. Avalanche. (Fr.) — " Immense masses of consolidated snow and ice, 
 
 which are loosened, when thaws take place, from the precipices to 
 which they had been attached, on the sides of the Alps or other 
 mountains, hurling destruction in their progress." — M.D. 
 
 349. Avaler des couleuvres. (Fr.) — " To swallow snakes." A man who is 
 
 obliged to submit to insults, is said avaler des couleuvres. As para- 
 sites and toad-eaters bear the ill-humours of him whom they flatter 
 and live upon. — M.D. 
 
 350. Avance. (Fr.) — " Advance." Motto of the earl of Portmore. — M.D. 
 
 351. Avarus, nisi cum moritur,nil recth facit. — " A miser, until he dies, 
 
 does nothing right." — M. 
 
 352. Avecde la vertu, de la capacite, et une bonne conduit e, Vonpeut etre in- 
 
 supportable ; les manieres que Von neglige comme de petites choses, 
 sont souvent ce qui fait que les Jiommes decident de vous en bien ou 
 en mal j une leghre attention a les avoir douces et polies, previent 
 leur mauvais jugement. La Bruyere. — " Although a man may 
 possess virtue, talent, and good conduct, he may nevertheless be 
 disagreeable. There is a certain fashion in manners, which is too 
 often neglected as of no consequence, but which frequently be- 
 comes the basis on which the world will form a favourable or 
 an unfavourable opinion of you ; and a little attention to render 
 them engaging and polished, will prevent others from entertaining 
 prepossessions respecting you, which in their consequences may 
 operate greatly to your disadvantage." — M.M. 
 
 353. A verbis legis non est recedendum. {hat. Law Max.) — " There can be 
 
 no departure from the words of the law." Even the judge must 
 not attempt to give to a statute any forced interpretation contrary 
 to the obvious meaning of the words in which it is expressed. — 
 M.D. 
 
 354. Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius antk 
 
 Trita solo,juvat integros accedere fonteis 
 
 Atque haurire. Lucret. — " I wander through the solitary retreats 
 of the Muses, untrodden before by other feet j with rapture I ap- 
 proach their untouched fountain, and quench my thirst." 
 
 Inspired I trace the Muses' seats, 
 
 Untrodden yet ; 'tis sweet to visit first 
 
 Untouched and virgin streams, and quench my thirst." Creech. 
 
 M. 
 
 355. Avidis natura parum est. Sen. — " All the gifts of nature are insuffi- 
 
 cient to satisfy a covetous man." — M. 
 
 356. Aviendo pregonado vino, venden vinagre. (Span. Prov.) — ** After hav- 
 
 ing praised their wine they sell vinegar." This may be applied to 
 
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 those who, having vaunted of their prowess, and extolled their 
 own performance, are found greatly deficient when brought to 
 trial.— ilf.D. 
 
 357- A vinculo matrimonii. {Lat.) — " From the bonds of matrimony.** 
 —M.D. 
 
 358. Avi numerantur avorum. (Lat.) — " I boast of a long train of ances- 
 
 tors." Motto of lord Grantley. — M.D. 
 
 359. Avise la Jin. (Fr.)—" Weigh well the end.*' Motto of the Scotch 
 
 earl of Cassilis. — M.D. 
 
 360. Avito viret honore. (Lat.) — *' He flourishes with honours derived 
 
 from his ancestors.'* Motto of the earl of Bute. — M.D. 
 
 361. Aymez loyaut^. {Fr.) — " Love loyalty.** Motto of marquis of Win- 
 
 chester. — M.D. 
 
 362. Avitus apto 
 
 Cum lare fundus. Hor. — " An hereditary farm with a suitable 
 dwelling.** — M. 
 
 363. A volonte. (Fr.) — ** At will.*' According to your inclination or de- 
 sire.— ikf. 
 
 B. 
 
 364. Bailler aux corneilles. {Fr.)—" To gape at the crows." This may be 
 
 properly applied to indolent workmen, who, instead of attending 
 to their business, stand idly staring about them. — M.D. 
 
 365. Basis virtutum constantia. (Lat.) — " Steadiness is the basis of all the 
 
 virtues." Motto of the Viscount Hereford. — M.D. 
 
 366. Bastardus nullius estjilius, aut Jilius populi. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** A 
 
 bastard is the son of no particular man, or, the son of the public." 
 A bastard, not being born in wedlock, his father is not recognized 
 by the law. He, therefore, being the issue of no particidar indi- 
 vidual, can, in law, have no claim to any inheritance. — M.D. 
 
 367. Battre le pave. (Fr.) — " To tramp the pavement." An idle fellow, 
 
 who parades the streets in search of pleasure, is said hattre le pav^. 
 —M.D. 
 
 368. Beati monoculi in regione ccecontm. (Lat.) — " Happy is he who has 
 
 one eye, where all others are blind." All our sufferings are to be 
 judged of comparatively J and if we contrast our own situation with 
 that of others, we shall find ample cause to excite our gratitude, 
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36 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 ample ground of consolation j for if we look around us, we shall 
 see many more wretched than ourselves, and feel that many bless- 
 ings are still continued to us, of which we might have been be- 
 reaved. We may have calamities to deplore, we may have afflic- 
 tions to support, we may have disappointments to bear, we may 
 have misfortunes to contend with ; l)ut God is ever merciful, and 
 " tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." — M.D. 
 
 369. Beau monde. (Fr.) — " The fashionable world." This term is con- 
 fined solely to the upper walks of life. To the wealthy, the gay, 
 the dissipated, among whom we may too often number the worth- 
 less. — M.D. 
 
 '370. Beaux esprit s. (Fr.) — " Wits." Men of quick parts, and ready at 
 repartee. — M.D. 
 
 371. Bella femmina che ride, vuol dir borsa cJie piange. (Ital. Prov.) — "A 
 
 beautiful woman by her smiles draws tears from our purse." The 
 purse is too often emptied, to ensure the continuance of the smiles. 
 —M.D. 
 
 372. Bella! horrida bella ! (Lat.) — " Wars J horrible wars !" Motto of the 
 
 Irish baron Lisle. — M.M. 
 
 373. Bella matribus detestata. Hor. — "Wars held in detestation by mo- 
 
 thers." By aU who suffer thereby, in fact, by all the world, save 
 those who derive profit or emolument therefrom. — M.D. 
 
 374. Bellum internecinum. (Lat.) — *^ A war of extermination." A war to 
 
 be carried on until one party or the other is swept from the earth. 
 -^M.D. 
 
 375. Bellum ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax qucesita videatur. (Lat.) 
 
 — '* War should be waged as if its only object was the attainment 
 of a secure peace." — M. 
 
 376. Bellum nee timendum, nee provocandum. Pliny. — " War is neither 
 
 to be avoided in a dastardly manner, nor yet to be rashly pro- 
 Yoked."^M.D. 
 
 377- Bene est cui Deus obtulit 
 
 Pared quod satis est manu. Hor. — " It is happy for him, on whom 
 God has bestowed a competence with a sparing hand." And 
 blessed is the man who, possessing that competence, enjoys there- 
 with a contented mind. — M. 
 
 378. Bene/acta maU loeata, malefaeta arbitror. Cic. — " Favours injudi- 
 ciously conferred I consider as bad acts." As for instance, the 
 bestowing wealth on a spendthrift, or an habitual drunkard, is 
 only enabling them to pursue their wicked courses with renovated 
 means, and consequently, to extend more widely their evil example, 
 and to accelerate the sad close of an ill-spent life. — M. 
 
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 379. Bene ferre magnam disce fortunam. Hor. — " Learn to support with 
 
 moderation your great good fortune." — M. 
 
 380. Beneficia dare qui nescit injustk petit. (Lat. Prov.J — "He who knows 
 
 not how to perform a kind act is unreasonable if he expects to re- 
 ceive such acts from others." — M. 
 
 38 1 . Beneficia usque eo lata sunt dmn videntur exsolvi posse ; ubi multvm 
 
 antevenere, pro gratia odium redditur. Tacit. — " Kindnesses be- 
 stowed are only acceptable so long as we think we can repay them ; 
 but when the obligation goes much beyond that point, hatred is 
 engendered instead of gratitude." Notwithstanding the high de- 
 gree of respect in which this author is held as an historiographer, 
 I cannot at all approve of or agree to the position here laid down. 
 For if a person in less affluent circumstances, receives from his 
 more wealthy relative or friend, a present, or an appointment ob- 
 tained through his interest, or his purse, and which the receiver can 
 never pay for, but % his gratitude, can it be said that he is there- 
 fore to detest his benefactor ? Forbid it every honest feeling of 
 the human heart ! ! — M.D. 
 
 382. Beneficia plura recipit qui scit reddere. Pub. Syh. — ** He receives 
 
 many favours, who knows how to return them." — M. 
 
 383. Beneficio quam metu ohligare homines malit, exterasque gentes fide ac 
 
 societate junctas habere, quam tristi subjectas servitio. Livy. — " It 
 is better to bind men by kind offices, than by fear ; and to hold 
 neighbouring states united to you in confidence and social inter- 
 course, than that they should feel themselves subjugated as slaves." 
 —M. 
 
 384. Beneficium accipere libertatem vendere est. Decuvt. Laber. — " To 
 
 accept an obligation, is to barter your liberty." This phrase, 
 though often quoted, is far from being literally just, though it 
 may be partially so. Its truth must hinge solely on the circum- 
 stances of the case in question, on the relative situation of the 
 parties, on the magnitude of the obligation, and on the nature of 
 the sacrifice expected to be made in return. — M.D. 
 
 385. Beneficium invito non datur. (Lat. Jus^. Ant.) — " No obligation can 
 
 be imposed upon a man who refuses to receive it." — M.D. 
 
 386. Bmh nummatum decorat suadela Venusque. Hor. — " Persuasion and 
 
 love hang upon the words of the wealthy suitor *." 
 
 ** The goddess of persuasion forms his train, 
 
 And Venus decks the well be-money'd swain." Francis. 
 
 M.D. 
 
 • Suadela. vel Siiada, the goddess of persuasion. 
 
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 387. Bene si amico feceris, ne pigeat fecisse, 
 
 Ut potius pudeat si non feceris. Plaut. — " If you have conferred a 
 favour on your friend, never repent of having done so ; no ! you 
 should rather feel that you would have been ashamed had you not 
 done it."— M.D. 
 
 388. Benigno numine. (Lat.) — " By the favour of the Deity." The motto 
 
 of the first founder of the House of Chatham.— M./>. 
 
 389. Benignus etiam dandi causam cogitat. (Lat. Prov.) — '^ Even the most 
 
 munificent and liberal men weigh the grounds of their liberality." 
 Bounty unworthily, and indiscriminately bestowed, loses half its 
 merit.— M.D. 
 
 390. Bibula charta. Pliny. — " Blotting paper." — M. 
 
 391. Bien vienes, si vienes solo. (Span. Prov.) — '* Welcome, if thou comest 
 
 alone." Spoken of some unfortunate occurrence. — M.D. 
 
 392. Bisdat qui citd dat. (Lat. Prov.) — *'He doubles the obligation who 
 
 gives with readiness." Any favour is much enhanced by being 
 promptly conferred, while delay must depreciate its value, per- 
 haps render it useless. — M.M. 
 
 393. Bis est gratum quod opus est^ si ultro offeras. (Lat. Prov.) " That 
 
 which we stand in need of is doubly acceptable, if spontaneously 
 offered."— M.D. 
 
 394. Bisogna amar V amico con i suoi difetti. (Ital.) — '*We must love our 
 
 friend with all his defects." We must always make allowances 
 for certain failings which are inseparable in a great measure from 
 human nature ; and an impartial examination of those which at- 
 tach to our own character, will probably influence us to look with 
 commiseration and indulgence on those of our neighbours. Cer- 
 tainly, he who expects to find unspotted perfection in a friend, 
 will be disappointed. — M.D. 
 
 395. Bis peccare in hello non licet. (Lat. Prov.) — *' It is not permitted in 
 
 warfare twice to err." Errors in war being frequently irretrievable, 
 and leading, perhaps, to the destruction of the party erring, they 
 cannot be too carefully avoided. — M.M. 
 
 396. Bis vineit qui se vincit in victoria. Syrus. — *' He is doubly a con- 
 
 queror, who, when a conqueror, can conquer himself." Modera- 
 tion and mercy shed over the laurels of the conqueror the lustre of 
 true glory. 
 
 397. Blanc-hec. (Fr.) — " A raw inexperienced boy." Vulgarly called 
 
 with us a " Green-horn." — M.D. 
 
 398. Boeotum in crasso jurares aere natum. Hor. — ** You would swear that 
 
 he w^as born in the thick air of Boeotia." The inhabitants of 
 
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 Boeotia, a province of Greece, were remarkable for their extraor- 
 dinary stupidity. — M.D. 
 
 399. Bona bonis contingunt. (Lat.) — " Blessings attend the good." — M. 
 
 400. Bond fide. — " In good faith.'* In truth, actually, in reality.— M.D. 
 
 401. Bona mails paria non sunt, etiampari numero : nee Icetitia ulla minimo 
 
 mcBrore pensanda. Pliny. — ** The enjoyments of life do not equal 
 its ills, even in number; nor can any degree of joy compensate for 
 even a small share of pain or grief." This sentiment must have 
 been the offspring of a melancholy mind. — M.D. 
 
 402. Bonce leges mails ex morlbus procreantur. Macrob. — ** Good laws 
 
 grow out of evil acts." Most of the laws which now appear in 
 our statute book never would have had existence, had not evil ac- 
 tions rendered them necessary. — M. 
 
 403. Bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est. Pub. Syr. — "The constant 
 
 habit of enjoying good things, is hurtful." Nothing is more pre- 
 judicial to the health or constitution than a too great indulgence 
 in luxuries. Use, but do not abuse the good things of this world. 
 —M.D. 
 
 404. Bon avocat, mauvais voisln. (Fr.) — "A good lawyer generally is a bad 
 
 neighbour." A too great confidence in his own professional know- 
 ledge and talent, sometimes may induce him to attempt encroach- 
 ments on the property of his neighbours. But the satire here cast 
 on that profession, is by no means one of general or merited appli- 
 cation.— M.D. 
 
 405. Bon gr4, malgre. (Fr.J — " With a good will or a bad." Whether you 
 
 will or not.— M.D. 
 
 406. Bon jour, bonne (Buvre. (Fr.) — *' A good day, a good work.'' The 
 
 better day, the better deed. (Eng. Prov.J — M.M. 
 
 407. Boni nullo emolumento Impelluntur in fraudem. Cic. — '' No tempta- 
 
 tion of emolument can induce an honourable man to commit a 
 fraudulent act." — M. 
 
 408. Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere. Suet. — " It is the duty 
 
 of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, but not to flay them." — 
 M.D, 
 
 409. Bonis nocct qui pepercerit malls. Pub. Syr. — '* He does an injury 
 
 to the good, who spares the bad." Nothing is more prejudicial 
 to Society, and the interests of good order, than mistaken lenity, 
 shewn to undeserving objects. — M.M. 
 
 410. Bonis quod benefit haud perlt. Plaut. — " Acts of kindness shewn to 
 
 good men, are never thrown away." — M.D. 
 
 411. Bonne boucTie. (Fr.) — "A good mouth." A nice bit, a delicate 
 
 morsel, reserved as a gratification for the last mouthful. — M.D. 
 
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 412. Bonne et belle assez. (Fr.) — " Good and handsome enough." Motto 
 
 of earl Fauconberg. — M.D. 
 
 413. Bonne renommee vaut mieux que ceinture dor^e. (Fr. Prov.J — **A 
 
 good reputation is preferable to a girdle of gold.'* All the wealth, 
 the honours, the splendour, the **pomp and circumstance" of 
 this world, are not to be compared with it. ** A good name, in man 
 or woman, is the immediate jewel of their souls." *' He that filches 
 from me my good name, robs me of that which enriches not him- 
 self, and makes me poor indeed." Shakspeare, Othello. — M.D. 
 
 414. Bonum estfugienda aspicere in alieno malo. Pub. Syr. — " Fortunate 
 
 are they who can discern, in other men's misfortunes, those things 
 which they should themselves avoid." As they thereby acquire 
 those lessons of prudence which adversity impresses upon our 
 minds, without feeling its sting. — M.M. 
 
 415. Bonum magis carendo quamfruendo cernitur. (Lat. Prov.J — *' We be- 
 
 come more sensible of the value of that which is good, when we 
 are in want of it, than when we enjoy it." Shakspeare has ad- 
 mirably given this maxim : 
 
 " That which we have, we prize not to the worth ; 
 
 But being lacked and lost — why then we rate its value." — M.D. 
 
 416. Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes. Lucret. — "That sovereign 
 
 good, at which we all aim." — M.D. 
 
 417- Bos lassus fortius figit pedem. Diogenes. — " A tired ox fixes his foot 
 more firmly." Is more careful and deliberate in his step. — M. 
 
 418. Boutez en avant. (Fr.) — "Push forward." Motto of earl of Barry- 
 
 more. — M.D. 
 
 419. Brave comme son 4pee. (Fr.) — " Brave as his sword." This expression 
 
 is applied to those, whose innate courage renders them as regard- 
 less of danger as the sword they wejir. — M.D. 
 
 420. Brevisesselaboro, ohscurusjio. (Lat.) — "I endeavour to be brief, but 
 
 I become obscure." Applied to authors, who, aiming at too great 
 brevity, neglect so much the requisite explanation, that their works 
 become obscure. — M.M. 
 
 421. Brevis voluptas mox doloris est parens. (Lat.) — "Short-lived plea- 
 
 sures are often productive of pain." — M.D. 
 
 422. Brutum fulmen. (Lat.) — " A harmless thunderbolt." A loud but 
 
 vain menace. An inoperative law. He uttered a tirade, which 
 was a mere brutum fulmen, all violence and noise. — M.D. 
 
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 c. 
 
 423. Cacoethes. — " Any bad custom or habit/* This is a Greek word, 
 
 which has been in some degree adopted into other languages, 
 written as above, in common characters. It is not used by itself, 
 but combined with some other word. E. G. — M.D. 
 
 424. Cacoethes carpendi. — *' An itch for correcting," or for finding fault 
 
 with.— M.D. 
 
 425. Cacoethes loquendi. — " A passion for speaking." An anxious wish 
 
 or desire to speak in public. — M.D. 
 
 426. Cacoethes scribendi. — ** A rage for writing." He has got the cacoe- 
 
 thes scribendi. He is always scribbling. — M.D. 
 
 427. Cada uno es hijo, de sus obras. (Span.) — " Every man must be re- 
 
 sponsible for his own acts." All men are judged by their deeds. 
 The French say, A Voeuvre on connait Partisan. — M.D. 
 
 428. Cadit qucestio. (Lat.J — " The question is at an end." The circum- 
 
 stances being as related, cadit qucestio, the subject requires no 
 farther investigation, the discussion may cease. — M.D. 
 
 429. Cceca invidia est, nee quidquam aliud scit quam detrectare virtutes. 
 
 LivY. — " Envy is blind, and the ruling passion of the envious 
 man is to detract from the virtues of others." — M.D. 
 
 430. CiBCus nonjudicat de colore. — " A blind man is a bad judge of co- 
 
 lours."— M.D. 
 
 431. Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius. Seneca. — " The state of that 
 
 man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, 
 must be most deplorable." 
 
 " Incessant fears the anxious mind molest." — M.D. 
 
 432. Campos ubi Troja fuit. Lucan. — " The fields (the spots) where 
 
 Troy once stood." Equally applicable to the ruins of Balbec, or 
 any other of the dilapidated cities of antiquity. — M.M. 
 
 433. Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras. Ovid. — ** Mild peace is 
 
 becoming men, savage anger for wild beasts." — M.D. 
 
 434. Candida, perpetuo reside, concordia, lecto, 
 
 Jamque pari semper sit Venus cequa jugo : 
 Diligat ilia senem quondam j sed et ipsa marito. 
 Tunc quoque cum fiiei'it, non videatur anus. Mar. — " May fair con- 
 cord ever attend their bed, and may Venus, ever auspicious, watch 
 over such a well assorted imion ! may she tenderly love her old 
 man, and may she not, even when advanced in years, appear to 
 her husband to be an old woman." — M. 
 
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 435. Candidh et constanter. — " With candour and constancy." Motto 
 
 of the Earl of Coventry. — M.D. 
 
 436. Candid^, securh. (Lat.) — '' Candidly and safely." Motto of Lord 
 
 Lyndoch. — M.B. 
 
 437. Candor dat viribus alas. (Lat.) — " Candour gives wings to strength." 
 
 Motto of Earl of Belvidere.— M.D. 
 
 438. Can chi abbaia non morde. (Ital.) — " The dog that barks does not 
 
 bite." The same phrase is found in Latin. — See the following 
 quotation. — M. 
 
 439. Canes timidi vehementius latrant quam mordent. (Lat. Prov.J — " Timid 
 
 dogs bark more violently than they bite." — M. 
 
 440. Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. Juv. — " The traveller, with 
 
 empty pockets, will sing in presence of robbers." Though poverty 
 compels us to submit to many unpleasant circumstances, the poor 
 are exempted from a thousand anxieties and apprehensions, which 
 are productive of infinite pain to the rich. — M.D. 
 
 441. Cantantes licet usque ^ (minus via Icedet) eamus. — " Let us sing as we 
 
 travel onwards, it will beguile the tediousness of the road." — M. 
 
 442. Cap a pie. (Norm. Fr.) — " From head to foot." The modern French 
 
 reverse the words, and say, " De pie en cap," — from foot to head. 
 —M.D. 
 
 443. Capias. (Law Lat.) — The explanation of this term is given by Mr. 
 
 Macdonald, in his Dictionary, in the following words : " You may 
 take a writ to authorize the capture or taking of the defendant, it is 
 divided into two sorts," viz. : — M.D. 
 
 444. Capias ad respondendum. — ** You take to answer." " A writ issued 
 
 to take the defendant for the purpose of making him answerable to 
 the plaintiff," and a 
 
 445. Capias ad satisfaciendum. — " You take to satisfy." " A writ of exe- 
 
 cution after judgement, empowering the officer to take and detain 
 the body of the defendant until satisfaction be made to the plain- 
 tiff."— M.X). 
 
 446. Capitis nives. Hor. — '' White hair." The snows of age. — M. 
 447- Capistrum maritale. Juv. — " The matrimonial noose." — M. 
 
 448. Captum te nidore suae putat ille culince. Juv. — " He thinks he has won 
 
 you by letting you smell his kitchen." He considers you as one 
 of those parasitical fellows, who would be influenced by the savoury 
 odour which proclaims that a good dinner is in preparation. — M.D. 
 
 449. Caput mortuum. (Lat.) — '* A dead head." A term in chemistry, 
 
 implying the useless residuum of any substance that has been acted 
 
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 on by fire, or by any solvent : applied also to a stupid fellow, a 
 cypher in society. — M.D. 
 
 450. Caput mundi. (hat.) — " The head of the world.'' This proud desig- 
 
 nation was given to ancient Rome in the brilliant days of her splen- 
 dour and prosperity, but it is applied in a different sense, by 
 Roman Catholics, to modem Rome. — M.D. 
 
 451. Car a al mio cuor tu sei, 
 
 Cid ch'h il sole agli occhi miei. (Ital.) — " Thou art as dear to my 
 heart as the sun to my eyes." 
 
 " Dear as the light that visits these sad orbs, 
 
 Dear as the ruddy drops that warm this heart." Gray. — M.D. 
 
 452. Caret periculo, qui etiani tutus cavet. Syrus. — " He is most secure 
 
 from danger who, even when conscious of safety, is on his guard." 
 The man who is prudent and cautious, is generally secure from 
 many dangers to which others are continually exposed. — M.D. 
 
 453. Carezza il tuo nemico o strozzalo. (Ital.) Machi. — ** Gain over 
 
 your enemy, or make away with him." Strangle him. — M.D. 
 
 454. Carpe diem quam minime credula postero. Hor. — " Grasp the enjoy- 
 [ merits of the present day, confiding as little as possible in those of 
 ' to-morrow." It was a maxim agreeable to the Pagan morality, 
 
 that present enjoyment was always to be seized, in preference to 
 waiting for the expected pleasure of a future day. — M.M. 
 
 455. Carte blanche. (Fr.) — " A blank card, or paper." Giving a person 
 I a carte blanche in any affair, is giving him permission to act ac- 
 cording to his own pleasure or judgement. — M.D. 
 
 456. Casern est sanus quern datavara manus. (Lat. Med. Aphor.) — "Cheese 
 
 when given with a sparing hand is wholesome." — M.M. 
 
 457- Caseus est nequam quia concoquit omnia secum. (Lat. Med. Aphor.) 
 — ** Cheese is injurious, because it digests all other things with 
 itself." It promotes a too rapid digestion. On the superiority of 
 either of these two contending aphorisms over the other, ] leave 
 the caseists and anticaseists of the medical world to decide. — M. 
 
 458. Cassis tutissima virtus. (Lat.) — " Virtue is the safest helmet." Motto 
 of Marquis of Cholmondeley. — M.D. 
 
 459- Casta advirum matrona parendo imperat. D. Laber. — " An amiable 
 wife, by obeying her husband, acquires the command over him." 
 — M. 
 
 460. Casta moribus et Integra pudore. Mart. — *' Of chaste morals and ir- 
 
 reproachable modesty." — M. 
 
 461. Castigare opus aliquid. Hor. — *' To correct any work." The French 
 
 say, in the same sense, " chatier un ouvrage.*' — M. 
 
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 462. Castor gaudet equis : ovo pror/natus eodem 
 
 Puffnis. — *' Castor delights in horses, while his twin-brother (Pol- 
 lux; is addicted to wrestling.'* So various are the pursuits, so dif- 
 ferent the dispositions of men. — M. 
 
 463. Castrant alios ut libros suos per se graciles alieno adipe suffarciant. 
 
 Jovius. — " They pilfer from the works of others, that with the 
 beauties drawn from their writings they may enrich their own 
 jejune productions." Applicable to plagiarists who borrow from 
 the works of others every thing good that appears in their own. — 
 M.D. 
 
 464. Casus quern scepe transit, aliquando invenit. (Lat. Frov.) — " He 
 
 whom misfortune has often passed by, is at length assailed by it." 
 Good fortune, however long continued, is no pledge of future 
 security. The pitcher may go often to the weU but be at last 
 broken.— M.D. 
 
 465. Causa et origo est materia negotii. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The cause 
 
 and the origin form the marrow of the business." On this Mr. 
 Macdonald gives the following definition : " Every man has a 
 right to enter into a tavern, and every lord to distrain his tenant^s 
 beasts ; but if, in the former case, a riot ensues, or if in the latter 
 the landlord kills the distrained, the law will infer that they entered 
 for these purposes, and deem them trespassers from the beginning." 
 —M.D. 
 
 466. Causa latet, vis est notissima. Ovid. — ** The cause is unrevealed, 
 
 but the act of violence is self-evident." — M.M. 
 
 467. Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque 
 
 Suspectos laqueos, et opertum miluus hamum. — " For the cautious 
 wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk the suspected snare, and the kite 
 the concealed hook." 
 
 " For wily wolves the fatal pitfall fear, 
 
 Kites fly the bait and hawks the latent snare." Francis. — M.D. 
 
 468. Caveat emptor. (Lat.) — " Let the buyer beware." Let the person 
 
 wishing to purchase be on his guard. — M.M. 
 
 469. Cavendo tutus. (Lat.) — " Safe by caution." Motto of the House 
 
 of Cavendish. — M.D. 
 
 470. Cavendum est ne major poena, quam culpa, sit j etne iisdemde causis 
 
 alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem. Cic. — " Care must be 
 taken that in no case shall the punishment exceed the degree of 
 the delinquency, as likewise that punishment be not visited on 
 some men for offences for which others are not called upon to 
 answer." — M.D. 
 
 471. Cedant armM togce, concedat laurea linguae. Cic. — ** Let the sword 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 45 
 
 give precedence to the gown, (that is, to justice, to the law,) an 
 the laurel be yielded to the tongue," (to the powers of oratory.) 
 —M.D. 
 
 472. Cede Deo. Vir. — " Yield to God." Submit to the decrees of Provi- 
 
 dence, to which all opposition must be vain. — M.D. 
 
 473. Cede repugnanti : cedendo victor abibis. Ovid. — ** Yield to your 
 
 opponent, by yielding you will come off conqueror." Cases often 
 occur when a prudent and dignified concession, or acknowledge- 
 ment of error, gives to the person making it a decided advantage 
 over his adversary. — M.D. 
 
 474. Cedite Romani scripiores, cedite Graii. (hat.) — ** Yield ye Roman 
 
 writers, yield ye Grecian," ironically applied. — M.M. 
 
 475. Cela m'echauffe la bile. (Fr.) — '* That warms the bile." Irritates, 
 
 vexes, frets me. Stirs up my bile. — M. 
 
 476. Cela n*est pas de mon ressort, (Fr.) — ** That is not in my line of 
 
 business." It is not in my province or department or profession. 
 —M. 
 
 477. Celsce graviore casu 
 
 Decidunt turres. Hor. — " Lofty towers tumble with a tremendous 
 crash." — M. 
 
 478. Celui'la est le mieux servi, qui n'a pas besoin de mettre les mains 
 
 desautres au bout de ses bras. Rousseau. — " He is the best served 
 who has not occasion to put other people's hands to the ends 
 of his own arms." There is nothing more true than that what 
 we do by ourselves, and for ourselves, is always done in a more 
 satisfactoiy manner than when it is done by others. — M.D. 
 
 479. Celui-la est pauvre dont la depense excede la recette, celui-la est riche 
 
 qui regoit plus quHl ne consume. La Bruy. — " He whose expen- 
 diture exceeds his revenues must be poor ; but he must be rich 
 who receives more than he disburses." — M. 
 
 480. Celui qui aime mieux ses tresors que ses amis, merite de n'etre aim^ de 
 
 personne. (Fr.) — *' He who loves his riches more than he does his 
 friends does not deserve to be beloved." — M. 
 
 48 1 . Celui qui a trouv^ un bon gendre, a gagn^ un Jils j mats celui qui en a 
 
 rencontr^ un mauvais, a perdu unejille. (Fr.) — " He who has gotten 
 a good son-in-law has found a son, but he who has met with a bad 
 one has lost a daughter." — M.D. 
 
 482. Celui qui d^vore la substance du pauvre, y trouve a la Jin un os qui 
 
 V Strangle. (Fr.) — ** He who swallows up the sul)stance of the poor 
 will find, in the end, that it contains a bone to choke him." The 
 great mass of the common people may, for a time, be ground down 
 
46 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 by oppression ; but, in the end, their vengeance assail^ their op- 
 pressor with irresistible force. — M.D. 
 
 483. Celui qui se defait de son Men avant que de mourir, se prepare a bien 
 
 sovffrir. (Fr.J — **He who gives away his entire property before his 
 death, prepares much suffering (deep regrets) for himself." In- 
 solence and neglect will be manifested towards him ; whereas, 
 had he retained his property in his own power, he would have 
 been overwhelmed with attentions and respect. — M.D. 
 
 484. Cemonde est plein defous, et qui n'en veut pas voir, 
 
 Doit se renfermer seul, et 'casser son miroir. BoiLEAu.-^*'The world 
 is peopled with fools, and he who would avoid seeing one, must 
 lock himself up alone, and break his looking glass." — M.M. 
 
 485. Ce mot ne se peut pas dire civillement sans correctif. (Fr.) — "That 
 
 expression cannot civilly be made use of without some qualifica- 
 tion."— 3f. 
 
 486. Ce n* est pas etre bien aise que de rire. (Fr.) St. Evremond. — *' Laugh- 
 
 ing is not always the index of a mind at ease." Or of real joy. — 
 M.D. 
 
 487. C'en est fait. (Fr.)—'' It is all over."— ilf.D. 
 
 488. C'en est fait de lui. (Fr.) — ** He is undone." Ruined. — M. 
 
 489. Ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute. (Fr.) — " The first step only 
 
 costs us remorse." This alludes to the entrance of young persons 
 into vicious courses. Remorse strikes him at his first deviation 
 from the paths of virtue, and the inward monitor conveys reproof ; 
 but at every repetition, repugnance becomes weaker, and at length 
 sins of the deepest dye cease to affright him, who before had 
 trembled at the commission of even venial transgressions. — M. 
 
 490. Cent ore di malinconia non paganoun quattrino de debito. (Ital.) — "An 
 
 hundred hours of repining wiUnot liquidate one farthing of debt." 
 Remorse, however bitter, is ineffectual and unavailing, when a debt 
 has been contracted, though a little prudence might have pre- 
 vented its being incurred. — M. 
 
 491. Ce qui fait qu'on n'est pas content de sa condition, c'est rides chime- 
 
 rique qu'on se forme du bonheur d'autrui. (Fr.) — ** That which 
 makes us so discontented with our own condition, is the false and 
 exaggerated estimate we are apt to form o£ the happiness of others." 
 —M.D. 
 
 492. Ce qui manque aux orateurs en profondeur, 
 
 lis vous le donnent en longueur. Montesquieu. — " What orators 
 fail in, as to depth, they make up to you in length." — M.D. 
 
 493. Ce qu'on nomme liberalite, n'est, souvent, que la vanite de donner ; que 
 
 nous aimons mieux que ce que novs donnons. (Fr.) Rochefoucault. 
 
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 — " That on which the name of liberality is often bestowed, is fre- 
 quently nothing but the vanity of giving ; a passion which we are 
 more fond of gratifying, than we are of that which we give." — 
 M.D. 
 
 494. Ce qui vient par la flute, s^en va par le tambour. (Fr. Prov.) — "What 
 
 is earned by the flute, is spent on the drum." Money earned with 
 little labour, is generally spent with little consideration. — M.D. 
 
 495. Cernit omnia Dens vindcx. (hat.) — " God, the avenger of evil do- 
 
 ings, sees aU things." — M. 
 
 496. Certa amittimus dum incerta petimus. Plaut. — " We lose things that 
 
 are certain, while we pursue others that are dubious."— M. 
 
 497- Certiorari. (Lat. Law Max.) — '* To be made more certain." A writ, 
 ordering a record to be removed from an inferior to a superior 
 court. — M.D. 
 
 498. Certum peteflnem. (Lat.) — **Seek a sure end." Motto of the earl 
 
 of Wicklow.— M.D. 
 
 499. Cervius hcec inter vicinus garrit aniles 
 
 Ex re fabellas. Hor. — *' Between these matters, my neighbour 
 Cervius chats over old stories, as occasion may give room."— -3f. 
 
 500. Cervus equum pugnd melior, communibus herhis 
 
 Pellebat, donee, minor in certamine longo, 
 Imploravit opes hominis, frcenumque recepit j 
 Sed postquam victor, victo discessit ab hoste, 
 Non equitem dor so, nonfrcenum depulit ore j 
 Sic qui pauperiem veritus, potiore metallis 
 lAbertate caret, dominum vehet improbv^, atque 
 Serviet ceternum, quia parvo nesciet uti. Hor. — "The stag, supe- 
 rior in battle, drove away the horse from the common pasture ; 
 until the latter, finding himself inferior throughout a long contest, 
 implored the aid of man,, and submitted to receive the bit. But, 
 when he afterwards came off victorious over his fallen enemy, he 
 could neither shake off the rider from his back, nor the bit from 
 his mouth. Thus he, who, fearing poverty, resigns his liberty, 
 which is more precious than gold, shall, as a drudge, carry his mas- 
 ter, and be a slave for ever, because he knew not how to be content 
 with a little."— M. 
 
 501. Ces discours, il est vrai, sont fort beaux dans un livre. Boileau. — 
 
 ** These ideas might do well for a book." i. e. very specious in 
 theory, but useless in practice. — M.D. 
 
 502. Ce sont toujours les avanturiers qui font de grandes choses, ef non pas 
 
 les souvrains de grands empires. Montesquieu. — ** It is by adven- 
 turers that great actions are performed, and not by the sovereigns 
 of great empires." The commencement of the nineteenth century 
 
 2 
 
48 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 has in a singular degree elucidated this maxim, especially in the 
 instances of the French usui*per and his dependants.— M.i). 
 
 503. Cessante causa, cessat et effectus. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The cause 
 
 ceasing, the effect must likewise be at an end." — M.D. 
 
 504. Cest la le diable. (Fr. Phrase.)—'' That's the devil." There's the 
 
 rub.— M.D. 
 
 505. C'est la prosperite qui donne des amis, c'est Vadversite qui les ^prouve. 
 
 (Fr.) — " Prosperity gives us friends, adversity proves them." — 
 M.D. 
 
 506. C'est la source des combats des philosophes, dont les uns ont pris a tache 
 
 d'elever Vhomme, en decouvrant ses grandeurs, et les autres de Vabais- 
 ser en representant ses miseres. Pascal. — " This is the origin of the 
 disputes among philosophers, of whom one party has undertaken 
 to elevate mankind, by developing his great qualities, and the other 
 to degrade him by representing his defects." — M.D. 
 
 507. C^ est le per e anx ecus. (Fr.) — " He is the father of crowns." He is 
 
 the man who has the money. — M.D. 
 
 508. C'est le ton qui fait la musique. (Fr.) — " It is the tone that makes 
 
 the music." " The tone and manner in which words are delivered, 
 contribute mainly, on certain occasions, to the effect they are to 
 produce, and to the weight and import which is attached to them." 
 A loud, or vehement mode of delivery, accompanied by a haughty 
 action, may render an expression highly offensive, which would, 
 -if differently pronounced, be perfectly harmless. — M.D. 
 
 509. Oest une autre chose. (Fr. Phrase.) — " It is quite another thing." 
 
 A different matter. The facts of the case differ entirely from the 
 first representation. — M.D. 
 
 510. C^est une autre pair de manches. (Fr.) — ** It is another pair of 
 
 sleeves." It is quite a different thing ; another matter. — M. 
 
 511. C'est un avaleur de charettes ferrees. (Fr.) — " He would swallow a 
 
 cart, wheels and all." A fellow of an insatiable appetite. — M. 
 
 512. C'est une hague au doigt. — " It is as a ring on your finger." The 
 
 same as ready money. — M.D. 
 
 513. C'est une grande folie de vouloir etre sage tout seul. Rochefoucault. 
 
 — " It is a great folly to pretend to be the only wise person," It 
 must be foolish indeed for any man to suppose that he excels all 
 others in understanding. — M.D. 
 
 514. C'est une grande difformite dans la nature, qu'un vieillard amoureux. 
 
 La Bruyere. — "An old man affecting to be in love, is an ano- 
 maly in nature." — M. 
 
 515. C'est une grande mishre que de n^ avoir pas assez d* esprit pour Men par- 
 
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 Zer, ni assez de jugement pour se tairej voila le principe de toute im- 
 pertinence. La Bruyere. — " It is a great misfortune not to pos- 
 sess talents to speak well, nor sufficient self-knowledge to be 
 silent. This is the ground of much folly." — M. 
 
 516. (Test un grand pas dans la finesse, que de faire penser de soi, que Von 
 
 n*est que mediocrement fin. La Bruyere. — " It is a great proof of 
 address in negociation, to induce those with whom you treat, to 
 under-value your abilities." — M. 
 
 517. C'est un sot a vingt quatre carats. (Fr. Phrase.) — '* He is a fool of 
 
 twenty- four carats." His folly is unmixed; without alloy. — M.T). 
 
 518. C'est un zero en cJdffres. (Fr.) — " He is as a naught among figures." 
 
 Of no consequence or consideration whatever. — M. 
 
 519. C'est par V etude que nous sommes 
 
 Contemporains de tons les terns, 
 
 Et citoyens de tons les lieux. De La Motte. — " It is by study 
 that we become contemporaries of ages past, and citizens of every 
 country." History elucidates the transactions of ages gone by, 
 as if they were of recent occurrence, affords us insight into the 
 manners and institutions, and makes us acquainted with the cus- 
 toms of all nations. — M. 
 
 520. Ceu^ qui n^aiment pas, ont rarement de grandes joies : ceux qui aiment, 
 
 ont souvent de grandes tristesses. (Fr. Prov.) — ** Those who know 
 not how to love, rarely experience great enjoyment ; and those who 
 do love, frequently suffer deep griefs." — M.D. 
 
 521. Ceux qui nuisent a la reputation ou a la fortune des autres, plutot que 
 
 de perdre un bon mot, m^ritent une peine infamante. La Bruyere. 
 — " Those who injure the reputation, or the fortunes of others, 
 rather than lose a witty sally, deserve to be branded as infamous." 
 —M. 
 
 522. Ceux qui, sans nous connoitre assez, pensent mal de nous, ne nous font 
 
 pas tort J ce n'est pas nous quails attaquent, c'est le fantome de leur 
 imagination. La Bruyere. — ** Those who, without having an ade- 
 quate knowledge of us, form unfavourable opinions respecting us, 
 do not do us any injury, for it is not, in fact, upon us that they 
 reflect, it is on a phantom of their own imagination." — M. 
 
 523. Chacun a son gout. — " Every man according to his taste." Let 
 
 every man choose agreeably to his fancy or judgement. A remark 
 that is proverbial in every country, on the difference in the choice, 
 and in the opinions of men. — M.D. 
 
 524. Chacun dit du Men de son coBur, et personne n'en ose dire de son esprit. 
 
 RocHEFoucAULT. — " Every one e.xtols the excellence of his own 
 heart, but no one is bold enough to say so much for his head." 
 
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 A man may extol the excellence of his own heart, but of his wit, 
 or talents, he cannot boast. — M.D. 
 
 525. Chacunenparticulier pent tromper, et etre trompe j personne n' a trompe 
 
 tout le monde, et tout le monde nCa trompe personne. Bouhours. — 
 ** Every individual may deceive others, and be himself deceived ; 
 but there never was a man who could deceive the whole world, 
 nor will the whole world ever deceive any man." — M.D. 
 
 526. Chaque nation doit se gouverner selon les hesoins de ses affaires, et la 
 
 conservation du Men public. (Fr.)—** Every nation ought to be go- 
 verned according to the exigency of its affairs, and the safe-guards 
 that may be requisite to secure the public welfare." The nation 
 immediately concerned being the best qualified to form a judge- 
 ment on these points, no foreign country or potentate can have a 
 right to interfere in such internal concerns of their neighbours, 
 unless they find their own safety compromised by their proceed- 
 ings. — M.D. 
 
 527'. Chaque age a sesplaisirs, son esprit, et ses mceurs. Boileau. — " Every 
 age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own peculiar man- 
 ners." — M. 
 
 528. Ckarite Men ordonnee commence par soi-meme. (Fr.) — ** Well regu- 
 
 lated charity begins at home." — M. 
 
 529. Chasse cousin. (Fr.) — " Chace cousin." A term applied to a very 
 
 inferior kind of wine ; such as one would put down to drive away 
 poor relations, or the description of persons called hangers-on. — 
 M.D. 
 
 530. Chateaux en Espagne. (Fr.) — " Castles in Spain." Castles in the air. 
 
 An aerial order of architecture, in the erection of which many per- 
 sons are apt to indulge. — M.D. 
 
 531. Chat echaude craint Veaufroide. (Fr. Prov.) — "A scalded cat dreads 
 
 even cold water." Rather stronger than the English proverb, ** a 
 burnt child dreads the fire." — M.D. 
 
 532. Chef d'oeuvre. (Fr.) — " A master-piece." Tlie chief, or best per- 
 
 formance of any artist. — M.D. 
 
 533. Chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin. (Fr. Prov.) — "To seek 
 
 for a needle in a bundle of hay." In Latin we find the same pro- 
 verb, " acum in meta fceni quaerere." — M. 
 
 534. Che sara sara. (Ital Prov.) — *' Whatever will be will be." This 
 
 proverb, which must certainly have had its origin in the head of 
 some professor of Fatalism, has, it is not known why, become the 
 motto of the house of Bedford. — M.D. 
 
 535. Chevalier d'industrie. (Fr. Term.) — " A knight of industry." A man 
 
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 who lives by his wits, by his ingenuity, and the practice of fraud 
 on others. A sharper. — M.D. 
 
 536. Chevaux defrize. (¥r. Mil. Term.) — " A fence made of stakes sharp- 
 
 ened at each end, and passing at right angles with each other 
 through a timber, by which they are kept together," forming a 
 fence against cavalry. — M.D. 
 
 537. Chi e causa del suo mat, pianga se stesso. (Ital.) — " Let him who has 
 
 been the cause of his own misfortunes bewail his folly." No one 
 else will pity him. — M. 
 
 538. Chi fa conto senzaVhoste, conta due volte. (Ital) — " He who reckons 
 
 without his host must reckon over again." — M. 
 
 539- XtXtai TTOTt dvai £«ri Tvapa aXutrov Kai x^'-^V- (Gr.) — Chiliai pote dual 
 eisi para aleison kai cheilee. — " A thousand misfortunes may be 
 between the cup and the lip." As to the origin of this proverb 
 Mr. Macdonnel gives the following anecdote : *' One of the wor- 
 thies of antiquity had been told by an oracle that he should never 
 taste again the wine of his own cellars. Determined for once to 
 convict the oracle of untruth, he ordered a cup to be filled, and was 
 on the point of quaffing it, when he heard that a wild boar was root- 
 ing up his vines. He dashed the cup from his hand, heedlessly 
 went out to attack the spoiler of his garden, and was killed by the 
 ferocious animal." Hence the proverb. — Macdonnel's Dictionary. 
 — ikf.D. 
 
 540. Chi ha il lupo per compagno, porta il cane sotto il mantello. (Ital.) — 
 
 " He who is in company with a wolf should carry a dog under his 
 cloak." Be always on your guard against the devices of wicked 
 men, when you happen to come in contact with them — M. 
 
 541. Chi lingua ha, a Roma va. (Ital.) — " He who has a tongue may go 
 
 to Rome." He who has a tongue in his head may go any where. 
 — 3f.D. 
 
 542. Chi nan s^arrischia non guadagna. (Ital. Prov.) — '* He who risks no- 
 
 thing, can gain nothing." Or, according to the English proverb, 
 ** Nothing venture, nothing have." — M. 
 
 543. Chi mal commincia peggio finisce. (Ital. Prov.) — *' He who begins 
 
 badly, generally ends worse." — M.D. 
 
 544. Chi compra ha bisogno di cent occhi, 
 
 Chi vende n'ha assai di uno. (Ital. Prov.) — " He who buys requires 
 an hxmdred eyes, while he who sells has occasion only for one." — 
 M. 
 
 545. Chi non ha testa abhia gambe. (Ital.) — " He who has no head, must 
 
 have legs." If you cannot save yourself by your head (your cun- 
 ning) you must do it by your heels. — M.D. 
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 546. Chi non sa niente non dubita diniente. (Ital. Prov.J — " He who knows 
 nothing doubts nothing." The ignorant uneducated man, with 
 an unenlightened mind, is ever hable to be imposed on, and has 
 not discernment to discriminate between truth and falsehood. — 
 MM, 
 
 547- Chi pensa male, spesso Vindovina. (Ital.) — " He who suspects evil, 
 often guesses rightly." Those who form unfavourable opinions 
 of mankind, our experience teaches us, are too often right. — M.D. 
 
 .548. Chi serve il commune serve nessuno. (Ital.) — ** He who serves the 
 public, serves no one." Services performed are soon forgotten, 
 and the public are in general ungrateful — M.D. 
 
 549. Chi t'ha offeso non ti perdonera mai. (Ital. Prov.) — ** He who has of- 
 
 fended you will never pardon you." Many persons feel an irrecon- 
 cileable enmity towards those whom they have injured. — M.D. 
 
 550. Chi tifa carezze piu che non suole 
 
 O t'ha ingannato, O ingannar ti vuole. (Ital.) — ** He who bestows 
 on you more attentions than usual, either has deceived you, or has 
 the intention to do so." — M.M. 
 
 551. Chi tutto abbracia nulla strigne. (Ital.) — " He who grasps at all, loses 
 
 all," catches nothing. — M. 
 
 552. Chi va piano va sano, chi va adagio vo lontano. (Ital.) — " He who 
 
 goes gently travels in safety, and goes far in the day." " Slow and 
 sure."— ikf.ikf. 
 
 553. Chi vuol vada, chi non vuol mandi. (Ital.) — " He who wishes a thing 
 
 to be done, goes himself to do it ; but he who is indiflferent about 
 it, sends another person." In matters of consequence never rely 
 on the services of others. — M.D. 
 
 5 54 . Ciel pommele, femme fardee 
 
 Ne sont pas de longue duree. (Fr. Prov.) — " A mottled sky, and a 
 painted lady, are not of long duration." Do not long preserve 
 their beauty. — M. 
 
 555. Ciencia es locura si buen senso no la aura. (Span. Prov.) — *' Science 
 
 or learning are of little use, if not guided by good sense." — 3I.D. 
 
 556. Cio che Dio vuole, lo voglio. (Ital.) — "What God wills, I will." 
 
 Motto of lord Dormer. — M.D. 
 
 557. Cio che si usa, non pa bisogno di scusa. (Ital. Prov.) — "That to 
 
 which custom has reconciled us, requires no excuse." — M. 
 553. Cineres credis curare sepultos ? Vir. — ** Do you think that the ashes 
 of the dead care for that ?" That any manifestation of respect, or 
 love, or that any indignity offered by the living can affect them ? — 
 M.D. 
 
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 559. Citiusvenit periculum cum contemnitur. Decim. Laber. — "When we 
 
 despise danger, it overtakes us the sooner/' Any contempt of the 
 powers of your enemy always leads to insecurity, and very often 
 incurs defeat. — M.D. 
 
 560. Citd scribendo nonfit ut bene scribafur, 
 
 Benk scribendo fit ut citd. Quintil. — " In writing quickly, you 
 may not write well, but to write well, you must write with readi- 
 ness." Hasty composition may not be always good, but he who 
 cannot express himself with promptitude and facility, never can 
 excel as a writer. — M. 
 
 56 1 . Civitas ea autem in libertate est posita, quce suis stat viribus, non ex 
 
 alieno arbitrio pendet. Livy. — *' That nation alone can be consi- 
 dered free, which relies upon its own powers, and does not depend 
 on the will or voice of another." — M.D. 
 
 562. Clamorem ad sidera mittunt. Statius. — ** They send their shouts to 
 
 the stars." The welkin rings with their cries. — M. 
 
 563. Clarior ^ tenebris. CLat.J — ** More clear from darkness." Motto of 
 
 earl of Miltown. — MD. 
 
 564. Claudicantis conversatione uteris, ipse quoque claudicare disces. (Lat.) 
 
 — *' Associate with the lame and you will learn to limp." There 
 is nothing more true than that we soon acquire the habits and 
 manners, and sentiments of those we live with. Hence the great 
 .: importance, especially to the young, of associating with the best 
 
 company, and carefully avoiding such as may corrupt, debase, or 
 render them vulgar. We are always judged of by our company, 
 and the old adage has in it much pith, ** Tell me your company, 
 and I'll tell you what you are." — M. 
 
 565. Clausum f regit, (haw Lat.) — " He broke into ground that was en- 
 
 closed." He committed a trespass on my fence. — M.D. 
 
 566. Clouer les roues de la fortune. (Fr.) — "To nail the wheel of fortune." 
 
 This is said of a person who, having realized property, places it 
 beyond the vicissitudes of fortune. — M. 
 
 567- Ccelitus mihi vires. (Lat.) — " My strength is from heaven." Motto 
 of Viscount Ranelagh. — M.D. 
 
 568. Codum non animum mutant qui trans mare currant. Hor — " Those 
 who fly across the ocean, may change climate, but their mind is 
 still the same." This maxim would imply, that men of weak and 
 shallow understanding, can derive little benefit or improvement 
 from travel ; and also, that let the guilty man fly where he may, 
 his mind must be his companion. The corroding self-reproaches 
 of a guilty conscience must agonize his heart, and his mind be tor- 
 tured by the dread of the impending wrafh of an offended God. — 
 M.M. 
 
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64 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 569. Ccdum non animum. (Lat.) — " The climate, not your mind," (you 
 
 may change). Motto of the earl of Waldegrave. — M.D. 
 
 570. Ccelum quid qiuBrimus ultra ? Lucan. — " Beyond heaven what do we 
 
 seek?"— ikf. 
 
 571. C<Btus dulcesy valete! ! Catul. — " Ye sweet assemblies, farewell! !" 
 
 Happy meetings, delightful societies, congenial associations, adieu ! ! 
 — M. 
 
 572. Cogenda mens est ut incipiat. Sen. — " The mind must be excited to 
 
 make a beginning." In all the walks of life this maxim holds 
 good J excitement is necessary to us all ; and whether our motive 
 be, to satisfy our wants, to gratify our love of pleasure, to feed our 
 vanity, or to give scope to our charities, the effect is still the same, 
 the excitement releases us from the trammels of indolence, and 
 rouses us to exertion. — M.M, 
 
 573. Cogi qui potest nescitmori. Sen. — "He who can be compelled, knows 
 
 not how to die." A man of a truly upright mind will die, rather 
 than be compelled to do an act which he considers dishonourable ; 
 and he who is regardless of the terrors of the grave, may smile with 
 contempt at the menaces of the despot, who would apply compul- 
 sion. — M.D. 
 
 574. Colubrum in sinu fovere. Ph^dr. — " To cherish a serpent in your 
 
 bosom." To harbour, or, to admit into your confidence, a false 
 friend.— M.M. 
 
 575. Combien de heros, glorieuXy magnanimes, ontvecu trop d'unjour. (Fr.j 
 
 — J. B. Rousseau. — "How many distinguished heroes have lived 
 too long by one day," i. e. have lived to tarnish the laurels won by 
 former good conduct. — M.D. 
 
 576. Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est. Pub. Syr. — " An agreeable 
 
 companion, on a journey, is as good as a carriage." Will make 
 the way appear less long, the journey less tiresome, and will be- 
 guile the time. — M.M. 
 
 577. Comitas inter gentes. — " Civility between nations." That mutual 
 
 politeness in their intercourse, that consideration for the interests 
 and wishes of each other, which is due from one civiUzed nation to 
 another, which deprives even their conflicts of inveteracy, and mi- 
 tigates the asperities of war. — M.M. 
 
 578. Comme il faut. fFr.J— " As it ought to be;" properly, well done. 
 
 Such a thing is done comme il faut. This expression is also used, 
 to imply a person in the upper, or fashionable ranks of life, a re- 
 spectable or genteel person, as, un homme, or, une femme comme il 
 faut, des gens comme ilfaut, Gentlefolks j mlgo, quality.— M.D. 
 
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 579. Commejefus. (Fr.) — ** As I was." Motto of Viscount Dudley and 
 
 Ward.--M.D. 
 
 580. Comme le voila accommod^! (Fr. Prov.) — " How nicely he is fitted." 
 
 How well he is served. He is in a pretty pickle. — M.D. 
 
 581. Commune bonum. (Lat.) — *' A common good." A thing of public 
 
 advantage or benefit. 
 
 582. Commune periculum concordiam parit. (Lat.) — " A common danger 
 
 produces concord." As, for instance, an aggression on the part 
 of a hostile nation, often puts an end to the evils of civil war, by 
 uniting in defence of their common country, those who had been 
 previously arrayed against each other. — M.D. 
 
 583. Commune naufragium omnibus est consolatio. (hat.) — " A general 
 
 shipwreck is a consolation to all." A general calamity, in which 
 an entire neighbourhood, or a whole nation is involved, is always 
 borne with more firmness of mind, and supported with greater re- 
 signation, by every individual sufferer, than the same misfortune 
 would have been, had it happened to himself singly. — M. 
 
 584. Commune quod est, ne tuum solum dicas. (Lat.) — " That which is 
 
 common property you shall by no means call your own." It is 
 never permitted that any property in which the public have a right, 
 should be monopolized by any individual, however high his rank 
 or station. — M. 
 
 585. Commune vitium inmagnis liberisque civitatibus ut invidia comes gloriee 
 
 sit. Corn. Nep. — " It is a common fault, in great and free commu- 
 nities, that envy should be excited in others, by the attainment of 
 glory."— MD. 
 
 586. Communia proprie dicere. Hor. — *' To relate with propriety common 
 
 occurrences." A dramatic writer who wishes to describe scenes 
 in themselves novel (not previously touched by another hand) here 
 finds great difficulty. — M.D. 
 
 587. Communibus annis. (Lat.)— '* On an average of years." One year 
 
 with another. — M.D. 
 
 588. Comparaison n*estparraison. (Fr.) — " A comparison is no reason." 
 
 To attempt a proof draAvn from the comparison of one thing with 
 another, is false logic ; as, in no two subjects will you find an exact 
 concurrence of all circumstances. — M.D. 
 
 589. Compendiaria res improbitas, virtusque tarda. (Lat.) — " Dishonesty 
 
 chooses the most expeditious route, virtue the more circuitous one." 
 Vicious men may sometimes attain celebrity by a short but danger- 
 ous track; while the man of uncompromising integrity, jogs on 
 with patience in the common beaten path, solacing himself with the 
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56 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 old maxim, " the longest way about, is tlie shortest way home.'* 
 —M.D. 
 
 590. Componitur orbis 
 
 Regis ad exemplum j nee sic inflectere sensus 
 
 Humanos edicta valent, quam vita regentis. Claudian. — ** The 
 manners of the world are formed according to those of the kings of 
 the earth ; nor can royal edicts so far influence the human under- 
 standing, as would a good example, exhibited in the lives of their 
 kings."— ikf.D. 
 
 591. Compositum jus fasque animi. Persius. — '* Law and equity." Motto 
 
 of lord Ellenborough.— ikf.D. 
 
 592. Compositum miraculi causa. Tacit. — '' A story composed for the 
 
 sake of exciting wonder." Many people have an unfortunate pas- 
 sion for inventing fictions, merely for the purpose of exciting 
 amazement in their hearers. — M.D. 
 
 593. Compos mentis. (Law Lat.J — "A man of a sound and clear mind." 
 
 594. Comptant compte. (Tr.^— "Ready money paid down." An immediate 
 
 discharge by cash. — M.D. 
 
 595. Con amore. (Ital.) — " With love." He undertook the thing, con 
 
 amore. He follows that study, con amore, and therefore he will 
 excel in it. — M.D. 
 
 596. Conciliat animos comitas affahilitasque sermonis. Cic. de Off. — ** The 
 
 cheerfulness of his conversation, and the affability of his address, 
 conciliate every one." — M. 
 
 597. Concordia discors. (Lat.) Ovid. — ** A discordant harmony." This 
 
 is expressive of an ill-suited union of things, a jarring association 
 of men.— M.D. 
 
 598. Concordia et conspiratio omnium ordinum facta est, ad libertatem recu- 
 
 perandum. Cic. — "A combination and conspiracy was formed by 
 all classes of the people, for the recovery of their liberties." — M. 
 
 599. Concordia parvce res crescunt, discordid maxima dilabuntur. Sall. 
 
 — ** By union the most trifling beginnings thrive and encrease ; by 
 disunion and discord the most flourishing establishments have 
 fallen to the ground." This remark applies with equal force to 
 national, as to individual interests. The former part of the quota- 
 tion is the motto of the corporation of tailors in London. — M.M. 
 
 600. Condo et compono quce mox depromere possim. Hor. — ** I store and lay 
 
 by things which I can produce at my pleasure." In my hours of 
 study I acquire information and knowledge, which is to be useful 
 "in after-life. e. g. I select quotations for my dictionary. — M.M. 
 
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 601. Confido, conquiesco. (Lat.) — " I confide and am at rest." Motto of 
 
 the Scotch earl of Dysart. — M.D. 
 
 602. Confiteor, si quid prodest delicta fateri, Ovid. — " I confess my fault 
 
 if the acknowledgment can be of any avail." — M. 
 
 603. Conge d'elire. (Fr.) — " Leave to elect." A permission granted by 
 
 the king to a dean and chapter to choose a bishop. A mere matter 
 of form this, as the conge is always accompanied by a letter, naming 
 the person whom they must choose. — M.D. 
 
 604. Conjugium vocat, hoc prcetexit nomine culpam. Virg. — " She calls it 
 
 wedlock, under that name she glosses over her crime." This is a 
 subterfuge that has been resorted to by many modern belles, who 
 have imitated the example of the hapless Dido. — M. 
 
 605. Conjunctio maris et fcemince est dejure natures. (Law Max.) — " The 
 
 conjunction of male and female, is in accordance with the law of 
 nature."— M.D. 
 
 606. Conscia mens recti, famts mendacia ridet. Ovid. — " The mind that 
 
 feels conscious of its own rectitude, despises the lies of common 
 report." The principle on which this maxim is founded is correct, 
 but there are some species of calumny of which it is necessary to 
 openly repel the shafts, and to pass over which in silence, would 
 be construed into an acquiescence in the charge. — M.D. 
 
 607. Conscius libidinum. Cic. — ** A partner in his debaucheries." A par- 
 
 ticipator in his dissipation and vices. — M. 
 
 608. Consensus facit legem. (Lat. Max.) — ** Cpnsent makes the law." 
 
 Two parties having made an agreement, whxh has received the 
 concurrence of each, their bargain, if not in contravention of any 
 existing law, is not a subject for legal consideration. The terms 
 of their agreement must be fulfilled. — M.D. 
 
 609- Consentire nonvidetur qui errat. (Lat. Jus. Antiq.J — " The party that 
 is under a mistake is not deemed to consent." Hence it is a prin- 
 ciple in Ethics (says Mr. Macdonnel) that no one is deemed to 
 accede to that, of which he had not a previous knowledge. *' Nil 
 volitum quin pracognitum." — M.D. 
 
 610. Consequitur quodcunque petit. {Lat.)— " He attains whatever he aims 
 
 at." Motto of the marquis of Headfort.— M.D. 
 
 6 11. Consilio et animis. (Lat.) — "By wisdom and courage." Motto of 
 
 the Scotch earl of 1/auderdale. — M.D. 
 
 612. Consilium ne sperne meum, tibi fausta parantur. (Lat.) — ** Despise 
 
 not my advice, auspicious days await you." — M. 
 
 613. Consuefacere aliquem sua sponte recthfacere quam alieno metu. Ter.— • 
 
 ** To accustom a person to act correctly, rather from the impulse 
 of his own mind, than through fear of another."-^ilf. 
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38 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 614. Constans et lenis, ut res expostuJef, esto. Cato. — " Be decisive or mild, 
 
 as the circumstances in which you are placed may require." Suit 
 your conduct to the occasion. — M.D. 
 
 615. Consuetudinem benignitatis, largitioni munerum antepono. Hcec est 
 
 gravium hominum atque magnorum j ilia quasi assentatorum populi, 
 multitudinis levitatem voluptate quasi titillantium. Tull. — *' I pre- 
 fer much the exercise of courtesy, civility, and kindness, to the 
 bestovi^ing of great contributions. The one it is in the power of 
 the wealthy and great alone to do, the other belongs to flatterers 
 of the people, in a manner tickling the multitude with pleasure." 
 —M, 
 
 616. Consuetudo malorum bonos mores contaminat. (Lat.) — " The habit of 
 
 committing evil corrupts good morals." — M. 
 
 617. Consuetudo pro lege servatur. (Lat. Law Max J — " Custom is to be 
 
 held as law." — M.D. 
 
 618. Conte a dormir de bout. (Fr.) — ** A story that would set one asleep 
 
 on his legs." — M.D. 
 
 619. Contemni est gravius stultitice quam percuti. {hat.) — "To a foolish 
 
 man, it is more galling to be treated with contempt, than to receive 
 a blow." Silent scorn inflicts a deeper wound on the mind of a 
 weak man, than a positive affiront. — M.D. 
 
 620. Contemni se impatienter ferunt principes, quippe qui coli consueverunt. 
 
 Tacit. — ** Princes, having been accustomed to receive homage, can 
 ill brook being treated with disrespect." — M. 
 
 621. Contemporanea expositio est fortissima in lege. (Lat. Law Max.) — "A 
 
 contemporary exposition is most strong in law." A precedent 
 drawn from the established practice of our own times, must have 
 most force. — M. 
 
 622. Contentement passe richesse. (Fr.) — " A mind contented with its 
 
 lot, is more valuable than riches." — M.D. 
 
 623. Continub culpamferro compesce, priusquam 
 
 Dira per incautum serpant contagia vulgus. Vir. — '* Repress crime 
 by the sword, before the dire contagion has infected the incautious 
 multitude." — M. 
 
 624. Contra bonos mores. {Lat.) — '* Contrary to good manners, or morals." 
 
 Any violation of the law is a breach of morality. — M.D. 
 
 625. Contra malum mortis^ non est medicamen in hortis. (Lat. Med. Aphor.) 
 
 — '* No chemist's herbarium contains a remedy against death." — 
 M.D. 
 
 626. Contra stimulum calces. Ter. — We are furnished with a good transla- 
 
 tion for this in Acts ix. 5. " You kick against the pricks." i. e. all 
 opposition is useless. — M.D. 
 
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 627. Contra verhosos noli contendere verbis : 
 
 Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis. {Lat. Cato.) — "Avoid 
 wrangling with the contentious, speech is given to every man, wis- 
 dom to but few."— ikT.D. 
 
 628. Contractata jure, contrario jure pereunt . {Lai. Jus. Antiq.) — " Privi- 
 
 leges established by one law, are done away by the provisions Of 
 an opposite law." — M.D. 
 
 629. Contredire, e'est quelquefois frapper a une porfe, pour savoir sHl y a 
 
 quelqu'un dans la maison. {Fr. Prov.) — ** To contradict, sometimes 
 means, to knock at the door to find out whether there is any one 
 at home." Contradiction is sometimes made use of (not in opposi- 
 tion) but to find out on what grounds the position first started can 
 be defended, to draw out argument. — M.D. 
 
 630. Contre fortune bon cosur. (Fr.) — ** Against the fickleness of fortune 
 
 oppose a bold heart." — M.D. 
 
 631. Convivatoris, uti ducis, ingenium res 
 
 Adverser nudare solent, celare secundce. Hor. — " Untoward circum- 
 stances usually display the talents of a host, as they do those of a 
 commander, while the powers of each may be concealed, by the even 
 course of prosperous events." — M. 
 
 632. Cor et mentem colere nitimur. (Lat.) — '* We endeavour to improve 
 
 the heart and the mind." Placed as a motto over the entrance of 
 a school at Marquise, between Calais and Bologne. — M. 
 
 633. Coram domino rege. {Lat.)—*' Before our lord the king." — M.D. 
 
 634. Coram nobis. {Lat.) — " Before us." Before the court. Before per- 
 
 sons in authority, — M.D. 
 
 635. C(yram non judice. {Lat.) — " Before a person who is not a judge." 
 
 Before an incompetent tribunal. — M.D. 
 
 636. Cordon. (Fr.) — " A line of operations, on which troops maintain and 
 
 support each other." — M.D. 
 
 637. Coronat virtus cidtores suos. {Lai.) — " Virtue rewards her followers." 
 
 —M. 
 
 638. Corpora tenth augescuni, did extinguuntur. Tacit. — " All bodies are 
 
 tedious in their growth, rapid in decay." — M.D. 
 
 639. Corporis et fortunes bonorum ut initium finis est, omnia arte occidunt, 
 
 et aucia senescunt. Sall. — " Of the blessings of health and fortune, 
 as there is a beginning, so there must be an end ; every thing that 
 is created must fall into decay, and has encreased but to become 
 old."— M.D. 
 
 640. Corps diplomatique. (Fr.) — ** The diplomatic body." The ambassa- 
 
 dors of all nations, acting under the diplomas from their respective 
 d6 
 
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 governments, under which they derive their official characters. — 
 M.D. 
 
 64 1 . Corpus delicti. (Lat. haw phrase.) — *' The body of the offence." The 
 entire nature of the crime, containing the substance, and matter, 
 of which the several counts in the indictment must be formed. — 
 M.D. 
 
 642. Corpus onustum 
 
 Hesternis vitiis animum quoque prcegravat una. Hor. — "The body, 
 oppressed by the effect of yesterday's debauch, bears down the 
 mind along with it " The effects of dissipation impair the energies 
 of the mind, as much as they debilitate the physical powers of the 
 body— ilfjf. 
 
 643. Corpus sine pectore. Hor. — " A stupid being, devoid of spirit or 
 
 animation." — M.D. 
 
 644. Corrumpunt bonos mores coUoquia prava. (Lat. Prov.) — ** The most 
 
 pure and chaste morality will become tainted, if exposed to the 
 contagion of depraved and obscene conversation."— M.ikf. 
 
 645. Corruptio optimi pessima. {Lat.) — ** The corruption (malversation) 
 
 of the best things, produces the worst effects." When corruption 
 and peculation take root in institutions which had originally been 
 the best constituted, they often attain a degree of enormity exceed- 
 ing the abuses of other establishments. — M D. 
 
 646. Corruptissimd in repuhlicd plurimce leges. Tacit. — ** In those states 
 
 which are the most corrupt, the laws always are the most multi- 
 plied." A relaxed state of public morals always requires the enact- 
 ment of numerous restraints. — M.B. 
 
 617. Cor unum, via una. (Lat.) — '* One heart, one way." Motto of the 
 marquis of Exeter, and lord Mount Sandford. — M.D. 
 
 648. Cosa fatta, capo ha. (Ital. Prov J — " A thing which is done has a 
 
 head." A thing is never done imtil it is perfectly completed. This 
 proverb probably originated with some eminent statuary of old, 
 who made use of the expression, in allusion to a statue, on which 
 he had just finished a head which pleased him, when he exclaimed 
 in rapture with his own performance, " Cosa fatta, capo ha." — 
 M.D. 
 
 649. Coup de grace. (Fr.J — *' The stroke of mercy." A term used to ex- 
 
 press the final blow given by the executioner to a culprit who was 
 suffering the hoiTible punishment of being broken on the wheel ; 
 which, even in the French nation, who boast so much of their civi- 
 lization, was practised up to the period of their revolution. This 
 blow was given as a boon of mercy, by putting an end to the most 
 dreadful agonies that human power could inflict, and was so given. 
 
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 ( as instantly to deprive the sufferer of life. Hence an expression in 
 
 common use among us, ** the finishing blow." — M.D. 
 
 650. Coup de main. (Fr.) — ** A bold enterprize suddenly executed." — 
 
 MD. 
 
 651. Coup d'oeil. (Fr.) — ** A glance of the eye." This term also implies 
 
 a view or prospect, and the French say, **voila un beau coup d'ceil.** 
 ** Un coup d'osil charmant," 8fc. — M.D. 
 
 652. Courage sans peur. (Fr.) — " Courage without fear." Motto of Vis- 
 
 count Gage. — M.D. 
 
 653. Coute quHl coute. (Fr.) — ** Let it cost what it may." The expence 
 
 is no consideration. 1 will have it, or I will do it, *' coute qu'il 
 coute." — M.D. 
 
 654. Couioume, opinion, reines de notre sort, 
 
 Vous r4glez des mortels et la vie, et la mort. De La Motte. — 
 *• Fashion, opinion, arbiters of our fate, ye influence the life, and 
 even the death of man." — M. 
 
 655. Craignez honte. (Fr.) — '* Dread shame." Motto of the duke of 
 
 Portland.— M.D. 
 
 656. Craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux. (Fr.) — " Fear every thing from 
 
 an author in a rage." The irritation, of which the minds of au- 
 thors have in all times been considered as peculiarly susceptible, is 
 noticed by Horace, who calls them the ^^ genus irritabile vatum," 
 the irritable race of poets. — M.D. 
 
 657. Cras credemus, hodie nihil. (Lat. Prov.) — " To-morrow we will be- 
 
 lieve, nothing tp-day." Let us see what may happen to-morrow ; 
 we cannot credit you' without farther consideration and experience. 
 -^M.D. 
 
 658. Credat Judceus Apella. Hor. — " Let Apella the Jew believe it." A 
 
 contemptuous expression, meaning that the thing was too absurd 
 and improbable to obtain credence from a Christian, but might 
 impose on the understanding of the Jew. The Jews were in those 
 days treated pretty much as they are in our day, and despised as 
 the off-scourings of the human race. — M.M. 
 
 659. Crede Byron. (Lat.) — ** Trust Byron." Motto of Lord Byron. — 
 
 M.D. 
 
 660. Crede mihi bene qui latuit, bene vixit, et intra 
 
 Fortunam debet quisque manere suam. Ovid. — ** Believe me that he 
 who has passed his time in retirement, has lived to a good end, and 
 it behoves every man to live within his means. — M. 
 
 661. Crede quod habeSy et habes. (Lat.) — "Believe that you have it, and 
 
 you have it." The gratification of the imagination it is certainly 
 
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 pleasant to indulge in, were it not that, unhappily, such reveries do 
 not practically realize all that the imagination conceives. — M.D. 
 
 662. Credite, posteri ! (Lat.J — ** Oh ! Posterity, is it possible ye can be- 
 
 lieve it ?" Can ye believe that things so ridiculous were credited 
 by your ancestors ? — M.D. 
 
 663. Credo pudicitiam, Saturno rege, moratam 
 
 In terris. Juv. — *' During the reign of Saturn (the golden age) I 
 believe that real chastity existed in the world." The satire is here 
 directed against the loose morals of the Roman ladies in Juvenal's 
 day. 
 
 " In Saturn's time, at nature's early birth, 
 
 There was that thing called chastity on earth.'* Dryden. 
 
 M.D. 
 
 664. Creditur, ex medio quia res arcessit, habere 
 
 Sudoris minimum. Hor. — " The scene being drawn from common 
 life (the middling class) the representation is supposed to require 
 less labour." The poet here speaks of comedy, which is thought 
 more easy than the cultivation of the tragic muse. 
 
 " To write on vulgar themes is thought an easy task." 
 
 665. Credula vitam 
 
 Spes fovet, ac melius eras fore semper ait. Tibull. — " Delusive 
 hope cherishes life, and always tells us that to morrow we shall be 
 better."— M". 
 
 666. Credula res amor est. Ovid. — " Love is credulous." The period of 
 
 love is one of credulity. When in love, every tale that flatters our 
 expectations is eagerly listened to. — M.D. 
 
 667' Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam, 
 
 Majorumque fames. Multa petentibus 
 
 Desunt multa. Bene e.tt cui Deus obtulit 
 
 Fared quod satis est manu. Hor. — " Accumulated wealth brings 
 
 care, and a thirst for increasing riches. He who requires many 
 
 luxuries, is always in want of many. Happy is he to whom God 
 
 has given a sufficiency with a sparing hand." Without superfluity. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 668. Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit j 
 
 Et minus hanc optat, qui non habet. Juv. — *' The love of money 
 increases with our wealth, and he who possesses the least, in ge- 
 neral wishes the least for it." — M.M. 
 
 669. Crescit indulgens sibi dirus hydrops. Hor. — " The dire dropsy in- 
 
 creases on him from his gratifying his thirst." The same inference 
 may be drawn from this, as from the first part of the preceding 
 quotation. — M.M. 
 
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 670. Crescit sub pondere virtus. (Lat.) — " Virtue grows under every 
 
 weight imposed on it." Under every trial. Motto of earl of Den- 
 bigh.— ilf.D. 
 
 671. Cretd an carbone notandum. (Lat.) — " To be marked with chalk, or 
 
 charcoal." In this manner the Romans, ever influenced by super- 
 stitious feelings, distinguished their lucky or unlucky days. — 
 M.D. 
 
 672. Creverunt opes, et opumfuriosa cupido, 
 
 Et quum possideas plurima, plura cupis. {Lat.) — " Your riches have 
 increased, and with them your insatiable desire of more, and when 
 you possess more than other men, you still desire to increase them." 
 —M. 
 
 673. Crimen lessee majestatis. (Lat.) — ** The crime of violating the respect 
 
 due to majesty." The guilt of high-treason. — M.D. 
 
 674. Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, non sua cernunt. 
 
 Hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi. (Ital.) — " Those tvho frequently 
 see the faults of others, are blind to their own, such men are wise 
 towards others, but to themselves fools." — MM. 
 
 675. Crimine ab uno 
 
 Disce omnes. Vir. — ** From one offence you may learn the com- 
 plexion of all."— ikf.ikf. 
 
 67 Q. Crom-a-boo. (Irish.) — " 1 will burn." Motto of the duke of Leins- 
 ter.— M.D. 
 
 677' Cruci dum spiro fido. {Lat.) — " While I breathe I put my trust in 
 the cross." Motto of the Irish Viscounts Netterville and Galway. 
 —M.D. 
 
 678. Crudelem medicum inteniperans oeger facit. Pub. Syr. — " An intem- 
 perate patient makes a physician unfeeling." — M.D. 
 
 67Q. Crux. {Lat.) — " A cross." Any thing that particularly frets or 
 vexes us. As, cru^criticorum, ** the cross of critics." Crux me- 
 dicorum, " the cross of physicians." Crux mathematicorum, '* the 
 cross of mathematicians." Meaning, the greatest difficulties that 
 can occur to those persons in their respective walks. — M.D. 
 
 680. Cucullus nonfacit monachum. {Lat.) — " The cowl does not make the 
 
 man a monk." We are not to judge of men from their garb, or 
 even from the sanctity of their appearance. — M.M. 
 
 681. Cui bono? {Lat.) — "To what good?" What good purpose will it an- 
 
 swer ? What benefit will result from what you propose ? — M.D. 
 
 682. Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit, concedere videtur et id, sine quo res 
 
 ipsa esse non potest. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** He who makes a grant 
 to any man, is always held to have granted at the same time, any 
 privilege which is essential to his enjoyment of the grant." Of this 
 
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 Mr. Macdonnel gives the following practical instance. " A person 
 selling the timber on his estate, the buyer may cut down the trees, 
 and convey them away without being responsible for the injury 
 which the grass may sustain from carts, &c. during the necessary 
 time of conveyance/' Macdonnel's Dictionary. — M.D. 
 
 683. Cui gratia, fama, valetudo contingat abunde, 
 
 Et mundus victus, non deficiente crumend. Hor. — ** He who enjoys 
 favour, reputation, good health, with comfortable fare, and money 
 in his purse." A man in such happy circumstances, the poet 
 thinks, must enjoy contentment and peace of mind. — M.D. 
 
 684. Cuilibet in arte sua credendum est. (Lat. Prov.) — " Every man is to 
 
 be trusted in points immediately connected with his own art." 
 Men are generally supposed to possess superior knowledge of that 
 profession which they have made their study. — M.D. 
 
 685. Cui licet quod majus, non debet quod minus est non Kcere. (Lat. Law 
 
 Max.) — ** He to whom the greater thing is lawful, ought not to 
 be without a legal power to perform the lesser thing." Of this 
 principle Mr. Macdonnel gives, in his Dictionary, the following 
 illustration. ** If a man has an office to himself and his heirs, he 
 may make an assignee, and a fortiori, he may appoint a deputy," — 
 M.D. 
 
 686. Cuimalo? (Lat.) — '* To what evil?" What harm can it do ? What 
 
 ill can result from it ? — M. 
 
 687- Cui mens divinior at que os 
 
 Magna sonaturum des nominis hujws honorem. Hor. — *' To him who 
 has a soul of a more divine stamp, and who can command exalted 
 sentiments, you may grant the honour of this title." Viz. a poet. 
 
 " He alone can claim this name who writes, 
 
 With fancy high, and bold and daring flight." Creech. 
 
 —M. 
 
 688. Cui nihil satis, huic etiam nihil turpe. (Lat.) — ** To him for whom 
 
 nothing is enough, nothing will appear base." When wealth is to 
 be acquired, even by dishonest means, the scruples of a covetous 
 man oppose but a feeble bar to his making the acquisition. — M. 
 
 689. Cui non conveniat sua res, ut calceus olim. 
 
 Si pede major erit, subvertet, si minor, uret. Hor. — " He to whom 
 his fortune is not suited, like the sandal of old, if it is too large it 
 will overset him, if too small, it will excoriate him." A good prac- 
 tical admonition, to suit our minds to the circumstances and situ- 
 ation in which it has pleased Providence to cast our lot. — M.3I. 
 
 690. Cui placet alterius, sua nimirum est odio sors. Hor. — *' He who en- 
 
 vies the lot of another, must be discontented with his own." — M. 
 
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 691. Cui prodest scelus, is fecit. Sen. — '* He, to whom the crime brings 
 
 profit, has perpetrated it." As a general remark, this may be true, 
 but the exceptions are, surely, very many. — M.D. 
 
 692. Cuivis dolori remedium est patientia. Lab. — ** Patience is the sove- 
 
 reign remedy under every affliction." — M. 
 
 693. Cujus gloria neque prof ait quisquam laudando ; nee vituperando quis- 
 
 quam nocuit. (Lat.)—'' Whose glory no praises could enhance, no 
 censure injure." — M. 
 
 694. Cujus summa est. (Lat.) — " Of which the issue is." Of which mat- 
 
 ter this is the end. The long and short of it. — M. 
 
 695. Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver? Mar. — ** Of what harpy will this 
 
 man become the prey ?" — M. 
 
 QgQ, Cujus conatibus obstat 
 
 Res angusta domi. Hor. — ** A man whose efforts are paralyzed by 
 the limited state of his circumstances." How many men do we see, 
 blessed with natural talents that qualify them to attain to eminence, 
 but whose efforts are continually repressed by the want of means, 
 by the chilling hand of poverty ! 1 — MM. 
 
 697. Cujus est solum, ejus usque ad ccdum. (Lat. Law Max.) — " He to 
 
 whom the soil belongs, possesses a right in every thing that is over 
 it, even up to the sky." No man, therefore, can have a right to 
 throw out, even from a foundation that is on his own premises, 
 any superstructure which may project over that of his neighbour." 
 ■^M.D. 
 
 698. Cujuslibet rei simulator atque dissimulator. Sall. de Catil. — " A 
 
 man who possessed the power, equally to seem what he was not, 
 and to dissemble what he really was." A finished hypocrite, who 
 could assume all characters, and perfectly conceal his own. — M.D. 
 
 699. Cujus tufidem in pecunid perspexeris, 
 
 Verere ei verba credere f Ter. — ** Can you hesitate to confide ill 
 the word of a man, of whose probity in pecuniary matters, you have 
 had experience?" There can be no stronger test of good faith, 
 than strict correctness in pecuniary transactions. — M.D. 
 
 700. Cul de sac. (Fr.) — " The bottom of a sack." A difficulty. A lane 
 
 or street which you enter by one end, but find without egress at the 
 other. — M.D. 
 
 701. Cum lux altera venit, 
 
 Jam eras hesternum consumpsimus j ecce aliud eras 
 Eg erit hos annos, et semper paulum erit ultra. Per. — ** When ano-* 
 ther day arrives, we find that we have consumed what we yesterday 
 called to-morrow ; behold, another morrow comes, to waste our 
 years, and it will still be beyond us." A censure on the error of 
 
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 procrastination, to which men are so prone to give way, deferring 
 till to-morrow that which this day should consummate, until their 
 years are gone, and " the night comes, in which no man can work." 
 —M.D. 
 
 702. Culpa sua damnum sentiens, non intelligitur damnum pati. (Lat. Jus. 
 
 Antiq.) — " He who feels a loss which has originated in his own 
 fault, is not considered, by the law, a sufferer." — M.D. 
 
 703. Cum prostrata sopore 
 
 Urget membra quies, et mens sine pondere ludit. Pet. — " When re- 
 pose steals over our limbs, stretched in sleep, and the mind wan- 
 ders without restraint." — M.M. 
 
 704. Cum corpore mentem 
 
 Crescere sentimus, pariterque senescere. Lucret. — " As we find that 
 our mental powers increase with those of the body, so, in like 
 manner, they decUne together." — M.D. 
 
 705. Cum dubia et fragilis sit nobis vita tributa, in morte alterius spem tu 
 
 iibi ponere noli. (Lat. Cato.J — *' Seeing that we are endowed with 
 life that is frail and uncertain, we should never fix our hopes on 
 the death of others." Man should be always prepared for '* his 
 Master's coming," and never suppose that the period of life al- 
 lotted to him must equal the longevity of his neighbour. — M.D. 
 
 706. Cum fortuna perit, nullus amicus erit. (Lat. Prov.J — *' When for- 
 
 tune fails us, the supposed friends of our prosperous days vanish." 
 —M. 
 707- Cum fortuna manet, vultum servatis amicij 
 
 Cum cedity turpi vertitis ora fugd. Ovid. — " While my prosperity 
 continues, you, my friends, continue your countenance to me, but 
 when it fails, you turn your backs in base flight." This is cor- 
 roborative of the preceding article, and they are both so fully ad- 
 mitted to be true, that they require no illustration. — M.M. 
 
 708. Cum fueris felixy quce sunt adversa cavetoj 
 
 Non eodem cursu respondent ultima primis. (Lat. Cato.^ — *' When 
 you happily enjoy prosperity, beware of the approach of adversity ; 
 the end of life is not always attended by the same train of felicitous 
 circumstances, that shed a brightness over our more early pros- 
 pects."— ikf.D. 
 
 709. Cum licet fugere ne qucEre litem. (Lat. Prov.J — ** When you can do 
 
 it with credit, always avoid either a quarrel or a law-suit." When 
 you can " back out," avoid law, avoid contention. — M.D. 
 
 710. Cum multis aliis, qua nunc prcescribere longum est. (Lat. J — ''With 
 
 many other things which it would now be tedious to dwell upon." 
 —M.D. 
 
 711. Cum plus sunt potce, plus potiuntur aqua. (Lat. J — " The more we 
 
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 drink, we still desire the more." So, if we indulge our passions, 
 they become daily more violent. — M.D. 
 
 712. Cum tristibus severh, cum remissis jucunde, cum senihus graviter, cum 
 
 juventute comiter vivere. Tull. — " With those who are of a gloomy 
 turn of mind, be reserved ; with the idle, be cheerful ; with the old, 
 be serious ; with the young, be merry." — M. 
 
 713. Cunctando restituit rem. Ennius. — " He restored his business by de- 
 
 lay." This was first spoken in praise of Fabius, who saved his 
 country by evading an engagement, when Hannibal was about to 
 make his first attack. It is now used to impress us with a due 
 sense of the importance of caution, foresight, and delay, when cir- 
 cumstances exist to justify it. — M.D. 
 
 714. Cuncti adsint, meritteque expectent prcemia pdlmoe. Vir. — " Let all 
 
 attend, and expect the rewards due to their well-earned laurels." 
 —M. 
 
 715. Cunctis servatorem liberatoremque acclamantibus. (Lat.) — "All ap- 
 
 plauding their saviour and deliverer." Hailing him as their pre- 
 server and liberator. — M. 
 
 716. Cupido dominandi cunctis affectibus flagrantior est. Tacit. — ''The 
 
 thirst of ruling is the most powerful of all the affections of the 
 mind." But ambition, that worst of vices, (as it prompts us to the 
 commission of every other) fortunately for the world, generally 
 carries its antidote along with it, and by its excesses defeats its 
 own object. — MX). 
 
 7\*7. Cures leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent. Sen. — " Light griefs may find 
 utterance, but deeper sorrow can find none." — M.M. 
 
 718. Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus? Virg. — '* Why should tremor 
 
 agitate the frame, before the trumpet sounds ?" Before the signal 
 for battle. This symptom, which is common to other animals as 
 well as man, is not to be considered as indicative of terror or 
 cowardice, but of extreme anxiety and ardour. An old hunter, 
 eager for his sport, is seen, while the hounds are in cover, to trem- 
 ble in every limb. This is not from fear. — M.M. 
 
 719. Curatiofuneris, conditio sepulturce, pompce exequiarum, magis sunt vi- 
 
 vorum solatia, quam subsidia mortuorum. Augustus. — '* The ar- 
 rangements of the funeral, the place, and ceremony of the burial, 
 and the display of the solemnities, may aflford gratification to the 
 living, but they can be of no importance to the dead." — M.D, 
 
 720. Cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere, et ungi 
 
 Prceferat, Herodis palmetis pinguibus, alter 
 
 Dives et importunus, ad umbram lucis ab ortu, 
 
 Silvestremjlammis et ferro mitiget agrum. Hoe. — ** How strange 
 
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 that, of two others, one should prefer, idling, playing, and per- 
 fuming himself with Herod's oil of palms, while the other, though 
 opulent, is yet impatient to get more, and drudges from morning 
 till night in improving his lands." — M. 
 
 721. Cura ut valeas. (Lat.) — " Be careful of yourself that you may enjoy 
 
 good health." That you may be well. — M. 
 
 722. Cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo? Hor — ** Why do I 
 
 prefer, through false modesty, to remain ignorant, rather than to 
 acquire knowledge ?" — M. 
 
 723. Cur me querelis exanimas tuis? {Lat.) — ** Why torment me with 
 
 your complaints ?" — M. 
 
 724. Cur omnium fit culpa paucorum scelus ? (hat.) — *' Why is the fault of 
 
 the few, imputed as a crime to all?" — M.JD. 
 
 725. Currente calamo. (Lat.) — ** With a running pen." Applied to de- 
 
 scribe the rapid execution of a ready writer. — M.D. 
 
 726. CurtcB nescio quid semper abest rei. Hor. — " There is a something 
 
 (though I know not what) always deficient in every man's for- 
 tunes." Those who are the most favoured by fortune, and the 
 most elevated in rank, if they were closely examined, would con- 
 fess that they still found a something wanting to complete their 
 happiness, and which they could not command. — M.M. 
 
 727. Curvo sine Jtamo pisces non capies. (Lat.) — ** Without a crooked 
 
 hook you will catch no fish." — M. 
 
 728. Cu^tos morum. (Lat. J — " The conservator of morality.'* Each ma- 
 
 gistrate ought to be a custos morum. — M.D. 
 
 729. Custos rotulorum. (Lat.) — " The governor of a county," who has 
 
 charge of the rolls or records of the county, and of the sessions of 
 : the peace —-ikf.ikf. 
 
 730. Cutem gerit laceratam canis mordax. (Lat.) — " A biting dog wears a 
 
 torn skin." A quarrelsome man must expect many wounds. — M. 
 
 731. Cutis vulpina consuenda est cum cute leonis. (Lat. Prov.) — "The 
 
 fox's skin should be joined to that of the lion." That is to say, as 
 we cannot always carry our point by physical force, stratagem and 
 address must sometimes be resorted to. The strength of the lion 
 may fail, but by the cunning of the fox we may prevail. — M, 
 
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 D. 
 
 732._ Dabit Deus his quoque finem. Virg. — ** God will put an end to these 
 miseries also." Applied generally to public calamities. — MM. 
 
 733. D' accord. (Fr.) — ** Agreed." In accordance. In tune. — M.D. 
 
 734. Bal detto alfatto r'^ ungran tratto. (Ital.) — ** The difference is great 
 
 between words and deeds." — M.D. 
 
 735. Da locum melioribus. Ter. — " Give way to your superiors." To su- 
 
 perior station, to rank, to age, to sex, place should always be con- 
 ceded. — M.D. 
 
 736. Damna minus consueta movent. Juv. — " Misfortunes to which we are 
 
 accustomed afflict us less severely." Those who have been long 
 accustomed to adversity, who have been inured to affliction, and 
 suffered under disappointments and losses, become at length en- 
 abled to bear them with a degree of fortitude, which, at the com- 
 mencement of their miseries, they themselves would have been un- 
 able to display. — M.D. 
 
 737. Damnant quod non intelligunt. Cic. — " They condemn things which 
 
 they do not understand." This remark may be applied, not only 
 to modern, as weU as to the ancient critics, but to very many of 
 the loquacious commentators on the daily occurrences that pass 
 before us. — M.M. 
 
 738. Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? Hor. — " What does not all-cor- 
 
 roding time destroy ?" All the works of nature and of art fall in- 
 discriminately under the hand of time. — M.D. 
 
 739. Damnosa senem juvat alea, ludit et hceres. Juv. — " If the destructive 
 
 dice infatuate the father, his son will probably follow his exam- 
 ple." When the old give themselves up to the ruinous pursuit of 
 play, can it be expected that the young wiU not be corrupted by 
 their bad example ? — M. 
 
 740. Damnum appellandum est, cum mala famd lucrum. Lab. — ** Profit de- 
 
 rived from a sacrifice of character should be considered as a loss." 
 No pain, no pecuniary advantage, can compensate for the loss of 
 reputation. — M.M. 
 
 741. Dans Vart dHnt^esser consiste Varte d'ecrire. Delille. — ** In the 
 
 talent to excite interest, consists the art of writing well." — M.D. 
 
 742. Dans le despotique il n'y a pas de patrie, d'autres choses y suppleent, 
 
 Vinterety la gloire, le service du prince. La Bruyere. — "The sub- 
 jects of despotic governments are strangers to the love of country. 
 
70 . DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 its place is supplied by a regard to their private interests, a love of 
 military glory, and devotedness to the service of their prince." 
 But that true amor patriae, which, in all free states, has stimulated 
 men to the most heroic deeds of self-devotion and valour, is not 
 found to flourish where the energies of the human mind are para- 
 lyzed by the chilling hand of despotism. — M. 
 
 743. Dans les conseils d'un etat, il ne faut pas tant regarder ce qu'on doit 
 
 /aire, que ce qu' on pent fair e. (Fr.) — " In the councils of states, we 
 are not so much to deliberate on what we ought to do, as on that 
 which we possess the power to do.'^ The power to accomplish an 
 object is to be weighed, as well as the expediency of the object it- 
 self.— M.D. 
 
 744. Dans un pays libre, on crie beaucoup quoiqu'on souffre peu j dans un 
 
 pays de tyrannie on se plaint pen, quoiqu'on souffre beaucoup. Ckr- 
 pjoT. — " In a country that is free, there is little oppression, but 
 even that, excites a great outcry ; while, in a state tyrannically go- 
 verned, there is little complaint, but great suffering." In free 
 countries the smallest infringement of the freedom of their institu- 
 tions excites immediate and universal clamour ; while in those 
 which are despotically governed, the most severe oppressions must 
 be submitted to in silence. Endurance appearing preferable to 
 chains or to death. — M.B. 
 
 74.5. Dapes inemptce. Hor. — " Unbought dainties." Those good things 
 which are produced at home ; of our own growth ; the fruits of 
 our own industry, which we eat with a zest which never accompa- 
 nies the more expensive productions of the market. — M. 
 
 746. Dare jura maritis. Hor. — " To lay down laws for husbands." With 
 
 laws connubial tyrants to restrain — M. 
 
 747. — Dapibus supremi 
 
 Grata testudo Jovis. Hor. — " The shell acceptable at the feast of 
 the omnipotent Jove." Mercury was fabled to have formed a mu- 
 sical instrument, by putting strings to the shell of a tortoise, the 
 music of which was so sweet as to be considered a treat worthy 
 even of Jupiter. — M. 
 
 748. Dare pondus idonea fumo. Per. — " Things fit to give weight to 
 
 smoke." To impart a semblance of importance to trivial matters. 
 — M.M. 
 
 749. Da spatium tenuemque moram, maU cuncta ministrat 
 
 Impetus. Stat. — ** Allow time for consideration, every thing is 
 badly executed, thatis done by force or violence." — M.D. 
 
 750. Data. (Lat.) — ** Things granted." Facts, or positions admitted as 
 
 being just. He acts on certain rfa^a, on principles previously ac- 
 knowledged and approved. In applying this word in the singular 
 
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 number it is datum, as, he took that as a datum, which had been 
 conceded. — M.D. 
 
 751. Data fata secutus. {Lat.) — "Following the fate decreed." Motto 
 
 of Lord St. John.— M.D. 
 
 752. — Data tempore prosunt, 
 
 Et data non apto tempore vina nocent. Ovid. — " Given at a proper 
 time, wine is useful, but if improperly administered it is hurtful." 
 This is spoken in reference to a state of indisposition or delicate 
 health.— ikf. 
 
 753. Dat Deusimmiti comua curta bovL {hat. Prov.) — " God gives to the 
 
 vicious ox short horns " Providence abridges the means of de- 
 struction which, otherwise, the superior physical powers of the brute 
 creation would give them. And she likewise so frustrates the at- 
 tempts of vicious and malicious men to do harm, that they gene- 
 rally terminate in their own disgrace. — M.M. 
 
 754. ■ Dat inania verba, 
 
 Dat sine mente sonum. Virg. — ** He utters empty words, a sound 
 without sense or meaning." — M. 
 
 755. Date obolum Belisario. (Lat.) — " Give your mite to Belisarius ! ! !" 
 
 This celebrated general who so deeply experienced Justinian's in- 
 gratitude, was reduced by that emperor to a state of indigence in 
 his old age, and the popular tale that he was obliged to beg for a 
 penny, has been believed by many. And thence this phrase has 
 been sometimes applied to persons who were reduced from affluence 
 to a state of poverty. 
 
 756. Datveniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. Juv. — " Censure grants 
 
 pardon to the crows, while it tortures the doves." This is a phrase 
 much used, to express that the animadversions of the censorious 
 are frequently directed against the innocent, while their blind ma- 
 lice suffers the guilty to pass without remark. — M.D. 
 
 757. Davus sum non CEdipus. — *' I am Davus (a simple servant) not an 
 
 (Edipus." Mr. Macdonnel gives the following illustration of this 
 phrase. ** I am not enough of a conjuror to divine the solution of 
 your riddle." (Edipns, according to the Greek fables, had solved 
 the enigma of the Sphinx. This was a monster said to have the 
 face of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a griffin, 
 and to tear to pieces all who could not answer this question : 
 " Which is the animal that goes in the morning on four feet, at 
 noon on two, and in the evening upon three?" CEdipus said " it 
 was man, who in his infancy crawled on all fours, arriving at man- 
 hood walked erect on two legs ; and in the evening of life was sup- 
 ported by a stick." The Sphinx, on hearing this solution, we are 
 
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 told, leaped from a rock and destroyed herself.'* MacdonnePs 
 Dictionary.— iW.D. 
 
 758. De alieno largitor, et sui restrictor. Cic. — " A bestower of other 
 
 men's property, but tenacious of his own." There are many men 
 who are liberal, even to profusion, when they can be so at the ex- 
 pence of others. — M, 
 
 759. De alimo liberalis. Tibull. — " Liberal of the property of others." 
 
 This is nearly the same as the preceding. — M. 
 
 760. Debetis velle qua velimus. Plaut. — " You ought to wish such things 
 
 only as we like, or approve." — M. 
 
 761. De bon vouloir servir le roi. (Fr.) — " With good will, to serve the 
 
 king." Motto of earls Tankerville and Grey. — M.D. 
 
 762. Deceptio visits. (Lat.) — " A deception of the light." An illusion 
 
 of the eye, arising from natural, or artificial causes, very often 
 from imperfect vision. — M.D. 
 
 763. Decies repetita placebit . Hor. — " Ten times repeated it will please." 
 
 An expression generally used in eulogising dramatic performances. 
 —M.M. 
 
 764. Decet affectus animi neque se nimium erigere nee subjacere serviliter. 
 
 TuLL. — ** We ought to permit the affections of the mind neither to 
 become too much elated, nor yet too deeply depressed." Whether 
 in prosperity or adversity, in the hour of our elevation, or mider 
 the pressure of misfortune, we should always endeavour to pre- 
 serve equanimity. A uniformly even, calm, unruffled mind, is ever 
 a blessing to the possessor. — M. 
 
 765. Decima. (Lat.) — " The tenth part." Signifying also, that portion 
 
 of the produce of the earth, which is appropriated to the ministers 
 of the altar, and the support of our Church establishment. — M.D. 
 
 1GQ. Decipimur specie recti. Hor. — " We are deceived by a semblance of 
 rectitude." We too frequently form hasty opinions from external 
 appearances, which are often assumed, merely for purposes of de- 
 ception, by " the wolf in sheep's clothing. '* — M.M. 
 
 767- Decipit 
 
 Fans prima multos j rara mens intelligit 
 
 Quod intcriore condidit cura angulo. (Lat.) — " First appearances 
 
 deceive many ; our penetration seldom enables us to discern that 
 
 which has been carefully concealed in the inmost recesses of the 
 
 heart." 
 
 " The tinsel glitter, and the specious mein 
 Delude the most ; few pry behind the scene." 
 
 — ilf . M . 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 73 
 
 768. Decori decus addit avito. (Lat.) — " He addf new lustre to the ho- 
 
 nours of his forefathers." Motto of the Scotch earl of Kellie. — 
 M.D. 
 
 769. Decrevi. (Lat.) — " I have decreed." Motto of the marquis of West- 
 
 meath and lord Nugent. — M.D. 
 
 770. Dedecet philosophorum abjicere animum. Cic. — "It is unbecoming in 
 
 a philosopher to submit to dejection of mind." — M. 
 
 771. Bedimus potestatem. {Lat.) — " We have given power." A law writ, 
 
 delegating certain powers, to perform acts therein mentioned. Also 
 the commission issued to a justice of the peace. — M.D. 
 
 772. Dediscit animus sero quod didicit diu. Sen. — '' The mind is slow to 
 
 unlearn any thing it has been long learning." Impressions firmly 
 fixed in the mind, and long inculcated, are with difficulty erased 
 from it.— M.D. 
 
 773. De facto. (Lat. Law Fhrase.) — " From the fact."— ikf.D. 
 
 774. Defendit numerus junctaque umbone phalanges. Juv, — ** He is pro- 
 
 tected by the numbers and the compact array of his supporters." — 
 M. 
 
 77^- Dejure. (Lat. Law Phrase.) — " From the law." In some instances 
 the penalty attaches on the offender at the instant when the /ac< is 
 committed ; in others, not until he is convicted by law. In the 
 former case he is guilty defactOy in the latter, de jure. This legal 
 explanation is extracted from Mr. Macdonnel's Dictionary. — M.D. 
 
 77^' D^faut de la cuirasse. (Fr.) — '* A defect in your cuirasse.'* Or being 
 without a cuirasse or defence. A person being attacked au defaut 
 de la cuirasse, means ** without armour, when uncovered, or in his 
 weak part."— M.D. 
 
 777. Defluit saxis agitatus humor , 
 
 Concidunt venti, fugiuntque nubes, 
 
 Et minax (quod sic voluere) ponto 
 
 Unda recumbit. Hor. — " The frothy spray flows down from the 
 
 rocks, the winds are lulled, the clouds are dissipated, and the 
 
 threatening wave, for so Providence willed, subsides into the bosom 
 
 of the deep."— M. 
 
 778. Deformius nihil est ardelione sene. Mar. — " There is nothing more 
 
 unseemly than an old man who is a busy-body." A meddler. — M. 
 
 779- De gaiet4 de coeur. (Fr.) — ** From lightness, gaiety of heart. Sport- 
 ively."— M.D. 
 
 780. Degeneres animos timor arguit. Virg. — " Timidity argues a degene- 
 
 racy of mind." — M.D. 
 
 781. Degustibus non est disputandum. (Lat.) — " There is no disputing on 
 
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 points of taste.'* They are too much diversified, too numerous, 
 and often too preposterous and unaccountable to be made subjects 
 of discussion. — M.M. 
 
 782. De haute lutte. (Fr.) — '* By a violent contest." By downright force. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 783. De hoc multi multa, omnes aliquid, nemo satis. (Lat.) — " Of this mat- 
 
 ter many people have said many things, all have said something, 
 but no one enough." — M.D. 
 
 784. De Vahsolu pouvoir vous ignorez VivressCt 
 
 Et du lache fiatteur la voix enchantresse. (Fr.) — ** You are unac- 
 quainted with the intoxicating effects of absolute power, or the 
 seductive force of the voice of the base flatterer." — M. 
 
 785. De land caprind. (Lat. J — " About goat's wool." The dispute was 
 
 about lana caprina, a matter not worth investigation. — M.D. 
 
 786. Delectando pariterque monendo. Hor. — " To give pleasure, and at 
 
 the same time to instruct." The same eminent writer has ex- 
 pressed, in another place, and in different words, this best praise 
 that can be bestowed on an author. See miscuit utile, &c. — M.M. 
 
 787. Delenda est Carthago. (Lat.) — ** Carthage must be destroyed." A 
 
 phrase often quoted among the Romans to stimulate that people to 
 the utter destruction of Carthage. During the contiiuiance of the 
 revolutionary mania among the French, the same threat was applied 
 to England, equally their rival, as Carthage was the rival of Rome. 
 —M.D. 
 
 788. Deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres. Ter. — "From henceforth I 
 
 blot from my mind every trace of woman." — M. 
 
 789. Deliberat Roma, perit Saguntum. (Lat.) — "Rome deliberates, Sa- 
 
 guntum perishes." We should never be tardy in our councils, 
 when our allies are in danger, and expecting succour from us. — 
 MI>. 
 
 790. DelicicB illepidce atque inelegantes. Catull. — " Gross and inelegant 
 
 pleasures." — M. 
 
 791. Deliramenta doctrines. (Lat.) — " The ravings of learning." The wild 
 
 theories of learned men. The phantasies of a brain disturbed by 
 too intense application to study. — M.D. 
 
 792. Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Hor. — " The kings do wrong, the 
 
 Greeks (the people) are punished." The following lines will more 
 fully illustrate the meaning of the quotation. 
 
 ** When doting monarchs urge 
 
 Unsound resolves, their subjects feel the scourge." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
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 793. Delphinum sylvis appingit, Jluctibus aprum. Hor. — " He represents 
 
 (in his painting) a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.*' So 
 some miserable painters misplace the figures in their works, and 
 exhibit them in situations to which they are wholly unsuited. — 
 M.D. 
 
 794. De mal en pis. (Fr.) — " From bad to worse/' — M.D. 
 
 795. De maU quasitis vix gaudet tertius hceres. (hat.) — " Property disho- 
 
 nestly acquired, seldom descends to the third heir." Dishonest 
 acts seldom prosper. Seemal^ parta, No. 2264. 
 
 796. De monte alto. (Lat.) — *' From a lofty mountain." Motto of lord 
 
 de Montalt ; a pun upon the family title.— M.D. 
 
 797. De mortuis nil nisi honum. {hat.) — ** Let nothing but what is good 
 
 be spoken of the dead." — M.D. 
 
 798. De motu propria. (Lat.) — "From the impulse of one's own mind." 
 
 ' The act was done de motu proprio, spontaneously, from the sugges- 
 tion of his own mind. — M. 
 
 799. De nihilo nihil Jit, in nihilum nil posse reverti. (Lat.) — " From no- 
 
 thing, nothing is made, nothing can be reduced to nothing." This 
 principle of the Epicureans has been abolished by Christianity. — 
 M.D. 
 
 800. Denique non omnes eadem mirantur amantque. Hor. — " All men, in 
 
 fact, do not love or admire the same things." This is one of the 
 many maxims all tending to prove the diversity of taste among 
 men. — M.D. 
 
 801. De non apparentibus, et non existentihus, eadem est ratio. (Lat.) — 
 
 ** There can be no difference of reasoning respecting things which 
 do not appear, and things which do not exist." Of things which 
 are beyond the reach of our knowledge or perception, we can know 
 no more than if they did not exist. — M.D. 
 
 802. Dens theonina, (calumniosissima) . Hor. — "A calumniating tooth" 
 
 (disposition) . Theon was, after Aero, the most bitter calumniator 
 of his day.— M". 
 
 803. Densajuba, et dextro jactata recumbit in armo. Vir. — "A thick mane 
 
 lies thrown over on the right shoulder." — M. 
 
 804. Deo adjuvante non timendum. (Lat.) — " God assisting, there is nothing 
 
 to be feared." Motto of the Irish Viscount Fitzwilliam. — M.D. 
 
 805. Deo dante nil nocet invidia, 
 
 Et non dante, nil proficit labor. (Lat.)—'* The Divine protection 
 being extended to us, envy cannot injure us ; but that protection 
 being withdrawn, all our labours are of no avail." — M. 
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 806. Deo date, (hat.) — ** Give unto God." Motto of lord Arundel. — 
 
 M.D. 
 
 807. Deo duce,ferro comitante. (Lat.) — " My God is, my guide, my sword 
 
 my companion." Motto of earl of Charlemont. — M.D. 
 
 808. Deofavmte. (Lat.)—" By the favour of God."— M.D. 
 
 809. Deo juvante. (Lat.) — " God assisting us." — M.D. 
 
 810. Deo non for tuna. (Lat.) — " From God, not from fortune." Motto 
 
 of earl Digby, and lord Exmouth. — M.D. 
 
 811. Deovolente. (Lat.)—'' God wiWmg.''— M.D. 
 
 812. De paupertate tacentes 
 
 Plus poscente ferent. Hor. — "Those who are silent on the subject 
 of their poverty, obtain more than those who beg." 
 
 " The man who's silent, nor proclaims his want, 
 
 Gets more than he who makes a loud complaint." Creech. 
 
 —M. 
 
 813. De pis en pis. (Fr.) — " From worse to worse." The evil goes on 
 
 increasing. — M. 
 
 814. Deploratus de medicis ac destitutus. Cic. — '* Despaired of by his phy- 
 
 sicians and left destitute." 
 
 815. Depot. (Fr.) — A military term. "A store or magazine." Also a 
 
 station at which recruits are assembled to be sent to their ulterior 
 destination. — M.D. 
 
 816. Depresso incipiat jam turn miki taurus aratro 
 
 Ingemere, et sulco attritus splendescere vomer. Vir. — " My oxen now 
 begin to groan under the plough, and the sock to shine, polished 
 by the furrow." — M. * 
 
 817. Depressus extollor. (Lat.) — " Having been depressed, I am exalted." 
 
 Motto of Viscount Mountgarret. — M.D. 
 
 818. De quo libelli in celeberrimis locis proponuntur, huic ne perire quidem 
 
 tacith conceditur. Tull. — ** The man concerning whose conduct 
 investigations are posted up in public places, is not even permitted 
 to die in peace." — M. 
 
 819. Derelictio communis utilitatis contra naturam est. Cic. — " The relin- 
 
 quishing an object of acknowledged public utility is contrary to 
 nature." 
 
 820. Desiderantem quod satis est, neque 
 
 Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, 
 
 Non verberatce grandine vineoe, 
 
 Fundusque mendax. Hor. — " In him who is satisfied with a com- 
 
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 petence, neither the tempestuous sea excites anxiety, nor his vines 
 broken down by the hail, nor the deficiency in the produce of his 
 farm." — M. 
 
 821. Desideratum. (Lat.) — " A thing desired," Such an improvement 
 is a great desideratum. — M.D. 
 
 822. Desinant 
 
 ylaledicere, facta ne noscant sua. Ter. — " They cease to speak ill 
 of others, lest their own acts should be arrayed against them." — 
 M. 
 
 823. Desinefata Deumjlecti sperare precando. (hat.) — ** Give up the hope 
 
 that the decrees of Providence can be altered by your prayers." — 
 M. 
 
 824. Desinit in piscem mulier formosa supernh. Hor. — " A woman beau- 
 
 tiful in her upper parts, and ending with the tail of a fish." The 
 idea is taken from the mermaid. The application is to literary pro- 
 ductions which begin with the fairest appearances, but terminate 
 in poverty of style, and want of interest in the detail. — M.D. 
 
 825. Desipere in loco. Hor. — ** To be playful in season." 
 
 ** 'Tis wisdom's part sometimes to play the fool." 
 
 826. Destitutus ventis remos adhibe. (Lat.) — " The wind failing, have re- 
 
 course to your oars." — M. 
 
 827. Desunt ccetera. (Lat.) — ** The rest is wanting." Placed at the end 
 
 of an imperfect story or sentence. — M.D. 
 
 828. Desunt inopice multa, avaritice omnia. Pub. Syr. — '* Poverty wants 
 
 many things, avarice every thing." — M.D. 
 
 829. Det ille veniam facile, cui venid est opus. Sen. — ** He who stands in 
 
 need of forgiveness, should be ready to grant it." — M. 
 
 830. Deteriores omnes sumks licentid. Ter. — '* We are all the worse for 
 
 having too great license." Certain restrictions are highly salutary, 
 and often save us from the evils growing out of unbridled excess, 
 and licentiousness. — M.D. 
 
 831. Detestando illo crimine, scelera omnia complexa sunt. Cic. — " In that 
 
 detestable crime every vice is comprised." — M. 
 
 832. Detour. (Fr. Milit. Term.) — " A circuitous route." — M.D. 
 
 833. Detrahere aliquid alteri, et fiominem hominis incommodo suwm auyere 
 
 commodum, magis est contra naturam quam mors, quam paupertas, 
 quam dolor, quam ccetera qu<e possunt aut corpori accidere, aut rebus 
 extcrnis. Tull. — " To deprive another of any part of his property, 
 or that one man should increase his own enjoyments, by the dis- 
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 tress of another, is more repugnant to our nature, tlian death, po- 
 verty, grief, or any contingencies that may befall our bodies, or 
 our external circumstances." — M. 
 
 834. Detur aliquando otium quiesque fessis. Sen. — " Repose and ease 
 
 should sometimes be granted to the weary." Proper periods of la- 
 bour and of rest are indispensable to the whole animal creation. — 
 M.D. 
 
 835. Detur pulchriori. (Lat.) — " Let it be given to the most beautiful." 
 
 This, according to the fable, was the inscription put upon the ap- 
 ple, by the adjudication of which to the goddess Venus, Paris ex- 
 cited the resentment of Juno and Minerva. — M.D. 
 
 836. DeiiS omnibus quod sat est suppeditat. (Lat. J — " Whatever the wisdom 
 
 of Providence considers to be essential for us, she supplies with a 
 bountiful hand to us all." — M. 
 
 837- Deum cole, regem serva. (Lat.) — "Worship God, preserve the king." 
 Motto of earl of Enniskillen and Viscount Ranelagh. — M.D. 
 
 838. Deus hcec fortasse henignd 
 
 Reducet in sedem vice. Hor. — ** The deity will, perhaps, by some 
 propitious change, restore matters to their former state." — M.D. 
 
 839. Deus major columna. (Lat.) — " God is the greater support." Motto 
 
 of lord Henniker.~M.D. 
 
 840. Deus nobis hcec otia fecit. Vir. — " God has granted unto us these 
 
 relaxations." — M.D. 
 
 841. Dextras dare. (Lat.) — " To extend the right hand to each other." 
 
 In assurance of mutual forgiveness, mutual support, or in confir- 
 mation of a bargain or agreement. The most solemn assurance. 
 —M.D. 
 
 842. Dextro tempore. Hor. — ** At a propitious time," A happy oppor- 
 
 tunity. A lucky moment. — M. 
 
 843. Dicenda, tacenda locuttis. 
 
 Tandem dormitum dimittitur, Hor. — " Having conversed on things 
 of a public, as well as of a private nature, he is permitted to retire 
 to sleep." — M. 
 
 844. Di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli 
 
 Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. Hor. — " The Gods 
 did well to have formed me of an humble and lowly mind, and with 
 a desire to speak seldom and little." 
 
 '* That heaven that made me of an humble mind 
 To action little, less to words inclin'd." 
 
 — ilf. 
 
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 845. Dicam insigne recens adhuc 
 
 Indicium ore alio. Hor. — *' I shall record remarkable events, which 
 are new, and yet untold by any other person." — M. 
 
 846. Dicere quod puduit, scribere jussit amor. Ovid. — " What I was 
 
 ashamed to say, love has emboldened me to write." — M. 
 
 847. Dicetur meritd now quoque nenid. Hor. — *' The night shall be sung 
 
 in a cheerful and appropriate lay." — M. 
 
 848. Die mihi, eras istud, Posthume, quando veniet F Mart. — " TeU, me, 
 
 () Posthumus, when will this to-morrow arrive ?" — M. 
 
 849. Dicite 16 Pcean, et lii bis dicite Pcean j 
 
 Decidit in casses prceda petita meos. Ovid. 
 
 ** Now 16 Paean sing, now wreaths prepare, 
 And with repeated Ib's fill the air ; 
 The prey is fall'n in my successful toils." Anon. 
 
 — 3f. 
 
 850. DicitiSy omnis in imbecilitate est, et gratia, et caritas. Cic. — '* You 
 
 say that all kindness and benevolence is founded in weakness." — M. 
 
 851. Die mihi, sijias tu leo, qualis eris ? Mart. — " Tell me, if you were 
 
 a lion, what kind of a one would you be ?" Great power is not 
 confided even to man, without some danger of its being abused. 
 " Were you a lion, how would you behave ?" — M, 
 
 852. Dicta tibi est lex. Hor. — " The law is laid down for you." The* 
 
 course you are to take is prescribed. — M. 
 
 853. Dictum de dicto. (Lat.) — '* A report founded on report." Or from 
 
 hearsay. A vague report. — M.D. 
 
 854. Dies datus. (Lat. Law Term.) — '' The day given." The day ap- 
 
 pointed for putting in an answer, &c. &c. — M.D. 
 
 855. Diesfaustus. (Lat.)—'' A lucky day."— Jf.D. 
 
 856. Dies infaustus. (Lat.) — ** An unlucky day." — M.D. 
 
 857. Dies non (the word jMnc?icMs being understood). A day on which 
 
 the courts are closed, and no law proceedings going forward, which 
 is therefore technically called " no day." — M.D. 
 
 858. Dies religiosi. (Lat.) — *' Religious days." Days of special note in 
 
 the calendar; and which, notwithstanding the designation here 
 given to them, are (in Catholic countries, where they are punctu- 
 ally, though irreligiously kept) generally spent in idleness and dis- 
 sipation. — M. 
 
 859. Dim avec nous. (Fr.) — " God with us." Motto of lord Berkely. — 
 
 M.D. 
 
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 860. Dieu ayde. (Fr.) — '* God assist." Motto of viscount Montmorres 
 
 and lord Frankfort. — M.D, 
 
 861. Dieu defend le droit. (Fr.)—" God defends the right." Motto of the 
 
 duke of Marlborough, earl Spencer, and lord Churchill. — M.D. 
 
 862. Dieu et mon droit. (Fr.) — ** God and my right." Motto of the so- 
 
 vereigns of Great Britain. — M.D. 
 
 863. Dieu me conduise. (Fr.) — " May God conduct me." Motto of lord 
 
 Delaval.— ikT.D. 
 
 864. Dieu pour la tranchee, qui contre? (Fr.) — "If God is for us, who 
 
 shall be against us ?" Motto of earl Clancarty. — M.D. 
 
 8G5. Difficile est longum suhito deponere amorem. Catull. — " It is difficult 
 to eradicate at once a long cherished love." That, and every other 
 passion of the mind, if indulged, becomes confirmed by time and 
 habit, and at length strikes its roots so deep that we lose all power 
 to contend against it. — M.D. 
 
 866. Difficile est plurimum virtutem revereri, qui semper secundd fortund sit 
 
 usus. TuLL. AD Herenn. — " It is difficult for him, who has lived 
 in uninterrupted prosperity, to be strongly confirmed in virtuous 
 principles." Virtue (integrity) which has never been proved in 
 the ordeal of adversity, can rarely be so firmly confided in, as that 
 which has submitted to the trial, and come out untarnished. We 
 are scarcely ourselves sensible of the strength of our virtue, until 
 we have proved it. — M. 
 
 867. Difficile est satiram non scribere, Juv. — " It is difficult to avoid 
 
 writing satire." If we write at aU, the laxity of public morals, the 
 vices of the times are so glaring, that it is difficult to refrain from 
 censure. — M.D, 
 
 868. Difficile est temperarefelicitati, qua te non putes diu usurum. Tacit. 
 
 — ** It is difficult to temper with prudence the enjoyment of hap- 
 piness, which we fear may be short-lived." — M. 
 
 869- Difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina. Pub. Syr. — '* One should 
 be slow in giving credence to criminal charges." — M.D. 
 
 870. Difficiles aditus impetus omnis habet. Ovid. — ** Every act of violence 
 
 leads to difficult results." — M. 
 
 871. Difficili bile tumet jecur. (Lat.) 
 
 *' His liver swells with indigestible bile." 
 
 " Anger boils up in my hot lab'ring breast.' Glanvil. 
 
 —31. 
 
 872. Difficilis,facilis, jucundus, acerbus es idem; 
 
 Nee tecum possum vivere, nee sine te. Mar. — ** You are, in your 
 
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 conduct, so easy, yet so severe, so agreeable, yet so harsh, that I 
 can neither hear to live with you nor without you." This has been 
 thus rendered : — 
 
 " In all thy humours, whether grave and mellow, 
 Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, 
 Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, 
 That there's no living with thee nor without thee." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 873. Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti. Hor. — " Peevish, queru- 
 
 lous, the panegyrist of times gone bye." This character of old 
 men, is, generally speaking, true. Old age is prone to complain, 
 and we all look back, perhaps with pride, to the feats, the prowess, 
 of our younger days. — M.D. 
 
 874. Difficulter continetur spiritus integritatis conscius cum h noxiorum inso- 
 
 lentiis premitur. Ph^d. — " The spirit of conscious integrity is 
 with difficulty restrained, when it is ofiended by the insolent at- 
 tacks of guilty men." — M. 
 
 875. Diffugiunt, cadis 
 
 Cum face siccatis amici 
 
 Ferre jugum pariter dolosi. Hor. — ** Friends all deceitful, under the 
 yoke of adversity, when our casks are emptied to the very dregs, 
 fly away from us." — M. 
 
 876. Dignum laude virum musa vetat mori. Hor. — " The muse renders 
 
 the virtuous man's fame imperishable." (Forbids him to die.) — 
 M.D. 
 
 877. Dii pcmates. {Lat.)—'' The household gods."— M.D. 
 
 878. Diis aliter visum. Vir. — " It has appeared otherwise to the gods." 
 
 It has pleased Providence to judge differently. — M.D. 
 
 879- Diis proximus ille est 
 
 Quern ratio, non ira movet, qui facta rependens 
 Consilio punire potest. Claud. — " He approaches nearest to the 
 gods (to perfection) who is under the influence of reason, not of 
 passion ; and who, duly weighing the circumstances, can propor- 
 tion the punishment with judgement." — M.M. 
 
 880. Diligimus omnia vera, id estfidelia, simplicia, constantiaj vana, falsa, 
 
 fallentia odimus. Cic. — ** We delight in things that are true, that 
 is, that are faithful, simple, permanent ; such as are vain, false, de- 
 ceitful, we abhor." — M. 
 
 881. Dimidium facti qui henh ccepit habet. Hor. — ** He who has well be- 
 
 gun, has done half his task." Well translated by the old proverb, 
 '* WeU begun's half done."— M.M. 
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 882. Diruit, (B.dificat, mutat quadrata rotundis. Hor. — " He destroys, he 
 
 builds up again, he changes square things into round." The love 
 of change influences many, without any better reason than the 
 senseless gratification of mere caprice. — M.M. 
 
 883. Disce docendus adhuc, qu(B censet amiculus, ut si 
 
 Ccecus iter monstrare velit j tamen aspice si quid 
 Et nos quod cures proprium fecisse loquamur. Hor. — ** Yet learn 
 what your little friend may think, who himself needs instruction, 
 and is as a blind man who would act as a guide j examine, however, 
 if even I can suggest any thing which you would wish to put in 
 practice." The poet here advises Saeva to give attention to what 
 he writes to him, but modestly declares that he himself (to whom 
 he applies the term amiculus) wants instruction j comparing himself 
 to a blind guide j still, however, urging his friend to sift what he 
 writes to him, to see what it may contain worthy of notice. — M. 
 
 884. Disce puer virtutem ex me, 
 
 Fortunam ex aliis. Virg. — " Learn, my boy, valour from me, you 
 must look to the way to good fortune from others." Advice given 
 to lulus by his father iEneas, when he was about to engage with 
 Tumus in single combat. — M. 
 
 885. Discipulus est prioris posterior dies. Pub. Syr. — ** The following day 
 
 is the scholar of that which went before." As this day is that of 
 yesterday. — M.M. 
 
 886. Discite justitiam moniti et non temnere divos. Virg. — " Learn justice 
 
 from admonition, and not to despise the gods." Attend to the 
 warnings of Providence sent in many shapes, in the reproofs of 
 conscience, in the visitations of adversity, and of affliction, and 
 never be unmindful of the respect due to heaven. — MM. 
 
 887. Discit enim citiils, meminitque lihentiiis illud 
 
 Quod quis deridet quam quod probat. Hor.—" Most of us learn 
 more readily, and retain more perfectly, tales of scandal, than such 
 as merit our approbation." Paraphrased by the earl of Cork, in 
 these beautiful lines. 
 
 *' There is a lust in man no power can tame ; 
 Of loudly publishing his neighbour's shame ; 
 On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, 
 Whilst virtuous actions are but born and die." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 888. Discrepant facta cum dictis. Cic— " ITie facts differ from the state- 
 
 ment." — M. 
 
 889. Discuiere ebrietatem. Plin.— ** To dispel drunkenness." To coun- 
 
 teract the effects of drink. — M. 
 
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 890. Diseur de hons mots, (Fr.) — ** A sayer of good things." A person 
 
 fond oijeusc de mots, playing upon words. — M. 
 
 891. Diseuse de bonne avanture. (Fr.) — " A teller of good luck." A for- 
 
 tune-teller. A person who exists by deceit, and feeds upon the 
 credulity of her dupes. — M. 
 
 892. Disjecti membra poetce. Hor. — ** The limbs of the dismembered 
 
 poet." It is said that let a truly poetical passage be ever so much 
 dissected, some traces of poetic spirit will still remain. — M.D. 
 
 893. Disjice compositam pacem, sere crimina belli. Vir. — ** Overturn the 
 
 patched up peace, disseminate the ills of war." The address of Juno 
 to Alecto, urging her to excite war between Latinus and the 
 Trojans. 
 
 " Confound the peace establish'd, and prepare 
 
 Their souls to hatred, and their hands to war." Drydrn. 
 
 — M. 
 
 894. Disponendo me, non mutando me. — " By displacing me, not by chang- 
 
 ing me." Motto of the duke of Manchester. — M.D. 
 
 895. Dissolve frigus, li<jna super foco 
 
 Largh reponens, atque benignius 
 
 Deprome quadrimum Sabind, 
 
 Thaliarche, merum diotd. Hor. — " Drive away the cold, heaping 
 
 plentifully wood upon the hearth, and liberally supply us, O Tha- 
 
 liachus, with four years old wine from a Sabine flask." — M. 
 
 896. Distrahit animum librorum multitudo. Sen. — *' A variety of books 
 
 distract the mind." A superficial and promiscuous study of books, 
 seldom yields much solid information. — M.D. 
 
 897. Districtus ensis cui super impid 
 
 Cervice pendet, non Siculce dapes 
 Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, 
 Non avium citharceque cantus 
 
 Somnum reducent. Hor. — ** To him, over whose impious head a 
 naked (avenging) sword is suspended, Sicilian dainties will not 
 impart a delicious relish, nor will the music of the harp, or the 
 melody of birds bring back sleep," driven away by the fear of pu- 
 nishment, and the reproaches of a guilty conscience. — M. 
 
 898. Distringas. (Law Phrase.) — " You may distrain." A writ empow- 
 
 ering the proper officer to do so. — M.D. 
 
 899. Ditissimus agris. Vir. — *' Most rich in lands." Possessing a large 
 
 estate. Extensive landed property. — M. 
 
 900. Dives amicus 
 
 Seepe decern vitiis instructior, odit et horret. HoR. — "Your rich 
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 friend who has been initiated into ten times as many vices as you 
 have, hates and abhors you because of yours." — M. 
 
 901. Dives agris, dives positis in foenore nummis. Hor, — '* Rich in land^:, 
 
 rich in money placed at interest." A man of vast wealth. — M.M. 
 
 902. : Dives fieri qui vult, 
 
 JEt citb vult fieri. Juv. — " A person who is anxious to become 
 rich, is also anxious to become so quickly." And, under the in- 
 fluence of avarice, he often becomes little scrupulous as to the 
 means.— ikf.M. 
 
 903. Divide et impera. (JLat.) — ** Divide and rule." This Machiavelian 
 
 system is acted on in many countries, by inflaming party animosi- 
 ties, and propagating party spirit ; by which the power of the peo- 
 ple is weakened, their union against the government prevented, 
 and arbitrary sway is exercised unopposed. — M.D. 
 
 904. Divisum sic breve fiet opus. Mart. — " Thus divided, the work will 
 
 be short." — M. 
 
 905. DiviticB virum faciunt . (Lat.J — ** Riches make the man." They in- 
 
 deed form the standard by which the consideration of the world is 
 generally regulated, and while personal worth, and the most amia- 
 ble qualities of the head and heart are suffered to languish in ob- 
 scurity and penury, we see the wealthy reprobate encouraged and 
 caressed. — M. 
 
 906. Divitiarum et formce gloria flu^a atque fragilis : virtus clara ceternaque 
 
 hahetur. Sall. — ** The glory of wealth and beauty is changeable 
 and transitory, but virtue is illustrious and everlasting." — M.D. 
 
 907. Dixero quid si forte jocosius, hoc mihi juris cum venid dabis. (Lat.J — 
 
 " If (in the course of my work) I shall advance any thing a little 
 jocosely, you will surely pardon that liberty." — M. 
 
 9O8. Do dies imitandis 
 
 Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus. Juv. — " We are all docile in the 
 imitation of that which is base and depraved." To become virtu- 
 ous requires exertion, to continue so resolution, while our unre- 
 strained natural propensities would always turn us to the side of 
 evil. 
 
 " The mind of mortals, in perverseness strong, 
 Imbibes, with dire docility, the wrong." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 909. Dobbiamo riguardare i nostri servi come nostri amid inferiori, diceva 
 Platone. (Ital.) — " We ought to regard our servants as friends in an 
 inferior state. So said Plato," and prudence justifies, and Chris- 
 tianity consecrates the sentiment. — M.D. 
 
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 910. Docti rationem artis intelligunt, indocti voluptatem. Quint. — 
 
 ** Learned men comprehend the ground of the arts, the unlearned 
 partake in the pleasure only," The gratification of the former is 
 mental, while that of the latter is merely ocular. This defines, 
 especially in painting, the strong line of difference existing between 
 acquired science and mere natural taste. — M.D. 
 
 911. Doctrina vim promovet insitam. Hor. — " Learning elicits the innate 
 
 powers of the mind." But if nature has been unkind, and the 
 mind is unendowed with those powers, with that elasticity which 
 will expand to the light of knowledge, with those faculties of com- 
 prehension which will lead us to drink with delight at the fountain 
 of science, we in vain labour to improve. — M.M. 
 
 912. Dolce cose a videre, e dolci inganni. Ariosto. — *' Sweet things to 
 
 behold, sweet illusions." — M.D. 
 
 913. Doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas. Plaut. — " Fraud ceases to be a 
 
 fraud, if not fraudulently intended." . In all British courts, the in- 
 tention (the quo animo) has great weight, as well with the jury as 
 the bench.— M. 
 
 914. Dolore affici, sed resistere tamen. Pliny. — " To be suffering under 
 
 grief, but still to contend against it." A duty (observes the same 
 distinguished philosopher) which we are all bound to perform. — 
 M.M. 
 
 915. Dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat? Vir. — ** Who inquires whe- 
 
 ther a hostile attack succeeds through valour or stratagem?" 
 
 ** Let fraud supply the want offeree in war." Dryden, 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 916. Dolus versatur in generalibus. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** Fraud deals in 
 
 loose general assertions or accusations." Carefully avoiding to 
 bring them forward in a tangible form, so as to be easily subjected 
 to investigation, which would end in detection and exposure. — 
 M.D. 
 
 917- Domi manere convenit felicibus. (Lat.) — " Those who are happy at 
 home should remain there." — M. 
 
 918. Domini pudet non servitutis. Sen. — ** I am ashamed of my master, 
 
 but not of my menial state." — M.D. 
 
 919. Dominus providebit. (Lat.) — ** The Lord will provide." Motto of 
 
 earl of Glasgow. — M.D. 
 
 920. Domus arnica domus optima. (Lat.) — " The house of a true friend is 
 
 always a sure asylum." — M. 
 
 921. Dona preesentis carpe Icetus horce, et 
 
 Linque severa. Hor. — ** Realize with cheerfulness the gifts of the 
 present hour, and banish serious reflections." — M. 
 
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 922. Donee eris felix multos numerabis amicosj 
 
 Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris. Ovid. — " While prosperity 
 gilds your days, you will reckon many friends ; but if the clouds 
 of adversity descend upon you, behold, they fly away." You are 
 then abandoned, deserted, perhaps by those to whom you have 
 been most kind, and whom you have fed; and left alone, to lament, 
 mayhap, your own generosity, and to exclaim against their ingra- 
 titude. 
 
 " The gale is favouring, num'rous friends you'll find; 
 From th' adverse storm, they fly before the wind." 
 
 —MM. 
 
 923. Dormer de si mauvaise grace qu'on n'apas d' obligation. (Fr.) — " To 
 
 give in so ungracious a manner, as to cancel the obligation." — M. 
 
 924. Dos est magna parentum 
 
 Virtus. HoR. — *' The virtuous character of parents is in itself a 
 great portion." A fair untarnished fame transmitted to us from 
 our ancestors reflects credit and honour on their children. — M.D. 
 
 925. Double entendre. (Fr.) — "A double meaning." Any ambiguous 
 
 expression to which two meanings may be attached. — M.D. 
 
 926. Droit d'aubaine. (Fr.) — " The right of escheat." By the law of 
 
 France, previous to the revolution, the effects of foreigners dying 
 within the realm escheated to the crown. — M.D. 
 
 927. Droit de gens. (Fr.) — *' The law of nations." — M.D. 
 
 928. Droit et avant. (Fr.) — " Right and forward." Motto of viscount 
 
 Sydney.— M.D. 
 
 929. Droit et loyal. (Fr.) — " Right and loyal." Motto of lord Hunting- 
 
 field.— M.D. 
 
 930. Duabus anchoris nititur. (hat.) — *' She rides at two anchors." When 
 
 alluding to a ship. Also construed by the proverb "He has two 
 strings to his bow." — M. 
 
 931. Dubiam salutem qui dat afflictis, negat. Sen. — " He who affords to 
 
 the afflicted but dubious support, may be said to deny it." — M.D. 
 
 932. Ducasse. (Fr.) — A corruption of the word dedicace, signifying dedi- 
 
 cation or consecration. This term implies the annual feast held 
 in remembrance of the consecration of a city, village, district, or 
 Church, to some one of the numerous saints who watch over the 
 souls, the bodies, and general prosperity of the French nation. So 
 that every village, &c. has its ducasse once in the year. A day of 
 idleness, feasting and dancing. — M. 
 
 933. Ducimus autem 
 
 Hos quoquefelices, qui, f err e incommoda vitce, 
 
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 Nee jactare jugum, vita didic^re magistrd. Juv. — " But we must 
 consider those men happy, who, by their knowledge of the world, 
 have learned to bear the inconveniences of life, without complain- 
 ing of the burthen." That experience which can reconcile us to 
 bear with resignation our fate, whatever it may be, must bestow 
 comparative happiness. — M.D. 
 
 934. Ducis ingenium, res 
 
 AdverscB nudare solent, celare secundce. Hor. — *' Misfortunes call 
 forth the abilities of a general, but prosperous circumstances leave 
 them concealed." It is by the occiu-rence of adverse circumstances 
 that a general finds opportunities of displaying his professional 
 talents, and the resources of his own mind. — M.D. 
 
 935. Ducit amor patrice. {Lat.) — ** The love of country leads me." Motto 
 
 of baron Milford.— ikf.D. 
 
 936. Bufort au foible. (Fr.) — " From the strong to the weak." — M.D. 
 
 937. Dulci animos novitate tenebo. Ovid. — " I will captivate your mind 
 
 with the charms of novelty." — M. 
 
 938. Dulce est desipere in loco. Hor. — " It is pleasant to play the fool 
 
 (to relax) on proper occasions." Occasional mirth is not incom- 
 patible with wisdom, and the man of reserved habits may some- 
 times be gay. — M.M. 
 
 939. Dulce et decorum est pro patrid mori. Hor. — '* It is sweet and be- 
 
 coming to die for our country." In all wars, in all countries, in 
 all ages, this apophthegm has been quoted ; but its application 
 should be chiefly to cases where our country is invaded, when it 
 certainly is honourable to sacrifice even our lives in its defence ; 
 in defence of our wives, our children, our altars, our liberties. — M.D. 
 
 940. Dulce sodalitium. Mar. — " A happy association." A sweet so- 
 
 ciety. — M. 
 
 941. Dulce loqui miseris, veteresque reducere qucestus. Statius. — *' How 
 
 sweet to soothe the wretched, and mitigate the effects of former 
 misfortunes ! ! !" — M. 
 
 942. Dulcis amor patrice, dulce videre suos. Ovid. — " Dear to us is oiu" 
 
 country, dear our relations." The exclamation of Ovid when an 
 exile on the Pontus Euxinus or Black Sea. — M.D. 
 
 943. Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amid j 
 
 Expertus metuit. Hor. — " To cultivate the smiles of the great, is 
 agreeable to those inexperienced in the world, but those who know 
 it, dread the contact." 
 
 ** Untried how sweet a court attendance ! 
 
 When tried, how dreadful the dependence ! ! " Francis. 
 
 -^M.M. 
 
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 944. Dulcibus est verbis alliciendus amor. (Prov.) — " Love is to be allured 
 
 by kind words." Love begets love. — M. 
 
 945. Dumaurora fulget, moniti adolescent es, jlores colligite. (JLat.) — " Be 
 
 advised, my young friends, and while the sun shines, collect flow- 
 ers." Improve your minds while yet you may. — M. 
 
 946. Dum deliheramus quando incipiendum, incipere jam serum Jit. Quint. 
 
 — " While we are deliberating on the time when we are to begin, 
 the time for action is lost." — M.D. 
 
 947. Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momenta hue illuc impellitur. Ter. — 
 
 " While the mind is on the balance, it is, in an instant (by a fea- 
 ther) turned to one side or the other." — M.D. 
 
 948. Dum lego, assentior. {Lat.) — " Whilst I read, I assent." So ex- 
 
 claimed Cicero, on being convinced by Plato^s reasoning of the 
 immortality of the soul. — M.D. 
 
 949. Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus, 
 
 Vive memor quam sis cevi brevis. Hor. — ** While Providence per- 
 mits, live contented in happy circumstances, ever mindful of the 
 brief duration of this life." — M. 
 
 950. Dum potes 
 
 Aridum compone lignum. Hor. — " Heap on the fire, while yet you 
 may, well-dried wood." — M. 
 
 951. Dumpotuit solitdgemitum virtute repressit. Ovid. — " As long as she 
 
 was able to conceal her distresses, she kept them confined to her 
 own breast, with her customary fortitude." 
 
 ** With wonted fortitude s\\e bore the smart, 
 And not a groan confess'd her burning heart.'' 
 
 —M. 
 
 952. Dim recitas incipit esse tuus. Mart. — " Reciting makes it thine." 
 
 —M. 
 
 953. Dum singulipugnant, universi vincuntur. Tacit. — " While each indi- 
 
 vidual separately contends, the nation is subdued." Spoken of 
 the Britons, who, though some fought bravely in defence of their 
 liberties against the Romans, were so divided among themselves, 
 that at last their country became a prey to the invaders. — M. 
 
 954. Dum spiro spero. (Lat.)—" While I breathe I hope." Motto of 
 
 viscount Dillon and earl Whitworth. — M.D. 
 
 955. Dumtacent, clamant. Cic. — " While silent, their discontent is visi- 
 
 ble." There is not any state of popular feeling more dangerous, 
 than that of a forced silence, imposed by despotism, while discon- 
 tent, like a smothered volcano, bums in their breasts. — M.D. 
 
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 956. Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labor em; 
 
 Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede. Ovid. — " While your strength 
 and years allow you, endure labour, curved age, with silent step, 
 will soon overtake you." — M.D. 
 
 957. Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Hor. — " When fools 
 
 would avoid one fault, they surely run into the contrary one." — 
 M.D. 
 
 958. Dum vivimus, vivamus. (hat.) — " While we are permitted to live, 
 
 let us live." That is, let us enjoy life, which, without enjoyment, 
 is not worth possessing. 
 
 " Live while you live," the epicure would say, 
 " And seize the pleasures of the present day." 
 " Live while you live," the sacred preacher cries, 
 '• And give to God each moment as it flies." 
 Lord, in my views let both united be ; 
 I live in pleasure when I live to Thee. Doddridge. 
 
 -M. 
 
 959. D'mw dhot souvent au chretien veritable. 
 
 La distance est deuxfoix plus longue, h mon avis. 
 Que du pole antartique, au detroit de Davis, Boileau. — ** The dis- 
 tance is twice as great, between a devotee and a true Christian, in 
 my opinion, as between the southern pole and Davis's Straits." 
 The difference is infinite between hypocrisy and true devotion. — 
 M.D. 
 
 960. Duos qui sequitur lepores neutrum capit. (Lat. Prov.J — ** He who 
 
 pursues two hares catches neither." When our attention is di- 
 rected to different objects we rarely succeed in any. It is like hav- 
 ing " too many irons in the fire." — M.D. 
 
 961. Dura 
 
 Exerce imperia, et ramos compesce Jluentes. Vir. 
 
 *' Exert a rigorous sway, 
 
 And lop the too luxuriant boughs away." 
 
 — M. 
 
 962. Durante bene placito. (Lat.) — ** During our good pleasure." The 
 
 tenure by which most official situations under government are 
 held.— iJf.D. 
 
 963. Durante vitd.—'* During life." — M.D. 
 
 964. Durante, et vosmet rebus servate secundis. Vir. — " Persevere, and 
 
 reserve yourselves for more favourable circumstances." 
 
 *' Endure the hardships of the present state ; 
 
 Live, and reserve yourselves for better fate." Dry den. 
 
 ^M.D. 
 
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 965. Durum / Sed leciusfit patientid 
 
 Quicquid corrigere est nefas. Hor. — " It is hard 1 But that which 
 it is not permitted to correct, is rendered more light by patience." 
 
 " 'Tis hard, but patience must endure, 
 
 And soothe the woes it cannot cure." Francis. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 966. Durum telum necessitas. (Lat. ProvJ — ** Necessity is a keen dart." 
 
 It is dangerous to attempt to coerce those, whom necessity has 
 driven to extremity; or to contend against circumstances to which 
 necessity commands us to submit. Necessity has no law. — M.D. 
 
 96T- Dux /(Bmina facti. Vir. — " A woman was the leader of the deed." 
 The enterprising spirit evinced by many women, brings this quota- 
 tion into frequent application. — M.D. 
 
 E. 
 
 968. Ea animi elatio qucB cernitur in pericuUs, sijustitid vacat, pugnatque 
 
 pro suis commodis, in vitio est. Tull. — ** That elevation of mind 
 which some men are seen to display in moments of peril, if it is 
 directed to the accomplishment of an unjust object, or confined 
 solely to selfish purposes, becomes a crime." —M. 
 
 969. Ea fama vagatur. (Lat.) — "That report is in circulation." That 
 
 story is propagated, spread abroad. — M. 
 
 970. Ea sub oculis posita negligimusj proximorum incuriosi, longinqua 
 
 sectamur. Pliny. — "Those things which are placed under our 
 eye, we neglect ; indifferent as to objects that are near to us, we 
 long for those that are most distant." We are all too apt to value 
 the most highly, those things which are the most difficult of attain- 
 ment, but the quotation here given, may be extended to those who 
 feel a rage for visiting foreign countries, and prize above all things, 
 their beauties and productions, while they are unacquainted with 
 those contained in their own country. — M.D. 
 
 971- Eau henite de cour. (Fr.) — " The holy water of the court." Court 
 promises. — M.D. 
 
 972. Ebhe il migliore 
 
 De' mici giorni la patria. Metas. — ** The best of my days were 
 devoted to my country." — M.D. 
 
 973. Ecce homo. (Lat.)—'' Behold the man."— ikf.D. 
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 974. T!cce iterum Crispinus I Juv. — " Behold Crispinus !" A notorious 
 
 debauchee whom Juvenal designates as ** monstrum nulla virtute 
 redemptum a vitiis," and to be compared to Crispinus was consi- 
 dered as a bitter reproach. — M. 
 
 975. Ecorcher une anguille par la queue. {Fr.) — " To skin an eel from the 
 
 tail." i. e. to begin a business at the wrong end. — M. 
 
 976. Effodiuntur opes irrifamenta malorum. (hat.) — ** Riches, the stimu- 
 
 lants to evil actions, are dug up from the earth." Those precious 
 metals, the possession of, or the desire of obtaining which, are pro- 
 ductive of almost every crime, are sought for with infinite toil, 
 and even with a great expenditure of human life. — M.D. 
 
 977' E flammd cibum petere. Ter. — "To seek one's bread in the flames.'* 
 To endeavour to earn our living by desperate resources. — M.D. 
 
 978. Eyyva, rrapa oary. (Gr.) Eggua para d'ate. — ** Promise is allied to 
 mischief." Spoken by Thales, one of the seven Sages of Greece. 
 Nothing can lead one into greater difficulties^ or more disagreeable 
 dilemmas, than promises rashly or inconsiderately made. — M.D^ 
 
 979' Egle, belle et poete a deux petits travers, 
 
 Ellefait son visage, et ne fait pas ses vers. (Fr.) — " Egle, a beauty 
 and a poetess, has two little misfortunes. She makes (paints) her 
 face, but does not make her verses." This piquant impromptu 
 against the celebrated Fanni Beauharnois, who aspired to poetical 
 fame as well as to admiration, was handed about in a circle of Sa- 
 vans at Paris, and is said to have excited in no small degree Napo- 
 leon's displeasure. — M. 
 
 980. Ego apros occido, alter fruitur pulpamento. — " 1 kill the boars, others 
 
 enjoy the flesh," I kill the game, others enjoy the dainties. This 
 may be applied to many duties, many labours, the produce of 
 which goes to fill the pockets or gratify the appetites of others. — 
 M. 
 
 981. Ego consuetudinem sermonis vocaho consensum eruditorumj sicut Vi- 
 
 vendi consensum bonorum. Quint. — " 1 shall consider the style of 
 speaking adopted by men of education, as the true criterion of cor- 
 rect language ; as I shall the example of good men the model for 
 conduct through life." — M.D. 
 
 982. Ego ita comperio omnia regna, civitates,nationes, usque eo prosperum 
 
 imperium habuisse, dum apud eosvera consilia valuerunt. Sall. — *' I 
 find that all kingdoms, cities, and nations, have continued to flou- 
 rish, so long as good and wise counsels have had influence in the 
 conduct of their affairs." — M. 
 
 983. Ego si risi, quod ineptus 
 
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 Pastillos Bujillus olet, lividus et mordax videar ? Hor. — '* If I laugh 
 at the odours which I inhale from the scented RufiUus, must I 
 therefore be considered as censorious or satirical?" — M.D. 
 
 984. Ego spem pretio non emo, Ter. — " I do not purchase hope with 
 
 gold." Expectations which so frequently fail to be realized, I con- 
 sider as a bad purchase. — M.M. 
 
 985. Effli ha fat to il male, ed io miporio lapena. (It.)— He has done the 
 
 mischief, and I bear the blame. 
 
 986. Egregii mortalem altique silenti. Hor. — ** A creature of extraordi- 
 
 nary and profound secresy." — M. 
 
 987' Eheufugaces, Posthume, Posthume, 
 Labuntur anni j nee pietas moram 
 Rugis et instanti senectcs 
 
 Afferty indomitceque morti. Hor. — *' Alas ! O Posthumus, our fleet- 
 ing years pass away, nor can piety ward off wrinkles, or progressive 
 old age, or delay the approach of resistless death." — M.D. 
 
 988. Eheu qtiam brevihus pereunt ingentia causis ! ! Claud. — " Alas ! by 
 what trifling causes are great and weighty affairs overturned ! !" 
 Slight causes often produce great events. — M.M. 
 
 989- Eheu quampingui macer est mihi taurus in arvo. 
 
 Idem amor exitium pecori est, pecorisque magistro. Virg. — " Alas ! 
 how lean is my bull in the midst of abundant pasture ! love is 
 as destructive to cattle, as it is to their owner." — M. 
 
 990. Eheu I 
 
 Quam temerh in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam ! 
 Nam vitiis nemo sine nascitur j optimus ille est. 
 Qui minimis urgetur. Hor. — ** Alas ! how frequently do we sanc- 
 tion severe rules against ourselves, for no man is born exempt 
 from faults ; he is the best who is subject to the fewest." Too 
 frequently indeed do we censure faults in other men, forgetting 
 that we ourselves deserve the same reproof. — M. ■ 
 
 991. Elatianimi comprimendi sunt. (Lat.) — ** Minds which are too much 
 
 elated, deserve to be pulled down." — M. 
 
 992. Elige eum cujus tibi placuit et vita et oratio. Sen. — " Choose him 
 
 whose mode of living, and whose conversation and sentiments are 
 pleasing to you." — M.D. 
 
 993. El sabio muda consejo, el nescio no. (Span. Prov.) — '-' The wise man 
 
 changes his mind, the ignorant man will not." The former will ac- 
 knowledge his error and correct it, but the pertinacity with which 
 
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 the latter adheres to his opinions, always bears a just proportion to 
 his ignorance. — M. 
 
 994. Elucet maxime animi excellentia magnitudoque in despiciendis opibus. 
 
 (Lat.) — ** Excellence of disposition and greatness of soul is most 
 conspicuously exhibited in the contempt of riches." — M. 
 
 995. Emax foemina. Ovid. — ** A purchasing woman." A- lady who is 
 
 always looking out for bargains. — M. 
 
 996. E meglio un huon amico che cento par enti. (Ital.) — " One true friend 
 
 is better than an hundred relations." — M.D. 
 
 997- E meglio un novo oggi che una gallina domani. (Ital.) — ** An egg to- 
 day, is better than a hen to-morrow." The bird in the hand. — • 
 M.D. 
 
 998. Emere malo quam rogare. Sum. — *' Better to buy than incur an ob- 
 
 ligation by asking." — M. 
 
 999. Empta dolore docet experientia. (Lat. Prov.) — ** Experience bought 
 
 by suffering is instructive." Bought experience is best, if not too 
 dear.— ikf.D. 
 
 1000. En amour comme en amitie 
 
 Un tiers souvent nous embarasse. (Fr.J — " A third person is often 
 an annoyance, as well in matters of love, as of friendship." — M.D. 
 
 1001. En barbette. (Fr. Mil. Term.) — " A battery without embrasures, 
 and of which the parapet is so low that the cannon can be fired 
 over it."— M.D. 
 
 1002. En donner a garder. (Fr.) — "To give one something to keep." To 
 make one believe a ridiculous story. — M.D. 
 
 1003. En Dieu est ma fiance. (Fr.) — ** In God is my trust," Motto of 
 earl of CarhanTpton. — M.D. 
 
 1004. Enfans perdus. (Fr.) — " Lost children." A term applied to troops 
 sent on a forlorn hope. — M.D. 
 
 1005. Enfant gate. fFr.^—" A spoiled child."— M.D. 
 
 1006. Enfant trouve. (Fr.)—'' A foundling."— M.D. 
 
 1007. Enfermer de loup dans la bergerie. (Fr.) — ** To shut up the wolf in 
 the sheepfold." To patch up a disease without eradicating it. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1008. Enfilade. (Fr. Mil. Term.) — " A range or row," as, a line, wall, 
 rampart, &c. and when guns can be so placed that their shot can 
 range along such a wall or parapet, it is said to be enfiladed by 
 those guns. — M.D. 
 
 1009. En flute. (Fr. Nav. Term.) — ** A ship of war is said to be armed en 
 
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 fiute^ when she carries her upper tier of guns only, her hold being 
 filled with stores, troops, &c. — M.D. 
 
 1010. En grace affie. (Fr.) — "On grace depend." Motto of earl of Car- 
 
 digan.— Jf.D. 
 
 1011. En habiles gens. (Fr.) — " Like able men." — M.D. 
 
 1012. En la rose je Jleuris. (Lat) — " In the rose I flourish." Motto of 
 the duke of Richmond. — M.D. 
 
 1013. En masse. (Fr.) — " In a body." Enfoule, *' in a cloud." — M.D. 
 
 1014. En parole je vis. (Fr.) — " In the word I live." Motto of lord 
 
 StoweU.— M.D. 
 
 1015. Enpleinjour. (Fr.) — " In fuU day." Open day. — M.D. 
 
 1016. En revanche. (Fr.) — " In revenge." In return; to make amends 
 or requital. — M.D. 
 
 1017. En suivant la verite. (Fr.) — *' In following the truth." Motto of 
 
 earl of Portsmouth. — M.D. 
 
 1018. Entre chien et hup. (Fr.) — " Between dog and wolf." Twilight — 
 between knave and fool, of a dubious character. — M.D. 
 
 1019. Entre deux feux. (Fr.) — " Between two fires." — M.D. 
 
 1020. Entre deux vins. (Fr.) — " Between two wines." Neither dnmk 
 nor sober. Half seas over. — M.D. 
 
 1021. Entre esprit et talent il y ala proportion du tout a sa partie. (Fr.) La 
 Bruyere. — " Wit is to talent, as a part is to the whole." — M. 
 
 1022. Entre le bon sens et le hon gout il y ala difference de la cause a son 
 effet. La Bruyere. — ** Between good sense and good taste, there 
 exists the same difference, as between cause and effect." — M. 
 
 1023. Entre nous. (Fr.) — " Between us." Between ourselves. — M.D. 
 
 1024. Enpotence. (Fr.) — ** In form of a gallows." — M. 
 
 1025. En vieillissant on devient plus fou et plus sage. Rochefoucault. — 
 
 " When men become old they grow more foolish and more wise." 
 As we advance in life, we are found to have become so habituated 
 to some of our follies, that, as to them, we are absolutely incorri- 
 gible, whilst from others, we have, either wholly or in part, been 
 reclaimed. — M. 
 
 1026. Eodem collyrio mederi omnibus. (Lat.) — " To cure all men by the 
 same ointment." To practise as a quack, to vend a panacea, or 
 universal cure for all disorders. — M.D. 
 
 1027. Eo insianti. (Lat.) — " At that instant." — M.D. 
 
 1028. Eo magis prafulgebat quod non videbatur. Tacit. — '*He shone with 
 
 the brighter lustre, because he was not seen. — M.D. 
 
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 1029. Eques ipso melior BelleropJiorde. Hor. — " A horseman superior to 
 Bellerophon himself." Belierophon was master of the fabled horse 
 Pegasus. — M. 
 
 1030. Equis frcmato est auris in ore. Hor. — " The ear of a 
 
 bridled horse is in his mouth." He is turned in the right way by 
 the bit, not by words. — M. 
 
 1031. Equitis et quoque jam migravit ab aure voluptas 
 
 Omnis, ad incertos oculos, et gaudia vana. Hor. — " Our gentry 
 have ceased to derive pleasure through the ear, but from eyes that 
 may deceive, and from frivolous shows." 
 
 " But now our nobles, too, are fops again, 
 
 Neglect the sense, and love the painted scene." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1032. Eripuit Coda fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis. (Lat.) — " He snatch- 
 
 ed the thunder from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants." 
 Wlien the late Benjamin Franklin was appointed by the United 
 States as their Ambassador to France, a medal was struck in 
 honour of him, at Paris, of which this was the exergue. The 
 allusion was to his discovery that the electrical fire and that of 
 lightning are absolutely the same, as well as to the very prominent 
 and distinguished part he acted in supporting the liberties of his 
 country, and in contending for, and finally confirming, her inde- 
 pendence. — M.D. 
 
 1033. Errantem in viam reducito. (Lat.) — " Bring back into the right 
 way him who has gone astray." Correct the errors of mankind, 
 where you can, and inspire them with a love of virtue. Restore 
 the stray sheep to the fold. — M. 
 
 1034. E se Jinxit velut araneus. {Lat.) — " He spun from himself as a 
 spider." His own resources were his sole dependence. He had 
 nothing to rely on but his own exertions. — M.D. 
 
 1035. Esperance en Dieu. (Fr.) — ** Hope in God." Motto of the duke 
 of Northumberland and earl Beverley. — M.D. 
 
 1036. Esprit de Corps. (Fr.)—'' The spirit of the body (society)." That 
 regard to propriety of conduct, and general zeal for their mutual 
 honour, which must exist in every well-constituted collective body, 
 such as the honourable Society of Barristers, the British army, 
 &c. &c.— M.D. 
 
 1037. Essayez. (Fr.)—" Try.'' Motto of lord Dundas.—3f. D. 
 
 1338. Esse quam videri malim. (Lat.) — " I had rather be, than seem to 
 be." I would rather be virtuous, estimable, and good, than 
 
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 (without the reality) be merely considered as such by the world. 
 Motto of the earl of Winterton. — M.D. 
 
 1039. Est amicus socius mensce, et non permanebit in die necessitatis. " A 
 friend is the companion of your table, but if necessities press upon 
 you he flies." " Again, some friend is a companion at thy table, 
 but will not continue in the day of thy affliction." — Ecclesiasticus, 
 chap. 6. ver. 10.— M. 
 
 1040. Est animus tibi 
 
 Rerumque prudens, et secundis 
 
 Temporibus dubiisque rectus. Hor. " You have a mind distin- 
 guished for consummate prudence in all your affairs, as also for 
 your firm and upright conduct, as well in prosperity as in adver- 
 sity."— M. 
 
 1041. Est bonus, ut melior vir 
 
 Non alius quisquam. Hor. " He is so very good, that no man 
 can be better."— ikf. 
 
 1042. Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia. Hor. " A conciseness of 
 
 style is necessary to make a sentence run agreeably." Nothing 
 more tiresome than writing that appears laboured and diffuse. — M, 
 
 1043. Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri. Pliny. " The 
 truest felicity is derived from a consciousness that you are consi- 
 dered deserving of all the felicity you enjoy.*' — M.D. 
 
 1044. Est egentissimus in sua re. (Lat.J — " He is very much confined in 
 his circumstances." His means are limited. — M.D. 
 
 1045. -: Est hie. 
 
 Est ubi vis, animus si te non deficit cequus. Hor. — " It is to be 
 found (happiness) here, it is every where if you possess a well 
 regulated mind." Eqiianimity is one great source of true hap- 
 piness, and it can have no existence but in combination with many 
 virtues. f. 
 
 *' True happiness is to no spot confin'd, 
 If you preserve a firm and equal mind, 
 'Tis here, 'tis there, 'tis every where." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1046. Est ipsi res angusta domi. Cic. — " His income is very small." His 
 establishment is very low. — M. 
 
 1047. Est isti puero animus celer et concitatus. Cic. — *' That boy is en- 
 dowed with an active and zealous mind." Prompt and acute. — M. 
 
 1048. Est modus in rebus ; sunt certi denique fines, 
 
 Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum. Hor. — " There is, in 
 all things, one happy medium, beyond, or at this side of which, 
 rectitude cannot exist." It is an incontrovertible position, that 
 
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 true virtue must be sought in a middle course, as extremes always 
 lead to vice. Thus fanaticism and Atheism form the two extremes, 
 while pure religion is the middle virtue. Avarice and prodigality, 
 where generosity constitutes the happy medium. — M.D. 
 
 J 049- Est natura hominum novitatis avida. Pliny. — " It is in the nature 
 of man to love novelty." — M. 
 
 1050. Estne Dei sedes nisi terra, et pontus, et a'e'r, 
 
 Et ccelum, et virtus ? Superos quid qucerimus ultra ? 
 Jupiter est, quodcunque vides, quocunque moveris. Lucan. — " Has 
 the Deity any other seat than the earth, and the sea, the air, the 
 heavens and virtue ? Beyond these why do we seek God ? What- 
 ever you see he is in it, wherever you move he is there." These 
 sublime ideas of the existence of a God do honour to a heathen's 
 pen.— ikf.D. 
 
 1051. Est nitidus, vitroque magis perlucidus omni 
 
 Pons. Ovid. — *' The fountain is more bright and clear than any 
 crystal." — M. 
 
 1052. Est opera pretium duplicis pemoscere juris 
 
 Naturam. Hor. — *' Jt is worth while to investigate the nature of the 
 two kinds of sauce.'* It may also, as a curious specimen of Roman 
 taste left to us by so distinguished a savoir vivre, be entertaining to 
 look at the receipts in the 4th Satire, Book II. — M. 
 
 1053. Esto perpetua. (Lat.J — " Be thou perpetual." These were the last 
 words of the celebrated Paolo Sarpi, in speaking of his much loved 
 country, Venice. — M.D. 
 
 1054. Esto quod esse videris. (Lat.) — '* Be what you seem to be." Motto 
 of lord Sondes.— M.D. 
 
 1055. Esto^ ut nunc multi, dives tibi, pauper amicis. Juv. — "Be, as is now 
 the custom of many, rich to yourself, poor to your friends." — M.D. 
 
 1056. Est pater ille quern nuptice demonstrant. (Law Max.) — " He is the 
 father whom the marriage-rites designate.'* — M. 
 
 1057. Est profectb Deus, qui qua nos gerimus auditque et videt, 
 Neque id verum existimo quod vulgo dicitur, 
 
 Fortuna humana jingit aptatque ut luhet. (Lat.J — ** There exists 
 certainly a God who sees every act we perform, hears every word 
 we utter, nor can I coincide in the common opinion, that fortune 
 fashions and adapts all human affairs according to her pleasure." 
 This, from the pen of a heathen, is a very unequivocal admission 
 of his belief in the existence ofajirst cause. The mythology of the 
 heathens, this writer must, of course, have considered as merely 
 allegorical. — M.D. 
 
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 1058. Est proprium stuUitice aliorum cernere vitia, oblivisci suorum. Cic. — 
 
 ** It is common to fools to discover their neighbour's faults, while 
 they are forgetful of their own." — M.D. 
 
 1059. Est qucedam Jlere voluptas, 
 
 Expletur lachrymis, egeriturque dolor. Ovid. — " There is, in weep- 
 ing, a certain pleasure, grief is soothed and alleviated by tears." 
 There is, as Shakspeare says, ** a luxury in grief;" and they must 
 betray profound ignorance of the feelings of the human heart, who 
 attempt to intrude on those hallowed moments which are devoted 
 to deep affliction, or to prematurely urge the work of consolation, 
 before our tears shaU have given vent to the first excess of anguish. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1060. Est quoddam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra. Hor. — *' It is merito- 
 rious to have advanced so far, even though we should not be al- 
 lowed to go farther." That industry deserves approbation and en- 
 couragement, which prompts to a vigorous and zealous beginning, 
 even though the attempt should ultimately fail. — M.D. 
 
 1061. Est quoque cunctarum novitas carissima rerum. Ovid. — " Novelty 
 is, of all things, the most beloved." That very numerous class, 
 who are continually husy in doing nothing, make it the chief and 
 constant object of their pursuit. — M.D. 
 
 1062. Esurienti ne occurras. (hat.) — ** Do not encounter a man impelled 
 by hunger." Avoid always a contest with a man impelled by des- 
 perate necessity. — M.D. 
 
 1063. Et ccetera, (hat.)—*' And the rest." Or the others.— ikf.D. 
 
 1064. Et credis cineres curare sepultos ? Vir. — "Can you suppose that 
 the ashes of the dead can be affected by what passes among us ?" 
 
 " Think you these tears, this pompous train of woe 
 Are known or valued by the ghosts below ?" Dryden. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1065. Etdecus et pretium recti. (Lat.) — " At once the ornament and the 
 reward of virtue." Motto of the duke of Grafton, and lord South- 
 ampton. — M.D. 
 
 1066. Et dubitamus adhuc virtutem ex tender e factis ? Vir. — " And do we 
 despair of extending our virtue by our deeds?" — M. 
 
 1067. Etenim omnes artes qum ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam 
 commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione qvddam inter se continentur. 
 Cic. pro Archia. — " All the arts appertaining to polished life, are 
 united by some common bond, as if they were connected by some 
 intimate alliance." As for example, the connection between paint- 
 ing, poetry, and music. — M.M. 
 
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 1068. Et err at longh med quidem sententid, 
 
 Qui imperium credit gravius esse aut stabilius 
 
 Vi quod Jit, quam illud, quod amicitid adjungitur. Ter. — " In my 
 judgement, he greatly errs, who believes that a government is more 
 stable or secure which is maintained by the arm of power, than 
 that which is cemented by mutual kindness. In the former there 
 can exist no certainty of duration ; while, in the latter, all the best 
 feelings of the human mind are enlisted in its support." — M.D. 
 
 1069. Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat. Hor. — " All-powerful 
 money gives both birth and beauty." Sovereign money serves for 
 pedigree and beauty. — MM. 
 
 1070. Et genus et proavos, et qua nonfecimus ipsi. 
 
 Via; ea nostra voco. Ovid. — " As to birth and ancestry, and such 
 things as we have not ourselves acquired, we scarcely call them 
 our own." A satire on the pride of birth when unsustained by per- 
 sonal worth and virtue. — M.D. 
 
 1071. Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est. Hor. — *' Virtue or 
 high birth, unless accompanied by wealth, are held as cheap as sea- 
 weed." This and the preceding quotation have been verified by 
 time and exp'erience. — M.M. 
 
 1072. Etiam fortes viros subitis terreri. Tacit. — '* The minds even of re- 
 
 solute men are to be alarmed by sudden events." Unexpected 
 events will sometimes disturb the most firm and resolute minds. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1073. Etiam oblivisci quod scis, interdum expedit. Pub. Syr. — " It is 
 
 sometimes expedient to forget what we know. — M.D, 
 
 1074. Etiam. fera animalia, siclausateneas, virtutis obliviscuntur. (Lat.) — 
 
 ** Even ferocious animals, if you keep them in confinement, forget 
 their ferocious propensities." Their fierceness. — M. 
 
 1 075. Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet. D. Lab. — " Though the wound 
 is healed, a scar remains." So injuries and offences which inter- 
 rupt friendship, are often pardoned, though not forgotten. The 
 scar remains. — M. 
 
 1076. Etiam Parnassia laurus 
 
 Parva sub ingenti matris se subjicit umbrd. Vir. — ** Even the Par- 
 nassian bay shelters itself under the dense shade of its parent 
 plant." i. e, the suckers which it throws up. 
 
 " Thus the green bay, that binds the poet's brows, 
 
 Shoots, and is shelter'd by the mother's boughs." Duyden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1077- Et male tomatos incudi reddere versus. Hor. — " And to return 
 
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100 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 verses which have been badly made, to be newly modelled." A 
 piece of advice which, coming from so competent a master, many 
 of our modern poets would do well to follow. — MD. 
 
 10/8. Et mecs, (si quid loquar audimdum) 
 
 Vocis accedet bona pars. Hor. — ** And (if I can say anything wor- 
 thy to be heard) my voice shall be exerted." — M,D. 
 
 1079. Et mihi res, non me rebus, submittere conor. Hor. — " I endeavour 
 to conquer adverse circumstances, not submit myself to them." 
 This passage exhibits the traces of a mind in which resolution and 
 vigour are united. — M.M. 
 
 1080. Et minimce vires frangere quassa valent. Ovin. (De tristibus.) — " A 
 very small degree of force will break a thing, previously cracked." 
 Men whose spirits have been once broken, are afterwards easily 
 and deeply affected by trivial mischances. — M.D. 
 
 1081. Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis. Vir. — " The children of 
 our children, and those who shall be born of them." Our poste- 
 rity to the latest period. These things will affect not only ourselves, 
 but likewise our nati natorum, 8fc. — M.D. 
 
 1082. Et nos quoque tela sparsimus. (Lat.) — ** And we too have flung our 
 
 darts." Motto of earl Moira. — M.D. 
 
 1083. Et novafactaque nuper habebunt verba fidem, si 
 
 GrcBco fonte cadunt parch detorta. Hor. — ** And new, and lately 
 invented terms, wiU have greater authority, if they are derived 
 from Grecian origin, with little deviation." — M. 
 
 1084. Et Phcebo digna locuti, 
 
 Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo; 
 
 Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vittd. Vir. — " Those who ut- 
 tered sayings worthy of Pheebus, and those who made others mind- 
 ful of them for their merits, have all their temples bound with 
 snow-white ribbon." The poet, in his description of elysium, states 
 the white ribbon to have been the distinctive mark of the poetic 
 instructors, and the benefactors of mankind. — M.M. 
 
 1085. Et qua sibi quisque timebat, 
 
 Unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere. Vir. — ** And what each 
 man dreaded for himself, they bore lightly, when turned to the de- 
 struction of one miserable creature." This is written in reference 
 to a military conviction, or sentence, under which one man only, 
 out of a certain number, was to suffer, and the individual was to be 
 chosen by lot ; which being decided, all the others bore with firm- 
 ness his fate, as it removed their own individual apprehensions. 
 Such is the selfishness of our nature ! — M.D. 
 
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 1086. Et quando uherior vitiorum copia ? Quando 
 Major avaritiee patuit sinus? Alea quando 
 
 Hos animos ? Juv. — " When did vice exercise a more unbounded 
 sway ? When did the passion of avarice more generally prevail ? 
 When did the love of play more deeply engage the minds of men?" 
 
 '• What age so large a crop of vices bore, 
 Or when was avarice extended more, 
 
 When were the dice with more profusion thrown ?" Duyden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1087. Et quiescenti agendum est, et agenti quiescendum est. Sen. — '* Those 
 
 who are indolent should labour, and those who are actively dis- 
 posed should occasionally take repose " Our minds as well as our 
 bodies require an altenation of labour and of rest. — M.D. 
 
 1088. Et qui nolunt occidere quenquam 
 
 Posse voluut. Juv. — ** Even those who would not deprive a fellow- 
 creature of life, are, nevertheless, desirous to have the power." So 
 great is the desire, in the human mind, to possess power and con- 
 trol over others, that even those who would be the most averse to 
 its abuse, are fond of being clothed with the consequence which 
 attaches to the possession. — M.D. 
 
 1089. Etre de trop. (Fr.) — "To be too many." Ily a ici un de trop, there 
 
 is here one too many. — M. 
 
 1090. Etre pauvre sans etre libre, c'est le pire etat oil Vhomme puisse tomber. 
 
 Rousseau. — *' To be poor without being free, is the worst situa- 
 tion in which man can be placed." The curse of poverty, united 
 with that of slavery, wants but the accession of sickness, to com- 
 plete the climax of human miseries. — MB. 
 
 1091. Etre sur le qui vive. (Fr.) — "To be on the alert." This term is 
 used as the mode of challenge in the night by French centinels, 
 and is a corruption of qui va la, which agrees with the English 
 mode of challenge, ** who goes there," qui vive ? — M. 
 
 1092. Etre sur un grand pied dans le monde. (Fr. Prov.J — ** To be on a 
 great footing (in flourishing circumstances) in the world." This 
 proverb came into use when a man's rank was designated by the 
 size of his shoes. A prince wearing shoes of two feet and a half, 
 while a plain citizen was limited (poor man !) to twelve inches, 
 envying perhaps at the same time the comforts of the princely state. 
 
 — M.M. 
 
 1093. Et sic de similibus. (Lat.) — " And so of all such like." Other si- 
 milar things are to be done in the same manner. — M.D. 
 
 1094. Et vitam impendere vero. (Lat.) — " Stake even life in support of 
 
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102 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 the truth." Motto of lord Holland. Rousseau also prefixed this 
 motto to his works, intimating what he supposed (or affected to 
 suppose) to be the end and object of his writings. — M.D. 
 
 1095. Ex abusu non arguitur adusum. (Lat. Law Max.) — " We should not 
 deduce, from the occasional abuse of any thing good or useful, an 
 argument against the use of it/' — M.D. 
 
 1096. Ex (Bquo et bono judicare. (Lat. J — *' To judge in fairness and 
 equity." — M. 
 
 1097. Ex auribus -cognoscitur asinus. {Lat.) — " An ass is known by his 
 ears."— M. 
 
 1098. Ex cathedra. (Lat.) — " From the chair." From the pulpit. Coming 
 from high authority. — M.D. 
 
 1099. Exceptio probat regulam. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The exception proves 
 the existence of the rule." — M.D. 
 
 1100. Excepto quod non simul esses, cater a Icstus. (Lat.) — " With the ex- 
 ception that you were not along with me, I was in other respects 
 happy." Your society alone was wanting, to complete my happi- 
 ness. — M. 
 
 1101. Excerpta. (Lat.) — "Extracts." Abridged notes taken from any 
 work. — M.D. 
 
 1102. Excessitex ephebis.—" He is out of his minority." He has attained 
 years of discretion. — M. 
 
 1103. Excessus in jure reprobatur. (Lat. Law Max.) — "Excess is con- 
 demned by law.?' — M.D. 
 
 1104. Excitari non hebescere. (Lat.) — " To be prone to excitation, not to 
 be sluggish." Motto of lord Walsingham. — M.D. 
 
 1105. Excludat jurgia finis. Hor. — " Let the settlement of this business 
 terminate all disputes." — M. 
 
 1106. Exclusa spes omnis. Plaut. — "Every ground of hope has va- 
 nished." — M. 
 
 1107. Ex concesso. {Lat.) — " From what has been conceded." I have a 
 strong argument, ex concesso, or, from what my opponent has ad- 
 mitted.— ikf.D. 
 
 1108. Excusatio non petita,fit accusatio manifesta. (Lat.) — "AnuncaUed- 
 for exculpation establishes the guilt of him who makes it." — M.D. 
 
 1109. Ex curia. {Lat.)—" Out of court."— itf.D. 
 
 1110. Ex debito justitice. {Lat.) — " From a regard to justice." Or from 
 what is due to it. — M.D. 
 
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 1111. Ex delicto. (Lat.) — " From the crime.'* The grounds of the in- 
 formation must be drawn ex delicto. — M.D. 
 
 1112. Exeat aula qui vult esse pius. Lucret. — '* Let him whose sense of 
 delicacy the evidence may oflfend, withdraw from the court." — M.D. 
 
 1113. Exegi monumentum cere per ennius. Hor. — "I have finished a monu- 
 ment (a work) more durable than brass." An eulogium pronounced 
 by the poet, with more justice than modesty, on his own works. — 
 MB. 
 
 1114. Exemplo plus quam rations vivimus. (Lat.) — " We regulate our mode 
 of living more by the example of others, than by the dictates of 
 reason and sound sense." And we too generally take the exam- 
 ple, from our superiors in station and in fortune; a consideration 
 which should impress their minds with a just sense of the effects 
 which their manners, their habits, their general conduct may pro- 
 duce in society. — M.D. 
 
 1115. Exemplo quodcunque malo committitur ipsi 
 Displicet auctori J prima hcec ultio, quod, se 
 Judice, nemo nocens absolvitur, improba quamvis 
 
 Gratia fallacis prcetoris vicerit urnam. Juv. — ** Whatever act may 
 be committed, in imitation of a bad example, the author himself 
 must condemn. This is his first atonement, that he himself, being 
 his own judge, cannot be absolved (by his own conscience) although 
 through the favour of a corrupt judge he may have been acquitted." 
 — M.M. 
 
 1116. Exempta juvat spinis e pluribus una. Hor — "One thorn, out of 
 many, being pulled out, is, (without meaning to pun) a point 
 gained." And though this is not the strict application of the pas- 
 sage by the poet, the quotation may intimate that every diminu- 
 tion of pain must afford us a corresponding degree of satisfaction. 
 — M. 
 
 1117. Exercitatio potest omnia. (Lat.) — " All things may be accomplished 
 by perseverance." — M. 
 
 1118. Ex facto jus oritur. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The law arises from the 
 fact." Until the nature and the perpetration of the crime is ascer- 
 tained, the law cannot apply. — M.D. 
 
 1119. Exfidefortis. (Lat.)—" Strong through faith." Motto of the earl 
 of Beauchamp. — M.D. 
 
 1 120. Ex humili magna adfastigia rerum 
 
 Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari. Juv. — *' Fortune raises men 
 from the most humble station to the summit of prosperity when- 
 ever she is in a sportive mood." — M. 
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 1121. JExigite ut mores teneros ceu pollice ducat, 
 
 Ut si quis cerd vultum facit. Juv. — " Require him to model their 
 yet tender morals as if he could shape them with his thumb, as an 
 artist forms a countenance with wax." 
 
 " Bid him besides his daily pains employ 
 To form the tender manners of the boy, 
 And work him, like a waxen babe, with art, 
 To perfect symmetry in ev'ry part." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1122. Eacigui numero, sed hello vivida virtus. Vir. — ** Small in number, 
 but of approved valour." A select band, of valour invincible. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1123. Eucilis domus est, ubi non et multa super sunt y 
 
 Et dominum fallunt, et prosunt furihv^. Hor. — " It must be a poor 
 house, in which there are not many superfluous articles, in which 
 the master may be deceived, and which fall a prey to thieves." — 
 M. 
 
 1124. Eximius prcestans corpore taurus. Vir. — ** A bull excelling in beauty 
 
 and in size." — M. 
 
 1125. Exitio est avidis mare nautis. Hor. — "The sea is destructive to 
 avaricious mariners." — M. 
 
 1 126. Ex magna coend stomachojit maxima poena, 
 
 Ut sis node levis, sit tibi coena brevis. {hat.) — " From a heavy 
 supper uneasiness in the stomach is produced, but that you may 
 enjoy a quiet night, let your supper be moderate." — M. 
 
 1127. Ex mere motu. (Lat.) — " From a mere motion." From one's own 
 will, free and uninfluenced ; thus in letters patent it is sometimes 
 
 set forth that the king has made such a grant "ex mero motu." 
 
 M.D. 
 
 1128. Ex necessitate rei. (Lat. J — " From the necessity of the case." From 
 the urgency or pressure of circumstances. — M.D. 
 
 1 129. Ex nihilo nihil Jit. (Lat.) — ** From nothing, nothing can be gotten." 
 
 No profit can accrue from any project that is not at bottom solid. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1130. Ex officio. (Lat.) — " By virtue of his office." By his official power, 
 
 &c.— ikf. 
 
 1131. Ex otio plus negotii quam ex negotio habemus. {Lat.) Vet. Schol. ad 
 Ennium in Iphigen. — " Our leisure gives us more to do, than real 
 business." The devising of modes of employing their leisure, gives 
 to some persons more occupation, than all the affairs they have to 
 transact. — M. 
 
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 1132. Ex parte. (Lat.) — "On one side." Ex parte evidence, only, is heard 
 
 by grand juries, on the side of the prosecution. — M.D. 
 
 1133. Expede Herculem. (Lat.) — " Guess at the size of Hercules's statue 
 from that of the foot." Judge of the whole of any thing, from the 
 specimen or sample furnished. — M.D. 
 
 1134. Experiar quid concedatur in illos 
 
 Quorum Flammined tegitur cinis atque Latind. Juv. — ** I will try 
 what forbearance may be exercised towards those whose ashes rest 
 near the Flamminean or the Latian roads." 
 
 Since none the living dare implead, 
 Arraign them in the persons of the dead." 
 
 —M. 
 
 1135. Experimentum crucis. (Lat.) — "The experiment of the cross." 
 Meaning an effectual mode of eliciting truth by torture. The origin 
 of this expression is unknown, — M.D. 
 
 1136. Experto crede. Virg. — " Listen to the voice of experience." Place 
 your confidence in opinions founded on experience. — M.M. 
 
 1137- Expertus metuit. Hor. — " The man of experience is afraid of it." 
 Used by the poet in reference to the friendship of the great. It 
 may however be very variously applied. — M.M. 
 
 1138. Expetuntur divitice ad perficiendas voluptates. Cic. — " Riches are 
 
 coveted to minister to our pleasures." — M. 
 
 1139. Explorant adversa viros, perque aspera duro 
 
 Nititur ad laudem virtus interrita clivo. Silius Italicus. — " Mis- 
 fortunes prove mankind, and virtue, undaunted by difficulties, con- 
 tends for fame." The first part of this quotation is a universally 
 admitted axiom, and as to the second, there can certainly exist no 
 stronger stimulus to virtuous conduct, than the attainment of a 
 high character, and the esteem and applause of our neighbours. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1 1 40. Expressa nocent, non expressa non nocent. (Lat. Jus. Antiq.J — ** What 
 is expressed may be prejudicial, what is not expressed cannot be 
 so." This is in allusion to written contracts. — M.D. 
 
 1141. Expressio unius, est exclusio alterius. (Lat. Law Max.) — "The 
 naming of one man, is the exclusion of the other." — M.D. 
 
 1142. Ex quovis ligno non jit Mercurius. (Lat. Prov.J — ** A Mercury (an 
 image) cannot be formed out of every piece of wood." Agreeing 
 with our homely adage, respecting the " silken purse." — M.M. 
 
 1143. Ex se se. Cic — " He from himself." His fortune he has made by 
 his own efforts. He has risen by his own industry.— 3f. 
 
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 1144. Ex tempore. (Lat.J — "OfFhand." Without long deliberation; ex 
 
 tempore vivit. He lives from hand to mouth. — M.D. 
 
 1145. Extinctus amabitur idem. Hor. — "The same man will be beloved 
 after his death.*' The living, being (when distinguished by station) 
 always marks for envy, no man so circumstanced can expect to 
 receive all the honours due to his merits, until after his decease. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1146. Extrema gaudii luctus occupat. (LatJ — "When joy is at the high- 
 est pitch, grief may be at hand." 
 
 " Sorrow treads upon the heels of joy." 
 
 1147. Extrema manus nondum operibus ejus imposita est. Ovid. — "The 
 last hand has not yet been applied to his work." It has not yet 
 received the finishing stroke. — M. 
 
 1148. Extremam manum imponere. Pliny. — "To put the finishing hand 
 to a thing."— ilf. 
 
 1 149. Extremis malis, extrema remedia. (Lat.J — " To extreme evils we 
 must apply desperate remedies." — M.D. 
 
 1150. Exuerint sylvestrem animum, cultuque frequenti. 
 
 In quascunque voces artes, hand tarda sequentur. Vir. — " They have 
 laid aside their rustic ideas, and by repeated instruction they will 
 soon make a proficiency in any arts into which you may initiate 
 them." 
 
 " They change their savage mind, 
 
 Their wildness lose, and quitting nature's part, 
 Obey the rules and discipline of art." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1151. Ex ungue leonem. (Lat.) — " The lion is known by his claw." Ap- 
 plied metaphorically to a mere specimen of any work in which the 
 touches of the master's hand may be traced. — M.D. 
 
 1152. Ex uno disce omnes. (Lat.) — " From one you may form an opinion 
 of all."— M.D. 
 
 1153. Ex vitio alterivs sapiens emendat suum. D. Laber. — " From the 
 faults of others, a wise man will correct his own." — M. 
 
 1154. Ex vitulo bos fit. (LatJ — " From a calf an ox grows up." Small 
 things end in great. — M.D. 
 
 1155. Ex vultibus hominum mores coUigere. (Lat.J — "To judge of the 
 morals of men from the countenance." To guess at the tenden- 
 cies of a man's disposition, or habits, by his appearance, — M. 
 
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 156. Eviva, viva. (Ital.) — " Long may you live ! Long life to you." 
 A cheering plaudit, corresponding with the hmza of the English . 
 
 F. 
 
 1157. Fdbas indulcet fames. (Lat.) — " Hunger sweetens beans." A good 
 appetite gives a relish to the most humble fare. Or according to 
 the English proverb, ** Hunger is the best sauce." — M. 
 
 11 5S. Faher su(b fortunes. (Lat.) — ** The founder of his own fortune." — 
 M.D. 
 
 1159. Fabricandofabrifimus. (Lat.) — " By working as carpenters, we be- 
 come carpenters." By applying ourselves diligently to any profes- 
 sion or trade we become expert in it. — M. 
 
 1160. Facetiarum apud prcBpotentes in longum memoria est. Tacit. — " Men 
 in power long retain in memory sarcastic witticisms which have 
 been applied to them." It is therefore imprudent to hurt their 
 feelings, or excite their enmity, by pointing against them such in- 
 vectives. — M.D. 
 
 1161. Fades non omnibus una. 
 
 Nee diversa tamen, qualis decet esse sororum. Ovid. — '* The coun- 
 tenance was not the same in all, nor was the difference very great : 
 the likeness was such as is observed to exist between sisters." A 
 family likeness. — M.M. 
 
 1162. Facile est inventis adders. (Lat.) — " To things already invented it is 
 easy to add." Our continental neighbours often quote this against 
 the English ; affecting to consider them rather as improvers on their 
 inventions, than as inventors, though the utility and importance of 
 the productions of British genius stand unequalled, — M.D. 
 
 1163. Facile improbi malitid sua aspergunt probos. (Lat.) — ^*' Evil men 
 easily asperse the characters of those who are good, by malicious 
 tales."— ikf. 
 
 1164. Facile invenies et pejorem, et pejus moratam, 
 
 Meliorem neque tu reperies, neque sol videt. Plaut. — *' You may 
 easily find a worse woman, and one inferior in point of manners, 
 but a better you will not find, nor does the sun shine on such." 
 —M. 
 
 1 1 65. Facile omnes cum valemus recta con.nlia 
 
 ^gratis damv^. Tu, si hie sis, aliter senties. Ter. — " We can all, 
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108 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 when we are in health, give good advice to the sick. You, if you 
 were as I am, would think otherwise." — M.D. 
 
 1166. Facilh princeps. {Lat.) — " The acknowledged chief." The man 
 who stands first, without doubt or competition. — M.B. 
 
 1167. Facilis descensus Averni, 
 
 Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auraSy 
 Hie labor, hoc opus est. Vir. — " Easy is the descent to hell; but 
 to retrace one's steps, and to regain the upper world, this is the 
 labour, this the difficulty." 
 
 ** Smooth the descent and easy is the way, 
 But, to return, and view the cheerful skies, 
 In this the task and mighty labour lies." Dryden. 
 
 The allusion in this passage is to iEneas's descent into hell, so 
 beautifully described in the 6th ^neid. It may be applied to any 
 situation of difficulty in which we may be involved, but more par- 
 ticularly to those vicious pursuits, and evil habits, which lead us 
 on imperceptibly, until we are irremediably plunged into the depths 
 of sin.— iW.D. 
 
 1168. Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas. D. Laber. — 
 
 ** There is less difficulty in obtaining an accession of dignity, than 
 in gaining the first step." In honours, as in the acquisition of 
 riches, the first step is every thing, but the foundation being once 
 laid, the progress is regular and easy. — M.D. 
 
 1169. Facinusquos inquinat cequat. Lucan. — " Those whom guilt conta- 
 minates, it renders equal." Than this, nothing can be more true, 
 for a mutual consciousness of guilt must place men on an equal 
 footing of miserable degradation. — M.D. 
 
 1170. Fa^on deparler. — " A style of expression." C'est safa^on de par- 
 
 ler J it is his manner of expression. This term is also used as a 
 delicate mode of alluding to an exaggeration, or amplification, of 
 which a person has been guilty, in which case the French say, 
 bah ! c'est unefagon de parler que cela. — M.D. 
 
 1171- Fac simile. (Lat.) — "Do the like." An exact imitation of any 
 thing. A copy of one's hand-writing bearing an exact resemblance 
 of the original. — M.D. 
 
 U72. Facundia parens Cicero. (Lat.) — " Cicero the parent of eloquence." 
 —M. 
 
 1173. Faxpopuli. (Lat) — " The dregs of the people." The very lowest 
 
 class of the population. — M.D. 
 
 1174. Faire le bee. (Fr.)^'' To make the bill." Or to teach a man what 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 109 
 
 he is to say. Faire le bee h quelqu'un, means, " to give a man his 
 cue."— M.D. 
 
 1175. Faire le chien couchant. (Fr.) — "To play the spaniel." To fawn, 
 to cringe, to meanly flatter, and be obsequious. — M. 
 
 1176. Faire le diable a quatre. (Fr) — ** To play the very devil." To tear, 
 fret, rant, rage, // fait le diable a quatre y he tears, fumes at a devil 
 of a rate, is boisterous, &c. — M.D. 
 
 1177. Faire le pendant. (Fr.) — "To play the counterpart." — M.D. 
 
 1178. Faire mon devoir. (Fr.) — " To do my duty." Motto of the earl of 
 Roden.— ikf.D. 
 
 1179- Faire sans dire. (Fr.) — " To act without boasting." Motto of the 
 earl of Ilchester.— ikf.D. 
 
 1 180. Fallacia alia aliam trudit. Ter. — " One act of deceit succeeds ano- 
 ther." Or, one fallacy succeeds another. This may well be applied 
 to the numerous false theories set afloat in the world at the present 
 day, by soi disant philosophers, and speculators. — M.M. 
 
 1181. Fallentis semita vitcs. Hor. — "The path of life beset with fallacies." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1182. Fallit enimvitium, specie virtutis et umbra. 
 
 Cum sit triste habitu — vultuque et veste severum. Juv. — " Vice can 
 deceive us, assuming the form, and under the semblance of virtue, 
 when sedate and reserved in manner and in countenance." And 
 these appearances profound hypocrisy well knows how to put on. 
 —M.M. 
 
 1183. Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credit 
 
 Servitium. Nunquam libertas gratior extat 
 
 Quam sub rege pio. Claud. — " He is deceived who considers it 
 slavery to serve a good prince ; never did liberty wear a more agree- 
 able form, than under a pious king." This poetic incense formerly 
 offered to an emperor, is now quoted by those who advocate the 
 cause of absolute monarchy. — M.D. 
 
 1184. Falso damnati crimine mortis. Vir. — " Condemned to die by an un- 
 just sentence." 
 
 -Those, whom form of laws 
 
 Condemn'd to die, when traitors judged their cause." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1185. Falsus honor juvat, et mendax ivfamia ferret, 
 
 Quern nisi mendosum et mendacem? Hor. — " False honour assists, 
 and lying slanders alarm none, save the reprobate and the liar. The 
 
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 man of strict integrity will equally despise praises, and disregard 
 aspersions, if they are founded in falsehood. 
 
 *' False honours please, and false reports disgrace, 
 And trouble whom ? the vicious and the base." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1186. IhnuB damna majora sunt, quam quce cestimari possint. Livy. — 
 ** The loss of reputation is of greater value than it is possible to 
 calculate." — M. 
 
 1187- Fames, pestis, et bellum, populi sunt pernicies. (hat.) — *' Famine, 
 disease, and war, are the destruction of mankind." The scourges 
 of every state afflicted by them. — M. 
 
 1188. Familiar e est hominibus omnia sibiignoscere. (Lat.) — "It is com- 
 mon to man to pardon his own transgressions." — M. 
 
 1189. Fare,fac. " Speak, do." Motto of the Scotch baron Fairfax.— 
 
 M.D 
 
 1190. Far di necessita virtH. (Jtal.) — " To make a virtue of necessity." — 
 
 M.D. 
 
 1191. Fari quoe sentiat. (Lat.)—'' To speak what he may think." 
 
 Motto of the earl of Orford.— M .D. 
 
 1192. Farrago libelli. Juven. — " The miscellaneous subjects of my 
 book." The various topics touched on in my work. — M. 
 
 1193. Fas est et ab hoste doceri. (Lat.) — ** It is wise to derive know- 
 ledge even from an enemy." He who profits by the mistakes or 
 oversights of his opponent, learns a lesson of future importance to 
 himself.— M.ilf. 
 
 1 194. Fastidientis est stomachi multa degustare. Seneca. — " To be ad- 
 dicted to variety is a proof of a delicate stomach." — M.D. 
 
 1195. Fata volentem ducunt, nolentem trahunt. (Lat.) — " The Fates lead 
 those who are willing, and drag along the unwilling." This is in 
 accordance with the Pagan doctrine of predestination, and Maho- 
 metans are followers of the same principles. — M.D. 
 
 1196. Fata obstant. (Lat.) — " the Fates are opposed to it." According 
 to the destiny of things (the decrees of fate) it cannot take place. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1197. Fatetur facinus is qui judicium fugit. (Lat. Law Max.) — "He 
 who flies from judgment confesses the crime imputed to him." 
 The flight of a person accused, is a tacit acknowledgement of his 
 delinquency. — M.M. 
 
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 1198. Favete Unguis. {Lat.) — " Favour by your tongues." Give atten- 
 tion to the business, do not interrupt its progress. ** With mute 
 attention wait." — MD. 
 
 1199. Fax mentis incendium gloria. {Lat.) — " The torch of the mind is 
 
 the flame of glory." Motto of the earl of Granard. — M.D. 
 
 1200. Felices errore suo. Lucan. — ** Happy in their mistake." — M. 
 
 1201. Felices ter et amplius 
 
 Quos irrupta tenet cojmla, nee, malis 
 Divulsus quarimoniis. 
 
 Supremo, citius solvet amor die. Hor. — " Thrice happy are they, and 
 more, who are blessed in an undisturbed union, and whose love, 
 unimpaired by injurious complainings, shall continue without alloy 
 until the last day." No happiness, of which, in our mortal pilgri- 
 mage, we are susceptible, can at all equal that, enjoyed in the con- 
 nubial state, where reciprocal confidence and ardent affection 
 cement the union. 
 
 •* Thrice happy they whose hearts are ty'd 
 In love's mysterious knot so close, 
 No strife, no quarrels can divide, 
 
 And only death, fell death, can loose." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1202. Felicitas multos habet amicos. (Lat.) — '* Happiness has many 
 friends." The sunshine of prosperity has attractions for all those 
 who love to bask within its influence, hoping to share in its sweets. 
 —M.M. 
 
 1203. Felicitus nutrix est iracundice. (Lat. Prov.) — ** Prosperity is the 
 nurse of passion." It often leads men to give way to their pas- 
 sions, and to forget whence they themselves sprung. — M.D. 
 
 1204. Felix quern faciunt aliena pericula cautum! (Lat.) — "Happy are 
 they who draw lessons of prudence from the dangers in which 
 their neighbour is involved." — M.M. 
 
 1205. Felix qui nihil debet. {Lat.) — " Happy is he who owes nothing." 
 —M.D. 
 
 1206. Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. Vir.— ** Happy is he 
 who can discover the proper causes of the effects he witnesses." — 
 M.M. 
 
 1207. Felo de se. (Lat. Law Term.) — ** A felon of himself." — A man 
 who, being of sound mind, puts an end to his own existence. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1208. Femme couverte. {Fr.) — ** A covered, or married woman." — M.D. 
 
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 1209. Femme sole. (Fr) — *' A spinster, or unmarried woman." — M.B. 
 
 1210. Feroe naturce. {hat.) — *' Of a wild nature." Of this term, Mr. 
 Macdonnel gives the following explanation. '* This phrase is 
 generally used to describe those animals, which being of a wild and 
 savage nature, are the common property of all. Tame animals, on 
 the other hand, which are the absolute property of man, are called 
 mansueta, from manui assueta, " accustomed to the hand," or do- 
 mitcB naturce, *' of a tamed, or subdued nature." — M.D. 
 
 1211. Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. Cms. — "Men in 
 general are willing to believe that which they wish to be true." — 
 M.M. 
 
 1212. Ferme orne4. (Fr.) — " An ornamented or decorated farm." A 
 farm so tastefully laid out, and so neatly kept, as to be always 
 pleasing to the eye, while at the same time its utility and produc- 
 tiveness are steadily kept in view. — M.D. 
 
 1213. Ferre pulcherrime secundamfortunam et cequk adversam. Cic. — " To 
 bear with equanimity prosperity or adversity." — M. 
 
 1214. Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris, 
 
 Vicinumque pecus grandius uber habet. Ovid. — " Our neighbour's 
 crops are always more productive, and his cows have fuller udders 
 than our own." It is in the nature of man to be discontented, and 
 to believe that the favours of fortune are bestowed upon him with 
 a too sparing hand. — 3I.D. 
 
 1215. Ferto, fereris. (Lat.) — " Bear and you shall be borne with." 
 Forgive, and you shall be forgiven ; or, if you expect others to do 
 you a friendship, you, in your turn, must be ready so to do by 
 them.— M.D. 
 
 216. Fervens difficili bile tumet jecur. Hor. — " My liver is inflamed 
 with uncontrollable passion." — M. 
 
 1217. Fervet avaritid miser oque cupidine pectus ? Hor. — ** Does your 
 heart burn with avarice, and the consuming thirst of gain ?" — H. 
 
 1218. Fervet olla, vivit amicitia. Prov. — " The pot boils, friendship sub- 
 
 sists." A sarcasm on the swallow-like conduct of false friends, 
 who are constant while our pot boils, but desert us when we are 
 visited by adversity. — M. 
 
 1219. Festina lenth. Aug. C^s. — " Hasten slowly." Guard against be- 
 ing led into imprudence, by giving way to impetuosity of temper. 
 Motto of the earl of Fingal, and lords Dunsany, Louth, and 
 Onslow. — M.D. 
 
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 1220. Festinare nocet, nocet et cunctatio scepe j 
 
 Tempore quceque suo quifacit, ille sapit. Ovid. — " It is injurious 
 to be in a hurry, and delay is often equally so ; he is wise who does 
 every thing in proper time." Tardiness and precipitation are ex- 
 tremes equally to be avoided. — M.D. 
 
 1221. Festinatio tarda est. (Lat.) — "Haste is slow.*' Work done in 
 haste is seldom well done, and often is to be done over again, 
 therefore haste is slow ; or according to the proverb, ** more haste 
 than good speed." — M.D. 
 
 1222. Festinat decurrere velox 
 
 Flosculus, angustoe, miserceque brevissima vitce 
 Portio J dum bibimus, dum serta, unguenta, puellas 
 Poscimus, obrepit non intellecta senectus. Juv. — " The flower, the 
 short-lived emblem of our circumscribed and miserable existence, 
 hastens swiftly to decay ; whilst we drink, call for garlands, per- 
 fumes, and girls, old age unperceived steals upon us." This salu- 
 tary admonition needs no other explanation, but that the Romans 
 were, at their banquets, adorned with wreaths of roses, and always 
 perfumed. — M.D. 
 
 1223. Fete champetre. (Fr.) — " A rural feast." An entertainment given 
 in the country, generally in the open air, with dancing, and a 
 variety of rural sports. — M.D. 
 
 1224. Fiat. (Lat.) — " Let it be done." A term implying a peremptory 
 and decisive order to do any thing, given by some superior and 
 competent authority. — M.D. 
 
 1225. Fiat justitia, mat coslum. (Lat.) — *' Justice must, be done, even 
 
 though the heavens should fall." Though ruin ensue, justice must 
 not be infringed. — M.D. 
 
 1226. Fiat lux. (Lat.) — " Let there be light." — M.D. 
 
 1227. Ficta voluptatis causa sit proxima veris. Hor. — "Let fancied de- 
 lineations of pleasure be as near as possible to what is true." In 
 composing works of imagination, (especially poetry, where a cer- 
 tain license is allowed) care should be taken not to run into a too 
 great departure from probability. — M.M. 
 
 1228. Fictis meminerit nos jocari fabulis. Ph/Edr. — " Let it be remem- 
 bered that we sport in fabled stories." — M. 
 
 1229. Fide et amore. (Lat) — " By faith and love." Motto of the mar- 
 quis of Hertford. — M.D. 
 
 1230. Fide etjiducid. (Lat.)—" By faith and by confidence." Motto of 
 the Scotch earl of Roseberry. — M.D. 
 
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 1231. Fide et fortitudine. (Lat.)—*' By faith and fortitude." Motto of 
 
 the earl of Essex. — M.D. 
 
 1232. Fidei coticula crttx. (Lat.) — '* The cross is the touchstone of 
 faith." Motto of the earls of Clarendon and Jersey. — M.D. 
 
 1233. Fideli certa merces. (Lat.) — "Reward is certain to the faithful." 
 Motto of lord Boringdon.— ikf.D. 
 
 1234. Fidelis ad urnam. (Lat.) — " Faithful to the ashes." Motto of 
 baron Sunderlin. — M.D. 
 
 1235. Fidelite est de Dim. (Fr.J—" Fidelity is of God." Motto of earl 
 of Powerscourt. 
 
 1236. Fideliter, (Lat. J ^' ' FaithMly." Motto of lord Banff.— ikf.D. 
 
 1237- Fide, non arniis. (Lat.) — *' By faith, not arms." Motto of lord 
 Gambler. — M.D. 
 
 1238. Fidem qui perdit perdere ultra nil potest. D. Laber. — ^' He who 
 has forfeited his good faith has nothing else to lose." All the 
 other possessions of this world are comparatively of little value, 
 when weighed against our integrity and honour. — M. 
 
 1239. Fides probata coronat. (Lat.) — '* Approved faith confers a crown." 
 Motto of the earl of Marchmont.— M.D. 
 
 1240. Fides sit penes auctorem. (Lat.) — "Let the faith be in the power 
 of the author." This phrase is used in allusion to a writer, who, 
 in mentioning a story related by another, threw the responsibility 
 of it on the person who had previously circulated it. — M.D. 
 
 1241. Fidus et audax. (Lat.) — " Faithful and intrepid." Motto of the 
 
 earl of Lismore.— iMT.D. 
 
 1242. Fieri facias. (Law Lat.)—" Make it to be done." A writ em- 
 powering a sheriff to levy the amount of a debt, or damages re- 
 covered. — M.D. 
 
 1243. Filius nullius. (Lat.) — " The son of no man." A bastard, so 
 
 called because he is not recognised by the law as the son of any 
 particular man, and he can therefore have no inheritance — M.D. 
 
 1244. Fille dejoie. (Fr.) — " A girl of pleasure." A prostitute. — M.D. 
 
 1245. Finem respice. (Lat.) — ** Look to the end." Motto of the earl of 
 Darnley.— M.D. 
 
 1246. Fingit equum tenerd docilem cervice magister 
 
 Ire viam quam monstrat eques. Hor. — " The rider trains the horse 
 to turn, with obedient neck, in which ever way he may direct him. 
 " The jockey trains the young and tender horse 
 While yet soft-mouth'd, and trains him to the course." — M, 
 
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 1247. Finis coronat opus. (Lat.) — " The end crowns the work." The 
 merits of a work can never be appreciated until it is completed. — 
 M.B. 
 
 1248. Firmior quo paratior. (Lat.) — ** I am stronger being always pre- 
 pared." Motto of the earl of Selkirk.— ikf.D. 
 
 1249. F^t erranti medicina confessio. Cic. — *' Confession is as medicine 
 to him who has gone astray." — M. 
 
 1250. Fit fabricando fdber. (hat.) — ** By carpentering a carpenter is 
 made."— i^f. 
 
 1251. Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus. Cic. — " He who 
 should be master, is sometimes subservient, and the slave some- 
 times acquires the ascendency." — M. 
 
 1252. Flagrante bello. (Lat.) — " While the war raged." During the 
 continuance of hostilities. — M.D. 
 
 1253. Flagrare infamid. Cic. — " To excel in infamy." — M. 
 
 1254. Flamma per incensas citius sedatur aristas. (Lat.). — " The flames 
 might sooner be extinguished among standing corn." You might 
 as well expect to be able to arrest the progress of flames in a 
 field of corn, as to stem the torrent of such an evil. Figurative 
 expression. — M.D. 
 
 1255. Flare simul et sorbere haud facile est. Plaut. — " It is not easy to 
 sup, and to blow at the same time." It is generally foolish to at- 
 tempt to do two things at once. — M. 
 
 1256. Flava poma placent. (Lat.) — ** Yellow apples please the eye." — M. 
 
 1257. Flebile ludibrium. (Lat.) — " A deplorable mockery." A lamentable 
 turning into derision of any thing venerable or respectable. — M.D. 
 
 1253. Flebit, et insignis totd cantabitur urbe. Hor. — " He shall repent it, 
 and his name shall be sung throughout the whole city." This is 
 spoken by the poet as a denunciation of his resentment against any 
 person who should presume to attack him. — M.M. 
 
 1259. FlecJie. {Fr. a mil. term.) — " An Arrow." A part of a fortification. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1260. Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo. Vir. — ** If I fail to in- 
 fluence the gods, I will stir up all hell in my cause." 
 
 ** If Jove and heav'n my just desires deny, 
 
 ** Hell shall the pow'r of heav'n and Jove supply. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
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 Acheron, one of the rivers of hell is here put figuratively for the 
 whole. This expression is frequently applied to a political oppo- 
 nent, whom you consider capable, if honest means fail him, of 
 having recourse to any expedient, however unworthy or base, to 
 obtain his purpose. — M.D. 
 
 1261. Flecti, non frartgi. (Lat.) — " To bend, not to break." Motto of 
 viscount Palmerston. — M.D. 
 
 1262. Fleres .si scires unum tua tempora mensem j rides cum non scis, si sit 
 forsitan una dies. (Lat.) — " You would weep if you knew that the 
 period of your life was limited to a month, yet you laugh, when 
 you do not know whether it may endure for a day.'* The above 
 ancient inscription is seen, in excellent preservation, on the front 
 of an old detached public-house, called the Four Crosses, (which 
 sign it has probably retained since the popish day in which it was 
 erected) on the side of the road between Walsall and Ivetsey bank, 
 in Cheshire. The house is built of thick oak framed work, filled 
 in with bricks. It bears the date 1636, but is in excellent condi- 
 tion, and appears perfectly sound in all its parts. Over the window 
 of the tap-room the foregoing inscription is perfectly legible, cut 
 in the oak as here represented. Inside the window sat a jolly 
 party, enjoying their pipe and their ale, heedless of the moral ad- 
 monition on the outside. — M. 
 
 1263. Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia lihant. Lucret. — *' As bees sip 
 of all the juices in the flowery fields," they select the sweetest 
 juices from every flower. This motto is chosen by collectors, who 
 affect to cull beauties which had escaped the researches of preceding 
 fellow-labourers. — M.B. 
 
 1264. Flumina rapids subsidunt. Ovid. — ** Swoln rivers soon fall." 
 
 Floods rapidly subside. — M. 
 
 1265. Fcecunda culpcB scecula nuptias 
 
 Primum inquinavere, et genus et domos. Hon. — *' This age, fruitful 
 in crime, has first dishonoured the marriage-bed, then our dwell- 
 ings, and our progeny." Mr. Macdonnel remarks, (and with too 
 much tnith) " that the poet seemed to have calculated this quota- 
 tion for the meridian of London at the commencement of the 19th 
 century."— ikf.D. 
 
 1266. Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? Hor — " AVho has not 
 been rendered eloquent by the influence of overflowing bumpers ?" 
 —M-D. 
 
 1267. FcBcundi leporis sapiens sectahitur armos. Hor. — " A wise man" 
 
 (meaning a man of taste) " will prefer the shoulders of a pregnant 
 hare." Notwithstanding that our poet was one of the most die- 
 
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 tinguished savoir-invres of his day, and an acknowledged connoisseur 
 in the gastronomic art, his advice, above given, has not made any 
 converts in our day. — Martial also eulogises this animal, v. 1780. 
 —M. 
 
 1268. Foedius hoc aliquid quandoque audebis ? Juv. — ** When you shall 
 dare to commit some crime more base than this." 
 
 ** In time to greater baseness you'll proceed." 
 
 1269. Foedum inceptu, /(sdum exitu. Livy. — " A bad beginning has a bad 
 ending." — M. 
 
 1270. Foenum habet in cornu, longe fugey dummodo risum 
 
 Excutiat sibi, non hie cuiquam parcit amico. Hor. — " He has 
 hay upon his horn," (i. e. he is marked as a dangerous man) 
 " avoid his company, for when he can excite a laugh, he never 
 spares any friend." It was a custom among the ancients to fasten 
 a wisp of hay to the horns of a vicious bull ; hence the first part 
 of this quotation. — M.M. 
 
 1271. Formam quidem ipsam, Marce Jili, et tanquam faciem honesti vides j 
 qucB si oculis cerneretur, mirabiles amores (ut ait Plato) excitaret 
 sapientiee. Tull. de Off. — ** You see, my son Marcus, the very 
 shape and countenance, as it were, of honesty ; which, if it could 
 be kept before our eyes, would excite a wonderful love of virtue." 
 —M. 
 
 1272. Format enim natura prius nos intus ad omnem 
 Fortunarum habiium j juvat, aut impeUit ad iram, 
 Aut ad humum masrore gravi deducit et angit, 
 
 Post effert animi motus interprete lingua. Hor.-' — ** Nature forms 
 our minds to bear all vicissitudes of fortune; she delights us, or 
 impels us to anger, or she depresses to the earth with overwhelm- 
 ing affliction, and then elicits the emotions of our mind, the 
 tongue being its interpreter.— M. 
 
 1273. Formidabilior cervorum exercitus, duce leone, quam leonum cervo. 
 (Lat. ProvJ — '* An army of deer would be more formidable under 
 the command of a lion, than one of lions under the command of a 
 stag."— iW.ikT. 
 
 1274. Formosa fades muta commendatio est. D. Laber. — " A handsome 
 countenance is a mute recommendation. — M.M. 
 
 1 275. Forsan et heec olim memivisse juvabit ; 
 
 Duraie, et vosmet rebus servate secundis. Virg. — *' Perhaps the 
 recollection of these sufferings may prove a source of future grati- 
 fication, bear them therefore, and reserve yourselves for more 
 prosperous fortunes. — M.M." 
 
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 1298. Fortuna vitrea est, turn cum splendet frangitur. Pub. Syh. — "For- 
 tune is as glass, when she shines she is broken." With its splen- 
 dour, she also possesses its fragility. — MM. 
 
 1299. Fortunam r ever enter habe, quicunque repent^ 
 
 Dives ab exili progrediere loco. Ausonius. — '* You who have sud- 
 denly attained wealth from narrow circumstances, should acknow- 
 ledge with reverence the goodness of fortune." — M. 
 
 1300. Fortunate omne solum patria est. (Lat.) — " Every soil is the coun- 
 try of him who is fortunate." Prosperity reconciles us to every 
 country. — M. 
 
 1301. Fortunatus et ille deos qui novit agrestes. Vir. — *' Happy is the man 
 who cultivates the rural deities." Who dedicates his time to the 
 innocent and healthful habits of a country life. — M. 
 
 1302. Foy pour devoir. (Fr.) — " Faith for duty." Motto of the duke of 
 Somerset. — M.D. 
 
 1303. Fragili queer ens illidere dentem 
 
 Offendet solido. Hor. — *' Wishing to fix her tooth (envy) in some 
 tender part, she will strike it against a part that is firm." Thus, 
 the malevolence of envy is often defeated by the haste and invete- 
 racy with which she would indulge it. — M.D. 
 
 1301. Frangas non fiectes.- (hat.) — " You may break, you cannot bend 
 me." Motto of marquis of Stafford. — M.D. 
 
 1305. Fratres diligite, et matris consilianonaspernate. (hat.) — **Love your 
 brothers, and despise not your mother's counsel." — M. 
 
 1306. Fraiis est celare fraudem. (Lat. Law Max.) — " It is a fraud to con- 
 ceal fraud." A person concealing delinquency becomes, in some 
 degree, an accomplice. — M.D. 
 
 1307. Fremunt immani turbine venti. Ovid. — " The winds rage in a tre- 
 mendous storm." — M. 
 
 1308. Frigora mitescunt zephyrisj ver proterit cestas 
 
 Interitura, simul 
 Pomifer autummm jruges effuderit ; et mox 
 
 Bruma recurrit iners. Hor. — " The cold is mitigated by 
 the zephyrs ; the summer closely succeeds the spring ; shortly itself 
 to pass away, when the fruit-bearing autumn shall have poured out 
 her gifts, and suddenly sluggish winter returns in all her rigour." 
 
 " The cold grows soft with western gales, 
 The summer over spring prevails, 
 
 But yields to autumn's fruitful reign, 
 As this to winter storms and hails, 
 
 Each loss the hasting moon repairs again." 
 
 Sir William Temple. 
 —M. 
 
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 1309. Fronti nulla fides. fLa^J—" Put not your faith in countenance." 
 Judge not from appearances. — M.D. 
 
 1310. Fruges consumere nati. Hor. — '* Bom to consume the fruits of the 
 earth.*' Drones in the social hive, whose only business is to de- 
 stroy the fruits of other men's labour. 
 
 ** Born to eat and drink." Creech. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1311. Frustra fit per plura, quod fieri potest per pauciora. (Lat.) — " The 
 work is foolishly executed by many, which might be accomplished 
 by a/ew;." — M.D. 
 
 1312. Frustra labor at qui omnibus placere studet. (hat. Prov.) — '* He la- 
 bours in vain who aims at pleasing every body." — M.D. 
 
 1313. Frustra retinacula tendens 
 
 Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas. Virg. — " In vain 
 pulling the reins, the charioteer is carried along by the horses, nor 
 do they heed his power." 
 
 " Nor reins, nor curbs, nor cries, the horses fear, 
 
 But force along the trembling charioteer." Dryden. 
 
 — M. 
 
 1314. Frustra vitium vitaveris illudy 
 
 Si te alio pravus detorseris. Hor. — " In vain do you shun one vice, 
 if you are so depraved as immediately to plunge into another." — M. 
 
 1315. Fugam fecit. (Lat. Law Term.) — " He has taken to flight." Said 
 when a person having committed felony, has fled from trid. — M.D. 
 
 1316. Fugere est triumphus. (Lat.) — " Flight is a triumph." This is ap- 
 plied in a moral sense ; when a man has had resolution to fly from 
 the temptations to enter on vicious courses, his flight may then 
 truly be caEed a triumph. — M.D. 
 
 1317. Fug e magna J licet sub paupei^e tecto 
 
 Reges et regum vita prcecurrere amicos. Hor. — " Avoid great things 
 (splendid luxuries) ; in a cottage, one may surpass even kings, and 
 their favourites, in true happiness of life." — M.M. 
 
 1318. Fugiendo in media scepe ruitur fata. Livy. — " By flight men often 
 rush on the very fate from which they intended to fly.'* Accident 
 will sometimes turn to our destruction, even those measures which 
 we had conceived to be founded in consummate prudence, and pro- 
 duce therefrom the misfortunes that would have resulted from the 
 most headlong temerity. — M.D. 
 
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122 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1319. Fugit hora. (Lat.) — ** Time flies." An hour lost, unprofitably 
 wasted, we never can regain. — M.D. 
 
 1320. Fugit irreparabile tempus. Vir. — " Time, precious and never to be 
 recalled, flies imperceptibly away." — M.D. 
 
 1321. Fuimus. {Lat.) — " We have been," Motto of the earl of Elgin. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1322. Fuit Ilium. Vir. — *' Troy has been." His former greatness has va- 
 nished, his honours are sullied, his splendid fortune is dilapidated, 
 his fame, once so bright, is tarnished, all which may be understood 
 from the two words " Fuit Ilium." — M.D. 
 
 1323. Fuit ista quondam in hdc republicd virtus, ut viri fortes acerioribus 
 suppliciis, civem perniciosum, quam hostem acerbissimum, coercerent. 
 Cic. in Catal, — *' To such an exalted pitch was rigid virtue for- 
 merly carried in this republic, that eminent men would subject to a 
 more severe punishment, a citizen whose conduct held out a perni- 
 cious example, than the most inveterate enemy." — M. * 
 
 1324. Fuit quondam Grcecia, fuerunt in GrcBcid Athence, nuncneque AthentB, 
 neque in ipsa Grcecia Grcecia est. (hat.) — ** Greece had her days of 
 glory, she nursed Athens in her bosom, but now, alas ! Athens is 
 in ruins ; nor does the modern bear any resemblance to the ancient 
 Greece ! !" Sic transit gloria mundi. *' Thus worldly glory passes 
 away." But, lamentably fallen though Greece, alas ! is ; though de- 
 praved and degenerate have been her sons through a lapse of many 
 many ages, yet the 1 Qth century has seen the spirit of liberty revived 
 in their hearts ; that love of country, which led their ancestors to the 
 achievement of every thing glorious and heroic, seems to aniinate 
 their bosoms ; and though they may never attain the preeminence 
 over civilized Europe, in arts, in science, or in arms, which consti- 
 tuted their country's ancient renown, it is to be hoped that their 
 glorious contest, so long and so nobly sustained against the com- 
 paratively gigantic pov/er of the crescent, will ultimately confirm 
 their regeneration as an independent state, that the reign of infide- 
 lity may cease to pollute the shores of Christendom, and the cross 
 may be triumphant over Mahomedan barbarism. — M. 
 
 1325. Fulgente trahit constrictos gloria curru, 
 
 Non minus ignotos generosis. Hor. — " Glory carries, equally en- 
 chained to her glittering car, those who are obscure, as well as 
 those of noble birth." No passion more strongly stimulates the 
 human mind to deeds which lead to distinction and honour than 
 the love of glory. — M. 
 
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 1326. Fumos vendere. Mart. — " To sell smoke." To sell commodities 
 that are worth nothing. — M. 
 
 1327- Fumum et opes strepitumque Rottkb. — "The smoke, the splendour, 
 the noise of town." — M. 
 
 1328. Functus officio. (Lat.) — "Exempt from duty." He is functus offi- 
 cio, his official power has ceased. — M.D. 
 
 1329. FuneraplangOyfulgurafrangOy sabbata pango, 
 
 Excito lentos, dissipo ventos, paco cruentos. {hat.) — " I bewail 
 deaths, I dissipate lightning, I announce the Sabbath, I hurry the 
 slow, I cleave the winds, I appease the blood-thirsty." Inscription 
 on a bell. See Weevor's funeral monuments. — M. 
 
 1330. Fungar inani munere. Vir. — " I shall discharge this vain and use- 
 less duty." (A tribute of respect to be oflfered to the memory of 
 a departed friend). 
 
 " This unavailing gift, at least, I may bestow." Dryden. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1331. Fungar vice cotis, acutum 
 
 Reddere quce ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi. Hor. — " I shall act 
 in place of a whetstone, which can put an edge on iron, though it- 
 self incapable of cutting." A didactic writer may afford to others 
 instructions, enabling them to perform well, things which their 
 instructor himself could by no means execute. 
 
 " I'll play the whetsone, useless and unfit 
 To cut myself, I'll sharpen others' wit." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1332. Fungino genere est, subito crevit de nihilo. (Lat. J — " He is of the class 
 
 of the fungi (of the mushroom tribe)." He has suddenly spi-ung 
 up from nothing. He is a novus homo, a man of yesterday. — M. 
 
 1333. Funiculis ligatum vel puer verberaret. (hat.) — "A man bound with 
 cords even a child might beat." — M. 
 
 1334. Furiosus furore suo punitur. (Lat. Law Max. J — " A furious man is 
 punished by his own rage," or a madman by his own madness. 
 The first of these constructions may be applied to persons giving 
 way to violent paroxysms of passion, in which case they always 
 fall into error and are thereby punished. The second application of 
 the phrase is, to cases of mental derangement, in which, even for 
 murder, no punishment will be inflicted by law, a man who is in- 
 sane not being held accountable for his own acts. — M.D. 
 
 1335. Furor. {Lat.) — " Rage." Furor loquendi, a passion for speak- 
 ing. Furor scribendi, an itch for writing. Vide Cacoethes. — M.D. 
 
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 1319. Fiigit hora. (Lat.) — ** Time flies." An hour lost, unprofitably 
 wasted, we never can regain. — M.D. 
 
 1320. Fugit irreparabile tempus. Vir. — "Time, precious and never to be 
 recalled, flies imperceptibly away." — M.D. 
 
 1321. Fuimus. (Lat.) — " We have been." Motto of the earl of Elgin. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1322. Fuit Ilium. Vir. — '* Troy has been." His former greatness has va- 
 nished, his honours are sullied, his splendid fortune is dilapidated, 
 his fame, once so bright, is tarnished, all which may be imderstood 
 from the two words " Fuit Ilium.'* — M.D. 
 
 1323. Fuit ista quondam in hdc republicd virtus, ut viri fortes acerioribus 
 suppliciis, civem perniciosum, quam hostem acerbissimum, coercerent. 
 Cic. in Catal. — " To such an exalted pitch was rigid virtue for- 
 merly carried in this republic, that eminent men would subject to a 
 more severe punishment, a citizen whose conduct held out a perni- 
 cious example, than the most inveterate enemy." — M. * 
 
 1324. Fuit quondam Grcecia^fuerunt in GrcBcid AthentB, nunc neque Athence, 
 neque in ipsa GrcBcid Grcecia est. CLat.) — ** Greece had her days of 
 glory, she nursed Athens in her bosom, but now, alas ! Athens is 
 in ruins; nor does the modern bear any resemblance to the ancient 
 Greece ! !" Sic transit gloria mundi. *' Thus worldly glory passes 
 away." But, lamentably fallen though Greece, alas ! is ; though de- 
 praved and degenerate have been her sons through a lapse of many 
 many ages, yet the 1 Qth century has seen the spirit of liberty revived 
 in their hearts ; that love of country, which led their ancestors to the 
 achievement of every thing glorious and heroic, seems to animate 
 their bosoms ; and though they may never attain the preeminence 
 over civilized Europe, in arts, in science, or in arms, which consti- 
 tuted their country's ancient renown, it is to be hoped that their 
 glorious contest, so long and so nobly sustained against the com- 
 paratively gigantic pov/er of the crescent, will ultimately confirm 
 their regeneration as an independent state, that the reign of infide- 
 lity may cease to pollute the shores of Christendom, and the cross 
 may be triumphant over Mahomedan barbarism. — M. 
 
 1325. Fulgente trahit constrictos gloria currUf 
 
 Non minus ignotos generosis. Hor. — " Glory carries, equally en- 
 chained to her glittering car, those who are obscure, as well as 
 those of noble birth." No passion more strongly stimulates the 
 human mind to deeds which lead to distinction and honour than 
 the love of glory. — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 123 
 
 1326. Fumos vendere. Mart. — " To sell smoke.'* To sell commodities 
 that are worth nothing. — M. 
 
 1327. Fumum et opes strepitumque Roma. — ** The smoke, the splendour, 
 the noise of town." — M. 
 
 J 328. Functus officio. (Lat.) — "Exempt from duty.'* He is functus offi- 
 cio ^ his official power has ceased. — M.D. 
 
 1329. FuneraplangOyfulgurafrango, sabbata pango, 
 
 Excito lentosy dissipo ventos, paco cruentos. (hat.) — ** I bewail 
 deaths, I dissipate lightning, I announce the Sabbath, I hurry the 
 slow, I cleave the winds, I appease the blood-thirsty." Inscription 
 on a bell. See Weevor's funeral monuments. — M. 
 
 1330. Fungar inani munere. Vir. — " I shall discharge this vain and use- 
 less duty." (A tribute of respect to be offered to the memory of 
 a departed friend). 
 
 " This unavailing gift, at least, I may bestow." Dryden. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1331. Fungar vice cotis, acutum 
 
 Reddere quce ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi. Hor. — " I shall act 
 in place of a whetstone, which can put an edge on iron, though it- 
 self incapable of cutting." A didactic writer may afford to others 
 instructions, enabling them to perform well, things which their 
 instructor himself could by no means execute. 
 
 ** I'll play the whetsone, useless and unfit 
 To cut myself, I'll sharpen others' wit." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1332. Fungino genere est, subito crevit de nihilo. (Lat. J — ** He is of the class 
 
 of the fungi (of the mushroom tribe)." He has suddenly sprung 
 up from nothing. He is a novus homo, a man of yesterday. — M. 
 
 1333. Funiculis ligatum vel puer verberaret. (Lat.) — "A man bound with 
 cords even a child might beat." — M. 
 
 1334. Furiosus furore suo punitur. (Lat. Law Max.) — " A furious man is 
 punished by his own rage," or a madman by his own madness. 
 The first of these constructions may be applied to persons giving 
 way to violent paroxysms of passion, in which case they always 
 fall into error and are thereby punished. The second application of 
 the phrase is, to cases of mental derangement, in which, even for 
 murder, no punishment will be inflicted by law, a man who is in- 
 sane not being held accountable for his own acts. — M.D. 
 
 1335. Furor. (Lat.) — " Rage." Furor loquendi, a passion for speak- 
 ing. Furor scribendi, an itch for writing. Vide Cacoethes. — M.D. 
 
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 1336. Furor arma ministrat. Virg.— ** Their rage supplies them with 
 arms." Description of a popular insurrection. 
 
 And stones and brands in rattling vollies fly, 
 And all the rustic arms that fury can supply. 
 
 -M.M. 
 
 1337. Furor Jit Icesa scepius patientia. {Lat. Prov.J — " Patience when 
 subjected to too severe trials, is converted into rage." 
 
 1 338 . Fuyez les dangers du loisir, 
 L'oisivetepese et tourmente, 
 Uame est unfeu qu'ilfaut nourrir, 
 
 Et qui s'eteint, sHl ne s'augmente. Volt — " Fly the dangers of 
 idleness, want of occupation is grievous and irksome ; the mind is 
 a flame which requires to be fed, and if it does not increase, it will 
 become torpid and expire." 
 
 " When occupied we life enjoy, 
 In idleness we're dead ; 
 Mind is a fire which we destroy 
 Unless by fuel it is fed." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1339. Fuyez les proces sur toutes les choses, la conscience s'y int^resse, la 
 sante s'y altere, les biens s'y dissipent. La Bruyere. — " Above all 
 things avoid lawsuits ; they prey upon the mind, they impair the 
 health, they dissipate your property." — M.D. 
 
 G. 
 
 1340. Gaietede ccBur. (Fr.) — *' Gaiety of heart," high spirits, cheerful- 
 ness. — M.D. 
 
 1341. Galeatum serb duelli 
 
 Posnitet. Juv. — " Having put on your armour, it is late to re- 
 pent of having committed yourself in a duel." Having taken your 
 ground you cannot recede. — M. 
 
 1342. Gallia nos genuit, vidit nos Africa, Gangem 
 Hausimus, Europamque oculis lustravimv,s omnem, 
 Casibus et variis acti, terrdque morique, 
 
 Sistimus hie tandem qua nobis defuit orbis. " Frenchmen by 
 
 birth we have visited Africa, we have drank of the waters of the 
 Ganges, we have surveyed with our eyes the whole of Europe, and 
 
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 having experienced various vicissitudes by sea and land, here we 
 have at length stopped where the world seems to end.** This in- 
 scription the poet and celebrated traveller Regnaud had engraved 
 on a rude stone, at the northern extreme point of Lapland, to com- 
 memorate his arrival, and that of his companions in that inhospit- 
 able region, which seemed to be the ne plus ultra, the ultima 
 thule of the world. — M. 
 
 1343. Tafiog yap avOpcj-woKTiv evKvatov kukov. (Frag. Vet. Poet.) — ** Wed- 
 lock is an iU, men eagerly embrace." — M. 
 
 1344. Gardez Men. (Fr.) — " Take good care." Motto of the earl of 
 Eglintoun. — M.D. 
 
 1345. Garde fou. (Fr.) — ** A fool-preserver." The parapet of a bridge 
 — Af.D. 
 
 1346. Gardez la foy. (Fr.)—'' Keep faith." Motto of earl Poulett and 
 lord Kensington. — M.D. 
 
 1347. Garrit aniles ex re fdbellas. Hor. — "He relates old stories very 
 apropos." Pertinently ; to the point. — M.D. 
 
 1348. Gaudent prcmomine molles 
 
 Auriculce. Hor. — *' His delicate ears delight in his title." — M. 
 
 1349. Gaudetque viamfecisse ruind. Lucan. — ** He rejoices to have made 
 his way by devastation." To have accomplished his own am- 
 bitious projects by the sacrifice of the lives and properties of others. 
 This character was assigned by Lucan to Julius Caesar, but it may 
 with equal truth be applied to all conquering despots. — M.D. 
 
 1350. Gaudet tent amine virtus. (Lat.) — ** Virtue rejoices in temptation." 
 Motto of the earl of Dartmouth. — M.D. 
 
 1351. Oaulois. (Fr.)— Old French.— M.D. 
 
 1352. FtXwe ttKaipoQ ev (Sporoig dtivov kukov. (Frag. Vet. Poet.) — ** Mirth 
 out of season is a grievous ill." — M. 
 
 1353. Gens d'Eglise. {Fr.) — " Churchmen." — M.D. 
 
 1354. Gens de guerre. (Fr.)—" Military men."— M.D. 
 
 1355. Gens de condition. (Fr.)—*' Persons of rank and fortune.*'— ifcf.D. 
 
 1356. Gens de pen. (Fr.)—" The lower class of people.** — M.D. 
 
 1357. Genus immortale manet, multosque per annos 
 
 Statfortuna domUs, et avi numerantur avorum. Virg. — " The stock 
 continues immortal ; throughout many years, the fortunes of the 
 house will flourish, and grandsires will number their grandchildren.*' 
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 " Th' immortal line in sure succession reigns. 
 The fortune of the family remains, 
 And grandsire's grandsons the long list contains." — Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1358. Gernis irritabile vatum. Hor. — " The irritable tribe of poets." Of 
 all writers, those who cultivate the Muses are the most tenacious 
 of their literary fame, and resent with the most inveterate acrimony 
 the criticisms of others. — M.D. 
 
 1359. Gibier de potence. (Fr.J — *' Game for the gallows." TTiieves. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1360. Gladiator in arena consilium capit. {Lat.J — " The gladiator, when 
 he has entered the lists, takes advice." In the extremity of danger 
 he asks for advice, which he should sooner have solicited. — M.D. 
 
 1361. Gloria virtutis umbra. (Lat.) — " Glory is the shadow of virtue," 
 i. e. her companion. Motto of the earl of Longford. Glory is 
 the reward of virtuous actions, and where virtue has not a place, 
 true glory never will be found. Glory, therefore, is said to be the 
 shadow of virtue. — M.D. 
 
 1362. Gnatum pariter uti his decuit, aut etiam amplius, 
 
 Quod ilia cetas magis ad hoec utenda idonea est. Ter. — ** Your son 
 should have shared in these things equally with, or perhaps more 
 than you, because his age is more suited to such enjoyments." — M. 
 
 1363. VvtoBi (Tsavrov. Gnothi seauton. — *' Know thyself." An admoni- 
 tion of Solon, one of the seven wise men of Greece, and worthy of 
 his name. For, though no precept can be more difficult to be ful- 
 filled, yet there is none more useful, none more necessary. — M.D. 
 
 1364. Gobe mouche. {Fr.) — " A fly-catcher." One who stands listening, 
 open mouthed, to catch every vague rumoiu-, every idle report. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1365. Gorge. (Fr. Mil. term.) — " A throat or gullet." A neck or nar- 
 row pass. — M.D. 
 
 1366. Goute a goute. (Fr.J—** Drop by drop."— ikf.D. 
 
 1367. Gout sauvagin. (Fr.) — " A wild flavour." That peculiar flavour 
 on account of which game and venison are so much esteemed. — M. 
 
 1368. Gradu diverso, via una. (Lot.) — " By different means but by the 
 same way." -Motto of lord Calthorp. — M.D. 
 
 1369. Grada capta ferum victorem cepit, et artes 
 
 Intulit agresti Latio. Hor. — " Conquered Greece captivated her 
 
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 uncivilized conqueror, and introduced her arts among the unpolished 
 Romans." — M. 
 
 1370. Grcecorum animi servituie ac miserid fracti sunt. Livy. — ** The 
 minds of the Greeks are broken down by slavery, subdued by 
 wretchedness." What would this eminent historian have said, 
 had he seen the people whom he thus stamps as a degraded and 
 degenerate race, starting, as if into a new state of existence, from 
 the depths of the most abject slavery ; and after so many ages of 
 bondage, under the merciless power of the crescent, cheered by 
 the voice of liberty, dissipating the armies of their oppressors, 
 and assuming the attitude of men who deserve to be free. — M. 
 
 1371. Grceculus esuriens ad cesium jusseris ibit. Juv. — "A famishing 
 .Greek will try even to go to heaven if you command him." — i. e. 
 
 There is nothing so difficult that he would not attempt it. This 
 reproach, from the proud inhabitants of imperial Rome, to the emi- 
 grants from the Greek provinces who visited their capital, has, in 
 our times, been applied to those fawning, supple Frenchmen, who 
 abound in every capital in Europe, in the following lines. 
 
 ** For every art a starving Frenchman knows, 
 And bid him go to hell, to hell he goes." 
 
 — M.D. 
 
 1372. Grammatici certant, et adhuc subjudice lis est. Hor. — " The gram- 
 marians disagree, and the controversy is yet under judgment." — M. 
 
 1373. Gram, loquitur J Dia. vera docet j Rhe. verba color at j 
 
 Mu. canit J Ar. numeratj Geo. ponder at j As. docet astra. (Lat.) 
 — This definition is given in verse, to assist the remembrance of 
 the seven liberal sciences. — In English, ** grammar speaks ; dia- 
 . lectics teach us truth ; rhetoric gives colouring to our speech ; 
 music sings ; arithmetic numbers ; geometry weighs and measures ; 
 astronomy teaches us to know the stars." — M.D. 
 
 1374. Grata superveniet qucB non sperabitur hora. — Hor. " The hour of 
 happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected." Un- 
 expected blessings are always doubly acceptable, and are received 
 with greater joy than those we had anticipated. — M.M. 
 
 1375. Gratia gratiamparit. (Lat.J — " Kindness begets kindness." Love 
 begets love. — M. 
 
 1376. Gratia placendi. {Lat.) — ** The satisfaction of pleasing." The 
 delight which we ought to feel, in affording pleasure to others. 
 —M. 
 
 1 377. Gratia expectativa. ^Lat.) — " Expected benefits." Favours anti- 
 cipated, advantages in perspective, hopes entertained, all of which 
 too often prove delusive. — M. 
 
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 1378. Gratior et pulchro veniens in corpore virtus. Vir. — " Virtue herself 
 appears more lovely, when enshrined in a beautiful form." — M.M. 
 
 1379. Gratis. (Lat.) — " Free of cost." For nothing. — M.D. 
 
 1380. Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens. Ph^ed. — " Panting with- 
 out excitement, busied about many things, but doing nothing." — 
 MM. 
 
 1381. Gratis dictum. (Lat.) — " Said for nothing." For no purpose, not 
 relevant to the subject, or elicited by the previous argument. A 
 voluntary effusion. — M.D. 
 
 1382. Gratis asseritur. (Lat.) — *' It is asserted, but not proved." — M.D. 
 
 1383. Gratulor quod mm quemnecesse erat diligere, qualiscunque esset, talem 
 habemus, ut lihenter quoque diligamus. Trebon. apud Tull. — ** 1 
 rejoice that he, whom, let his dispositions have been what they 
 might, ] must, from a sense of duty, have loved, should be so wor- 
 thy of my esteem, that I can willingly bestow my affections on 
 him." A handsome compliment this, either from a subject to his 
 king, or from a parent to his child, as it attributes estimable quali- 
 ties which command regard and esteem, exclusively of all relative 
 ties.— M.D. 
 
 1384. Grave paupertas malum est, et intolerabile, quce magnum domat popu- 
 lum. (Lat.) — " Poverty which weighs down a great nation is a 
 grievous and intolerable affliction." — M. 
 
 1385. Grave pondus ilium, magna nobilitaspremit. Sen. — " An overwhelm- 
 ing weight, his exalted rank oppresses him." — M. 
 
 1386. Grave senectus est hominibus pondus. (Lat.) — " An advanced old 
 age is a burthen to man." — M. 
 
 1387. Grave virus munditice pepulere. Hor. — ** The offensive style has 
 been discarded for one more correct." The poet here alludes to 
 the incorrect and vulgar versification of the Roman authors, which 
 became improved by their communication with the Greeks, and 
 the perusal of their writings ; from which they acquired that ele- 
 gance and purity of style by which the Roman writers were subse- 
 quently distinguished. — M.D. 
 
 1388. Graviora qucedam sunt remedia periculis. (Lat. Prov.) — " There are 
 some remedies worse than the disease." — M.D. 
 
 1389. Gravis ira regum semper. Sen. — " The anger of kings is always 
 grievous." Kingly displeasure is terrible to dependants. Those 
 who have been accustomed to the exercise of unlimited power, are 
 impatient of all opposition ; and, from habit, ever ready to resent 
 It.— M.D. 
 
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 1390. Chrex totus in agris 
 
 Unius scabie cadit, et porrigine porci. Juv. — " The entire flock die 
 in the fields of the disease introduced by one, and the swine of the 
 measles." — M. 
 
 1391. Grex venalium. Suet. — " A crowd of venal persons." An assem- 
 bly of men whose votes may be purchased. — M. 
 
 1392. GrossiertL cFr.J—" Crossness." Coarseness in conversation, rude- 
 ness in manners, rusticity of habit. — M.D. 
 
 1393. Guardalo ben, guardalo tutto 
 
 Uuom senza denar quanta k brutto. (Ital.) — ** Watch him well, 
 watch him closely, the man without money, how insignificant he 
 appears." — M.D. 
 
 1394. Guerre a mart. (Fr.)—*' War till death."— M.D. 
 
 1395. Guerre h outrance. (Fr.)—'* War to the last extremity." Two 
 phrases which it is to be wished should for ever be forgotten, or 
 only remembered to inspire abhorrence of the principle. — M.D. 
 
 1396. Gutta cavat lapidem non m sed scepe cadendo. (Lat. Prov.J — "The 
 drop hollows the stone not by its force but by often falling on the 
 same spot." A very moderate power exercised with perseverance, 
 will effect what direct force could not accomplish. — M.M. 
 
 H. 
 
 1397. Habeas corpus. (Law Lat.) — " You may have the body." This is 
 the great writ of English liberty. It lies where a person having 
 been indicted and imprisoned, has offered sufficient bail, which has 
 been refused, though the case be bailable, in this case they may 
 have an habeas corpus out of the king's bench, in order to remove 
 himself thither, and to answer the cause at the bar of that court. 
 
 1398. Habeas corpus ad prosequendum. (Law Lat.) — " You may have the 
 body for the purpose of prosecuting." A writ for the removal of a 
 person for the purpose of prosecution and trial in the proper coun- 
 ty.— M.D. 
 
 1399. Habeas corpus ad respondendum. (Law Lat.) — '* You may have the 
 body to answer." A writ to remove a person confined in any other 
 prison to answer to an action in the King's Bench. — M.D. 
 
 1400. Habeas corpus ad satisfaciendum. (Law Lat.) — " You may have the 
 body to satisfy." A writ which lies against a person in Fleet prison, 
 
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130 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 &c. to charge him in execution. The explanation of this and the 
 three preceding law-quotations is taken verbatim from Mr. Mac- 
 donnel's Dictionary. — M.D. 
 
 1401. Habemus confitentem reum. Cic. — "We have here a delinquent, who 
 confesses himself guilty." — M.D. 
 
 1402. Habemus humriam atque avaritiam, public^ egestatem, privatim opu- 
 
 lentiam. Sall. — *' We have luxury and avarice, public want, pri- 
 vate opulence." Description of Rome; not inapplicable to the 
 modem state of society in some of the proud capitals of continen- 
 tal Europe. — M.D. 
 
 1403. Habere derelictui rem suam. Aul. Gell. — " To neglect one's af- 
 fairs." To suffer them to get into disorder.— M. 
 
 1404. Habet natura, ut aliarum omnium rerum, sic vivendi modum j senectus 
 avtem peractio cetatis est tanquam fabulce, cuju^ defatigationem fugere 
 debemus prcesertim adjunctd satietate. Cic. de Senec. — ** Nature has, 
 in all other things, assigned to us a mode of living, but old age is 
 the closing of the scene, as the last act of a play, in which we 
 should avoid too much fatigue, especially if we indulge our appe- 
 tites to satiety." — M. 
 
 1405. Habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos, 
 utilitate publicd rependitur. Tacit. — " Every signal example of pu- 
 nishment has in it something unjust, but its operation against in- 
 dividuals is balanced, by its tending to promote the public good. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1406. Habet salem. (Lat.J—'' He has wit." He is a feUow of humour. 
 —M. 
 
 1407. Hcec amat obscurum j volet hmc sub luce videri, 
 Judicis argutum quce nonformidat acumen. ; 
 
 H(BC placuit semelj hcec decies repetita placebit. Hor. — "One may 
 be best shown in shade, the other in all the glare of day, fearing 
 not the ordeal of the critic's acumen ; the former has once pleased 
 U3, the other, though ten times examined, will still delight." — M. 
 
 1408. Hcec a te non multum abludit imago. Hor. — "This picture bears no 
 bad resemblance to you." — M. 
 
 1409. Hcec generi incrementa fides. (Lat.) — " This faith will increase our 
 race." Motto of the marquis of Townshend. — M.D. 
 
 1410. Hcec scripsi non otii abundantid, sed amoris erga te. Tull. Epist. — 
 " I have written this, not from having abundance of leisure, but of 
 love towarcfs you." — M. 
 
 1411. Hac studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res 
 
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 ornant, adversis solatium ac perfugium prcebent, delectant domi, non 
 impediuntforis, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur. Cic. 
 — " These studies are as food to us in our youth, they delight us 
 in more advanced years, they are ornaments to a prosperous state, 
 they afford us comfort and refuge in adversity, they amuse us at 
 home, they are unembarrassing to us when abroad, they pass our 
 nights with us, they accompany us on our travels, and in our rural 
 retirement/' Coming from such authority, what a strong incen- 
 tive this passage should be, to all young persons, to cultivate their 
 minds, by application to literary pursuits. — M.D. 
 
 1412. HcBC stultitia parit civitates, hdc constant imperia, magistratus, reli- 
 gio, concilia, judicia, nee aliud omnino est vita humana quam stultitia 
 lusus quidam. Eras. — " This folly prevails in cities, it subsists in 
 empires, it pervades the magistracy, religion, councils, judicial de- 
 crees, nor is human life any thing but a continued series of follies." 
 —M. 
 
 1413. Hcec suntjucundi causa cibusque mali. Ovid. — ** These things are at 
 
 once the cause and the food of the sweet disease.*' — M. 
 
 1414. Hcec Vivendi ratio mihi non convenit. Cic. — **This mode of living 
 does not suit me." — M. 
 
 1415. Hce nugce seria ducent 
 
 In mala, derisum semel, exceptumque sinistra. Hor. — " These trifles 
 will produce evils of serious consequence, if once made a subject 
 of ridicule, and ill-naturedly censured." That which commences 
 in mere sport may come to a serious issue. — M.M. 
 
 1416. Hcsredis fietus sub persona risus est. (Lat. ProvJ — "The lamenta- 
 tion of an heir is laughter under a mask." His mourning is often 
 but a cloak to conceal his secret joy. — M.D. 
 
 1417. Hceres jure repreesentationis. (Lat. J — " An heir by the right of re- 
 presentation." This alludes to a grandson who is to inherit from 
 his grandsire, because, in such case, he represents his father. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1418. Hceres legitimus est quern nuptice demonstrant. (Lat. Law Max. J — 
 
 " He is the legitimate heir, whom the marriage ceremony has con- 
 stituted such."— M.D. 
 
 1419. Hceretlateri lethalis arundo. Vir.— "The deadly arrow sticks in her 
 side." This is spoken of the hapless Dido. 
 
 -The fatal dart 
 
 Sticks in her side, and rankles in her heart." Dry den. 
 
 This passage may be applied to any person who is wounded by ca- 
 lumny, censure, or remorse. — M.M. 
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 1420. H(sc satis est or are Jovem, qui donat et aufert j 
 
 Det vitam, det opes, cequum mi animum ipse par abo. (Lat.) — ** It is 
 enough to implore the Deity, who gives and takes away, to grant 
 me these things ; let him give me life, and wealth, and I will form 
 or myself an even and well-regulated mind." — M. 
 
 1421 . H<E tibi erunt artes^ pacisque imponere morem, 
 
 Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. Vxr. — ** These shall be thy 
 arts, to prescribe the conditions of peace, to spare the conquered, 
 and to conquer the proud." 
 
 -To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free 
 
 These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." 
 
 —MM. 
 
 1422. Halcyoni dies. Vir. — " Halcyon days." The Alcedo (or king's 
 fisher) was supposed by Aristotle and Pliny to have only sat for 
 seven days, in the depth of winter, and that, during that period, 
 the mariner might sail in full security ; hence the expression, 
 ** Halycon days," a term used to express any season of happiness, 
 prosperity, or peace. As the Halcyon days of the poets; the brief 
 tranquillity, the septem placidi dies of human life. — M. 
 
 1423. Hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim. Hor. — " We expect 
 this privilege, and we, in return, give it to others." This sentence 
 is particularly applied to authors, who, considering the imperfec- 
 tions of their works, require mutual indulgence from each other, 
 though unfortunately they are, in practice, rather lavish of mutual 
 abuse. — M.M. 
 
 1424. Haro. (Fr.)—*' Hue and cry."— 3f.D. 
 
 1425. Has pcenas garrula lingua dedit. Ovid. — " A babbling tongue has 
 incurred these punishments. — M. 
 
 1426. Has vaticinationes eventus comprobavit. Cic. — " The event has 
 verified these predictions." — M. 
 
 1427- Hand facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat 
 
 Res angusta domi. Juv. — " Those persons do not easily emerge 
 . (from poverty) whose virtues or talents are impeded by the limited 
 state of their circumstances." The truth of this maxim is so self- 
 evident as not to stand in need of any prop. — M.M. 
 
 1428. Haud ignara ac non incautafuturi. Hor. — '* Not ignorant, nor yet 
 regardless of the future." This is spoken of the ant, whose pre- 
 science as to her winter wants, and whose industry in providing 
 for them, is proposed as an example not unworthy of the imitation 
 of man.— MM. 
 
 1429. Haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco. Virg. — ** Not unac- 
 
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 quainted with misfortune, I have learned to succour the distresses 
 of others.'* Dido to iEneas. 
 
 ■An alien in a land unknown, 
 
 I learn to pity woes so like my own." Dryden. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1430. Hand passibus aquis. Vir. — '* Not with equal steps." This was 
 applied by the poet to describe the unequal steps with which ^Eneas 
 and his infant son luhis escaped from burning Troy, but it is now 
 metaphorically applied to two persons labouring to attain the same 
 object, but with different powers to accomplish it. — M.D. 
 
 1431. Hauteur. (Fr.) — "Height." Also used to express haughtiness. — 
 
 1432. Haut et bon. (^Fr.) — '* Elevated and good." Motto of viscount 
 Doneraile. — M.D. 
 
 1433. Haut gout. (Fr.) — " High flavour." Long kept. Considered by 
 the vulgar to mean a near approach of putrescency. — M.D. 
 
 1434. Hen pietas, heuprisca fides! (hat.) — "Alas! our piety, alas! our 
 ancient faith." — M. 
 
 1435. Heu ! quam difficile est crimen nonprodere vultu ! ! (Lat.J — ** Alas ! 
 what a difficult thing it is not to betray guilt by the countenance." 
 
 *' How in the looks does conscious guilt appear." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1436. Heu ! Quanta minus est cum reliquis versari, 
 
 Quam tui meminisse ! ! ! (Lat.J — " Alas ! how much less sweet it is, 
 to converse with others, than to dwell on the bare contemplation of 
 thy virtues." This very complimentary epitaph is engraved on the 
 tomb of Miss DoUman at the Leasowes. — M. 
 
 1437. Heu ! Fortuna quis est crudelior in nos 
 
 Te Deus ? Ut semper gaudes illudere rebus 
 
 Humanis ! ! Hor. — " Alas ! O fortune, what Deity is so cruel as 
 thou ? Who delightest in making sport of human affairs ! !" — M. 
 
 1438. Heu ! Quam miserum est db eo Icedi, de quo nonpossis queri. Decim. 
 Laber. — " Alas ! how deeply are we galled by an injury inflicted 
 by a person, of whom circumstances forbid us to complain ! 1" — 
 M. 
 
 1439. Heu! Quam difficilis gloricB custodia est ! Syrus. — " Alas ! how dif- 
 ficult it is to maintain glory ! !" True glory, to be maintained un- 
 tarnished, must be supported by a combination of many virtues ; 
 as for instance, the glory of the conqueror, which, in the moment 
 of victory, had made him the idol of his country, may be effaced 
 
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 by the tenour of his subsequent life. By a tyrannical, overbear- 
 ing, and supercilious conduct, by indialging in a course of dissipa- 
 tion and debauchery, by being a bad husband, a bad father, a bad 
 master ; in short, by a disregard to public opinion, and a violation 
 of his relative and moral duties. — M.D. 
 
 1440. Heul totum triduum. Ter. — ^'What! three whole days." Is it 
 possible you can bear to be three whole days separated from your 
 mistress ? A ridicule of the impatience of lovers. — M.D. 
 
 1441. Hiatus maximk deflendus. (Lat.) — " A chasm, or blank, much to be 
 deplored." Originally used to mark some blank in any literary or 
 other work, produced by the hand of time. It is now sometimes 
 used either in this, or in an ironical sense. — M.D. 
 
 1442. Hie coquus scitb ac munditer condit cibos. Platjt. — " This cook sea- 
 sons his dishes well, and serves them neatly." — M. 
 
 1443. Hie est autnusquam quodqucBrimus. (Lat.) — " It is here or no where 
 what we look for."— M.D. 
 
 1444. Hie et ubique. (Lat.) — " Here, and there, and every where." In- 
 ferring a constant removal from place to place. — M.D. 
 
 1445. Hie finis f audi. (Lat.) — " Here ends the discourse." Let our con- 
 versation stop here. — M.D. 
 
 1446. Hie gelidifontes, hie mollia prata, Lycori, 
 
 Hie nemus, hie toto tecum consumerer cevo. Vir. — " Here we enjoy 
 cooling springs, here grassy meads, here, O Lycoris, a grove, and 
 here with thee I would willingly pass my entire life." 
 
 •' Come see what pleasures in our plains abound, 
 The woods, the fountains, and the flow'ry ground ^ 
 Here I could live and love, and die with only you." Dryden. 
 
 — M. 
 
 1447. Hie loeus est, partes ubi se viafindit in ambas. Vir. — " Here is the 
 spot where the road diverges into two parts." Two directions. — M. 
 
 1448. Hie murus aheneus esto, 
 
 Nil eonscire sibi, nulla palleseere eulpd. Hor. — " Let this be as 
 a brazen wall of defence, not to be conscious of any guilt, to fear no 
 charge on which you would turn pale." This admirable quotation, 
 which is in very common use, intimates that our best security 
 must consist in innocency of life, and the cheering influence of a 
 self-approving conscience. 
 
 ** True conscious honour is to feel no sin, 
 AU-arm'd without, when innocent within ; 
 Be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
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 1449. Hie nigra succus loliginis, hac est 
 
 JErugo mera. Horace. — ** This is the quintessence of blackest 
 envy, it is downright malice." — M. 
 
 1450. Hie patet ingeniis campus J certusque mcerenti 
 
 Stat favor: ornatur propriis industria donis. Claudian. — "Here 
 lies open a field for the display of talent, certain favour awaits the 
 deserving, and industry is recompensed with suitable rewards." 
 Such a field is a thing but of rare occurrence, but the quotation 
 may suit speculators, who are generally more sanguine in their 
 expectations, than the results warrant. — M.D. 
 
 1451. Hie transitus efficit magnum vitcB eompendium. Ph^dr. — ** This 
 change effects a great saving of time." — M. 
 
 1452. Hie vivimus ambitiosa 
 
 Paupertate omnes. Juvenal. — " Here we all live in ostentatious 
 poverty." The concealment of their necessities is an object of the 
 ambition of most men whose means are very circumscribed. 
 
 ** The face of wealth in poverty they wear." 
 
 —M. 
 
 1453. "npairiKpa. Hiera picra. (Gr.) — " The sacred bitter." A com- 
 mon medicine. — M.D. 
 
 1454. Hilarisque tamen cum pondere virtus. Statius. — ** Virtue may be 
 gay with dignity." — M. 
 
 1455. Hi motus animorum, at que hcee eertamina tanta 
 
 Pulveris exigucR jaetu compressa quiescent. Vir. — *' These excita- 
 tions of their passions, and these inveterate contests, will be quiet- 
 ed by the throwing up of a little dust." The poet here speaks of 
 a contest between two swarms of bees, but the passage is also oc- 
 casionally applied, in ridicule of the contests of ambitious political 
 opponents. 
 
 " Yet all those dreadful deeds, this doubtful fray, 
 A cast of scatter'd dust will soon allay." Drydkn. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1456. Hi narrata ferunt alidj mensuraque ficti 
 
 Creseif ; et auditis aliquid novus adjicit auctor. Ovid. — " These 
 carry their tales to another place ; the sum of falsehood increases, 
 and every new retailer adds something to what he had heard." 
 
 " Some tell what they have heard, or tales devise, 
 
 Each fiction still improv'd with added lies." Garth. 
 
 — M. 
 
136 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1457. Hinc ilia lachrymcB. (Lat.) — " Hence those tears." These tears, 
 these lamentations, these regrets, proceed from that cause. — M.D. 
 
 1458. Hinc mala ruhigo, virides ne torreat herbaSy 
 
 Sanguine lactantis catuli placatur et extis. Columella. — "Hence, 
 lest the destructive mildew spoil the green corn, the goddess was 
 appeased by the sacrifice of the blood and entrails of a sucking 
 whelp." The goddess Rubigo, or Robigo, had a place in the 
 heathen mythology, as the deity presiding over com crops, and 
 she was supposed to be propitiated as above mentioned. — M. 
 
 1459. Hinc omne principium, hue refer exitum. Hor. — " To this refer 
 every enterprize, to this the issue thereof." The poet here alludes 
 to the gods, or as we should say to divine Providence. — M. 
 
 1460. Hinc subitee mortes atque intestata senectus. Juv. — " From hence 
 (luxury) happen sudden deaths, and instances of old men dying 
 without a will." The gratification of our inordinate appetites 
 certainly abridges the lives of many, and excess frequently occa- 
 sions the sudden departure from this world of its votaries. — MD. 
 
 1461. Hinc tibi copia 
 
 Manabit ad plenum benigno 
 
 Ruris honorum opulenta cornu. Hor. — ** Here plenty, rich in rural 
 honours, shall pour them forth to you, from her liberal horn, full 
 to the very brim." — M. 
 
 1462. Hinc totam infelix vulgatur fama per urbem. Vir. — " Hence the 
 
 afflicting news was propagated through the whole city." — M. 
 
 1463. Hinc venti dociles resono se carcere solvunt, 
 
 Et cantum acceptd pro libertate rependunt. (Lat.) — " From hence 
 the obedient winds are loosed from their resounding prison, and 
 repay the liberty they have received with a tune.* ' An excellent 
 inscription over an organ. — M. 
 
 1464. His lachrymis vitam damns, et miserescimus ultro. Virg. — ** To 
 these tears we concede his life, and willingly bestow our pity on 
 him."— M 
 
 1465. His legibus solutis respublica stare non potest. Cic. — " If these laws 
 are repealed the republic cannot stand." — M. 
 
 1466. His nunc prcemium est, qui recta prava faciunt. Ter. — ** In these 
 times those are rewarded who can make conduct which is right 
 and just, appear vicious or depraved." In all ages and countries, 
 profligate unprincipled men are to be found, who will calumniate 
 the most upright characters, and find persons as base as themselves 
 to join in the propagation of their falsehoods. — M.D. 
 
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 1467. His saltern accumulem donis, et fungar inani 
 
 Munere. Virg. — '* I will at least bestow upon him this tribute 
 (of affection^ and acquit myself of the unavailing ceremony." A 
 quotation often applied to distinguished men, or to some deceased 
 friend. — M.D. 
 
 1468. HistoricB decus est, et quasi anima, ut cum eventis causce copulantur. 
 
 Bacon de aug. Scien. — ** It is tlie ornament, and, as if, the soul of 
 history, that the relation of events is illustrated hy an exposition 
 of the causes which produced them." — M. 
 
 1469. Hoc age. (Lat.) — ** Do this." Attend to this, give your mind up 
 to the business in which you are engaged. — M.D. 
 
 1470. Hoc erat in more majorum. (Lat.) — " This was according to the 
 custom of our forefathers." — M. 
 
 1471. Hoc erat in votis. Hor. — ** This was the extent of my wishes." 
 The great object of my desire. — M.D. 
 
 1472. Hoc est quodpalles? cur quis non prandeat, hoc est F (Lat. J — " Is it 
 for this you look so pale ? or is this the reason you do not dine ?" 
 
 ** Is it for this you gain those meagre looks, 
 And sacrifice your dinner for your books ?" 
 
 —M. 
 
 1473. Hoc est 
 
 Vivere bis, vita posse prior efrui. Mar. — ** It is to live twice to be 
 able to enjoy the retrospect of your past life." 
 
 ** When years no more of active life remain, 
 'Tis youth renew'd, to laugh them o'er again." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1474. Hoc fonte derivata clades 
 
 In patriam populumque fluwit. Hor. — " From this source has been 
 derived the destruction which has overwhelmed the country and 
 the people." Used to mark the source of any general calamity. 
 —M.M. 
 
 1475. Hoc maximb officii est, ut quisquis maximk opus indigeat, ita ei potis- 
 simum opitulari. Tull. — " It is an acknowledged principle of 
 duty, that to him who stands the most in need of our assistance," 
 we ought the most strenuously to administer aid." — M. 
 
 1476. Hoc opus hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli 
 
 Si patrice volumus, si nobis vivere cari. Hor. — ** This work, this 
 study, let us, high and low, urge on with vigour, if we desire to be 
 dear to our country, dear to ourselves." — M. 
 
 1477. Hoc pretium ob stultitiam fero. Tbr. — " I gain this reward for my 
 folly."-ilf. 
 
138 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1478. Hoc tolerabile si non 
 
 Et furere incipias. Juv. — " This might be borne with, if you did 
 not rave. — M. 
 
 1479. Hodie mihi, eras tibi. (Lat.) — " To-day to me, to-morrow to thee." 
 A phrase strongly indicative of the constant vicissitudes in human 
 affairs.— M.D. 
 
 1480. Hodie vivendum amissd proeteritorum curd. (Lat.) — " Let us enjoy 
 
 ourselves to-day, banishing all recollection of the cares that are 
 past." An Epicurean maxim this, calculated to promote the enjoy- 
 ment of conviviality. — M.D. 
 
 1481. Hominem non odi sed ejus vitia. (Lat.)—" I hate not the man but I 
 detest his vices." — M. 
 
 1482. Homini imperito numquam quidquid injustiuSy 
 
 Qui, nisi quod ipsefacit, nil rectum putat. Ter. — " Nothing can 
 exceed the injustice of the ignorant man, who, excepting what he 
 himself does, thinks nothing can be rightly performed." — M.D. 
 
 1483. Hominem pagina nostra sapit. Mar. — " Our pages know human 
 nature." Our pictures are taken from real life, and calculated to 
 be practically useful to mankind. — M.M. 
 
 1484. Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus 
 dando. Cic. — " In nothing do men approach so nearly to the 
 gods, as in giving health to men." It is not only consonant to the 
 true and benign spirit of the religion of our blessed Redeemer, but 
 it also accords with the beneficent dispositions he manifested in his 
 own conduct while on earth, and which we ought to endeavour in 
 all things to imitate, to do good to all men, and to contribute, as 
 far as in us lies, to the health and happiness of our species. — M.M. 
 
 1485. Homines amplius oculis quam auribus credunt, longum iter est per 
 prcecepta, breve et efficax per exempila. Sen. — ** Men believe more 
 what they see than what they hear : the way to knowledge and ex- 
 perience is therefore slow by precept, whilst by the effect of exam- 
 ple it is short and certain." — M.D. 
 
 1486. Homines nihil agendo discunt maU agere. Cato. — " Men by doing 
 nothing, learn to commit evil." Idleness may be said to be the 
 hot-bed of ignorance and vice. — M.D. 
 
 1487. Hominis est errare, insipientis perseverare. (Lat.) — " It belongs to 
 our nature to err, but it is the part of a fool to persevere in error." 
 The mind of the wise man is therefore ever open to conviction, 
 and when he discovers himself to be in error, he displays true 
 wisdom by receding j while the fool, ever obstinate and pertina- 
 
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 cious, continues to act on false principles which he is ashamed to 
 retract. — M.M. 
 
 1488. Hominis frugi et temperantis functus officium. Ter. — " Having 
 acted as a man of frugality and temperance." Virtues which it is 
 devoutly to be wished were in more general cultivation, and which 
 teach us to use, but not to abuse, the blessings which Providence 
 bestows upon us. —M. 
 
 1489. Homo ad res perspicax et acutus. (LatJ — " A man who is clear- 
 sighted and acute in matters of business." — M. 
 
 1490. Homo constat ex dudbus partibus, corpore et animd, quarum una esse 
 corporetty altera ab omni materice concretione sejuncta. (LatJ — " Man 
 is composed of two parts, body and soul, of which the first is 
 merely corporeal or material, the other altogether immaterial and 
 without substance visible or tangible ; it is spiritual, immortal." 
 — M. 
 
 1491. Homo extra est corpus suum cum irascitur. Pub. Syr. — " A man 
 under the influence of anger is beside himself." Passion, when it 
 acquires an ascendancy over us, deprives us of our reason, suspends 
 the faculty of reflection, blinds our judgment, and precipitates us 
 into acts of violence, and into excesses, the consequences of which 
 we may have to deplore during the remainder of our lives j in fact, 
 the impulse of passion, even for a moment uncontrolled, may 
 produce all the lamentable effects of actual insanity. — M.D. 
 
 1492. Homo homini lupus. Eras. — ** Man is to man a wolf." Men have 
 been praying on each other from the beginning of the world. 
 
 1493. Homo homini aut deusaut lupus. Erasm. — " Man is toman either as 
 a god or a wolf." Nothing can be more varied than the shades of the 
 human character ; for while some delight in dispensing happiness, 
 and in administering consolation and comfort to the afflicted, others 
 there are, who are distinguished solely by their rapacity, tyranny, 
 and oppression, and who really should be considered as wolves to 
 their race. — M.D. 
 
 1494. Homo multarum literarum. (LatJ — " A man of many letters." A 
 man skilled in many languages, well versed in variety of learning. 
 — M.D. 
 
 1495. Homo multi consilii et optimi. (LatJ — " A man ready to give his 
 advice, which is always judicious." The most wise and safe to 
 follow.— M. 
 
 1496. Homo qui in homine calamitoso est misericors, meminit sui. — " He 
 who pities the afflicted, is mindful of what he owes to himself." 
 To his own character. — M. 
 
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 1497. Homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam. 
 
 Quasi lumen de suo lumine accendit, facit, 
 
 Nihilominus ipsi luceat, cum illi accenderit. {hat.) — " He who 
 kindly shows the right way to a person who has gone astray, is 
 like a man who lights another's candle by his own, which, although 
 it has imparted light to the other, still continues to show him 
 light." Its own effulgence being undiminished. — M. 
 
 1498. Homo solus aut deus aut dcemon. (Lat.) — " Man only is either a 
 deity or a devil." Man is the only being of the animal creation, 
 in whose constitutional tendencies the utmost extremes of good 
 and of evil are so intimately diffused. — M.D. 
 
 1499. Hom^ sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. Ter. — " I am a man, 
 and cannot be indifferent to the interests of humanity." This is 
 expressed in a spirit of true philanthropy, which, unhappily, is 
 oftener extolled than acted on. — M.M. 
 
 1500. Honesta mors turpi vita potior. Tag. — *' An honourable death is 
 preferable to an ignominious life." This maxim, where death 
 self-inflicted was not forbidden by the laws of revealed religion, 
 was held to inculcate a doctrine the practice of which was merito- 
 rious, as no fears of future punishment militated against it, and 
 hence we find the ancients often flying, by a voluntary death, 
 from the ills and the calamities of this mortal state, or from the 
 disgrace of degradation. — M.D. 
 
 1501. Honesta paupertas prior quam opes malce. (hat.) — " Poverty with 
 
 honesty is preferable to riches acquired by dishonest means." — M. 
 
 1502. Honesta qucedam scelera successus facit. Sen. — " Success makes 
 
 some base acts appear honourable." This is well exemplified by 
 the English proverb. 
 
 " Treason does never prosper: what's the reason? 
 That, if it prospers, none dare call it treason." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1503. Honesta quam splendida! (hat.) — " How splendid are decorations 
 honourably won !" Motto of the viscount Barrington. — M.D. 
 
 1504. Honestk audax. (hat.) — " Honestly bold." Motto of lord Ran- 
 cliffe.— ilf.D. 
 
 1505. Honestum non est semper quod licet, (hat. Jur. Antiq.) — "That 
 which is lawful is not always becoming." — M.D. 
 
 1506. Honestus rumor alterum patrimonium est. Dec. Laber. — " An ho- 
 nest fame is another patrimony." — M. 
 
 1507. Honi soit qui mal y pense. (Old Fr.) — *' Evil be to him who evil 
 
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 thinks." Motto of the kings of England, and also that of the 
 order of the Garter. Edward the Third is said to have been the 
 first who used the expression, on presenting to the marchioness of 
 Salisbury her garter, which had fallen off while she was dancing. 
 A duke of Orleans, perhaps in ridicule of the British king's motto, 
 had honi soit qui mal y pause inscribed over the entrance of his 
 princely stables at Chantilly, ** Shame on bad grooms." — M.D. 
 
 1508. Honora medicum propter necessitatem. (Lat.) — " Honour your 
 physician through necessity." — M.D. 
 
 1509- Honor fidelitatis prcemium. (Lat.) — ** Honour is the reward of 
 fidelity." Motto of lord Boston.— ikT.D. 
 
 1510. Honor virtutis premium. (Lat. J — " Honour is the reward of 
 virtue." Motto of earls Ferrers, and Cork and Orrery. An adage, 
 unfortunately, not without exceptions. — M.D. 
 
 1511. Honor alit artes. — "Honours encourage the arts." In no state 
 have the liberal arts attained perfection, where those who professed 
 them did not receive honours and distinction, exclusively of the 
 just remuneration for their ingenuity and their labour. — MM. 
 
 1512. Horm 
 
 Momento cita mors venit, aut victoria lata. Hor. — '* In a moment 
 
 ^ comes sudden death, or joyful victory." Applied to a military 
 
 life.— M.D. 
 
 1513. HorreaformiciE tendunt ad inania nunquam, 
 
 Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes. Ovid. — ** As ants never bend 
 their course to an empty barn, so no friend will visit the seat of 
 departed wealth."— MM. 
 
 1514. Horror ubique animos, simulipsa silentia terrent. Vir. — *' Horror 
 seized their minds, and even silence gave room for terror." 
 
 ** All things were full of terror and affright, 
 And dreadful e'en the silence of the night.*' Dryden. 
 
 — M. 
 
 1515. Hors de combat. {Fr. Mil. phrase.) — ** Out of condition to fight." 
 AppUed either to an individual who is sick, or wounded, or to a 
 
 corps which has been so defeated, fatigued, or reduced by sickness, 
 as to be unable again to go into battle. — M.D. 
 
 1516. Hortus siccus. (Lat.) — Literally, "a dry garden." A collection 
 of specimens of the leaves of plants preserved in a dry state. ** The 
 hortus siccus of dissent." Burke. A collection of the opinions of 
 dissenters in all their varieties. — M.D. 
 
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 1517. Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honor es ; 
 Sic vos non vohis fertis aratra boves j 
 
 Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes j 
 Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves 2 
 
 Sic vos non vohis nidificatis aves. Vir. — '* I wrote these lines ; 
 another had the credit — Thus do ye oxen bear the yoke for others ; 
 thus do ye bees make honey for others ; thus do ye sheep wear 
 fleeces for others, thus do ye birds build nests for others ;" — 
 Respecting these lines Mr. Macdonnel gives the following account. 
 *' Virgil having written, in a conspicuous place, a distich highly 
 flattering to the emperor Augustus, but without discovering him- 
 self, a poet of the name of Bathyllus pretended to be the author, 
 and was consequently much noticed and rewarded by the prince. 
 Virgil, not brooking the injustice patiently, wrote under the dis- 
 tich the words * Sic vos non vobis,* four times. No one having 
 been able to fill the lines, of which these are the beginning, except 
 Virgil himself, the imposture of Bathyllus was detected, and Virgil 
 recognised as the author of the applauded distich." — M.D. 
 
 1518. Hostis honori invidia. (hat.) — " An enemy's envy is an honour." 
 Motto of earl Harborough. — M.D. 
 
 1519. Hotel (Fr.) — " A house of lodging and entertainment." With 
 us, many indifferent inns are dignified with this title, but in France 
 the term is more comprehensive, and means the town residence of 
 all the great. Thus every noble has his hotel, and wealthy private 
 individuals apply to their residence the same imposing appellation. 
 — M. 
 
 1520. Hotel Dieu. (Fr.) — " The house of God." The name of the grand 
 hospital at Paris, and a term sometimes applied to other great pro- 
 vincial establishments of the same nature. — M.D. 
 
 1521. Hue natos adjice septem, 
 
 Et totidem juvenes, et mox generosque nurusque, 
 Qucerite nunc, Tiabeat quam nostra superbia causam. Ovid. — ** Add 
 thereto seven daughters, and as many sons, and in a little time my 
 sons-in-law and my daughters-in-law, and then tell me whether I 
 have not reason to be proud." 
 
 ** Seven are my daughters, of a form divine, 
 With seven fair sons, an indefective line; 
 Ye fools, consider this, and ask the cause 
 From which my pride its strong presumption draws." 
 
 Put by the poet into the mouth of Niobe. — M. 
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 1522. Huic maximh putamus malo fuisse, nimiam opinionem ingenii atque 
 virtutis. Corn. Nep. de Themist. — *' From this we think his 
 misfortunes chiefly originated, that he entertained too high an 
 opinion of his own genius and valour." In every age and country, 
 and in every department where the exertion of talents has been re- 
 quired, we find that men of distinguished abilities have failed, 
 merely from having entertained an over-rated confidence in their 
 own qualifications. — M.D. 
 
 1523. Huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut notum ad id 
 unum diceres, quodcunque ageret. Livy. — ** This man's parts were 
 so versatile, so adapted to every study, that in whatever he was 
 engaged, you would pronounce him to have been formed for that 
 alone." The character given of the elder Cato. 
 
 1524. Humani nihil alienum. Ter. — *' Nothing is foreign to me that 
 relates to man." Motto of earl Talbot. 
 
 1525. Humanum. est errare. (hat.) — *' It is in the nature of man to err." 
 This expression was happily used by the poet, when he added the 
 fine contrast, " to err is human, to forgive divine." 
 
 1526. 'Yarfpov Trportpoj/. {Gr.) Hysteron proteron.—*' The last first." 
 The position of things or of arguments inverted, or, as we say, 
 *' the cart before the horse." — M.D. 
 
 1527. Ibidem, ibid. (Lat.)—" In the same place or book," a note of 
 
 reference. — M.D. 
 
 1528. IbiSy redibis, non morieris in bello. (Lat.) — " You shall go, you 
 
 shall return, you shall not die in the wars." Ibis, redibis non, 
 morieris in bello. " You shall go, you shall not return, you shall 
 die in the wars." This ambiguous answer, the sense of which de- 
 pends on the comma being placed before, or after, the word non, 
 exhibits a specimen of the miserable tricks by which the oracles of 
 old saved their credit. — M.D. 
 
 1529. Ibit eo quo vis, qui zonam perdidit. Hor. — " He who has lost his 
 purse, will go wherever you please." Poverty obhges men to sub- 
 mit to many things, which, in a state of prosperity, they would in- 
 dignantly refuse. 
 
 ** Their poverty, and not their will, consents." 
 
 ^M.D. 
 
144 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1530. Ich dim. (Germ.) — ** I serve." Motto of the prince of Wales. 
 This motto was adopted first by the Black Prince, who took it 
 from the king of Bohemia, who was kiUed at the battle of Cressy. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1531, Id arbitror, 
 
 Adprimh in vita esse utile, ne quid nimis. Ter. — " I consider this 
 especially to be a maxim of the greatest utility, not to over-do any 
 thing." The most laudable objects may be carried too far ; and, 
 as has before been said, excess should be avoided. Sunt certi fines, 
 quos ultra citraque nequit consist ere rectum. — M.D. 
 
 1532. Id cinerem, aut manes credis curare sepultos? Vir. — "Do you think 
 that the ashes, the relics of those who have been buried, care for 
 that ?" Do you imagine that in the grave our tranquillity can be 
 disturbed by worldly considerations ? — M.M. 
 
 1533. Id ego jam nunc renuncio tihi ut sis sciens. Ter. — " I repeat this 
 
 caution to you that you may not act in ignorance." That you may 
 be on your guard. — M. 
 
 1534. Idem velle et idem nolle ea demumfirma amicitia est. Sall. — " To be 
 influenced by a passion for the same pursuits, and to have similar 
 dislikes, is the rational ground-work of lasting friendship." It is 
 only on a similarity of disposition, a sympathy of tastes, that 
 durable friendships can be founded. — M.M. 
 
 1535. I demens ! et scevas curre per Alpes, 
 
 Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias. Juv. — " Go, madman that 
 thou art ! rush over the rugged Alps, that you may amuse children, 
 and be made a subject for conversation." Go ! encounter the most 
 appalling terrors, to receive a reward of no value. — M.D. 
 
 1536. Id est. (Lat.) — -'That is." Commonly expressed, for brevity, by 
 the initials i.e. — M. 
 
 1537. Idfacere laus est quod decet, non quod licet. Sen. — "He merits 
 commendation who does what is becoming, not what the law may 
 permit." Many acts may be performed within the strict letter of the 
 law, or against which it contains no provisions, that would be in 
 direct violation both of morality and decency. — M.D. 
 
 1538. Id genus omne. Hor. — "All persons of that kind." A phrase ap- 
 plied in contempt. The common people, the rabble, the gamblers, 
 the pugilists, the swindlers, &c. were there, id genus omne " all 
 those fellows."— Af.M. 
 
 1539. Id maximh quemque decet, quod est cujusque suum maximh. Cic. — 
 " Those things best become us, which appertain unto our station." 
 To which we have been accustomed, and in which we must, of 
 course, be the least awkward, the most expert. — M.D. 
 
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 1540. l^jitv \pevSta ttoWu Xeytij/ ETVfioKnv ofioia 
 
 Idjxev d'fVT tQeXofiev aXtjOta fivOijaacrQai. Hesiod. 
 
 Sometimes fair Truth in fiction we disguise. 
 Sometimes present her naked to men's eyes." 
 
 —M. 
 
 1541. Id mutavit quoniam me immutatum vidit. Ter. — "He changed his 
 
 opinion because he saw that mine was unchanged." — M. 
 
 1542. Idoneushomo. (Lat.) — "A fit man." A man whose ability is known. 
 
 A man of approved intelligence. — M.D. 
 
 1543. Idoneus quidem med sententid, prcesertim quum et ipse eum audiverit, 
 et scribat de mortuo j ex quo nulla suspicio est, amiciticB causa, eum 
 esse mentitum. Cic. — ** In my opinion he is qualified to, and may 
 write (of the deceased), as he had been accustomed to hear him ex- 
 press his sentiments, wherefore no reason exists to suspect him of 
 partiality or misrepresentation." — M.D. 
 
 1544. Ifavoritidei grandi oltre all' oro di regali, e Vincenso delle lodi, tocca 
 loro anche la mirra della maldicenza. (Ital.) — " The favourites of 
 the great, besides the gold of presents, and the incense of applause, 
 must also partake of the myrrh of calumny." — M.D. 
 
 1545. Ignavissimus quisque, et, ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimio 
 verbis et lingua ferox. Tacit. — ** Every dastardly fellow, who be- 
 trays timidity in the hour of real danger, is, as experience has al- 
 ways proved, loud and blustering in his language." Cowards al- 
 ways boast of their fancied prowess, and assume an appearance of 
 courage which they do not possess. — M.D. 
 
 1546. Ignis fatuus. — "A foolish fire." A meteoric flame, commonly 
 known by the name of Will o' the wisp. Metaphorically applied to 
 treatises professing to illustrate, but which, in fact, only puzzle 
 and confound, and also to speculations and projects speciously 
 clothed with promised profit and advantage, but which end in no- 
 thing.— M.D. 
 
 1547. Ignoramus. (Lat.) — " We are ignorant." A term used when a 
 grand jury rejects or ignores an indictment ; it is also applied to 
 denote an ignorant uninformed man, or a blockhead. — M.D. 
 
 1548. Ignorantia facti excusat. (hat. Law Max.) — ** Ignorance of the fact 
 excuses." As for instance, in the case of an instrument or contract 
 being falsely read to an illiterate man, and signed and sealed by 
 him, under the false impression produced by such reading, then 
 such contract shall be void. — M.D. 
 
 1549. Ignorantia juris quod quisque tenetur scire neminem excusat. (,Lat,) — 
 
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 *' Ignorance of a law which every man is supposed to be acquainted 
 with, excuses no man.'* — M. 
 
 1550. Ignorantia non excusat legem. (Law Lat.) — This differs little from 
 
 the former. " The operation of the law is not to be impeded by a 
 plea of ignorance on the part of the accused." Every man is sub- 
 ject to the law, though he may never have heard of it, and it is 
 much to be wished that some general mode of more thoroughly 
 promulgating the laws was adopted in the British empire. — M.D. 
 
 1551. Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum, maxime hominum vitam vex- 
 
 ari. Cic. — " Through a want of discrimination between things 
 which are good, and those which are pernicious, the life of man is 
 much troubled." — M. 
 
 1552. Ignorent populi, si non in morte proharis. 
 
 An scires adversa pati. Lucan. — ** The world might be ignorant of 
 it, if you had not proved in death, that you were capable of sup- 
 porting yourself with firmness under adversity." This praise, ori- 
 ginally addressed to Pompey, has successively been applied to 
 others, who, regarding the cause in which they were suffering as a 
 good one, have met death magnanimously. — M.D. 
 
 1553. Ignoscito scepe alteri, nunquam tibi. (Lat.) — ** Pardon others fre- 
 quently, yourself never." — M. 
 
 1554. Ignoscas aliis multa, nil tibi. Auson. — This is exactly similar to the 
 preceding quotation. — M.D. 
 
 1555. Ignoscent si quid peccavero stultus amici, 
 
 Inque vicem illorum patiar delicta libenter. Hor. — " If I, foolishly, 
 commit any offence, let my friends pardon it, and I, in my turn, 
 will willingly bear with their transgressions." — M. 
 
 1556. Ignoscas amicis. Hor. — " Pardon your friends." — M. 
 
 1557. Ignoti nulla cupido. (Lat.) — " No wish is expressed for that which 
 is unknown." Savage nations do not feel the want of our luxu- 
 ries, nor do our cottagers grieve for the want of many articles which 
 in our palaces are considered as indispensable. — M.D. 
 
 1558. Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre 
 
 Flumina gaudebat, studio minuente laborem. Ovid. — " He rejoiced 
 to wander through unknown places, to see unexplored rivers, his 
 labours diminished by application." 
 
 *' He sought fresh fountains in a foreign soil, 
 
 The pleasure lessen'd the attending toil." Addison. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1559. Ignotum argenti pondus et auri. Vir. — " Untold wealth." — M. 
 
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 1560. IgnotuM per ignotius, (Lat.) — " A thing little known, by a thing 
 altogether unknown.'* Ignotum per ignotius. An attempted illus- 
 tration which renders the case more obscure. — M.D. 
 
 1561. I quadagni mediocri empiono la borsa. (Ital.) — ** Moderate profits 
 fill the purse."— M. 
 
 1562. Ilaboye htoutlemonde. (Fr.) — " He snarls at every body." — M.D. 
 
 1563. II a le diable au corps. (Fr.)—*' The devil's in him." — M.D. 
 
 1564. II a la mer a boire. (Fr.) — *' He has the sea to drink up." Or, a 
 prodigious undertaking to achieve. — M.D. 
 
 1565. II a le vin mauvais. (Fr.) — " He is quarrelsome over his wine." 
 Dangerous when he drinks. — M.D. 
 
 1566. II a sem^ des jleurs sur un terrein aride. (Fr.) — "He has planted 
 flowers on a barren soil." He has thrown away his labour (or his 
 money) on an unprofitable subject. — M.D. 
 
 1567. II buon mercato vuota la borsa. Cital.) — " Great bargains empty the 
 purse." — M. 
 
 1568. II castigopuo differirsi md non si toglie. (Ital.) — " Punishment may 
 be tardy, but it is sure to overtake the guilty."— M. 
 
 1 569. H conduit bien sa barque. (Fr.) — " He steers well his boat." He 
 knows how to conduct his afiairs. — M.D. 
 
 1570. II eoute peu a amasser beaucoup de 7'ichesse, et beaucoup a en amasser 
 peu. (Fr.) — " It costs little trouble to amass a great deal of wealth, 
 but great labour to amass a little." He who has acquired some 
 wealth, can easily increase it to a large amount, but he who has 
 nothing, finds great difficulty in making a beginning. The first 
 thousand, it is said, is more difficult of collection, than the last 
 hundred thousand. — M.D. 
 
 1571. II en est d^un homme qui aime, comme d^un moineaupris a laglUj plus 
 il se debat,plus il s'embarrasse. (Fr.J — " A man in love is as a little 
 bird caught with bird-lime, the more he struggles, the faster he is 
 held"— M.D. 
 
 1572. II en fait ses choux gras. (Fr.) — " He greases his cabbage with it." 
 He makes good profit by it. — M.D. 
 
 1573. II est ais^ d'ajouter aux inventions d'autres. (FV.) — '* It is easy to 
 add to the inventions of others." — M. 
 
 1574. // est bien aise a ceux qui se portent bien de donner des avis aux mala- 
 des. (Fr.) — *' It is very easy for those who are well to give advice 
 to the sick." In bodily, as well as in moral maladies, we are al- 
 
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 ways more ready to prescribe remedies for others than to make the 
 application of them to our own cases. — M. 
 
 1575. II est comme Voiseausur la tranche. (Fr.J — '* He is like a bird upon 
 
 a branch." He is unsettled, unsteady, ever shifting and changing. 
 —31. 
 
 1576. // est difficile de decider si I' irresolution rend Vhomme plus malheureux 
 
 que meprisable J de meme s'il y a toujour s plus d* inconvenient a pren- 
 dre un mauvais parti, qu'a n'en prendre aucun. La Bruyere — " It 
 is difficult to pronounce whether a want of the power of decision 
 renders a man more unhappy or more despicable ; or whether it is 
 productive of worse consequences to embrace a part in some re- 
 spects objectionable, or to refrain from all decision or interference." 
 —M. 
 
 1577' II est Jlambe. (Fr.J — *^ He is ruined." Undone, dished. Tel homme 
 s'estjlambe, that man has ruined himself. — M.D. 
 
 1578. II est plus ais^ d'etre sage pour les autres, que pour soi- meme. Roche- 
 roucAULT. — ** It is more easy to be wise for others, than for our- 
 selves." Wisdom and good judgement are more frequently dis- 
 played by men in the management of the concerns of others, than 
 in that of their own. — M.D. 
 
 1579. II est souvent plus court et plus utile de quadrer aux autres, que de 
 /aire que les autres s'ajiistent a nous. La Bruyere. — ** It is often 
 more easy and more convenient to shape our conduct in conformity 
 to that of others, than to influence others to adapt their proceed- 
 ings to our standard." — M. 
 
 1 580. II est plus honteux de sedejier de ses amis que d'en etre trompe. Roche- 
 
 FoucAULT. — ** It is more discreditable to be suspicious of the 
 fidelity of our friends, than to be deceived by them." — M.D. * 
 
 1581. II faut attendre le boiteux. (Fr. Prov.J — " We must wait for tlie 
 lame." In our communications with mankind, we must form our 
 expectations according to their capabilities. The lame man cannot 
 run with us, the illiterate cannot converse on literary topics, nor 
 can an ignorant man comprehend the technical language of a scien- 
 tific lecturer ; we must therefore all suit our conversation, and our 
 modes of acting, to the level of those with whom we associate. 
 And in all cases *' ilfaut attendre le boiteux.'* — M.D. 
 
 1582. Ilfautavaler Men de la fum^e aux lampes avant que de devenir bon 
 orateur. {Fr.) — '* A man must study, as well by night as by day, 
 who aspires to be an orator." — 31. 
 
 1583. II faut etre reserve, meme avec son meilleur ami, lorsque cet ami te- 
 moigne trop de curiosite pour pen etrer votre secret. La Bruyere. — 
 
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 '* It is the part of a prudent man to be reserved, even with his most 
 intimate friend, when that friend betrays a too eager curiosity to 
 dive into his secrets." — M.D. 
 
 1584. II faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la 
 mauvaise. (Fr.) — ** A greater share of virtue is necessary, to bear 
 a situation of distinguished prosperity, than to support oneself 
 under circumstances of adversity." Prosperity intoxicates and 
 disturbs the mind, adversity subdues and ameliorates it. — M.B. 
 
 1585. II faut s'entr* aider, c'est la hi de la nature. (Fr.) — " It is our duty 
 
 to assist each other ; the law of nature dictates it." — M.D. 
 
 1586. Iliacos intra muros peccatur ct extra. Hor. — *' Sin is committed 
 both within and without the walls ol Troy." Both parties are 
 equally in fault.— M.ikf. 
 
 1587. Ilia dolet verk qtuB sine teste dolet. Mar. — " She grieves sincerely 
 who grieves when alone." Grief that is cherished unseen must 
 be genuine, while that which has witnesses may be afiected. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1588. II I'aime comme ses petits hoyaux. {Fr.) — ** He loves her as he does 
 his very intestines." She is dear to him as his life. — M. 
 
 1589. nia placet tellus in qua res parva beatum 
 
 Mefacity et tenues luxuriantur opes. Mart. — ** That spot the most 
 delights, in which a limited income produces happiness, and mo- 
 derate wealth abundance." — M. 
 
 1590. Illam, quicquid agit, quoque vestigia flectit, 
 
 Componit furtim, subsequiturque decor. Tibull. — ** In whatever 
 she does, wherever she turns, grace steals into all her movements, 
 follows all her steps." 
 
 " Whafe'er she does, where'er her steps she bends, 
 Grace on each action silently attends." 
 
 — itf. 
 
 1591. Ilia victoria viam ad pacem patefecit. (Lat.) — ** By that victory he 
 opened the way to peace." — M. 
 
 1592. Ills crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hie diadema. Juv. — "That man 
 suffered death for his crime, though the same act raised this man 
 to a throne." History supplies instances of one murderer ascend- 
 ing a throne, and another being sent to the scaffold. — M.M. 
 
 1593. Illefuit vit(B Mario modus, omnia passo 
 
 Qu<s pejor fortuna potest j omnibus use 
 
 QucB melior. Lucan. — " Such was the course of Marius's life, he 
 suffered the most severe trials that Fortune could inflict, and he also 
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 enjoyed the greatest blessings she could bestow." He had expe- 
 rienced aU those vicissitudes, which form a man's mind to meet 
 with resignation and firmness the decrees of Providence, whether 
 favourable or adverse. — M.D. 
 
 1594. Ille igitur nunquam direxit brachia contra 
 
 Torrentemj nee civis erat qui libera posset 
 
 Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero. Juv. — ** He never 
 was a man who would struggle to swim against the stream, nor 
 was he a citizen who would freely deliver his sentiments, and de- 
 vote his life in support of truth." An admirable delineation of the 
 qualities of a good patriot, though given here in negative terms. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1595. Hie potens sui 
 
 Lcetusque degit, cui licet in diem 
 Dixisse, Vixi : i;ras vel atrd 
 Nube polum pater occupato 
 
 Vel sole puro j non tamen irritum 
 
 Quodcunque retrb est efficiet. Hor. — " He possesses dominion over 
 himself, and is happy, who can every day say, * I have lived' (to 
 a good purpose) : to-morrow the heavenly Father may either involve 
 the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine ; he will 
 not, however, render ineffectual things which have already taken 
 place."— Jf.D. 
 
 1596. nie se matutinus agebat. Vir. — " He arose early." — M. 
 
 1597- Hie sinistrorsum, hie dextrorsum, obit: unus utrique 
 
 Error y sed variis illudit partibus. Hor. — " One digresses from his 
 way to the right, the other to the left, being equally in error, but 
 influenced by diflferent illusions." 
 
 ** One reels to this, another to that wall, 
 'Tis the same error that deludes them all." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1598. Ule terrarum mihi preeter omnes ■ 
 
 Angulus ridet. Hor. — " That corner shines, in my eye, beyond all 
 others in the world." What an improver would say respecting a 
 place of his own creation, to which he was attached by a long pe- 
 riod of residence, by the labour he had bestowed on it, and by the 
 beauty of his embellishments. — M. 
 
 1599. Hie vir, havd magna cum re, sedplenusfidei. (hat.) — ** He is a man, 
 not of great fortune, but abounding in honour." — M. 
 
 1600. niiberale est mentiri, ingenuum Veritas decet. Plut. — ** It is a base 
 thing to lie ; truth alone becomes the man of ingenuous mind." — 
 M, 
 
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 1601. Uli mors gravis incubat, qui, notus nimis omnibus, ignottis moritur 
 sibi. Sen. — *' Death must fall heavily on that man, who, though 
 but too well known by others, dies unknown to himself." The 
 most agonizing horrors must be the lot of that man, who has 
 passed a life of wickedness and profligacy, without reflection as to 
 its close. 
 
 '♦He who is taken unprepar'd 
 Finds death an evil to be fear'd,| 
 Who dies to others too much known, 
 A stranger to himself alone." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1602. lUi robur et ces triplex 
 
 Circa pectus erat, quifragilem truci 
 
 Commisit pelago ratem 
 
 Primus. Hor. — " That man must have had a heart cased in oak 
 
 and three-fold brass, who first committed himself in a frail bark on 
 
 the raging sea." — M. 
 
 1603. IWbso lumine solem. (Lat.) — " To look at the sun without injuring 
 the sight." Eagles are said to possess this quality. Motto of the 
 earl of Rosslyn.— M.D. 
 
 1604. Illud amiciticB sanctum ac venerabile nomen 
 
 Nunc tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet. Ovid. — " The name of 
 friendship, universally held sacred and venerable by others, is by 
 you disregarded, and trodden under foot." You have basely rent 
 asimder those bonds of friendship by which we were united. — M.D. 
 
 \605. Blud rmximh rarum genus est eorum, qui aut excellenti ingenii magni- 
 tudine, aut prceclard eruditione atque doctrind, aut utrdque re omati, 
 spatium deliberandi habuerunt, quem potissimum vita cursum sequi 
 vellent. Tull. — " The number is small of those persons, who, 
 either by extraordinary pre-eminence of genius, or by superior 
 erudition and knowledge, or who, endowed with either of these, 
 have enjoyed the privilege of deliberately deciding what mode of 
 life they would the most wish to embrace." — M. 
 
 1606. II lupo cambia il pelo, ma non il vizio. (Ital.) — " The wolf casts 
 his hair, but never changes his ferocious disposition." — M.D. 
 
 1607. II me semble que qui sollicite pour les autres, a la conjiance d'un 
 homme qui demande justice j et qu* en parlant, ou en agissant pour soi- 
 meme, on a Vembarras et la pudeur de celui qui demande grace. La 
 Bruyere. — " It appears to me that he who urges a solicitation in 
 favour of another, must feel all that confidence which a conscious- 
 ness that he is demanding an act of justice can inspire j and that 
 was he urging the suit, or acting for himself, he would feel all the 
 
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 embarrassment and backwardness that a person contracting a per- 
 sonal obligation must experience." — M. 
 
 1608. H n'a pas invente la poudre. (Fr. Prov.) — " He did not invent gun- 
 powder." He is not a conjurer. — M.D. 
 
 1609. II n'appartient qu' aux grands hommes, d' avoir de grands defauts. 
 RocHEFoucAULT. — '* It Only belongs to great men to display great 
 defects." Where such defects do exist, they are always palliated if 
 accompanied by eminent virtue and distinguished talent. — M.D. 
 
 1610. // w'a ni bouche ni epron. (Fr. Prov.) — " He has neither mouth 
 nor spur." Neither wit nor action. — M.D. 
 
 1611. II ne faut jamais juger des despotes par les succes momentanes que 
 Vattention meme du pouvoir leurfait obtenir. C'est Vetat dans lequel 
 Us laissent le pays a leur morty ou a leur chute, qui recele ce qu'ils ont 
 etc. Mad. de Stael en parlant de Louis XIV. — " We are not to 
 judge of despots by the short-lived successes which the possession 
 of power may enable them to achieve ; it is the state in which they 
 leave their country at their death, or at their fall, that truly dis- 
 covers what they were." — M. 
 
 1612. line faut pas croire que la vie d'un Chretien soit une vie de tristesse, 
 on ne quitte les plaisirs que pour d'autres plus grands. Pascal. — 
 *' Let it not be imagined that the life of a good Christian must 
 necessarily be a life of melancholy and gloominess ; for he only re- 
 signs some pleasures, to enjoy others infinitely greater." — M. 
 
 1613. II ne faut pas eveiller le chat qui dort. (Fr. Prov. J — " Do not dis- 
 turb the sleeping cat." Or stir up a dormant evil. — M.D. 
 
 1614. II n'est sauce que d'appetit. (Fr. Prov.) — " There is no sauce equal 
 to a good appetite." Hunger is the best sauce. — M.D. 
 
 1615. II ne sait sur quel pied danser. (Fr. Prov. J — " He knows not on 
 which foot to dance." He knows not how to act. — M.D. 
 
 1616. II n'est viande que d'appetit. (Fr.) — ** There is no meal but from 
 appetite." Hunger seasons all things. — M. 
 
 1617. II n'y a pas de chevalsi bon qu'il ne bronchepas. (Fr.) — " There is 
 no horse so sure-footed as never to trip." ]Mr Macdonnel gives 
 the following humorous instance of the application of this. 
 *' Some time after the execution of the unfortunate John Galas, the 
 president of the parliament of Thoulouse (by which he had been 
 condemned to death) was vindicating his conduct and that of the 
 other judges by the above proverb ; upon which Voltaire sarcasti- 
 cally replied, * Oui, mais toute une ecurie ! J' — ' Yes, but in this case 
 the whole stud tripped.' "—M.D. 
 
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 1618. II n'y a pas a dire. (Fr.) — ** There can be nothing said." It is not 
 to be controverted. — M.D. 
 
 1619- II n'y a pas au monde un si p^ible metier que celui de sefaire un grand 
 nom ; la vie s^achhe avant que Von ait a peine ebauche son ouvraye. 
 La Bruyere. — " There is not in the world any employment so 
 difficult as that of earning a great name. Life passes away before 
 our plan of operations has been well sketched out." — M.D. 
 
 1620. II n^y a pas de chemin trop long a qui marche lentement et sans se 
 presser, il n'y a point d'avantages trop eloign^s a qui s*y prepare avec 
 patience. La Bruyere. — ** No journey is too long for a person 
 who disposes himself to perform it slowly, and without over-rating 
 his powers ; no acquirement is too difficult for him who prepares 
 himself to obtain it with patience."— 3f. 
 
 1621. II n'y a pas de gens qui sont plus meprises que les petits beaux esprits, 
 et les grands sans probite. Montesquieu. — " There are no men 
 more despised than your would-be wits, and men of high rank, 
 who are destitute of probity." — M.D. 
 
 1622. II n'y a pas d'homme vertueux qui n'ait quelque vice, ni de mechant qui 
 n'ait quelque vertu. (Fr.) — •' There is no virtuous man who has 
 not some weakness or vice, nor is there any profligate who cannot 
 be said to possess some virtue." — M.D. 
 
 1 623. II n'y a pour Vhomme qu'un vrai malheur, qui est de se trouver enfaute, 
 et d'avoir quelque chose a se reprocher. La Bruyere. — "The greatest 
 misfortune man can know is to feel himself in the wrong, and to 
 have any thing on which to reproach himself." — M. 
 
 1624. II rit Men qui rit le dernier. (Fr.) — ** He laughs with reason, who 
 laughs the last." — M.D, 
 
 1625. II sait bien vendre ses coquilles. (Fr.) — " He knows well how to 
 sell his shells." He sells every thing at the highest rate, turns 
 every thing to profit. — M. 
 
 1626. II sent le fagot. (Fr. Prov.) — " He smells of the faggot," (which 
 is to burn him as an heretic.) He is a fellow to be suspected. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1627. 11 vaut mieux tacher d'oublier ses malheurs que d'en parler. (Fr.) — 
 
 ** It is much better to endeavour to forget one's misfortunes, than 
 to speak often of them." The man who is always complaining, 
 and bewailing misfortunes, not only feeds his own melanchply, but 
 he wearies and disgusts others.— M.D. 
 
 1628. 11 volto sciolto, i pensieri stretti. (Ital. Prov.) — " The countenance 
 open, the thoughts reserved." A favorite maxim of the earl of 
 
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154 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Chesterfield. He who can appear frank and open, and at the same 
 time keep his opinion impenetrably concealed, is calculated to 
 make a good politician, and to profit by the weakness or indiscre- 
 tion of others. — M.D. 
 
 1629. II n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre. (Fr.) — 
 
 " There is no man great before his valet." In private, the greatest 
 men shew weaknesses which are inseparable from our nature. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1630. Ily a anguille sous roche. (Fr. Prov.) — " There is an eel under the 
 rock." A mystery concealed. — M.D. 
 
 1631. II y a Men de gens qu^on estime, parce qu'on ne les connoit point. 
 (Fr.) — " Many people are esteemed merely because they are not 
 known " And have the art of so concealing their disposition, that 
 they have been esteemed for imputed qualities which they never 
 possessed. — M.D. 
 
 1632. II y a de gens qui ressemblent attx vaudevilles qu'on ne chante qu'un 
 
 certain temps. Rochefoucault. — " There are men whose conse- 
 quence, like popular ballads, lasts for a certain time, and then they 
 are forgotten." — M.D. 
 
 1633. II y a de gens a qui la vertu sied presqu* aussi mal que le vice. 
 BouHouRs. — "There are some men on whom virtue sits as 
 aukwardly as vice." — M.D. 
 
 1634. By a de gens degoutans avec du merite, et d^autres qui plaisent avec 
 des defauts. (Fr.) — " There are men possessing merit, who disgust 
 us ; and there are others with whom we cannot help being pleased, 
 notwithstanding they have many faults." — M.D. 
 
 1635. U y a des reproches qui louent, et des louanges qui medisent. Roche- 
 foucault. — ** There are some reproaches which will be considered 
 as conferring praise, and there are praises which reflect discredit." 
 The censure of some men is praise, and their praise is condemna- 
 tion in the eyes of the world. — M.D. 
 
 1636. II y a encore de quoi glaner. (Fr. Prov. J — " There are still more 
 gleanings." To nothing can this phrase be more properly applied 
 than to this collection, to which additions might be made from 
 every book, in every language in the world — M.D. 
 
 1637. II y a une esp^ce de honte d'etre heureux a la vue de certaines mishes. 
 La Bruyere. — *' It is almost a shame to show symptoms of hap- 
 piness, with so much misery before our eyes." The wretched 
 must ever have a claim to our sympathy and commiseration. — M. 
 
 1638. II y en apeu qm gagnent a etre approfondis. (FV.) — " Few men are 
 
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 raised in our estimation by being too closely examined." — The ble- 
 mishes so often outnumber the perfections in the human character, 
 that where we find a man correct in his general conduct, and free 
 from immorality or vice, we should not too deeply scrutinize his 
 principles, or suspect them of being hollow, without a cause. — M. 
 
 1639. II y va de la vie. (Fr. Idiom.) — " Life depends upon it." The thing 
 is of the utmost importance, the life of a fellow-creature hangs 
 upon the result. — M. 
 
 1 640. Imherhis juvenis tandem custode remoto 
 
 Gaiidet equis canibusque, ef aprici gramine campi, 
 Cereus in vitium jiecti, monitoribus asper, 
 Utilium tardus provisory prodigus ceris, 
 
 Sublimis, cupidusque, et amata relinquere pernix. Hor. — *' The beard- 
 less youth, his tutor being at length dismissed, attaches himself to 
 horses, to dogs, and to the sports of the field, easily led into dissi- 
 pation, impatient of admonition, tardy in providing things really 
 useful, yet profuse in his expenditure, high-spirited and eager (in 
 the pursuit of pleasure), and prone suddenly to abandon objects to 
 which he had been before devoted." — M. 
 
 1641. Immo, duos dabo, inquit ille, una si parum est j 
 
 Et si duarumpcenitebit, addentur duee. Plaut, — '^Indeed I will give 
 you two, says he, if one is too little ; and if two will not satisfy you, 
 I will add two more." — M. 
 
 1642. Immoritur studiis, et amore senescit habendi. Hor. — "He is dying 
 from his efforts to add to his possessions, and his eagerness to ac- 
 quire wealth is making him old." — M. 
 
 1643. Immortale odium, et nunquam sanabile vulnus. Juv. — ** A deadly ha- 
 tred, and a wound that can never be healed up." — M. 
 
 1644. Impei'at aut servit coUecta pecunia cuique. Hor. — " Riches amassed 
 either serve or rule every man who possesses them." And, ac- 
 cording to the disposition of the person to whom they are entrusted, 
 they become either a blessing, or an engine of mischief to himself 
 and others. — M.M. 
 
 1645. Imperiadura tolle, quid virtus erit? (Lat.) — " Remove the restraints 
 of law, where will virtue be found ?" — M. 
 
 1646. Imperio regit unus cequo. (Lat.) — *'One (supreme Being) rules all, 
 with justice." Motto of sir Robert Gunning. — M.D. 
 
 1647- Imperium faciU iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio par turn est. Sall. 
 — *' Empire is easily retained by the same arts by which it was 
 originally attained." By conciliation it is gained, and whilst ad- 
 h6 
 
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 herents are preserved by the same system, it is secure; but if op- 
 pression and tyranny appear, it is soon subverted. — M.D. 
 
 1648. Imperium jlagitio acquisitum, nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit. 
 
 Tacit. — '* Sovereign power acquired by guilty measures, no man 
 ever wielded to promote good ends." Power obtained by crime 
 is almost always abused. — M.D. 
 
 1649. Imperium in imperio. (Lat.) — "One government existing within 
 the jurisdiction of another." A state of things always incompati- 
 ble with the power and security of the superior tribunal, and fre- 
 quently producing confusion, or sometimes bloodshed. — M.D. 
 
 1650. Impotentia excusat legem. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** Impotency suspends 
 the law." This maxim is in allusion to natural infirmities, which 
 disqualify a man from the performance of certain acts, as idiots, 
 lunatics, the blind, dumb, &c. &c. 
 
 1651. Imprimatur. (Lat.) — ** Let it be printed." A licence for the print- 
 ing of any work, granted by the proper authorities, in countries 
 where the press is fettered with restrictions. — M.D. 
 
 1652. Improbe amor quid non mortalia pectora cogis ? Vir. — "Oh! cruel 
 love 1 to what do you not impel the human heart ?" — M.D. 
 
 1653. Improbe Nepfunum accusat, qui naufragiumiterumfacit. (Lat. Prov.J 
 — " The mariner who has twice suffered shipwreck, in vain throws 
 the blame upon the ocean." Imprudence or ignorance will be as- 
 signed as the cause of his misfortunes. — M.M. 
 
 1654. Improbi hominis est mendacio fuller e. Cic. — " It is the act of a base 
 man to deceive by teUing a lie." — M. 
 
 1655. Improbis aliena virtus semper formidolosa est. Sall. — ** To wicked 
 men, the virtue of others is always a subject of envy." The com- 
 parison must ever be to their disadvantage, and they look with 
 hatred on that virtue which they cannot themselves imitate. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1656. Impromptu. (Lat.) — " In readiness." A verse, an epigram, &c. 
 produced without study or reflection. — M.D. 
 
 1657- In amore hcec omnia insunt vitiaj injuries, 
 SuspidoneSy inimicitife, induciee, 
 
 Bellum, pax rursus. Ter. — " In love there all these unpleasant cir- 
 cumstances ; wrongs, suspicions, enmities, negotiations, war and 
 peace alternately." — M.D. 
 
 1658. Inatiem inter magnates versandi gloriam pertinacissime sectari. (Lat. ) 
 — " To be inveterately infected with a thirst after the vain glory to 
 be derived from intermixing with the great." With nobility. — M. 
 
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 1659. Inanis torrens verborum. Quint. — " An unmeaning torrent of 
 words." A long harangue, meaning nothing. — M. 
 
 1660. In beato omnia beata. Hor. — **With a man in prosperity every- 
 thing succeeds." — M. 
 
 1661. In bocca chiusa non entran mosche. (Ital.) — ** Flies cannot enter a 
 mouth that is shut." — M.D. 
 
 1662. In causa facili, cuivis licet esse diserto. Ovid. — ** Any man may be 
 eloquent in any easy cause." — M.D. 
 
 1663. ■ Incedimus per ignes 
 
 Suppositos cineri doloso. Ovid. — '* We walk over fires smothered 
 up with deceitful ashes." Our prospect of success appears encou- 
 raging, but we may experience unforeseen opposition. — M.D. 
 
 1G64. Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim. (Lat.) — "He falls into 
 Scylla in endeavouring to escape Charybdis." It too often hap- 
 pens, that in trying to avoid one danger, we faU into another. — 
 M.M. 
 
 1665. Incerta hcec si tupostules 
 
 Ratione certdfacere, nihilo plus agas, 
 
 Quam si des operam ut cum ratione insanias. Ter. — ** If you pretend 
 by rational argument to render those things certain, which are un- 
 certain, you might as well attempt to be mad and in your senses 
 at the same time." — M. 
 
 1666. In coslo nunquam spectatum impun^ cometam. Claud. — " A comet is 
 never seen in the sky, but as an indication of impending calamity 
 to mankind." The appearance of a comet was supposed, by the 
 superstitious Romans, to be the forerunner of some signal chas- 
 tisement to be inflicted on man. — M. 
 
 1667. In coelo quies. (Lat.) — " In heaven there is rest." A motto com- 
 monly used on funeral achievements, known by the title of Hatch- 
 ments. — M.D. 
 
 1668. In commendam. (Lat. J — " A person recommended to the care of 
 a living, while the Church is vacant." — M.D. 
 
 1669. In contingentibus et liberis tota ratio facti stat in voluntate facientis. 
 (Lat.) — '* In contingencies and such things as are free (to our 
 judgement) -all the reason of the act depends on the will of the 
 doer."— M.D. 
 
 1670. Incultis asperisque regionibus diutius nives hcerenf, ast domitd tellure 
 dilabuntur ; similiter in pectoribus ira considit, feras quidem mentes 
 obsidet, eruditas pralabitur. Petron. Arbiter. — ** In rough and 
 uncultivated regions snow lies long upon the ground, but on soils 
 
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 which are cultivated it soon melts away : in like manner passion 
 takes possession of our minds ; those which are coarse and uncul- 
 tivated it governs but in those that are polished it quickly passes 
 away." — M. 
 
 167 1. Incultum ac derelicium solum. (Lat.) — "An uncultivated and ne- 
 glected soil." A spot abandoned and desolate. — M. 
 
 1672. In curia. (Lat.)—" In the court."— M.D. 
 
 1673. Incurvat genu senectus. (Lat.) — " Old age bends the knee." — M. 
 
 1674. Inde irce. (Lat.) — " Hence these resentments." — M.D. 
 
 1675. Index expurgatorius. (Lat.) — " A purifying index." A list of 
 books formerly denounced by the Roman Pontiff as unfit to be 
 perused by the faithfuls but as the perverse dispositions of those 
 who could read invariably led them to use the books thus prohi- 
 bited, his holiness has suspended the interdiction, and the index 
 also has been modified. — M.D. 
 
 1676. Indigna digna habenda sunt quce hares facit. (Lat.) — " Base acts are 
 to be accounted worthy if done by your master." Or, according 
 to the old saying, if the master says the crow is white, the servant 
 will swear it is so. — M. 
 
 1677- Indignante invidid florebit Justus. (Lat.)—" In spite of envy the 
 just man will flourish." Motto of the earl of Glandore. — M.D. 
 
 1678. Indignum est in ed civitate, qua legibus continetur, discedi alegibus. 
 {Lat.) — " In a city governed by laws, all violations of those laws 
 are criminal." — M. 
 
 1679- Indocilis privata loqui. Lucan. — " Incapable of divulging secrets." 
 —M. 
 
 1680. Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti. (Lat.) — ** Let the igno- 
 rant learn, and the learned love to refresh their remembrance." 
 This motto is frequently selected, to be prefixed to works of gene- 
 ral utility. — M.M. 
 
 1681. In dubiis benigniora semper sunt preeferenda. (Lat. Jus. Antiq.) — 
 
 " In cases where doubt exists, we should always lean to the side of 
 mercy." We should ever prefer the milder to the more severe 
 sentence. — M.D. 
 
 1682. Industries nil impossibile. Periander. — " Industry can surmount 
 all difficulties." Every thing within the scope of human power 
 can be effected by well-directed industry. — M. 
 
 1683. Indutus virtute ab alto. (Lat.) — " Endued with virtue from above." 
 
 Generally used in reference to persons who have been anointed ; 
 
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 as kings or dignitaries of the church, who are supposed to have re- 
 ceived from heaven supplies of grace and wisdom, in consequence 
 of the act of consecration.— M.D. 
 
 1684. In eddem re, utilitas et turpitudo esse non potest. Cic. — " Turpitude 
 and utility cannot exist together." No plea of expediency should 
 reconcile us to the commission of a base act. Fancied advantages 
 to be procured by the sacrifice of honour, honesty, and character, 
 never can be realized. — M.D. 
 
 1685. In ehurnd vagind plumheus gladius. Diogenes. — " A leaden sword 
 in an ivory scabbard.'* An empty coxcomb, fit only for show. — M. 
 
 1686. Inerat Vitellio simplicitas ac Kberalitas, quce, nisi adsit modus, in 
 exitium vertuntur. Tacit. — " Vitellius possessed all that pliability 
 and liberality, which, when not restrained within due bounds, 
 must ever turn to the ruin of their possessor." Some of our most 
 estimable virtues, when carried to excess, induce destruction. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1687. Inest et formica hilis. Lucian. — " Even the ant has bile." The 
 meanest of the animal creation feels an injury, and would resent it, 
 if it had power. — M. 
 
 1688. Inest sua gratia parvis. (Lat.) — " Even trifles have their conse- 
 quence." Little things may possess peculiar grace and importance. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1689. In ewornando se, multum temporis insumunt mulieres. Ter. — " Ladies 
 consume much time in adorning their persons." The operations 
 of the toilette are tedious, but we should not censure what is done 
 to please us. — M. 
 
 1690. In extenso. (Lat.) — " In full." Diplomatic phrase. The rescript 
 was submitted ** in extenso," in its full and original form, without 
 mutilation or abridgment. — M.D. 
 
 1691. Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem. Vir. — ** You command 
 me, O queen, to renew my indescribable grief." Spoken by 
 iEneas, when Dido desired him to relate to her the history of the 
 destruction of Troy. — M.D. 
 
 1692. Infantem nudum cum te natura creavit, 
 
 Paupertatis onus patienterferre memento. Cato. — "Asnature brought 
 you into the world a naked infant, remember what you were, and 
 bear poverty with patience." — M.D. 
 
 1693. Infelix Dido nulli benejuncta marito j 
 
 Hoc pereunte fugis, hoc fugiente peris. Ovid. — ** Hapless Dido, 
 suitably united to no husband : the first, by his death, caused thy 
 flight; the second, by his flight, caused thy death." — M.D. 
 
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 1694. In ferrum pro Ubertate ruebant. — ** In preserving their liberty they 
 rushed upon the sword." Motto of the earl of Leicester. — M.D. 
 
 1695. Injinita est velocitas temporis, quce magis apparet respicientibus. Sen. 
 — " The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most ap- 
 parent to those who look back." A retrospect of the years which 
 have imperceptibly glided away from us ; of the valuable time 
 which we have lost, or misapplied, is the only criterion by which 
 we can form an estimate of the rapidity with which those years 
 have fled ; or of the regrets we ought to feel for not having turned 
 them to more profitable account. — M.D. 
 
 1696. In flagranti delicto. (Lat.) — " In glaring delinquency." He was 
 taken ** In flagranti delicto," in the act ; in the very commission of 
 the crime. — M.D. 
 
 1697. In forma pauperis. (Lat.) — " In the form of a poor man." On 
 this Mr. Macdonnel gives the following illustration. " According 
 to the statute 2d Hen. VII. when any man who is too poor to meet 
 the expenses of suing at law or in equity makes oath that he is not 
 worth more than 5/. after his debts are paid, and produces a certi- 
 ficate from a lawyer that he has just cause of suit, the judge is to 
 admit him to sue * in forma pauperis,' that is, without paying any 
 fees to counsel, attorney, or clerks." — (Diet, of Quot.J 
 
 1698. Inforo conscienticB. (Lat J — " At the tribunal of conscience." Ac- 
 
 cording to the conviction of one's own conscience, as to what is 
 just and equitable, — M.D. 
 
 1699. Infurias ignemque ruunt ; amor omnibus idem. (Lat.) — " They rush 
 into fire and madness, the influence of love is the same in all." 
 
 They rush into the flame, 
 
 For love is lord ot'ail, and is in all the same." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1700. Ingeminant cures, rursusque resurgens 
 
 S(svit amor, magnoque irarum fluctuat cestu. Virg. — " Her cares re- 
 double, and again starting up, love rages in her breast, and swells 
 in a tide of passion." 
 
 " Despair, and rage, and love divide her heart; 
 
 Despair and rage had some, but love the greater part." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1701. Ingenia gravia et solemnia, ac mutare nescia, plus pier umque habent 
 dignitatis quamfelicitatis. (Bacon de Augmen. Scien.J — '* Men pos- 
 sessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible, enjoy, in 
 general, a greater share of dignity than of happiness." — M. 
 
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 1702. Ivgenii largitor venter. Pers. — " The belly is the bestower of 
 genius." A zealous patron, though certainly not a disinterested 
 one : Applied ironically to authors who wield their pens, and tax 
 their genius, to ward oiF the approaches of poverty, and to appease 
 the calls of hunger. — MM. 
 
 1703. Ingenio non atate adipiscitur sapientia. (LatJ — "Wisdom, if not 
 inherent in our disposition, is not to be acquired by age." Wisdom 
 is not indigenous in every soil. In some minds it seems to have 
 been implanted by nature, and to flourish spontaneously, while in 
 others it appears absolutely exotic, and displays but feeble symp- 
 toms of existence. — M. 
 
 1704. Ingenio stat sine morte decus. Propert. — " The honors due to 
 genius are sempiternal." In the instance of the exegi monumentum 
 of Horace this maxim has been verified, but millions, who conceived 
 their own writings of equal excellence, have not very long pre- 
 ceded their productions in their passage to the regions of oblivion. 
 — M.D. 
 
 1705. Ingenium cui sit, cui mens divinior, atque os 
 
 Magna sonaturum, des nominis hujus honorem. Hor. — " To him 
 who possesses a lofty genius, an elevated mind, and language to 
 produce great effect, you may attribute the honorable appellation 
 of poet." 
 
 •* Creative genius and the power divine 
 
 That warms and meUs th' enthusiastic soul, 
 A pomp and prodigality of phrase, 
 These form the poet." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 1706. Ingenium ingens 
 
 Inculto latet hoc sub corpore. Hor. — ** A most gigantic intellect is 
 concealed under that unpolished, uncouth exterior." — M, 
 
 1707. Ingenium par materice. Juv. — ** A genius equal to the subject." 
 
 1708. Ingenium res adversa nudare solent, celare secundcB. Hor. — " Adver- 
 sity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous cir- 
 cumstances, would have lain dormant." — M.M. 
 
 1709. Ingenuas didicisse jideliter artes 
 
 Emollit mores, nee sinit esse feros. Ovid. — " To have carefully 
 learned the liberal arts refines our manners, and corrects the aspe- 
 rities of our nature." 
 
 " Learning, if deep, if useful and refin'd, 
 Comraunicates it's poUsh to the mind." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
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 1710. Ingens telum necessitas. Sen. — " Necessity is a powerful engine.'* 
 Avoid encountering a man who is rendered desperate by necessity. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1711. Ingentem foribus domus alta superbis 
 
 Mane salutantum totis vomit cedibus undam. Vir. — ** The stately 
 palace, with superb portals, pours forth from every part of the 
 building an immense crowd of persons, who had been paying their 
 morning homage." — M. 
 
 1712. Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant. Vir. — *' In feeble bodies 
 they display great courage." This is applied by Virgil to the bees, 
 but it may be equally applied to persons whose spirits are unaffected 
 by bodily debility, and undepressed by the anguish of disease. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1713. Ingrato komine terra pejus nil creat. Auson. — '* Nothing more de- 
 testable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man." See the 
 two following quotations. — M.D. 
 
 1714. Ingratum si dixeris, omnia dicis. cLat.)'—" If you say he is ungrate- 
 ful, you can impute to him no more detestable act." Ingratitude 
 comprises in itself all the other vices. — M.D. 
 
 1715. Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet. Pub. Syr. — ** One ungrateful 
 man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid." Such a man, 
 by his base conduct, may close up the charities of a benevolent 
 heart, which had ever before flowed in a continued and bountiful 
 stream.— ilf.D. 
 
 1716. Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit. Vir. — " It stalks 
 over the earth, while it's head is hidden among the clouds." De- 
 scription of fame ; vulgo, scandal. 
 
 " Soon grows the pigmy to gigantic size ; 
 Her feet on earth, her forehead in the skies.'* 
 
 —M. 
 
 1717. In hoc signo spes mea. (Lat.J — " In this sign is my hope." Motto 
 of viscount Taaffe. — M.D. 
 
 17 18. In hoc signo vinces. — ** In this sign thou shalt conquer." Motto 
 assumed by the emperor Constantine, after having fancied that he 
 had seen a cross in the air, which he conceived to be a signal of 
 victory. Motto of the earl of Arran and of lord Annaly. — M.D. 
 
 1719. Iniqua nunquam regna perpetua manent. Sen. — " Power unjustly 
 obtained never is of long duration." — M.D. 
 
 1720. Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero. (Lat.J — ** I prefer the 
 worst peace to the most just war." The blessings of peace cannot 
 
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 be too highly prized, nor the horrors of war be too earnestly depre- 
 cated, unless the former is obtained, and the latter averted, by a 
 sacrifice of national honour. — M.D. 
 
 1721. Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora et firma finis incKnat. Tag. 
 — ** Oiu* official duties are more zealously, more vigorously per- 
 formed in the beginning of our career, but towards the end they 
 become feeble and languid." Alacrity and punctuality, which gene- 
 rally distinguish our entrance on office, are, in the end, too fre- 
 quently succeeded by relaxation and indifference. New brooms, 
 &c.— iJf.D. 
 
 1722. Initium sapientice est timor Domini. (Lat.) — " The beginning of 
 knowledge is the fear of God." — M.D. 
 
 1723. Injuria injuriam cohibere licet. (Lat.) — " One injury may be re- 
 pelled by the infliction of another." This is certainly much at 
 variance with the system of ethics which the Christian doctrine 
 inculcates. — M. 
 
 1724. Injuriarum remedium est oblivio. (hat.) — " Oblivion is the best 
 remedy for injuries." Though this maxim cannot in all cases be 
 acted up to, it is certainly wise to forget injuries when we can. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1725. Injussa 
 
 Virescunt gramina. Vir. — ** Grass spontaneously springs up." — 
 " Grass unbidden decks the ground." — M. 
 
 1726. In loco. {Lat.) — " In the place." In the proper place ; upon the 
 
 spot, or in place of. — M.D. 
 
 1727. In mari aquam quterit. (Lat.) — " He seeks for water in the sea." 
 A fool.— M. 
 
 1728. In medias res. Hon. — ** Into the midst of the business." Spoken 
 
 of an author, or any other person who plunges abruptly into the 
 midst of his subject. — M.D. 
 
 1729. In medio tutissimus ibis. (Lat.) — " You will go most safely in the 
 middle of the road." This is a good ma.\im in general, but there 
 are cases where it is right to make an election between two parties, 
 and to join either one or the other. — M.D. 
 
 1730. Inmelle sunt sitee Ungues vestrce atque orationes, 
 
 Corda felle sunt lita atque aceto. Plaut. — " While your tongue 
 and your expressions seem to be honied, your heart abounds with 
 gall and vinegar." — M. 
 
 1731. In mercaturd faciendd multcB fallacice et quasi prcestigia exercentur. 
 (Lat.) — ** In commerce many deceptions are practised, and various 
 tricks are played off." — M. 
 
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 1732. In nova fert animus. (Lat.) — " My mind leans to new objects." 
 
 This hemistich may be used by itself, but the entire line is as 
 foUows.— M.D. 
 
 1733. In nova fert animus mutatas dicereformas 
 
 Corpora. Ovid. — ** My mind leads. me to speak of bodies trans- 
 formed in a new manner." — M.D. 
 
 1734. Innuendo. (Lat. Law Max.) — " By signifying," Intimating, hint- 
 ing, obliquely, or indirectly. — M.D. 
 
 1735. In nullum avarus bonus est, in sepessimus. (Lat. Prov.J — ** The ava- 
 ricious man is kind to none, but least kind to himself." — M.D. 
 
 1736. In nullum reipublicce usnm, ambitiosd loqueld inclaruit. Tacit. — " He 
 distinguished himself by ambitious clamour, of no utility to the 
 state." We are not without men in our own days to whom the 
 passage would apply. — M.D. 
 
 1737. In omnia paratus. (Lat. J — " Ready for all things." Motto of lord 
 Dunally.— M.D. 
 
 173s. In omnibus fere minori cetati succurritur. (Lat. Law Max.) — '* On 
 all occasions persons under age are protected by the law." They 
 cannot alienate or sell property, nor can they bind themselves by 
 deed. Subsistence, schooling, and medical aid being the only 
 debts for which they can be sued. — M.D. 
 
 1739. In omnibus quidem, maximh tamen injure, cequitas est. (Lat. Law 
 Max.) — " In all things, but especially in law, there is equity." — 
 M.D. 
 
 1740. Inopem copia fecit. (Lat.) — *' Plenty has made him poor." A super- 
 fluity often leads to profusion. In a hterary sense, his copiousness 
 of ideas was such, as to embarrass and impede his enunciation. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1741. In pace leones, in prcelio cervi. (Lat.) — *' In peace brave as lions, in 
 war timid as deer." Blusterers and cowards. — M.D. 
 
 1742. Inperpetuam rei memoriam. (Lat.) — " In perpetual remembraijce of 
 
 the thing." A motto sometimes found on a monument raised in 
 honor of any great event. — M.D. 
 
 1743. Inpertusum ingerimus dicta dolium. Plaut. — " We cast our sayings 
 
 (our advice) into a cask bored through, or bottomless." It is 
 thrown away. — M.D. 
 
 1744. In petto. (Ital.) — ** Within the breast." In reserve. — M.D. 
 
 1745. In propria persona. (Lat.) — ** In your proper person." You must 
 
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 appear in propria persona, not by another, but in your own actual 
 person. — M.D. 
 
 1746. In puris naturalibus. — " In a state of nature." i. e. stark naked. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1747. Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores. Claud, — ** An infusion 
 of pride is a blemish in the best manners." Even characters in 
 every other respect amiable and virtuous, if tinctured by haughti- 
 ness and reserve, become odious. — M.D. 
 
 1748. Insani sapiens nomen ferat, aquus iniqui, 
 
 Ultra quod satis est virtutem si petat ipsam. Hor. — " Let the wise 
 man be considered as a fool, the just man as unjust, if his ri- 
 gorous adherence even to Virtue herself carries him beyond the 
 proper bounds." — M. 
 
 1749. Insanire parat certd ratione modoqiie. Hor. — ** He prepares to show 
 his madness with reason and method." He has method in his 
 madness. — M.M. 
 
 1750. Insanus omnis furere credit cceteros (Lat. Prov.) — '* Every madman 
 believes all other men to be mad." — M.D. 
 
 1751. In se magna ruunt. Lucan. — "Great bodies are apt to encounter 
 each other." To interfere with, or nm against each other, e. g. 
 Two nations, whose powers] are nearly equipoised, are mutually 
 jealous of each other, and thence inclined to hostility. — M D. 
 
 1752. In serum rem trahere. Livy. — ** To protract the discussion, or the 
 
 sitting, to a late hour." — M. 
 
 1753. In se totus teres atque rotundus. Hor. — " Perfect in himself, round, 
 and smooth." A very excellent description of a man hacknied in 
 worldly affairs. The metaphor is taken from a bowl, which, if 
 projected with force, is not easily diverted from its course. — M.D. 
 
 1754. Insitd hominibus libidine alendi de industrid rumores. {Lat.) — 
 
 " There being implanted in men a strong propensity to the propa- 
 gation of reports." — M.D. 
 
 1755. Insita hominibus naturd violentice resistere. Tacit.— ^** A desire to 
 resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man." There is no 
 portion of the human race so degraded, that they will not resist, 
 when goaded by oppression beyond a certain point. — M.D. 
 
 1756. In solo Deo salus. (Lat.) — '* Salvation is in God alone." Motto of 
 earl Harewood. — M.D. 
 
 1757. In solo Vivendi causa palato est. Ji;v. — " There are men who hve 
 
 but to eat." 
 
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 " Such, whose sole bliss is eating, who can give 
 But that one brutal reason why they live." 
 
 —M. 
 
 1758. Inspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium 
 
 Jubeo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi. Ter. — " I advise you to 
 examine, as narrowly as if by a magnifying glass, the lives of other 
 men, and therefrom to choose an example by which to regulate 
 your own." The weaknesses, the follies, the errors of others, 
 should, by every wise observer of human actions, be viewed as so 
 many lessons of caution to himself. — M.D, 
 
 1759. Instar omnium. (Lat.) — "Like all the others." — M.D. 
 
 1760. In summd inanitate versari. (Lat. ) — " To be engaged in a thing ab- 
 solutely useless." In a vain, idle, silly pursuit. To build castles 
 in the air. — M. 
 
 1761. Intaminatis honoribus. (Lat.) — " With unspotted honours." Motto 
 of lord St. Helens.— M.D. 
 
 1762. In te, Domine, speravi. (Lat J — " In thee, O Lord, have I placed 
 my hope." Motto of earl of Strathmore. — M.D. 
 
 1763. In te omnis domus inclinata recumbit. Virg. — " On thee repose all 
 the hopes of your family and race." Speech of Amata to her son 
 Turnus, when dissuading him from engaging in single combat with 
 iEneas. 
 
 " Since on the safety of thy life alone 
 
 Depends Latinus, and the Latian throne." Dkyden. 
 
 — M. 
 
 1764. Integra mens augustissima possessio. (Lat.) — '* A mind conscious 
 of its own integrity is the most noble possession." — M.D. 
 
 1765. Integer vitcB scelerisque purus 
 
 Non eget Mauri jaculis neque arcu. Hor. — " The man whose life 
 is perfect, and unstained by wickedness, wants not the Moorish 
 javelins nor bows." No shield is so impenetrable, no security so 
 effectual, as a mind conscious of innocence. — M.M. 
 
 1766. In tenui labor at tenuis non gloria. Vir. — " The labour was be- 
 stowed on a trifling subject, but the glory of having perfected it is 
 great." Spoken by Virgil in his introduction to his treatise on 
 
 , . bees. 
 
 " Sliglit is the subject, but the praise not small." Dryden. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1767. Inter amicos omnium rerum communitas. Cic.-r-" A community of 
 
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 property among friends." In very few instances can this delu- 
 sive theory, though advocated by many, be carried into practice. 
 
 1768. Inter arma leges silent, (hat) — ** In the midst of arms the laws are 
 silent." In periods of warfare the civil laws give way to military 
 rule.— M.D. 
 
 1709. Inter cuncta leges, et percunctabere doctos, 
 
 Qudratione queas traducere leniter cevum. Hor. — " On all occasions 
 you will learn by reading, and by communication with the learned, 
 in what manner you may pass your time with most advantage to 
 yourself." — M. 
 
 1770. Interdictum est ne bonus cum malefico usum ullius rei consocietur. 
 Ph/Edr. — " A really good man should avoid all association with 
 evil-doers." Nothing should be in common between them. — M. 
 
 1771- Interdum lacrgmce pondera vocis Jiabent. Ovid. — ** Sometimes tears 
 have the weight of words." It might have been said that an ap- 
 peal by tears generally produces the deepest effect. — M.D. 
 
 1772. Interdum stultus benk loquitur, (hat.) — " Sometimes a fool speaks 
 well." A fool may occasionally throw out a remark that would be 
 considered as full of wisdom had it fallen from another. — M.D. 
 
 1773. Interdum vuJgus rectum videt, est ubipeccat. Hor. — " The common 
 people sometimes see things in a right point of view, though they 
 may sometimes judge amiss." — M.M. 
 
 1774. Inter ea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, 
 Casta pudicitiam servat domus, ubera vaccce 
 
 Lactea demittunt. Virg. — ** In the mean time his sweet children 
 hang about him struggling for a kiss, his chaste house is the abode 
 of modesty, his cows let down their milky udders." 
 
 " His cares are eased with intervals of bliss ; 
 His little children, climbing for a kiss, 
 Welcome their father's late return at night ; 
 His faithful bed is crown'd with chaste delight ; 
 His kine, with swelling udders, ready stand, 
 And, lowing for the pail, invite the milker's hand." 
 
 —M. 
 
 1775. Interea gustus elementa per omnia qucerunt, 
 Nunquam animo pretiis obstantibusj interius si 
 
 Attendas, magisillajuvant, qua pluris emuntur. Juv. — " They (epi- 
 cures) ransack the vocabulary of delicacies to gratify their palates, 
 regardless of the expense ; but watch them closely, and you will 
 
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 see that they invariably delight the most in those things which cost 
 the highest price." — M. 
 
 1776. Intererit muUum Davtbsne loquatur an heros. Hor. — " It is of much 
 consequence whether Davus (a servant) speaks, or an hero." This 
 remark is addressed by the poet to dramatic writers, who should 
 make their characters use language suited to their station. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1777- Interest reipubliccB ut qui^que re sua bene utatur. (Lat.) — " It is a 
 matter of interest to the state, that every individual should convert 
 to a good use the wealth he may be possessed of." — M. 
 
 1778. Inter Jinitimos vetus et antiqua simulf as, 
 
 Immortale odium et nunquam sanahile vulnus 
 Ardet adhuc. 
 
 Inde furor vulgo, quod numina vicinorum 
 Odit uterque locus, cum solos credit habendos 
 
 Esse deos,, quos ipse colit. Juv. — ** An ancient and deep-rooted en- 
 mity, between neighbours, an inveterate hatred, and unextinguish- 
 able rancour still burns, whence springs rage, because each party 
 hates the forms of worship practised by the other, and they mutu- 
 ally consider that those rites which they themselves hold sacred, 
 are the only ones that ought to be observed." — M. 
 
 1779. Inter nos. {Lat.) — " Between ourselves." The French have the 
 
 same expression, entre nous. — M.D. 
 
 1780. Inter quadrupedes gloria prima lepus. Mar. — '* Of quadrupeds, the 
 chief glory is the hare." See 1266. — M. 
 
 1781. In terrorem. {Lat.) — "In terror." As a warning. A notice of 
 spring-guns, &c. is stuck up in terrorem, to warn people against 
 entering the forbidden premises. — M.D. 
 
 1782. Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, 
 
 Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum j 
 
 Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora. Hor. — *' In the midst of 
 hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every 
 day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last ; and super- 
 added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked for- 
 ward, will prove an acceptable boon." — M. 
 
 1783. Inter syhas Academi qucerere verum. Hon. — " To seek after truth 
 in the woods of Academus." A place near Athens where the phi- 
 losophers met. — M. 
 
 1784. Inter utrumque tene. (Lat. Prov.) — ** Hold your place between 
 both." Avoid extremes, and preserve a middle course. — M.D. 
 
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 1785. I tcsfacei, e i pesci impietriti, sono le medaglie del diluvio. (Ital.) — 
 
 " Testaceous fossils and petrified fishes may be regarded as medals 
 of the deluge."— Jf.D. 
 
 1786. In toto et pars continetur. (Lat. Axioma.) — ** In the whole the part 
 is contained." — M.D. 
 
 1787- Intra fortunam quisque debet manere suam. Ovid. — " Every man 
 should limit himself within the extent of his own fortune." — M.D. 
 
 1788. In transitu. (Lat.) — " On the passage." Goods in transitu are such 
 as are on their passage from the vender to the consignee. — M.D. 
 
 1789. In turbas et discordias pessimo cuique plurima vis; pax et quies bonis 
 
 artibus indigent. Tacit. — ** In periods of turbulence and discord, 
 the worst men acquire the greatest power ; peace and good order 
 are cherished by repose." — M.D. 
 
 1790. Intus et in cutenovi hominem. Per. — " I know him within and with- 
 out." I know his heart, his very thoughts. I know him tho- 
 roughly. — M. 
 
 1791. Intus et in j score cegro 
 
 Nascuntur domini. (Lat J — " Masters spring up in our own breasts, 
 and from a morbid liver." Our passions, if not kept under con- 
 troul, will assume the mastery over us — M. 
 
 1792. Intuta qucB indecora. Tacit. — " Those things which are unbecom- 
 ing, are also unsafe." — M.D. 
 
 1793. Inventd lateritid marmorea linquenda. (Lat.) — ** Bricks being in- 
 vented, marble fell into disuse." The city found of bricks, was 
 left of marble. — M. 
 
 1794. Inventas aut qui vitam excolu^re per arteSy 
 
 Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. Vir. — " Men who have 
 increased our comforts in life, by their scientific discoveries, and 
 who have immortalized their names by deserving well of mankind." 
 —M. 
 
 1795. Invidid Siculi non invenire tyranni 
 
 Tormentum majus. Juv. — " Sicilian tyrants never invented a greater 
 torment than envy." The brazen bull of Perillus, or the cave of 
 Dionysius at Syracuse, inflicted but slight punishment when com- 
 pared with this. — M.M. 
 
 1796. Invidiam placare paras, virtute relictd? Hor. — ** Can you appease 
 envy, by sacrificing virtue ?" 
 
 " To shun detraction would'st thou virtue fly ?" 
 
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 1797. Invidus alterius macrescif rehus opimis. Eor. — " The envious man 
 grows lean by contemplating the success of another." The envious 
 man sees, in misery, the success of his neighbour. — M.M. 
 
 1798. In vino Veritas. (Lat.) — *' In wine there is truth." Its influence 
 gives to silence a tongue, and to reserve communicativeness. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1799. Invisa nunquam imperia retinentur diu. Sen. — '* Power that has in- 
 curred hatred never endures long." — M. 
 
 1800. Invisa potentia, atque miseranda vita eorum, qui se metui quam amari 
 malunt. Corn. Nep. — " The power is detested, and miserable is 
 the life of him, who wishes rather to be feared than to be loved." 
 A government which undervalues the affections of the people, and 
 expects to find a firm basis in their terrors, will probably be but 
 short-lived.— ilf.D. 
 
 1801. Invitat culpam qui 2J€ccatum prceterit. Pub. Syr. — " He who passes 
 over a crime, unpunished, or unreproved, encourages a repetition 
 of the offence."— M.D. 
 
 1802. Invitum sequitur honos. (hat.) — " Honour follows him unsolicited." 
 Motto of the marquis of Donegal. — M.D. 
 
 1803. Invitum qui servat idemfacit occidenti. Hor. — " If you save a man 
 who wishes to destroy himself, he will detest you equally as a mur- 
 derer." — M.D. 
 
 1804. Invitd Minerva. Cic. Hor. — *' Minerva being uninvoked," unpro- 
 pitious. Minerva being the goddess of wisdom, it was not supposed 
 that, without Jier influence being shed over the author, any work 
 could display either genius or taste ; if therefore a work appeared, 
 destitute of both, it was said to have been composed invitd Mi- 
 nerva. — M.D. 
 
 1805. In vitium ducit culpa fug a. Hor. — "In avoiding one fault, we 
 sometimes run into another." So writers frequently fearing to be 
 too diffuse, render their works obscure. — M.M. 
 
 1806. I nunc magnificos, victor, molire triumphos, 
 
 Cinge comam lauro, votaque redde Jovi. Ovid. — " Go now, thou 
 conqueror, achieve splendid triumphs, encircle your brows with 
 laurel, and offer up your prayers to the Most High." — M. 
 
 1807. Inutroque fidelis. (Lat.) — *' Faithful in both." Motto of viscount 
 Falkland.— M.D. 
 
 1808. Ipse dixit. (Lat.) — " He himself said it." The thing was credited 
 merely on his ipse dixit ^ on his word. — M.D. 
 
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 1809. Ipse Jupiter i neque pluens omnibus placet , neque abstinens. (Lat.) — 
 ** Even Jupiter himself cannot please all, whether he sends rain 
 or fair weather." — M. 
 
 1810. Ipsa rursum concedite sylvce. Vir. — " Once more, ye woods, fare- 
 
 weU!!"— M". 
 
 1811. Ipsi IcetitiSb voces ad siderajactant 
 Intonsi montes j ipsce jam carmina rupes. 
 
 Ipsa sonant arbusta. Vir. — " The unmown mountains send forth 
 their voices to the stars, even the rocks become poetic, and the 
 shrubs sing," 
 
 ** The mountain tops unshorn, the rocks rejoice, 
 
 The lowly shrubs partake of human voice." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1812. Ipso facto. {Lat.)—'' In the fact itself." — M.D. 
 
 1813. Ipso jure. {Lai.)—'' By the law itself."— iWT.D. 
 
 1814. Ira furor hrevis est. Hor. — " Anger is a short-lived madness." The 
 impulse of a momentary burst of passion may lead to the most de- 
 plorable events. — M.M. 
 
 1815. Iram qui vincit, hostem superat maximum. (Lat.) — ** He who con- 
 trouls his passion, subdues his greatest enemy." — M.D. 
 
 1816. Ira quce tegitur nocet ; 
 
 Professa perdunt odia vindictce locum. Sen. — ** Resentment which 
 is concealed is dangerous ; hatred avowed loses its opportunity of 
 revenge." — M.D. 
 
 1817- Irarum tantosvohis sub pectorefluctus FY ir. — " Can you admit such 
 bursts of anger in your breast ?" — M. 
 
 1818. Iras et verba locant. Mart. — " They regulate their passions and 
 their words for the occasion." This is spoken sarcastically of gen- 
 tlemen of the long robe (against whom the satire is certainly se- 
 vere) who hire out their words, and display in their client's cause 
 a feigned excitation of passion, bearing a just proportion to the li- 
 berality with which they had been feed. — M.M. 
 
 1819- Irrigat ros herbam virentem, et calor Solaris tepefacit. (Lat. J — " The 
 dew waters the growing grass, and the solar heat warms it." — M. 
 
 1820. Irritabis crabones. Plaut. — " You will irritate the wasps." You 
 will bring a hornet's nest about your ears. — M. 
 
 1821. Is maximb divitiis utitur, qui minimh divitiis indiget. Sen. — ** He 
 converts riches to the best purposes, who stands the least in need 
 of them for his own wants." — M.D. 
 
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 1822. Ismiki demum vivere et frui animd videtur, qui, aliquo negotio inien- 
 tus, prcBclari facinoris aut artis boncBfamam qucBrit. Sall. — *' That 
 man alone appears to me to live, and to enjoy life, who being" en- 
 gaged in any business, seeks for reputation by the performance of 
 some illustrious deed, or the discovery of some useful art." — M.D. 
 
 1823. Is mihi videtur amplissimus qui sua virtute in altiorem locum pervenit . 
 
 Cic. — " He is, in my estimation, the greatest man, who, by his 
 own virtues and talents, has advanced himself to a higher station." 
 
 1824. Is ordo vitio careto, cateris specimen esto. (Lat.) — " Let that class 
 be free from every tiant of vice, and an example to all others." 
 This order was contained in the celebrated Roman laws of the 
 twelve tables, addressed to the senatorial or patrician order. Good 
 example should always emanate from the highest class in society. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1825. Is sapiens qui se ad casus accommodet omnes, 
 
 Stultus pugnat in adversis ire natator aquis. (Lat J — " He alone is 
 wise who can accommodate himself to all the contingencies of life ; 
 but the fool contends, and is struggling, like a swimmer against 
 the stream."— iVf. 
 
 1826. Istam 
 
 Oro, fsi quis adhuc precihus locus) eocue mentem. Virg. — *' I beseech 
 you (if my supplications can still have any effect) change that in- 
 tention." — M. 
 
 1827. Isthuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est 
 
 Videre, sed etiam ilia qucefutura sunt 
 
 Prospicere. Ter. — " Wisdom consists, not in seeing what is di- 
 rectly before us, but in discerning those things which may come to 
 pass." The common class of politicians form their opinions merely 
 from what they see, but the profound statesman dives into futu- 
 rity.— iW.D. 
 
 1828. Ita comparatam essenaturam omnium, aliena ut melius videant, et di- 
 judicent, quam sua. Ter. — " Human nature is so constituted, that 
 all see, and judge better, in the affairs of other men, than in their 
 own." Where our own immediate interests are involved, it is 
 scarcely possible to divest ourselves of partiality and prejudice ; but 
 in the affairs of others, we have no such feelings to warp our judg- 
 ment. — M.D. 
 
 1829. Illajinitima sunt falsa veris, ut in prcecipitem locum non deheat se sa- 
 piens committere. Cic. — '' Falsehood is so nearly allied to truth, 
 that a prudent man should be cautious how he approaches the pre- 
 cipice." The difficult point of discrimination. — M.D. 
 
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 1830. Ita nobilissima GrcBcice civitas, quondam vero etiam doctissimay sui 
 
 civis unius acutissimi monumentum ignorasset, nisi ab homine Arpi- 
 nate didicisset. Cic. — " The most noble city of Greece, which was 
 once also the most distinguished for learning, would have lost all 
 knowledge of the monument of her most enlightened citizen, had 
 it not been pointed out by a man named Arpinas." Cicero has 
 left this censure on the city of Syracuse, in consequence of his 
 having discovered (through the means of Arpinas) the tomb of 
 Archimedes, covered over by weeds and rubbish. — M. 
 
 1831. Italex scripta est. (Lat.) — "Thus the law is written." A phrase 
 used in controversies, to direct your opponent to the letter of the 
 text in dispute. — M.D. 
 
 1832. Ita me Dii ament ! ubi sim nescio. Ter. — ** May God so love me, 
 as it is true, that I know not where I am." I am confounded, 
 know not what to do, am bewildered. — M.D. 
 
 1833. Ita oportuit intrare in gloriam suam. (hat.) — " Thus ought he to 
 enter on his career of glory." — M.D. 
 
 1834. Ita voluerunty ita factum est. (Lat.) — ** So they wished it, and so it 
 has been done." — M.D. 
 
 1835. Itavertere seria ludo. Hor. — "Thus to turn serious things into 
 jest."— M. 
 
 1836. Iter factum corruptius imbre. Hor. — " A road rendered more dirty 
 
 (deeper) by the rain." — M. 
 
 1837. Iter pigrorum quasi sepes spinorum. (hat. Prov.) — " The ways of the 
 
 lazy are as a hedge of thorns." Full of prickles. To a lazy man, 
 every exertion is painful, every movement is considered a labour. 
 —M. 
 
 J. 
 
 1838, Jacta est alea. (hat.) — " The die is cast." I have done the deed, 
 or I have formed my resolution, and must abide the consequence. 
 '-M.D. 
 
 1839- Jactitatio. (hat.) — ** A boasting." Jactitation of marriage, a false 
 boasting of one person that he, or she, is married to another, no 
 ceremony having been solemnized between them. — M.D. 
 
 1840. J'ai bonne cause. (Fr.) — " I have a good cause, or good reason." 
 Motto of marquis of Bath. — M.D, 
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174 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1841. J'ai eu toujours pour principe de ne f aire jamais par autrid, ce que je 
 pouvois f aire par moi-meme. (Fr. Montesquieu.) — " It has always 
 been a nile with me, never to leave to be done by another, a thing 
 that I could perform myself.'* (See CM vuol vada, 553.) — M.D. 
 
 1842. Jamais arrihe. — *' Never behind." Motto of earl of Selkirk. — 
 M.B. 
 
 1843. Jamais Vinnocence et le mystere rChabiterent long terns ensemble. 
 
 (Fr.) — ** Innocence and mysteriousness never dwell long together." 
 Where innocence exists, mystery need never be had recourse to, 
 and where mystery is practised, there must be something bad to 
 conceal, or something incompatible with that candour and inge- 
 nuousness which form the chief characteristics of genuine inno- 
 cence. — M. 
 
 1844. Jamais on ne vaincra les Romains que dans Rome. (Fr.) — " Never 
 will the Romans be conquered but in Rome," A great nation can 
 scarcely be overthrown as long as the seat of war is kept at a dis- 
 tance from the seat of government. — M.D. 
 
 1845. Jam pauca aratro jugera regies 
 
 Moles relinquent. Hor. — " Princely palaces will soon leave but few 
 acres to the plough." Applicable to great tracts of land withdrawn 
 from the husbandman to form extensive demesnes around the habi- 
 tations of wealthy individuals. — M. 
 
 1846. Jamprotervd 
 
 Fronte petit Lalage maritum. Hor. — " Lalage, with unblushing 
 front, already seeks a husband." 
 
 << Lalage will soon proclaim 
 
 Her love, nCr blush to own her flame." Creech. 
 
 —M. 
 
 184/. Jamque opus exegi, quod nee Jovis ira, nee ignis. 
 
 Nee poterit ferrum, nee edax abolere vetustas. Ovid. — " I have 
 accomplished a work which neither the anger of Jupiter, nor fire, 
 nor the sword, nor the destructive hand of time can annihilate." 
 This is a bold and triumphant prediction of the poet, it has never- 
 theless been verified, and probably until barbarism again overspreads 
 the face of the civilized world, or chaos resumes its sway, his works 
 will endure. The passage here quoted, as likewise the ** exegi 
 monumentum"" of Horace, are often applied, in derision, and ironi- 
 cally, to self-sufficient boasters, who would magnify the merits of 
 any of their own works. — M.D. 
 
 1848. Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna. Vir — ** Now the virgin 
 (Astraea the goddess of justice) returns, now the golden age." — M.D. 
 
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 1849. Janua lethi vasto respectat hiatu. Lucret. — ** The gate of death 
 gapes with a vast opening." — M. 
 
 1850. Jahuis clausis. (Lat) — " With closed doors." The sitting was 
 held ** Januis clausis," secretly. — M.D. 
 
 1851. Jejouis des ouvrages qui surpassent les miens. La Harpe. — ** I enjoy 
 the use of works which surpass my own." — M. 
 
 1852. Jejunus raro stomachusvulgaria temnit. Hor. — " A hungry stomach 
 
 rarely despises common food." — M.D. 
 
 1853. Je le Hens. (Fr.)—" 1 hold it."— Motto of lord Audley.— ilf.D. 
 
 1854. Je maintiendrai le droit. (Fr.) — ** I will maintain the right." Motto 
 
 of earl of Malmsbury. — MD. 
 
 1855. Je me jie en Dieu. (Fr.) — *' I put my trust in God." Motto of 
 
 earl of Plymouth. — M.D. 
 
 1856. Je ne changerois pas mon r^pos pour tous les tresors du monde. (Fr.) 
 — " I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the treasures of 
 the world." I would not barter the hours I devote to contempla- 
 tion and retirement, for any earthly consideration. — M. 
 
 1857. Je ne cherche qu'un. (Fr.) — " I seek but one." Motto of earl of 
 
 Northampton— M.D. 
 
 1858. Je ne puis pas me refondre. (Fr.) — ** I cannot alter my opinion." 
 I cannot remodel my sentiments, they are fixed and unchangeable. 
 —M. 
 
 1859. Je n'oublierai jamais. (Fr.) — " I will never forget." Motto of 
 earl of Bristol.— ikf.D. 
 
 1860. Je pease. (Fr.)—" I think." Motto of earl of Wemyss.— M.D. 
 
 1861. Je suis prU. (Fr.) — " I am ready." Motto of earl of Famham. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1862. Jetter le manche apres la cogn^e. CFr.) — ** To throw the handle 
 after the axe," i. e. to yield to despair, and, after one misfortune, to 
 neglect the means of recovery which may be within one's reach. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1863. Jeu de main, jeu de vilain. (Fr.) — ** Manual jokes are practised 
 
 only by the vulgar." — M.D. 
 
 1864. Jeu de mots. (Fr) — ** A play upon words." — M.D. 
 
 1865. Jeu d' esprit. (Fr.) — " A play of wit, or a witticism." — M.D. 
 
 1866. Jeude tMatre. (Fr.) — " Stage trick," stage effect, attitude. — M.D. 
 
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 1867. Je vis en espoir. (Fr.) — ** I live in hope." Motto of lord Rous. 
 —M.D, 
 
 1868. Jeuncy et dans Vage heureux qui meconnait la crainte. (Fr.) — *' Young, 
 and at that happy age which despises fear." — M.D. 
 
 1869. Jeune, on conserve pour la vieillessej vieux, on epargne pour la mort. 
 La Bruyere. — " In youth, men save for the period of old age ; in old 
 age they hoard for death," Parsimony soon becomes a confirmed 
 habit, increasing with our years. — M.M. 
 
 1870. J'evite d'etre long, et je devlens obscure. Boileau. — ** In avoiding 
 diffuseness, I become obscure." — M. 
 
 1871. Jour de ma vie. (Fr.)—'' The day of niy life." Motto of the earl of 
 Delaware. Used by the French as an oath, by my life. — M.D. 
 
 1872. Jovis omnia plena. Virg. — *' All is full of Jove." The whole 
 universe attests the power of the Most High. — M. 
 
 1873. Jucunda atque idonea dicere vitcB. Hor. — " To relate whatever is 
 
 most agreeable and most fitting in life." This passage well 
 describes the duty of a didactic writer. — M.M. 
 
 1874. Jucunda rerum vicissitudo. (Lat.J — " A pleasing change of circum- 
 
 stances." — 31. 
 
 1875. Jucundi acti lahores. Cic. — '* The remembrance of labours and 
 difficulties which we have overcome, is always agreeable." — M.D, 
 
 1876. Jucundum et carum sterilis fadt uxor amicum. Juven. — ** A barren 
 wife is considered an agreeable and dear friend :" (to those who 
 hope to be her husband's heirs) pointed at Legacy-hunters, whom 
 the poet here derides. — M.D. 
 
 1877. Judicio acri perpendere. Lucret. — ** To weigh with a keen and dis- 
 
 criminating judgment." — M. 
 
 1878. Judex damnatur cum nocens ahsolvitur. (Lat.J — ** The judge is cen- 
 sured when a delinquent is acquitted." That is, when the sentence 
 is supposed to have been dictated by partiality, or from a corrupt 
 motive. — M.M. 
 
 1879. Judicandum est legihus, non exemplis. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** We must 
 judge according to law, not by precedent." — M.D. 
 
 1880. Judicata res pro veritate accipitur. (Lat. Inst. Antiq) — " A thing 
 that has been adjudged, is received as true.*' — M.D. 
 
 1881. Judicia Dei sunt ita recondita ut quis ilia scrutari nullatenus possit. 
 Cic. — " The decrees of God are so impenetrable, that he who would 
 scrutinize them, can by no means attain his end." The ways of 
 Heaven are unsearchable, and impervious to the eye of man. — M. 
 
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 1882. Judicium Dei. (Lat.) — " The judgment of God." The name by 
 which the ordeal was distinguished by our ancestors, i. e. the walk- 
 ing blind-fold over red-hot ploughshares, abolished since the time 
 of William the Conqueror. — M.D. 
 
 1883. Judicium parium aut leges terrce. (Lat.) — ** The judgment of our 
 peers, or the law of the land." By these alone, according to our 
 laws, can an Englishman be condemned. A quotation from our 
 great charter of Magna Charta, selected as his motto by the first 
 and great lord Camden. — M.D. 
 
 1884. Judicium subtile videndis artihus. Hor. — ** An acute conception in 
 understanding the arts." — M. 
 
 1885. Ju^ez d*un homme par ses questions, plutdt que par ses responses. (Fr.) 
 " Form your opinion of a man by his questions, rather than by his 
 answers." — M.D. 
 
 1886. Jugular e mortuos. (Lat.) — *' To slay the dead." To exercise wanton 
 and superfluous cruelty. — M.D. 
 
 1887. Junciajuvant. (Lat.) — "Trivial circumstances, when united, assist 
 
 in the developement of any affair." These things, taken abstract- 
 edly, are of little importance ; but conjoined, they corroborate each 
 other, and form a body of satisfactory evidence. — M.D, 
 
 1888. Jungere dextras. Virg. — **^ To unite your right hands." Or, in 
 common terms, " to shake hands." — M. 
 
 1889. Jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat horis. Ovid. — " Titan (the 
 Sun) commands the swift-flying hours to harness his horses." The 
 poet here allots to the hours, which were personified under the 
 names of Eunomia, Dice, Irene, Carpo, and Thalliope, the ofl[ice of 
 harnessing the horses of the sun. — M. 
 
 1890. Jura negat sibi nata, nihil non arrogat armis. Hor. — " He denies that 
 laws were made to bind himj he arrogates to himself supreme 
 power, by force of arms." This applies to a tyrant or usurper. 
 
 " Who scorns all judges, and all law but arms." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 1891. Jure divino. (Lat.) — " By divine law." By this title, and not by 
 the will of the people, the violent, or ultra advocates for kingly 
 rule, say that the monarchs of Great Britain hold their crown. — 
 —M.D. 
 
 1892. Jure humano. (Lat.) — " By human law." By laws formed and 
 acknowledged by men. Generally used in contradistinction to the 
 preceding. — M.D. 
 
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 1893. Jus civile. (Lat.) — ** The civil law." The law of most civilized 
 nations, and of some of our courts of law, particularly the ecclesi- 
 astical, founded on the Pandects of Justinian. — M.D. 
 
 1894. Jus gentium. (Lat.) — *' The law of nations." A code formed on 
 strict principles of justice, acceded to, and acknowledged by all 
 nations of the civilized world, as founded on the mutual interests 
 of each, and now consolidated, and become perfectly international. 
 —M.D. 
 
 1895. Jus omnium in omnia, et consequenter bellum omnium in omnes. (Lat.) 
 — *' All men claiming a right to every thing, the result is, that all 
 make war against all." So has Hobbes represented the state of 
 nature, and such must ever be the consequence of encroachments 
 by one, on the property of another. How visionary then must be 
 the projects of some modern innovators, who would sap the foun- 
 dations of social harmony, by persuading the world that a commu- 
 nity of property is possible to be maintained, or that a community 
 of interests is compatible with the nature of man 1 ! — M.D. 
 
 1896. Jus sanguinis, quod in legitimis successionibus spectatur, ipso nativi- 
 tatis tempore qucesitum est. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The claim of con- 
 sanguinity, which is regarded in all legitimate inheritances, is esta- 
 blished at the very moment of our birth." The jus primogenitures, 
 or, the right of eldership, is chiefly respected ; the maxim being 
 upheld, that the next of worthiest blood should inherit. — M.D. 
 
 1897. Jusques oil les hommes ne se portent-ils point, par V inter et de la reli- 
 gion, dont its sont si peu persuades, et quHls practiquent si mpd. La 
 Bruyere. — " To what excesses are not men carried by (what they 
 
 - consider) the interests of religion, of which they have in fact so 
 little knowledge, and which they practise so badly ! ! 1" — M. 
 
 1898. Jms summum scepe summamalitia est. Terence. — ** Law too rigidly 
 enforced often becomes the greatest injustice." — M.M. 
 
 1899. Justissimus et servantissimus cequi. Virgil. — " Most strict in his 
 observance of what was right, most rigid in his adherence to jus- 
 tice." Character of Ripheus : 
 
 " Just of his word, observant of his right." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 1900. Justitice partes sunt, non violare homines, verecundice non offenders. 
 TuLL. — " Justice consists in doing injury to no man, decency in 
 offending none."— M. 
 
 1901. Justitice soror fides. (Lat.) — " Faith is the sister of justice." Motto 
 
 of Lord Thurlow.— ikf.D. 
 
 1902. Justum bellum quihus necessarium, et pia arma quibus nulla nisi in 
 
 armis relinquitur spes. Liv. — ** Those to whom it is (by aggres- 
 
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 sion) rendered necessary, may, with justice, wage war ; and an ap- 
 peal to arms becomes a sacred duty when no other hope remains.'* 
 In the eye of the moralist no war can be held to be justifiable un- 
 less undertaken from motives of self-defence. — M.D. 
 
 1903. Justum et tenacem propositi virum, 
 Non civium ardor prava jubentium, 
 Non vultus instantis tyranni 
 
 Mente quatit solidd. Horace. — *' The man who is just, and in his 
 purpose firm, neither the ardour of his fellow-citizens, depraved in 
 their counsel, nor the lowering eye of a threatening tyrant, can 
 shake in his determined mind." This quotation affords a fine pic- 
 ture of a man, bold in conscious rectitude, possessing firmness, dis- 
 interestedness, and intrepidity, equally to oppose the excesses of 
 popular violence, the menaces of arbitrary power, or the seductions 
 of aristocratic influence. — M.M. 
 
 1904. Justus propositi tenax. (hat.) — " A just man, steady and immove- 
 able in his purpose." A " hlaclc swan'' in the political world. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1905. Juvenile vitium, regere non posse impetum. Seneca. — ** It is a fault 
 
 belonging to youth, not to be able to restrain its own violence." 
 It too often rushes impetuously in the pursuit of every gratification, 
 heedless of the consequence. — M.D. 
 
 K. 
 
 1 906. Kaipov yv(»Bi. Kairon gnothi. (Gr.) — " Know your opportunity." 
 — The advice of Pittachus, one of the seven sages of Greece. It 
 is a strong proof of a want of proper attention to one's own inter- 
 ests, and of a deficiency in energy and good sense, to let slip an 
 opportunity without profitting by it.— M.D. 
 
 1907. Kar £?ox»?v. Kat exochen. (Gr.) — '* By way of excellence;" or, 
 of peculiar distinction. 
 
 L. 
 
 I9O8. La beauts de V esprit donne de l' admiration, celle de Vdme donne de 
 Vestime, et celle du corps de Vamour. (Fr.) — " The pleasantry of 
 wit calls forth our admiration, the beauties of the mind our esteem, 
 and symmetry of the body excites our love." — M.D. 
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186 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1909. Laheaute sans vertu est unejleur sans parfum. (Fr.Prov.) — "Beauty, 
 unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume." Its 
 brilliancy may remain, but its sweetness is gone ^ all that was pre- 
 cious in it is evaporated. — M.D. 
 
 1910. ha biblioteca eH nutrimento delV anima, (Ital.) — *' Books are nou- 
 rishment to the mind." They improve, they expand, they enlighten 
 it —M.D, 
 
 1911. Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis cevum. Horace. — " It flows" 
 (the stream), *•' and it will flow uninterruptedly through every age." 
 This quotation is also used metaphorically in speaking of time. — 
 MM. 
 
 1912. La bonne fortune et la mauvaise sont necessaires a Vhomme pour le 
 rendre habile. (Fr.) — '* Good fortune and bad are equally neces- 
 sary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life." 
 Few men who have not experienced the vicissitudes of fortune, 
 know how to bear them with firmness ; are fit to meet them. — M.D. 
 
 1913. Lahore et honore. (Lat.) — ** By labour and honour." Motto of 
 
 Lord Rendlesham. — M.D. 
 
 1914. Labor ipse voluptas. (Lat.) — *' Even labour itself is a pleasure." 
 Motto of Lord King.— ikT.D. 
 
 1915. Labor omnia vincet improbus. Virgil. — " Incessant labour con- 
 quers all things." With perseverance, there are few things which 
 the power of man cannot achieve. — M. 
 
 1916. Laboriosum animal formica est. (Lat. J — " The ant is a most per- 
 severing animal." — M. 
 
 1917. Laborum dulce lenimen. Horace. — " The sweet alleviator of my 
 labours." This is addressed by the poet to his lyre, as his relief 
 from intense study. — M.D. 
 
 191 8. La carriere des lettres est plus ^pineuse que celle de la fortune. Si 
 vous avez le malheur d'etre mediocre, voila des remords pour la vie j 
 si vous reussissiez, voila des ennemis j vous marchez sur le bord d'un 
 abime entre le mepris et la haine. Voltaire. — *' The path to lite- 
 rary fame is more difficult than that which leads to fortune. If 
 you are so unfortunate as not to soar above mediocrity, remorse is 
 your portion ; if you succeed in your object, a host of enemies 
 spring up around you j thus you find yourself on the brink of an 
 abyss between contempt and hatred." — M. 
 
 1919. La clemence des princes n'est souvent qu'une politique pour gagner 
 V affection des peuples. Rochefoucault. — " The display of cle- 
 mency by princes is, not unfrequently, a political manoeuvre to 
 gain the affections of the people." — M.D. 
 
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 1920. La confiance fournit plus a la conversation que V esprit. Rochefou- 
 
 cAui-T. — ** Confidence produces more conversation than either wit 
 or talent."— ilf.D. 
 
 1921. La cour ne rend pas content, mais elle emp^che qu'on ne le soit ailleurs. 
 La Bruyere, — " The court does not render a man contented, but 
 it prevents his being so elsewhere.'* He who has been long en- 
 gaged in the intrigues of a court, cannot relish the sameness and 
 quiet of retirement. — M.B. 
 
 1922. La cr^dulite est plutot un erreur qu'une faute, et les plus gens de Men 
 en sont susceptibles. (Fr.) — ** Credulity is rather an error than a 
 fault ; and the most worthy men are liable to be misled by it." 
 — M. 
 
 1923. La criaillerie ordinaire fait qu'on s^y accoutume et chacun lameprise 
 (Fr.) — " By continually scolding inferiors for venial faults, they at. 
 length become accustomed to it, and despise your reproof." — M.D. 
 
 1924. La critique est aisee, et Vart est difficile. (Fr.) Boileau. — " It is 
 easy to criticise the productions of art, though it is difficult to make 
 them." Or, as Johnson says, ** The hand that cannot build a 
 hovel, may demolish a palace." — M.D. 
 
 1925. Lactuca innatat acri 
 
 Post vinum stomacho. Hor. — " Lettuce after wine floats on the 
 acrid stomach." — M. 
 
 1926. La decence est le teint naturel de la vertu, et le ford du vice. (Fr, 
 Prov.) — " Decency is the natural distinction of virtue, and the de- 
 ceptive colouring of vice." — M.D. 
 
 1927. La defense est un cJiarme ; on dit qu'elle assaisonne les plaisirs, et 
 surtout ceux que Vamour nous donne. La Fontaine. — " Prohibition 
 is a charm ; it is said to give a stimulus to pleasures, especially to 
 those which love imparts." Such is the perverse nature of man, 
 that the gratifications which he prizes the most highly, are com- 
 monly those, the enjoyment of which is the most strictly forbidden. 
 Or, according to an old adage, ** Stolen pleasure is sweet." — M.D. 
 
 1928. La diffidenza h la madre della sicurta. (Ital.) — "Diffidence (caution) 
 is the mother of safety," while self-confidence often involves in 
 serious difficulties. — M. 
 
 1929. La dissimulation la plus innocente n'est jamais sans inconvenient j 
 criminel ou non, r artifice est toujours dangereux, et presqu' in^vita- 
 blement nuisible ; la meilleure et la plus sure politique est de ne jamais 
 employer la ruse, les detours, ou les petites finesses, et d^etre dans 
 toutes les circonstances de la vie egalement droit et sincere. Ce sys- 
 teme est naturellement celui de belles ames et la seule superioritc 
 
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 p 
 
 d'esprit suffiroit pour lefaire adopter. La Bruyere. — *' Dissimula- 
 tion, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of 
 embarrassment ; whether the design is evil or not, artifice is always 
 dangerous, and almost inevitably disgraceful. The best and the 
 most safe policy is, never to have recourse to deception, to avail 
 yourself of quirks, or to practise low cunning, and to prove your- 
 self in every circumstance of your life equally upright and sincere. 
 This system is naturally that which noble minds will adopt, and 
 the dictates of an enlightened and superior understanding would 
 be sufficient to ensure its adoption." 
 
 1930. La docte antiquite est toujours venerable, 
 
 Je ne la trouve pas cependant adorable. Boileau. — " The learning 
 of antiquity is always venerable ; I do not, however, regard it as 
 sacred." — M.D. 
 
 1931. La duree de nos passions ne depend pas plus de nous, que la duree de 
 
 notre vie. Rochefoucault. — " The duration of our passions no 
 more depends upon our own will, than does the continuance of our 
 lives."— MD. 
 
 1932. L'adversite fait Vhomme, et le bonheur les monstres. (Fr.) — " Men 
 are formed in adversity, monsters in prosperity." Adversity calls 
 forth the energies of mind, which, in prosperity, lie dormant and 
 unknown, often even to their possessors. The exceptions, however, 
 to the general rule here laid down, are very numerous. — M.D. 
 
 1933. Lcetus in prcesens animus, quod ultra est 
 
 Oderit curare, et amara lento 
 Temperet risu, nihil est ab omni 
 , Parte beatum. Hor. — " The mind that is cheerful in its present 
 state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet 
 the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile ; perfect happi- 
 ness does not> fall to the lot of man." — M. 
 
 1934. Lcetus sorte tud vives sapienter. (Lat.) — " Cheerful and contented 
 
 with your lot, you will be esteemed a wise man." — M. 
 
 1935. La faim chasse le loup du bois. (Fr. Prov.) — " Hunger drives the 
 
 wolf out of the wood." — MM. 
 
 1936. Lafaveur met Vhom,me au~dessus de ses egaux, et sa chute au-dessous. 
 La Bruyere. — " Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his 
 dismissal from that favor places him below them." — M.M. 
 
 1937. L'affabilite dans un prince est Vaimant de la verite. (Fr.) — " Affabi- 
 lity in a prince is the magnet of truth." Nothing certainly tends 
 more to create among his courtiers that confidence which em- 
 
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 boldens them to give utterance to tiiith, than a certain degree of 
 condescension and affability on the part of the prince. — M. 
 
 1938. L' affaire s'achemine. (Fr.J — " The affair is in progress." — M.D. 
 
 1939. La finesse n'est ni une trop bonne, ni une trh mauvaise quality. Elle 
 fiotte entre le vice et la vertu. II n'y a pas de rencontre oil elle ne 
 puisse, et peut-etre, oil elle ne doive etre suppleee par la prudence. La 
 Bruyere. — ** Cunning is neither a very good, nor yet a very bad 
 quality. It holds an intermediate place between vice and virtue, 
 in which prudence ought rather to be adopted as a substitute." 
 —M. 
 
 1940. Lafoiblessede Vennemifait notre propre force. (Fr.J — "The weak- 
 ness of our enemy renders our powers more formidable." And, in 
 war, this is always to be taken advantage of. A similar sentiment 
 is given in another place and language. — M.D. 
 
 1941. La fortune ne domine pas le monde; on pent demander cela des Ro- 
 mains, qui eurent une suite continuelle de prosperite, quand Us se 
 gouvernerent sur un certain plan; et une suite noninterrompue de 
 revers, losqu'ils se conduisirent sur un autre. II y a des causes gene- 
 rales, soit morales, soit physiques, qui agissent dans chaque monar- 
 chie, Veleoent, la maintiennent, ou la precipitent. Grandeur des 
 RoMAiNs, — " Chance, or as it is here termed, fortune, does not go- 
 vern the world. The truth of this position might be referred to the 
 Romans, who enjoyed a continued course of prosperity while their 
 government was conducted on a certain plan, and an uninterrupted 
 series of reverses when they adopted a different one. There always 
 exist certain general causes, either moral or physical, which act 
 upon the affairs of every monarchy, raise it to grandeur, support it 
 in its prosperity, or precipitate it to its decadence or dissolution." 
 —M. 
 
 1942. La fortune passe partout. (Fr.) — *' The fickleness of fortune is felt 
 all over the world." Motto of Lord Rollo.— ikf.D. 
 
 1943. La fortune vend ce qu'on croit qu'elle donne. (Fr) — ** Fortune sells 
 many favours, which she seems to bestow." — M.D. 
 
 1944. La fronte e gli occhi sono comme lo specchio dell' animo. (Ital.) 
 *' The forehead and the eyes are the mirrors of the mind." — M, 
 
 1945. La grande sagesse de Vhomme consiste a connoitre ses folies. (Fr.) 
 — ** The strongest symptom of wisdom in man, is his being sen- 
 sible of his own follies." When we do amiss, the being convinced 
 of our impropriety, is the first step towards amendment. — M.D. 
 
 1946. La grandeur et le discemement sont deux choses diff^rentes; et V amour 
 pour la vertUf et pour les vertueux une troisieme clwse. La Bruyere. 
 
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 — " Greatness and discernment are two different things, and a love 
 of virtue and of virtuous men, is a third thing.'^ There are many 
 men of high birth and exalted rank, who are therefore termed 
 great, but who are destitute of discernment to form accurate 
 opinions as to the worth of others ; and, unhappily, there are but 
 too many, who do not possess a real love of virtue, nor an exclu- 
 sive attachment to virtuous men. — M. 
 
 1947. Uaiffle d'une maison, est un sot dans une autre. Gresset. — ** The 
 eagle of one house is a fool in another." With us it would sound 
 better to say, the swan of one house is a goose in another. — M.D. 
 
 J 948. Laisser dire le monde, et toujours hien faire, &est une maxime, qui 
 etant hien observee assure notre repos, et etablit enfin notre reputation. 
 (Fr.) — " To suffer the world to talk, and always to act correctly, 
 is a maxim which, if strictly adhered to, secures our quiet, and 
 establishes our reputation." — MB. 
 
 1949. Laissez dire les sots, le savoir a son prix. La Fon. — '* Let igno- 
 rance talk, learning has it's value." — M.D. 
 
 1950. Lajeunesse vit d'esperance, la vieillesse de souvenir. (Fr.) — " Youth 
 indulges in hope, old age in remembrance." — M.B. 
 
 1951. La langue desfemmes est leur ^pee, et elles ne la laissent pas rouiller. 
 
 (Fr. Prov.J — '* The tongue of a woman is her sword, and she 
 seldom gives it time to rust." — M.D. 
 
 l9o2. Uantipode de bon sens. (Fr.) — " The antipode of good sense." He 
 is at variance with good sense, and irrational. — M. 
 
 1953. La liberalite consiste moins a donner beaucoup, qu^a donner a-propos. 
 La Bruyere. — " Liberality consists less in giving profusely, than 
 in giving judiciously." — M.D. 
 
 1954. La liberie convive aimable 
 
 Met les deux coudes sur la table. Voltaire. — *' Liberty, an amiable 
 guest, places both her elbows upon the table." Free and without 
 restraint. — M.D. 
 
 1955. La lingua batte dove la dente duole. (Ital.J — " The tongue strikes 
 where the tooth aches." — M.D. : 
 
 1956. L'Allegorie habite un palais diaphane. La Mierre. — '* Allegory in- 
 habits a transparent palace." It should be easily seen through, the 
 inference should be natural and obvious. — M.D. 
 
 1957. La maladie sans maladie. (Fr.) — ** The disease without disease." 
 Hypochondriacism, vapours. — M.D. 
 
 ] 958. La marque d'un merite extraordinaire est de voir que ceux qui I cnvient 
 le plus, sont contraints de le louer. (Fr.) — " The best test of supe- 
 
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 rior merit is, that praise should be bestowed upon it, even by those 
 who regard it with an envious eye." — M.D. 
 
 1959. L'dme n'a pas de secret que la conduite ne revele. (Fr. Prov.J — 
 ** There is no secret in the heart which our actions do not disclose." 
 The most consummate hypocrite cannot at all times conceal the 
 workings of the mind. — M.D. 
 
 i960. La moitie du monde prend plaisir a medire, et V autre moiti^ a croire 
 les medisances. (Fr. Prov.) — " One half of the world take delight 
 in uttering slander, and the other half in giving credit to their de- 
 tractions." — M.D. 
 
 1 96 1 . La moltiplicita delle leggi e dei medici in un paese^ sono egualmente 
 segni di malore di quello. (Ital.) — ** A multiplicity of laws and of 
 physicians in any country, are proofs alike of it's bad state." The 
 increase of laws evinces bad moral conduct in the people, as that of 
 physicians may be considered as the diagnostic of an insalubrious 
 climate. — M.D. 
 
 1962. La moquerie est souvent une indigence d' esprit. La Bruyere. — 
 
 *' Jesting proves, on some occasions, a want of good sense." — 
 M.D. 
 
 1 963. La morale trop austhre sefait moins aimer, qu'elle ne sefait craindre j 
 et qui veut qu'on prqfite de ses legons, donne envie de les entendre. 
 (Fr.) — '* Morality, too rigidly enforced, makes itself less beloved 
 than feared, and any man who is really anxious that his hearers 
 should profit by his lessons, should impart to them a desire to hear 
 them." By the earnestness with which he gives instructions, and 
 the ardour he evinces in communicating his knowledge, — M.D. 
 
 1964. La mort est le dernier trait du tableau de la vie. (Fr.) — " Death is 
 the finishing touch in the picture of life." — M.D. 
 
 1965. La mort est plus ais^e a supporter sans y penser, que la pensee de la 
 mort sans p&il. Pascal. — " Death itself is less painful when it 
 comes upon \is unawares, than the bare contemplation of it, even 
 when danger is far distant." — M.D. 
 
 1966. V amour de la justice n'est, en la plus part des hommes, que la crainte 
 de souffrir Vinjustice. Rochefoucault. — ** The love of justice in 
 the majority of mankind, grows out of their apprehension of suflTer- 
 ing injustice by the aggressions of others." Hence, selfish feelings, 
 which are, when abstractedly considered, little commendable, tend 
 to a good purpose. — M.D. 
 
 1967. U amour est une passion qm vient souvent sans savoir comment, et s'e» 
 
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 va de meme. (Fr.) — " Love is a passion which often enters oiar 
 breasts, we know not how, and flies oiF in like manner." — M.D. 
 
 1968. L^ amour et la fumee ne peuvent se cacher. (Fr. Prov.) — " Love and 
 
 smoke cannot be concealed." When Love takes possession of our 
 minds, his influence will be manifest in a thousand ways, and smoke 
 will escape through the most minute crevice. — M.D. 
 
 1969. L' amour propre est le plus grand de tons les jiatteurs. (Fr.) — ** Self- 
 love is the greatest of all flatterers." Most men estimate more 
 highly their own perfections and good qualities, than even the 
 adulation of others disposes them to do. — M.D. 
 
 1970. U amour soumet la terre, assvjetit les cieusc, 
 
 Les rois sont a ses pieds, il gouverne les dieux. Corn. — ** Love rules 
 the world, he subjects the heavens to his sway, kings are at his 
 feet, he controls the very gods." This extravagant sally, is, of 
 course, meant in derision. — M.D. 
 
 1971. La nature a donn^ deux gar ants de la chastity desfemmeSy la pudeur 
 et les remordsj la confession les prive de Pun, et V absolution de 
 V autre. (Fr.) —" Nature has given two safeguards for female chas- 
 tity, modesty and remorse ; confession deprives them of the one, 
 as does absolution of the other." — M.D. 
 
 1972. Langage des halles. (Fr.) — " The language of the markets." An- 
 glice. Billingsgate. — M.D. 
 
 1973. L* animal delle lunghe orecchie, dope aver bevuto da calci al secchio. 
 
 (Ital.) — " The animal with long ears, after having drank, gives a 
 kick to the bucket." Ingratitude. — M.D. 
 
 1974. La parfaite valeur est de /aire, sans temoins, ce qu'on seroit capable 
 defaire devant tout le monde. Rochefoucault. — " Sterling worth 
 is manifested by doing, without any witness, the utmost one could 
 be capable of performing in the face of the world." Ostentation 
 cannot then lend any impulse to the performance of the deed. — 
 M.D. 
 
 1975. La passion fait souvent unfou du plus habile homme, et rend souvent 
 habiles les plus sots. Rochefoucault. — " Love often makes the 
 most clever man act as a fool, and the most foolish man act the 
 part of a wise one." — M.D. 
 
 1976. La patience est amere, mais le fruit en est douce. J. J. Rousseau. 
 
 — ** Patience is bitter, but it yields sweet fruit." Disappointment 
 and suffering is the school of wisdom. — M.D. 
 
 1977. La patience est le remede le plus sure contre les calomnies : le temps, 
 t6t ou tard, decouvre la v^rite. (Fr.) — " Patience is the most sure 
 
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 remedy against calumny ; time, sooner or later, will disclose the 
 truth."— M.D. 
 
 1978. Vape e la serpe spesso 
 Succhian lo stesso umore j 
 Ma della serpe in seno 
 Iljior si fa veleno. 
 
 In sen deW ape iljiore 
 
 Dolce liquor si fa. Metast. — " The bee and the serpent often ex- 
 tract the same juices, but by the serpent they are converted into 
 poison, while by the bee a mellifluous substance is produced." — 
 M.D. 
 
 1979. I^ci perfection marche lentement, il lui faut la main du terns. Vol- 
 
 taire. — '* Perfection is attained by slow degrees, she requires the 
 hand of time." — M. 
 
 1980. L* appetit vient en mangeant. (Fr, Prov.) — ** The appetite increases 
 from eating." Men are never to be satisfied. The more one has, 
 the more he wishes for. — M. 
 
 1981. La philosophic qui nous promet de nous rendreheureux, trompe. (Fr.) 
 — ** Philosophy which promises to put us in possession of true 
 happiness, greatly deceives us." — M.D. 
 
 1982. ha philosophie non seulement dissipe nos inquietudes, mais elle nous 
 arme contre tous les coups de la fortune. (Fr.) — *' Philosophy not 
 only relieves the anxieties of the present moment, but it arms us 
 with fortitude to bear up against future misfortunes." — M, 
 
 1983. ha philosophie triomphe aisement des maux passes, et des maiix h 
 venir, mais les maux presens triomphent d'elle. Rochefoucault. — 
 " Philosophy surmounts with facility misfortunes which are past, 
 as well as those which are to come, but present ills triumph over 
 her." Philosophy teaches us to overcome our regrets for the past, 
 and to stifle our apprehensions as to future misfortunes, but she 
 cannot so far deaden our sensibilities, as to make us indifferent to 
 present sufferings. — M.D. 
 
 1984. hapis qui volvitur algam non generat, (hat.) — *' A rolling stone ga- 
 thers no moss." This may be applied metaphorically to many 
 dissatisfied restless mortals, whose ** unstaid tendencies" will not 
 permit them to remain long in any one place ; who waste their 
 substance in their migrations, and whose circumstances conse- 
 quently never improve. — M. 
 
 1985. ha plus part des hommes emploient la premihre partie de leur vie h 
 
 rendre Vautre miserable. La Bruyere. — '* The generality of men 
 
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 expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the 
 latter part miserable." — M, 
 
 1986. La plus part des hommes n'ont pas le courage de corriger les autres, 
 parcequHls n'ont pas le courage de souffrir qu'on les corrige. (Fr.) — 
 '* The greater part of men have not courage to correct others, be- 
 cause they have not themselves the courage to bear correction." — 
 M.D. 
 
 1987- Uarco si rompe se sta troppo teso. (Ital.) — "The bow when over- 
 strained will break." In all things excess should be avoided. Ex- 
 tremes are generally hurtful, they frequently expose us to danger, 
 and often render us ridiculous. — M. 
 
 1988. Lapsus lingua. (Lat.) — '* A slip of the tongue." — M.D. 
 
 1989. L'arco sempre teso, convien che alia Jin si spezzi. (ItalJ — '* A bow 
 
 always kept too tight, must break at last." They have, in other 
 words, the same proverb, '* Varco si rompe se sta troppo teso." — 
 M.D. 
 
 1990. La recherche du vrai, et la pratique du bien, sont les deux objets les 
 plus importans de la philosophic. Voltaire. — ** The discovery of 
 what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two 
 most important objects of philosophy." — M. 
 
 1 99 1 . La reputation d'un homme est comme son ombre, qui tantot le suit, et 
 
 tantot le precede j quelquefois elle est plus longue, et quelquefois plus 
 courte que lui. (Fr. Prov.J — " A man's character is like his shadow, 
 which sometimes follows, and sometimes precedes him, and which 
 is occasionally longer, occasionally shorter than he is." As, ac- 
 cording to their relative position with regard to the light, our sha- 
 dows vary in their length and in their direction, so the reputations 
 of men undergo changes favourable or the reverse, according to 
 their relative situations or circumstances. — M.D. 
 
 1992. L* argent est un bon passe partout. (Fr. Prov.J — " Money is a mas- 
 ter-key to every lock." Money gains admission every where. See, 
 in a preceding quotation, Aurum per medios ire satellites, 8fc. Sfc. 
 —M. 
 
 1993. L* argent est un bon serviteur, et un mechant maitre. Bouhours. — 
 
 " Money is a good servant, but a dangerous master." When we 
 employ it to good purposes, money is a great blessing, but when 
 we use it for wicked ends, or become so devoted to it, as to endea- 
 vour to acquire it by dishonest means, it is then indeed a bad mas- 
 ter.— M.D. 
 
 1994. La roche Tarpeienne est pres du Capitole. (Fr.) — " The Tarpeian 
 rock is near the Capitol." Having arrived at the seat of power, of 
 
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 triumph, of honours, and consequently of wealth, you are close to 
 the place of execution. The Tarpeian rock was a precipice from 
 which criminals condemned to die were thrown over, particularly 
 those who had conspired against the republic. — M.D. 
 
 1995. L*art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort. M. de Sivry.i — *'The 
 art of conquering is to despise death." — M.D. 
 
 1996. La science du gouvemement n'est qu'une science de combinaisons, d' ap- 
 plications, et d* exceptions, selon le temps, les lieux, les cir Constances. 
 Rousseau. — ** The science of governing is merely a science of 
 combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to time, 
 place, and circumstances." — M.D. 
 
 1997. L'asine che hafame, mangia d'ogni strame. (Ital.) — " An ass that is 
 hungry will eat any kind of litter." Hunger makes every kind of 
 food acceptable, even to the most delicate and previously pampered 
 appetites. — M. 
 
 1998. La speranzae V ultima ch'abbandona Vinfelice. (Ital.) — "Hope is 
 the last to abandon the unhappy." — M.D. 
 
 1999. Lateat scintillula forsan. {Lat.) — "A little spark may lie hidden 
 and unseen." This hemistich has been happily adopted (in allu- 
 sion to the vital spark) as the motto of the humane society. — M.D. 
 
 2000. Lascivi soboles gregis. Hor. — *' The descendants of luxurious fore- 
 fathers."— iW. 
 
 2001. Latet anguis in herbd. Vir. — " A snake lies hidden in the grass." 
 Dangers of which you are not aware obstruct your path. A de- 
 signing man has set a trap, or spread his toils unseen to catch you. 
 —M.M. 
 
 2002. Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis. (Lat.) — " One dog bark- 
 ing, another immediately joins him." — M. 
 
 2003. L^avare est comme ces amans, qu'un exces d* amour emp^che dejouir. 
 
 (^Yr.) — '* A miser is like a lover, whose enjoyment is interrupted 
 by the excess of his passion." — M.D. 
 
 2004. Laudari a viro laudato maxima est laus. (Lat.) — " It is the greatest 
 possible praise, to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of 
 praise." Commendation, coming from such a man, must certainly 
 be doubly acceptable. — M.D. 
 
 2005. Laudato ingentia rura, exiguum colito. Vir. — " Bestow your praises 
 on a great domain, but occupy, in preference, a small one." To a 
 man, moderate in his desires, and possessing a contented mind, 
 the smaller estate is the most likely to produce happiness.— MM. 
 
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 2006. Laudator temporis acti. Hor. — " A praiser of times past." The de- 
 scription of an old man always praising the customs of his younger 
 days. — MM. 
 
 2007. Laudibus arguitur vini vinosus. Hor. — ** The lover of wine expa- 
 tiates in praise of it." 
 
 ** The man who praises drinking, stands from thence, 
 Convict a sot, on his own evidence." 
 
 —M. 
 
 2008. Laudis amore tumes? sunt certa piacula qua.te 
 
 Ter pure lecto, poterunt recreare, libello. Hor. — *' Do you swell with 
 the love of praise ? There are (in philosophy) certain antidotes, 
 which being thrice read over with pure intentions, can remove the 
 evil." 
 
 " Is fame your passion ? wisdom's pow'rful charm, 
 If thrice read over, shall its force disarm." Francis. 
 
 — M. 
 
 2009. Laudo Deum verum, plebem voco, congrego Clerum, 
 
 Defunctos ploro, pestem fugo, festa decoro. (Lat.) — ** I praise the 
 true God, I assemble the people, I call together the Clergy, I be- 
 wail the dead, I put to flight the plague, I celebrate festivals." In- 
 scription on a Church bell. See the article Funera. — M. 
 
 2010. Laus Deo. {Lat.) — " Praise be to God." Motto of viscount Ar- 
 buthnot.— ilf. 
 
 2011. Laus in propria ore sordescit. (Lat.) — '* Self-praise is disgusting." 
 —M.M. 
 
 2012. La v^rite ne fait pas autant de bien dans le monde que ses apparences 
 y font de mat. (Fr) — " The adherence to truth does not produce 
 so much good in the world, as the appearances of it do mischief." 
 This position may, at first sight, appear exceptionable, but it is 
 certain, that in every departure from truth, it is the deceit and 
 hypocrisy we exert to compass our purpose, that does the evil, 
 more than the bare falsehood, culpable and dishonourable though 
 that is, of which we have been guilty. — M.D. 
 
 2013. La vertu a des appas qui nous portent au veritable bonheur. (Fr) — 
 "Virtue has allurements which lead us to true happiness. Without 
 virtue happiness never can be solid, permanent, or real." 
 
 2014. La vertu dans V indigence est comma un voyageur, que le vent et la 
 pluie contraignent de s^ envelopper de son manteau. (Fr. Prov) — " Vir- 
 tue in want, is as a traveller, whom the .wind and rain have com- 
 
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 pelled to wrap himself up in his cloak." The virtuous man, so 
 situated, is passed unheeded, disregarded, by the busy world, who 
 pay no attention to his qualifications, and are not aware of his 
 figure or of his worth. — M.D. 
 
 2015. Lavertu est la seule noblesse. (Fr.) — *' Virtue is the only true nobi- 
 
 lity." Motto of earl of Guilford. —M.D. 
 
 2016. ha vertu n'iroit pas si loin, si la vanite ne lui tenoit compagnie. Ro- 
 CHEFOUCAULT. — " Virtuc would not go so far, if she was unaccom- 
 panied by vanity." We all feel a strong and inherent desire to 
 gain the applause and the good opinion of others, which prompts 
 us to good acts, and incites us to the practice of virtue which the 
 world so much esteem and admire. — M.D. 
 
 2017. La vicinanza de grandi sempre e pericolosa ai picoli ; sono grandi 
 
 come il fuoco, che buccia eziando quei che vi gettano deWincenso, se 
 troppo vi si approsimino. (Ital.) — ** The neighbourhood of the 
 great, is always dangerous to the little ; the great are (to them) as 
 the fire which scorches even those who throw incense into it, if 
 they approach it too nearly," — M. 
 
 2018. Ija vie desMros a enrichi Vhistoire, et Vhistoire a embelli les actions 
 des heros. La Bruyere. — " The lives of heroes have enriched 
 the pages of history, and history has immortalized their fame." — 
 M. 
 
 2019. La mile est le sejour de profanes humains, les dieux habitent les cam- 
 pagnes. J. J. Rousseau. — " Town is the dwelling-place of profane 
 mortals, the gods inhabit rural retreats." — M.D. 
 
 2020. Lavertu e simile ai prof ami , che rendono piil grato odore quando tritu- 
 rati. (Ital.) — '* Virtue resembles some perfumes, which yield a 
 more agreeable odour from being rubbed." — M.D. 
 
 2021. Lebeaumonde. fFr.)—** The fashionable world." Persons distin- 
 guished by rank and fortune, by the place they are admitted to in 
 society, and sometimes by their absurdities. — M.D. 
 
 2022. Le bienne se fait jamais mieux que lorsquHl op6re lentement. De Moy. 
 — ** Good is never more effectually performed than when it is pro- 
 duced by slow degrees." Sudden and violent changes, whether in 
 affairs of state, or in those of individuals, are not often productive 
 of advantage to either. 
 
 2023. Le bonheur de Vhomme en cettc vie ne consiste pas a etre sans passions, 
 il consiste a en etre le maitre. (Fr.) — ** The happiness of the human 
 race in this world does not consist in our being devoid of passions, 
 but in our learning to command them." — M.D. 
 
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 2024. Le bonheur despeuples depend et de la felicite dont Us jouissent au de- 
 
 dans, et du respect quHls inspirent au dehors. Helvetius. — '* The 
 happiness and well-being of nations depend both on the internal 
 felicity enjoyed by the people, and on the respect with which they 
 are regarded by other states." — M.D. 
 
 2025. Le bonheur on le malheur des hommes ne depend pas moins de leur hu- 
 meur, que de la fortune. Rochefoucault, — " The good or the bad 
 fortune of men, depend not less upon their own dispositions than 
 upon fortune." Or chance. — M.D. 
 
 2026. Le bonheur ou le malheur vont ordinairement a ceux qui ont le plus de 
 Vunou deVautre. Rochefoucault. — " Good or bad fortune gene- 
 rally pursue those who have the greatest share of either." The 
 prosperous man seems as a magnet to attract prosperity, while he 
 who has once been visited by Misfortune, appears as if she had 
 marked him for her own. — M.D. 
 
 2027. Le bon temps viendra. (Fr.) — " The good time will come." Motto 
 
 of earl Harcourt. — M.D. 
 
 2028. Le calamita del uomo crescono in ragione de suoi godimenti, e Vimpe- 
 radore che li riunisce tutti, quanto e degno di compassione ! ! I (Ital.J 
 — " The calamities which are incident to man, increase in the same 
 ratio with his enjoyments; and the emperor who can command all 
 the pleasures of this life, what a claim he has on our compas- 
 sion ! ! !"— ikf. 
 
 2029. Le coeur d'unefemme est un vrai miroir qui regoit toutes sortes d'objets 
 sans s^attacher a pas un. {Fr.) — " The heart of woman is as a look- 
 ing-glass, which receives every object, without attaching itself to 
 any." This is a severe, but certainly not generally a true imputa- 
 tion as to the capriciousness and mutability of the fair sex. — M.D. 
 
 2030. Le conquerant est craint, le sage est estime, 
 
 Mais le bienfaiteur plait, et lui seul est aime. (Fr.) — " The con- 
 queror is regarded with awe, the wise man commands our esteem ; 
 but it is the benevolent man who wins our affections, he alone is 
 beloved "— M.D. 
 
 203 1 . Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires, et des personnes, est 
 souvent la verite. La Bruyere. — '* The converse of the reports 
 which are set afloat, respecting men and things, is often near the 
 truth." Common fame has ever been considered as a liar. — M. 
 
 2032. Le contrat du gouvernement esttellement dissous parle despotisme, que 
 
 le despote n'est le maitre qu'aussi long temps qu'il est le plus fort 2 et 
 que si tot qu^on peut Vexpulser, il 71^ a point a reclaimer contre la mo- 
 
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 lence. J. J. Rousseau. — " A contract made with its subjects by 
 any government, is so far dissolved by the exercise of despotism, 
 that the despot is only able to enforce it while he continues the 
 strongest ; but as soon as it is practicable to expel him, he has no 
 good grounds on which to found a protest against the proceed- 
 ing."— M.D. 
 
 2033. Le coute en ote le goUt. (Fr. Prov.) — '* The cost of the thing dimi- 
 nishes its flavour." I love the dainty, but I hate the expense. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2034. Le cri d*un peuple heuretix est la seule Eloquence qui doit parler des 
 rois. (Fr.) — ** The laudatory exclamations of a happy people form 
 the most eloquent panegyric that can greet a monarch's ears," and 
 no incense adulation can pour out should be so grateful to the heart 
 of their prince. — M.D. 
 
 2035. he d^sespoir redouble les forces. (Fr.) — '* Despair doubles our pow- 
 ers." Under the influence of despair, men wiU exert preterna- 
 tural force. — M.D. 
 
 2036. Le dessous des cartes. (Fr.) — " The lower side of the cards." U est 
 aU'dessous des cartes. He sees the cards, he is in the secret, or, he 
 knows how to play with advantage. — M.D. 
 
 2037. Le devoir des jug es est de rendre justice, leur metier est de la differ er ; 
 quelques uns savent leur devoir, etfont leur metier. La Bruyere. — 
 " The duty of judges is to administer justice, their professional 
 habits have taught them to be tardy in bestowing it ; some of them 
 know their duty, but adhere to their former practice." This sa- 
 tire on the purity of the Ermine, may be well calculated for the 
 meridian in which it was written, but to the judges of the British 
 empire it is wholly inapplicable. — M. 
 
 2038. Le diable est aux vaches. (Fr.) — " The devil has got into the cows." 
 There is the devil to pay. — M.D. 
 
 2039- Le front et les yeux sont comme le miroir de I'ame. See La Fronts, 
 Sfc.—M. 
 
 2040. Lege totum si vis scire totum. (Lat.) — " Read all if you would know 
 all." Advice to those who skim superficially over the pages of a 
 book, and generally leave the cream behind them. — M.D. 
 
 2041. Le grand oeuvre. (Fr.) — " The great work." i. e. the philosopher's 
 stone.— M.D. 
 
 2042. Le jeu est lefts de Vavarice, et le perc du d^sespoir. (Fr. Prov.) — 
 
 " Play (gaming) is the offspring of avarice and the father of des- 
 pair."— M.D. 
 
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 2043. Le jeu n^en vaut pas la chandelle. (Fr. Prov.) — " The game is not 
 worth the candle." The expense and labour you are incurring, are 
 more than the object, if attained, can ever repay. — M.D. 
 
 2044. h* elevation est au merite, ce que la parure est aux belles personnes. 
 
 (Fr.) — " Advancement is to merit, what the ornament of dress is 
 to handsome persons." It adorns and rewards that excellence of 
 which it is the result, and by no means a part, — M.D. 
 
 2045. Leritus in dicendo, et pene frigidus orator. Cic. — " An orator who 
 
 is tedious in his delivery, and frigid in his manner." The same 
 author has given us the contrast to this picture. See Acer et ve- 
 hemens, No. 27. — M. 
 
 2046. Le merite est souvent un obstacle a la fortune; et la raison de cela, 
 
 c'est quHl produit toujours deux mauvais effetSy Venvie et la crainle. 
 (Fr.) — " Merit often proves an impediment to prosperity, the rea- 
 son is, that it always has two bad effects, producing feelings of 
 envy and fear." Envy from those whom we excel, and fear from 
 those whose pretensions we might set aside. — M.D. 
 
 2047. Le mieux est Vennemi du bien. (Fr.) — " The better is the enemy of 
 what is well." In the pursuit of objects unattainable, we often 
 lose those which were real. Or, in looking for a better we lose 
 what was well. — M.D. 
 
 2048. Le moineau en la main, vaut mieux que Voie qui vole. (Fr.) — " A 
 sparrow in the hand is preferable to a goose flying in the air." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2049. Le monde est le livre des femmes. Rousseau. — " The world is the 
 book of women." Whatever knowledge they may possess is more 
 commonly acquired by observation than by reading. — M.D. 
 
 2050. Lemot de Venigme. (Fr.) — " The word of the riddle." The key to 
 the mystery. — M.D. 
 
 2051. Le moyen le plus sur de se consoler de tout ce qui pent arriver, c'est de 
 s'attendre toujours au pire. (Fr.) — " The most certain method to 
 find consolation against whatever may happen, is always to expect 
 the worst."— ikf.D. 
 
 2052. U empire des lettres. (Fr) — " The republic of letters'."— ilf.D. 
 
 2053. Lenior et melior jis, accedente senectd? Hor. — "Do you become 
 milder and better, as your age advances ?" — M. 
 
 2054. Leniter ex merito quidquid patiare ferendum est, 
 
 Quee venit indignepcena dolenda venit. Ovid. — " Chastisements which 
 we have deserved, we should submit to with resignation, but of 
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 here alludes to his having been banished without, as he states, 
 having deserved that punishment, and justifies, in these lines, his 
 resentment of that indignity. — M.D. 
 
 2055. Uennuiduheau, amhne le gout du singulier. (Fr. Prov.) — ** An aver- 
 sion to things which are proper, promotes a wish for singularity." 
 Men who disdain being confined to established usages, adopt such 
 as suit their own fancies ; and not being able otherwise to distin- 
 guish themselves, they endeavour to attract notice by their absurd 
 peculiarities. — M.D. 
 
 2056. Uennui naquit un jour de VuniformiU. (Fr.) — " Weariness is the 
 
 consequence of uniformity," or sameness of habit. Nothing is 
 more tiresome than monotony. — M.D. 
 
 2057. Leonina societas. (Lat.) — " A lion's society." An association 
 where one powerful individual engrosses the whole power and au- 
 thority.— ikf.D. 
 
 2058. Le papier boit. (Fr.) — '* The paper drinks." The paper is bad, 
 
 the ink sinks in it. — M. 
 
 2059- Leparjure est une vertu, 
 
 Lorsque le sermentfut uu crime. Voltaire — ** Perjury is a virtue, 
 when the oath was a crime." A man having been induced, by 
 whatever motive, to bind himself by an oath for a criminal pur- 
 pose, the violation of that oath is not a crime, but an act of virtue. 
 —M. 
 
 2060. Lepays du mariage a cela de particulier, que les Strangers out envie 
 de rhabiter, et les habitans naturels voudroient en itre exiles. Mon- 
 TAGNE. — " The land of matrimony possesses this peculiarity, that 
 strangers have the greatest desire to become inhabitants of it, and 
 the former occupants wish to become exiles." This sarcasm upon 
 matrimony has however in it more of severity than of justice — 
 M.D. 
 
 2061. Le plaisir le plus delicaf, est defaire celui d'autrui. La Bruyere. — 
 ** The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists 
 in promoting the pleasures of others." How happy would it be 
 for the world if all men were to make this sentiment the rule of 
 their actions ! ! ! — M. 
 
 2062. Le plus lent a promettre est toujours leplusfidele a tenir. Rousseau. 
 — " He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful 
 in the performance of it." A promise given after due reflection is 
 little likely to be repented of. — M,D. 
 
 2063. Le plus sage est celui qui ne pense point Vitre. Boileau. — " The 
 
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 wisest man is generally he, wlio thinks himself the least so.'* Self- 
 sufficiency is a rock on which thousands perish, while diffidence, 
 with a just sense of our own imperfections, generally insures suc- 
 cess. — M.D. 
 
 2064. Lepos etfestivitas orationis. Cic. — " The drollery and facetiousness 
 of his conversation." — M. 
 
 2065. Le present est pour ceux quijouissent, Vavenir pour ceux qui souffrent. 
 (Pr.) — ** The present moment is for those who enjoy, the future 
 for those who suffer." — M.D. 
 
 2066. Le refus des louanges est souvent un desir d'etre hue deuxfois. (Fr ) 
 — " The refusal of praise often proceeds from a desire that it 
 should be repeated." An honest mind will at once accept an eulogy 
 which it is conscious of meriting, while a vain one, in affecting to 
 shrink from it, seeks only to give it greater eclat. — M.D. 
 
 206/. Le roi le veut. (Fr.) — " The king wills it." This was the imperious 
 term used by the kings of France, previous to the revolution, in 
 sending his ordinances to the parliament to be enregistered. Motto 
 of the lord De Clifford— M.D. 
 
 2068. Le roi s'avisera. (Fr.) — "The king will consider it." This phrase 
 was used, as the former, by the French kings, to express their 
 dissent from any act submitted for their approval, and was consi- 
 dered as an absolute veto. These phrases are derived from the an- 
 cient Norman laws. — M.D. 
 
 2069. Le roi et Vetat. (Fr.)—" The king and the state."— Motto of earl 
 Ashburnham. — M.D. 
 
 2070. Les umertumes sont en morale ce que sont les amers en medecine. 
 
 (Fr.) — •* Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine. 
 Each is at first disagreeable ; but as the bitters act as corroborants 
 to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposi- 
 tion."— AT.D. 
 
 2071. Les Mens mal acquis s^ en vont a-vau-Veau. (Fr.) — " Wealth ill ac- 
 quired flies away." Goes as the current of the stream. — M. 
 
 2072. Les cartes sont brouillees. (Fr.) " The cards are mixed." There 
 is a misunderstanding between them. — 31. 
 
 2073. Uesclave n'a qu'un maitre, Vambitieux en a autant qu'il y a des gens 
 utile a sa fortune. (Fr.) La Bruyere. — ** A slave has but one 
 master, the ambitious man has as many masters as there are per- 
 sons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortune." 
 — ilf. 
 
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 (Fr. RoussEAuJ — " Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, 
 when we are suffering under affliction, only serves to increase our 
 pain, and to render our grief more poignant." — M.D. 
 
 2075. Les esprits m^diocres condamnent d^ ordinaire tout ce qui passe leur 
 portee. (Fr. RochefoucaultJ — " Men of limited capacities ge- 
 nerally condemn every thing that is above the level of their under- 
 standings." — M.D. 
 
 2076. Les extr^mit^s se touchent ; du sublime au ridicule il n*y a qu^un pas. 
 (Fr.) — *' Extremes sometimes come in contact : from the emi- 
 nently sublime to the truly ridiculous there is scarcely a step." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2077. Les girouettes qui sont placees le plus haul, tournent le mieux. (Fr.) 
 — ** Weathercocks placed on the most elevated stations, turn the 
 most freely." This has been sarcastically applied to political apos- 
 tates in high stations. — M. 
 
 2078. Les grands hommes ne se bornent jamais dans leurs desseins. (Fr.) 
 BouHouRs. — ** Great men never confine themselves to a circum- 
 scribed sphere of action." They extend their projects beyond the 
 reach of common capacities. — M.D. 
 
 2079. Le sage entend a demi mot. (Fr.) — " A sensible man understands 
 if he catches but half a word.". — M.D. 
 
 2080. Le sage songe, avant que de parler, a ce quHl doit dire; le fouparle^ 
 
 et ensuite songe a ce quHl a dit. (Fr. Prov) " A wise man re- 
 flects before he speaks j a fool speaks, and then reflects on what he 
 has uttered."— M.D. 
 
 2081. Le savoir.faire. (Fr) — "A knowledge how to act?" How to 
 conduct any business. — M.D. 
 
 2082. Le savoir vivre. (Fr.) — ** A knowledge how to live." A knowledge 
 
 of life, of men and manners. It is also applied to those who are 
 fond of good eating. — Tel homme est un savoir vivre. " He is an 
 epicure."— M.D. 
 
 2083. Le secret d'ennuyer est celui de tout dire. (Fr. Voltaire.^ — ** The 
 secret of tiring is to say every thing that can be said on the sub- 
 ject." To draw every possible deduction and inference, leaving 
 nothing to the imagination or judgment of your reader. — M.D. 
 
 2084. Les eaux sont basses chez lui. (Fr.) — " The waters are low with 
 him.'* His finances are at a low ebb. — M.D. 
 
 2085. L' esprit de parti abaisse les plus grands hommes jusques aux petitesses 
 dupeuple. (Fr. La Bruyere.^ — "The spirit of party leads even 
 the greatest men to descend to the meanesses of the vulgar." — M. 
 
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 2086. V esprit est le dieu des instans, le gh,ie est le dieu des ages, (Fr. 
 Lebrun.) — **\Vit is the god of moments, but genius is the god of 
 ages/* Wit sparkles as a meteor, and, hke it, is transient ; but 
 genius shines like a splendid luminary, marking its course in traces 
 that are immortal. — M.D. 
 
 2087. L'' esprit s'use comme toutes choses; les sciences sont ses alimensj elles 
 
 le nourrissent et le consument. (Fr. La Bruyere.) — " The mind, 
 like all other things, will become impaired ; the sciences are its 
 food J they nourish, but at the same time they consume it." Wear 
 it out.— ikf. 
 
 2088. Les femmes peuvent tout, parcequ^ elles gouvernent les personnes qui 
 gouvernent tout. (Fr. ProvJ — ** Women can effect every thing, 
 because they govern those who rule every thing." Thus illustrated 
 by Mr. Macdonnel. Themistocles proved, by the following de- 
 duction, that his infant child governed the world. " My child," 
 said he, ** governs its mother, its mother governs me, I govern 
 Athens, Athens governs Greece, and Greece governs the world. 
 Therefore, this child rules the world." — M.M. 
 
 2089. Les femmes sont extremes, elles sont meilleures ou pires que les hommes. 
 
 (Fr. La Bruyere.) — *' Women, ever in extremes, are always either 
 better or worse than men." — M.D. 
 
 2090. Les foux font des festins, et les sages les mangent. (Fr.) — ** Fools 
 make feasts, and wise men eat them." This is both a French and 
 an English proverb. — M.D. 
 
 2091- Les gens qui out peu d'affaires, sont de tres grands parleurs. Moins 
 on pense plus on parte. Montesquieu. — '* Those who have few 
 affairs to attend to, are great speakers. The less men think, the 
 more they talk." Women, therefore, whose minds are less engaged 
 in business, have always the most flippant tongues. — M.D. 
 
 2092 . Les grands dedaignent les gens d' esprit, qui n'ont que de V esprit j les 
 gens d' esprit meprisent les grands qui n'ont que de la grandeur • les 
 gens de bien plaignent les uns et les autres qui ont ou de la grandeur, 
 ou de Vesprit, sans nulle vertu. La Bruyere. — *' Men of high 
 rank regard with disdain men of talent, who have no other preten- 
 sions ; while men of talent despise the great, who have nothing to 
 boast of, save their aristocratic privileges. Men of real worth pity 
 both the one and the other, when their sole possession is either 
 rank, or talent, unaccompanied by virtue." — M. 
 
 2093. Les grands noms abaissent, au lieu d'elever, ceux qui ne les savent pas 
 
 soutenir. Rochefoucault. — *' High titles debase, instead of ele- 
 vating, those who know not how to support them." A title, dis- 
 graced by vicious habits, or dishonoured by the ignorance of its 
 
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 bearer, only raises him up as a more conspicuous object of con- 
 tempt. — M.D, 
 
 2094. Les guerres civiles de France (dit Voltaire) ont ^t^ plus longues, plus 
 cruelles, plusf^condes en crimes que celles d'Angleterre, mais de toutes 
 ces guerres civiles aucune ri'a eu une liberie sage pour ohjet. Vol- 
 taire. — *' The civil wars of France," says Voltaire, ** have been 
 longer, more cniel, more fruitful in crime, than those of England ; 
 but of all those wars, not one has had a rational system of liberty 
 as its object.'* Had that great man lived to witness the horrors of 
 their revolution of 1 799, (during which the wildest anarchy raged 
 under the name of liberty), and the iron despotism under which 
 they afterwards crouched, hugging their chains, and licking the 
 feet of the upstart tyrant who enslaved them, he would not have 
 had cause to change his opinion. — M. 
 
 2095. Les hommes sont egaux, ce n'est pas la naissance, 
 
 C'est la seule vertu qui fait la difference. Voltaire. — " Mankind 
 are equal ; it is not high birth which constitutes the diflference, but 
 virtue."— M.D. 
 
 2096. Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point. La 
 Bruyere. — ** It is the men who are the cause that women do not 
 love each other." — M.D. 
 
 2097- Les honneurs coutent h qui veut les possMer. (Fr.) — " Honors are 
 dearly bought by whoever wishes to possess them." — M. 
 
 2098. Le silence est le parti le plus sur de celui qui se dejie de soi-meme. 
 RocHEFoucAULT. — " Silcncc is the best for him to adopt who is 
 diffident of himself." — M.D. 
 
 2099. Le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages. Bouhours. — 
 
 " Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding." 
 Though it may not correct their folly, it enables them to conceal 
 it, and prevents their exposing their incapacity by foolish re- 
 marks. — M. 
 
 2100. Les haines sont si longues et si opinidtres que le plus grand signe de 
 mort dans un homme malade, c^est la reconciliation. La Bruyere. — 
 ** The passion of hatred is so durable, and so inveterate, that the 
 surest prognostic of death in a sick man is a wish for reconcilia- 
 tion."— ikf. 
 
 2101. Les jeunes gens a cause des passions qui les amusent s^accommodent 
 mieux a la solitude que les vieillards. La Bruyere. — " Young per- 
 sons, on account of their passion for various amusements, are 
 less easily reconciled to solitude than persons in more advanced 
 life."— M. 
 
 2102. Les jeunes gens disent ce quHls font, les vieillards ce qu'ils ont fait, 
 
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200 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 et Us sots ce qu'ils out envie de fake. (Fr.) — " Young persons tell 
 what they do, old ones what they have done, and fools what they 
 have a desire to do." — M.D. 
 
 2103. Les malheureux qui out de V esprit y trouvent des ressources en eux- 
 memes. Bouhours. — ** Men of genms, when suffering from mis- 
 fortune, find resources in their own minds." — M.D. 
 
 2104. Les mceurs. (Fr.) — " Manners or morals." The English words do 
 not, however, convey the true idea of the meaning in the French. 
 Manners having too extended a sense, and morals one too confined. 
 The author of the World, with much ingenuity, defines it thus : 
 " A general exterior decency, fitness, and propriety of conduct in 
 the common intercourse of life." — M.D. 
 
 2105. Les murailles ont des oreilles. (Fr.) — " The very walls have ears." 
 
 speak with caution. — M.D. 
 
 2106. Les mceurs se corrompent de jour en jour, et on ne sauroit plus dis- 
 
 tinguer les vrais, d'avec les faux amis. (Fr.) — ** From day to day 
 our morals become more corrupt, and we can no longer distinguish 
 true friends from those who are false." — M. 
 
 2107. Le soleil ni la mort ne peuvent se regarder jixement. Rochefoucault. 
 — " Neither the sun nor death can we regard without emotion." 
 The splendour of the former dazzles us, and the terrors of the latter 
 distract us. — M.D. 
 
 2108. Les passions sont les vents qui font aller notrevaisseau, et la raison est 
 
 le pilote qui le conduit j le vaisseau n'iroit point sans les vents, et se 
 perdroit sans le pilote. (Fr.) — ** The passions act as winds to propel 
 our vessel, our reason is the pilot that steers her; without the winds 
 she would not move, without the pilot she would be lost." — M.D. 
 
 2109. L'esp&ance est le songe d'un homme eveille. (Fr. Prov.) — " Hope is 
 the dream of a waking man." — M.D. 
 
 2110. Les plaisirs sont amers sitot qu*on en abuse. Deshoullieres. — 
 
 ** Pleasures are rendered bitter by being abused." — M.D. 
 
 2111. Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures. (Fr.) — " The follies which 
 
 are of the shortest duration are the least dangerous." — M. 
 
 2112. Les plus grands crimes ne coutent rien aux ambitieux, quand il s^agit 
 d'une couronne. (Fr.) — " The greatest crimes cost little remorse to 
 an ambitious man, when a crown is at stake." He perpetrates 
 them without hesitation. — M. 
 
 2113. Les plus malheureux osent pleurer le moins. Racine. — " Tliose who 
 
 are the most wretched, venture the least to give vent to their grief 
 by tears." — M.D. 
 
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 2114. L' esprit a son ordrCy qui est par principes et demonstrations, le cceur 
 en a un autre. Pascal. — " The mind has its system, which is 
 founded on principles and demonstrations. The heart has a dif- 
 ferent system.'* Men in love resolve first, and reason afterwards. 
 —MD. 
 
 2115. U esprit est foujoursla dupe du coeur. Rochefoucault. — ** Our un- 
 derstanding is always the dupe of the heart." Our passions often 
 prevail over our reason. — M.D. 
 
 2116. L' esprit est une plante dont on ne sauroit arreter la vegetation sans la 
 fairep&ir. (Fr.) — '* Genius is a plant of which you cannot stop 
 the vegetation without destroying it." — M. 
 
 2117. U esprit qu'on veut avoir, gate celui qu'on a. Cresset. — " Wit at 
 which we are too apt to aim, spoils that which we do really pos- 
 sess." Exaggerated pretensions to wit deprive us of whatever 
 credit we may before have obtained for the possession of it. — M.D. 
 
 2118. U esprit ressemble aux coquettes : ceux qui courent apres lui sont ceux 
 quHlfavorise le moins. (Fr.) — " Wit resembles a coquette ; those 
 who the most eagerly run after it are the least favoured." Aspi- 
 rants to the reputation of witty men, who are always laboriously 
 intent on uttering witty sayings, seldom succeed in their object. 
 Wit must flow spontaneously, and unsolicited, and never can be 
 produced by study. — M.B. 
 
 2119. Les querelles ne dureroient pas longtemps, si le tort n^dtoit que d'un 
 
 cote. Rochefoucault. — '* Quarrels would not last so long, if the 
 fault lay all on one side." But, both parties generally being in 
 error, the dispute is supported by the exaggerated view which each 
 takes of the transgression of his opponent. 
 
 2 120. Les sophistes ont 4branU Vautel, mais ce sont les pretres qui Vont avili: 
 me seront-elles venerables, ces mains Episcopates qui portent mes prik- 
 res a Dieu, quand a travers Vencens qu^ elles font fumer , je vois de te- 
 moignages de leur rapacity. Regnault de Warin. — " Sophists 
 (false philosophers) have shaken the altar, but the priests are the 
 persons who disgraced it. Shall I ever regard with veneration 
 those episcopal hands which carry my prayers to the throne of 
 God, when I perceive, through the incense which they cause to 
 smoke, manifest traces of their rapacity !" — M. 
 
 2121. Le temps present est gros de Vavenir. Leibnitz. — " The present 
 hour is big with the events of the next." Time is ever pregnant, 
 great events are in her womb. — M.D. 
 
 2122. Le travail du corps d^livre des peines de V esprit j et c'est ce qui rend 
 les pauvres heureux. Rochefoucault. — ** Bodily labour alleviates 
 
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 the pains of the mind ; and hence arises the happiness of the poor.'* 
 Labour or exercise not only occupy the mind, and withdraw it 
 from the contemplation of our misfortunes, but they fortify it, and 
 brace the nerves to resist the calamity." — M.D. 
 
 2123. Le travail eloigne de nous trois grand maux; V ennui, le vice, et le 
 
 besoin. Voltaire. — " Labour relieves us from three great evils, 
 indolence, vice, and want." — M.D. 
 
 2124. Les vertus se perdent dans Vinteret comme les jleuves se perdent dans 
 
 la mer. Rochefoucault. — " Our virtues disappear when put in 
 competition with our interests, as rivers lose themselves in the 
 ocean."— If.D. 
 
 2125. Levius fit patientid 
 
 Quicquid corrigere est nefas. Hor. — *' Misfortunes which we can 
 neither prevent nor remedy, are rendered less afflicting by patient 
 submission." ** What can't be cured, must be endured," says the 
 old proverb. — M.D. 
 
 2126. Le vent du bureau est hon. (Fr.) — ** The wind from the office is 
 good."" Matters wear a favourable appearance. — M.D. 
 
 2127. Levia perpessi sumus. 
 
 Si fienda patimur. Seneca. — '* Our sufferings are light, if they are 
 merely such as we should weep for." Tears will not remedy the 
 evil, we must repair it by vigorous acts. — M.D. 
 
 2128. Leve fit quod benh fertur onus. Ovid. — ** The load appears light 
 which is borne with cheerfulness." Buoyancy of spirit greatly 
 diminishes the pressure of misfortune. — M.M. 
 
 2129. Lever la creste. (Devenir fier et superbe.) (Fr.) " To raise one's 
 
 crest." To become arrogant and proud. — M. 
 
 2130. Le vesciche galleggiano sopre aqua, mentre le cose di peso vanno al 
 fondo. (Ital.) *' Bladders swim upon the surface of the water, while 
 
 things of solidity and weight sink to the bottom." So, frequently, 
 the remembrance of things nugatory and unimportant is retained, 
 while weighty and important affairs are consigned to oblivion. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2131. Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest. Seneca. — ** Grief is 
 light which advice can moderate." — M.D. 
 
 2132. Levius solet timere qui propius timet. Seneca. — "His fears are 
 less which arise from danger near at hand." As the object of our 
 apprehension approaches nearer to our view, our fears diminish. — 
 M.D. 
 
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 2133. Le vrai merite ne depend pas du terns ni de la mode. (Fr. Prov.) 
 — ** True merit is dependant neither on season, nor on fashion." 
 Modes it despises ; confident in its own sterling solid worth, it 
 wins opinion to its side, and overcomes all extrinsic opposition.^ — 
 M.D. 
 
 2134. Le vrai moyen d'etre trompe, c^est de se croire plus Jin que les autres. 
 RocHEFOucAULT — ** The most sure method of subjecting yourself 
 to be deceived, is to consider yourself more cunning than others.'* 
 — M.D. 
 
 21 35. U excellence ei la grandeur d*une dme brille et eclate d'avantage dans le 
 mepris de richesses. (Fr.) — *' Excellence of disposition and great- 
 ness of soul, are displayed most conspicuously in a contempt of 
 riches." — M. 
 
 2136. Lex est, quce in GrcBcorum conviviis obtinetur, aut bibat aut abeat. 
 
 Et recth. Aut enim fruatur aliquis, pariter cum aliis, voluptate po- 
 tandi ; aut ne sobrius in violentiam vinolentorum incidat ante discedat. 
 Cicero. — ** Among the Greeks a custom prevailed at their convi- 
 vial parties, that every man should either drink or go away : and 
 with reason : as every man should enjoy, equally with others, the 
 pleasure of drinking, lest he, more sober than they, should witness 
 any violence of conduct, before his departure, on the part of those 
 who had drank freely." — M. 
 
 2137. Lex neminem cogit ad impossibilia. (Lat. Law Max.) — " The law 
 imposes on no man the performance of an impossibility." There- 
 fore, the penalty in a bond conditioned that one of the parties 
 should go to Bengal or Astracan in a day, could not be recovered, 
 because the thing is impossible. — M.D. 
 
 2138. Lex non scripta. (Lat.) — ** The ancient common law of England, 
 which existed in full force for centuries, without ever having been 
 written." It is paramount in brevity, perspicuity, and authority, 
 to all the enactments of modem days. — M.D. 
 
 2139. L'exp&ience est la maitresse des arts. (Fr. Prov.) — " Experience 
 
 (practice) is the mother of the arts." — M. 
 
 2140. Lex scripta. (Lat.)—" The statute law."— ikf.D. 
 
 2141. Lex talionis. (Lat.)—'* The law of retaliation, or of requital." 
 An eye for an eye, &c. — M.D. 
 
 2142. Lex terrce. (Lat.)—'' The law of the land." In contradistinction 
 to the civil or Justinian code. — M.D. 
 
 2143. L'homme est sourd h ses maux tant qu'a ses inthets quand il s'agit de 
 ses plaisirs. (Fr.) — " Men are regardless of their misfortunes, as 
 
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 well as of their interests, wlien put in competition with their plea- 
 sures." — M. 
 
 2144. Vhomme est toujours Venfant^ et V enfant toujours Vhomme. (Fr. Prov.J 
 — ** The man is always the child (in our remembrance), and the 
 child is always the man :" i. e. We think we can foresee in the 
 child, what he will be when a man ; and we can trace in the man 
 the fruits of his early promise. — M.M. 
 
 2145. Uhomme 71"* est jamais moins miserable, que quand ilparoit depourvu de 
 tout. J. J. Rousseau. — " Man is never less miserable than when 
 he appears to want every thing,*' — M.D. 
 
 2146. L'homme qui dit quHl 71* est pas n4 heureux, pourroit du moins le 
 devenir par le bonheur de ses amis, ou de ses prochesj Venvie lui dte 
 cette derniere ressource. La Bruyere. — " The man who complains 
 that he was not born under a happy planet, might, nevertheless, 
 have become happy, through the good fortune of his friends, or of 
 his relations ; but, alas ! envy deprives him of that last resource !" 
 —M. 
 
 2147. Uhomme qui jure pour se faire croire, ne sait pas m^me contrefaire 
 Vhomme du bien. La Bruyere. — ** He who swears to obtain cre- 
 dence, does not know how even to counterfeit the man of worth.'* 
 —M. 
 
 2148. L'honneur acquis est une caution de celui qu'on doit acquerir. Roche- 
 foucault. — " Honours acquired, may be regarded as an earnest of 
 those which are to come." — M.D. 
 
 2149. Uhypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend a la vertu. Roche- 
 FoucAULT. — " Hypocrisy is an homage rendered by vice to virtue." 
 Vicious men endeavour to impose on the world, by assuming a sem- 
 blance of virtue, to hide the deformity of their own bad habits and 
 evil propensities. — M.D. 
 
 2150. Liibertas et natale solum. (Lat.) — "Liberty and my native soil." 
 This motto being assumed by a newly-made peer. Dean Swift, spy- 
 ing it on his carriage, wrote under it, " Fine words ! I wonder 
 where he stole 'em." — M.D. 
 
 2151. Libert as est potestas faciendi id quod jure licet. (Lat.) — " Liberty 
 consists in the power of doing that which the law permits."— If. D. 
 
 2152. Liibertas qucB sera, tandem respexit inertem. Virgil. — •' Liberty 
 which, although late, at last begins slowly to dawn." 
 
 " Freedom, which came at length, though slow to come." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 2153; Ldbertas sub regepio. (Lat.) — " Liberty under a pious king." Motto 
 of lord Sidmouth.— M.D. 
 
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 2154. Libertas ultima mundi 
 
 Quo steterit ferienda loco. Lucan. — " The last ray of liberty in 
 the world, is to be destroyed where it stopped." Where it was first 
 checked. This sentiment is attributed by the poet to Caesar. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2155. Liberie toute entihre. (Fr.) — " Liberty complete," perfect, and entire. 
 Motto of the earl of Lanesboroiigh. — M.D 
 
 2156. Libra justa justitiam servat. (Lat.J — " A tnie weight serves the 
 cause of justice.'* — M. 
 
 215/. Licet superbus ambules pecunid, 
 
 Fortuna non mutat genus. Horace. — *' Although you may strut 
 about, proud of your money, your good fortune has not changed 
 your low birth." Addressed to a wealthy upstart. 
 
 " Fortune cannot change your blood, 
 Although you strut as if it could." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2158. Liceat concedere veris. Horace. — ** It is right to yield to' truth." 
 We should never contend against what we know to be true. — M. 
 
 2159. Licuit sempcrque licebit 
 
 Parcere personis, dicere de vitiis. (Lat.) — " It has ever been, and 
 always will be, lawful to censure vice ; but it should be done with 
 delicacy towards the individual." 
 
 ** The best and surest method of advice 
 
 Should spare the person, tho' it brands the vice." 
 
 Burton's Anat. of Melancholy. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2160. Limce labor ac mora. (Lat.J — " The labour and tediousness of the 
 file." The tiresome operation of correcting a literary work; a 
 labour to which modem authors devote but little time j and hence 
 the ** macules quas incuria fudif' throughout their works. — M.D. 
 
 2161. LHmagination galope, le juyement ne va que le pas. (Fr.) — ** The 
 imagination gallops, the judgment merely walks." The former is 
 impatient for the issue, which the latter patiently awaits. — M.D, 
 
 2162. LHmpossibilite oil nous sommes de prouver que Dieu n^est pas, nous 
 decouvre son existence. (Fr.) — " The utter impossibility which we 
 feel of proving that there is not a God, reveals to us the fact that 
 He does exist ; that there is a God." — M. 
 
 2163. LHndustrie des hommes s'^uise a briguer les charges, il ne leur en 
 reste plus pour en remplir les devoirs. D'Alembert. — '* The ener- 
 gies of men are so anxiously exerted in soliciting places, that they 
 have none left to aid them in performing the duties of them." — 
 M.D. 
 
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 2164. Lingua est mali loquax mentis indicium malce. (Lat.) — " A garrulous 
 tongue is the herald of an evil mind." — M. 
 
 2165. JAnguam mali pars pessima semi. Juv. — ** The tongue is the worst 
 part of a bad servant." The calumnies they are capable of circu- 
 lating exceed in atrocity, and mischievous eflfects, all their other 
 vices. — MM. 
 
 2166. Linguam alicujus futilem ac ventosam retundere. Livy. — ** To si- 
 lence the babbling tongue of any one." — M. 
 
 2167. Lingua melior, sedfrigida hello 
 
 Dextera. Vir. — " Excelling in speech, but slow to war." The 
 poet's description of D ranees. 
 
 *' Bold at the council-board 
 
 But cautious in the field, he shunn'd the sword." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 2168. Linguce centum sunt, oraque centum, 
 
 Ferrea vox. Vir. — " A hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, an 
 iron voice." 
 
 *' A hundred mouths, a hundred tongues, 
 
 And throat of brass inspir'd with iron lungs." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 2169. Linquenda tellus, et domus, et placens 
 
 Uxor, neque harum, quas colis, arborum, 
 Te, prceter invisas cupressos, 
 
 Ulla brevem dominum sequetur. Hor. — *' Your estates, your houses, 
 even your amiable wife you must leave, nor of all those things 
 which you so much prized, will any follow their short-lived mas- 
 ter, save the hated (the funereal) cypress." 
 
 2170. Littera scripta manet. (Lat.) — ** The -wTitten letter remains." 
 Words may escape from our memory, or matter of conversation 
 may be misunderstood or be forgotten, but that which is reduced to 
 writing remains as evidence of the intentions of the contracting 
 parties. — M.D. 
 
 2171. LittercB Bellerophontis. (Lat.) — " Letters of Bellerophon." Praetus 
 king of Argos, having suspected that Bellerophon had attempted to 
 comipt the chastity of his queen, and not choosing to embrue his 
 hands in his blood, sent him to Jebates king of Syria with letters 
 requesting him to punish the supposed crime of the bearer with 
 death. Hence all letters unfavourable to the bearer were called, 
 ** Litterce Better ophontis." — M. 
 
 2172. Litus ama, altum alii teneant. Vir. — ** Keep thou close to the shore. 
 
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 let others stand out into the deep." Act with a constant regard to 
 thy own safety, nor imitate the hazardous enterprizes of others. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2173. Lividi limis oculis semper aspiciunt dliorum commoda. Cic — " En- 
 vious men always view with an evil eye the prosperity of others." 
 —M. 
 
 2174. Livre rouge. (Fr.) — "The red book." A book containing a list 
 of persons employed by government in the various departments of 
 the state, as well as of those who have sinecure places, pensions, 
 &c. kc.—M.D. 
 
 2175. Locum tenens. (Lat.J — "A person acting for, or holding the situa- 
 tion of another." A substitute or deputy. — M.D. 
 
 2176. Locus est et pluribus umbris. Hor. — " There is room for 
 
 many others." 
 
 '* There's room enough, and each may bring his friend." Creech. 
 
 — 3f. 
 
 2177- Locus sigillL (Lat.J — "The place of the seal." Denoted on all 
 diplomatic papers by the initials L. S. — M.D. 
 
 2178. Loin de la cour loin de souci. (Fr.) — ** Far from the court far from 
 care." He who resides at a distance from the court, may be said 
 to enjoy liberty : but he who is under a monarch's eye, never can 
 be his own master ; hence, a courtier's life is full of care, it is a 
 vexatious state of dependance and subserviency that is seldom re- 
 compensed by the precarious honour of a monarch's smiles. — M. 
 
 2179. L'ow esphe de vieillir, et Von craint la vieillesse ; c'est a dire, on aime 
 la vie, et onfuit la mort. La Bruyere. — ** We hope to grow old, 
 yet we dread age ; that is, we are attached to this life, and we wish 
 to avoid the thoughts of death." — M.D. 
 
 2180. Long a est injuria, longcB 
 
 Ambages. Vir. — " To relate all the circumstances of this injury 
 would be long, the detail tedious." — M.D. 
 
 2181. Longk aberrat scopo. (Lat.J — ** He is gone quite out of his sphere." 
 
 Beyond the proper bounds. — M. 
 
 2182. Long^ absit. (Lat.J — ** Far be it from me." I am incapable of it. 
 — M. 
 
 2183. Longb mea discrepat istis 
 
 Et vox et ratio. Hor. — ** Both my language and my sentiments 
 diflfer widely from those of these men." The poet here states how 
 
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 much he differs from those who plume themselves on the nobility 
 of their ancestors, and their illustrious descent; which he very 
 wisely ridicules, preferring a virtuous life, probity of morals, and 
 a good education, to the adventitious honours, on which others 
 found their claims to distinction, their title to pre-eminence. — M. 
 
 2184. Longum iter est per prcecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. Sen. — 
 " Instruction inculcated by precept is tedious, by example it is 
 quick and effectual."— M.ikf. 
 
 2185. L'onnepeut alter loin dans Vamitie, si Von n' est pas dispose h se par- 
 
 donner, les uns aux autres, les petits defauts. La Bruyere — 
 '* Friendship can neither be lasting nor sincere, if we are not dis- 
 posed mutually to forgive the venial faults of each other." — M. 
 
 2186. Uon ne vaut dans ce monde, que ce que Von veut valoir. La Bruyere. 
 — ** We are valued in this world as our conduct indicates that we 
 desire to be valued." The station which every man occupies in 
 society, the place he holds in the esteem of the world, depend 
 solely on his own merits. — M.D. 
 
 2187- L'on se repent rarement de parler peu, tres souvent de trop parler. 
 Maxime usee et triviale que tout le monde sait, et que tout le monde ne 
 pratique pas. La Bruyere — ** It is a subject of rare occurrence 
 to have reason to repent our having spoken too little, but we very 
 often have reason to repent having said too much. A maxim 
 this, which is old and trivial, which every man knows, but by which 
 no man governs his tongue." — M. 
 
 2188. L'orateur cherchepar son discours un ^ch^ecM, VApotrefait des con- 
 versions j il meritede trouver ce que V autre cherche. La Bruyere. — 
 "The preacher by his sermon aims at a bishopric, the Apostle 
 makes converts, he it is who merits what the other looks for." 
 —M. 
 
 2189- L'oreille est le chemin du coeur. (Fr.) — ** It is through the ear we 
 must find access to the heart."^ilf.D. 
 
 2190. Uorgueil ne veut pas devoir, et I' amour-propre ne veut pas payer. Ro- 
 
 CHEFOUCAULT. — '* Pride wishes not to owe, and self-love does not 
 wish to pay." To acknowledge itself indebted. — M.D. 
 
 2191. Lorsqu'on desire on se rend a discretion a celui de qui Von esperej 
 est-on sur d'avoir, on temporise, on parlemente, on capitule. La 
 Bruyere. — '* When a person conceives a strong desire to become 
 possessed of any appointment, he must devote himself to the per- 
 son from whom he expects to receive it ; and if he feels sure of 
 obtaining his wish, he temporises, he negociates, he capitulates." 
 — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 209 
 
 2192. Louer les princes des vertus quHls n'ont pas, c'est leur dire impun^- 
 ment des injures. Rochefoucault. — " To lavish on princes praises 
 for virtues which they do not possess, is to insult them with impu- 
 nity."— M.D. 
 
 2193. Loyal devoir. (Fr.) — " Loyal duty." Motto of lord Carteret. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2191. Loyal en tout. {Fr.)—" Loyal in all." Motto of the earl of Ken- 
 mare. — M.D. 
 
 2195. Loyal je serai durant ma vie. (Fr.) — " I will be loyal during my 
 life." Motto of lord Stourton.— Af.D. 
 
 2196. Loy ante m' oblige. (Fr.) — " Loyalty binds me." Motto of the duke 
 of Ancaster. — M.D. 
 
 2197. Loyaute n'a honte. (Fr.) — " Loyalty feels not shame." Motto of 
 the duke of Newcastle. — M.D. 
 
 2198. Lubrica nascentes implent conchylia lunce. Hor. — " The increasing 
 moon fattens the luscious oyster." — M. 
 
 2199. Lubrici sunt fortunes gressus. (Lat.) — ** The footsteps of fortune are 
 slippery." And her favour so transient, that no man should build 
 upon its continuance. — M. 
 
 2200. Lucem redde tuce, dux bone, patricej 
 Instar veris enim vultus ubi tuus 
 Affulsit populo, gratior et dies, 
 
 Et soles melius nitent. Hor. — " Restore light, O thou excellent 
 prince, to thy country, for when the refulgence of thy countenance 
 beams upon thy people, the day appears more cheerful, the sun 
 shines more bright." This high-flown eulogium, addressed by the 
 poet to his patron, Augustus, during an occasional absence of that 
 emperor from his metropolis, seems, from its beauty, to claim a 
 place in this miscellany, though the adulatory strain in which it is 
 conceived, may, by some, be censured.— ikf. 
 
 2201. Lucidus ordo. (Lat.) — "Method." A clear perspicuous arrange- 
 ment of a subject. — M. 
 
 2202. Lucri bonus odor ex re qudlibet. (Lat.) — " The smell of profit is 
 
 good, let it arise from what it may." The reply made by Vespa- 
 sian to his son Titus, when he was reproached by the latter with 
 having imposed a tax upon urine. — M.M. 
 
 2203. Luctantes ventos tempestatesque sonoras 
 
 Imperio premit. Vir. — '* He represses by his command the strug- 
 gling winds, and the resounding tempests." Alluding to Molus. 
 — M. 
 
210 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2204. Ludere cum sacris. (Lat.J — "To jest on sacred subjects.*' To ri- 
 dicule consecrated things. — M.D. 
 
 2205. Ludit in humanis divina potentia rebus^ 
 
 Et certam prcesens vix habet hora fidem. Ovid. — "Divme power 
 sports with human concerns so much, that we can scarcely be sure 
 of the present hour." — MD. 
 
 2206. Lugete Veneres Cupidinesque. Catull. — " Weep all ye Venuses and 
 Cupids." This is generally used ironically. — M.D. 
 
 2207. L'ultima che siperde ^ la speranza. (ltd.) — *' Hope is the last thing 
 we lose." We cling to it to the last moment. This has allusion 
 to the box of Pandora, out of which, flew all the evils that torment 
 mankind, hope only remaining at the bottom. — WI.D. 
 
 2208. Lnma rubet, pallet, crescit, noctu ambulat, erratj 
 Hcec quoque fcemineo propria sunt generi. 
 Cornua lunafacit,facit hcec quoque foendna, 
 
 Qualibet hcec mense, ilia die. (Lat.J — '* The moon grows red, and 
 becomes pale, it increases, it walks by night, it has its aberrations, 
 woman also does these things. The moon makes horns, woman 
 does the same ; the former however only once in the month, the 
 other e?;ery day.^' — M. 
 
 2209. L'une des marques de la mediocrite de V esprit, est de toujour s confer. 
 La Bruyere. — " It is a proof of a mediocrity of intellect to be 
 addicted to relating stories." — M.D. 
 
 2210. Avxvov ai)9evTog, yvvr] iracra tj avrrj. (Gr.J — Luchnou arthentos, gune 
 pasa e aute. — ** The candle removed, all women are alike." Hence 
 the French proverb, ** La nuit tons les chats sont gris." And the 
 English, ** Joan is as good as my lady in the dark." — M.D, 
 
 2211. Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem. (Lat. Prov.J — " The wolf changes 
 his hair, but not his nature." No change in external appearance 
 can alter that which is radically bad. — M.D. 
 
 2212. L'usage frequent des finesses est toujours Veffet d'une grande incapa- 
 cite, et la marque d'un petit esprit. (Fr.J — *' The frequent recourse 
 to artifice and cunning is always a proof of a want of capacity, 
 and of an illiberal mind." — M.D. 
 
 2213. Lusisti satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti. 
 
 Tempus abire tibi est. Hor. — "Thou hast amused thyself, thou 
 hast eaten and drank sufficiently, it is time for thee to take thy de- 
 parture;" addressed to an old debauchee, tottering on the brink of 
 the grave, but still unwilling to depart. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 211 
 
 *' Already glutted with a farce of age, 
 
 'Tis time for thee to quit the wanton stage." Francis. 
 
 — M.D. 
 
 2214. husus animo debent aliquando dari, 
 
 Ad cogitandum melior ut redeat sibi. Ph^edrus. — ** The mind ought 
 occasionally to be indulged with relaxation, that it may, with in- 
 creased vigour, return to study and reflection." — MM. 
 
 2215. Luxum populi expiare solent hella. Pliny. — "Wars atone for the 
 luxury of the people." When luxury becomes common among the 
 lower orders, disorders and wars ensue. — M. 
 
 M. 
 
 2216. Made virtute. Vir. — ** Persevere in virtue." In an ironical sense, 
 go on and prosper. — M.D. 
 
 2217. Macules quas incuriafudit. Hor. — ** The errors (in writing) which 
 carelessness has produced." — M.D. 
 
 2218. Magalia quondam. Vir. — ** Formerly cottages." These splendid 
 houses occupy. ground formerly under mere cottages. — M. 
 
 2219. Magister artis ingeniique largitor 
 
 Venter. Persius. — *' The belly is a master of arts and a bestower 
 of genius." Necessity often draws forth talent which had before 
 lain dormant, and unknown even to its possessor. — M.M. 
 
 2220. Magistratus indicat virurn.. (JLat.) — ** Magistracy shows the man." 
 
 Motto of the earl of Lonsdale.— M.D. 
 
 2221. Magna charta. (Lat.) — *' The great charter." The Charter ob- 
 tained from king John, in the year 1215, and which has ever since 
 been regarded as the great bulwark of the liberties of Great Britain. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2222. Magna civitas, magna solitudo. (Lat J — *' A great city is a great 
 desert." A great metropolis, in which every inhabitant is intent 
 on his own business or pleasure, is, to an unintroduced stranger, 
 an absolute solitude. — M.D. 
 
 2223. Magna est admiratio copiosb sapienterque dicentis. Cicero. — " An 
 orator who expresses himself with fluency and discretion, must 
 always be admired." — M. 
 
212 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2224. Magna est Veritas et praevalebit. (Lat.J — " Truth is powerful, and 
 will prevail." — M.D. 
 
 2225. Magna medius comitante catervd. (^Lat.)—** He marched in the 
 centre, a great crowd accompanying him." — M. 
 
 2226. Magna movet stomachum fastidia, si puer unctis 
 
 Tractavit calicem manibus. Hor. — " It produces absolute nausea to 
 see an attendant touch your goblet with his greasy hands." The 
 present custom of every servant having his thumb enveloped in a 
 fair napkin, lest he should defile a plate or glass by his unctuous 
 contact, may have been derived from this passage, by some refined 
 and learned epicure of modern days. — M. 
 
 2227- Magnanimitercrucemsustine. (Lat.) — ** Support the cross magnani- 
 mously." Bear afflictions with resignation. Motto of lord Kenyon. 
 —M.D, 
 
 2228. Magna servitus est magna fortuna. Seneca. — ** A great fortune is a 
 great burden." So many important duties are imposed on the 
 possessor of great wealth, that his may truly be accounted a state 
 of slavery. — M.D. 
 
 2229- Magnas inter opes inops. Hor. — ** Poor in the midst of great 
 wealth." A very just description of a miser. — M.D. 
 
 2230. Magna vis est, magnum nomen, unum et idem sentientis senatus. 
 
 Cicero. — " The power, the name of a senate which is imanimous 
 in its opinions, is great and extensive." — M. 
 
 2231. Magnce felicitates multum caliginis mentibus humanis objiciunt. Seneca. 
 
 — *' Superabundant prosperity involves the human mind in dark- 
 ness." It takes away the greatest stimulus to exertion, it re- 
 presses activity, and renders us idle and indolent. — M. 
 
 2232. Magnce fortunce comes adest adulatio. (Lat.) — ** Adulation, the at- 
 tendant on great wealth, is present." — M. 
 
 2233. Magne pater divum, seevos punire tyrannos 
 
 Hand alia ratione velis 
 
 Virtutem videant, intabescantque videndo. Persius.^ — " Great father 
 of the gods, assign to tyrants this punishment, that they may be 
 obliged to contemplate the charms of virtue, and pine away in 
 despair for having forsaken her." — M.D. 
 
 2234. Magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus, et cogitationem a con- 
 suetudine abducere. Cicero. — " It is a work requiring great talent 
 to detach the mind from the senses, and to turn our thoughts 
 from old habits." It is diflScult to divert our thoughts from con- 
 templations on which they have been long accustomed to dwell. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 213 
 
 2235. Magni nominis umbra. Lucan. — " The shadow of a great name." 
 Applied to a degenerate descendant of some illustrious and distin- 
 guished character. — M.M. 
 
 2236. Magni refert quibuscum vixeris. (Lat. Prov.J — " It is of much con- 
 sequence to know with whom you live." Agreeing with a proverb 
 taken from the Spanish ; " Tell me what company you keep, and I 
 will tell you who you are." — M.D. 
 
 2237- Magnis tamen excidit ausis. Ovid. — " He fell, however, in a noble 
 attempt." He died in a bold, an honourable enterprize. — M. 
 
 2238. Magno conatu magnas nugas. Terence. — " To obtain mere trifles 
 by extraordinary efforts." To waste labour on unworthy objects. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2239- Magno deflumine mallem 
 
 Quam ex hoc fonticulo tantundem sumere. Hor. — '* I prefer taking 
 so much water from this great river, to drawing up from this scanty 
 spring." — M. 
 
 2240. Magnorum hand unquam indignus avorum. Virgil. — " Never un- 
 worthy of his illustrious ancestors." — M. 
 
 2241. Magnos homines virtute metimur, non fortund. Corn. Nep. — ** We 
 
 estimate the characters of great men by their (virtue or) valour, 
 not by their success." This is a philosophic, but certainly not the 
 common mode of admeasurement ; as it is, now-a-days, the result 
 that stamps the wisdom of any enterprize ; the success, that decides 
 the credit and character of the man. — M.M. 
 
 2242. Magnum est argumentum in utroque fuisse moderatum. (Lat.) — " It 
 is much in a man's favour, having been placed in two different situ- 
 ations, to have shown himself, in each, to be possessed of mode- 
 ration."— ilf.D. 
 
 2243. Magnum est vectigal parsimonia. Cic. — " Economy is in itself a 
 great support, or revenue." — M.D. 
 
 2244. Magnum pauperies opprobrium jubet 
 
 Quidvis aut facere aut pati. Hor. — " Poverty compels many men 
 to perpetrate crimes, and to subject themselves to great disgrace." 
 
 ** He whom the dread of want ensnares, 
 With baseness acts, with meanness bears." 
 
 —M.D, 
 
 2245. Magnum hoc ego duco 
 
 Quodplacui tibi, qui turpi secernis honestum 
 
 Non patre praclaro, sed vita et pectore puro. Hor. — " It is to me 
 
 a most gratifying circumstance, that my conduct has been pleasing 
 
214 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 to you, who are so competent to discriminate between probity and 
 baseness, and that you have not bestowed your approbation as a 
 tribute due to illustrious descent, but to an irreproachable life, and 
 a pure, spotless mind." — M. 
 
 2246. Magnus Alexander corpore parvus erat. (Lat.) — " The great Alex- 
 
 ander was in stature small." — M.D. 
 
 2247. Maintien le droit. (Fr.) ** Maintain the right." Motto of lord 
 Chandos.— M.D. 
 
 2248. Maison de Ville. (Fr.) — " The Town Hall." Place where municipal 
 justice is distributed. — M.D. 
 
 2249. Maitre des hautes oeuvres. (Fr.) — " The master of the high works." 
 
 The hangman.— iW.D. 
 
 2250. Maitre des basses oeuvres. (Fr.) — " The master of the low works." 
 The nightman. — M.D. 
 
 2251. Major e longinquo reverentia. (Lat.) — " Our respect is greater to- 
 wards distant persons." Persons with whom we are intimate, and 
 whom we have daily access to, seldom inspire that degree of respect 
 which we feel towards a person less known to us. It is common 
 to see the greatest heroes no more respected than ordinary men by 
 their own immediate domestics. — M.D. 
 
 2252. Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrce. Virg. — ** And the 
 lengthening shadows extend from the lofty mountains." 
 
 " Yon sunny hill the shade extends." Dkyden. 
 
 Description of the approach of evening. — M. 
 
 2253. Major famcB sitis est quam 
 
 Virtutis; quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam 
 
 Prcemia si tollas ? Juv. — *' Men prefer fame before real virtue ; 
 for who would adhere to the path of virtue, if there was no re- 
 ward ?" Who would be found to devote himself to a life of rigid 
 virtue and self-denial, unless he looked forward to future reward, 
 either in the applause of the world, the approbation of his own 
 conscience, or the favour of Him, whose rewards are eternal ? — 
 M.M. 
 
 2254. Major hacreditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus, quam a 
 parentibus. Cic. — " We each of us derive a more valuable inherit- 
 ance in our civil rights, protected by our laws, than we receive from 
 our fathers." — M.D. 
 
 2255. Major privato visus, dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax 
 imperii^ nisi imperdsset. Tacit. — " He appeared greater than a 
 private individual, while he continued to lead a life of retirement. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 215 
 
 and would, by common consent, have been pronounced qualified to 
 govern, had he never ruled." — M.D. 
 
 2256. Major rerum mihi nasdtur ordo. Virg. — " A more extended order 
 of things presents itself to me." My views become enlarged. — M. 
 
 2257. Mala grammatica non viiiat chartam. (Lat. Law Max.) — " False 
 grammar does not vitiate a deed." — M.D. '' 
 
 2258. Mala mali malo mala contulit omnia mundo; 
 
 Cama mali tantifoemina sola fait. (Lat.) — " The jaw of man, and 
 an apple, brought all evil into the world ; and woman was the 
 cause of all this mischief." — M.D. 
 
 2259. Male cuncta ministrat 
 
 Impetus. (Lat.) — " Violence conducts every thing badly." When 
 we give way to passion, we do every thing amiss. — M.M. 
 
 2260. Maledicus a malefico non distat nisi occasione. Quint. — " An evil- 
 speaker differs only from an evil-doer in opportunity." The calum- 
 niator, or assassin of my fame, is little less guilty than the assassin 
 of my person. — M.M. 
 
 2261. Malefacere qui vult, nunquam non causam inveniet. (Lat.) — "He 
 who wishes to do evil, will easily find an opportunity." — M. 
 
 2262. Malhimperando summum imperium amittitur. Pub. Syr. — ** By mis- 
 rule the greatest empire may be lost." A political maxim, of 
 which every country has had experience, and of which every age 
 furnishes examples. Conspicuously illustrated in the fall of Charles 
 the Tenth frohi the throne of France.— il/.M. 
 
 2263. Male narrando fabula depravatur. (Lat.) — " A good story is often 
 spoiled by being badly told." — M. 
 
 2264. Male parta male dilahuntur. Plautus. — ** Property ill acquired is 
 in general ill expended." — M.M. 
 
 2265. Male secum agit cegeVy medicum qui haredemfacit. Pub. Syr. — " The 
 sick man acts a foolish part, who makes his physician his heir." 
 A severe sarcasm on the faculty. — M. 
 
 2266. Male si mandata loquaris, 
 
 Aut dormitabo aut ridebo. Hor. — ** If you badly pronounce the 
 parts assigned to you, I shall either faU asleep, or laugh." This is 
 addressed to an actor in tragedy. 
 
 '* But if unraov'd you act not what you say, 
 
 I'll sleep or laugh the listless theme away." Francis. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2267- Malesuada fames. Vir. — ** Hunger impelling to evil acts." — M. 
 
216 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2268. Malb verum ewaminat omnis 
 
 Corruptus judex. Hor. — "A corrupt judge imperfectly investigates 
 the truth."— M.ikf. 
 
 2269. Malim inquietam libertatem quam quietum servitium. (Lat.) — ** I 
 would prefer a liberty somewhat turbulent to a quiet state of sla- 
 very." The agitations inseparable from a free form of government 
 are by far preferable to the chilling influence of a state of despot- 
 ism.— M.D. 
 
 2270. Mali principii malm finis. Ter. — " Bad beginnings generally have 
 a bad ending." — M. 
 
 2271. Malitia est versuta et fallax ratio nocendi. Cicero. — " Malice is a 
 mean and deceitful engine of mischief." — M. 
 
 2272. Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam. Cicero. — 
 
 *' I prefer ineloquent, or reserved prudence, to loquacious folly." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2273. Malo miJii maU quam molliter esse. Seneca. — ** I should prefer 
 being indisposed to being idle." The evil of a slight fit of sickness 
 is transient, while the bad effects of idleness are permanent, and 
 lead to vicious habits. — M.D. 
 
 2274. Malo mori quam fadari. (hat.) — " I had rather die than be dis- 
 graced." The motto of the earl of Athlone. — M.D. 
 
 2275. Malorum facinorum ministri quasi exprobrantes aspiciuntur. Tacit. 
 — '* The accomplices in evil actions are generally considered as 
 reproaching the deed." There commonly exists, on these occa- 
 sions, a degree of jealousy, distrust, and mutual contempt between 
 the parties. — M.D. 
 
 2276. Malorum immensa vorago et gurges. Cicero. — ** An unfathomable 
 3S of evils." — M. 
 
 2277- Malum consilium consuUori pessimum. Ver. Flaccus. — " Bad ad- 
 vice is often fatal to the adviser," (to him who gives it.) On this 
 Mr. Macdonnel has the following illustration : " Thus Haman 
 became the victim of his treacherous advice to Ahasuerus ; thus 
 Hannibal lost Tarentum by the very arts which put it into his pos- 
 session, besides other numberless instances. Ovid has said, in the 
 same sense, Necis artificem arte perire sua, ' it is fit that he who is 
 the instrument of another's death should be the victim of his trea- 
 chery.' The artificer who constructed the brazen bull, in which 
 the tyrant Phalaris burned criminals, suffered first by his inven- 
 tion." — Macdonnel's Dictionary. 
 
 2278. Malum in se. (Lat.) — *' A thing in itself evil," radically and in all 
 its stages and degrees bad j as murder, theft, &c. &c. — MD. 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 217 
 
 2279. Malum prohibitum. {Lat.) — *' A thing is a crime because it is pro- 
 hibited by the law, as smuggling, &c. &c." — M.B. 
 
 2280. Malum nascens facile opprimiturj inveteratum fit rohustius. Ciceeo. 
 " An evil habit in the beginning is easily subdued, but, by being 
 repeated, it acquires strength, and becomes inveterate." — M.D. 
 
 2281. Malum vas non frangitur. (Lat. ProvJ — " A cracked vessel is sel- 
 dom broken." Things which are held to be of little value often 
 escape from dangers when more precious articles are broken. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2282. Malus est enim custos diuturnitatis metus, confraque benevolentia 
 fidelis vel ad perpetuitatem. Ciceeo. — ** Fear is a bad preserver of 
 any thing that is intended long to endure ; on the contrary, kind 
 treatment will insure fidelity even to the end." The system adopted 
 by some of our modern governments, of keeping their subjects in 
 subjection by terror, is, in itself, hollow and fallacious, and all the 
 examples furnished by history prove it to be both precarious and 
 full of danger. The only sure basis of every government should 
 be founded in the affections of a population rendered contented 
 and happy by the justness and mildness with which they are ruled. 
 -^M.D. 
 
 2283. Malus usus abolendus est, (hat. Law Max J — " An evil custom 
 should be abolished ;" notwithstanding that long usage gives the 
 force of law, yet, when it is proved to be prejudicial, it should be 
 abohshed. — M.D. 
 
 2284. Mandamus. (Lat.) — '* We command." A writ from the King's 
 Bench, commanding any corporate body to admit a person to any 
 privilege or office. — M.D. 
 
 2285. Manebant vestigia morientis libertatis. Tacit. — ** Traces are still 
 visible of expiring liberty." Though tyranny oppressed the people, 
 the spirit of freedom still existed in their hearts. — M.D. 
 
 228G. Manet altd mente repdstum. Virg. — " It remains laid up 
 
 deeply in the mind." This phrase, which the poet applies to the 
 deep resentment of Juno, on account of Paris having awarded the 
 prize to the superior beauty of her rival, is now used to denote a 
 strong sense of injury long entertained. — M.D. 
 
 2287- Manibus pedibusque. (Lat.J — ** With hands and feet." Or, as we 
 say, with tooth and naU. — M.D. 
 
 2288. Mansuetior columbd videtur. (Lat.) — ** He seems more mild than a 
 dove." — M. 
 
 2289. Manuforti. (Lat.) — " With a strong hand." Motto of the baron 
 Reay.— M.D. 
 
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218 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2290. Manus hcec inimica tyrannis. (Lat.) — ** This hand is hostile to ty- 
 
 rants." Motto of the earl of Carysfort. — M.D. 
 
 2291. Manus justa nardus. (Lat.) — " The just hand is a precious oint- 
 ment." Motto of viscount Maynard.— M.D. 
 
 2292. Manus manum fricat. (Lat.) — ** One hand rubs another." This 
 
 proverb is used to inculcate the good moral maxim expressed 
 by La Fontaine, " II faut s'entraider, c'est la hi de la nature.''^ — 
 "It is our duty to assist each other; it is the law of nature." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2293. Marchandise de rencontre. (Fr. idiom.) — " Goods purchased at 
 second-hand." — M. 
 
 2294. Marchandise qui plait est a demi vendue. (Fr. Prov.) — ** Goods which 
 
 please are half sold." — M.D. 
 
 2295. Marie tonfils quand tu voudras, mais ta fille quand tupourras. (Fr. 
 Prov.) — ** Marry your son when you please, your daughter when 
 you can." — M.D. 
 
 2296. Marque au bon coin. (Fr.) — " Marked with a good stamp." Pos- 
 
 sessing the best qualities. — M.D. 
 
 2297. Mars gravior sub pace latet. Claud, — " A more inveterate warfare 
 is covered under an appearance of peace." — M.D. 
 
 2298. Martem accendere cantu. Virg. — " To incite to combat by a mar- 
 tial tune." This hag. been common to almost every nation ; and 
 the sound of their national music has, on some men, an astonish- 
 ing effect. Among the Scotch, where hostility was pre-existent in 
 the mind, a Highlander is roused almost to madness by the sound 
 of the Pibroch, and nothing can resist the impetus of his charge. 
 — M. 
 
 2299. Mater familias. (Lat.) — " The mother of a family."— ilf. 
 
 2300. Materiem superabat opus. Ovid. — " The labour surpassed in value 
 the materials." The workmanship, and the mechanical skill dis- 
 played in the work, are of more value than the material out of 
 which it is formed. 
 
 " The matter eqr.alled not the artist's skill." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2301. Matur^fias senex. (Lat.) — ** May you soon become an old man :" 
 i. e. In wisdom, steadiness, and knowledge. May you possess the 
 wisdom of age, before you are sensible of its infirmities. — M.D. 
 
 2302. Mauvaise honte. (Fr.) — '* False shame." A bashfulness and timi- 
 dity, and consequent awkwardness, which betrays a want of know- 
 ledge of the world, or of having mixed in good society. — M.D. 
 
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 2303. Maxima debetur pueris reverentia. Juv. — *' The utmost attention 
 and regard should be shown to the education of youth." 
 
 " To youth the tenderest regard is due." 
 
 —M. 
 
 2304. Madcima illecehra est peccandi impunitatis spes. Cic. — ** The greatest 
 
 incitement to guilt, is the hope of escaping with impunity." The 
 certainty of punishment has more efl'ect in deterring from the com- 
 mission of crimes, than the severity. — M.D. 
 
 2305. Maximas virtutes jacere omnes necesse est, voluptate dominante. Cic. 
 
 — '* Where a love of pleasure is suffered to be paramount to duty, 
 the greatest virtues will' lie obscured and inactive." — M.D. 
 
 2306. Maximus in minimis. (Lat) — ** Very great in little things." To 
 evince great attention to trifling objects, is a certain sign of a con- 
 fined and a little mind. — M.D. 
 
 2307. Medice, cura te ipsum. (Lat.) — ■*' Doctor, cure thyself." Applied to 
 
 those who prescribe for others antidotes against the very diseases 
 which they themselves labour under, without being able to cure 
 them. The mote and the beam. — M.D. 
 
 2308. Medio defonte leporum surgit amari aliquidquodipsisinfloribits angat. 
 
 (Lat.) — ** Even in the bosom of delight something bitter arises to 
 vex and sting us, in the very midst of flowers." 
 
 ** Days all serene, and pleasures ever pure, 
 Are not for man ; dark clouds at times obscure 
 The sky most favour'd with the sun's blest rays ; 
 The blythest heart will have its sorrowing days." 
 
 -^M.D. 
 
 2309. Medio tutissimus ibis. Ovid. — **You will go most safely in the 
 middle." By avoiding extremes through life you wUl always en- 
 joy the greater security. — M.M. 
 
 2310. Mediocriajirma. (Lat.) — ** The middle station is the most secure." 
 Motto of Viscount Grimston. — M.D. 
 
 2311. Mediocribus esse poetis 
 
 Non Dii, non homines, non concessere columnce. Hor. — " Medio- 
 crity in poets neither the gods, nor men, nor the booksellers' shops, 
 will approve," — In poetry mediocrity is insufferable, though in 
 other pursuits it may be borne. — M.D. 
 
 2312. Mediocritas est inter nimium et panim. (Lat.) — *' Mediocrity is- the 
 mean between two extremes :" e. g. between vast wealth and indi- 
 gence; the mean is foimd in a comfortable competence. — M. 
 
 2313. Msya .(Si(3\iov fitya kukov. (Gr.) Mega biblion mega kakon. — ** A 
 great book is a great evil." — M.M. 
 
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220 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2314. Meglio amici da lontano clie nemici d'appresso. (Itdl.) — ** It is better 
 to be friends at a distance, than enemies near to each other." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2315. Meglio e un magro accordo cJie una grassa sentenza. (Ital. Prov.J — 
 '* A lean assent is preferable to a fat (civil) speech." A plain 
 grant of the favour solicited, is better than the most eloquent re- 
 fusal.— M.D. 
 
 2316. Meglio solo che mal accompagnato. (Ital.) — ** It is better to be alone 
 than in bad company." — M.D. 
 
 2317- Meglio tardi che mai. (Ital.) — *' Better late than never." — M.D. 
 
 2318. MfXerjy to ttuv. (Gr.) Melete to pan. — " Pains and industry effect 
 every thing." Spoken by Periander, one of the seven wise men of 
 Greece. Persevering industry can achieve all things that are not 
 utterly impossible. — M.D. 
 
 2319. Me liceat casus misereri insontis amici? Virg. — " May it be per- 
 
 mitted to me to pity and deplore the misfortunes of my unhappy 
 friend?"— Jf. 
 
 2320. Mel in ore, verba lactis, 
 
 Fel in corde^fraus infactis. (Lat.) 
 
 " A honied mouth, words of milk, 
 
 Gall in his heart, and fraud in his acts." 
 
 A monkish rhyme, which well describes a malevolent and inve- 
 terate hypocrite. — M.D. 
 
 2321. Melior est conditio possidentis. (Lat. Jus. Antiqu.) — '' The condi- 
 tion of him who is in possession is the best." Possession is nine 
 points of the law, says the old proverb. — M.D. 
 
 2322. Meliora pii docuere parentes. {Lat.) — " His pious parents have 
 better instructed him." Taught him better things." — M. 
 
 2323. Melioribus auspiciis. (Lat.) — " Under more favourable auspices." 
 
 r-M. 
 
 2324. Melius est caver e semper, quam pati semel. (Lat. Prov.) — ** It is 
 better to be ever on one's guard, than once to suffer." 'ITiis say- 
 ing Julius Ceesar used to reverse, holding, that it was better to 
 suffer once, than to live in continual apprehension. Melius est pati 
 semel, quam cavere semper. — M.D. 
 
 2325. Melius non tangere, clamo. Hon. — " It is better, I cry, not to touch 
 
 me." These are the words of a satirist, who is always prepared to 
 repel every attack. — M.D. 
 
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 2326. Melius, pejus, prosit, obsit, nil vident nisi quod liherit. Ter. — 
 
 ** Better or worse, profitable or the reverse, they see nothing but 
 what they please." — M. 
 
 2327. Mellitum venenum, hlanda oratio. (hat.) — " A flattering or seductive 
 speech is honied poison." Eloquent blandishments mingled up in 
 a discourse should always excite suspicions as to the intentions of 
 the speaker. Truth needs no disguise, neither does she want em- 
 bellishment.— M.D. 
 
 2328. Memento mori. (Lat.)—" Remember you must die." Such a per- 
 son is a mere memento mori : his appearance is so dismal, that he 
 continually reminds us of our latter end. The Egyptians in the 
 midst of their festivities introduced a sarcophagus, a memento mori, 
 to check the exuberance of mirth, and to chasten pleasure by reflec- 
 tion.— ilf.D. 
 
 2329. Meminerunt omnia amantes. Ovid. — " Lovers remember all things." 
 The most trivial circumstances make an impression on their minds. 
 
 2330. Memorabilia. (Lat.)—'* Things to be remembered." Things wor- 
 thy to be recorded. — M.D. 
 
 2331. Memor et fidelis. (Lat.)—** Mindful and faithful." Motto of lord 
 Selsey.— M.D. 
 
 2332. Memorid in ceternd. (Lat.) — " In eternal remembrance." Motto 
 of Lord Tracey.— ikf.D. 
 
 2333. Memoria sublabitur. Sen.—" His memory begins to fail." It be- 
 comes gradually impaired. — M, 
 
 2334. Mendici, mimi, balatrones. Hor. — " Beggars, buffoons, vagrants." 
 A group of vagabonds.— ilf.I). 
 
 2335. Menefugis ? per ego has lachrymas dextramque tuam, te 
 Per connubia nostra, per inceptos Hymenceos, 
 
 Si bene quid de te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam 
 Duke meum, miserere domus labentis, et istam 
 Oro, siquis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem. Virg. — "Dost thou 
 fly from me ? I conjure thee, by these tears, by thy plighted hand, 
 by our holy marriage rites, by the sweets of the connubial life we 
 had entered on ; if 1 have ever deserved well of thee, or if any of 
 my charms were sweet in thy estimation, pity my falling race, and 
 if my prayers can yet find access to thy heart, change that inten- 
 tion :" viz. that of quitting Carthage.— Dido's pathetic appeal to 
 iEneas, to dissuade him from abandoning her. 
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222 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 ** See whom you fly, am I the foe you shun ? 
 Now, by those holy vows so late begun, 
 By this right hand (since I have nothing more 
 To challenge, but the faith you gave before) ; 
 I beg you by these tears so truly shed. 
 By the new pleasures of our nuptial bed; 
 If ever Dido, when you most were kind, 
 Were pleasing in your eyes, or touch'd your mind, 
 By these my pray'rs, if pray'rs may yet have place. 
 Pity the fortunes of a fallen race." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 2336. Mene salis placidi vultum fluctusque quietos 
 
 Ignorare jubes ? Mene huic confidere monstro ? Virg. — " Do you 
 command me not to entertain apprehensions respecting the uncer- 
 tainty of the present placid appearance of the sea, and of the waves ? 
 Would you have me confide in such a monster?" — MJD, 
 
 2337. Me non oracula cerium 
 
 Sed mors certa facit. Lucan. — " Oracles do not ajfford me any 
 certainty, but death makes all things sure." — M. 
 
 2338. Mens conscia recti. (Lat.) — " A mind conscious of rectitude." 
 Motto of viscount Ashbrook, and lord Macartney. — M.M. 
 
 2339. Mens interrita lethi. Ovid. — " A mind unawed by death." A 
 good and virtuous man contemplates death without terror or dis- 
 may. — M. 
 
 2340. Mens invicta manet. (Lat.) — " The mind remahis unsubdued." 
 The body may be worn down by sufferings, but the brave man*s 
 mind will support with firmness every afldiction, or bear, in a good 
 cause, even the agonies of torture. — M.D. 
 
 2341. Mensque pati durum sv^tinet cegra nihil. Ovid. — " A mind diseased 
 cannot bear any thing harsh."' The mind labouring under aflflic- 
 tion is susceptible of offence from the slightest cause. — M.D. 
 
 2342. Mens sana in corpore sano. Juv. — *' A sound and vigorous mind 
 in a healthy body," One of the most precious gifts that Provi- 
 dence can bestow. — M.D. 
 
 2343. Mens sine pondere ludit. (Lat.) — "The mind plays unembarrassed." 
 
 Undisturbed.— M. 
 
 2344. Mensuraque juris 
 
 Vis erat. Lucan. — " And power was the measure of right." 
 When anarchy reigns in place of law, might constitutes right. — 
 M.D. 
 
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 2345. Mentis gratissimus error. Hor. — ** An agreeable abstraction of 
 mind." A pleasing reverie, from which, although it can tend to 
 no good purpose, one is unwilling to be roused. — M. 
 
 2346. Mentis penetralia. Claud. — " The inmost recess of the mind." 
 The secrets of the heart. — M. 
 
 2347- Meo quidem judicio neuter culpandus, alter dum expectat duhios titu- 
 los, dum alter mavult videri contempsisse. Plin. Epist. — " In my 
 opinion neither is to be blamed, the one for being in expectation of 
 titles, his right to which is dubious ; or the other for seeming to 
 have despised them." — M. 
 
 2348. Meo sum pauper in are. Hor. — " I am poor, but with my own 
 money." My enjoyments are abridged, but it is a great consola- 
 tion not to owe money to others. — " Out of debt, out of danger," 
 says the old English proverb. — M.D. 
 
 2349. Merces virtutis laus est. (Lat.J — *' Applause is the reward of vir- 
 tue," The praise, and general expressions of approbation, which 
 are bestowed by all good men on virtuous conduct, are strong in- 
 centives to a perseverance in the practice of it. — M. 
 
 2350. Me supremum habuisti comitem 
 
 Consiliis tuis. Plautus. — " You admitted me to the highest place 
 in your counsels." I enjoyed your unreserved confidence. — M. 
 
 2351. Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est. Hor. — ** It is true 
 that every man should estimate himself by his own rule and stand- 
 ard." No man should undertake duties beyond the reach of his 
 powers. 
 
 " All should be confined 
 
 Within the bounds which nature has assigned." Francis. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2352. Micat inter omnes. Hor. — "It excels in beauty all others." A 
 jeu-de-mot, affixed as an inscription under the picture of a favorite 
 cat.— ikT. 
 
 2353. Mieux vaut un " tiens," que deux " tu V auras." (Fr. ProvJ — " Once 
 saying * take this,' is better than twice saying * thou shalt have 
 it.' " A promise performed is preferable to one only madej or, ac- 
 cording to our own proverb, ** a bird in the hand is worth two in 
 the bush."— M.D. 
 
 2354. ' Migravit ah aure voluptas 
 
 Omnis. Hor. — " All pleasure has fled from the ear." This was 
 written in allusion to certain persons who preferred pantomimic 
 exhibitions, or dumb-show, on the stage, to the more rational enter- 
 tainment of the legitimate drama. What would our poet have said 
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224 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 to the still more depraved taste of our times, had he seen our thea- 
 tres disgraced by the exhibition of beasts, horse-races, and boxing 
 matches, in place of the scenes drawn by the pen of the immortal 
 Shakspeare ? 
 
 " Taste, that eternal wanders, taste, that flies 
 
 From heads to ears, and now from ears to eyes." Pope. 
 
 — 3f.M. 
 
 2355. Mihi forsan, tibi quod negavit, 
 
 Porriget hora. Hor. — " Time may, perhaps, extend to me favors 
 which may have been withheld from you." — M. 
 
 2356. Mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor. Hor. — " I endeavour to 
 
 bring events under my own control, not to submit to them." 
 
 2357. Militat omnis amans. Ovid. — '* Every lover carries on war." The 
 
 fickleness of his mistress may perhaps be to be guarded against ; 
 the advances of rivals to be counteracted : hence his vigilance, his 
 cunning, his resolution and fortitude, may be called into action as 
 in actual war.— ikf. 
 
 2358. Militice species amor est. Ovid. — '* Love is a kind of warfare." 
 
 — M. 
 
 2359. Mille hominum species et rerum discolor usus j 
 
 Velle suum cuique est, nee voto vivitur uno. Persius. — " There are 
 a thousand different descriptions of men ; and they differ in their 
 views of things, each follows his own opinion, nor can they, in 
 their wishes, all agree." Providence has wisely ordained this dif- 
 ference among men ; as, had we all desired to possess the same 
 object, we must have lived in perpetual discord; but the tot 
 homines quot sententice has obviated this source of evil to man. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2360. Minor est quam servus, dominus qui servos timet, — ** A master who 
 lives in fear of his servants, is lower (more degraded) than they." 
 —M.M. 
 
 2361. Minuentur atrce 
 
 Carmine curce. Hor. — " Our most afflicting sorrows are soothed 
 by poetry." — M, 
 
 2362. Minus afficit sensus fatigatio quam cogitatio. Quint. — ** Bodily 
 
 fatigue affects the mind in a less degree than intense thought." 
 Mental exertion, strained beyond our powers, will soon derange 
 the whole machine. — M. 
 
 2363. Minus in parvos fortuna furit, 
 
 Leviusque ferit leviora Deus. Sen. — " Fortune directs her ' stings 
 
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 and arrows^ less against the humble in station, and Providence 
 strikes with less severity the low." Those in humble condition 
 are exempt from many of those dreadful reverses, which they daily 
 witness overwhelming their superiors. — M.D. 
 
 2364. Minuti 
 
 Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas 
 
 Ultio. Juv. — " A narrow and little mind can alone feel delight in 
 revenge." Every man possessing an enlarged or liberal one, would 
 be on his guard against the impulses or suggestions of this malig- 
 nant passion. 
 
 '* Revenge, we ever find 
 
 The weakest frailty of a feeble mind." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2365. MinuticB. (Lat.) — This word, implying literally " trifles," may now 
 be said to be naturalized in the English language, it is of such 
 common use and so generally understood. To enter into minutia, 
 means to discuss or investigate the most minute and trifling circum- 
 stances of an afiair. — M.D. 
 
 2366. Minuunt prcesentia famam. (Lat.) — " Reports are less exaggerated 
 which relate to things of which we ourselves have cognizance." 
 — M. 
 
 2367. Mirabile dictu! (Lat.)^'' Wonderful to be told \"—M.D. 
 
 2368. Mirabile visu! (Lat J — ** Wonderful to be seen !" A rare, uncom- 
 mon sight ; stupendous and astonishing. — M. 
 
 2369 Miramur ex intervallo fallentia. (Lat.) — " We admire at a distance 
 objects which deceive us." Our sight often deceives us by mis- 
 representing things which are a little remote, though on a nearer 
 approximation the deception vanishes." — M.D. 
 
 2370. Mirantur taciti, et dubio pro fulmine pendent. Statius.— *' They 
 
 stare in silent amazement, expecting the fall of the yet dubious 
 thunderbolt." In allusion to a general state of apprehension or 
 consternation. — M.D. 
 
 2371. Mira qucedam in cognoscendo suavitas et delectatio. (Lat.) "From 
 
 a knowledge of some things we derive wonderful gratification and 
 delight." The attainment of knowledge is always a source of 
 enjoyment ; it expands the mind, and enlarges the understanding. 
 —M. 
 
 2372. Mirum. (Lat.)—'' Wonderful."— ikf. 
 
 2373. Misce 
 
 Ergo aliquid nostris de moribus. Juv. — " Assmne something of our 
 manners." — M. 
 
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226 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2374. Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem. Hor. — " Mingle little of folly 
 with grave counsels.'* Let not a love of gaiety or dissipation en- 
 croach too much upon the time which it is prudent to devote to 
 serious reflection. — M.D. 
 
 2375. Misera est magni custodia census, Juv. — " The charge of a great 
 
 estate is a serious trouble." The regulation of the expenditure of 
 an overgrown revenue is an important and a laborious duty : and 
 if we are hereafter to render an account of our stewardship, and of 
 our management of *' the talent committed to our charge," it must 
 be admitted that the possessor of a great estate has a weighty re- 
 sponsibility on his head. — M.D. 
 
 2376. Misera est servitus ubijus est aut vagum aut incognitum. (Lat. Law 
 
 Max.) — " Servitude is a wretched state where the law is either 
 vague and undefined, or unknown." — M.D. 
 
 2377. Miseram pacem vel bello benh mutari. Tacit. — " A peace that is 
 found injudicious and impolitic, may well be exchanged for war." 
 M.D. 
 
 2378. Miserrima fortuna est quce inimico caret. (Lat.) — " The fortune of 
 that man must be wretched indeed who has not an enemy." How 
 poor must that man be, who has no one possession that can be con- 
 sidered as worthy to excite envy ! ! — M.D. 
 
 2379- Miseriy quibus 
 
 Intentata nites. Hor. — " How unfortunate are they to whom you, 
 untried, seem fair !" He is unfortunate who has fallen in love with 
 you on account of your beauty, without being aware of the bad 
 qualities of which you may be possessed. — M. 
 
 2380. Miserum est aliend vivere quadra. Juv. — " How wretched is his 
 state, who is dependent for his daily support on the hospitaUty of 
 others !"— M. 
 
 2381 . Miserum est alienee incumber e famce, 
 
 Ne collapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis. Juven. — " It is mise- 
 rable to be dependent on another's fame, lest that the repute by 
 which it is supported being shaken, you may be involved in a com- 
 mon ruin."— M.ikf. 
 
 2382. Miserrimum est timere cum speres nihil. Sen. — '* A state of appre- 
 hension, or fear, not mitigated by hope, is dreadful." — M. 
 
 2383. Mitte Tianc de pectore curam. Virg. — " Dismiss these anxieties from 
 your mind." — M. 
 
 2384. Mittimus. (Law Lat.) — "We send." The instrument under which 
 a person accused of a crime is committed to prison by a magis- 
 trate.— M.D. 
 
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 2385. Mobilis et varia est ferml natura malorum. Juv. — " Misfortunes 
 are generally in their nature varied and changeable." — M. 
 
 2386. Mobilitate vigety viresque acquirit eundo. Vir. — ** It flourishes by 
 the rapidity of motion, and acquires strength as it goes on." Com- 
 mon fame is the object of this remark : it always acquires strength 
 as it travels onwards, receiving in its circulation some addition 
 from every mouth it passes through. — MM. 
 
 2387. Mobilium turha Quiritium. Hor. — "A crowd of inconstant Ro- 
 mans." A fickle and turbulent mob. — M. 
 
 2388. Moderata durant. Sen. — " Moderate things last long." All the 
 blessings of Providence, all the possessions of this world, may be 
 exhausted by excess, or turned into evils by misapplication or 
 abuse. — M.D. 
 
 2389. Modestk tamen et circumspecto judicio de tantis viris pronunciandum 
 est, ne, quod plerisque accidit, damnent quce non intelligunt. Quint. 
 — " We should, however, offer our opinions with reserve and cau- 
 tious judgment, in speaking of such eminent men, lest that, as 
 occurs to many, we should condemn what we do not understand." 
 Censure that which we are not capable of appreciating. This is 
 often applied to shallow, and would-be politicians, who censure 
 the measures of profound statesmen, though they are unacquainted 
 with the extent of means they wield, and incapable of fathoming 
 the ends they have in view. — M.D. 
 
 2390. Modestiafamcenequesummismortalibus spernendaest. Tag. — "Fame 
 is not to be held in contempt even by the most eminent men, pro- 
 vided she is sought after with modesty." Great men will never 
 descend to low or ignoble acts to exalt their own characters, yet 
 it must be acknowledged that a high reputation, in whatever sta- 
 tion of life, is, when honourably earned, a most desirable attain- 
 ment. — M.D. 
 
 2391. Modo me Thebis, modo ponit Athenis. Hor. — " He now fixes me at 
 
 Thebes, now at Athens." This is spoken of a dramatic writer, 
 who can change his scene whithersoever he may please, carrying 
 his audience in idea along with him, without ever interrupting or 
 diminishing the interest the representation had excited. — M.M. 
 
 2392. Molesta et importuna salutantium frequentia. (Lat.J — ** A trouble- 
 
 some and annoying crowd of visitors.'? — M. 
 
 2393. MoUemeum levibus cor est violabile telis. Ovid. — " My tender heart 
 
 is vulnerable by his light arrows." 
 
 " Cupid's light darts my tender bosom move." Pope. 
 
 — M. 
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228 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2394. Mollia iempora fandi. Hor. — " The favourable moment for speak- 
 ing." The fortunate opportunity for urging an application. This 
 is to be assiduously watched for and studied with great men, as at 
 one moment a solicitation may be favourably received, which, at 
 another, would be considered as an intrusion or importunity. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2395. Mollis est in obsequium. Ovid. — " He is insinuatingly obsequious." 
 —M. 
 
 2396. MolUssima corda 
 
 Humano generi dare se naturafatetur, 
 
 Quce lachrymas dedit. Juv. — " Nature, in granting tears, confesses 
 
 that she bestowed on man a susceptible heart." 
 
 *• Compassion proper to mankind appears, 
 
 Which nature witness' d when she gave us tears.'' 
 
 2397. Molliter austero studio fallente laborem. Hor. — *' Your eagerness 
 
 (in the pursuit of fame) preventing your being sensible of the 
 fatigue of the agreeable sport." — M. 
 
 2398. Momento mare vertitur j 
 
 Eodem die ubi luserunt, navigia sorbentur. (Lat.) — ** In a moment 
 the sea becomes agitated, and ships are swallowed up on the same 
 day where they had just before gaily sailed upon the deep." This 
 may be applied to the quotidian vicissitudes of human affairs, as 
 well as to maritime misfortunes. — M.D. 
 
 2399- Moniti meliora sequamur. Virg. — " Being admonished, let us pur- 
 sue more laudable objects." Let the prudence which we have de- 
 rived from lessons of experience be manifest in our conduct. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2400. Monstrum liorrendum^ informer ingens, cui lumen ademptum. Virg. — 
 
 " A horrible, deformed, huge monster, deprived of an eye." This 
 is the description given by Virgil of Polyphemus, after his one eye 
 had been put out by Ulysses. It is sometimes applied to crude, 
 undigested projects, which are hastily brought forward without 
 being duly weighed, and found to be impracticable. — M.M. 
 
 2401. Monstrum nulla virtute redemptum 
 
 A vitiis. Juv.—" A monster of sin, devoid of any one good qua- 
 lity to counterbalance a multitude of vices." — M. 
 
 2402. Mores deteriores increbrescunt, nee qui amici, qui infideles sint per- 
 noscas. Plaut. — ** Depraved manners become more frequent, nor 
 can you now distinguish your real from your false friends." — M. 
 
 2403. Mores perduxerunt leges in potestatem suam, nee magis sunt multi 
 obnoxii quam liberi parentibus. (Lat. J — *' The influence of fashion 
 
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 has brought down the laws to its own level, nor are there now many 
 persons to be met with, who inflict more pain than children now 
 occasion to their parents." — M. 
 
 2404. Moribus antiquis stat Roma. (Lat.) — ** Rome stands on her ancient 
 morals." The stability of the commonwealth was protracted by a 
 strict adherence to their institutions, a resistance to all attempts at 
 innovation. — M.D. 
 
 2405. Moribus et forma conciliandus amor. Ovid. — " Pleasing manners 
 and a good person conciliate love." — M. 
 
 2406. Mors et fugacem persequitur virum 
 Nee parcit imbellis juventce 
 
 PopUtibus, timidoque tergo. Hor. — " Death pursues the man who 
 flies from him, nor does he spare the trembling knees of the feeble 
 youth, or his timid back." — M. 
 
 2407. Mors solafatetur 
 
 Quantula sint hominum corpuscula. Juv. — ** Death alone manifests 
 of how little value are the bodies of men." It exposes the inanity 
 of pride, the folly of ambition, the futility of all human projects. — 
 M.M. 
 
 2408. Mors ultima linea rerum est. Hor. — " Death is the ultimate boun- 
 dary of human speculations." The neplus ultra of all our projects 
 and views, as they affect our terrestrial existence. — M.D. 
 
 2409. Mortalia acta nunquam Deos fallunt. (Lat.) — " God is not to be 
 deceived by man." Nothing can be hidden from his all-seeing eye. 
 —M. 
 
 2410. Mortalia facta peribunt 
 
 Nedum sermonum stat honos et gratia vivax, 
 Multa renascentur qua jam cecidere, cadentque 
 Quce nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, 
 Quam penes arbiirium est, et jus, et norma loquendi. Hor. — ** All 
 human works must perish, nor can our language retain its power, 
 our words their import ; many shall again come into vogue, Avhich 
 have now fallen into disuse, and many which are now esteemed 
 shall become obsolete ; fashion wills it, the arbitress and judge of 
 correct speaking." — M.M. 
 
 2411. Mortalitate relictd vivit immortalitate indutus. (hat.) — " Having 
 thrown off" mortality, he lives clothed in immortality." Having 
 '* shuffled off" his mortal coil," he lives a partaker in celestial bliss. 
 — M.D. 
 
 2412. Mortem par ca affert, opes rursus acfacultates aufert. (Lat.) — *'Pro- 
 
230 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 vidence ordains our dissolution, and deprives us, at her pleasure, 
 of our wealth and of our faculties." — M. 
 
 2413. Mortuo leoni et lepores insultant. (Lat.) — *' Even hares may insult 
 a dead lion." He who struck terror into all, while living, the 
 most humble individual may insult with impunity when dead. — 
 MM. 
 
 2414. Morum comitas. {Lat.) — " Cheerfulness and playfulness of man- 
 ners."— ikf. 
 
 2415. Mos pro lege. (Lat. Law Max.) — " Usage for law." Usage long 
 established stands in the place of law. — M.D. 
 
 .2416. Mot a mot. (Fr.) — " Word for word." I repeat his expressions 
 mot a mot, in his own words. — M. 
 
 2417- Mot du gust. (Fr.) — " A watch-word." Literally, the word of the 
 sentinel. A pass word to be given to every sentinel by all who 
 approach him. — M.D. 
 
 2418. Motsd'usage. (Fr.) — " Words of usage." Or, in common use. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2419- Motus in fine velocior, (Lat.) — " Motion near its conclusion is more 
 swift."— M.D. 
 
 2420. Moveo et propitior. (Lat.) — " I rise and am propitiated." Motto 
 of baron Welles.— ikf.D. 
 
 2421. Movet cornicula risum 
 
 Furtivis nudata coloribus. Hor. — " The crow, deprived of its bor- 
 rowed plumes, excites our laughter." — M.M. 
 
 24i22. Mugitus lahyrinthi. (Lat.) — " The roaring of the labyrinth." This 
 phrase was in use among the poetasters of Rome, and implies any 
 common-place topic of ordinary writers. — M.D. 
 
 2423. Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti. 
 
 In vento et rapidd scribere oportet aqua. Catull. — ** What a woman 
 says to an ardent lover, ought to be written on the winds, or in a 
 rapid water." It is here insinuated that the fickleness of the fair 
 sex is such, that their promises or professions are not worth re- 
 membrance. — M.D. 
 
 2424. Mulier qua sola cogitat male cogitat. (Lat. Prov.) — " The thoughts 
 of woman, when she is alone, tend to evil." — M.D. 
 
 2425. Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque lahra. D. Laber. — " Many 
 things fall between the cup and the lip." English proverb. Our 
 
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 fairest hopes, and fondest expectations, are too often blasted by 
 disappointment. See xi^t«i 'ro^f* &c. — M.M. 
 
 2426. Multa dies, variusque labor mutabilis avi, 
 Retulit in melius j multos alterna revisens 
 
 I/usit, et in solido rursus fortuna locavit. Virg. — " The lapse of 
 time, and the varying progression of successive years, have im- 
 proved many things, and capricious fortune has again established 
 them on a solid basis." This alludes to those sudden and unfore- 
 seen changes to which empires and states are subject, and to the 
 hope to which we cling in revolutionary times, that Providence 
 will put a period to anarchy, and re-establish good order and peace. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2427. Multa docet fames. (Lat. ProvJ—'* Hunger teaches many things." 
 
 2428. Multa et prceclara minantis. Hor. — " Threatening many and great 
 things." 
 
 " Seeming to promise something wond'rous great." 
 
 — M. 
 
 2429. Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum; 
 
 Multa recedentes adimunt. Hor. — " Our advancing years bring with 
 them many advantages, and in their retreat, they take away as 
 many." Our early years afford us much in actual enjoyment, as 
 well as in the pleasures of hope ; all of which our dechning years 
 ravish from us. 
 
 " The blessings flowing in from life's full tide, 
 Down, with our ebb of life, decreasing glide." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2430. Multa gemens. (Lat.) — " Deeply bewailing." He told his sad tale, 
 multa gemens, throughout his dismal narrative. — M.D. 
 
 2431. Multa petentibus desunt multa. Hor. — "Those who are ambitious 
 of possessing many things, always want many." In proportion to 
 the extent or moderation of our desires the number of our wants 
 becomes enlarged or diminished. — M. 
 
 2432. Multarum palmarum causidicus. (Lat.) — " A gainer of many causes." 
 
 A successful pleader. — M. 
 
 2433. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda. (Lat.) — " Many inconveni- 
 ences embarrass an old man." See multa ferunt, Sfc. 2429. — M. 
 
 2434. Multi 
 
 Committunt eadem diverso criminafato, 
 
 nie crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hie diadema. Juv. — " Many men 
 
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 have committed the same crimes, with very different consequences, 
 and one man has expiated on a gibbet, an act which has raised an- 
 other to a throne." 
 
 " Thus sins alike, unlike rewards have found, 
 
 And whilst this villain's hang'd, the other's crown'd." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2435. Multi adorantur in ardqui cremantur in igne. (Lat.) St. Austin. — 
 
 *' Many are worshipped at altars, who are enduring hell's fire." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2436. Multis commoditatibus et elegant lis, suas cedes commodiores aptiores- 
 
 que fecit. Cic. — " By the addition of many conveniences and ele- 
 gancies, he has rendered his house more commodious and suitable." 
 —M. 
 
 2437. Multi te oderint, siteipswm ames. (Lat.) — **Many persons will detest 
 
 you, if you manifest too great a partiality to yourself." Nothing is 
 more likely to excite disgust than self-love. — M.D. 
 
 2438. Multis ille bonis fiebilis occidit, 
 
 Nulli Jlebilior quam mihi. Hor. — ** He died lamented by many 
 good men, but by none more than by me." — M.M. 
 
 2439. Multis par&sse divitias nonfinismiseriarumfuit, sedmutatioj non est 
 in rebus vitium sed in animo. Sen. — "To have become possessed of 
 riches, is, to many, not the end of their miseries, but merely a 
 change in them; the fault is not, however, in the riches, but in the 
 mind."— iW.D. 
 
 2440. Multis terribilis caveto multos. Auson. — " If you are terrible to 
 many people, you have then many to beware of." — M.D. 
 
 2441. Multb plures satietas quam fames perdidit viros. (Lat.) — "Many 
 more men die of surfeit than of hunger." — M. 
 
 2442. Multorum manibus grande levatur opus, (hat.) — " By many hands a 
 great work is made easy." Many hands make light work. English 
 proverb. — M. 
 
 2443. Multos ingratos invenimus, plures facimus. {Lat.) — *' We find many 
 men who are ungrateful ; we make more." Ingratitude, though 
 one of the worst of vices, is nevertheless one of the most common, 
 and it is sometimes provoked by the overbearing conduct of the 
 benefactor. — M.D 
 
 2444. Multos in summa pericula misit 
 
 Venturi iimor ipse mali. Lucan. — " The fear of approaching evil 
 
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 has driven some men into situations of great peril," Our un- 
 founded apprehensions often lead us into dangers more formidable 
 than those we would avoid. 
 
 ** Thus oft the fear of ill to ill betrays." 
 
 2445. Multos qui conflict ari adversis videantur, beatos; ac plerosque, quan- 
 quam magnas per opes, miserrimos j si illi gravem fortunam con^ 
 stanter tolerent, hi prosperd inconsulth utantur. Tacitus. — ** There 
 are many men who appear to be struggling against adversity, and 
 yet are happy ; but yet more, who, although abounding in wealth, 
 are miserable." These different results depend on the firmness 
 with which the former support their adverse fortune, and the im- 
 prudence with which the latter abuse their prosperity. — M.D. 
 
 2446. Multum ahludit imago. Hor. — " The picture is not a likeness." It 
 was, I dare say, intended to be like, but multum ahludit imago, it is 
 a caricature. — M.D. 
 
 2447- Multum est demissus homo. Hor. — " He is a reserved, diffident, 
 humble man." — M. 
 
 2448. Multum ille periclitatur, qui in negotiationem maritimam pecuniam 
 impendit suam. (Lat.) — '* He subjects himself to many risks who 
 embarks his property in maritime commercial speculations." — M. 
 
 2449. Multum in parvo. (Lat.) — '* Much in little ;" in a small space, much 
 said in little compass. — M.D. 
 
 2450. Multum sapit qui non diil desipit. (Lat.) — " He is wise who avoids 
 the extremes of folly," or who, seeing his errors, ceases to perse- 
 vere in them. — M. 
 
 2451. Multum te opinio fallit. Cic. — "Your opinion is fallacious." It 
 
 much deceives you ; you are misled by it. — M. 
 
 2452. Mundus scena, vita transitus, venisti, vidisti, abiisti. (Lat.) — " This 
 world is a stage, you have come, you have seen, you are gone." 
 You have made your debut, you have performed your part, and 
 made your exit. — M. 
 
 2453. Mundus universus exercet histrioniam. Petron. Heb. — " All men 
 practise the art of acting." — M.D. 
 
 2454. Munera accipit frequens, remittit nunquam. Plaut. — "He often re- 
 
 ceives, but never gives presents." — M. 
 
 2455. Munus Apolline dignum. Hor. — " A present worthy of Apollo." 
 
 Spoken of a fine poem. — M.D. 
 
 2456. Munus ornare verbis. Ter. — " To enhance the value of a present 
 
234 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 by kind expressions." By the flattering terms by which it is ac- 
 companied. — M. 
 
 2457. Murus emeus conscientia sana. (Lat.) — ''An undisturbed con- 
 science is a wall of brass." Motto of the earl of Scarborough. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2458. Mus in pice. (Lat.) — " A mouse in pitch." Applied to a man who 
 is continually teazing himself in useless researches. — M.D. 
 
 2459. Museeo contingere cuncta lepore. Lucret. — ** To impart to 
 
 every thing a witty enlivening tinge." 
 
 " To grace each subject with enliv'ning wit." 
 
 — M. 
 
 2460. Mutare vel timere sperno. (Lat.) — " I scorn either to change or to 
 
 fear." Motto of the duke of Beaufort. — M.D. 
 
 2461. Mutatis mutandis. (Law Lat. J — " The necessary changes being 
 made." Thus, the order which aflfected A, will serve for B, the 
 names being changed.?— M.Z). 
 
 2462. Mutato nomine y de te 
 
 Fabula narratur. Hor. — '' The name being changed, the story may 
 be told of you." 
 
 ** Change but the name, the tale is told of you." 
 
 2463. Mutum est pictura poema. (Lat. J 
 
 ** A picture is a poem without words.' 
 
 ^M.D. 
 
 — M. 
 
 N. 
 
 2464. Nam de millefabce modiis dum surripis unum. 
 
 Damnum est, non /acinus mihi pacto lenius isto. (Lat.) — '' When, 
 from a heap of a thousand bushels of beans you steal a single one, 
 the loss is to me trifling j the crime, however, on your part is not 
 the less." — M. 
 
 2465. Nam dives fieri qui vult, 
 
 Et cito vult fieri. Juv. — *' He who is ambitious to be rich, wishes 
 his desire to be accomplished as soon as possible." Avarice pro- 
 duces rapacity. — M.M. 
 
 2466. Nam ego ilium periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor. Piaut. — ** I 
 consider that man to be undone who is insensible to shame." — 
 M.D. 
 
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 2467. Nam et majorum instituta tueri, sacris ceremoniisque retinendis, sa- 
 pientis est. (Lat.)—'' It is the part of a wise man to protect and 
 retain the institutions and sacred ceremonies of his forefathers." 
 — ikf. 
 
 2468. Nam genus, et proavos, et qua nonfecimus ipsi, 
 
 Vix ea nostra voco. Ovid. — " For lineage, ancestry, and all other 
 things which we have not ourselves acquired, can scarcely be 
 called our own." Every man should feel more pride in acquisi- 
 tions obtained by his own merit, than in honorary distinctions, 
 earned by his ancestors. — M.D. 
 
 2469. Nam pro jucundis aptissima qucsque dabunt Diij 
 
 Charior est illis homo quam sibi. Juv.— " For Providence will be- 
 stow on us such things as are beneficial, rather than such as are 
 merely agreeable, for man is more dear to her than he is to him- 
 self."— M.M. 
 
 2470. Namque inscitia est 
 
 Adversum stimulum calces. Ter. — " It is the height of ignorance to 
 resist the spur." Unavailing resistance to superior power is ex- 
 treme folly, it is " to kick against the pricks." — M.D. 
 
 2471. Nam scelus intra se taciturn qui cogitat ullum 
 
 Fttcti crimen habet. Juv. — '* For he who secretly meditates the 
 perpetration of a crime, has all the guilt of the act." — M.M. 
 
 2472. Nam vitiis nemo sine nascitur, optimus ille est. 
 
 Qui minimis urgetur. Hor. — ** For no man is bom exempt from 
 faults ; he is the best who has the fewest." *' Where is the man 
 who Uveth and sinneth not ?" Perfection is unattainable by man, 
 but he who aims at it ^vith the greatest success deserves every 
 praise. — M.M. 
 
 2473. Narratur et prisci Catonis 
 
 Sape mero caluisse virtus. Hor. — " It is said that even Cato him- 
 self was sometimes warmed by wine." — M. 
 
 2474. Nascentes morimur, Jlnisque ab origine pendet. Manilius. — " We 
 are born but to die, and our end is decreed from the hour of our 
 birth."— i»f. 
 
 2475. Nascimur poetm, fimus oratores. Cic. — " We are born poets, by 
 education we may become orators." Education and habit may 
 teach us oratory, but the talent of a good poet must be a gift from 
 nature. — M. 
 
 2476. Natio comceda est. Juv. — ** The nation is a company of comedians." 
 All mankind are players, destined to perform their respective parts 
 on the stage of the universe. — M. 
 
236 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2477. Natis in usum IcBtitice scyphis 
 
 Pugnare Thracum est j tollite barharum 
 
 Morem. Hor. — ** It is Thracian-like (barbarous) to quarrel in your 
 cups, which should tend to promote pleasantry; correct the savage 
 habit."— iJf. 
 
 2478. Natura beatis 
 
 Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. Claud. — " Nature has 
 placed the means of happiness within every man's reach, if we did 
 but make a proper use of her gifts.'' It is from our abuse of those 
 things which Providence has bestowed as blessings, that most of 
 the calamities arise which afflict mankind. — M.M. 
 
 2479- Natura ipsa valere, et mentis viribus excitari, et quasi quA)dam dvcino 
 spiritu afflari. Cic. — '* To be endowed with strength by nature, to 
 be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit 
 almost divine infused into you." Such was the definition of ge- 
 nius given by the great orator. — M.D. 
 
 2480. Natura lofece, e poi ruppe la stampa. Ariosto. — "Nature formed 
 him, and then broke the mould." There is much of the Italian 
 stravaganza in this eulogium, which imports that the person who 
 is the subject of it never will have an equal. A nonpareil among 
 men. — M.D. 
 
 2481. Natura! quam te colimus inviti quoque. Sen. — "O Nature! even 
 though unwilling, we worship thee !" We cannot view thy works 
 and withhold our adoration of the great Architect of the universe. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2482. Naturam expellas fared, tamen usque recurret. Hor. — ** You may, 
 by violence, check the impulses of Nature, but she will still resume 
 her sway." 
 
 *' Strive to expel strong Nature, 'tis in vain, 
 With double force she will return again." 
 
 —MM. 
 
 2483. Natura tristi et reconditdfuit. Cic. — " He was in his nature gloomy 
 and reserved." — M. 
 
 2484. Nauseanti stomacho effluunl omnia. (Lat.) — " Nothing will lie on a 
 diseased stomach." — iVf. 
 
 2485. Navibus atque 
 
 Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Hor. — " With pleasure-boats, and 
 four4n-hand, we endeavour to amuse our leisure hours." 
 
 ♦' We ride and sail in quest of happiness." Creech. 
 
 —M. 
 
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 2486. Ne cede mails 
 
 Sed contra audentior ito. Vir. — "Do not yield to misfortunes, but, 
 on the contrary, resist them with increasing firmness." The first 
 part of this sentence is the motto of the earl of Albemarle. — M.M. 
 
 2487- Nee cupias, nee metuas. (Lat.) — ** You shall neither desire nor 
 fear." Motto of lord Dover and the earl of Hardwicke. — M.D. 
 
 2488. Nee deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus. Hor. — " Nor let a god 
 appear, unless divine aid is required." This is given as advice to 
 dramatic writers, not to introduce supernatural characters unneces- 
 sarily, or personages too exalted for the parts assigned to them. 
 
 ** Never presume to make a god appear, 
 
 But for a business worthy of a god." Roscommon. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2489. Necesse est cum insanientibus furere, nisi solm relinqueris. Petron. 
 Arb. — " It is necessary to appear mad, when with the insane, 
 unless you wish to be left alone," Every wise man will accommo- 
 date himself, in a certain degree, to the prejudices, or even to 
 the follies of those around him. — M.D. 
 
 2490. Necesse estfacere sumptum, qui qu/Brit lucrum. Plaut. — " It is ne- 
 cessary, if you look for gain, to incur some expense." — M.M. 
 
 2491. Necesse est in immensum exeat cupiditas quce naturalem modum tran- 
 
 smit. Sen. — ** Avarice (as also ambition and other evil passions), 
 when it has once passed the proper limits, knows no bounds." 
 New gratifications only excite new desires. — M.D. 
 
 2492. Necesse est ut multos timeat, quern multi timent. Pub. Syr. — *' He 
 whom many fear, must necessarily fear many." He who rules by 
 terror, must have much danger to guard against. See multis terru 
 biUs, kc—M.M. 
 
 2493. Necessitas non habet legem. ("Lat. J — " Necessity has no law." Any 
 trespass on the property of another may be justified by necessity. 
 —M.M. 
 
 2494. Necessitudinis et Ubertatis infinita est cestimatio. (Lat. Jus. Antiq.J 
 " Necessity and liberty should receive the greatest consideration 
 (from a judge)." Every allowance is to be made for proceedings 
 required by imperious 'necessity, or dictated by a love of liberty. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2495. Nee lex est eequior ulla, 
 
 Quam necis artifices arte perire sud. Ovid. — ** Nor is any law more 
 just than that planners of murder should perish by their own art." 
 In the language of Scripture, " he who sheds man's blood, by man 
 
238 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 shall his blood be shed." How often does God ordain that the 
 wicked man should perish in his own toils ! — M.M. 
 
 2496. Nee lusisse pudef, sednon incidere ludum. Hor. — " The shame does 
 not lie in having joined in such sports, but in not having quitted 
 them in a proper season." The levities of youth are unsuited to 
 the gravity of more mature age. 
 
 ** Once to be wild is not a foul disgrace ; 
 The blame is to pursue the frantic race." 
 
 — ikf.ilf. 
 
 2497. Nee malh noius eques. (Laf.J — " A horseman, or Patrician well 
 known." Of good repute. Motto of viscount Southwell. — M.D. 
 
 249s. Nee me pudet, ut istos, fateri nescire quod nesciam. Cic. — " I am 
 not, like those men, ashamed to acknowledge myself ignorant of 
 things which 1 do not know." — M.D. 
 
 2499- Nee mens audet 
 
 Rem tentare pudor, quam vires ferre reeusent. Virg. — " Nor will 
 my modesty permit me to attempt a thing which my powers are 
 not equal to accomplish." — M. 
 
 2500. Nee mora, nee requies. Virg. — '' Neither delay nor rest." No in- 
 termission was allowed, the matter was urged on with all possible 
 dispatch.— Jf.ikf. 
 
 2501. Nee morti esse locum. Virg. — " Nor is there room for death." 
 The poet here expresses his belief, that after their dissolution in this 
 world, all things revert to God, nee morti esse loeumj nor has 
 death any farther power. 
 
 " No room is left for death." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 2502. Nee non et apes examina eondunt 
 
 Cortieibusque eavis vitiosceque illicis alveo. Virg. — " Bees conceal 
 their swarms in the hollow bark or trunk of a decayed oak." 
 
 ** And bees in hollow oaks their honey hide." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 2503. Nee nos ohniti contra, nee tendere tantum 
 
 Suffieimusj super at quoniam fortuna sequamur, 
 
 Quoque vocat vertamus iter. Virg. — ** We neither struggle, nor 
 
 are we equal to contend, against the storm ; and since the decrees 
 
 of Fortune must prevail, let us follow and direct our course by her 
 
 dictates." 
 
 •* Nor can our shaken vessels live at sea, 
 
 Much less against the tempest force their way ; 
 
 'Tis Fate directs our course, and Fate we must obey." 
 
 iENEAs TO HIS Companions. 
 — M. 
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 2504. Nee placidd contentus quiete est. (Lat.) — " Nor is he contented in 
 soft repose." Motto of the earl of Peterborough. — M.D. 
 
 2505. Nee pluribus impar. (Lat.) — " Not an unequal match for many." 
 This was assumed as his motto by Louis XIV. when he formed 
 his ambitious project of universal empire. — M.D. 
 
 2506. Necprece nee pretio. (Lat.) — " Neither by entreaty nor by bribe." 
 Motto of viscount Bateman. — M.D. 
 
 2507. Nee qucerere nee spernere honorem. (Lat.) — " Neither to hunt after, 
 nor to despise honours." Motto of viscount Bolingbroke. — M.M. 
 
 2508. Nee rege nee populo sed utroque. (Lat) — " Neither for the king nor 
 for the people, but for both." Motto of lord RoUe.— ikf.D. 
 
 2509. Nee satis estpulehra esse poemata, dulcia sunto. Hor. — " Nor does 
 
 it suffice that poetry should merely satisfy the taste of the reader, 
 it should rouse his feelings, and charm his imagination." The 
 following lines, though in rhyme, do not display much of poetic 
 genius. 
 
 '* 'Tis not enough that poems barely please 
 
 The judgment, they the soul should also seize." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 2510. Nee scire fas est omnia. Hor. — " It is not permitted to mortals to 
 know all things." This accords with a maxim given by an Eng- 
 lish poet. 
 
 " One science only can one genius fit, 
 So vast is art, so narrow human wit." 
 
 — ilf.D. 
 
 2511. Nee semper feriet quodeunqw minabitur arcus. (Lat.) — " Nor will 
 the bow always direct the arrow to hit the object aimed at." Our 
 best directed aims frequently fail in this life. — M.D. 
 
 2512. Nee sibi coenarum quivis temerh arroget art em 
 
 Non prius exaetd tenui ratione saporum. Hor. — " Let no man pre- 
 sume to arrogate to himself a knowledge of the science of feasting, 
 unless he has previously acquired an intimate knowledge of the 
 tastes of his guests." — M. 
 
 2513. Nee sibiy sed toto genitum se credere mundo. Lucan, — " Nor to be- 
 lieve that he was born for himself alone, but for the whole world." 
 To serve and do good to all mankind. This sentiment is worthy 
 of an enlarged, liberal, enlightened, and philosophic mind. — M.M. 
 
 2514. Nee si non obstatur propterea etiam permittitur. Cic. — " Nor though 
 an act is neither resisted, nor specially prohibited, does it therefore 
 follow that it is permitted." — M. 
 
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 2515. Nee cito credideris; quantum citb credere laedat, 
 Exemplum vobis, non leve, Procris erit. 
 
 " Believe not rashly ; harm from thence that flows 
 Dear Procris' fate in sad example shows." 
 
 -M. 
 
 2516. Nee temere, nee timidh. (Lat.) — '* Neither rashly nor timidly." 
 Motto of the earl of Darlington, and viscount.Bulkeley. — M.D. 
 
 2517. Nee tibi quid lieeat, sed quid fecisse deeebit 
 
 Oecurrat J mentemque domet respeetus honesfi. Claud. — ** Do not 
 confine your views to such things as the law may allow to he done, 
 but aim at such deeds as may become your station and circum- 
 stances, and let the principles of true honesty ever govern your 
 mind." This Mr. Macdonnel most properly notices as " an admi- 
 rable epitome of ethics ;" and he remarks with much truth, that 
 " if men were to look, not to the extent of their power, but to that 
 mode of conduct which will bear reflection, the great would be more 
 respected, and the powerless more happy." — M.M. 
 
 2518. Nee timeo, nee sperno. (Lat) — " I neither fear nor despise." Motto 
 of viscount Boyne. — 3LD. 
 
 2519. Nee cui de te plusquam tibi eredas, (Lat.) — ** Give no man equal 
 credit with yourself in speaking of you." If any man should pro- 
 nounce before you praise which you are conscious you do not de- 
 serve, that consciousness enables you to correct his misstatement, 
 and reject the flattery. — M.D. 
 
 2520. Nee meus hie sermo est. Hor. — " Nor is this opinion mine only." 
 Others agree with me ; other men entertain similar sentiments ; I 
 am not singular in my way of thinking. — M. 
 
 2521. Nee verbum verbo eurabis redderefidus 
 
 Interpres. Hor. — ** Nor should even the most faithful translator 
 think it necessary to render the original word for word." So great 
 is the difference in the meaning of the same terms in different lan- 
 guages, that it is scarcely possible that any translation, strictly 
 literal, can convey the spirit of the original. — M.M. 
 
 2522. Nee vidisse semel satis est,juvat usque morari 
 
 Et eonferre gradum, et veniendi discere causas. Virg. — ** Nor 'ije 
 they satisfied to have merely seen him (JEneas), they were delighted 
 to prolong the interview, and to approach nearer, and to learn the 
 cause of his coming." This is spoken of the ghosts of departed 
 Trojans, who crowded round ^Eneas, when he visited the infernal 
 regions, as beautifully as it is fancifully described by the poet. — M. 
 
 2523. Nee vixit maU qui natus moriensque fefelUt. Hor. — " Nor has he 
 
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 misapplied his time, who, from his birth to his death, has lived in 
 retirement." He is fortunate who, completely abstracted from the 
 cares and troubles, the jealousies and vexations of the world, can 
 pass his days in the bosom of his family in privacy and peace. — 
 M.M. 
 
 2524. Neforcons point notre nature. Nous ne ferions rien avec grace. La 
 Fontaine. — " Let us avoid forcing our nature, or we shall do no- 
 thing perfectly." If we overstrain our powers, and attempt things 
 above our force, they must be imperfectly performed. — M.D. 
 
 2525. Nefas nocere vel malo fratri puta. Sen. — " Every man should con- 
 sider it criminal to do an injury even to a bad brother." By this 
 maxim we should regulate our conduct, not only towards a brother, 
 but towards all mankind, and return good for eviL — M.D. 
 
 2526. Negatas artifex sequi voces. Persius. — ** He attempts to use words 
 which nature does not allow him to express." — M.D. 
 
 2527. Neglecta solent incendia sumere vires. Hor. — " Fire, for a short time 
 neglected, acquires irresistible force." This is often applied to evil 
 habits, which, instead of being early extirpated, are suffered to 
 strike their roots so deep as to become unconquerable. And also 
 to diseases. — M. 
 
 2528. Ne Hercules contra duos. Aul. Gel. — ** Even Hercules himself 
 could not contend against two." — M. 
 
 2529- Nem. con. Abbreviation for nemine contradicente. (Lat.)—" No- 
 body saying against" any question proposed. — M.D. 
 
 2530. Nem. diss. Abbreviation for nemine dissentiente. (Lat.J — ** No 
 person opposing or disagreeing." These two last phrases are syno- 
 nymous : the latter is used exclusively in the House of Peers. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2531. Ne mihi contingant quce volo, sed quce sunt utilia. (hat.) — " Let not 
 those things happen to me which 1 most wish, but those which are 
 really useful." Most beneficial for me. — M. 
 
 2532. Neminem id agere, ut ex alterius prcedetwr nescitid. Cic. — " No 
 man should commit an act, to take an advantage of another man's 
 ignorance." This maxim, even those who violate it in practice, 
 must admire in theory. — M.D. 
 
 2533. Neminem tibi adjungas amicum pritisquam exploraveris quomodo pri- 
 oribus amicis sit usu^. (hat.) — " You should not form an intimate 
 friendship with any man, without having previously ascertaine 
 how he had acquitted himself towards his former friends." For as 
 he had acted by them, so you may expect him to do by you. 
 —M. 
 
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 2534. Nemo allegans suam turpitudinem audiendus est. (Lot. Law Max.) 
 
 " No one bearing testimony of his own turpitude ought to be 
 heard."— M.D. 
 
 2535. Nemo bene imperat nisi qui paruerit imperio. Aristoph. — "No man 
 can be qualified to command, who has not learned to obey." — M. 
 
 2536. Nemo bis puniatur pro eodem delicto. (Lat. haw Max.) — ** No man 
 should be twice punished for the same crime." — M.D. 
 
 2537- Nemo dat quod non liabet. (hat.) — " No one gives what he does not 
 possess." The French say, " ha plus belle jille nepeut donner que 
 ce qu'elle a." — " The fairest girl can only give that which she has." 
 —M.M. 
 
 2538. Nemo dexterius fortund sit usus. (hat.) — " No man has more judi- 
 ciously availed himself of fortune's favours." — M. 
 
 2539. Nemo doctv^ mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse. Cic. — 
 ** No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another 
 for having changed his opinion." When experience convinces us 
 that our former opinions were erroneous, it is laudable to acknow- 
 ledge our error, and to correct it. — M. 
 
 2540. Nemo in sese tentat descendere. Nemo ! Persius. — *' Does no one 
 attempt to examine to the bottom his own faults ? what, nobody ! !" 
 though we are all so fond of looking into those of others. — M.M. 
 
 2541. Nemo Iceditur nisi a seipso. Diogen. — " No man is hurt but by 
 himself." The injuries inflicted by others are light, but those which 
 we inflict on ourselves, by acts incurring self-reproach, and merit- 
 ing censure or contempt, are never to be forgotten. — M. 
 
 2542. Nemo malusfelix, minime corruptor. (hat.) — " No wicked man can 
 be happy, especially one who corrupts others." — M. 
 
 2543. Nemo me impune lacessit. (hat.) — " No one provokes me with im- 
 punity." The motto of the Order of the Thistle, to the rough nature 
 of which it has allusion. — M.D. 
 
 2544. iVemo mortalium omnibus Jioris sapit. Pliny. — " No man is at all 
 times wise." This position, in which all men in all times have been 
 agreed, is calculated to impress on our minds the humiliating truth 
 that no man is perfect, and that the wisest are subject to lapses of 
 imprudence and indiscretion. — M.M. 
 
 2545. Nemo plus juris in alium transferre potest quam ipse habet. (hat. 
 Jus. Antiq.) — ** No man can transfer to another a right or title more 
 extended than that under which he himself occupies." — M.D. 
 
 2546. Nemo potest nudo vestimenta detrahere. (hat.)—'' No man can strip 
 
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 off a garment from a naked man." Where nothing is, nothing can 
 be gotten. Sue a beggar, &c. — M. 
 
 2547. Nemo puniatur pro alieno delicto. (Lat. Law Max.) — '* No one must 
 be punished for another's fault."— Jf.D. 
 
 2548. Nemo repente jit turpissimus. Juv. — " No man ever arrived sud- 
 denly at the summit of vice." We are insensibly led astray from 
 virtuous habits, and it is only step by step that we advance in the 
 practice of vice. Our scruples are gradually overcome, and at 
 length we sink into the abyss of depravity or guilt. — M.D. 
 
 2549. Nemo sic impar sibi. Hor. — ** No man was ever so unlike himself." 
 Applied to one of those very inconsistent, but not uncommon cha- 
 racters, who can display at one hour greatness of mind, at another 
 extreme weakness ; who unite in themselves magnificence with 
 meanness, penury with prodigality." — M.M. 
 
 2550. Nemo soliis sapit, 
 
 Feliciter is sapit, qui periculo alieno sapit. Plautus. — •" No man 
 is wise alone ; he has happily acquired wisdom, who has gained it 
 practically, by avoiding the dangers incurred by the follies of 
 others." — M.M. 
 
 2551. Nemo sua sorte contentus. (Lat.) — "No one is perfectly satisfied 
 with his lot."— >/.jD. 
 
 2552. Nemo tam divos habuit faventes, 
 
 Crastinum ut possit sibi poUiceri. Sen. — " No man ever was so far 
 favoured by Providence, as to be able to promise himself, with cer- 
 tainty, the continuance of his life even for another day." — M. 
 
 2553. Nemo vir magnus, sine aliquo afflatu divino, unquam fuit. Cic. — 
 " There never was a great man, unless through divine inspiration." 
 Men who are born to be great, who are distinguished by mental 
 powers almost exclusively their own, seem to have been formed by 
 Providence with peculiar care, and to have had a spirit almost di- 
 vine breathed into them. — M.D. 
 
 2554. Ne non procumbat honesthy 
 
 Extrema hcec etiam cura cadentis erat. Ovid. — " That she should 
 not fall in an indecent posture, was her last care." This extreme 
 attention to graceful attitude, even at the moment of death, is re- 
 lated of Lucretia, when she was about to stab herself. 
 
 " 'Twas her last thought, how decently to fall." 
 
 —M. 
 
 2555. Ne plus ultra. — '* No farther." This is my ne plus ultra, there is 
 your's, and his lies there, no efforts could carry either of us far- 
 ther.— M.D. 
 
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 2556. Ne prcEsentem aquam effundas, priusquam aliam sis adeptus. — " Do 
 not pour out the water you have, until you know where you will 
 be able to procure more." Or, as the English proverb says, *• Do 
 not throw out your dirty water, until you get clean." — M. 
 
 2557. Ne,pueri, ne tanta artimis assuescite bellaj 
 
 Neu patrice validas in viscera vertite vires. Virg. — ** Do not, my 
 sons, accustom your minds to cruel wars, nor direct your mighty 
 powers to the destruction of your country." — M. 
 
 2558. Ne puero gladium. (Lat. Prov.) — *'Do not give a child a sword." 
 Do not commit to ignorant or indiscreet persons, the execution of 
 plans which require information andjudgment. — M.D. 
 
 2559. Ne qua meis esto dictis mora. Vir. — ** Let there be no delay in the 
 execution of my commands." — M. 
 
 2560. Nequaquam satis in re una consumere curam. Hor. — " It is by no 
 means right to devote our entire care, exclusively, to one object." 
 It is every man's duty to divide his attention between the various 
 objects which his circumstances or situation may render important 
 to him. — M. 
 
 256 J. Neque cmcum duccm, neque amentem consultorem. Aristoph. — " Do 
 not select either a blind guide or a silly adviser." They are equally 
 dangerous. — 3I.D. 
 
 2562. Neque culpa neque lauda teipsum. (Lat.) — " Attribute to thyself 
 neither blame nor applause." Egotism is always disgusting in 
 society, and should be carefully avoided. — MD. 
 
 2563. Neque enim quies gentium sine armis, neque arma sine stipendiis, ne- 
 qu£ stipendia sine tributis. Tacit. — " The repose of nations cannot 
 be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, 
 nor can the pay be produced except by taxes." — M.D. 
 
 2564. Neque extra necessitates belli, prcecipuum odium gero. {Lat.) — " I 
 entertain no hatred, beyond what war renders unavoidable." I 
 harbour no resentment beyond that which the occasion justifies — 
 M.D. 
 
 2565. Neque fcmiina, amissd pudicitid, alia abnuerit. Tacit. — " When 
 once a woman has sacrificed her chastity, she will deny nothing." 
 When the barriers of virtue are once broken down in the female 
 mind, there is no point of dissipation or vice to which they will 
 not abandon themselves, no temptation which they can resist, no 
 degradation to which they will not submit. — M.D. 
 
 2566. Neque mala vel bona qua vulgiisputet. Tacit. — *' Things are neither 
 
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 to be pronounced good nor bad, on the ground of public opinion." 
 The multitude are very rarely competent to form a deliberate or 
 judicious estimate of the merits of any circumstance or case sub- 
 mitted to them. — M.M. 
 
 2567. — Nequeo monstrare, et sentio tantum. Juv. — " I cannot 
 
 define, though I feel it." Used in speaking of a sensation, which 
 the person who feels it cannot describe. — M.D. 
 
 2568. Neque cuiquam tarn statim clarum ingenium est, ut possit emergere, 
 nisi illi materia, occasio, fautor etiam commendatorque contingat. 
 Pliny Epist. — " No man possesses a genius so commanding that 
 he can attain eminence, unless a subject suited to his talents should 
 present itself, and an opportunity occur for their developement ; 
 and even then, he will require the encouragement of commenda- 
 tion, the cherishing hand of friendship." — M. 
 
 2569. Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo. (Lat.) — " Nor does Apollo al- 
 ways bend his bow." Men of repute, on the score of talent, were 
 supposed to be under the special protection of Apollo ; hence it 
 was said, when such men in any work of genius, feU short of their 
 wonted perfection, " Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo," or, "Arcum 
 non tetendit Apollo." — M.M. 
 
 2570. Nequicquam populo bibulas donaveris aures 
 
 Respue quod non es. Per. — '* You can by no means give the people 
 ears that will imbibe and credit every report aim ; not at character, 
 or condition, which does not belong to you." In assuming state 
 or consequence which you are not entitled to, you cannot long im- 
 pose even on the common people ; it is therefore more wise and 
 prudent to aim at nothing above the station in which Providence 
 has placed you, or beyond what the means she has bestowed can 
 supply. — M. 
 
 2571. Nequicquam sapit qui sibi non sapit. (Lat.) — ** He is by no means 
 wise, who is not wise for himself." The first and great use of wis- 
 dom is, to better, by honest means, our own condition, to correct 
 our own faults, and to conciliate by our merits the esteem and 
 good opinion of our neighbours. — M.D. 
 
 2572. Ne quid object^, ne quid timidb facias. Cic. — " Do not any thing 
 meanly, nor, by any act, betray timidity." — M. 
 
 2573. Ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat. (Lat.) — ** That the common- 
 wealth shall not receive any detriment." The injunction given at 
 Rome to a dictator, on his being invested with sovereign authority. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2574. Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. C1C.7-*' Let 
 
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246 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 him not dare to utter any thing false, nor let him hesitate to speak 
 what is true." Advice to an historian. — M.D. 
 
 2575. Ne quid nimis. Ter. — " Do not attach yourself too deeply to any 
 thing." Do not follow any pursuit too far. See Id arbitror. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2576. Nequissimi hominis est prodere amicum. (Lat.) — *' It is the part of 
 a most base villain to betray his friend." — M. 
 
 2577. Nequitiam vinosa tuam convivia narrant. Ovid. — " Your drunken 
 entertainments proclaim your debauchery." — M. 
 
 2578. Ne remettez pas a demain ce que vous pouvez /aire aujourd'hui. (Fr. 
 ProvJ — ** Do not defer until to-morrow, what you may do to-day." 
 This is a maxim founded in wisdom and discretion, for procrasti- 
 nation is the thief of time, and the to-morrow for which the fool 
 waits, may never dawn for him. — M.M. 
 
 2579. Ne risquez jamais la plaisanterie, m^me la plus douce, et la plus per- 
 mise, qu'avec de gens polis, et qui ont de V esprit. La Bruyere. — 
 ** Never risk a joke, even the least oiFensive in its nature, and the 
 most common, with a person who is not well bred, and possessed 
 of sense to comprehend it." — M. 
 
 2580. Nervi belli argentum est. (Lat. J — " Money forms the sinews of war." 
 —M. 
 
 2581. Nervis alienis mobile lignum. (Lat J — " A piece of wood (a puppet) 
 moved by wires in the hands of others." This is applicable to a 
 great majority of the politicians of every country. — M.D. 
 
 2582. Nescia mens hominumfati sortisque futures, 
 
 Et seroare modum, rebus sublata secundis. Virg. — ** Human pene- 
 tration cannot foresee the will of fate, or pre-conceive the issues of 
 futurity, nor do mankind bear with becoming moderation the ele- 
 vation consequent on prosperity." The rich should contemplate 
 with profound humility the vicissitudes to which they may be ex- 
 posed i and guard against the dangers of a reverse of fortune. — 
 M.M. 
 
 2583. Nescio qud natale solum dulcedine cunctos 
 
 Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui. Ovid. — " I know not by 
 what attractions our native soil attaches all men to it, nor does it 
 ever permit them to be unmindful of it," The scenes of gaiety 
 and unclouded cheerfulness, in which our juvenile days glide away, 
 leave on our minds impressions never to be effaced ; and how 
 natural it is, that, in more advanced years, we should revert to 
 them with delight, and that the retrospect should excite a kind of 
 
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 reverential attachment to the spot, to which memory so conti- 
 nually recurs, and which is consecrated by the most delightful 
 associations, by the remembrance of all those beloved relatives, 
 who were endeared to us by the strongest links in the chain of 
 human affections. 
 
 *' A nameless fondness for our native clime 
 Triumphs o'er change, and all- devouring time ; 
 Our next regards our friends and kindred claim, 
 And every bosom feels the sympathetic flame." 
 
 2584. Nescio qua prceter solitum dulcedine Iceti. Vir. — ** I know not by 
 what unusually agreeable occurrence their spirits have been so 
 much elated." — M. 
 
 2585. Nescio quid curtcB semper dbest rei. Hor. — *' Something is ever 
 wanting to render our fortunes complete." Few men are perfectly 
 satisfied with their situations, and enough always implies something 
 more than we have. — M.M. 
 
 2586. Nescio quis teneros oculus mild fascinat agnos. Vir. — " I know 
 not what evil eye can have fallen upon my tender lambs." This 
 agrees with what the common people term ** the blink of an evil 
 eye," when any misfortune happens to their cattle j and they also 
 call it being " elf-shot."— iW. 
 
 2587. Nescio quomodo inharet in mentibus quasi seculorum augurium futu- 
 rorumj idque in maximis ingeniis, altissimisque animis, et existit 
 maxime, et apparet facillime. Cic. — " There is, I know not how, 
 inherent in the minds of men, a certain presage of a future state ; 
 and this chiefly exists, and appears the most manifest, in persons 
 of the greatest genius, and in the most exalted minds." — M. 
 
 2588. Nescire quid antea quam natussis acciderit, id est semper esse puerumf 
 quid enim est cetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum nostrarum cum supe- 
 riorum estate contexerit? Cic. in Orat. — " To be unacquainted with 
 the events which have taken place before you were bom, is to 
 continue to live in childish ignorance, for where is the value of 
 human life, unless memory enables us to compare the events of our 
 own times with those of ages long gone by ?" — M. 
 
 2589. Nescit vox missa reverti. Hor. — " The word which has once gone 
 forth, never can be recalled." We cannot, therefore, be too con- 
 siderate before we speak, as one unguarded expression may make 
 us an enemy for life, or disclose things which never should have 
 passed our lips. — M.D. 
 
 2590. Ne scuticd dignum horribili sectereflagello. Hor. — " Do not punish 
 with an unmerciful scourge a fault which merited only a slight 
 
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248 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 switch." This advice is directed to the satirist, whose censures 
 should ever bear a just proportion to the errors he would correct. 
 —M.M. 
 
 2591. Ne sibi deesset in his angustiis. Cic. — **Lest that, in circumstances 
 
 so difficult, he should be found wanting to himself." — M. 
 
 2592. Ne sutor ultra crepidam. (Lat.J — ** Let not the shoemaker go be- 
 yond his last." This censure was very properly addressed by 
 Apelles to a certain shoemaker, who found fault with an ill-painted 
 slipper in one of his pictures, but when he presumed to extend 
 his criticism to other parts of the painting, he betrayed so much 
 ignorance as to elicit from the painter this rebuke. We should all 
 be slow in offering our opinions in any art or profession, with the 
 principles of which we are unacquainted. — M.D. 
 
 r£3. Ne te longis ambagibus ultra 
 
 Quam satis est morer. Hor. — " That I may not, by a tedious cir- 
 cumlocution, delay you longer than is necessary." — M. 
 
 2594. Ne tentes, aut perfice. (Lat.) — "Attempt not, or perfect." Do not 
 attempt an undertaking unless you possess the means of accom- 
 phshing it. — MM. 
 
 2595. Neu fluitem dubice spe pendulus Jiorcs. Hor. — '* That I 
 
 may not fluctuate in suspense as to the issue of each uncertain 
 hour." Here the poet wishes for the enjoyment of books, and a 
 moderate competence, that his mind may be relieved from all 
 anxiety as to the future. — M. 
 
 2596. Ne vilefano. (Lat.) — " Incline to nothing base." Motto of the earl 
 of Westmoreland.— ikf.D. 
 
 2597. Ne vile velis. (Lat.) — " Bring nothing base to the temple." Motto 
 of the earl of Abergavenny. — M.D. 
 
 2598. Neutiquam qfficium liberi esse hominis pufo. 
 
 Cum is nihil promer eat, postulare id gratiee apponi sibi. Ter. — ** A 
 man of a liberal mind will not ask that a thing should be granted 
 to him as a favour, when he is conscious that he has not deserved 
 it j" that he has not a right to claim it as a reward. — M.D. 
 
 2599. Nihil agendo maU agere discimus. (Lat.) — ** In doing nothing we 
 learn to do ill." Idleness is the mother of vice. — M. 
 
 2600. Nihil cupientium nudus castra peto. Hor. — " I commit myself, 
 naked, to the camp of those who desire nothing." Who are satis- 
 fied with what they possess. — M.D. 
 
 2601. Nihil dictum quod nan dictum prius. (Lat.) — ** Nothing can be said 
 which has not been before said." — M.D. 
 
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 2CO2: JNihil ego prcetulerim jucundo sanus amico. Hor. — " There is nothing 
 which, in my senses, I should prefer to a pleasant friend." 
 
 '* The greatest blessing is a pleasant friend." 
 
 —M. 
 
 2603. Nihil est ab omni parte beatum. Hor. — ** There is nothing that is in 
 every respect blessed," or happy, or perfect. There is not any 
 state to which some disadvantages do not attach. Nothing hu- 
 man is perfect. — M.D. 
 
 2604. Nihil est aliud magnum quam multa minuta. (Lat. ProvJ — ** Every 
 thing great is composed of an assemblage of minute particles." 
 This saying is well illustrated (says Mr. Macdonnel) by Young, 
 when he says, 
 
 '* Sands form the mcuntain, moments make the year." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2605. Nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam temporum varietateSf 
 fortunceque vicissitudines. Cic. — *' Nothing can more contribute to 
 
 the entertainment of a reader, than the varieties of times, and the 
 vicissitudes of fortune." In the study of history, or the more light 
 perusal of romance, variety and contrast form the chief pleasure of 
 the reader.— If.D. 
 
 2606. Nihil est in vita magnopere expetendum nisi laus et honestas. Cic. — 
 ** Inhere is nothing in this life so earnestly to be sought after as 
 praise and honesty." — M. 
 
 2607. Nihil est quod credere de se nan potest. Juv. — " There is nothing 
 that he cannot believe of himself " There are men so led astray 
 by self-love, that there is not any virtue which the most gross flat- 
 tery can attribute to them, of which they will not believe themselves 
 to be possessed. — M. 
 
 2608 . Nihil est quod non expugnet pertinax opera, et intenta ac diligens cura. 
 Sen. — *' There is nothing which may not be overcome by perse- 
 vering labour, and continued and diligent application." — M. 
 
 2609. Nihil est sanitati multo vino nocentius. (Lat.)—*' Nothing is more 
 prejudicial to health than the immoderate use of wine." — M. 
 
 2610. Nihil est tarn utile quod in transitu prosit. Sen. — ** Nothing is so 
 useful that it can possibly be profitable from a hasty perusal." 
 No literary work can convey improvement from being hastily rim 
 over. — M. 
 
 26 11 . Nihil est tarn volucre quam maledictum, nihil facilius emittitur, nihil 
 citius excipitur, nihil latius dissipatur. Cic. — " Nothing flies so 
 
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 swiftly as calumny, nothing is so easily propagated, nothing is 
 more readily received, nothing is more widely disseminated." 
 
 '* On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly." 
 
 — ikf.D. 
 
 2612. Nihil eum commendat prceter simulatam versutamque tristitiam. Cic. 
 — *' He has nothing to recommend him, except an assumed and 
 deceitful solemnity." — M. 
 
 2613. Nihil largiundo gloriam adeptus est. Sall. — " He acquired glory 
 without bribery." His glory has been earned by his own merits, 
 not by corruption or undue influence. — M. 
 
 2614. Nihil LysicB subtilitate cedit, nihil argutiis et acumine Hyperidi. Cic. 
 — *' He is in no respect inferior to Lysias in subtilty, nor to Hype- 
 rides in acumen or shrewdness of repartee." The former the cele- 
 brated orator of Syracuse, the latter of Athens. — M. 
 
 2615. Nihil magis consent aneum est quam ut iisdem modis res dissolvatur, 
 quibus constituitur. (Lat. haw Max.) — ** Nothing is more just than 
 that every thing should be dissolved by the same agency by which 
 it was constituted." This is thus professionally illustrated by Mr. 
 Macdonnel : " A deed under hand and seal can only be released by 
 a similar deed ; an obligation in writing cannot be discharged by 
 a verbal agreement." — MD. 
 
 2Cl6. Nihil potest rex nisi quod de jure potest. CLat. Law Max J — " The 
 king can do nothing beyond what is sanctioned by law." This is 
 one of the glorious attributes of the British Constitution. The 
 king himself cannot deprive the meanest subject of his liberty, 
 without previously complying with all the forms required by law. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2617. Nihil pretio par CO, amico dum opitulor. (Lat.) — ** I spare no expense 
 when I can serve my friend." — M. 
 
 2618. Nihil prodest improbam mercem emere. (Lat.) — " There is no ad- 
 vantage in purchasing bad merchandise." — M. 
 
 2619- Nihil scriptum miraculi causa. Tac. — " Nothing is written to ex- 
 cite wonder." Alluding to a history in which simple facts are 
 stated in plain language. — M.D. 
 
 2620. Nihil sub sole novi. (Lat.) — " There is nothing new under the sun." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2621 . Nihil tarn absurdum did potest ut non dicatur a philosopho. Cic. — 
 
 " Nothing can be uttered too absurd to have been spoken by a phi- 
 losopher." — M.M. 
 
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 2622. Nihil doli subesse credens. Corn. Nep. — " Never suspecting him 
 of deceit." Having thought him incapable of deceit. — M. 
 
 2623. Nihil tarn firmum est, cui periculum non sit etiam ab invalido. 
 Quint. Curt. — " The best established systems are not so firm as 
 to be beyond apprehension of danger even from the weakest." — 
 M.M, 
 
 2624. Nihil turpius est quam gravis eetate senex, qui nullum aliudhabet aryu- 
 
 mentum, quo se probet diu vixisse, prcster eetatem. (Lat ) — ** Nothing 
 can be more despicable than an old man, who has no other proof 
 of his having lived long in the world than his age." It should be 
 the object of our ambition that we should all signalize the period 
 of life allotted to us, by some exertion, either mental or bodily, 
 which may be useful to mankind, and give us a claim to their re- 
 membrance, to their respect, and to their gratitude. — M.D. 
 
 2625. Nihil volitum quin prcecognilum. (Lat.) — " Nothing can be desired 
 but something of which we have before had some knowledge." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2626. Nil actum reputans, si quid superesset agendum. Lucan. — " Consi- 
 dering nothing to have been done, while any thing remained un- 
 done." A man of talent or enterprize never rests satisfied unless 
 his object has been fully accomplished ; while the indolent and 
 slothful man makes an ineffectual effort, and relinquishes his pro- 
 ject when half accomplished. 
 
 ** He reckon'd not the past, while aught remain'd 
 Great to be done, or mighty to be gain'd." RuWE. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2627. Nil admirari. (Lat.) — " To be astonished at nothing." Motto of 
 the earl of Clare.— M.D. 
 
 2628. iV»7 admirari prope est res una, Num,ici, 
 
 Solaque, qua possit facere et servare beatum. Hor. — "Not to suffer 
 our minds to be engrossed by idle admiration, is the only sure mode 
 of acquiring and preserving happiness." 
 
 " Not to admire is of all means the best, 
 
 The only means to make and keep us blest." Fkancis. 
 
 —MB. 
 
 2629. Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resohit. Hor. — ** That example 
 does no good, which, in extricating us from one dispute, involves 
 us in another." — M.D. 
 
 2630. Nil conscire sibi. (Lat.) — " To be conscious of no guilt." Motto 
 of the earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham.— M.il/. 
 
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 2631. Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa. Hor. — *' To he conscious of 
 no guilt, to turn pale at no accusation of crime." — M.D. 
 
 2632. Nil debet. (Lat. Law term.) — ** He owes nothing." The common 
 plea in resisting an action for debt. — M.D. 
 
 2633. Nil desperandum. (Lat.) — " Nothing is to be despaired of." Mot- 
 toes of the viscounts Anson and Mountjoy. — M.D. 
 
 2634. Nil desperandum Teucro duce, et auspice Teucro. Hor. — " We should 
 not despair of any thing, Teucer being our leader, and we being 
 under his command." A compliment often paid to a fortunate and 
 popular commander. — M.M. 
 
 2635. M7 dictufadum visuque hcec limina tangat. 
 
 Intra quoe puer est. Juv. — *' Let nothing foul or indecent, either 
 to the eye or ear, enter within those doors where youth inhabits." 
 Nothing base or immodest should ever be suffered to have access 
 to the early and susceptible ears of children. — M.D. 
 
 2636. Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico. Hor. — " Whilst sound in 
 mind, there is nothing that I should esteem preferable to an agree- 
 able friend." 
 
 ^* The greatest blessing is a pleasant friend." 
 
 ^M.M. 
 
 2637. Nil enim prodesf, quod Icedere non possit idem. Ovid. — " There is 
 nothing advantageous, which may not be converted to injurious 
 purposes." This maxim applies to every kind of agency, whether 
 moral or physical. Thus, fire, which is a most necessary servant, 
 is the worst of masters. In fact, every blessing which Providence 
 has bestowed upon us, may be abused. — M.D. 
 
 2638. Nil erit ulterius quod nostris moribus addat 
 Posteritasj eademcupientfacientqueminores, 
 
 Omne in prcecipiti vitium stetit. Juv. — *' Posterity can add nothing 
 to our manners ; those who come after us may act as we do, and 
 desire the things which we like : every vice has been strained to 
 excess." This complaint has been common in every century, yet 
 each succeeding age has surpassed the preceding one, and intro- 
 duced refinements in luxury, dissipation, and vice, which had been 
 before unl^nown. — ikf.D. 
 
 2639. Nilfuit unquam 
 
 Sic impar sibi. Hor. — " Nothing was ever so unlike himself." 
 There never was such an instance of inconsistency. — M.M. 
 
 2640. Nil habet infelix paupertas during in se, 
 
 Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. Juv. — '* Pinching poverty has 
 
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 nothing in it more galling, than that it exposes us in many in- 
 stances to ridicule." — M.M. 
 
 2641. Nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce duri. Hor. — " If this is not 
 true, the olive has no kernel, the nut no shell." We can place no 
 faith even in physical evidence ; we must not even believe the evi- 
 dence of our own senses. — M.D. 
 
 2642. Nil me qfficit unquam, 
 
 Ditior hie, aut est quia doctior ; est locus uni 
 
 Cuique suus. Hor. — ** It in no way affects me that this man may 
 be more wealthy or more learned than I am, every individual has 
 his proper station assigned to him." — M. 
 
 2643. M^ mihi das vivus, dicis post fata daturum. 
 
 Si non insanis, scis, Maro, quid cupiam. Mart. — "You give me 
 nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at 
 your deaths if you are not a fool, you know what I wish for." — 
 M. 
 
 2644. Nil moliri inepte. Hor. — " To undertake, nothing unadvisedly." 
 Inconsiderately, foolishly. — M. 
 
 2645. Nil mortalibus arduum est. Hor. — '* Nothing is arduous to man." 
 With patience and perseverance few things are beyond human 
 power. — M. 
 
 2646. Nil nisi cruce. (Lat.) — ** There is no hope but in the cross." Motto 
 of the marquis of Waterford, and lord Decies. — M.D. 
 
 2647. Nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes. Hor. — ** Confessing that 
 no person had arisen, or would arise, equal to thee." A compUment 
 to Augustus. 
 
 ■Like whom to mortal eyes 
 
 None e'er has risen, and none e'er shall rise." Pope. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 2648. Ni Vor ni la grandeur ne nous rendent pas heurenx. (Fr.) — ** Neither 
 wealth nor honours can confer happiness." — M.D. 
 
 2649. Nil propriumducas quod mutari potest. Pub. Syr. — ** Do not reckon 
 any thing your own, that can be given away." All worldly pos- 
 sessions are of doubtful tenure, but virtue, philosophy, an enlight- 
 ened mind, we may call our own. — M.D. 
 
 2650. Nil similius insano qtiam ehrius. (Lat. Prov.J — ** Nothing bears a 
 stronger resemblance to a man who is mad, than one who is drunk." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2651. Nil sine magna 
 
 Vita labore dedit mortalibus. Hor. — " Nothing is bestowed on man 
 
254 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 in this life without great labour," Wealth, fame, influence, and 
 power, can none of them be attained without much pain and appli- 
 cation. — M.M. 
 
 2652. Nil sine te mei 
 
 Prosunt honores. Hok. — *' The honours I may obtain (by my 
 poetry) will be worthless without thy aid." Invocation to his 
 muse. — M. 
 
 2653. Nil tarn difficile est quod non solertia vincat. (hat. ProvJ — *' There 
 is not any thing so difficult as not to be overcome by application 
 and diligence." — M.D. 
 
 2654. Nil temere uxori de servis crede querentij 
 
 Scepe etenim mulier quem conjux dili(/it, odit. Cato. — ** Do not 
 rashly give credit to a wife complaining of servants, for very often 
 the wife hates those whom her husband the most regards." — M.D. 
 
 2655. Ni Vun ni Vautre. (Fr.J — " Neither the one nor the other." — M.D. 
 
 2656. —Nimia illcec licentia 
 
 Profecto evadet in aliquod magnum malum. Ter. — " This too great 
 licentiousness will surely end in some great misfortune." That 
 licentiousness is an evil which it is necessary to control, all must 
 admit ; yet, in a free state, where contending parties exist, some of 
 which, on one side, wish to extend too far the liberty of circulating 
 those opinions, while, on the other, their opponents would, perhaps, 
 be too rigid in restricting such circulation, it is not easy to define 
 the limits which are at once favourable to order and good govern- 
 ment, without infringing on the liberty of the press ; those limits, 
 ** quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum." — M.D. 
 
 2657. Nimio prcBstat impendiosum te quam ingratum dicier: 
 
 Ilium laudabunt boni, hunc etiam ipsi culpabunt mali. Plaut. — ** It 
 is better to be considered as being rather too liberal, than to be 
 thought ungrateful ; the first, good men may applaud, the latter, 
 even bad men must condemn." — M. 
 
 2658. Nimirum hie ego sum. Hor. — ** Here I am." In this opinion, in 
 this way of thinking, I take my stand. — M. 
 
 2659. Nimirum insanus paucis videatur, eo quod 
 
 Maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem. Hor. — " He, for in- 
 stance, appears to be mad but to a few, because that the greater 
 part of those who see him are infected with the same disease." 
 Thus imitated. 
 
 " When all are mad, all are alike opprest, 
 Who can discern one madman from the rest ?" 
 
 — ikf.ifer. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 255 
 
 2660. Nimis arcta premunt olidce convivia caprce. Hor. — " Entertainments 
 too much crowded annoy by disagreeable odours." This remark 
 is addressed to the poet by hisr friend Torquatus, to whom he gives 
 permission to invite guests to his house, but not in too great num- 
 bers.— M. 
 
 2661. Nimis uncis 
 
 Naribus indulges. Per. — ** You indulge too much your crooked 
 nostrils." Your sneering sarcastic propensity. — M. 
 
 26G2. Nimium altercando Veritas amittitur. (Lat. Prov.) — ** In too eager 
 disputation the truth is lost sight of." — M.D. 
 
 2663. Nimium nee laudare nee Icedere. (Lat.) — " Neither to praise too 
 much, nor yet to censure." — M. 
 
 2664. Nimium ne crede colori. (Lat.) — " Do not trust too much to the 
 colour." Do not suffer yourself to be deceived by outward appear- 
 ances. — M. 
 
 2665. Nimium risus pretium est, si probitatis impendio constat. Quint.— 
 ** A laugh costs too much, if it is purchased at the expense of pro- 
 priety."— ikf.D. 
 
 2666. Nimius in veritate, et similitudinis quam pulchritudinis amantior. 
 Quint. — ** Too pertinacious as to the truth, and studying simili- 
 tude rather than beauty." In the fine arts. Nature herself may be 
 too closely copied. — M.D. 
 
 2667. -ZVi 
 
 Posces ante diem librum cum lumine, si non 
 
 Intendes animum studiis et rebus honestis, 
 
 Invididvel amore vigil torquebere. Hor, — *' Unless before day, you 
 
 call for your book with a light, unless you occupy your mind with 
 
 study, and engage it in honest pursuits, you will, when waking, be 
 
 tortured by envy and by love." Idleness is the parent of future 
 
 remorse j and 
 
 " In a mind unoccupied, evil passions rise." 
 
 " Rise, light thy candle, see thy task begun, 
 E'er redd'ning streaks proclaim the distant sun, 
 Or lust's fierce whirlwind will thy calm molest, 
 Or envy cloud the sunshine of thy breast." 
 
 — M. 
 
 2668. Nisi castk saltem caute. — "Knot chastely, at least cautiously." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2669. Nisi dextro tempore Flacci 
 
 Verba per attentam non ibunt Ceesaris aurem. Hor. — " Unless 
 spoken in season, the words of Flaccus will not attain the atten- 
 tive ear of Csesar." — M. 
 
256 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2670. Nisi Dorninus, frustra. {Lat.) — *' Unless the Lord is with you all 
 your eflfbrts are vain." This is the motto of the earl of Moira, as 
 also that of the city of Edinburgh, where it has been thus ludi- 
 crously translated. *' You can do nothing here unless you are a 
 lord !"— 3f.D. 
 
 2671. JVm utile est quod facias, stuUa est gloria. Ph^ed. — '* Unless the 
 business you are engaged in is useful, the credit you assume from 
 it is foolish." This will apply to the tribe of entomologists, con- 
 chologists, &c. &c. 
 
 " All useless science is an empty boast.'* 
 
 2672. Nitidapoma. Ovid. — " Splendid apples." Beauteous and brilliant. 
 — i»f. 
 
 2673. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata. Ovid. — " We always 
 endeavour to obtain things which are forbidden, and we covet 
 those which are prohibited." — M.D. 
 
 2674. Nitor in adversum, nee me, qui coetera vincit 
 
 Impetus. Ovid. — ** I struggle against adversity, nor do circum- 
 stances which overwhelm others, subdue me." — M. 
 
 2675. Ni vis boni 
 
 In ipsa inesset forma, hcec formam extinguerent. Ter. — " Unless 
 virtuous dispositions were firmly implanted in him, these things 
 would efface every semblance of them." — M. 
 
 2676. Nobilitas sola est atque unica .virtus. Juv. — ** Virtue is the only 
 true nobility." The insolence of pedigree, and the pomp of titles, 
 are reduced to nothing, when contrasted with the dignity of 
 genuine virtue. — M.D. 
 
 2677' Nobilitatis virtus, non stemma, character. (Lat. J — ** Virtue, not pe- 
 digree, should characterize nobility." Motto of the earl of Grosve- 
 nor. — M.D. 
 
 2678. Nobis non licet esse tarn disertis. 
 
 Qui musas colimus severiores. Mart. — " We who cultivate the 
 more grave muse, are not permitted to be so diffuse." The gravity 
 of our study excludes us from such licence. — M.D. 
 
 2679. Nocet empta dolors voluptas. H0R.-7" Pleasure purchased by pain 
 is always injurious." Eating or drinking to excess, as well as many 
 other gratifications, in which we are but too apt to indulge, are in 
 their consequences so prejudicial, that we should enjoy those in- 
 dulgences under a salutary restraint. — M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 25? 
 
 2680. Noctemquediemquefatigat. Vir. — " And he labours day and night." 
 —M. 
 
 2681. Nocturnd versate manu, versate diurnd. Hor. — " Study these sub- 
 jects by day and also by night." Study assiduously these things, 
 never let them be out of your contemplation. — M.D. 
 
 2682. Noli me tangere. (Laf.J — " Be cautious how you touch me." When 
 any person bears outward signs of any infectious disease that may 
 be communicated by contact, it is said to be a " noli me tangere.'* 
 —M.D. 
 
 2683. Nolle prosequi. (Law Lat.J — ** To be unwilUng to proceed" in any 
 cause. — M.D. 
 
 2684. Nolo episcopari. (Lat.) — " I do not wish to be made a bishop." 
 This is a phrase put in accordance with an ancient but extraordi- 
 nary usage, into the mouth of a person appointed to fill this ele- 
 vated station ; but it is now likewise applied to those who aflfect 
 indifference about a thing which it is the great object of their am- 
 bition to obtain. — M.D. 
 
 2685. Nom de guerre. (Fr.) — " A war name." An assumed travelling 
 title, as colonel or captain. — M.D. 
 
 2686. Non absque sonitu jiunt opera Vulcani. (Lat.) — ** A smith cannot 
 work without making a noise." — M. 
 
 2687. ^on amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare; 
 
 Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te. Mart. — *' I do not love you, 
 I cannot say why, but this I know, that I do not love you." Such 
 unaccountable aversion most men have at times felt. The epigram 
 has been thus pleasantly translated. 
 
 " I do not love you, doctor Fell, 
 The reason why I cannot tell ; 
 But this alone I know full well, 
 I do not love you, doctor Fell." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2688. Non ampliter sed munditer convivium j plus satis quam sumptus. 
 
 Corn. Nep. — ** An entertainment served not profusely but neatly, 
 and with more of good savour than expense." — M.D. 
 
 2689. Nonanimi curas demunt monies auri et superba atria. (Lat.) — " Nei- 
 ther heaps of gold, nor superb halls, can assuage cares which press 
 upon the mind." — M. 
 
258 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2690. Non auriga piger. (Lat.J — " Not an indolent or lazy charioteer.'* 
 
 This may be applied to any person to whom the conduct of an af- 
 fair is committed, and who will urge it on to its consummation 
 with diligence and expedition. — M. 
 
 2691. Non bene conveniunt, nee in una sede morantur 
 
 Majestas et amor. Ovid. — " Majesty and love do not well agree, 
 nor do they long dwell together." Where much difference exists 
 between the parties in point of rank, previous to their union, the 
 same reciprocal warmth of affection is seldom found, which is 
 likely to grow out of mutual equality ; but it is not, it must be 
 confessed, among the very highest order of the human race, that 
 connubial felicity can be successfully sought for. — M M. 
 
 2692. Non bene junctarum discordia semina rerum. Ovid. — " Discord 
 arising from an unhappy union of things." 
 
 " The jarring ills of ill-assorted things." 
 
 2693. Non compos mentis. (Lat.J — " Not in a sound state of mind." In 
 a state of lunacy. Delirium or idiotism. — M.D. 
 
 2694. Non conscire sibi. (Lat.) — " To be conscious of no fault." Motto 
 of the earl of Winchilsea. — M.D. 
 
 2695. Non constat. (Law Lat.) — " It does not appear." It is not con- 
 firmed in evidence before the court. — M.D. 
 
 2696. Non cuicunque datum est habere nasum. Mart. — " Every man is not 
 endowed with a keen nose." All men are not equally sensitive. 
 — ikf. 
 
 2697. Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum. Hor. — " It is not the 
 lot of every man to have seen Corinth.'* All men cannot have ac- 
 cess to the same sources of knowledge, or enjoy the same opportu- 
 nities of improvement. — M.D. 
 
 2698. Non deficit alter. Vir. — " Another is not wanting." We do not 
 depend on the one only. — M. 
 
 2699. Non domus et fundus, non aris acervus et auri 
 jEgroto domini deduxit corporefebres, 
 
 Non animo cur as. Hor. — ** Neither a splendid dwelling nor an ex- 
 tensive demesne, superfluity of wealth nor bags of gold, can remove 
 a fever from the body of their possessor, nor diminish the agonies 
 of a care-worn mind." — M. 
 
 2700. Non eadem est cetas, non mens. Hor. — ** My age, my inclinations 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 259 
 
 differ now, from what they were formerly." For many pursuits, 
 which I formerly considered as objects of pleasure, I now feel my- 
 self altogether disqualified. — M.3I. 
 
 2701. Non ehur neque aureum 
 
 Med renidet in domo lacunar. Hor. — " No beam decorated with 
 ivory or gold, embellishes my dwelling.'* — M. 
 
 2702. Now egestas animi, non infirmitas ingenii. (Lat.) — ** Not poverty of 
 mind, not weakness of genius." — M. 
 
 2703. Non ego avarum 
 
 Cum te veto fieri, vappamjubeo ac nebulonem. Hor. — '* When I cau- 
 tion you against becoming a miser, 1 do not therefore advise you to 
 become a prodigal or a spendthrift." — M. 
 
 2704. Non ego illam mihi dotem esseputo, quts dos dicitur, sed pudicitiam, 
 et pudorem, et sedatam cupidinem. Plaut. — " It is not that which 
 is commonly considered as a woman's dowry, that I estimate as 
 such, but her chastity, modesty, and controulable passions." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2705. Non ego mendosos ausim defendere mores. Ovid. — " I would not pre- 
 sume to defend an habitual liar." — M. 
 
 2706. Non ego mordaci distrinxi carmine quenquam, 
 
 Nulla venenato est litera mistajoco. Ovid. — ** I have not wounded 
 any one with satirical verses, nor do any malicious jests lie con- 
 cealed in my writings." It was my intention to be cheerful, but 
 not severe. CrebiUon says, ** Aucun fiel n'a jamais empoisonne ma 
 plume." ** My pen was never dipped in gall." — M.D. 
 
 2707. Non ego pauds 
 
 Offendar maculis, quas aut incuriafudit, 
 
 Aut humana parum cavit natura. Hor. — ** I will not take offence at 
 a few blemishes, which have either originated in carelessness, or 
 which are to be attributed to human, frailty." — M.D. 
 
 2708. Non ego ventosce venor suffragia plebis. Hor. — " I do not court the 
 
 voice of the unsteady multitude." Or solicit the votes of the un- 
 certain rabble. — M.M. 
 
 2709. Non enim gazce neque consularis 
 
 Summovet lictor miseros tumultus 
 Mentis et curas laqueata circum 
 
 Tecta volantes. Hor. — ** Neither excessive wealth, nor the con- 
 sul's hctor (i. e. the pompous emblems of official power), can tran- 
 quillize the tmnults of an unhappy mind, nor lull the cares which 
 
250 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 hover around the carved dome." The conclusion of this was beau- 
 tifully translated by Mr. Hastings, as follows : 
 
 " Where care, like smoke, in tuibid wreaths 
 Round the gay deling flies." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 2710. Non enim tarn auctoritatis in disputando, quam rationis momenta 
 qucsrenda sunt. Cic. — " In disputations we should rest our hopes 
 of success more on the influence of reason than on the weight of 
 authorities." — M.D. 
 
 2711. Non equidem invideo, miror magis. Vir. — *' I feel, indeed, no envy, 
 but I confess I am surprised at the event." — M.D. 
 
 2712. Non equidem studeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis 
 
 Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. Pers. — ** I do not 
 study to swell my book with pompous trifles, or to publish what 
 will pass away like smoke." 
 
 " 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage 
 In lofty trifles, or to swell my page 
 "With wind and noise." 
 
 —M. 
 
 2713. Non est ad astra mollis a terris via. Sen. — ** The way from the 
 earth to the stars is not easy." It is only by great efforts and real 
 merit, that man can attain to immortality. — MM. 
 
 2714. Non est de sacco tanta farina tuo. (Lat.) — " So much meal cannot 
 have come from your own sack." In allusion to a work, or pro- 
 duction, which a man passes as his own, though it is, in fact, 
 the work of another. — M.D. 
 
 2715. Non est inventus. (Law Lat.)—" He is not to be found." The re- 
 turn made by a sheriff when a person whom he has been ordered 
 to produce cannot be found in his bailiwick. It is also used to 
 imply the sudden disappearance of any person. — M.D. 
 
 2716. Non est jocus esse maliguum. Hor. — ** It is no joke to be malig- 
 nant." Humour and malice are so little compatible with each 
 other, that they seldom form component parts of the same cha- 
 racter. — M.M. 
 
 2717- Non est usus ullius rei consociandus cum improbo. Ph^d. — *' We 
 should avoid being connected in any way with a dishonest man." 
 With any man whose reputation is not free from stain or blemish. 
 —M. 
 
 27 18. Non est vivere, sed valere vita. Mar. — " Existence can scarcely be 
 called life, if it is not accompanied by health." 
 ** Life is only life when blest with health." 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 26 I 
 
 2719- Non e tutto oro quello cTie luce. (Ital.) — " Every thing that shines 
 is not gold." ** All is not gold that glitters," says the English 
 proverb. — M.D. 
 
 2720. Non exercitus, neque thesauri, pnBsidia regni sunt, verum amici. 
 Sall — ** Neither armies, nor treasures, are the true safeguards 
 of a state, but friends." It is therefore an axiom in politics, as 
 well as among individuals, that we should by all proper means cul- 
 tivate the friendship of our neighbours. — M.D. 
 
 2721. Now e vcr che sia la morte 
 II peggior di tutti i mali ; 
 E un sollievo pel mortali 
 
 Che son stanchi di soffrir. (Jtal.J Metast. — ** It is by no means a 
 fact, that death is the worst of all evils ; when it comes, it is an 
 alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings." — M.D. 
 
 2722. Nonjidatevi all' alchimista povero, al medico ammalato. (Ital. ProvJ 
 — " Do not trust yourself in the hands of a poor alchymist, nor 
 yet in those of a sick physician." As the former could not enrich, 
 nor the latter cure himself, neither would he be likely to promote 
 your views. — M.D. 
 
 2723. Nonfumum exfulgore, sed exfumo dare lucem Hor. — "Not to give 
 smoke from light, but out of smoke to produce light." Here, 
 says the satirist, consists the difference between a bad and a good 
 poet. The former commences with a fine, flowery, inflated exor- 
 dium, and ends in smoke ; the latter, beginning with modesty and 
 reserve, gradually raises his subject into the full radiance of poetic 
 splendour. 
 
 "He strikes out light from smoke, not smoke from light, 
 New scenes of wonder opening to the sight." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 2724. Non generant aquilce columbas. (Lat.) — *' Eagles do not produce 
 pigeons." Motto of the earl Rodney. — M.M. 
 
 2725. A^ow hahet commercium cum virtute voluptas. Cic. — ** Between vir- 
 tue and dissipation no fellowship can exist." — M. 
 
 2726. Non hoc de nihilo est. (Lat.)—" This is not without some grounds." 
 There is some foundation for the report, some motive for the pro- 
 ceeding. — M. 
 
 2727. Non hxBC in foidera. Vir.— ** Not into such leagues as these." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2728. Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacida poscit. Vir. — " The present pe- 
 riod does not require such exhibitions." — M. 
 
qSq dictionary of quotations. 
 
 2729. Non id quod magnum est pulchrum est, sedid quod pulchrum magnum. 
 
 (hat.) — " That which is great or splendid is not always laudable, 
 but whatever is laudable must be great." — M, 
 
 2730. "Non horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte 
 Ponere, teque ipsum vitas fugitivus, et erro j 
 Jam vino queer ens, jam somno fallere curam 
 
 Frustra, nam comes atra premit sequiturquefugacem. Hor. — '* Not 
 even for an hour can you bear to be alone, nor can you advanta- 
 geously apply your leisure time, but you endeavour, a fugitive and 
 wanderer, to escape from yourself, (your own reflections) now 
 vainly seeking to banish remorse by wine, and now by sleep ; but 
 the gloomy companion presses on you, and pursues you as you fly.'* 
 A fine description of the tortured feelings of a wicked man, writh- 
 ing under the stings of self-reproach, and the tortures of a guilty 
 conscience.— M. 
 
 2731. Non id videndum, conjugum ut bonis bona, 
 At ut ingenium congruat et mores moribus / 
 
 Probitas, pudorque virgini dos optima est. Ter. — " It does not 
 appear essential that, in forming matrimonial alliances, there should 
 be on each side a parity of wealth ; but that, in disposition and 
 manners, they should be alike. Chastity and modesty form the 
 best dowry a parent can bestow." — M.D. 
 
 2732 Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco. Vir. — " Not being un- 
 tutored in suffering, I learn to pity those in affliction." Misfortune 
 may be said to be the mother of sympathy. — M.M. 
 
 2733. Non ille pro cJiaris amicis 
 
 Aut patrid timidus perire. Hor. — ** He fears not to die for his 
 country or for his friends." A tribute, this, frequently offered at 
 a hero's tomb. — M.M. 
 
 2734. Non in caro nidore voluptas 
 
 Summa, sed in teipso est, tu pulmentaria qucere 
 
 Sudando. Hor. — " The chief pleasure (in eating) does not consist 
 in costly seasoning, or exquisite flavour, but in yourself. Do you 
 seek for sauce by sweating." A good appetite needs no stimulants, 
 and it is only to be acquired by exercise. — M. 
 
 2735. Non inferiora secutus. (Lat.) — " Never having been addicted to 
 mean pursuits." Motto of lord Montfort. — M.D. 
 
 2736 Non intelligitur quando obrepit senectus. Cic. — " "We are little aware 
 of, and slow to acknowledge, the advances of old age." — M. 
 
 2737. Non intelligunt homines quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia. Tull. 
 — " Few men are aware of the importance of rigid economy." By 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 2^3 
 
 their savings, rather than by their gains, many men accumulate 
 large fortunes. — M. 
 
 2738. Noninvisa feres pueris munusculaparvis. Hor. — " You will be the 
 bearer of welcome presents to the little ones." — M. 
 
 2739. Non ita est, neque cuique mortalium injuricB sum parvce videntur. 
 Sall. — ** It is not so, nor do injuries inflicted upon any man 
 appear light in his eyes." — M. 
 
 2740. Non la philosophie, mais le phihsophisme causer a des mauac a la 
 France. Volt. — " It is not true philosophy, but sophistrj', that 
 will entail miseries on France." This prediction, made in a letter 
 to Monsieur de Cideville, of the l6th April, 1735, has been so fully 
 verified by subsequent events, that it seems but just to record the 
 prophetic view which that great man took of the affairs of his 
 country, fifty-four years previous to the commencement of the 
 revolution. — M. 
 
 2741. Non licet in hello bis peccare. (hat.) — ** It is not, in war, permitted 
 twice to err." In that hazardous game one error generally proves 
 fatal; in other games mistakes may be retrieved. — M.M. 
 
 2742. Non magni pendis quia contigit. Hor. — " You do not value it 
 greatly, because it came by accident." The windfalls of fortune 
 are less valued, and dissipated more profusely, than property which 
 is the fruit of our own industrious exertions. — M.D. 
 
 2743. Non missura cutem, nisi plena cruoris hirudo. Hor. — " A leech that 
 does not quit the skin until it is satiated with blood." — M.M. 
 
 2744. Non nobis solum. (Lat.) — ** Not for ourselves only." Motto of 
 lord Eardley.— ikf.D. 
 
 2745. Non nobis solum, sed toto mundo nati. (Lat.) — " Not bom for our- 
 selves alone, but for the whole world." Motto of lord Rokeby. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2746. Non nostrum tantas componere lites. Vir. — " It is not our busi- 
 ness to settle such serious disputes." Often quoted ironically, 
 and when the object in dispute is of the most trivial description. 
 —M.M. 
 
 27^7' Non numero hcec judicantur sed pondere. Cic. — " These things are 
 not to be estimated by their number, but by their importance.'* 
 Our author is here speaking of actions important to the state, one 
 of which may so far outstrip, in consequence, all the others, as to 
 outweigh a thousand of them. — M.D. 
 
264 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2748. Non nunc agitur de vectigalihus, non de sociorum injuriis j libertas 
 et anima nostra in duhio est. Cic. — ** The question does not now 
 relate to our revenues, nor to the injuries sustained by our allies ; 
 our liberties, our lives, are in danger." — M.D. 
 
 2749. Non obstante, (hat) — " Notwithstanding." 
 
 2750. Non omne quod nitet aurum est. (Lat) — " All is not gold that glit- 
 ters."— iW. 
 
 2751. Non omnes eadem mirantur amantque. (Lat.) — " All men do not 
 admire or love the same objects.*' Providence has wisely endowed 
 men with different tastes and passions, without which eternal dis- 
 cord must reign in the world. — M. 
 
 2752. Non omnes arbusta juvant humilesque myricee. Virg. — "All do not 
 admire shrubs and the low-growing myrtle." 
 
 " Lowly shrubs and trees that shade the plain, 
 Delight not all." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 2753. Ncn omnem molitor qucejluit unda videt, (Lat.)—'' The miller does 
 not see every thing the current carries past his mill." — M.D. 
 
 2754. Non omnia possumus omnes. Virg. — " We cannot all do every 
 thing." The scope of the human faculties is, generally, very cir- 
 cumscribed. — M.M. 
 
 2755. Non omnis error stultitia est dicendus. (Lat.) — ** Every error can- 
 not properly be called a folly." A circumstance of occasional mis- 
 take should not subject one to a charge of fatuity. — M.D. 
 
 2756. Non posse benh geri rempublicam multorum imperiis. Corn. Nep. — 
 *' Under the direction of many, the affairs of the commonwealth 
 cannot be well conducted " — M.D. 
 
 2757. Non possidentem multa vocaveris 
 Recte beatum. Rectius occupat 
 Nomen beati, qui Deorum 
 Muneribus sapienter uti, 
 
 Duramque callet pauperiem pati. Hor, — " You cannot properly 
 term a man happy on account of his overgrown wealth : he, more 
 properly, is entitled to that epithet who knows how wisely to apply 
 the gifts of Providence, or to bear the hardships of poverty." Thus 
 translated : — 
 
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 " Believe not those that lands possess. 
 And shining heaps of useless ore. 
 The only lords of happiness ; 
 But rather those that know 
 For what kind Fates bestow, 
 And have the art to use the storey 
 That have the gen'rous skill to bear 
 The hated weight of poverty." 
 
 — 3f.M. 
 
 2758. Non possum ferre, Quirites, 
 
 GrcBcam urhem. Juven. — " I cannot bear. Oh Romans! a Grecian 
 city.'*— ikf. 
 
 2759. Non pronuba Juno, 
 
 Non Hymencev^ adest, non illi gratia lecto j 
 Eumenides stravere torum. Ovid. — Thus translated: 
 
 " Nor Hymen nor the Graces here preside, 
 Nor Juno to befriend the blooming bride ; 
 But fiends with fun'ral brands the process led, 
 And Furies waited at the genial bed." Croxal. 
 
 — M. 
 
 2760. Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam, 
 
 Sed vitio cceci propter patrimonia vivunt. Juv. — " Some people do 
 not acquire estates to enable them to enjoy life ; but, blind in error, 
 live only on account of their estates." — M.D. 
 
 2761. Non pudendo, sed nonfaciendo id quod non decet, impudentia effugere 
 nomen debemus. Tull. — " It is not by being ashamed of having 
 done, but by avoiding to do what is unbecoming, that we ought to 
 shun the imputation of effrontery." It is better to avoid a crime, 
 than to have either to repent of it, or to blush for having committed 
 it.—M. 
 
 2762. Non purgat peccata qui negat. (Lat.) — " He who denies his sins 
 does not atone for them." On the contrary, he adds the sin of a 
 lie to his former transgression, according to Dr. Watts ; 
 
 •' But liars we can never trust, 
 
 Tho' they may speak the thing that's true ; 
 For he who does one fault at first, 
 Then lies to hide it, makes it two." 
 
 — ilf. 
 
 2763. Non quisquam fruitur veris odoribus, 
 Hybleos latebris nee spoliat favos, 
 Sifrontem caveat, si timeat rubosj 
 
 Ornat spina rosas, mella tegunt apes. (Lat.) — " He will never enjoy 
 the sweets of the spring, nor will he obtain the honeycombs of 
 Mount Hybla, if he dreads his face being stung, or is annoyed by 
 
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 briers. The rose is guarded by its thorn, the honey is defended by 
 the bee."~M.D. 
 
 2764. Non quivis suavia comedit edulia. (Lat.J — ** Dainties do not fall to 
 every man's lot." — M. 
 
 2765. Non quo sed quomodo. (Lat.) — The question is, " Not by whom, 
 but how," (the business is done). Motto of lord Howard de Wal- 
 den.— M.D. 
 
 2766. Non revertar inultus. (Lat.J — " I will not return unrevenged." 
 Motto of earl of Lisbourne. — M.D. 
 
 2767- Non scribit, cujus carmina nemo legit. Martial. — " That man 
 ceases to write, whose verses no man reads." — M.D. 
 
 2768. Non semper erit cestas. Hesiod. — " It will not always be summer." 
 This is a good hint to procrastinators, and wasters of time. It may 
 also serve to remind us of the mutability of human affairs, and 
 teach us to profit by the old proverb, *' Make hay while the sun 
 shines." — M. 
 
 2769. Non semper erunt Saturnalia. (Lat.) — ** It will not always be car- 
 nival time." The jubilee must have an end. — M. 
 
 2770. Non semper idemjloribus est honos 
 
 Vernis ; neque uno luna rubens nitet 
 
 Vultu. HoR. — ** Vernal flowers do not always exhibit the same 
 brilliancy, nor does the moon at all times shine with equal splen- 
 dour."— M. 
 
 2771. Non sibi sed patrice. (Lat.) — ** Not for himself, but for his coun- 
 try." Motto of the earl of Romney.— M.D. 
 
 2772. Non si male nunc et olim sic erit. Hor. — " Though matters may to- 
 day be bad, they may to-morrow be better." Though fortune may 
 
 . at present frown, she may hereafter smile upon us ; and despair, 
 that gloomy, direful inmate, man never should admit to his bosom." 
 
 " The wretch of to-day may be happy to-morrow." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2773. Non solum scientia quee est remota a justitid, calliditas potius qu^am 
 snpientia est appellanda ; verum etiam animus paratv^ ad periculum, 
 si sua cupiditate, non utilitate communi impellitur, audacice potiiis 
 nomen habet quam fortitudinis. (Lat.) — '* As great talents which 
 are not governed by a regard to justice, are called cunning rather 
 than wisdom ; so also courage, which is ready to encounter every 
 danger, if it is impelled by avarice, and not to promote a public 
 good, merits the name of audacity rather than of fortitude. — M. 
 
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 2774 Non sum qualis eram. Hor. — *' I am not what I was." I feel the 
 decline naturally attendant on my advance in years. — M.D. 
 
 277 S' Non tali auxilio, nee defensoribus istis, tempus eget. Virg. — " We 
 do not, in these times, want such aid, nor do we stand in need of 
 such defenders." — M.M. 
 
 2776. Non tamportas intrare patentes, 
 
 Quam fregisse juvat J nee tarn patiente colono 
 Anm premi, quam si ferro populetur et igni. 
 
 Concessd pudet ire via. Lucan. — " It does not so much delight 
 (the conqueror) to enter by open gates, as to have to force them ; 
 nor that the fields should be cultivated by the patient husbandman, 
 but that he himself should lay them waste by fire and sword. He 
 would be ashamed to enter by a pass peaceably conceded." The 
 poet directs this angry philippic against the conduct of Caesar ; but 
 modern history will supply many instances where the picture has 
 been realized. — M.D. 
 
 2777- Nonumque prematur in annum. Hon. — " Let it (your piece) be kept 
 nine years." This has allusion to ^vriters of the drama ; but our 
 modern poets are too much pressed by '* the pinchings of hunger," 
 and the " urgent request of friends," to allow their productions so 
 much time to grow into maturity. — M.D. 
 
 2/78. Non usitatd, nee tenuiferar 
 
 Pennd. Hor. — '* I will not be borne by a common or a feeble 
 wing." 
 
 " No weak or common wing shall bear 
 
 My rising body through the air." Creech. 
 
 — ikf. 
 
 2779. Non ut diu vivamus curandum est, sed ut satis. Sen. — " It should 
 be our care not to lead a long, but rather a good life." The true 
 estimate is to be formed, not from the number of our years, but of 
 our good actions. The prolongation of life depends not on man, 
 but the glory and credit of virtuous conduct is all his own. — M.D. 
 
 2780. Noris quam elegansformarumspeetatorjiem. Ter. — "You 
 
 shall see how nice a judge of beauty I am." — M. 
 
 2781. Noseitur ex sociis. (hat. Prov.J — ** He is kno^vn by his compa- 
 nions."— M.ikT. 
 
 2782. Nos decebat ' 
 
 Jmgere ubi esset aliquis in lucem editus, 
 
 Humance vitee varia reputantes mala. 
 
 At qui labor es morte jinisset graves, 
 
 Omnes amieos laude et Icetitid exequi. Eurip. apud Tull. — ** When 
 
 an infant is born we ought to grieve, calcidating on the various ills 
 
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268 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 of human life ; but when, by death, our friend closes the laborious 
 scene, we should all be transported with gratitude and joy." 
 
 ** When first an infant draws the vital air, 
 Officious grief should welcome him to care ; 
 But joy should life's concluding scene attend, 
 And mirth be kept to grace a dying friend." 
 
 —M. 
 
 27S3. Nos hcBC novimus esse nihil. Martial. — " We know that these 
 things are of no consequence." Mere trifles. — M.D. 
 
 2784.. Nos in vitium credula turba sumus. Ovid. — ** We are a crowd prone 
 to vice j" to be led astray. " We follow the multitude to do evil." 
 —M. 
 
 2785. Nos patrice fines et dulcia linquimus arva. Virg. — " We quit the 
 boundaries of our native country ; we bid farewell to our delightful 
 plains." — M.D. 
 
 2786. Nos populo damus. Sen. — ** We go with the crowd." We join 
 the people j we do as the world does. — M. 
 
 2787- Nosse hcec omnia salus est adolescentulis. Ter. — " It is salutary for 
 youth to be instructed in all these things." — M.M. 
 
 2788. Nota bene. (^Ltt^.^—" Mark well ;" note well. Used in reference 
 to some certain thing. — M.D. 
 
 2789. Notandi sunt tibi mores. Hor. — " Mark, or study, the manners of 
 men." — M. 
 
 2790. Nota res mala optima. Plaut. — " A bad thing is least injurious 
 when known." In knowing the bad qualities of any thing, we may 
 have it in our power, if not to cure them, at least to mitigate their 
 bad consequences. — M. 
 
 2791- Notre defiance justifie la tromperie d'autrui. Rochefoucault. — ** Our 
 want of confidence justifies deceit shown toward us by others." 
 Though this maxim seems to require some qualification, we must 
 admit that men cannot be happy without the existence of mutual 
 confidence.— M.D. 
 
 2792. Notre mal s'empoisonne 
 
 Du secours qu'on lui donne. (French ProvJ — " Our indisposition is 
 increased by the remedies that have been administered." — MD. 
 
 2793. Noubliez. (Tr.;— "Do not forget." Motto of the duke of Mon- 
 trose.— M.D. 
 
 2794. Nous aurions souvent honte de nos plus belles actions, si le monde 
 voyoit tous les motifs qui les produisent. Rochefoucault. — ** We 
 should often have reason to be ashamed of our most brilliant ac- 
 
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 tions, if the world could see the motives from which they spring/* 
 However true this may he, there is something so misanthropic in 
 the sentiment, that we should rather wish to blot it out, than to 
 record it; and to embrace the more benevolent and charitable course 
 of attributing actions in themselves praiseworthy, to motives which 
 should shed over them a brighter lustre, and enhance in our esti- 
 mation the merits of him who performed them. — M.D. 
 
 2795. Notts avons tons assez de force pour supporter les maux d'autrui. 
 RocHEFoucAULT. — ** We all possess sufficient resolution to bear 
 the misfortunes of others." A cutting sarcasm, aimed at the sel- 
 fish and unfeeling part of mankind. — M.D. 
 
 2796. Nous desirerions peu de choses avec ardeur, si nous connoissions par- 
 faitement ce que nous desirons. Rochefoucault. — ** We should 
 desire few things with anxiety, if we could justly appreciate the 
 value of the objects we have wished for." — M.D. 
 
 2797. Nous devons f aire h autrui, ce que nous voudrions qu*on nous Jit. 
 (Fr. Prov.) — " We should always do to others, as we should wish 
 them to do towards us." A divine precept, never to be forgotten. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2798. Nous maintiendrons. (Fr.) — " We will maintain." — Motto of the 
 earl of Suflfolk.— i¥.D. 
 
 2799. Nous ne savons ce que c'est que bonheur ou malheur absolu. Rousseau. 
 — " We do not know what is really good or bad fortune." Our 
 condition in this world is mixed. We all, in every state, have our 
 Bufferings, but of none is the condition so abject, that he may not 
 find grounds of consolation, and discern the merciful finger of the 
 Omnipotent pointing out to him a place of rest, of happiness un- 
 mixed, of everlasting peace. — M.D. 
 
 2800. Nous ne trouvons guhre de gens de bon sens, que ceux qui sont de notre 
 avis. Rochefoucault. — *' We seldom find persons whom M^e ac- 
 knowledge to be possessed of good sense, except those who agree 
 with us in opinion." When such occasions do occur, our self-love 
 always hiduces a decision in favour of their judgment.— M.D. 
 
 2801. Novi ingenium mulierum, 
 
 Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis capiunt ultro. Ter. — ** I know the dis- 
 positions of women ; when you are willing they decline, when you 
 feel averse, they are eager to comply." A satire on female capri- 
 ciousness, to which very many exceptions certainly exist.— 3/ 3f. 
 
 2802. Nomina honesta prcetenduntur vitiis. Tag. — " Honourable titles are 
 sullied by their vices." Specious names are lent to cover vice. 
 
 — M. 
 
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2/0 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2803. Novos amicos dum paras, veteres cole. Hermes. — ** Whilst you cul- 
 tivate new friendships, do not neglect your old attachments." An 
 old and tried friend is more precious than gold.— MM. 
 
 2804. Novus homo. (Lat.) — " A new man." A man of yesterday; an 
 upstart.— ikf. 
 
 2805. Nudum pactum. (Lat.) — "A naked agreement." A promise merely 
 verbal, and unconfirmed by any written contract. — M.D. 
 
 2806. Nugcs canorce. Hor. — " Melodious trifles." Fudge. Agreeable 
 nonsense. — M.D. 
 
 2807. Nugis addere pondus. Hor. — " To add weight to trifles." To give 
 consequence to things of no moment or importance. 
 
 ** Weight and importance some to trifles give." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2808. Nulla aconita bibuntur 
 
 Fictilibus. Juv. — ** No wolfsbane (poison) is drank out of earthen 
 vessels." Those who eat off plate, and use high-seasoned sauces, 
 and far-sought luxuries, are much more in danger of poison than 
 the humble cottager, who enjoys his simple meal out of his homely 
 earthen dish. — M.D. 
 
 2809. Nulla dies sine lined. (Lat.) — *' There is no day without a line." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2810. Nulla est sincera voluptas, 
 
 Sollicitique aliquid Icetis intervenit. Ovid. — " No pleasure is pure, 
 or without alloy, and anxiety is mixed with all our joys." — M.D. 
 
 2811. Nullce sunt occultiores insidice quam eee quce latent in simulatione 
 officii, aut in aliquo necessitudinis nomine. Cic. — ** There are no 
 acts of treachery more deeply concealed than those which are 
 cloaked under a specious semblance of kindness, or under a plea of 
 necessity." — M. 
 
 2812. Nulla cetas ad perdiscendum est. (Lat.) — "There is no period of 
 life to which the exercise of the faculty of learning is limited." In 
 every stage of our existence our talents may be improved, and our 
 minds expanded by learning. As the proverb says, " never too old 
 to learn."— ikf. 
 
 2813. Nulla falsa doctrina est, qucs non permisceat aliquid veritatis. (Lat.) 
 — " There is no doctrine so false as not to contain in it some 
 truth."— M. 
 
 2814. Nulla fere causa est, in qua nonfosmina litem 
 
 Moverit. Juv. — " Few disputes exist which have not had their 
 
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 origin from woman." We are satisfied with the shadow of command, 
 while, in fact, we are insensibly influenced or openly governed by 
 the weaker sex, and the females who adroitly study the movements 
 of their husbands' tempers, and are consequently the most dexter- 
 ous in the management of their puppets, will be the least likely to 
 suffer the wires to appear by which they direct them. — M.D. 
 
 2615. Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas 
 
 Impatiens consortis erit. Lucan. — ** There is no regard to faith be- 
 tween those who are colleagues in power, and jealousy too fre- 
 quently prevails between associates in wielding the resources of a 
 state." This is a true and sad description of the distracted coun- 
 cils of a state verging towards its ruin. — M.D. 
 
 2816. Nulla herba aut vis mortis tela frangit. (Lat.) — " No herb, no 
 power, can break the dart of death." — M. 
 
 2817. Nulla recordanti lux est ingrata gravisque, 
 
 Nulla fuit cujus non meminisse velit. 
 Ampliat cetatis spatium sibi vir bonus, hoc est 
 
 Vivere bis, vita posse prior e frui. Mar. — ** Of no day can the re- 
 trospect cause pain to a good man, nor has one passed away which 
 he is unwilling to remember ; the period of his life seems pro- 
 longed by his good acts, and we may be said to live twice, when 
 we can reflect with pleasure on days that are gone." 
 
 " No day's remembrance shall the good regret, 
 Nor wish one bitter moment to forget, 
 They stretch the limits of their narrow span, 
 And by enjoying life, live past life again." 
 
 ♦ —M. 
 
 2818. Nulla reparabilis arte 
 
 LcBsa pudicitia est. (Lat.) — ** Chastity, once tarnished, can be re- 
 stored by no art." This admirable reflection should be engraven 
 on the female mind, for when the female reputation is once sul- 
 lied, no time, no repentance, can restore its lustre, or re-establish 
 its purity. — M. 
 
 2819. Nulla res tantura ad discendum profuit quantum scriptio. (Lat.) — 
 ** Nothing so much aids us in learning, as writing down the things 
 we wish to remember." — M. 
 
 2820. Nulla salus bello. Vir. — " There is no safety in war." Those who 
 are engaged in war must ever be exposed to danger. — M. 
 
 2821. Nullam habent personarum rationem. Cic. — " They are no respecters 
 
 of persons." — M. 
 
 2822. Nulli jactantiiis moerent, quam qui maximh latantur. Tacitus.— 
 '* None mourn with so much affected sorrow as those who are in 
 
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272 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 reality the most rejoiced." Assumed sorrow is often betrayed 
 by being ** too highly coloured," too loudly expressed and over- 
 acted.— M.D. 
 
 2823. NuUi negahimuSy nulli differemus justitiam. (Lat ) — " We wiU not 
 deny, nor will we delay the administration of justice to any man." 
 This very emphatic expression is taken from magna charta, the 
 great charter of our liberties, the key-stone of the widely extended 
 arch of British greatness. — M.D. 
 
 2824. NuUis amor est medicabilis herbis. Ovid. — ** Love is not to be cured 
 by the medicinal power of any herb." 
 
 ** No herb, alas ! can cure the pangs of love." 
 
 2825. Nulli suis peccatis impediuntur, quo minus alterius peccata demon- 
 strare possint. (Lat.) — " None are prohibited by their own mis- 
 demeanours from exposing those of other men." — M. 
 
 2826. Nulli tacuisse nocet, nocet esse locutum. (Lat.) — ** To have been 
 silent hurts no one," but the unguarded and imprudent communi- 
 cations of a too loquacious tongue are often productive of mis- 
 chief. — M. 
 
 2827- Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. 
 
 Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. Hor. — " Not com- 
 pelled to swear to the opinions (or the ipse dixits) of any master ; 
 I become a guest wherever the tempest drives me." An open 
 and candid profession of honourable independence, but not always 
 made with strict truth. See Pope's imitations, as follows : 
 
 " Sworn to no master, of no sect am I ; 
 As drives the storm, at any door I knock, 
 And house with Montaigne now, and now with Locke.*' 
 
 — M.D. 
 
 2828. Nullum anarchid majus est malum. (Lat.) — ** No calamity is more 
 dreadful than anarchy." No more direful misfortune can befal 
 any state than to have the empire of the laws subverted, the frame 
 of society thrown into disorder, and all the bonds of social confi- 
 dence, harmony, and security, dissolved by the introduction of 
 anarchy. — M. 
 
 2829. Nullum est nunc dictum, quod sit nmi dictum prius. Ter. — "Nothing 
 remains to be said, that has not been said before." So much has 
 been said, in previous discussion, that nothing new can be ad- 
 duced. — M.D. 
 
 2830. Nullum imperium tutum nisi benevolentid munitum. Corn. Nep, — 
 ** No empire is secure unless it is supported by the good will of its" 
 
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 population." When rulers become forgetful of the great maxira, 
 ** that all government is established for the good of the people," 
 and instead of liberty and wealth we give them tyranny and op- 
 pression, endurance can be but temporary, and the subversion of 
 such governments every good man must consider to be a public 
 blessing — M.D. 
 
 2831. Nullum infortunium solum. (Lat.) — " No misfortune comes singly." 
 —M. 
 
 2832. Nullum iniquum in jure prcBSumendum est. (Lat. Law Max.) — " It 
 is not to be presumed that any thing unjust can exist in the law," 
 or be sanctioned by it. — M.D. 
 
 2833. Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixturd dementia. Seneca. — " There 
 is no great genius free from some tincture of madness." This as- 
 sertion, which is certainly too general, Dryden thus qualifies : 
 
 ** Great wit to madness sure is near allied, 
 And thin partitions do their bounds divide." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 2834. Nullum magnum malum quod extremum est. (Lat.) — " That evil 
 which is the last we are to bear, can never be great." Death re- 
 lieves us from all our troubles. — M.D. 
 
 2835. Nullum me a labore reclinat otium. Hor. — " My labour is relieved 
 by no repose." No intermission lightens my toil. 
 
 " No ease doth lay me down from pain." Creech. 
 
 2836. Nullum numen abest si sit prudentia. Juv. — " No other protection 
 is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence." 
 
 ** No god is absent where calm prudence dwells." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 2837. Nullum tempus occurrit regi. (Lat. Law Mojo.) — " Np lapse of time 
 bars the rights of the crown." — M.D. 
 
 2838. Nullum sine nomine saxum. (Lat.) — " No stone without a name." 
 In a place celebrated (as was Troy) as the theatre of illustrious 
 deeds, every stone may be distinguished as the record of some he- 
 roic act. — MD. 
 
 2839. Nullus argento color est. 
 
 Nisi temperato splendeat usu. Hor. — " Money derives its great va- 
 lue and lustre from its being judiciously and temperately applied." 
 —M.D. 
 
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574 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2840. NuUus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria, (hat. Law 
 Max.) — *' No person can take advantage of a wrong in which he 
 has been a participator." As for instance, in a determinable lease, 
 granted, with a clause for the keeping in repair the buildings by 
 the lessee, if the lessor joins him in pulling down a house, and gets 
 part of the materials, he wiU not afterwards be able to maintain an 
 action for waste, &c. — M.D. 
 
 2841. Nullus tantus quastus, quam quod habes par cere. (Lat. Prov.) — " No 
 gain is so certain, as that which proceeds from the economical use 
 of what you have." See Non intelligunt homines, ^c. Sfc. — M.D. 
 
 2842. Nul n'aura de V esprit, 
 
 Hors nous et nos amis. Moliere. — " A talent for wit shall be al- 
 lowed to none, but ourselves, and the circle of our friends." This 
 alludes to witlings, who in every town form themselves into cote- 
 ries, where they praise and pufF off each other, and where none but 
 their own wit passes current, or receives the stamp of their appro- 
 bation. — M.D. 
 
 2843. Numerisque fertur lege solutis. Hor. — ** He is carried on in numbers 
 unshackled by law." His verses are independent of all poetic rules. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2844. Numerus certus pro incerto ponitur. (Lat.) — ** A certain number is 
 expressed, to imply an uncertain one." As we often say a thou- 
 sand or a million, to express a great many, without ascertaining the 
 exact amount. — M.D. 
 
 2845. Numini et patrice asto. (Lat.) — ** I stand to God and my country." 
 
 Motto of lord Aston.— M.D. 
 
 2846. Nunc animis opus, jEnea, nunc pectore jirmo. Vir. — ** Now, O 
 iEneas, you stand in need of fortitude, and a resolute heart." — M. 
 
 2847. Nunc aut nunquam. (Lat.) — " Now or never.*' Motto of the earl 
 
 of Kilmorey .—ikf.D. 
 
 2848. Nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arhos, 
 
 Nuncfrondent sylvce, nunc formosissimus annus. Vir. — " Now every 
 field is green, every tree puts forth its flowers, the woods are in 
 leaf, and the season the most delightful." A fine description of the 
 spring. 
 
 ** The trees are cloth'd with leaves, the fields with grass, 
 The blossoms blow, the birds on bushes sing, 
 And nature has accomplish'd all the spring." Dryden. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
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 2849. Nunc patimur longcs pads mala ; scevior armis 
 
 Luxuria incubuit, victumque ulciscitur orbem. Juv. — " Now we suf- 
 fer the evils of a long peace ; luxury more destructive than the 
 sword oppresses us, and avenges the conquered world/' This fine 
 description of Rome in its decline, exhibits what Shakspeare calls, 
 " The cankers of a calm world, and a long peace." — M.D. 
 
 2850. Numquam in vitdmihifuit melius. (Lat.) — " Never in my life was I 
 better." Never did I enjoy better health, never did I live better, 
 or, never was I in more prosperous circumstances. — M. 
 
 2851. Nunc mare, nunc sylvce 
 
 Threicio aquilone sonant, rapiamus, amid, 
 
 Occasionem de die. Hor. — " Now the sea, the woods resound with 
 a north-east breeze, let us, my friends, seize the occasion of this 
 auspicious day." — M. 
 
 2852. Nunc retrorswm 
 
 Vela dare, atque iterare cursu^ 
 
 Cogor relictos. Hor. — " I am now compelled to retrace my steps, 
 and to resume the course I had quitted." — M. 
 
 2853. Nunquam ad liquidum fama perdudtur. (Lat.) — " Report never 
 states things in a strictly true point of view." Is never perfectly 
 clear. — M.D. 
 
 2854. Nunquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit. Juv. — " Nature never 
 says that which wisdom will contradict." They are always in ac- 
 cordance. 
 
 *' Good taste and nature always speak the same." 
 For wisdom ever echoes nature's voice.. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 2855. Nunquam ita quisquam bene subductd rations ad vitamfuit, 
 
 Quin res, cetas, usus, semper aliquid apportet novi, 
 Aliquid moneai, ut ilia, quce te scire credas, nescias, 
 Et quce tibiputdris prima, in experiundo nunc repudies. Ter. — " No 
 man was ever endowed with a judgment so correct and judicious, 
 in regulating his life, but that circumstances, time, and experience, 
 would teach him something new, and apprize him that, of those 
 things with which he thought himself the best acquainted, he knew 
 nothing ; and that those ideas, which in theory appeared the most 
 advantageous, were found when brought into practice, to be alto- 
 gether inapplicable." — M. 
 
 2856. Nunquam libertas gratior extat 
 
 Quam sub rege pio. Claud. — " Liberty never appeared in more 
 
 N 6 
 
276 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 captivating circumstances than under a pious king." Monarchy 
 is by no means incompatible with rational liberty, if the monarch 
 does but respect the obligations which may have been entered into 
 between him and his people. — M.M. 
 
 2857- Nunquam minus solus, quam cum solus. (Lat.) — ** Never less alone 
 than when alone." This saying is attributed to an ancient philo- 
 sopher, whose great luxury was solitary reflection. — M.M. 
 
 2858. Nunquam nimis dicitur, quod nunquam satis discitur. Sen. — " A thing 
 
 is never too often repeated^ which is never sufficiently learned." 
 There are some maxims so excellent in themselves, and so import- 
 ant in their nature, that they never can be too often repeated, or 
 too deeply imprinted on the mind. — M.D. 
 
 2859. Nunquam non paratus. (Lat.) — " Always ready." Motto of mar- 
 quis of Annandale. — M.D. 
 
 2860. Nunquam potest non esse virtuti locus. Sen. — "There will ever be a 
 place for virtue." A man who is wise and benevolent, will never 
 feel a difficulty in finding scope for his humane and charitable ex- 
 
 • ertions. — MD. 
 
 2861. Nimquam sunt grati qui nocuere sales. {Lat.) — ** Witticisms never 
 are agreeable, which are injurious to others." Wit which is acri- 
 monious and sarcastic, every man possessing a good heart must 
 condemn. — M.D. 
 
 2862. Nuper idoneus. Hor. — " Lately fit for." Or, some time ago I was 
 equal to this. — M. 
 
 2863. Nusquam tuta fides. Vir. — "Confidence is no where safely placed." 
 This was spoken of a period of civil war, on which occasion, every 
 social tie is dissolved. — M.M. 
 
 O. 
 
 2864. 'O avB^uiTcoQ evepytrog TTEcpvKojg. Antonin. — Ho antJiropos euergetos 
 pephukos. — "Man is naturally a benevolent creature." — M. 
 
 2865. Obiter cantare. Petron. Arbiter. — " To sing by the way." To 
 sing going along. M. 
 
 2866. Obiter dictum. (Lat.) — " A thing said accidentally, or by the way." 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 277 
 
 In passing. Unpremeditatedly. Not judicially, or to be referred 
 to as authority. — M.D. 
 
 2867. Oblatam oceasionem tene. Cic. — "Seize an opportunity when it pre- 
 sents itself." If once lost it may never be regained. To ** catch 
 the tide of fortune at the flood" is a wise maxim that should never 
 be forgotten — M. 
 
 2868. Obruat illud maU partum, malb retentum, malh gestumimperium. Cic. 
 — " Let that sovereignty fall, which has been badly acquired, re- 
 tained by evil practices, and which is badly administered." Such 
 a power has in it no one principle tending to give it stability. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2869. Obscuris vera involvens. Vir. — " Involving truth in obscurity." 
 This is applied to disputants, who, seeing the weight of truth 
 against them, endeavour to encumber it with verbiage and circum- 
 locution, not having any fair argument by which to rebut it. — 
 M.M. 
 
 2870. Obscurum per obscurius. (Lat.) — ** To illustrate a thing that was 
 before obscure, by something still more so." — M.D, 
 
 2871. Obsecro, tuuni est F vetus credideram. (Lat.) — " Is it, pray, yours? 
 I had thought it old." I had conceived it to be an old inventioUi 
 —M.D. 
 
 2872. Obseqidum amicos, Veritas odium parit. Ter. — " Obsequiousness 
 begets friends, truth, hatred." — MM, 
 
 2873. Obstupui, steteruntque comce, et vox faucibus hcesit. Vir. — " I was 
 amazed, my hair stood erect, and my voice faultered in my jaws." 
 Used to express an extreme degree of alarm.— ilf.D. 
 
 28/4. Obtrectatio ac livor pronis auribits accipiuntur, quippe adulationi foZ' 
 dum crimen servitutis, malignitati falsa species libertatis inest. Tacit. 
 ** Detraction and envy are listened to with open ears, because adu- 
 lation is a proof of meanness and servility, whilst malignity wears 
 an appearance of independance." The latter is therefore well re- 
 ceived. — M.D. 
 
 2875. c(Bca nocentum 
 
 Consilia, O semper timidum scelus ! f Statius. — "Oh how short- 
 sighted are the counsels of the guilty ! Oh how dastardly is wick- 
 edness ! 1" A guilty conscience paralyzes the energies of the bold- 
 est mind, and enfeebles the powers of the_ stoutest heart. — M.D. 
 
 2876. Occasio facit furem, (Lat.) — '* Opportunity makes the thief." 
 
278 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Hence, masters should not throw their servants into temptations 
 which they may be unable to resist. — M. 
 
 2877. OcGOsionem cognosce. (Lat.) — " Avail yourself of the opportunity.'* 
 To know the critical moment at which to seize an opportunity, 
 evinces wisdom and judgment, which, in general, insure success. 
 In the language of our immortal bard, 
 
 ** There is a tide in the affairs of men 
 
 Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune ; 
 Omitted, all the voyage of their life 
 Is bound in shallows and in miseries." 
 
 — M. 
 
 2878. Occasio prima sui parte comosa, posteriori parte calva, quam si occu- 
 paris, teneas ; elapsam semel, non ipse Jupiter possit reprehendere. 
 (Lat J — " Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you 
 seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to es- 
 cape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again." — M. 
 
 28/9. Oculis magis hahenda fides quam aurihus. (Lat.) — " It is better to 
 trust to our eyes, than to our ears." — M. 
 
 2880. Occultare morbum funestum. (Lat.) — " To conceal disease is fatal." 
 See " Principiis ohsta.''—M. 
 
 2881. Oculus domini saginat equum. (Lat.) — *'The master's eye makes 
 the horse fat." — M. 
 
 2882. Occupet extremum scabies ! Hor. — *' May the rot seize the last." 
 Anglice, the devil take the hindmost. — M.M. 
 
 2883. Occurrentnubes. (Lat.) — ** Clouds will arise." Motto of the baron 
 Eliot.— M.jD. 
 
 2884. curas hominum! quantum est in rebus inane ! Per. — ** Oh ! the 
 cares of men! Oh ! how frivolous are their affairs!" — M.M. 
 
 2885. curvcB in terris animcB, et coelestium inanes ! (Lat.) — Oh! ye gro- 
 velling souls, devoid of every celestial endowment !" 
 
 " O souls, in whom no heav'nly fire is found, 
 
 Flat minds, and ever grov'lling on the ground !" Dkyden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 2886. dea certe. Virg. — " O surely, a divinity." 
 ** O goddess, for no less you seem." 
 
 — M. 
 
 2887. Oderint dum metuant. Cic. — ** Let them hate, provided they fear.' 
 The undisguised feeling of a tyrant towards his subjects. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 279 
 
 2888. Oderunt hilar em tristes, tristemque jocosi, 
 
 Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi. Hor. — " The melan- 
 choly hate those who are cheerful ; those who are gay dislike the 
 grave ; the bustling hate the sedate, the indolent the active." As- 
 sociations between persons of opposite temperaments cannot be 
 productive of pleasure to either, nor is it possible they can be 
 durable— M. 
 
 2889. Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore. Hor. — "Good men abhor sin, 
 merely from their love of virtue." Men who really love virtue, 
 wi^ obey her impulses, nor will any influence be able to induce 
 them to deviate from her paths. — M.M. 
 
 2890. Odia in longumjaciens, qum reconderet, auctaque promeret . Tacit. — 
 *' Resentment lying long stored up, to be brought forward with 
 increased acrimony." This, as Junius observes, is a description 
 of the very worst of characters. He who can assume the garb of 
 friendship, while resentment rankles in his breast, must be a most 
 base hypocrite, a most dangerous enemy. — M.D. 
 
 2891. Odia qui nimium timet, regnare nescit. Sen. — " He who too much 
 fears hatred, is unfit to reign." A prince who feels conscious of 
 uniformly promoting the welfare and happiness of his subjects, 
 should look down with contempt on the resentments of individuals. 
 — M.D. 
 
 2892. Odimus accipitrem quia semper vivit in amis. (Lat.J — ** We hate the 
 hawk because he always lives in arms." That power which is al- 
 ways in a state of hostility with its neighbours, and delights in 
 
 ■ war, all men must abhor. — M.M. 
 
 2893. Odiprofanum. (LatJ — " I hate what is profane." — M.D. 
 
 2894. Odiprofanum vulgus et arceo. Hor. — " I hate and I shim the pro- 
 fane vulgar." — M.M. 
 
 ' 2895. Odi puerculos pracoci ingenio. (Lat.) — " I detest boys of a preco- 
 cious capacity." Or, who are endued with talents beyond their 
 years. — M. 
 
 2896. Odium effugere est triumphare. (Lat.) — "To escape hatred is to 
 gain a triumph." This may be applied to official or professional 
 persons, who have the superintendance of inferiors, but who exact 
 the due attention to their respective duties with so much mildness 
 and good humour, as not to incur their dislike. — M. 
 
 2897. Odium theologicum. (Lat.) — " A theological hatred." That aver- 
 sion which is sometimes seen to exist between divines who differ 
 
280 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 on doctrinal points, and even admit a degree of acrimony to enter 
 their controversies. — M.D. 
 
 2898. Odora canum vis. Virg. — ** The scenting power of the hounds." 
 That nasal sensibility which is peculiar to most animals of the 
 canine species. — M. 
 
 2899. 'O B\axt<TT(ov deofisvoQ Eyxi'(Tra Oecjv. (^SocRAT. apud Xen.^ — Ho ela- 
 chiston deomenos enchista tJieon. — "The fewer are our wants, the 
 more do we resemble the gods." — M. 
 
 2900. Ofaciles dare summa Deos, eademque tueri 
 
 Difficiles. Lucan. — " How kind is Providence in bestowing on us 
 high situations, but how averse to ensure our tenure of them ! 1"— 
 M.D. 
 
 2901 . fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint 
 
 Agricolas, quibus ipsa, procul discordibus armis, ? 
 
 Fundit humofacilem victum justissima tellus. Vir. — '* O ! husband- 
 men, more than happy, if ye were sensible of your own comforts, 
 ye, for whom the grateful earth pours out an easily-acquired 
 abundance, while ye are exempt from the clashing of hostile arms." 
 The first line of the above is often applied to those persons who 
 frequently express, without reason, strong political discontent.—^ 
 M.M. 
 
 2902. Ogni medaglia ha il suo riverso. (Ital. Prov.J — " Every medal has 
 its reverse." There are two sides to every story. — M.D. 
 
 2903. Ogni rosa ha le sue spine. (Ital.) — " Every rose has its thorn." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2904. Ohe ! jam satis. Hor. — " Oh ! there is enough." Hold, hold, 
 more than enough. An expression used to signify satiety or dis- 
 gust.— ikf.D. 
 
 2905. Oh temporal Oh mores! (Lat.J — *' Oh the times! Oh our man- 
 ners 1" So exclaimed Cicero; so do we, and so will those who 
 come after us ; generally too, without knowing why. — M.D. 
 
 2906. 0/ imitatores I servum peeus I Hor. — "Oh! ye imitators, what 
 servile wretches !" How infinitely inferior to real genius, and 
 original talent, are the efforts of those who copy and compile from 
 the works of others ! — M. 
 
 2907. Oil] Trep ^uXXwv ytveri Toirjde Kai av^pojv. Homer. — Hoie per fidlon 
 genee toiede kai andron. 
 
 ** Like leaves on trees the race of man is found." Pope. 
 
 -M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 281 
 
 2905. Ot TrXsiopeg KOKoi. (Gr.)—Oi pleiones kakoi. ** The major part of 
 mankind are bad." An observation by Bias, one of the seven wise 
 men of Greece. Though prudence may dictate caution as to men 
 who are unknown to us, and teach us to withhold any great degree 
 of confidence until we know them, still, I cannot agree in the un- 
 charitable denunciation of the Grecian sage. — M.D. 
 
 2909. Oleum addere camino. Hor. — ** To add oil to the fire.'' To add 
 fuel to the flame. — M. 
 
 2910. Olim meminisse juvabit. Virg. — " It will gratify to think hereafter 
 of these events." — MM. 
 
 2911. O V utile secret que de mentir h-propos. (Fr. Prov.J — **0h! what a 
 useful secret, to be able to command a lie for every occasion 1" 
 This is French policy. — M.D. 
 
 2912. major tandem, parcas, insane, minori. Hoh. — "Oh! thou who 
 art more decidedly mad, spare me who am less so." A phrase 
 sometimes used, on occasions of a paper warfare, ironically. — M.D. 
 
 2913. mihi tarn longce maneat pars ultima vitce 
 
 Spiritus, et quantum sat erit tua dicere facta ! Virg. — " Oh ! may 
 my spirit, the last remnant of a long life, be continued to me, and 
 how far will it suffice to tell all your noble deeds !" 
 
 ** To sing thy praise may heav'n my breath prolong, 
 Infusing spirit worthy such a song!" — Dryden. 
 
 ^M.M. 
 
 2914. miseras hominum mentes, pectora cceca ! Lucret. — ** Oh ! 
 the miserable minds of men, oh ! how short-sighted their under- 
 standings !" A quotation very applicable on occasions of popular 
 delusion. — M.D. 
 
 2915. Omne actum ab agentis intentione judicandum. (Lat. Law Max.) — 
 " Every act is to be judged of, by the intention of the person who 
 does it." In all contracts the intention of the parties, in all wiUs 
 the intention of the testator, and in criminal cases that of the 
 accused, is to be considered. — M.D. 
 
 2916. Omne animi vitium tanto conspectiu^ in se 
 
 Crimen habet, quanta major qui peccat habetur. Juv. — " Every 
 error of the mind is the more conspicuous, and culpable, in pro- 
 portion to the rank of the person who commits it." Those, there- 
 fore, whom Providence has called to high stations, are responsible 
 for their acts, not only as they may affect themselves, but as the 
 influence of their example may operate on others. This considera- 
 tion, therefore, joined to the advantages of their education, highly 
 aggravates their vices, and increases their culpability. — M.M. 
 
282 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2917. Omne capax movet urna nomen. Hor. — " The capacious um of 
 death moves (in it's turn) every name." The common lot of mor- 
 tahty awaits us all. Most happy is he who is the best prepared for 
 the summons. — M.M. 
 
 2918. Omne ignotum pro magnifico. (hat.) — ** Every thing unknown to 
 us, we suppose to be magnificent." We are apt to suppose things 
 which we have not seeuy to be greater and more splendid than they 
 really are. — M.D. 
 
 2919. Omne in pracipiti vitium stetit. Juv. — " Every vice has attained 
 it's acme." — M.M. 
 
 2920. Omne crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Hor. — " Think that 
 every day is to be your last." By reconciling to yourself the idea 
 that death may be near at hand, you will certainly be the better 
 prepared for it. — M.M. 
 
 2921. Omnem, qiue nunc obducta tuenti 
 
 Mortales hebetat visus tibi, et humida circum 
 
 Caligat, nubem eripiam. Virg. — *' I will dissipate that cloud, 
 ■v^hich, interposed, now humid hangs around you, and obstnicts 
 your mortal sight." 
 
 " The cloud which intercepting the clear light, 
 Hangs o'er thy eyes, and blunts thy mortal sight, 
 I will remove." — Dryden. 
 
 — ikf 
 
 2922. Omnes pari sorte nascimur, sola virtute distinguimur. (Lat.) — ** All 
 men by birth are equal, we are distinguished in after life solely 
 by our merits." — M.D. 
 
 2923. Omnes, quibus res sunt minus secundce, magis sunt nescio quomodo 
 Suspiciosi J ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis j 
 
 Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi. Ter. — '* All those 
 whose affairs are not in a prosperous condition, are, I know not 
 why, suspicious ; they regard almost every thing as an affront, and, 
 on account of their humbled state, they believe they are treated 
 with neglect." There is a natural jealousy in persons of fallen for- 
 tune, which it is very imprudent, if not cruel, in those in more 
 auspicious circumstances, to awaken. We should show them 
 sympathy, and repress animadversion. — M.D. 
 
 2924. Omnes amicos habere operosum est ; satis est inimicos non habere. 
 Sen. — ** It is a most arduous task to make all men your friends ; 
 it is quite enough if you avoid making enemies." Without making 
 a sacrifice of either feehng or character, you cannot conciliate all 
 men's friendship ; but you may be satisfied if you possess a con- 
 science void of offence towards any. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 283 
 
 2925. Omnes autem et habentur et dicuntur tyranni, qui potestate sunt per- 
 petudy in ed civitate quce libertate usa est. Corn. Nepos in vit. 
 Themistoclis. — ** All men are branded with the name of tyrants, 
 who possess themselves of permanent sway, in a state which had 
 before enjoyed the blessings of liberty." — M.M. 
 
 2926. Omnes composui. Hor. — " I have buried them all." My relations 
 are all gone to rest. — M. 
 
 2927. Omnes eodem cogimurj omnium 
 Versatur urna j seriils, ocyiis, 
 
 Sors exitura. Hor. — " We are all impelled in the same course, 
 the urn of death is shaken for us all, and, sooner or later, every 
 man's lot will come forth." — M.M. 
 
 2928. Omnes in malorum mari navigamus. (Lat.J — ** We are all embarked 
 on a sea of evils." — M. 
 
 2929. Omnes sibi malle melius esse, quam dlteri. Ter. — ** It is right that 
 every man should be solicitous about his own interests, in prefer- 
 ence to those of others." — M.D. 
 
 2930. Omne solum forti patria est. Ovid. — ** every soil is the country of 
 a brave man." A firm mind will support a man even in exile, 
 in every clime a brave heart will find his country, — M.D. 
 
 2931. Omnes stultos insanire. Hor. — " That all fools are mad." Dama- 
 sippus the stoic held this as a favorite doctrine. Mr. Locke states 
 this diflference. That fools draw false conclusions from just prin- 
 ciples, while madmen draw just conclusions from false principles. 
 —M.D. 
 
 2932.. Omne supervacuum plena de pectore manat. Hor. — ** Every thing 
 superfluous flows out from a full bosom." From a mind eager to 
 discharge itself. This is given as a hint to poets not to overload 
 their works with unnecessary remarks or descriptions — M.D. 
 
 2933. Omnes una manet nox 
 
 Et calcanda semel via lethi. Hor. — " The same night awaits us 
 all, and the way of death must be once travelled." — M. 
 
 2934. Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci 
 
 Lectorem delectando, pariterque monendo. Hor — ** He has accom- 
 plished every thing, who has well blended the useful with the agree- 
 able, amusing his reader while he instnicts him." To interest the 
 heart, and at the same time to improve the mind, is, in a writer, 
 to have attained perfection. — M.M. 
 
 2935. Omne vafer vitium ndenti Flaccus amico 
 
 Tangit, et admissus circum prcecordia ludit. Persius. — " The cun- 
 
284 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 ning Flaccus praises every vice in his cheerful (unsuspecting) 
 friend, and being admitted to his confidence, he entwines himself 
 around his heart." — M. 
 
 2936. Omnes amicitias familiaritatesque afflixit. Sueton. — "He has 
 violated all the bonds of friendship and intimacy, or good under- 
 standing." — M. 
 
 2937. Omne vovemus 
 
 Hoc tibi J ne tanto careat mihi nomine charta. Hor. — '* I dedicate 
 all these to thee, that my work may go forth under the protection 
 of thy distinguished name." — M. 
 
 2938. Omnia lona bonis. (Lat.J — " All things that are good, to good 
 men." Motto of viscount Wenman. — M.D. 
 
 2939. Omnia Castor emit, sic fiet ut omnia vendat. Martial. — " Castor 
 buys every thing, it may so happen that he may be obliged to sell 
 them." This is applicable to a character often met with, a man of 
 small means, who has a passion for buying up things which he 
 does not want, merely because he gets them cheap. — M. 
 
 2940. Omnia conando docilis solertia vicit. Manlius. — ** A docile dis- 
 position will, with application, surmount every difficulty." — M. 
 
 2941. Omnia cum amico delibera sed de ipso prius. Sen. — " Consult your 
 friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself." 
 His counsel may then be useful, where your own self-love might 
 impair your judgment. — M.D. 
 
 2942. Omnia fanda nefanda, malo permista furore, 
 
 Justificam nobis mentem avertere deorum. Cat.—" All things, right 
 and wrong, jumbled together in this calamitous war, have turned 
 against us, the just and mild disposition of heaven." — M.D. 
 
 2943. Omnia fert cetas, animum quoque. Virg. — *' Age deteriorates all 
 our faculties, and impairs even those of the mind." This reflection 
 is too manifestly true to require to be supported by any comment. 
 -'M.D. 
 
 2944. Omnia Greed! 
 
 Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine. Juv. — " All things 
 must be Greek, when it is more shameful for us (Romans) to be 
 ignorant of Latin." This is a satire directed against those who 
 aim at the acquisition of foreign languages, without being masters 
 of their own. — M.D. 
 
 2945. Omnia inconsulti impetus ccepta, initiis vdlida, spatio languescunt. 
 Tacitus. — *' All undertakings begim with uncontrolled violence. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 285 
 
 are ardently urged on in the beginning, but towards the end the 
 exertion becomes languid." — M.D. 
 
 2946. Omnia mala exempla bonis principiis oria sunt. CLatJ—" All bad 
 examples have had their origin in good principles." This is thus 
 judiciously illustrated by Mr. Macdonnel. ** A daring offence very 
 frequently gives birth to a stretch of power. The punishment be- 
 ing just in the first instance, it gains a sanction from those who do 
 not foresee or dread the extent or abuse of the precedent." — M.D. 
 
 2947. Omnia mea mecum porto. (Lat.) — " All my property I carry with 
 me." This is taken from a speech of Bias, one of the seven sages 
 of Greece. — M.D. 
 
 2948. Omnia non pariter rerum sunt omnibus apta. Propertius. — " All 
 things are not alike suitable to all men." — D.D. 
 
 2949. Omnia patefacienda, ut nihil quod venditor norit emptor ignoret. 
 TuLL. — " All things are to be laid open, that nothing which the 
 seller may know may be kept secret from the buyer." This is 
 certainly the true spirit of just and fair dealing, but, alas ! how 
 seldom is it acted on ! — M. 
 
 2950. Omnia priiis verbis experiri, quam armis, sapientem decet. Ter. — 
 ** It is the part of a wise man to try every thing that negotiation 
 can effect, before he has recourse to arms." A wise statesman, or 
 a good prince, will try all the arts of diplomatic influence, before 
 they rush into a war which may entail incalculable injuries on their 
 country. — M.D. 
 
 2951 . Omnia prof ectb, cum se a celestibus rebus refer et ad humanas, excelsiiiSf 
 magnificentiusque et dicet et sentief. Cic. — " The contemplation 
 of heavenly things will make a man both speak and think in a more 
 sublime and elevated strain, when he descends to human affairs." 
 —M.D. 
 
 2952. Omnia quce nunc vetustissima creduntur nova fuerej et quod hodie 
 exemplis tuemur, inter exempla erit. Tag. — ** All those things which 
 are now held to be of the greatest antiquity, were, at one time, 
 new ; and what we to-day hold up by example, will rank hereafter 
 as a precedent." — M.D. 
 
 2953. Omnia risus, omnia pulvisy et omnia nil sunt. (Lat.) — " All things 
 are ridiculous, are as dust, are as nothing." A satire but too well 
 founded, on the perishable nature of the things of this world. — M. 
 
 Omnia Romee 
 
 Cumpretio. (Lat.) — ** All things may be had in Rome, if you 
 have but money." — M 
 
2S6 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2955. Omnia si perdas famam servare memento 
 
 Qua semel amissd postea nullus eris. (Lat.) — *' Though you lose 
 every other possession, hold fast by your good name, which being 
 once lost, you are indeed undone." Whatever reverses may assail 
 our fortunes, let us preserve our characters for integrity and honesty, 
 from which a stain can never be effaced, — M. 
 
 2956. Omnia suspendens naso. (Lat.) — " Hanging every thing on his 
 nose." Meaning, a fellow who turns up his nose, and sneers at 
 every thing. — M.D. 
 
 2957. Omnia tuta timens. Virg. — " Apprehensive about every thing, 
 even those which are in safety." A mind long irritated by dis- 
 appointment, or harassed by dangers, or by losses, knows not on 
 what anchor to rest it's hope, or where to turn in search of secu- 
 rity or tranquillity. — M.D. 
 
 2958. Omnia venalia nummo. (Lat.) — " AH things are venal for money." 
 Every thing in this world has it's price. — M. 
 
 2959. Omnia venalia Romce. (Lat.) — " At Rome all things are venal." 
 This censure was cast upon the imperial city, the mistress of the 
 world, in the days of her corruption and luxury, and it is to be 
 feared that the remark might be, with truth, applied to every great 
 metropolis of our own times. — M. 
 
 2960. Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori. Virg. — " Love conquers 
 all things, let us therefore yield to his influence." This reminds 
 us of Voltaire's inscription on a statue of Cupid ; 
 
 " Old que tu sois void ton maitre, 
 II Pest, le fut, ou le doit etre.^' 
 
 " Whoe'er thou art, here is thy master, he is, or was, or ought to 
 be so."— M.D. 
 
 2961. Omnibus hoc vitium estcantoribm, inter amicos 
 Ut nunquam inducant animum cant are rogati, 
 
 Jiijussi nunquam desistant. Hor. — " This fault is common to all 
 singers, that when requested to sing, they never will comply, but 
 do not ask them, and they will sing without ceasing." This re- 
 mark, as far as it affects the/«?r sex, reminds us of the quotation, 
 " novi ingenium," &c. 
 
 29C2. Omnibus hostes 
 
 Reddite nos populis, civile avertite bellum. Luc an. — '* Commit us 
 in hostility with every other nation, but avert from us civil war." 
 If we must engage in war, avert it from our doors, let us not spill 
 each other's blood. 
 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 287 
 
 2963. Omnibus in terris, qucs sunt a Gadibus usque 
 Auroram et Gangem, pauci dignoscere possunt 
 Vera bona, atque illis multum diversa, remotd 
 
 Erroris nebula. Juv. — ** In all nations which lie from Cadiz even 
 to the Ganges, few have the clouds of prejudice sufficiently re- 
 moved from their eyes, to enable them to discern those things 
 which are really for their good, or otherwise." — M. 
 
 2964. Omnibus invideas, Zoile, nemo tibi. Mar. — " You envy every one, 
 Zoilus, but no one seems to envy you." — MM. 
 
 2965. Omnibus se miscet. (LatJ — " He meddles in every thing." H^ in- 
 trudes himself into every one's affairs. — M. 
 
 2966. Omni exceptione major. (Lat.) — "A man above all exception." 
 Whose integrity, honour and veracity, are unimpeachable. — M.D. 
 
 2967. Omni personarum delectu et discrimine remoto. Cic. — ** Every re- 
 spect or attention to persons being laid aside." All deference to 
 rank or station being discarded. — M. 
 
 2968. Omnis doctrines ac scientice thesaurus altissimus. (Lat, J — '* The most 
 copious repository of every species of learning, and of all the 
 
 2969. Omnis dolor aut est vehemens, aut levis ; si levis facile fertur, si vehe- 
 mens certh brevis futurus est. Cic. — " All bodily pain is either acute 
 or mild ; if acute, it will not long continue ; if mild, it will be 
 easily borne." This fine dilemma is adduced to prove that all bo- 
 dily pain should be endured with patience. 
 
 2970. Omnis enim res. 
 
 Virtues, fama, decus, divina humanaque, pulchris 
 Divitiis parent. Hor. — ** For all things divine and human, virtue, 
 fame, honour, obey the influence of wealth." In the days of this 
 poet all things were said to have been venal at Rome, but venality 
 has, in much later days, rivalled even the excess to which it was 
 carried in Rome. 
 
 2971. Omnis sorsferendo superanda est. (Lat.) — " Every lot is to be over- 
 come by endurance." All the vicissitudes of this life are to be 
 surmounted by patience. — M.M. 
 
 2972. Omnis poena corporalis, quamvis minimtty 
 
 Major est omni pcend pecuniarid, quamvis maximd. (Lat. Law Max.) 
 — **The slightest corporal punishment falls more heavily than the 
 most weighty pecuniary penalty." — M.D. 
 
288 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2973. Omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi imperasset. Tacit, — " In the 
 opinion of the public, he would have been considered as capable 
 of governing, had he never governed." Thus said Tacitus of the 
 emperor Galba. — M.D. 
 
 2974 Omnium rerum ex quibus aliquid acquiriiur, nihil est agriculturd me- 
 lius, nihil uberius, nihil homine libera dignius. Cic. — ** Of all the 
 pursuits by which property is acquired, nothing is preferable to 
 agriculture, nothing is more productive, nothing more worthy of 
 the attention of a gentleman." — M. 
 
 2975. mors, ero mors tua. (Lat.) — "O death, I will be thy death." 
 Motto of a society called the Black Society. — M.D. 
 
 2976. On commence par etre dupe, onjinitparetrefripon, dans le grand jeu 
 de la vie humaine. Madame Deshoulieres. — " Men begin to 
 perform their part in the great drama of human life, by becom- 
 ing the dupes, and falling a prey to the rapacity of others, but they 
 end their career by becoming themselves knaves." This is a true 
 description of the progress of a gambler. 
 
 Such is the equal progress of deceit, 
 The early dupe oft closes in the cheat," 
 
 —M.B. 
 
 2977. 
 
 2978. Ondit. (JFV.) — *' They say." Report says. It is merely one of the 
 on dits of the day, a loose report. — M.D. 
 
 2979. On dit des gueux quHls ne sont jamais dans leur chemin, parce quHls 
 n'ont point de demeurejixe j il en est de meme de ceux qui disputent 
 sans avoir des notions d^terminees. (Fr.) — " It is remarked of beg- 
 gars, that they are never on their way, because they have no settled 
 place of dwelling ; it is the same with disputants who engage in 
 controversy without having any determinate ideas of their subject." 
 A man only exposes his own weakness who attempts to argue on 
 a subject which he does not thoroughly understand. — M.D. 
 
 2980. On dit que cet homme n'est que de la crhnefouettee. (Fr.) — ** That 
 fellow is said to be nothing but whipped cream." All empty 
 froth.— M. 
 
 2981. On fait souvent tort a la v6it^, par la manihe dont on se sertpour la 
 defendre. (Fr.) — " The cause of truth is often prejudiced by the 
 
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 means which some men resort to, to defend it." An ill-judging 
 or unwise advocate is often more to be dreaded than an open and 
 declared enemy. — M.D. 
 
 2982. On met tout en oeuvre pour assort ir les fortunes, on ne se met point en 
 peine pour assortirles coeurs. JVJassillon. — "Every effort is made 
 (in forming matrimonial alliances) to reconcile matters relating to 
 fortune, but very little attention is paid to the congeniality of dis- 
 positions, or to the accordance of hearts." Too true ! too true ! 
 
 ■ —M. 
 
 2983. On n*a jamais bon marche de mauvaise marchandise. (Fr. ProvJ — 
 " A bad article never sells well." For the best is always the cheap- 
 est.— i»f.D. 
 
 2984. On n'auroit guhre de plaisir, si Von ne se jiattoit point. {Fr.) — " We 
 should enjoy little pleasure, if we did not sometimes flatter our- 
 selves a little."— ilf.D- 
 
 2985. Onne cherche point a prouver la lumiere. (Fr.) — " We do not find it 
 necessary to adduce any proof of the existence of light." Any 
 proof of a thing that is self-evident, is superfluous and idle. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2986. On ne donne rien liberalement que ses conseils. Rochefoucault. — 
 ** There is nothing which men give so freely as their advice." — 
 M.D. 
 
 2987- On ne hue d^ ordinaire que pour etre lou^. Rochefoucault. — ** Praise 
 is commonly bestowed in the expectation that it will be repaid 
 with interest." It is amusing to see two vain persons reciprocally 
 discharging their debts to each other in this way, each anxious to 
 keep the balance of the account in his favour. — M.D. 
 
 2988. On ne m4prise pas tous ceux qui ont des vices j mais on meprise tov^ 
 €€ux qui n'ont aucune vertu. Rochefoucault. — ** The world does 
 not despise those who are addicted to some vices, but all unite in 
 despising those who are utterly devoid of virtue." An unfortunate 
 propensity to some vices is by no means irreconcileable with the 
 possession of even many virtues. — M.D. 
 
 2989 On ne se blame que pour etre lou^. Rochefoucault. — ** Many per- 
 sons affect to censure themselves, merely for the purpose of at- 
 tracting praise." In imputing to ourselves any fault, we always 
 expect that a compliment will be paid us in reply. — M.D. 
 
 2990. On n^est jamais si heureux, ni si malheureux qu'on se Vimagine. Ro- 
 chefoucault. — '* Men are never either so fortunate or so miser- 
 able as they suppose themselves to be." In either case, an exag- 
 
290 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 geration of sensibility is excited, and we are all apt to be too vio- 
 lently elated, or too deeply depressed. — M.M. 
 
 2991. On n' est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que Von a, que par celles 
 que Von affecte d'avoir. (Fr.) — " We are never rendered so ridicu- 
 lous by qualities which we possess, as by those which we aim at, 
 or affect to have.'* Affectation is always contemptible ; a proof of 
 ignorance and a proof of folly. — M.D. 
 
 2992. On ne trouve guhres d'ingrats, taut qu^on est en etat defaire du Men. 
 RocHEFOucAULT. — ** While we retain the power of rendering ser- 
 vice, and conferring favours, we seldom experience ingratitude." 
 Expectation then prompts us to acquit ourselves of the duties 
 which gratitude should dictate. — M,D. 
 
 2993. On ne vaut pas dans ce monde que ce qu^on veut valoir. La Bruyere. 
 — ** A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his 
 conduct." A man must, therefore, at least, seem to be, what he 
 wishes to be thought. — M.D. 
 
 2994. nimium nimiumque oblite tuorum. Ovio. — "Oh! how soon you 
 forget your relations !" — M. 
 
 2995. Onparlepeu quandla vanitenefaitpasparJer. Rochefoucault. — 
 " Men speak little, when vanity does not excite them to speak." 
 A desire of distinguishing ourselves by displaying our eloquence, or 
 showing off our knowledge, are the principal incitements to loqua- 
 city in company. — M.D. 
 
 2996. On perd tout le terns qu^on peut mieux employer. Rousseau. — " We 
 lose all the time, which we might dispose of better than we are 
 doing."— M. 
 
 2997. On peut attirer les coeurspar les qualites qu'on montrej mais on ne les 
 fixe pas que par celles qu^on a. De Moy. — ** Assumed qualities 
 may catch the affections of some, but one must possess qualities 
 really good, to fix the heart." Persons of either sex may captivate 
 each other, by assuming feigned chai'acters, but when the decep- 
 tion is detected, disgrace must be the consequence of the fraud. — 
 M.D. 
 
 2998. On prend le peuple par les oreilles comme on fait un pot par les anses. 
 
 (Fr. Prov.J — ** The common people are to be caught by the ears, 
 as one catches a pot by the handles." This reflection justly de- 
 scribes the credulity of the people. — M.D. 
 
 2999. Onus prohandi. (Lat.) — " The burthen of proving.*' The mus 
 probandi lies always on the person making the charge. — M.D. 
 
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 3000. Onus segni impone asello. (Lat.) — ** Lay the burthen on the lazy 
 ass." — M. 
 
 3001. Opera illius mea sunt. (Lat.) — " His works are mine." Motto of 
 lord Brownlow. — M.D. 
 
 3002. Oj)er(B pretium est. (Lat.) — " It is worth while." It is worth listen- 
 ing to ; or attending to. — M.D. 
 
 3003. Opere in longo fas est obrepere somnum. Hor. — " In a long work 
 sleep will intrude." — M.M. 
 
 3004. Operosh nihil agunt. Sen. — " They make much ado about nothing." 
 —M. 
 
 3005. Opinionum commenta delet dies, natures judicia confirmat. Cic. — 
 " Time destroys the speculations of man, but it confirms the judg- 
 ment of nature." The decisions of opinion are of short duration, 
 but theories formed from nature, and founded on truth, are per- 
 manent and immutable. — M.M. 
 
 3006. Opinor, 
 
 Hmc res et jungit, junctos et servat amicos. 
 At nos virtutes ipsas invertimus, atque 
 
 Sincerum cupimus vas incrustare. Hor. — " I think that this prac- 
 tice, both unites friends, and tends to preserve the union ; but we 
 too often try to invert even real virtue, and throw dirt into a clean 
 vessel." The poet here alludes to the charitable practice of making 
 allowance for the failings of our friends, and treating them with 
 indulgence. — M. 
 
 3007. Opprobrium medicorum. (Lat.) — " The disgrace of physicians." A 
 name given to a disorder like cancer which is incurable. — M.D. 
 
 3008. Optat ephippia bos ; piger optat arare caballus. (Lat.) — " The ox 
 wishes to be adorned in horse's trappings, the lazy horse wishes to 
 plough." So it is with man, who is never contented in the station 
 in which Providence has placed him, and who frequently covets 
 appointments to which he is wholly unfitted. — M. 
 
 3009. Optima qutBque dies miseris mortalibv^ cevi 
 Prima fugit : subeunt morbi trisiisque senectus, 
 
 Et labor, et dura rapit inclementia mortis. Vir. — ** The best years 
 allotted to man soon pass away, disease and gloomy old age suc- 
 ceed, followed by the unrelenting hand of stern death." — M. 
 
 ** In youth alone unhappy mortals live ; 
 But ah ! the mighty bliss is fugitive ; 
 Discolour'd sickness, anxious labours come, 
 And age and death's inexorable doom." Dryden. 
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202 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3010. Optimum custodem ovium quern dicunt esse lupum ! (Lat.) — " A pretty 
 shepherd, indeed, a wolf would make !" — M.B. 
 
 3011. Optimum est aliendfruiinsanid. (Lat.) — " It is a happy thing when 
 we profit by the folly of other men." Nothing is more to be de- 
 sired than that we should turn to account the follies and impru- 
 dence of our neighbours, and avoid running into their errors. — 
 M. 
 
 3012. Optimum obsonium labor, (hat. ProvJ — " Labour gives the best 
 relish." Food the most homely appears excellent, to an appetite 
 prepared by exercise to receive it.— M.D. 
 
 3013. pudor! pietas ! Mar.—" Oh ! modesty ! Oh ! piety !" where 
 are ye fled, how are ye violated ! — -M. 
 
 3014. Opumfuriata cupido. Ovid. — ** An outrageous thirst after wealth." 
 An unbounded avarice. — M.D. 
 
 3015. Ora e sempre. (Ital.) — " Now and always." Motto of lord Pomfret. 
 —M. 
 
 3016. Ora et Mora. (^L«tJ— "Pray and work." Motto of the earl of 
 Dalhousie. — M.D. 
 
 3017. Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Juv. — " We should 
 pray for a sound mind, and a body invigorated by health." The 
 great essentials to human happiness. — M.D. 
 
 30 1 8 . Orator improbus leges subvertit. (Lat.) — " An evil orator subverts the 
 laws." Orators who are evil-minded and disaflfected to the govern- 
 ment under which they live, are certainly dangerous ; yet the laws 
 and institutions of England have withstood the attacks of turbu- 
 lent demagogues for ages, though they there are allowed a freedom 
 of speech which would not be tolerated in any other country, or 
 under any other government ; nor are the innoxious effects of the 
 poison, thus sought to be infused, to be ascribed to the moderation 
 with which it is administered, but to the antidote which is found 
 in the sterling good sense and incorruptible loyalty of Britons. 
 —M. 
 
 3019- Orbis circa lunam prcesupponit ventum, non serenitatem. (Lat.) — 
 " An halo round the moon, indicates the approach of wind, not of 
 serene weather." — M. 
 
 3020. Ore favete omnes. Vir. — " Favour me, all of you, with your 
 tongues." Promote by your words the object I have in view, or, 
 advocate my cause. — M. 
 
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 3021. Ore /e»M5. cLaU—" Merely from the mouth." Oral. His testi- 
 mony was ore tenus, parole, in contradistinction to written evi- 
 dence. — M.D. 
 
 3022. Ornamentum figurarum, ad elegantiam verhorum adjungere. Cic. — 
 ** To unite figurative embellishment with elegance of diction." — 
 M. 
 
 3023. rus, quando te aspiciam? quandoque licehit 
 Nunc veterum libris, nunc somno et inertibus horis 
 
 Ducere soUicitce jucunda oblivia vitce? Hor. — " Oh ! when shall I 
 again behold my rural retreat ? and when shall I be permitted, 
 sometimes with the writings of the ancients, sometimes in the. en- 
 joyment of leisure and repose, to indulge in a pleasing oblivion of 
 a life of solicitude and care !" — M. 
 
 3024. Os homini sublime dedit ccdumque tueri. Ovid. — ** He (God) gave 
 to man a sublime aspect, and the privilege of viewing the hea- 
 vens." Man was made by God, "after his own image," and 
 formed by him in an erect position, as if to enjoy the privilege of 
 viewing his wonderful arrangement of the creation. — M.M. 
 
 3025. si Osi otiosi. (Lat.) — A mere jeu de mots on the word otiosi. 
 — M. 
 
 3026. ! si sic omnia ! (Lat.) — " Oh ! had he thus acted in all things !" 
 This is applied to an inconsistent character, whose conduct, if 
 laudable in some instances, is, in others, highly censurable.^ 
 M.B. 
 
 3027. Ostroque insignis et auro 
 
 Stat sonipes, ac frcena ferox spumantia mandit. Vir. — " Splendidly 
 caparisoned in purple and gold her courser awaits, and impatient 
 champs the frothy bit." Description given by the poet of Dido's 
 courser, waiting her arrival. — M. 
 
 3028. suavis anima ! qualem te dicam bonam 
 
 Antehacfuisse, tales cum sint reliquioe I Ph^dr. — " Oh ! sweet 
 soul ! how good you must have been heretofore, when the relics 
 you have left are so esteemed !" — M. 
 
 3029. Otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis, 
 
 Immodicus contra carpit utrumque labor. (Lat.) — *' Relaxation from 
 business strengthens the body, the m.ind also is invigorated by it, 
 but immoderate fatigue exhausts both." — M. 
 
 3030. Otia securis invidiosa nocent. (Lat.) — ** Idleness, which is so much 
 envied, injures those who are too confident in themselves." — M. 
 
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294 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3031. Otia si tollaSy periere Cupidinis arcus. Ovid. — ** Remove the temp- 
 tations of idleness, and Cupid's bow will be useless." Idleness 
 kindles our passions, but the mind that is engrossed by business 
 has not time to think of love. — M.D. 
 
 3032. Otiosis nuUus adsistit Bern. (Lat.) — ** No Deity is propitious to 
 the idle.''— ilf. 
 
 3033. Otium cum dignitate. (Lat.) — " Leisure with dignity." lliat gen- 
 tleman has retired from the busy scenes of life, and enjoys here his 
 otium cum dignitate, honoured and respected by all around him. — 
 MM. 
 
 3034. Otium sine dignitate. (Lat. J — " Leisure without dignity." This is 
 the proud, overbearing, petulant upstart, who has made money 
 without being scrupulous about the means, and spends it without 
 making a friend ; who lives disregarded, and dies unlamented, the 
 very reverse of the former character. — MJ). 
 
 3035. Otium sine Uteris mors est, et hominis vivi sepuUura. Sen. — ** Leisure 
 without literary occupation is death, the very burying of the living 
 man."— ilf. 
 
 3036. Otium omnia vitiaparit. {Lat.) — ** Idleness produces every vice." 
 
 3037. Oublier nepuis. (Fr.J — " I can never forget." Motto of the Scotch 
 baron Colville. — M.D. 
 
 3038. Ov yvioaiQ aWa wpa^iQ. (Gr.) Ou gnosis alia praxis. — " Not theory 
 but practice." Theory, however plausible, without practice, seldom 
 tends to a successful issue. — M.D. 
 
 3039. Oui et non sont hien courts a dire, mais avantque de les dire, il yfaut 
 penser long-temps. (Fr.) — " Yes and no are very shortly pro- 
 nounced, but before we give them utterance we should reflect for 
 some time." A precipitate assent, or a hasty negative, should, in 
 matters of consequence, be maturely weighed before either is de- 
 cided on.— M.D. 
 
 3040. OvTOQ e<TTi yaXeioTtig ycpwv. Menander. — "A cunning old fox this." 
 —M. 
 
 3041. Ouvrage de longue haleine. (Fr.J — "A tedious difficult business." 
 A prolix and tiresome work. A laboured discourse. 
 
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 Z0i2. Pabulum Acherontis. Plaut. — " Food for the Acheron." A fabled 
 river in the infernal regions. An old man just ready to drop into 
 his tomb. — M.D, 
 
 3043. Pacta conventa. (Lat.) — " Conditions agreed on." This implies, 
 in diplomatic language, any terms that have been agreed on be- 
 tween two powers, though it is perfectly understood that neither 
 will adhere to them, whenever it may suit the convenience of the 
 party to violate them. — M.D. 
 
 3044. Pallida mors cequo pulsat pede 
 
 Pauperum tabernaSf regumque turres. O beate Sexti, 
 VitcB summa brevis, spem nos vetat inchoare longam. Hor. — "Pale 
 death advances with an even step, and knocks with as little cere- 
 mony at the portals of the palace, as at the cottage of the peasant. 
 O ! happy Sextus ! the brief span of human life forbids us to in- 
 dulge in remote future speculations." 
 
 " With equal foot, rich friend, impartial fate 
 Knocks at the cottage and the palace gate, 
 Life's span forbids thee to extend thy cares, 
 And stretch thy hopes beyond thy years." Creech. 
 
 --M.M. 
 
 3045. Palmam qui meruit ferat, (Lat.) — ** Let him who has deserved the 
 palm bear it." This was the motto assigned to the great Nelson, 
 whose immortal name sheds honour on the British peerage. The 
 palm will long flourish over his tomb, the emblem of victory, 
 while the willow will denote the grief, truly national, excited by 
 his fall. '^QQ Anglia cur, \Ql. — M.D. 
 
 30A6.'Pandect(B.—** Pandects." COf Gr. Etym.) The pandects of Jus- 
 tinian contained his entire code of laws, consisting of fifty books, 
 comprising 134 decisions of ancient lawyers. The word is derived 
 from irav and ^tx^iiai, " I contain all things," because these books 
 taught the whole law. The term, however, has been latterly ex- 
 tended in its application, and we have now Pandect ce medicina, and 
 also Pandectm canonum, by bishop Beveridge. — M. 
 
 3047. Panis ex farina crassiore minimam delectationem habet. (Lat.) — 
 " Bread made from coarse flour is little palateable." — M. 
 
 3048. Parasiticam coenam qucerit. (Lat.) — ** He seeks his meal as a para- 
 site." Or as a hanger-on. A character too frequently met with. — M 
 
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296 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3049. Parcere personis dicere de vitiis. (Lat.J — ** To spare persons, but 
 to condemn crimes." This precept the upright satirist should al- 
 ways follow. Satire should be general against vice, but never per- 
 sonal.— ikf.M. 
 
 3050. Parcere subjectis, etdehellare superbos. Virg. — ** To spare the con- 
 quered, and to conquer the haughty." The French affect (but 
 without a shadow of truth) to have adopted this maxim. They 
 say ** Guerre aux chateaux , paix aux chaumieres." '* War against 
 the castles, but peace to the cottages." — M.M. 
 
 3051. Parietem color exornat. (hat) — "Colouring beautifies a wall." — 
 M. 
 
 3052. Pari passu. (Lat.) — ** With an equal gait." By similar steps or 
 gradations. — M.D. 
 
 3053. Paritur pax belle. Corn. Nep. — " Peace is produced by war." 
 Peace is procured, not always by actual conquest, but frequently 
 also by a bold demonstration of our capabilities to meet the de- 
 mands of war. — M.D. 
 
 3054. Par V ecoulement du temps. (Fr.) — " By the lapse of time." — M. 
 
 3055. Par le droit du plus fort. (Fr. Prov.j — "By the right of the strong- 
 est." This is a right too frequently acted on, though the princi- 
 ple that might is right, cannot be regarded but as a violation of all 
 justice.— iU.I>. 
 
 3056. Par les memes voies on ne va pas toujours aux memes fins. (Fr.) St. 
 Real. — " The same means do not always lead to the same ends." 
 Similar measures will not always produce corresponding effects. 
 Circumstances that no human foresight could discern, that no cir- 
 cumspection could guard against, will sometimes arise to discon- 
 cert our best-ordered projects. — M.D. 
 
 3057- Parlez du hup et vous en verrez la queue. (Fr. Prov.j — ** Speak of 
 the wolf and you will see his tail." Anglic^, " speak of the devil 
 and he will appear." — M.D. 
 
 3058. Parlez peu et Men, si vous voulez qu^on vous regarde comma un homme 
 de merite. (Fr.) — *' Speak little and well if you wish to be consi- 
 dered as possessing merit." Never tire others by your talkative- 
 ness, nor disgust by incorrectness, or vulgarity of expression. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3059. Par maniere d* acquit. cFr. Prov.} — ** By way of acquittal or dis- 
 charge."— M.D. 
 
 3060. Par negotiis neque supra. Tacit, — ** Equal to, but not above his 
 
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 business." Applied to describe a person whose habits and talents 
 fit him exactly for his situation. — M.D. 
 
 3061. Par nobile fratrum. (JLat.) — " A noble pair of brothers." Ironi- 
 cally, to denote persons who are well-suited to each other. — M.D. 
 
 3062. Par pari refero. (Lat.J — "I return like for like." I avail myself 
 of the same means that my adversary employed against me. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3063. Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si citd neges. Pub. Syr. — " It is 
 conferring a kindness, to deny at once a favour which you in- 
 tended to refuse." It is cruel to excite a hope which you do not 
 intend to realize. — M.D. _ , . 
 
 3064. Pars hominum vitiis gaudet constanter, et urget 
 Propositum j pars multa natat, modo recta capescens. 
 
 Inter dum pravis obnoxia. Hor. — " A great portion of mankind 
 glory in their vices, and continue to pursue their vicious courses, 
 another portion fluctuate, sometimes practising what is right, 
 sometimes giving way to that which is wrong." — M.D. 
 
 3065. Pars minima sui. (hat.) — ** The smallest remains of the man, or 
 thing." The miserable remains of the man. The shattered rem- 
 nant. — M.D. 
 
 3066. Pars minima est ipsa puella sui. Ovid. — ** The girl herself is the 
 least valued part of what she is to bring." She is good, but her 
 portion is better.— Jf. 
 
 3067. Pars sanitatis velle sanarifuit. Sen. — ** The wish to be cured is an 
 advance towards convalescence." Metaphorically; by being made 
 conscious of our folly, we are put on the high-road to amendment. 
 
 " To yield to remedies is half the cure." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 3068. Par signe de mepris. (Fr.) — ** In token of contempt." — M.D. 
 
 3069. Partatueri. (Lat.J — "You ought to defend what you, have won." 
 M otto of lord Lilford.— M. D. 
 
 3070. Par ternis suppar. (Lat.J — "The two are equal to the three." 
 
 Motto of lord Northwick. — M.D. 
 
 3071. Parthis mendacior. Hor. — '* More lying than the Parthians." The 
 Parthians were considered by the Romans as the most faithless 
 and deceitful of all nations. — M. 
 
 3072. Partibus locare. (Lat.J — " To let land on condition of receiving a 
 
 certain stipulated proportion of the crop in lieu of itnV—M. 
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298 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3073. Particeps criminis. (Lat.)—" A partaker in a crime, a sharer in 
 any act of delinquency." An accessory either before or after the 
 fact. Or he who instigates another to commit any dishonest action. 
 —M.B. 
 
 30/4. Parturiunt monteSy nascitur ridiculus mus. Hor. — ** The mountain 
 is in labour, but a ridiculous mouse comes forth." Applied to au- 
 thors or orators, who, after having given a laboured and inflated 
 exordium, end with imbecility and weakness — M.M. 
 
 3076. Parva leves capiunt animos. Ovid. — " Trifles captivate weak minds.'* 
 Frivolous minds are engaged by trifling pursuits. — M.D. 
 
 3076. Parvis componere magna. Virg. — " To compare great things with 
 such as are little." — M. 
 
 3077- Parvula scintilla scepe magnum suscitavit incendium. (Lat.) — ** The 
 smallest spark often gives birth to destructive conflagrations." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3078, Parvum, nonparvee amicitice, pignus. (Lat.) — " A trifling pledge of 
 sincere friendship." An elegant inscription on a gift to a friend. 
 —M. 
 
 3079- Parvum parva decent. Hor. — " Things on a small scale become the 
 man in humble station." — M.M. 
 
 3080. Pas a pas on va Men loin. (Fr.) — " Step by step one accomplishes 
 a long journey." Or as the English proverb says, *' Slow and 
 sure goes far in a day." — M.D. 
 
 3081. Pascitur in vivis livor, post fata quiescitj 
 
 Tunc suus, ex merito, quemque tuetur honos. Ovid. — " Envy feeds 
 upon the living ; after death it ceases ; then every man's well- 
 earned honours defend him against calumny." That the world 
 seldom does justice to living merit, all experience proves. And 
 very many authorities quoted in this collection confirm the fact. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3082. Passafo ilpericolo gahbato il santo. (Jtal. Prov.) — " The danger be- 
 ing past, the saint is cheated." It is the custom in Catholic coun- 
 tries, in all cases of danger to invoke some peculiar saint, but it 
 often happens that protestations of devotion to his saintship which 
 were profusely poured forth when the danger impended, are for- 
 gotten, and the patron saint is neglected until new dangers threaten. 
 This passage applies also to numerous cases of friendship that has 
 been exerted to serve others, and which has shared the same un- 
 grateful return as did the saint. — M.D. 
 
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 3083. Passe par tout. (Fr.) — " A master-key." A key that opens many 
 locks. The term is also applied to money, which in all ages, and 
 in all countries, has been the most general, and the most effective 
 passe par tout, ever known or tried. See Aurum per medios, ^c. in 
 this collection. — M. 
 
 3084. Passim. (Lat.) — ** Every where.'* In various places. — ikf.D. 
 
 3085. Paterfamilias. (Lat.)—** The father of a family."— ilf.JD. 
 
 3086. Pater ipse colendi 
 
 HaudfacAlem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem 
 Movit ayros, curis acuens mortalia corda. Virg. — ** Providence did 
 not see it fitting that the practice of husbandry should be free from 
 labour ; she first, by art, turned up the soil, inciting the heart of 
 man by expectation." Providence, in its mercy and wisdom, has 
 ordained, that none of the articles essential to the existence of man, 
 are to be obtained without labour and exertion; for, besides that 
 we set little value on things we can have in abundance without la- 
 bour or trouble, that very labour strengthens our appetite, invigo- 
 rates our frame, contributes to our health, and enhances our en- 
 joyments. — M.M. 
 
 3087. Pater patriae. fLa^J—" The father of his country." — M.D. 
 
 3088. Patience passe science. (Fr.) — ** Patience surpasses science." Motto 
 of viscount Falmouth. — M.D. 
 
 3089. Patientia l(Bsa fit furor . (Lat.) — " Patience abused becomes fury." 
 An abuse of patience excites anger. — M.D. 
 
 3090. Patientia vinces. (Lat.) — " By patience you will conquer." Motto 
 of lord Alvanley. — M.D. 
 
 3091. Pati necesseest multa mortalem mala. Pub. Syr. — " It is necessary 
 that men should bear a variety of ills." " Man is born to trouble 
 as the sparks fly upwards."— M. 
 
 3092. Patitur qui vincit. (Lat.) — "He suffers who conquers." Motto 
 of the baron Kinnaird. — M.D. 
 
 3093. Patrice fumus igne alieno luculentior. (Lat.) — " Smoke in our own 
 country is better than fire in any other." Even great local disad- 
 vantages cannot eradicate our attachment to our native soil. — 
 M.M. 
 
 3094. Patria cara, carior libertas. (Lat.) — ** Dear is my country, but my 
 liberty is dearer." Motto of the earl of Radnor. — M.D. 
 
 3095. Patrice quis exulse quoquefugit ? Hoa. — " Who, an exile from his 
 
 o6 
 
300 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 country, can escape from himself?" From his own mind ? A con- 
 sciousness of our guilt will pursue us whithersoever we may fly. 
 
 *' What exile from his native land 
 E'er left himself hehlad." Hastings, 
 
 3096. Patriceque impendere vitam. 
 
 Nee sihiy sed toto genitum se credere mundo. Lucan.— "To devote 
 one's life to his country, and not to think that he was born for 
 himself alone, but for all mankind." To feel it his duty to do good 
 to all men, to consider every good man as a brother. — M. 
 
 3097. Patrice infelicifidelis. (Lat.) — ** Faithful to my unhappy country." 
 Motto of the earl of Courtown. — M.D, 
 
 3098. Patriis virtutibus. (Lat.) — " By hereditary virtues." Motto of earl 
 of Leitrim. — M.B. 
 
 3099. Patrimonium non comesum sed devoratum. Cic. — ** An inheritance, 
 not dehberately expended, but swallowed up." — M, 
 
 ZIOO. Pauci dignoscere possunt ^ 
 
 Vera bona, atque illis multum diversa. Juv. — " Few men can dis- 
 criminate between those things which are really good, and those 
 which are the reverse." Many men form incorrect opinions even 
 on subjects immediately aflfecting their own interests and happi- 
 ness, — MM, 
 
 3101. Pauca abundh mediocribus sufficiunt. (Lat.) — " Moderate men have 
 few wants." — M. 
 
 3102. Paucis carior est fides quam pecunia. Sall. — " There are few men 
 who do not set a greater value on their money than on their good 
 faith," Our author whom we here quote, wrote at an sera of the 
 Roman republic, when the best feelings were engrossed in the pas- 
 sion of avarice. — M.D. 
 
 3103. Paulum sepultce distat inertiee 
 
 Celata virtus. Hor. — ** Valour, when concealed, diflfers but little 
 from cowardice in the grave." On this Mr. Macdonnel makes the 
 following remark. '* If a man can serve his country or his friend, 
 . and yet withholds his exertions, he is more liable to blame for his 
 indolence than another for his incapacity." — M.M. 
 
 3104. Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetit usus. 
 
 Si ventri bene, si lateri pedibusque tuis, nil 
 
 Diviti(B poterint regales adder e mojus. Hor. — " That man cannot 
 
 be called poor, who is in the enjoyment of all the necessaries of 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 301 
 
 life. If it is well with your belly, your sides, and your feet, regal 
 wealth can add nothing more." — M.M. 
 
 3105. Pauperfas fugitur, tofoque arcessitur orbe. Lucan. — "Poverty is 
 avoided and persecuted throughout the world." It is even treated 
 as a crime, and disgrace attaches to it. — M.D. 
 
 3106. Paupertatis pudor et fuga. (hat.) — ** The shame and dread of po- 
 verty." — M. 
 
 3107. Pauvres gens, queje les plains ; car on a pour lesfous 
 
 Plus de pit i^ que de courroux. Boileau. — "Poor people, how I 
 pity them! for one always entertains, for fools, more of pity than 
 of anger."— M.D. 
 
 3108. Pavor est utrique molestus. Hor. — " Fear is troublesome both 
 ways." On either side. — M.D. 
 
 3109. Pax in bello. (Lat.) — " Peace in war." A feeble, ineffectual sys- 
 tem of hostility, which no wise prince would wage, being harass- 
 ing to his own subjects, and ill-suited to the obtaining any advan- 
 tage, or advancing any good end. — M.D. 
 
 3110. Pax potior hello. (Lat.) — " Peace is preferable to war." — M.D. 
 
 3111. Peccavi. (Lat.) — " I have sinned." To make one cry out peccavi, 
 or to make one acknowledge his error. — M.D. 
 
 3112. Pectus prceceptis format amicis. Hor. — "He influences the mind 
 by precepts delivered us from a friend." 
 
 " He forms the soft bosom with the gentlest art." Pope. 
 
 — ikf. 
 
 3113. Pecuniam in loco negligere 
 
 Interdum maximum est lucrum. Ter. — " To manifest an indiffer- 
 ence about money, is sometimes a great gain." — M.M. 
 
 3114. PecunicB obediunt omnia. (Lat.) — "All things are subservient to 
 money." — M. 
 
 3115. Peine forte et dure. (Fr.) — " An over-powering and a severe pain." 
 This term (says Mr. Macdonnel) was used to imply a punishment 
 under the old law, of laying the culprit under heavy weights, and 
 feeding him with bread and kennel water only, if he refused to 
 plead on his arraignment. — M.D. 
 
 3116. Pendent opei'a interrupta. Virg. — "The progress of the works 
 hangs suspended." — M.M. 
 
 3117. Pendente lite. CLaU—** While the suit is depending."— M.D. 
 
302 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3118. — Pene gemelli 
 
 Fratemis animis. Hoh. — '* Almost as twins in the similarity of 
 their minds." — M. 
 
 3119. Penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos. Vir. — " The Britons, a race 
 almost entirely cut off from the rest of the world.'* When Virgil 
 wrote thus, he little thought that that island, insignificant in point 
 of extent, when compared with other countries of Europe, could 
 have attained to that pinnacle of power, to that pre-eminence in 
 arts, in sciences, in arms, which have placed her in the highest 
 rank among the nations of the earth ,• and that, in greatness, she 
 should far surpass even proud Rome herself, the then imperial 
 mistress of the world. — M.D. 
 
 3120. Pense a bien. (Fr.) — " Think of good." Motto of viscount Went- 
 worth. — M.D. 
 
 3121. Per acuta belli, {hat.) — " Through the perils of war." Motto of 
 the earl of Tyrconnel. — M.D. 
 
 3122. Peragit tranquilla potestas 
 
 Quod violenta nequit, mandat ague fortius urget 
 Imperiosa quies. Claud. — *' Power exerted with temperance, can 
 effect what by violence never could be accomplished ; and calm- 
 ness enforces, with more effect, even imperial mandates." Com- 
 mands which are in themselves legal, and whic> are issued with 
 mildness, will be received with respect, and obedience ; while if 
 illegal, and harshly enforced, they may excite to resistance, and the 
 subversion of the authority from which they emanated. — M.D. 
 
 2123. Per angusta ad augusta. (Lat.) — " Through difficulties to gran- 
 deur." Motto of the earl of Massarene.— iH.D. 
 
 3124. Per ardua liberi. (Lat.) — " Through difficulties we obtain freedom." 
 Motto of lord Camelford.— M.D. 
 
 3125. Percunctari aperitis. Cic. — "Make your enquiries from persons 
 who are skilled." Seek information from the learned. — M. 
 
 3126. Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est. 
 
 Nee retinent patulce commissa Jideliter aures. Hor. — ** Avoid inqui- 
 sitive persons, they are always babblers ; nor do ears which are 
 always open to catch news, ever retain what is committed to their 
 keeping." 
 
 '* Shun the inquisitive and curious man, 
 
 For what he hears he will relate again." Pooley. 
 
 —MM. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 303 
 
 3127. Perdidit anna, locum virtutis deseruit, qui 
 
 Setnper in augendd festinat et obruitur re. Hor. — " He has lost the 
 arms, and deserted the cause of virtue, who is always eager and en- 
 grossed in increasing his wealth." — M. 
 
 3128. Per Deum et ferrum obtinui. (Lat.J — "I have obtained it by God 
 and my sword." Motto of the marquis of Downshire. — M. 
 
 3129. Per difficile est, cum prcestare cceteris concupieris, servare aquitatem. 
 Cic. — *' If you aim at surpassing others, it is difficult to be just 
 towards them." — M.D. 
 
 3130. Perditur inter hcec miserolux, non sine votis. Hor. — "The day is 
 thus wasted, to unhappy me, not without many wishes." The 
 poet, praising a country life, laments the unprofitable trifles in 
 which the day is spent in town. — M. 
 
 3131. Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant. Cic. — " Let our friends 
 
 perish, provided that our enemies fall along with them." This 
 was both a Greek and a Roman proverb ; but it is quoted by the 
 orator, merely to stamp on it his reprobation, as a sentiment 
 which marks a cold, selfish, ungenerous mind. Macdonnell. 
 
 3132. Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. (Lat.) — " May they perish 
 who have uttered our good sayings before us." The ancients, this 
 intimates, did not like to have their good things taken out of their 
 mouths. — M.D. 
 
 3133. Per fas et nefas. (Lat.) — " By right or wrong." He pursued his 
 object per fas et nefas. He left no means untried, no stone un- 
 turned.— M.D. 
 
 3134. Perfide! sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens 
 
 Caucasus, Hircanceque admorunt ubera tigres. Vir. — " Oh ! perfidi- 
 ous man ! Caucasus has nourished thee among its horrible rocks 
 and Hyrcanian tygers have given thee suck." 
 
 ** Perfidious man ! thy parent was a rock, 
 And fierce Hyrcanian tigers gave thee suck." 
 
 Dido's reproach to iEneas, when she found he resisted all her en- 
 deavours to dissuade him from leaving Carthage — M. 
 
 3135. Pergis pugnantia secum 
 
 Frontibus adversis componere. Hor. — ** You are going to attempt 
 to reconcile things which are opposite in their natures," and irre- 
 concileable. — M. 
 
304 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 313G. PericuloscB plenum opvs alecs, (hat.) — ** A work full of danger and 
 as precarious as the dice." A business full of hazard. — M.M. 
 
 3137. Periculosior casus ab alto. (Lat) — " A fall from a high place is more 
 dangerous." This is applied to eminence of station, as well as to 
 local altitude. — M.D. 
 
 3138. Periculosum est credere et non credere ; 
 Ergo exploranda est Veritas multum prius 
 
 Quam stulta prave judicet sententia. Ph^d. — ** To believe is dan- 
 gerous, to be unbelieving is equally so, the truth therefore should 
 be diligently sought after, lest that a foohsh opinion should lead 
 you to pronounce an unsound judgment." — M.D. 
 
 3139. Periculum fortitudine evasi. (Lat.) — "I have escaped danger by 
 fortitude." Motto of lordHaitland. —itf.D. 
 
 3140. Periere mores, jus, decus, piet as, fides, 
 
 Et, qui redire nescit cumperit, pudor. Sen. — " Correct morals, jus- 
 tice, honour, piety, and faith, have vanished -, and also that sense 
 of shame, which, when once destroyed, can never be restored." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3141. Perierunt tempora longi 
 
 Servitii. Juv. — " The fruits of a long period of servitude have pe- 
 rished." 
 
 " A long dependence in an hour is lost." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3142. Periissem ni periissem. (Lat. J — **I had perished unless I had pe- 
 rished." Motto of baron Newark. — M.D. 
 
 3143. Per il suo contrario. (Ital.J — " By its opposite." Motto of the earl 
 of Uxbridge.— ikf.D. 
 
 3144. Perimus licitis. (Lat.)-— ''We die for things lawful." We perish 
 in a good cause. Motto of lord Teignmouth. — M.D. 
 
 3145. Perit quodfacis ingrato. (Lat.) — " A kindness conferred on an un- 
 grateful man is thrown away." Or, as the proverb says, ** save a 
 rogue from the gallows and he'll cut your throat." — M. 
 
 3146. PeriturcB par cite chartcB. Juv. — ** Spare the paper which is devoted 
 to perish." A phrase rather supplicatory, sometimes prefixed to 
 publications of an ephemeral and fugitive character. 
 
 " In pity spare us when we do our best 
 To make as much waste paper as the rest." 
 
 —MD. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 305 
 
 a ridei 
 lovers. 
 
 3147. Perjuria ridet amantum. Ovid. — '* He laughs at the perjuries of 
 
 Invp.rs." 
 
 " Forgiving with a smile 
 
 The perjuries that easy maids beguile." 
 
 —M. 
 
 3148. Perjurii poena divina exitium, humana dedecus. (Lat.) — ** Perdi- 
 tion is the punishment of perjury in heaven, disgrace on earth." 
 This was one of the laws known by the appellation of *' the laws 
 of the Twelve Tables.'^ The first code of Roman jurisprudence. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3149. Per mare per terras. (Lat.) — •* By sea and land." Motto of baron 
 Macdonald.— M.D. 
 
 3150. Permitte divis ceetera. Hor. — ** Leave the rest to the gods." Ful- 
 fil your duties with exactness, and leave the rest to Providence. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3151. Per mult as aditum sibi scepejiguras 
 
 Repperit. Ovid. — *' He frequently gains admission under different 
 disguises." 
 
 ** Through vai'ious shapes he often finds access." 
 
 —M. 
 
 3152. Per multum risum possis cognoscere stultum. (Lat.) — "By much 
 laughter you may always distinguish a fool." — M. 
 
 3153. Perpetuus nulli datur usus, et hceres 
 
 Hceredem alteriv^, velut unda supervenit undam. Hor. — " Perpetual 
 possession is allowed to none, and one inheritor succeeds the other, 
 as wave follows wave." — M. 
 
 3154. Perque dies placidos hyherno tempore septem 
 Incubat halcyone pendentibus ceqvore nidis. 
 Turn via tuta maris, ventosque custodit et arcet 
 
 jEolus egressu. Ovid. — " And during seven tranquil days, in the 
 winter season, the halcyon sits upon her hanging nest, then the 
 mariner's track is secure, and ^olus restrains or sends forth the 
 winds." The alcedo, or halcyon (the king's-fisher) was supposed 
 by Aristotle and Pliny, to have sat only seven days, and those in 
 the depth of winter. And that during that period, the mariner 
 might sail in full security. Hence the expression, ** Halcyon 
 days," a term used to denote any season of prosperity ; the hal- 
 cyon days of the poets, the brief trajiquillity, the *' septem placidi 
 dies" of human life. — M, 
 
306 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3155. Per quelVonda 
 AlValtra sponda 
 Voglio anch io 
 
 Passar con te. Metast. — " Over that wave (the Styx) to the other 
 bank, I will pass with thee." A tender profession of attachment 
 from a person who does not wish to survive the darling object of 
 his love. — M.D. 
 
 3156. Per quod servitium amisit. (Law Term.) — " By which he lost his, or 
 her, services." Implying the injury sustained by the plaintiff, in 
 consequence of the seduction of his daughter or apprentice. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3157. Per saltum. (Lat.) — *' By a leap.*' He has attained high rank or 
 honours *' per saltum^" skipping over the usual subordinate steps. 
 — ikf.D. 
 
 3158. Per scelera semper scelerihus cerium est iter. Sen. — " The ways of 
 the wicked are through wickedness." The path of the wicked 
 man is beset with sin. — M.M. 
 
 3159. Perse. (Lat.) — ** By itself." e. g. "No man likes mustard ^er *e." 
 Johnson. — M.B. 
 
 3 1 60. Persequitur scelus ille suum, Idbefactaque tandem 
 Ictibus innumeris adductaque funibus arbor 
 
 Corruit. Ovid. — " He perseveres in his evil purpose, and the tree 
 at length, shaking from reiterated strokes, is dragged down by a 
 rope." 
 
 " The impious axe he plies, loud strokes resound, 
 
 Till dragg'd with ropes and fell'd with many a wound, 
 The loosen'd tree comes rushing to the ground." 
 
 —M. 
 
 3161. Perseverando. (Lat.) — ** By perseverance." Motto of lord Ducie. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3162. Per varios casus per tot discrimina rerum. Virg. — " Through vari-» 
 ous accidents, through so many changes in our affairs." — M.M. 
 
 3163. Pervias rectas. (Lat.) — ** By direct ways." Motto of lord Dufferin 
 and Cloneboye. — M.D. 
 
 3164. Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes. Tacit. — " Flatterers are the 
 very worst of enemies." Their attacks are always directed against 
 our weak side, artfully addressed to our ruling passion, to feed our 
 self-love ; and by throwing us off" our guard, to place us more in 
 the power of our parasitical assailant.-rJf.D. 
 
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 3165. Petere honores per Jlagitia, more Jit. Plaut. — " Custom sanctions 
 the pursuit of honours, even by base acts." — M. 
 
 3166. Petitesmaisons. (Fr.) — " The little houses." A French phrase for 
 a mad-house. Probably, from the smallness of the cells. — M.D. 
 
 3167. Petrus eram, quern petra tegit, dictusque Comestor, 
 Nunc comedorj vivus docui, nee cesso docere 
 Mortuus J ut dicant qui me vident incineratumy 
 
 Quod sumus, istefuity erimus quandoque, quod hie est. (Lat.) — ** I was 
 Peter, whom this stone covers, surnamed Comestor. I am now eaten 
 up ; while living I taught, nor do I yet cease to give instruction, 
 though dead, that those who see me here reduced to dust may say, 
 * what we are he was ; we shall be, at sometime or other, what he 
 is.* " The above-mentioned Peter Comestor, was a learned French 
 ecclesiastic, a native of Troyes, in Champagne. He died at Paris 
 in the year 1198, leaving i}i& jeu-de-mot here given, to be engraved 
 on his tomb, but which loses in translation. — M. 
 
 3168. Peu de hien, peu de sain. (Fr. Prov.J — ** Little property, little care." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3169. Peu de gens savent etre vieux. Rochefoucault. — "Few persons 
 know how to be old." When old men affect, in an unnatural and 
 extravagant style, the manners of youth, they, of coiu-se, render 
 themselves objects of ridicule. But there is nothing so delightful 
 as to witness the cheerfulness and playfulness of youth, exhibited 
 in the well-regulated conduct of a happy, gay, and agreeable old 
 man.— ikf.D. 
 
 3170. Peu de gens sont assez sages pour pr^ferer la blame qui leur est utile, 
 a la louange qui les trahit. Rochefoucault. — " Few persons have 
 sufficient wisdom to prefer censure which is useful to them, to 
 praise which deceives them." — M.D. 
 
 3171 . Pharmaca das cegroto, aurum tibi porrigit cBger, 
 
 Tu morbum auras illius, ille tuum. Mart. — " You prescribe for the 
 sick man, he reaches you your fee, you 'cure his disease, he cures 
 yours." These lines which possess epigrammatic brevity and point, 
 in no inconsiderable degree, are addressed to a poor physician. — 
 M. 
 
 3172. ^iiSeo) Ttav Kreavov. Phideo ton Jcteanon. (Gr.) — " Husband thy re- 
 sources." — M. 
 
 3173. Philosophia stemma noninspicit, Platonem non accepit nobikm philo" 
 sophitty sed fecit. Sen. — ** Philosophy does not regard pedigree, 
 she did not receive Plato as a noble, but she made him so." In 
 
308 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 the eye of true philosophy all men are equal, superior worth and 
 talents alone confer distinction. — M.D. 
 
 3174. Picenis cedunt pomis Tihurtia succo, 
 
 Nam facie prcBstant Hor. — **The apples which grow on the banks 
 of the Tibur, yield to the Picenian in juice, though they excel them 
 in beauty.'*— If. 
 
 3175. Pictoribus at que poetis 
 
 Quidlibet audendi semper fuit cequapotestas. Hor. — *' The power of 
 daring any thing, always equally belonged to painters and poets." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3176. Piepoudre. (Law Fr.) — " Dusty feet." The court of pie poudre. 
 This is the lowest court known in England. Various derivations 
 are assigned for it, but the most satisfactory is pie poudreuce, a ped- 
 lar, in old French, Egid the phrase is applied to a court of petty 
 chapmen, such as frequent fairs and markets. — M.D. 
 
 3177. Pihreponete. (Lat.) — "Repose in pious confidence." Motto of 
 earl Manvers. — M.D. 
 
 3178. Pietate gravem, ac meritis, si forte virum quern 
 
 Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus astant. Virg. — " If they (a 
 turbulent mob) perceive any man possessing authority, or entitled 
 to their respect, by reason of his piety, and his virtues, they are 
 awed into silence, and stand attentive to what he may say." — M. 
 
 3179. Piger scribendi ferre laborcm, 
 
 Scribendi rectej nam, ut multum, nil moror. Hor. — " Too lazy to 
 bear the toil of writing well; for, as to the quantity, it is not worth 
 speaking of." This is pointed at that class of careless, hasty writ- 
 ers, who think the trouble of revising or correcting their works 
 quite too great for them to submit to. — M.D. 
 
 3180. Pinguis item qucesit tellus, hoc denique pacto 
 Discimusj haudunquam manibus j aetata fatiscat, 
 
 ' Sed picis in morem ad digitos lentescit habendo. Vir. — " We may 
 find out what soil is rich in this manner; it never crumbles when 
 you handle it, but it adheres to the fingers like pitch, on being 
 wrought in the hand." 
 
 ** The fatter earth by handling we may find. 
 With ease distini>uish'd from the meagre kind, 
 Poor soil will crumble into dust ; the rich 
 Will to the fingers cleave like clammv pitch." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
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 3181. Piscemnataredoces. (Lat.) — "You teach a fish to swim." You 
 waste your time. — M. 
 
 3182. Piu vale Vingegno cheforza o legno. (Ital. ProvJ — " Ingenuity is of 
 more avail than force or the strength of timber."— ilf. 
 
 3183. Plausu fremituque virum studiisque faventiim 
 
 Pulsati colles clamore resultant. Virg. — ** The hills shaken 
 
 with the shouts, re-echo the plaudits, the cries of men, the huzzas 
 of friends." — M. 
 
 ** The partial crowd their hopes and fears divide 
 And aid with eager shouts the favour'd side 
 Cfies, murmurs, clamours, with a mixing sound 
 From hill to hill, from woods to woods resound." Dryden. 
 
 3184. Planus inconsideratissimee ac dementissimee temeritatis. Cic. — "Full 
 
 of the most inconsiderate and outrageous precipitancy." A cha- 
 racter too often seen among self-sufficient ungovernable young 
 men, who suffer themselves to be hurried by the impulse of the 
 moment, without reflection, into excesses, which they may ever 
 after deplore. — M. 
 
 3185. Plerumque grata divitibus vices. Hon. — " Changes are for the most 
 part pleasant to those who are rich." Whose means enable them 
 to indulge the expensive passion of rambling. — M.M. 
 
 3186. Ploratur lachrymis amissa pecunia veris. Juv. — ** The loss of pro- 
 perty is lamented with bitter tears." — M.D. 
 
 3187. Ploravere suis non respondere favorem 
 
 Speratum meritis. Hor. — " They lamented that the favour they 
 had hoped for did not correspond with their merits." — M.D, 
 
 3188. Plurafaciunt homines ^ consuetudine, quam ^ ratione. (Lat. J — " Men 
 in many of their acts are guided more by custom than by reason." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3189. Plura sunt quce nos terrent, quam quce premuntj et scepius opinione 
 quam re laboramus. Sen. — " The apprehensions of dangers which 
 often disturb us, are more numerous than our real dangers, and 
 we suffer much more frequently from those vain fears than from 
 fact." Imaginary terrors often haunt us, when no real danger 
 exists. — M.D. 
 
 3190. Plures crapula (necat) quam gladius. (Lat. Prov.) — " Gluttony kills 
 more than the sword." We hear with pain of the multitudes who 
 are continually sacrificed in the field of battle, but the silent and 
 extensive destruction in the ranks of our acquaintance, which is 
 
310 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 every year produced by debauchery and excess, we pass by, almost 
 unnoticed, though, if attention was more called to the cause of 
 such premature deaths, it might produce effects not a little salutary 
 to the living. — M.M. 
 
 3191. Pluribus intentus minor est ad singula sensus. (hat.) — '* When one's 
 
 mind is occupied on a variety of subjects, the attention to each 
 must be insufficient." The Italians say, ** Chi tutto" 8fc. which 
 see.— M.D. 
 
 3192. Tluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decern. Pi,aut. — " One 
 
 eye-witness is preferable to ten who speak from hearsay." — M.M. 
 
 3193. Plurimum facer Cy et minimum ipse dese loqui. Tacit. — "To do the 
 utmost, and say little of himself." This character is well applied 
 to a great but unostentatious man. — M.D. 
 
 3194. Plus aloes quam mellis habet. (Lat.) — "He has in his disposition 
 more of gall than of honey." Descriptive of a writer whose strength 
 lies in sarcasm. — M.M. 
 
 3195. Plus apudnos vera ratio valeat quam vulgi opinio. Cic. — " Uncon- 
 trouled reason will influence us more than public opinion." Our 
 own cool judgment shall guide us in preference to general preju- 
 dice. — M.D. 
 
 3196. Plus dolet quam necesse est, qui ante dolet quam necesse est. Sen. — 
 
 ** He who grieves before circumstances require it, grieves more 
 than is necessary." — M.D. 
 
 3197. Plus est quam vita salusque. 
 
 Quod perit : in totum mundi prosternimur esvum. Lucan. — " What 
 we lose is more than life or present safety, we are laid prostrate 
 even to the latest ages of the world." This was written in allu- 
 sion to the battle of Pharsalia between Caesar and Pompey. — 
 M.D. 
 
 319S. Plus exemplo quam peccato nocent. (hat.) — "They do more mischief 
 by the general bad example of their lives, than by any particular 
 sin they commit." This is pointed at persons in high station 
 leading dissolute lives ; whereas the tenour of their conduct should 
 afford an example worthy of imitation by their inferiors. — M.D. 
 
 3199. Plus impetus^ majorem constantiam, penes miseros. Tacit. — " We 
 find more of violence, more of perseverance, among the wretched." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3200. Plus on est riche, plus on a le moyen de s^enrichir. (Fr.) — " The more 
 rich a man is, the greater are his means to accumulate wealth." — 3L 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 311 
 
 3201. Plus ratio quam vis ccBca valere solet. Corn. Gallus. — "Reason 
 can commonly effect more than blind force." That which mere 
 strength cannot accomplish, address will sometimes bring about. 
 — M.D. 
 
 3202. Plmsalis quam sumptus . Corn. Nepos. — "There was more in the 
 savour than in the expense." A truly philosophical entertainment. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3203. Plus sonat quam valet. Sen. — ** He makes more noise than his so- 
 ciety is worth." His conversation is all noise and no meaning. — 
 M. 
 
 3204. Plus videntoculi quam oculus. (Lat.) — "Two eyes see more than 
 one." — M. 
 
 320.5. Plutot mourrir que de changer. (Fr.) — " Rather die than change." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3206. Poetica surgit 
 
 Tempestas. Juv.— " A storm of poetry is ready to burst upon us." 
 — 3f. 
 
 3207. Point d^ argent, point de Suisse. (Fr. Prov.) — " No money, no Swiss." 
 Alluding to the mercenary principles on which that nation has 
 hired out her troops to other powers, but especially to France. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3208. IloXXa fitra^v ttcXei kvXikoq kui ^fiXfoc aKpov. (Gr.) — *' Polla metaxu 
 pelei kulikos kai cheileos akrou. — " Many things may occur between 
 the cup and the lip." — M. 
 
 3209- Pol! me occidistis, amid. Hor. — " By heaven ye have destroyed 
 me, my friends." You have injured me by your misplaced zeal. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3210. Porno onerata ruhenti arbutus. Ovid. — "The arbutus loaded with 
 scarlet fruit." — M. 
 
 3211. Ponamus nimios gemitus : flagrantior eequo 
 
 Non debet dolor esse viri, nee vulnere major. Juv. — " Let us lay 
 aside excessive sorrow, man should not permit his grief to exceed 
 the bounds of manly decorum, nor to be greater than the sum of 
 his suffering can justify." — M.D. 
 
 3212. Pone seram, coMbej sed quis custodiet ipsos 
 
 CujStodes? cauta est, et ab illis incipit uxor. Juv. — "Apply locks, 
 coerce ; but who will watch your keepers, your wife is cunning, 
 she will seduce them." The padlock should be upon the mind. A 
 
312 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 woman who is disposed to evil, will find modes to evade every re- 
 straint that can be imposed. — M.D. 
 
 3213. Ponton. (Fr. Mil. Term.) — "A temporary bridge for an army." — 
 M.B. 
 
 3214. Pontonniers. — "Men employed in the construction of such bridges." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3215.. Populumque falsis dedocet uti 
 
 Vocibus. HoR. — ** And he prohibits the people from using (cre- 
 diting) false rumours." 
 
 " From cheats of words the crowd he brings, 
 To real estimates of men and things." 
 
 —3LM. 
 
 3216. Popular es 
 
 Vincentem strepitus. Hor. — *' Conquering the clamour of the 
 mob." 
 
 " Awes the tumultuous noise of the pit." Roscommon. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3217. Populus me sibilat j at mihi plaudo 
 
 Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in area. Hor. — " The people 
 hiss me, but I comfort myself at home, when I gaze upon the 
 money in my chest." Thus the miser, in viewing his hoards, de- 
 rives consolation which recompenses him, in his own opinion, for 
 the general contempt and execrations which pursue him. — M.M. 
 
 3218. Porous bimestris. Hor. — '* A pig two months old." A delicacy re- 
 commended by the poet to his friend, (Elius Lama. — M. 
 
 3219. Porrecto jugulo, historiaSy captivusut, audit. Hor. — "With stretched- 
 
 out neck, as a slave, he listens to his stories." Applied to a de- 
 pendant, patiently hearing the tiresome stories of his patron. — M. 
 
 3220. Porro unum est neccssarium. (Lat.) — " Moreover one thing is need- 
 ful." Motto of the duke of Wellington, and marquis Wellesley 
 —M.B. 
 
 3221. Poscentes vario multum diversa palato. Hor. — " Demanding, with 
 a whimsical appetite, things widely differing from each other." 
 Used by an author who felt how difficult was the task of catering, 
 so as to gratify the changeable appetite of every individual reader. 
 The literary appetites of readers differ as widely, as do the peculiar 
 tastes of gourmands. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 3 13 
 
 3222. Posse comitatus. (Lat.) — "The power of tlie county." A levy which 
 the sheriff has the power of arraying, when opposition is given to 
 the king's writs, or the execution of the laws. — M.D. 
 
 3223. Tossunt quia posse videntur. Vm. — ** They are able because they 
 seem to be so." A confidence in our own powers produces a degree 
 of resolution and energy which generally ensure success. — M.M. 
 
 3224. Post acclamationem bellicam jacula volant. (Lat J — " After the shout 
 of war arrows fly." — M. 
 
 3225. Post amicitiam credendum est, ante amicitiam judicandum. Sen. — 
 
 "After professing a friendship you should place implicit confidence ; 
 before that profession has been made, judge maturely of the object 
 of your regard." In a state of perfect friendship all manifestation 
 of distrust, or want of confidence on either side should be care- 
 fully avoided. — M.D. 
 
 3226. Post helium auxilium. (Lat) — "Aid after the war." Assistance 
 when it is useless Succour after the danger is over. — M.D. 
 
 3227. Post cineres gloria sera venit. Mart. — " Posthumous glory comes 
 too \aXe."—M. 
 
 3228. Posteri dies testes sunt sapientissimi. (hat.) — ** Succeeding days are 
 the most wise evidences." Events are to be estimated by their 
 consequences, or their effects either immediate or more remote, 
 and time is the universal touchstone, by which we ourselves, as 
 well as our acts, are to be tried. — M. 
 
 3229. Post equitem sedet atra cura. Hor. — " Corroding care is seated be- 
 hind the horseman." Said of a guilty man who vainly attempts 
 to escape from his own gnawing reflections. — 3I.D. 
 
 3230. Post factum nullum consilium. (Lat J — " After the deed, consulta- 
 tion is useless." When a step is taken that is irretrievable, or a 
 measure adopted that is irrevocable, consultation comes too late, 
 and it is folly to hold discussions on what would have been the 
 more prudent part. — M.D. 
 
 3231. Posthabui tamen illorum mea seria ludo. Vir. — " I have postponed 
 more serious matters to objects of mere pleasure." 
 
 ** And I preferr'd my pleasure to my gains." Dryden. 
 
 — M. 
 
 3232. Post malam segetem serendum est. Sen. — " After a bad harvest you 
 should sow again." Instead of being discouraged by the defective 
 produce of one bad season, or, indeed, by any of the other misfor- 
 
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314 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 tunes of this life, those evils should operate as a stimulus to future 
 perseverance and industry. See " Tu ne cede," ^c. — M.D. 
 
 3233. Post mediam noctem visus cum somnia vera. Hor. — "A thing seen 
 after midnight, when dreams are true." The ancients believed 
 that dreams after midnight were always true and infallible. — M. 
 
 3234. Post meridiem. (Lat.) — "After mid-day." After noon. In the 
 British navy, all the hours are distinguished, as they occur, either 
 before or after noon. Thus, the first hour, which we designate on 
 shore, as one o'clock in the morning, is called on ship-board one 
 A. M. or ante meridiem, before noon ; and one o'clock in the after- 
 noon is called, as above, one P. M.post meridiem, after noon. — M. 
 
 3235. Post mortem nohilitari volant. Cic. — ** They would be ennobled 
 even after death." — M. 
 
 3236. Post mortem nulla voluptas. (hat.) — " After death no pleasure re- 
 
 mains to us." This maxim is drawn from the Epicurean school. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3237. Post nubila Phoebus. (Lat.) — " After cloudy weather the sun ap- 
 pears.'* Motto of the baron Shuldham. — M.D. 
 
 3238. Post prandium stabis, post ccenam ambulabis. (hat.) — " After dinner 
 continue quiescent, after sujjper use exercise." This accords with 
 the English adage, 
 
 " After dinner rest a while, 
 After supper walk a mile." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3239. Post prcelia prmmia. (hat.) — ** After battle rewards." Motto of 
 the lord Rossmore. — M.D. 
 
 3240. Post tenebras lux. (hat.) — " After darkness light." By dispelling 
 the clouds of ignorance by the cultivation of knowledge, light 
 dawns upon the mind, and we arrive at truth. — M.D. 
 
 3241. Post tot naufragia portum. (hat.) — *' After so many shipwrecks we 
 reach a port." An asylum after danger. Motto of the earl of 
 Sandwich.— M.D. 
 
 3242. Postulata. (hat.) — '* Things required." In every disputation cer- 
 tain points must form the basis of your argument ; of these you 
 require your adversary's admission. Hence they are termed 
 " postulata."— M.D. 
 
 3243. Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi. Tacit. — 
 
 " Power is maintained more certainly by mild and prudent coun- 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 315 
 
 sels than by harsher measures." Conciliatory government com- 
 bined with vigilance, is more likely to be a prop to power, than 
 any system of violence or severity, which must produce irritation 
 and discontent. — MM. 
 
 3244. Potentissimus est qui se habet in potestate. Sen. — " He is the mo§t 
 powerful who can govern himself." Self-command is often beyond 
 the reach of even those who have had the address to obtain the 
 command over other men, and to rule nations by their will. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3245. Pour Men desirer. (Fr.) — " To desire good." Motto of lord Dacre. 
 — M.Z). 
 
 3246. Pour comhle de honheur. (Fr.) — *' As the summit of happiness." 
 To complete your enjoyment. — M.D. 
 
 324/. Pour connoitre le prix de Vargent, il faut itre oblige d'en emprunter. 
 (Fr.) — **To become a competent judge of the value of money, you 
 should be reduced to the necessity of borrowing." — M.D. 
 
 3248. Pour couper court. (Fr.) — " To cut the matter short." In short. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3249. Pour qui ne les croit pas. Unrest pas de prodiges. Voltaire. — "Mi- 
 racles are thrown away on those who do not believe them." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3250. Pour sefaire valoir. (Fr.) — " To make himself of consequence." 
 To stamp value on his advocacy, friendship, or exertions. His 
 speech was designed pour se /aire valoir, to give himself import- 
 ance in the opinion of his hearers. — M.M. 
 
 3251. Pour s^etablir dans le monde, on fait tout ce que V on peut pour y pa- 
 roitre etabli. Rochefoucault. — " When a man wishes to establish 
 himself in the world, he does his utmost to appear already estab- 
 lished." In this world it is generally good policy to appear not to 
 want that which you, in fact, stand in the greatest need of. — M.D. 
 
 3252. Pour y parvenir. (Fr.) — "To attain the object." To gain your 
 point ; accomplish your end. Motto of the duke of Rutland. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3253. Prcecedentihus instat. (hat.) — " He presses on those who precede 
 him." iVlotto of the earl of St. Germains. — M.D. 
 
 3254. Prcsceps in omnia Ccesar. Lucan. — " Caesar, prompt in all his de- 
 cisions." — M. 
 
 3255. Prcecipitatque moras omnes, opera omnia rumpit. Vie. — " Headlong 
 
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3l6 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 he resists all delay, breaks through all impediments." Descrip- 
 tion of the ardour with which iEneas hastened to meet Turnus. 
 —M. 
 
 3256. Prcecipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis 
 dictis factisque, ex posteritate et infamid metus sit. Tacit. — ** This 
 I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous actions 
 from the oblivion to which a want of records would consign 
 them, and that men should feel a dread of being considered in- 
 famous in the opinions of posterity, from their depraved expres- 
 sions and base actions.'* This maxim, from the high authority of 
 this great historian, shews the utility and advantage of history ; in 
 which the events and their causes being brought together under 
 our view, it is rendered instructive, interesting, and delightful. 
 See another great authority on this subject in the quotation " His- 
 toric deciis" Sfc.—M.D. 
 
 3257. Prceferre patriam liberis regem decet. Sen. — " A king should prefer 
 the interests of his country, even to those of his own children." 
 His duty to his subjects, whom Providence has placed under his 
 care, he should consider as paramount even to the ties of family 
 attachment, and the claims of consanguinity. — M.D. 
 
 3258. Prcegravante turbd. Livy. — " The crowd becoming overwhelming." 
 Insufferable, insupportable. — M. 
 
 3259. Prcemunire. (Law Lat.) — " A writ by which, in certain cases, of- 
 fenders are put out of the protection of the law." — M.D. 
 
 3 2 GO. Prcesertim ut nunc sunt mores, adeo res redit, 
 
 Si quisquis reddit, magna habenda est gratia. Ter. — '* According to 
 the present state of manners, the fact is, that if any body pays a 
 debt, his creditor may consider it as a great favour." — M.D. 
 
 3261. PrcBStat otiosum esse quam male agere. (Lat.) — *' It is better even to 
 be idle, than to descend to base practices." — M. 
 
 3262. Prcesto et persto. (Lat.) — ** I perform and I persevere." Motto of 
 the earl of Haddington. — M.D. 
 
 3263. . Pratensibus optima fungis 
 
 Natura est, aliis male creditur. Hor. — ** Field mushrooms are the 
 most wholesome, others are not used without danger.'* In this 
 th£ Roman epicures differed much in opinion from us. — M. 
 
 3264. Pravo vivere naso, 
 
 Spectandum nigris oculis, nigroque capillo. Hor. — " With a de- 
 formed nose, but to be admired for black hair and black eyes." 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 317 
 
 Unless the various features correspond in proportion and symme- 
 tryi there can be no beauty ; as, while the distorted nose takes 
 away from the beauty of the eye ; so, as if in revenge, the beaming 
 lustre of the eye seems to render the hideous nose more conspicu- 
 ous. — M.M. 
 
 3265. Pr^cepte commence, exemple achhe. (Fr. Prov.J—*' Precept begins, 
 example perfects." With children especially, the force of example 
 is irresistible ; what they see they will imitate, and the act of imi- 
 tation fixes it indelibly in their minds ; while instructions con- 
 veyed mentally, frequently evaporate before the principle they were 
 meant to inculcate has had time to take root. — M.D. 
 
 3266. Preces armatce. Auson. — "Armed prayers." Claims preferred 
 tinder the mask of moderation, but which are to be supported by 
 arms if necessary.— M.M. 
 
 3267. Prendere Indole per lanterne. (Ital.) — " To mistake the match for 
 the lantern." To go astray j be in error. — M.D. 
 
 3268. Prendmoi tel que je suis. (Fr.) — "Take me as I am." Motto of 
 marquis of Ely. — M.D. 
 
 3269. Prendre la balle au bond. (Fr.J — " To take the ball at the hop." 
 To seize an opportunity. To avail one's self of the critical mo- 
 ment— M.D. 
 
 3270. Prendre la lune avec les dents. (Fr.) — " To seize the moon with 
 your teeth." To attempt impossibilities. — M.D. 
 
 3271. Prendre les choses au pis. (Fr.) — "To regard one's affairs in the 
 most imfavourable light." — M. 
 
 3272. Prendre martre pour renard. (Fr. Prov.J—*' To take a marten for a 
 fox." To mistake your mark. — M.D. 
 
 3273. Pret d'accomplir. (Fr.)—*' Ready to accomplish." Motto of the 
 earl of Shrewsbury. — M.D. 
 
 3274. Pr^t pour mon pays. (Fr.) — " Ready for my country." Motto of 
 lord Monson. — M.D. 
 
 3275. Prima caritas incipit a seipso. (Lat.) — " Charity begins at home." 
 The French say 
 
 " Charity bien ordonnee cominence par soi^mime.^* 
 
 —MD. 
 
 3276. Prima facie. ("La^j—" On the first face." On the first view, or 
 
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318 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 blush of the affair. On the first aspect of the statement, or on a 
 superficial consideration of the case, or subject. — M.D. 
 
 3277' PrimcB vice. (Lat. Med. Phrase.) — " The first passages," of the hu- 
 man body. The intestinal canal. — M.B. 
 
 3278. Primo avulso non deficit alter. Vir. — " One being torn oif, another 
 will not be wanting." 
 
 ** The first thus rent, a second will arise." Dryden. 
 
 3279- Primo intuitu. (Lat.) — "At the very first glance." Or, on sight 
 of.— ikf. 
 
 3280. Primum mobile. (Lat) — " Tlie first impulse." The main spring of 
 action, the motive which prompts to any act. — M.D. 
 
 3281. Primus inter pares. (Lat.) — "The first among his equals." As 
 among a meeting of magistrates where the senior is called on to 
 preside as a matter of course. He is termed ^nmiw inter pares. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3282. Primus sapientice gradus est falsa intelligere. (Lat.) — " The first 
 step towards useful knowledge, is to be able to detect falsehood." 
 
 ^ —M. 
 
 3283. Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est. Hor. — " To have 
 pleased great men deserves not the lowest degree of praise." Ho- 
 race was a courtier. — M.M. 
 
 3284. Principiis obsta. (Lat.) — " Resist the first beginnings." Oppose, 
 and check, the evil before it attains maturity. See the following 
 quotation. — M.D. 
 
 3285. Principiis obsta j sero medicina paratur, 
 
 Cum mala per longas convaluere moras. Ovid. — "Attack the disor- 
 der at its outset ; medicine may be too late administered, when the 
 evil has acquired strength through long delay." This precept is, 
 in all cases, just. And whether the disease may be in the body, 
 whether it be mental, or whether it assail the body politic, the 
 principle still remains immutably, incontrovertibly true. — M.M. 
 
 3286. Priusquam incipias consulto, et ubi consulueris maturh facto opus est. 
 Sall — " Consult well before you begin ; but having maturely 
 considered, there is need of dispatch." Act with promptitude. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3287. Privatus illis census erat brevis, commune magnum. Hor. — '* The 
 value of their private property was small, but the public property 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 319 
 
 , was immense." This was the true state of Rome in her early and 
 
 less corrupt days ; but when luxury and corruption (never failing 
 concomitants) assailed her, individuals became possessed of enorm- 
 ous wealth, while the public treasury was bankrupt. — M.D. 
 
 3288. Pro aris etfocis. (Lat.J — ** For our altars and our hearths." Our 
 religion and our country. — M.D. 
 
 3289- Probam pauperiem sine dote qucero. Hon. — " I look for virtuous 
 poverty without a dowry.*' I seek happiness, I despise money, I 
 disclaim all ambitious motives. — M.M. 
 
 3290. Probitas laudatur et alget. Juv. — " Honesty is praised but freezes." 
 A cold reluctant commendation, is often all the reward honesty 
 meets with. — M.D. 
 
 3291. Probitas verus honos. (Lat.J — " Probity is true honour." Motto 
 of viscount Chetwynd. — M.D. 
 
 3292. Pro bono publico. (Lat.)—** For the public good." — M.D. 
 
 3293. Probum non poenitet. (hat.) — " The honest man does not repent." 
 Motto of lord Sandys.— ikf.D. 
 
 3294. Proceras dejicit arbores procella vehemens. (Lat.J — " A violent 
 storm tears up lofty trees." — M. 
 
 3295. Pro Christo et patrid dulce periculum. (Lat.J — ** For Christ and my 
 country danger is sweet." Motto of the duke of Roxburgh. 
 — M.D. 
 
 3296. Procul a Jove, procul afulmine. (Lat.J — " Being far from Jupiter, 
 you are distant from his thunder." Those who do not bask in the 
 sunshine of court favour, are removed from the vexations and dan- 
 gers of courtly intrigue. — M.M* 
 
 3297. Procul, procul este, profani. Virg. — " Avaunt ! keep off, ye pro- 
 fane." This line is generally quoted in an ironical sense, but the 
 entire passage follows. — M. 
 
 3298. Procul hinc ! procul este, profani, 
 
 Conclamat vates, totoque absistite luco, Virg. — ** Begone ! away 
 from hence, ye profane, forthwith retire from the sacred grove." 
 This was the solemn preface to the Eleusinian mysteries, pronounced 
 by the priest. — M.D. 
 
 3299. Procul omnis esto 
 
 Clamor et ira. Hor. — " Let all passion and anger be far re- 
 moved."— 3/. 
 
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32i) . DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3300. Pro Deo et ecdesid. (Lat.)—" For God and the Church." Motto 
 of lord De la Zouche — ilf .D. 
 
 3301. Pro Deo et Rege. (Lat.) — " For God and my King." Motto of the 
 
 earl of Rosse. — M.D. 
 
 3302. Prodesse civibus. (Lat. J — *' To be of service to my fellow-citizens." 
 To be engaged in a work intended to contribute to the public good. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3303. Prodesse quam conspici. (Lat.) — ** To do good rather than be too 
 conspicuous." Motto of lord Somers. — M.D. 
 
 3304. Prodigus et stultus donat quce spemit et odif. 
 
 H<£C seges ingratos tulit, et feret omnibus annis. Hor. — *' The pro- 
 digal and fool gives away things which he despises and hates : this 
 crop (of fools) has ever produced, and ever will produce ungrateful 
 men."^ilf. 
 
 3305. Proditionem amo, sed proditorem non laudo. Plut. — ** I love the 
 treason, but I hate the traitor." (Eng. Prov.J — M.D. 
 
 3306. Proditor pro hoste Jiabendus. Cic. — ** A traitor is to be considered 
 as an enemy." — M.D. 
 
 3307. Pro et con. (Con. abbrev. of contra. Lat.) — ** For and against." 
 The arguments pro and con, at both sides of the question. — M.D. 
 
 3308. Profunda impenscs abeunt in rem maritimam. Cic. — " A naval esta- 
 blishment is maintained at an enormous expense." What would 
 the philosopher have said could he have contemplated the prodi- 
 gious expenditure of Britain, (then a despicable dependency of the 
 Roman empire,) under this head. — M. 
 
 3309. Pro Jidc vice. (Lat.) — " For this turn." — M.D. 
 
 3310. Prohibetur ne quis faciat in suo, quod nocere potest in alieno. (Lat. 
 Law Max.) — ** The law prohibits any man to do, even on his own 
 premises, any act that can injure or annoy his neighbour." — M.D. 
 
 3311. Prosuperi! quantum mortalia pectora ccBCce 
 
 Noctis habent ! Ovid. — ** Heavens I what blindness clouds the 
 minds of men V'—M.D. 
 
 3312. Projicit ampuUas et sesquipedalia verba. 
 
 Si curat cor spectantis tetigisse querela. Hor. — " He lays aside his 
 inflated phrases, and his words of a foot and a half long, when he 
 wishes to move the hearts of his hearers by his complaints." 
 When in adversity the lofty tone and high terms which we had used 
 in more prosperous days, are unsuited to our circumstances. — 
 M.D. 
 
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 3313. Pro libertate patrice. (Lat.) — " For the liberty of my courifry." — 
 Motto of lord Massey.— Jf.JD. 
 
 3314. Pro maynd chartd. (Lat.) — " For the great charter." Motto of 
 lord Le Despencer. — M.D. 
 
 3315. Promissio boni viri Jit obligatio. (Lat J — ** The promise of a good 
 man is as his bond." — M.D. 
 
 3316. Pronunciatio est vocis, et vultus, et gestus moderatio cum venustate. 
 (Lat.) — " An agreeable enunciation depends on the modulation of 
 the voice, and the management of the countenance and gestures 
 with grace." To render enunciation agreeable, these are certainly 
 requisites, and ought to be studied. — M. 
 
 3317. Propatri(B amore. (Lat.) — " For the love of my country." Motto 
 of lord Kilwarden. — M.D. 
 
 3318. Propria domus omnium optima. (Lat.) — " One's own house is pre- 
 ferable to every other." — M. 
 
 3319. Proprice telluris herum natura, neque ilium, 
 
 Nee me, nee quemquam statuit. Nos expulit ills : 
 Ilium aut nequities, aut vafri inscitia juris, 
 Postremb expellet certh vivacior hceres. 
 Nunc ager Umbreni sub nomine, nu^^er Ofelli 
 Dictus, eril nulli proprius j sed cedet in usum 
 
 Nunc mihi, nunc alii. Hor. — " Nature has constituted neither him, 
 nor me, nor any other individual, the perpetual possessor of the 
 soil. That man evicted me ; him, either fraud, or the insidious 
 quirks of the law, will eject, or, ultimately, his sur\aving heir will 
 certainly succeed him. The lands lately known as the property of 
 Umbrenus, and formerly of Ofellus, will be appropriated to no in- 
 dividual, but it will fall into the possession at one time of me, and 
 then of some other person." See Perpetuus nulli, &c. 3153. — M. 
 
 3320. Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem Iceseris. Tag. — ** It is the 
 nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have in- 
 jured," This must arise from the consciousness you feel that he 
 has reason to detest you. — M.D. 
 
 3321. Proprium hoc esse prudentia conciliare sibi animos hominum et in 
 snos usus adjungere. Cic. — " It is the part of a prudent man to con- 
 ciliate the minds of others, and to turn them to his own advantage 
 or account." — M. 
 
 3322. Propter vitam vivendi perdere causas. Juv. — '* To preserve lif^ by 
 - the forfeiture of every thing that could make life desirable." — M. 
 
 p5 
 
322 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3323. Pro pudore, pro ahstinentid, pro virtute, audacia, largitio, avaritia 
 mgebant. Sall. — ** Instead of modesty, instead of temperance, in- 
 stead of virtue, effrontery, corruption, and avarice prevailed." A 
 sad description of the state of society in Rome. — M. 
 
 3324. Pro rege et patrid. (Lot J " For my king and country." Motto 
 of the earl of Leven. — M.D. 
 
 3325. Pro rege et populo. (hat.) — " For the king and the people." Motto 
 of lord De Dunstanville. — M.D. 
 
 3326. Pro rege, lege, et grege. (Lat.)—'^ For the king, the law, and the 
 people." Motto of lord Ponsonby. — M.D. 
 
 332/. Pro re natd. (hat.) — ** For a special purpose." An assembly held, 
 pro re natd, for a particular business. This is also used by physi- 
 cians in prescriptions to be taken, pro re natd, as occasion or symp- 
 toms may require. — M.D. 
 
 3328. Pro salute animce. (hat.) — " For the safety of the soul." — M.D. 
 
 3329. Prospeiiim et felix scelus virtus vacatur. Sen. — " Crime, when it 
 prospers, obtains the name of virtue." Illustrated by a well-known 
 English epigram : 
 
 " Treason does never prosper : what's the reason ? 
 That when it prospers, none dare call it treason." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3330. Protectio trahit subjectionem, et subjectio protectionem. (Lat. Law 
 Max.) — " Protection induces allegiance, and allegiance ensures 
 protection." As every good subject owes allegiance to his sove- 
 reign ; so is his sovereign bound, in return, to protect the persons 
 and property of his subjects. — M.D. 
 
 3331. Pro tempore. (Lat.) — " For the time." A thing done j9ro tempore, 
 means a temporary measure. — M.D. 
 
 3332. Protinus apparet quae arbor es frugifercB futurcB. (Lat.) — ** It soon 
 appears which trees will yield fruit." — M. 
 
 3333. Prout cuique libido est, 
 
 Siccet incequales calices conviva solutus 
 
 Insanis legibus. Hor. — *' The guests, every one according to his 
 inclination, may drink out of glasses of different sizes, unconstrained 
 by foolish regulations." — M. 
 
 3334. Pro virtute felix temeritas. Sen. — " Instead of valour there was a 
 happy rashness." This remark was made by the philosopher in 
 speaking of Alexander ; but, in more modern times, instances may 
 be found where success has crowned efforts made under the guid- 
 ance of impetuosity and rashness, which equal valour, directed by 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 323 
 
 prudence, would never have attempted ; but the felix temeritas 
 prevailed. — M.D. 
 
 3335. Proximorum incuriosi, longinqua sectamur. Plin. — " Regardless of 
 things within our reach, we pursue those which are remote." — M. 
 
 3336. Proximus ardet Ucalegon. Vihg. — " The house of your neighbour 
 is on fire." Danger threatens you, endeavour to prevent it. The 
 proprietor, Ucalegon, is here put instead of the house ; meaning 
 Domus Ucalegonis. — M.D. 
 
 3337. Proximus h tectis ignis defenditur eegrk Ovid. — " One*s house is 
 with difficulty saved when that of his neighbour is on fire." 
 
 " To save your house from neighb'ring fire is hard." — Tate. 
 
 — M. 
 
 3338. Proximus sum egomet mihi. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** I am nearest to 
 myself." Thus technically explained by Mr. Macdonnel : " This 
 maxim bears on certain cases in which a man may, without injus- 
 tice, take to himself a preference ; as an executor may first pay a 
 legacy to himself, or take his own debt before other debts of an 
 equal degree." — M.D. 
 
 3339. Prudens futuri temporis exitum 
 Caliginosd node premit Deus ; 
 Ridetque, si mortalis ultra 
 
 Fas trepidat. Hor. — " God, ever wise, wraps the issues of futu- 
 rity in utter darkness, and smiles at the unreasonable anxiety of 
 mortals" to know what they may be. 
 
 " For God has wisely hid from human sight 
 The dark decrees of future fate, 
 And sown their seeds in depths of night : 
 
 He laughs at all the giddy turns of state, 
 Which mortals search too sooft, and fear too late." Dryden. 
 
 — Milf. 
 
 3340. ''l^vxvQ laTpHov. (Gr.) Psuches iatreion. — ** Physic for the mind." 
 Applied to books or to study. — M.D. 
 
 3341. Prudentis est mutare consilium: stultus sicut luna mutatur. (Lat. J — 
 " It may be wise even for a prudent man to change his opinion with 
 circumstances, but the fool changes as often as the moon." — M.D. 
 
 3342. Prudentis est nonnunquam silere. (Lat.) — ** It is the part of a pru- 
 dent man to be silent."— rJf. 
 
 3343. Publicum honumprivato est prof erendum. (Lat.hawMax.) — ** Public 
 good must be preferred to private advantage " — M.D. 
 
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324 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3344. Pudebatque libertatis majus esse apud foeminas quam apud viros pre- 
 tium. Quint. Curt. — " I was ashamed that liberty should be more 
 highly prized among women than by men." — M. 
 
 3345. Pudet et hcec opprobria nobis 
 
 Et did potuisse, et non potuisse refelli. Hor. — ** It is shameful that 
 such reproaches should be directed against us, without our being 
 able to refute them." 
 
 '* To hear an open slander is a curse; 
 
 But not to find an answer is a worse." — Dryden. 
 
 3346. Pvdet me et miseret qui harum mores cantabat mihi, monuisse frustra. 
 Ter. — *' I reflect with shame and grief, that he who apprised me 
 of the morals of those women, should have admonished me in 
 vain."— ikf. 
 
 3347. Pudore et liberalitate liberos 
 
 Retinere, satius esse credo, quam metu. Ter. — ** I think it better to 
 bind children to their duties by a becoming sense of modesty, and 
 by kindness, than by fear." 
 
 -Better far 
 
 To bind your children to you by the ties 
 Of gentleness and modesty, than fear." 
 
 —MM. 
 
 3348. Pugna pro aris et focis. (Lat.) — "A war for our altars and our 
 dwellings." For every thing that is dear to us. — M. 
 
 3349. Pugna suum finem cum jacet Tiostis habet. Ovid. — ** The battle is 
 concluded when the enemy is fallen." It is ungenerous to insult, 
 or exult over a vanquished foe. — M. 
 
 3350. Pulchrum est accusari db accusandis. (Lat.) — ** It is honourable to 
 a man to be accused by those, who themselves deserve accusation." 
 This wants some qualification. — M.D, 
 
 3351. Pulchrum est benefacere reipublicee, etiam benedicere hand absurdum 
 est. Sall. — ** It is becoming to act well for the republic, even to 
 speak favourably is not discreditable." — M.D. 
 
 3352. Pulchrum est digito monstrari, et dicier hie est. Per. — " It is plea- 
 sant to be pointed out with the finger, and to hear it said, * there 
 goes the man.* " Applicable to a class of ridiculous persons who 
 are fond of notoriety. — M.D. 
 
 3353. Pulvis et umbra sumus,fruges consumer e nati. Virg. — '* We are but 
 
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 dust and shadows, born to consume the produce of tte earth." 
 Applied to those who are useless members of society. — M.D. 
 
 3354. Tunica fides. (Lat.) — " Punic faith." This sarcasm was ironically 
 applied by the Romans to the Carthaginians. — M.D. 
 
 3355. Punitis ingeniis gliscii auctoritas. Tacit. — ** When men of genius 
 are punished, the influence of their works is increased." — M.D. 
 
 3356. Puras Deus non plenas adspicit manus. Pub. Syr. — ** God looks to 
 pure, not to full hands." The Deity estimates the innocence, and 
 not the wealth of his creatures. — M.D. 
 
 3357. Purpura indutus pauper, sui ipsius immemorest. (Lat.) — ** A beggar 
 raised to wealth is generally unmindful of himself." As the Eng- 
 lish proverb says, '* Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to 
 the devil."— M. 
 
 3358. Purgamenta hujus mundi sunt tria, pestis, bellum, etfrateria. (Lat.) — 
 
 '* There are three methods by which this world is purified; the 
 plague, war, and monastic seclusion." — M.D. 
 
 3359. Pusilla epistola. Cic.—*-' A silly foolish epistle."— ilf. 
 
 Qua amissa salva (Lat.) — " The things that were lost are safe." 
 Motto of the earl of Kintore.— M.D. 
 
 Qu<B caret ora cntore nostro ? Hor. — "In what country has not our 
 blood been shed ?" Spoken exultingly in reference to the valour 
 of the Romans, and the successes of their arms. But with how 
 much more just exultation, with how much more well-founded 
 pride might not Great Britain boast of the sacrifices she has made, 
 of the blood she has shed, of the hundreds of millions of treasure 
 she has supplied, of the splendid triumphs she has gained by her 
 invincible valour in every quarter of the globe, both by sea and 
 land ; triumphs which exalted her glory above that of all the nations 
 of the earth. Who thus expended her blood and treasure, not 
 merely for her own advantage , but threw her interposing arm, as 
 an iEgis, to save a sinking world, of whose fate she was become 
 the arbitress, from tyranny, slavery, and oppression, from utter 
 degradation and ruin, under the iron sway of the most powerful 
 
326 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS, 
 
 and arbitrary despot the world had ever seen ; who saw, without 
 dismay, the whole of continental Europe combined for her de- 
 stniction, and the most formidable fleets and armies of the world 
 arrayed against her ; who persisted to save, by the energy of her 
 measures, by her valour and resources, those very states which had 
 repeatedly deserted her, and coalesced for her subversion ; and who 
 finally held the despot captive, and dissolved every link in the chain 
 he had forged to enslave mankind. This, O Britain ! is but a faint 
 picture of thy glories I Nor can any parallel be found for them in 
 the history of the world ! Rome overcame undisciplined hordes, 
 in the rudest state of nature and of ignorance ; but Britain has car- 
 ried captive into her own ports, the most formidable fleets that 
 ever swam upon the ocean ; and dissipated armies that would, but 
 for her, have reduced to bondage three quarters of the habitable 
 globe. 
 
 ** What coast encircled by the briny flood 
 Boasts not the glorious tribute of our blood !" 
 
 —ikf.M. 
 
 3362. Qu(B culpare soles, ea tu nefeceris ipse: 
 
 Turpe est doctoris cum culpa redarguit ipsum. Cato. — " You shall 
 not yourself do that which you censure in others. It is wrong in 
 a doctor to indulge in what he prohibits to others." — M.D. 
 
 3363. Qucefuerant vitia mores sunt. Sen. — "Things which were formerly 
 considered as vices, are now sanctioned by custom, by fashion." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3364. QuiB fuit durum pati 
 
 Meminisse dulce est. Sen. — *' Sufferings which we considered se- 
 vere, when they occurred, it is nevertheless pleasant to remember." 
 It is pleasant to look back to misfortunes that are past. — M.D. 
 
 3365. Qu<B in terris gignuntur omnia, ad usum hominum creantur. Cic. — 
 " Every thing that the earth produces was created for the use of 
 man."— M.D. 
 
 3366. Qu(B in vita usurpant homines, cogitant, cur ant, vident ; quceque agunt 
 vigilantes agitantque, ea cuique in somno accidunt. Cic. — ** Those 
 subjects which chiefly occupy us, of which we think, about which 
 we are interested, which we generally have before us, which em- 
 ploy us during the day, and engage our attention, do frequently 
 engross our thoughts when we are asleep." — M. 
 
 3367- Qu(B nee Sarmentus iniquas 
 
 Ccesaris ad mensas, nee vilis Gabba tulisset. Juv. — " Such things 
 
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 as neither the scurrilous Sarmentus, nor the vile Gabba, would 
 have borne at the obscene table of Caesar." — M. 
 
 3368. Qu(B Icedunt oculos festinas demere : si quid 
 
 Est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum. Hor. — " Whatever 
 things injure your eye, you are anxious to remove : but things 
 which affect your mind you defer for a year." We are in general 
 much more solicitous on the subject of physical, than we are in 
 respect to moral impediments. A mote in the eye claims our im- 
 mediate attention, but a disease which weighs upon and corrodes 
 the mind, we neglect in its advances, and treat with indiflference 
 from year to year. — M.D. 
 
 3360. Qu(Blibet concessio fortissimk contra donatorem interpretanda est. 
 (hat. Law Max.) — " A gift, or grant, made by any person, shall 
 be interpreted strongly against him." Shall be enforced, should 
 he basely desire to retract, regardless of his prpmise. — M.D. 
 
 3370. Qu<B lucis miseris tarn dira cupido ? Virg. — " How strange that men 
 who are unhappy, should shew so strong a desire to live ?" Such 
 an attachment to this world in which they so much suffer, under 
 " the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune." — M. 
 
 337 1 . Q,u(B rcgio in terris nostri non plena laboris f Vir. — " What region 
 of the earth has not witnessed our labours." This the poet puts 
 into iEneas's mouth, in allusion to the labours of the Trojans. 
 How well might Great Britain make a similar boast. — M. 
 
 3372. Qucerenda pecunia primilm. 
 
 Virtus post nummos. Hor. — " Money is first to be sought for, then 
 think of virtue." Thus translated by Pope. 
 
 -Get money, money still, 
 
 And then let virtue follow, if she will." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 3373. Qucere verum. (Lat.J — " Seek out the truth." Motto of lord 
 Carleton.— ikf.D. 
 
 3374. Quarit, et inventis miser abstinet, et timet uti. Hor. — "The miser 
 is ever seeking gain, yet he abstains, and is afraid to use what he 
 has acquired." — M.D. 
 
 3375- QueBsitam meritis sume superbiam. Hor. — " Assert your title to the 
 honors which are due to your merits." — M.D. 
 
 3376. Qiusstio Jit de legibus non de personis. (Lat. Law Term.) — ** The 
 question must turn on the interpretation of the law, not on the 
 rank of the person." — M.D. 
 
328 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3377. Quee sunt igitur epularum, aut ludorum, aut scortorum votuptates, 
 cum Ms voluptatibus comparandce ? Cic. — ** What then are the gra- 
 tifications derived from feasts, from exhibitions, from women, 
 when compared with these pleasures ?" — M. 
 
 3378. Qu(B supra nos nihil ad nos. (Lat. Prov.J — ** Those things which 
 are above us, are nothing to us." — M.D. 
 
 3379. Quce te dementia ccpit ? Virg. — " What madness has seized upon 
 you?"— ikf. 
 
 3380. Queevis terra alit artificem. (Lat. Prov.J — ** Every country will pro- 
 duce food for the artificer." A good workman will find bread any 
 where. — M. 
 
 3381. Qu^ volumus et credimus libenter, et quce sentimus ipsi reliquos sen- 
 tire putamus. Cic. — *' What we wish we readily believe, and what- 
 ever we think, we suppose that others think also." — M. 
 
 3382. Quale per incert am lunam sub luce maligna 
 
 Est iter in sylvis. Vm. — '* Asa path in the woods, illumined by 
 the deceitful light of the uncertain moon." — M. 
 
 3383. Qualem commendes etiam atque etiam aspice, ne mox 
 
 Incutiant aliena tibi peccata pudorem. Hor. — "Examine minutely 
 into the worth of a person you would recommend, lest the faults 
 of others involve you in shame." — M. 
 
 3384. Quale sit quod amas celeri circumspice mente, 
 
 Et tua Icesuro subtrahe collajugo. Ovid. — " Wliatever may be the 
 object of your affection, examine it with an inquisitive mind, and 
 withdraw (in time) your neck from a yoke which may hurt you." 
 —M. 
 
 3385. Quale solet sylvis, brumali f rigor e, viscum 
 Fronde virere nova, quod non sua seminat arbos, 
 
 Et croceofoetu teretes circumdare truncos. — '* As the misletoe flou- 
 rishes throughout the winter cold, with its shining leaves, which 
 are not from its own seed, and embraces with its yellow branches 
 the tapering arms of the oak." 
 
 ** Through the green leaves the glitt'ring shadows glow, 
 As, on the sacred oak, the inisletoe, 
 Where the proud mother views her precious brood, 
 And happier branches which she never sow'd." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3386. Qualsemini tal micterai. (Jtal. Prov.) — " As you shall sow so shall 
 you reap." As you build on a solid foundation, so shall your eu- 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. S^ 
 
 perstructure be permanent. This proverb obtains in every lan- 
 guage, and a moral may be drawn from it that will be found useful 
 in all situations. Whatever you do, do it well, if you expect a fa- 
 vourable result. — M. 
 
 3387. Qualis ab inc&pto. (Lat.) — " The same as from the beginning," 
 Motto of the earl of Clanbrassil.— M.D. 
 
 3388. Qualis ab incepto processerit et sibi constet. Hor. — "As he began, 
 so let him proceed, and appear consistent throughout." The 
 poet offers this advice respecting characters on the stage. — M.M. 
 
 3389. Qualis ubi audita venenantum murmure tigris 
 
 Horrescit in maculis. Statius. — ** As when the tigress, on hear- 
 ing the cry of the hunters, looks horrible in her spotted skin." 
 
 " As when the tigress hears the hunter's din, 
 A thousand angry spots defile her skin." 
 
 — M. 
 
 3390. Qualis vita, finis iia. (Lat.) — ** As has been a man's life, so will be 
 his end."— ilf.D. 
 
 3391. Qfiam din se bene gesserit. (Lat.) — " So long as he shall do his duty 
 as he ought." This term was first brought into use in letters pa- 
 tent, under which the chief baron of the exchequer held his office, 
 and all the judges now hold their places under a similar tenure, 
 which they formerly retained. ''Durante bene placito.'* WTiich 
 see. — M.D. 
 
 3392. Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus ! Ter. — '* How many 
 unjust and base acts are sanctioned by custom!" — M.M. 
 
 3393. Quampropead crimen sine crimine ! (Lat.) — ** How very near to 
 guilt, without being actually guilty !" — M.D. 
 
 3394. Qhiarn quisque novit artem in hdc se exerceat. Cic. — " Let every man 
 occupy himself in the profession to which he has been brought up, 
 or, which he understands." — M. 
 
 3395. Quam scepe forte temere 
 
 Eveniunt, quce non audeas optare ! Ter. — " How often events, by 
 chance, and unexpectedly come to pass, which you had not dared 
 even to hope for !" — M.D. 
 
 3396. Quam seipsum amans sine rivale. Cic. de Hirtio. — " How much in 
 love with himself, and without any rival." A man totally absorbed 
 in self-love, as to be indifferent about every other creature. — M.D. 
 
330 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3397". Quam temerk in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam ! Hor. — " How 
 often do we rashly sanction unjust laws, which eventually bear 
 upon ourselves !" Men who are indiscreet and unthinking, often 
 concur in the adoption of measures of which they themselves after- 
 wards become victims. — MM. 
 
 3398. Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici 
 
 Laiido tamen. Juv. — '* However I may feel deeply concerned for 
 the departure of my old friend, I nevertheless applaud his resolu- 
 tion."— M. 
 
 3399. Quand les sauvages de la Louisiane veulent avoir du fruit, ils coupent 
 Varbre aupied, et cueillent le fruit j voila le gouvernement despotique. 
 Montesquieu. — " When the savages of Louisiana wish for fruit, 
 they cut dovm the tree at the foot to obtain it. Such is a despotic 
 government.'* — M.D. 
 
 3400. Quand les vices nous guittent, nous nous flattons que c^est nous qui les 
 quittons. (Fr.J — " When the power of committing the vices to 
 which we had been addicted forsakes us, we flatter ourselves that it 
 is from the influence of our own virtue that we abandon them." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3401. Quando aliquid prohibetur, prohibetur et omne per quod devenitur ad 
 illud. (hat. Law Max.) — ** When any thing is forbidden by law, 
 every act which tends to facilitate the compassing it, is to be con- 
 sidered as being also prohibited." — M.D. 
 
 3402. Quando ea accidunt nobis, qiuB nullo consilio vitare possumus, eventis 
 aliorum memorid repetendis, nihil novi accidisse nobis cogitemus. 
 Cic. — ** When misfortunes assail us, which no prudence can avert, 
 by calling to memory things which have befallen others, we shall 
 be convinced that, in our case, there is nothing new." — M. 
 
 3403. Quand on ne trouvepas son repos en soi-m^me, il est inutile de le cher- 
 cher ailleurs. (Fr.J — ** When we do not possess in our own minds 
 the comfort of repose and contentment, it is in vain to look for it 
 elsewhere." Man cannot, by change of situation, fly from anxie- 
 
 ■ ties or troubles which have become rooted in his bosom. — M.D. 
 
 3404. Quand on parle d^ouvrages d^ esprit, il ne s^agit point d^honnetes gens, 
 mais de gens de bon sens. (Fr.) — " When we speak of works of the 
 mind, it is not our business to enquire into the character of the 
 man, but into his pretensions to good sense or humour." — M.D. 
 
 3405. Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus ! Hor. — " Sometimes even the 
 good Homer naps !" Those even who are the most eminent in 
 virtue, the most distinguished for talent, will sometimes commit 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. ^31. 
 
 lapses, or betray frailty, from which human nature is never wholly 
 exempt. — M.D. 
 
 3406. Quandoquidem inter nos sanctissima divitiarum 
 
 Majestas. Juv. — " i>eeing that the importance attaching to the 
 possession of riches is, among us, prized as being most sacred." 
 -M. 
 
 3407. Quando ullum inveniemus parem ? Hor. — ** When shall we find any 
 person equal to him?" 
 
 ** When shall we look upon his like again ?" 
 
 3408. Quanti casus humana rotant ! (Lat.) — "How many accidents dis- 
 concert human affairs !" How many unforeseen events interpose, 
 to frustrate the best concerted projects of human ingenuity or judg- 
 ment ! \—M. 
 
 3409. Quanta est gula, qua sibi totos 
 
 Ponit apros, animal propter convivia natum ! Juv. — " What a capa- 
 cious gullet must he have (what an appetite) who lays up entire 
 boars for his own consumption, an animal formed for convivial 
 parties!" — M. 
 
 3410. Quanta mayor e la fortuna, tanto e menor secura. (Span. Prov.J — 
 " The more elevated the fortune, the less secure the situation." — 
 —M.D. 
 
 34 1 1 . Quanta plura recentium seu veterum revolvo, tanto ludibria rerum mor- 
 talium cunctis in negotiis ohservantur. Tacit. — ** The more dili- 
 gently I turn in my mind either the affairs of the moderns or of 
 the ancients, the more conspicuous appears the absurdity of hu- 
 man arrangements throughout all the concerns of this world." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3412. Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, 
 ADiis pluraferet. Nil cupientium 
 Nvdus costra peto ; multa petentibus 
 
 Desunt multa. Hor. — ** The more enjoyments a man denies him- 
 self, the more will Providence bestow upon him. Destitute even 
 of clothing, I fly to the dwellings of those who covet nothing. 
 Those whose wants are great, are ever greatly in want." The poet 
 would here intimate that he would prefer being deprived of every 
 possession, and enjoy a quiet and tranquil mind, than be rich, yet 
 stiU feel anxious to add to his wealth. — M.D. 
 
 3413. Quantum a rerum turpitudine abes, tantum te a verborum libertate 
 sejungas. Cic. — ** As much as you feel yoiu-self to be incapable of 
 
332 Dictionary of quotations. 
 
 a base action, so much should you be averse to depravity or ob- 
 scenity of language." — M. 
 
 3414. Quantum. (Lat.J — " How much." His gwaw^Mm, his proper allow- 
 ance or quantity, his due proportion. — M.D. 
 
 3415. Quantum est in rebus inane. Pers. — *' What folly pervades human 
 affairs."— ikf. 
 
 3416. Quantum meruit. (Xa^J—*' The sum of his deserts." — M.D. 
 
 341/. Quantum mutatus ah illo. Virg. — " How much changed from what 
 he was, how greatly altered is his appearance, how little like what 
 we remember him." — M.D. 
 
 34 1 8 . Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in area 
 
 Tantum habet etjidei. Juv. — ** The credit and consequence of every 
 man is co-equal with the money he holds stored up in his chest;" 
 i. e. with his property. Intimating, that respect and consequence 
 are to be commanded by wealth alone. — M.D. 
 
 3419. Quantum religio potuit suadere malorum. Lucret. — " To how many 
 evil things are we not persuaded by superstition." The poet is 
 speaking of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, by her father Agamemnon, 
 enjoined by the priest of Diana to propitiate that goddess in favour 
 of the cause of the Greeks, who were proceeding to the siege of 
 Troy. The line here quoted is not infrequently used in an invi- 
 dious sense, and with a more extended meaning. What crimes has 
 not fanaticism produced, and superstition led to and sanctioned. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3420. Quantum vertice ad auras 
 
 JEtfierias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit. Virg. — ** As far as it 
 elevates its branches towards the sky, so far it strikes its roots 
 into the earth." Description of both the oak and beech, in^Eneid 
 IV. V. 445 ; and Geor. II. v. 29l.~ikr. 
 
 3421. Qiarefacit opium dormire F Quia in eo est virtue dormitiva. (hat.) 
 *' Why does opium produce sleep ? because it possesses a sleeping 
 quality." Written by Moliere, in ridicule of persons who pretend 
 to solve every difficulty ; while, in fact, they only repeat the terms 
 of the original question. — M.D. 
 
 3422. Quare, si fieri potest, et verba omnia, et vox hujus alumnum urbis 
 oleant J ut ratio Romana plane videatur,non civit ate donata. Quint. 
 " Wherefore, if it can be accomplished, both your words and your 
 pronunciation should sound as if you were a native of this city, 
 and your accent should be truly that of Rome, not that of a stranger 
 who may have been admitted to her freedom." The importance 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 333 
 
 attached by this high authority to every thing relating to speaking 
 and composition, should be regarded by all who are interested in 
 the education of youth, as a caution with how great solicitude they 
 should guard against their pupils contracting a vulgar or provin- 
 cial dialect, which, let their attainments be what they may, must 
 operate to their prejudice in the opinion of strangers, and associate 
 ideas of vulgarity with every expression they utter in society ; and 
 the ear of youth should be equally guarded against the affected 
 drawl of some Englishmen, the vulgar brogue of the Hibernian, and 
 the uncouth accent of the Scot. — M.D. 
 
 3423. Quare vitia sua nemo confitetur? 
 Quia etiam nunc in illis est. Somnum 
 
 Narrare vigilantis est. Sen. — " Why is there no man who con- 
 fesses his vices ? It is because he has not yet laid them aside. It 
 is a waking man only who can tell his dreams." — M.D, 
 
 3424. Quas dederis, solus semper habebis opes. Mart. — " Wealth which 
 you give away will continue to be your own." You will be recom- 
 pensed by the pleasing reflection that you have relieved the wants 
 of a fellow-creature ; and, it may happen, by the gratitude of the 
 object of your bounty. — M.D. 
 
 3425. Queis paria esse fer^ placuit peccata, laborant 
 
 Citm ventum ad verum est j sensu^ Moresque repugnant , 
 Atque ipsa utilitas, justi propb mater et cequi. Hor. — ** They who 
 are pleased to weigh all faults as equal, find themselves in difficulty 
 when the truth of their system is examined ; good sense and mora- 
 lity being opposed thereto, as well as expediency, which may be 
 considered as the test of what is just and right." — M. 
 
 3426. Que la nuit paratt longue a la douleur qui veille .' (Fr.)—" Oh ! how 
 tedious does the night appear, which is passed in grief, unmitigated 
 by repose." — M.D. 
 
 3427. Quelle heureuse place que celle quifoumit dans torn les insfans V occa- 
 sion a un homme defaire du Men a tant de millions d'hommes ! quelle 
 dangereuse poste que celle qui expose a tons momens un homme a nvire 
 h un million d'hommes ! ! La Bruyere.— " What happiness must 
 that station confer, which at all moments affords a man opportu- 
 nities of doing good to many millions of men. But how full of 
 dangers is that post, in which a man is exposed to the chance of 
 injuring a million." — M. 
 
 3428. Quern amat Deus moritur adolescens. (Lat.J — " He whom God loves, 
 dies in his infancy." Or, is early removed from the temptations 
 of this world, from the paths of sin. — M. 
 
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 3429. Qaem casus transit aliquando inveniet. Pub. Syr. — " Misfortune 
 may at last ovei-whelm him, whom it has often passed by." 
 
 3430. Quemcunque miserum videris, hominem scias. Sen. — " When you 
 behold a human being in distress, acknowledge him to be a fellow 
 man." Recollect that he is formed as you are, that his feelings 
 may be equally acute, that his necessities are the same as your's ; 
 in fine, that he is your brother : fancy yourself, then, to be reduced 
 to the state of misery and indigence under which he is suffering ; 
 reflect how you would wish a rich man to receive your appeal to 
 his charitable feelings, and will it be possible for you to leave the 
 object you have seen unrelieved ? — M.D. 
 
 3431. Quem damnosa venus, quern prceceps alea nudat, Hor. — " Him 
 whom destructive venery, and the ruinous dice, reduce to beg- 
 gary. "—ikf. 
 
 3432. Qwem alienum tibi jidum invenies, si tuis hostis fueris ? (Lat.J — 
 *' From what stranger can you expect attachment, if you are at 
 variance with your own relations ?" This is a question which every 
 man who has felt the miseries of family dissensions, should seri- 
 ously consider. — M. 
 
 3433. Qitem ego ut mentiatur inducer e possum, eum faciU exorare potero ut 
 pejeret. Cic. — *' The man who can be tempted to descend to tell a 
 lie, may, without much difficulty, be prevailed upon to commit 
 perjury." — M. 
 
 3434. Quem ferret, si par entem non ferret suum? Ter. — " Whom would 
 he carry, if he refused to bear his own father ?" — M. 
 
 3435. Quem poenitet peccdsse penh est innocens. Sen. — " He who repents 
 of any sin he may have committed, is almost innocent." When a 
 sin has been committed, the act, which is irrevocable, can be atoned 
 for by sincere repentance only. — M.D. 
 
 3436. Quem prcestare potest mulier galeata pudorem 
 
 Qucefugit a sexuf Juv. — ** What pretensions to modesty can that 
 woman possess, who, clad in armour (in man's attire), flies the 
 society of her own sex?" — M. 
 
 3437. QuemquesucB malce cogitationes conscienticeque animi terrent. Cic. — 
 ** His own galling reflections, and the compunctious visitings of a 
 reproving conscience, fill the mind (of the evil-doer) with terror 
 
 nd apprehension." — M. 
 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 335 
 
 3438. Quern res plus nimio delectavere secunda, 
 
 Mutates quatient. Hor. — ** The man who has been too much de- 
 voted to the enjoyment of the good things of this life, the most 
 attached to his prosperous fortunes, always feels the most heavily 
 any reverse that may befall him." — M.M. 
 
 3439. Quem semper acerbum, 
 
 Semper honoratum (sic, Dii, voluistis) habebo. Virg. — " It is a day 
 to which my memory will ever recur in bitterness ; but yet (as Pro- 
 vidence has decreed the event) with resignation and respect." 
 This is uttered in allusion to the day on which the person speaking 
 had been deprived of a dear and esteemed friend. — M.D. 
 
 3440. Quem ie Deusjussit. (Lat.) — " What God commanded you to be." 
 Motto of the baron Sheffield.— ikf.D. 
 
 3441. Querelle d'AUemand. (FrJ — ** A quarrel after the German fashion." 
 A drunken riot. Hibernic^, a row. — M.D. 
 
 3442. Qui alterum incusat probri eum ipsum se intueri oportet. (Lat. J — 
 ** He who accuses another of abase action, should narrowly inspect 
 his own conduct." An accuser should ever be able to rebut any 
 recriminatory charge, and should go into court with clean hands. 
 —M. 
 
 3443. Qui amicus est amat; qui amat non utique semper amicus est. Itaque 
 amicitia semper prodest j amor etiam aliquando nocet. Sen. — ** He 
 who feels a true friendship towards another, must at the same time 
 love the object of his regard ; but it does not therefore follow that 
 he who loves is a real friend.'' Hence, friendship is productive of 
 good, but love does frequently produce very opposite eiffects. It 
 is, especially to the weaker sex, a matter of paramount importance 
 to be able to discriminate between that pure, genuine, disinterested 
 friendship, which is indigenous only in upright, honourable minds, 
 and of which the object is to promote their welfare and happiness, 
 and that detestable passion, that selfish love, which would sacrifice 
 that happiness to promote its own ends, its own selfish gratification. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3444. Qui h nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem. Plaut. — " He who 
 would eat the kernel must first crack the nut." He who would 
 attain perfection in any art or science, must previously toil through 
 the laborious drudgery of initiation. — M. 
 
 3445. Qui aut tempus quid postulet non videt, aut plura loquitur, aut se 
 ostentat, aut eorum, quihu^cum est, rationem non habet, is ineptus esse 
 dicitur. Tull. — ** He who inconsiderately expresses himself with- 
 out regard to the existing circumstances in which he stands, or 
 
336 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 engrosses the conversation, or boastingly makes himself the subject 
 of his discourse, or does not show becoming respect to those in 
 whose company he is, may, without hesitation, be pronounced a 
 fool."— 31. 
 
 3+46. Qui a vu la cour, a vu, du monde, ce quHl y a du plus beau, le plus 
 specieuw, et le plus ornej qui meprise la cour apres V avoir vu, meprise 
 le monde. La Bruyere. — ** He who has seen the ceremonials of 
 a court, has beheld all that is most splendid in this world ; and he 
 who can despise the court, after having seen it, despises the world." 
 — M. 
 
 3447. Qui Ion Vachete hon le boit. (OldFr. ProvJ — " He who pays dearly 
 for his liquor, has surely a right to drink." — M. 
 
 3448. Qui bellus homo, Cotta, pusillus homo est. Mart. — '' He, O Cotta, 
 who is a handsome man, is, very often, an effeminate and triifling 
 man." — M. 
 
 3449. Qui brile au second rang s^ Eclipse au premier. (Fr.) — " He who 
 shines conspicuous in a second set, is entirely eclipsed when he ap- 
 pears in the first circle of society." There is nothing more true 
 than that men who have not been accustomed to good company, 
 but who affect a superiority of talent, and assume consequence 
 among their equals, feel themselves out of their sphere, are awk- 
 ward, overawed, and struck dumb, by the presence of superior 
 rank, education, and good breeding, and are so eclipsed that they 
 dwindle into insignificance. Voltaire applied this to Henry HI. of 
 France, in allusion to his want of talent. — M. 
 
 3450. Qui capit ille facit. (Lat. Prov.) — ** He who takes to himself an 
 accusation which was not levelled at him, saddles himself with the 
 fault that had beeu committed."— M.M". 
 
 3451. Qui cibum ^ flammd petit. Plaut. — " A fellow who will plunder, 
 rob, run every risk, go through fire and water to get money." — M. 
 
 3452. Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. Juv. — ** Our ani- 
 madversions are directed against the conduct of men." — MM. 
 
 3453. Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Hor. — "Of whatever 
 foolish acts kings may be guilty, their subjects (the Greeks) must 
 bear the consequences." 
 
 •' The people suffer when the prince offends." Creech. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 3454. Quicquid erit, superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est. Virg. — "What- 
 ever may befall us, our adverse fortune can only be surmounted by 
 patience and resignation." — M.M. 
 
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 3455. Quicquid est boni moris levitate extinyuitur. Sen. — " Their moral 
 character is sacrificed by levity of conduct and manner." Persons 
 the most pure, and uncontaminated by vice, often become marks 
 for calumny, and objects of censure, through levity and indiscre- 
 tion in their conduct. — M. 
 
 3456. Quicquid excessit modum 
 
 Pendet instabili loco. Sen. — " Every work, every act, both of body 
 and mind, which is extended beyond the due bounds prescribed by 
 nature, is generally fruitless and instable." See Est modus in re- 
 bus.— MM. 
 
 3457- Quicquid in altum 
 
 Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat. Sen. — " Sudden flights of fortune are 
 generally attended by a relapse." The fickle goddess sports with 
 the fortunes of men, and her favours which are often unmeritedly 
 bestowed, are generally as capriciously withdrawn. — M.M. 
 
 3458. Quicquid in eum officii contuleris, id it a accipio, ut in me ipsum te 
 putem contulisse. Cic. — " Whatever marks of favour you may con- 
 fer upon him, I shall esteem as if you had actually conferred them 
 upon myself." — M. 
 
 3459. Quicquid multis peccatur, inultum est. Lucan. — ** Crimes in which 
 there are many participators often escape punishment." — M. 
 
 3460. Quicquid prcecipies esto brevis. Hor. — "Whatever instructions you 
 may bestow, let them be brief." Instructions conveyed with con- 
 ciseness, are the most easily retained. — M.M. 
 
 3461. Quicquid sub terris est, in apricum proferet CBtas : 
 
 Defodiet condetque nitentia. Hor. — " Time will bring to open light 
 whatever is concealed under the ground; (obscure) and it will 
 bury, and consign to darkness things which now shine conspicu- 
 ous."— ikf. 
 
 3462. Quicquid vult, habere nemo potest. (Lat.J — " No man can have every 
 thing he wishes for." Even the most unbounded possession of 
 wealth and power, cannot satisfy the desires of some men. — M. 
 
 3463. Quicunque turpi fraude semel innotuUy 
 
 Etiamsi verum dicit, amittit Jidem. Ph^d. — ** He who has once 
 rendered himself notorious by being addicted to falsehood, or de- 
 scending to fraud, even though he should speak truth, will never 
 obtain credit." This, than which no axiom can be more true, 
 should be a caution to every person, never to be tempted to com- 
 mit any deviation from tmth, that may lead to an impeachment of 
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33S DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 their veracity, which is one chief constituent of a good moral cha- 
 racter. — M.D. 
 
 3464. Quid brevi fortes jaculamur (Bvo 
 
 Multa ? HoR. — ** Why do we, whose period of life is so transient, 
 aim at so many different things?" — M. 
 
 3465. Quid aeternis minor em 
 
 Consiliis animum fatigas ? Hor. — " Why then do you harass your 
 mind in speculations on so many various affairs to which it is un- 
 equal?"— iW. 
 
 3466. Quid datur h Divis felioi optatius Tiord? Catull. — "What do the 
 Gods bestow upon us, more to be prayed for than a happy hour?" 
 A favourable or golden opportunity for laying the foundation of 
 our fortunes. A lucky occasion was termed " Felix hor a" — M.D, 
 
 3467. Quid dem? quidnon dem? renuis tu quodjubet alter. Hor. — ** What 
 shall I give ? what shall I not give ? you reject what another parti- 
 cularly orders." What difficulties have authors to contend with, 
 who must adapt their works to suit the capricious taste of every 
 description of reader ? — M.D. 
 
 3468. Quid de quoque viro, et cui dicas, saspe caveto. Hor. — " Ever weigh 
 maturely what you say of the character of another of whom you 
 speak, and with whom you communicate." In nothing should 
 more prudence and circumspection be exercised, in nothing should 
 Christian charity be more strenuously called into action, than when 
 we venture to analyse the character of our neighbour. — M.M. 
 
 3469. Quid dignum tanto feret hie promissor hiatu? Hor. — "What will 
 this man of promise produce, worthy of so much excited expecta- 
 tion V'—M.M. 
 
 3470. Quid dominifacient audent cum taliafures ? Vir. — "What may we 
 ■ not expect from their masters, when in slaves such things are tole- 
 rated ?"— MM. 
 
 3471. Quid dulcius hominum generi a naturd datum est, quam sui cuique li- 
 berie TuLL. — "What gift has Providence bestowed on man, that 
 is so dear to him as his children ?" The most deeply-rooted affec- 
 tion of the human heart, is the love that parents bear to their chil- 
 dren. — M. 
 
 3i7'2. Quid ego ex hdc inopid nunc capiamF Ter. — "What can I take 
 where there is such a dearth ?" Where such a want of every thing 
 is. apparent, who can take from the little there is ? — M. 
 
 3473. Qui de coniemnendd gloria libros scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt. 
 Chat. J — " Those who publish books, censuring the thirst after 
 
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 fame displayed by other men, are sure to insert their own names 
 in their title-page, thereby evincing in themselves, the very same 
 passion for celebrity that they had condemned in others. — M.D. 
 
 347'4. Quid enim ratione timemus 
 
 Aut cupimus? Juv. — " How little are either our apprehensions of 
 evil, or our most anxious wishes for things which we suppose to 
 be beneficial to us, governed by reason ?" How incompetent to 
 judge, even in our own concerns ! ! — M.D. 
 
 34:7 S. Quid est turpius quam senex vivere incipiensF Sen. — "What is more 
 miserable than to see an old man only just entering on the prac- 
 tice of virtue ?" This fine sentiment, transmitted to us from the 
 ~ pen of a heathen, is worthy of the most sublime Christian mora- 
 list, if we consider virtue as applying to a religious course of life. 
 For what can be more to be deplored, than to see a man advanced 
 in years, while he is yet a child in the knowledge of his religious 
 duties ? To see him, unconscious of his decline, tottering on the 
 verge of eternity, regardless of the awful change which awaits him ; 
 hastening to present his immortal soul, unprepared, before the tri- 
 bunal of an Omniscient, an Almighty, and an avenging God, to 
 receive a judgment that will be immutable, a condemnation that 
 will be everlasting. — M.D. 
 
 3476. Qui didicit patricB quid debet, et quid amicis. 
 
 Quo sit amove parens, quo/rater amandus, et hospes, 
 Quid sit conscripti, quidjudicis officium, quce 
 Partes in bellum missi duels j ille profectb 
 
 Reddere personcR scit convenientia cuique. Hor. — " He who has 
 learned what duties he owes to his country, what to his friends ; 
 with what degree of affection a father or a brother are to be be- 
 loved, what regard should be manifested towards a guest ; what is 
 the duty of a senator, what that of a judge j what that of a general 
 sent forth to war, he must surely be a competent judge of what de- 
 gree of respect may be due to every character." — M. 
 
 3477. Qui dit docteur, ne dit pas tovjours un Jiomme docte, mais un homme 
 qui devroit etre docte. St. Real. — ** He who applies to another, 
 the appellation of doctor (or professor) does not always infer that 
 the person he so denominates, must, of necessity, be a learned 
 man, but only one who ought to he so." — M.D. 
 
 3478. Quid habet pulchri constructus acerms ? Hor. — " What beauty is 
 there in money piled up in heaps?" — M. 
 
 3479. Qmdjuvat immensum te argenti pondus et auri 
 
 Furtim de/ossd timidum deponere terrd? Hor. — "What pleasure 
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340 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 can it afford you, to bury immense sums of money privately under 
 ground ?" It is only by the miser's sordid and niggard heart that 
 pleasure can be derived from the possession of wealth which he is 
 afraid to use, and which he has not generosity to divide with his 
 dearest friend. — M. 
 
 3480. Quid leges sine moribus 
 
 Vance proficiunt ? Hor. — *' What efficacy have empty laws, where 
 the morals of the community are depraved ?" If proper sentiments 
 of religion and sound morality are not instilled into the minds of a 
 people, the restraints of law are nugatory, and penal terrors cannot 
 repress delinquency. — M.M, 
 
 348] . Quid, mea cum pugnat sententia secum ? 
 
 Quod petiit spernit j repetit quod nuper omisit? 
 jEstuat, etvitcB disconvenit ordine toto? Hor. — " What think you 
 of me when my mind is at variance with itself? When it rejects 
 what it had just before desired, again desires what it lately de- 
 spised ? When it is agitated by passion, and renders the whole 
 tenor of my conduct jarring and discordant ?" — M. 
 
 3482. Quid non ebrietas designate Operta recludit, 
 
 Spes jubet esse ratas, in prcelia trudit inermem. Hor. — " What 
 wonders will not wine effect ? It reveals things intended to be 
 kept secret, it confirms our hopes, and urges the unarmed man 
 forth to battle." In this our immortal Shakspeare nearly agrees 
 in his description of a drunken man. " One draught above heat 
 makes him a fool, the second mads him ; and a third drowns him." 
 —3LD. 
 
 3483. Qui non est Jiodie eras minus aptus erit. Mart. — ** What this day 
 denies, to-morrow may be less apt to grant." Or, to put us in 
 possession of. — M. 
 
 3484. Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, 
 
 Auri sacra fames ^ Vir. — " To what crimes are not men impelled 
 by the cursed thirst after gold?" Avarice is one of the most odious 
 passions that can strike root in the human mind, and we should 
 ever most cautiously guard our hearts against its influence ; for 
 where its ascendancy is once established, all the best and the most 
 estimable feelings of our nature become paralyzed, or altogether 
 supplanted, by this selfish and detestable passion. — M.M. 
 
 3485. Quid nunc F (Lat.) — "What now?" What news? An appellation 
 given, in derision, to a person who is always gaping for news. — 
 M.D. 
 
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 3486. Quid oportet 
 
 Nosfacere, a vulgo lonyh lateque remotos? Hon. — ** What then can 
 we do, when our sentiments and opinions so widely differ from 
 those of the vulgar ?^' — M. 
 
 3487- Quid prodest, Pontice, longo 
 
 Sanguine censeri, pictosque ostendere vultus 
 
 Majorum ? Juv. — " Where, O Ponticus, lies the advantage of boast- 
 ing of our ancestry, or of exhibiting their portraits ?" — ikf.D. 
 
 3488. Qtuid quceque ferat regio, et quid queeque recuset? Vjrg. — **' What 
 crop is suited to each district, and to which the soil is unfavour- 
 able ?" A subject deserving the attention of agriculturists. — M. 
 
 3489. Quidquid prcBter spem evenit, id omne in lucro est deputandum. Tee. 
 — " Whatever has accrued to us beyond what we expected, we 
 may reckon as clear gain." — M. 
 
 3490. Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis 
 
 Cautum est in horas. Hor. — "No man can, by any precaution, 
 shun all the accidents and misfortunes to which he is hourly ex- 
 posed." — M.D. 
 
 3491. Qaid rides ? Mutato nomine de te 
 
 Fabula narratur. Hor. — " Where's the joke? The tale is applied 
 to you, but it is told under another name." It is withyoMr foibles 
 we have been amused, and at your expense the laugh has been ex- 
 cited in which you have joined, and not at that of another. — M.D. 
 
 3492. Quid RomcBfaciam ? Mentiri nescio. Juv. — " What shaU I do at 
 Rome ? I cannot lie." The satirist here alludes to the corrupt 
 state of public morals in ancient Rome, where he infers that lying 
 was a vice so prevalent, that he who would not stoop to the base 
 practice, could not associate with those who had deserted the 
 standard of truth. — M.M. 
 
 3493. Quid sitfuturum eras fug e queer ere, et 
 
 Quern sors dierum cunque dabit, lucro 
 
 Appone. HoR. — ** Busy yourself not in looking forward to the 
 events of to-morrow, but whatever may be those, of the days Pro- 
 vidence may yet assign you, neglect not to turn them to advan- 
 tage." Nothing can be more absurd than to suffer our present 
 happiness to be interrupted, by an unbecoming and irrational 
 anxiety about the future. — M.M. 
 
 3494. Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quidnon. Hor — ** Wliat 
 is lovely, what base, what profitable, or what is the reverse of 
 these." The poet intimates to his friend Lollius that Homer ex- 
 
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342 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 eels all other writers in the investigation of these tests, which are 
 so important to enable us to form a just estimate of the actions of 
 men.— M.D. 
 
 3495. Quid tam ridiculum quam appetere mortem cum vitam tibi inquietam 
 feceris metu mortis ? Sen. — " What can be more ridiculous, than 
 that a man should rush on death, who has, all his life, been mi- 
 serable, merely from his fear of it//— M.D. 
 
 3496. Quid te exemptajuvat spinis de plurihus una ? Hor. — *' What are you 
 the better for having one thorn extracted, if many are left behind?" 
 It is by no means enough that a friend relieves you from the pres- 
 sure of one evil, or that he alleviated one misfortune, if a multitude 
 of others, which must overwhelm you, are left unremoved. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3497. Quid terras alio calentes 
 
 Sole mutamus ? Hor. — " Why do we change our own country for 
 climates warmed by another sun ?" The poet here addresses him- 
 self to those whose unsettled dispositions will not suffer them to 
 rest any where in peace, whose diseased minds, thirsting after eter- 
 nal change of scene, drive them from country to country, in search 
 of happiness, which, alas ! they can no where find. Their own 
 morbid feelings accompany them, and exhaust the cup of happi- 
 ness, which might otherwise have been full even to overflowing. 
 —MM. 
 
 3498. Quid verum atque decensF {Lat.) — ** What is just and becoming?'* 
 Motto of lord viscount Dungannon. — MM. 
 
 3499. Quid vici prosunt aut horreaF Hor. — ** Of what consequence are 
 our villas or our extensive granaries ? " Of what importance all 
 worldly possessions? All, all, said the wisest, of men, "is vanity 
 and vexation of spirit." Fool ! this night thy soul may be de- 
 manded of thee. — M. 
 
 3500. Quid vici prosunt aut horrea ? 
 Si metit Orcus 
 
 Grandia cum parvis, non inexorabilis auro. Hor. — " What do 
 houses, what do stores of corn avail ? If death, who cannot be 
 bribed by gold, mows down equally the rich with the poor," the 
 prince with the peasant. — M. 
 
 3501. Quid violentius aure tyranni? Juv. — "Where is more intemperance 
 to be found than in the offended ear of a tyrant?" Wholesome 
 advice, friendly admonition, or the honest truth, are all equally 
 odious to the tyrant's ear, and probably resented with unrelenting 
 hatred and persecution. — M.D. 
 
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 3502. Quid voveat dulcimatriculamajus alumno, 
 Quam sapere, et fari ut possit quce sentiat, et cui 
 Gratia, fama, valetudo contingat abundhy 
 
 Et mundus victus, n^n deficiente crumcnd? Hor. — '* Wliat more 
 could a nurse desire for her darling foster-child, than that he should 
 possess wisdom, and be endowed with the faculty of expressing his 
 sentiments; that he should enjoy favour, character unblemished, 
 and good health liberally bestowed, with a comfortable ta^le, and 
 his purse well filled?"— M.ikf. 
 
 3503. Qui est plus esclave qu'un courtisan assidu, si ce n*est un courtisan 
 plus assidu? La Bruyere. — ** Who can be more a slave than the 
 courtier who is incessantly studying his master's will, unless it be 
 a brother-courtier, who studies it yet more obsequiously than the 
 first?"— il/.D. 
 
 3504. Quieta non movere. {Lat.) — " Not to agitate things which are at 
 rest." Affairs which are in a state of quiet, often become more 
 troublesome and more offensive from being disturbed. — M.D. 
 
 3505. Quietk et purh atque eleganter actae cetatis, placida et lenis recordatio. 
 (^ic. — " Of a life passed in tranquillity, and in innocent and ele- 
 gant pursuits, the remembrance is pleasing and delightful." — M.M. 
 
 3506. Quifacit per alium facit per se. (hat. Law Max.)—" Any act which 
 a man procures to be done by the agency of another, he is held to 
 have done himself." He is considered as being responsible for all 
 the consequences. — M.D. 
 
 3507. Qui Jit, Mcocenas, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem 
 Seu ratio dederit, seufors objecerit, ilia 
 
 Contentus vivatj laudet diversa sequentes ? Hon. — ** How happens 
 it, Maecenas, that no man lives contented with his lot, whether his 
 profession has been chosen by himself, or fortune has thrown it in 
 his way, but that all praise every other mode of life in preference 
 to their own ?" There are, indeed, few men who are perfectly con- 
 tented with the state in which Providence has placed them ; few 
 who consider the station assigned to them equal to their deserts. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3508. Qui fugit molamfarinam non invenit. (Lat.) — ** He who flies from 
 the mill will not be likely to get meal." — M. 
 
 3509. Qui genus jactat suum aliena laudat. Sen. — '* He who boasts of his 
 descent, boasts of that which he owes, not to his own merit, but 
 to his progenitors," How absurd it is to assume consequence, or 
 to set up lofty pretensions, founded on the fortuitous contingency, 
 of being able to enumerate a long line of ancestry ; and how silly 
 
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344 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 to pride one's-self on pedigree, instead of on personal merit or 
 high deserts. — M.D. 
 
 3510. Qui invidet minor est. (Lat.J—** He who indulges envious feelings, 
 must appear inferior to him whom he envies." Motto of the 
 earl Cadogan. — M.D. 
 
 3511. Qui male agit, odit lucem. (hat. Prov.J — ** Workers of evil prefer 
 darkness to light." — M.D. 
 
 3512. Qui mare teneat, eum necesse rerum potiri. Cic. — "The affairs of 
 that state whose navy rides victorious on the ocean, must necessa- 
 rily prosper." — M. 
 
 3513. Qui mentiri autfallere insuerit patrem, 
 
 Tanto magis is audebit cceteros. Ter. — " He who has made it a 
 practice to tell lies to, and to deceive his father, wiU, with fewer 
 scruples, deceive other men." — M. 
 
 3514. Qui mentiturfallit, quantum in se est. Aul. Gell. — " He who is so 
 depraved as to lie, deceives others to the utmost of his powers." 
 —M. 
 
 3515. Qui mores Jiominum multorum vidit, et urbes. Hor. — *' Who has stu- 
 died the manners of various nations." 
 
 " Who many towns and change of manners saw." — Roscommon. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3516. Qui mori didicit, servire dedidicit, supra omnem potentiam est, certk 
 extra omnem. Sen. — ** The man who fears not death, will never 
 live as a slave, for he is certainly above human power, and beyond 
 human control." This sentiment was in accordance with the 
 philosophy of the Stoics, who considered it a meritorious, and an 
 heroic act, to escape by a suicidal death from the ills of this life. 
 The author of the passage here quoted afforded a practical illustra- 
 tion of the doctrine it holds forth, by ordering, with a calmness 
 which the French would term sang froid, his veins to be opened, 
 in obedience to the cruel mandate of the tyrant Nero, whose pre- 
 ceptor he had been, and suffering himself to bleed to death. — 
 MD. 
 
 3517. Qui multorum providus urbes 
 
 Et mores hominum inspexit. Hor. — "Who has carefully viewed 
 the cities, and investigated the manners of various nations." Our 
 author here applauds Ulysses, and proposes him as an example 
 worthy to be imitated by other conquerors, for having, after the 
 conquest of Troy, applied himself to acquiring a knowledge of the 
 customs and manners of other nations. — M. 
 
 3518. Qui n' a point d'amour n^apas de beaux jours. (Fr.) — " He who has 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 345 
 
 not known love, has never been happy." He whose heart is unac- 
 quainted with the emotions of love, must be a stranger to the most 
 refined, the most pure and perfect happiness of which our nature 
 is susceptible. — M. 
 
 3519. Qui n'a point de sens, a trente ans, n^en aura jamais. (Fr.) — **He 
 who is devoid of sense at thirty, will die a fool." — M.B. 
 
 3520. Quin corpus onustum 
 
 Hesternis vitiis, animum quoque pragravat una, 
 Atqu£ affigit humo divince particulam aurcB. Hor. — ** But the body 
 oppressed by the excesses of yesterday, bears down the mind with 
 it, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we 
 had been endowed with." 
 
 " The body, too, with yesterday's excess 
 
 Burthen'd and tir'd, shall the pure soul depress ; 
 
 Weigh down this portion of celestial birth, 
 
 The breath of God, and fix it to the earth." Francis. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3521. Qui nescit dissimulare nescit vivere. (Lat.) — *' He who cannot dis- 
 semble is unfit for this life." This maxim is not to be taken au 
 pied de la lettrej some qualification is necessary ; for, though the 
 practice of dissimulation is detestable, yet, occasions do occur, 
 when we must restrain our feelings, and curb our resentrnents. 
 Good breeding forbids the expression of sentiments that might be 
 offensive to others, however just in themselves ; and prudence often 
 dictates the suppression of opinions wnich might give rise to dis- 
 agreeable controversies, or make us enemies. — M.D. 
 
 3522. Qui nil molitur ineptk. Hor. — " A man who undertakes nothing 
 foolishly." Who never enters on any enterprize without being 
 provided with means adequate to its completion. — M.D. 
 
 3523. Qui non est hodie eras minus aptus erit. Mar. — " He who is to-day 
 incapable, may be more so to-morrow." — M.M. 
 
 3524. Qui non liberk veritatem pronunciat, proditor est veritatis. (Lat. 4th 
 Inst. Epil.J — ** An evidence who unwillingly discloses the truth, 
 is a betrayer of it." — M.D. 
 
 3525. Qui non prqficit, deficit. (Lat.) — " He who does not profit, in what- 
 ever he may be engaged in, must fail." — M.D. 
 
 3526. Qui non vetat peccare cumpossit, jubet. Sen. — " He who has the 
 power to prevent the commission of a crime, and does not do so, 
 may be said to order it." Such neglect, certainly, has the appear- 
 ance of connivance. — M.M. 
 
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346 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3527. Qui non vult fieri desidiosus, amet. Ovid. — ** Let him who does not 
 choose to be considered a lazy fellow, fall in love." When love 
 once establishes his empire in the human heart, all the faculties re- 
 ceive a new impulse, all the energies of the soul are called into 
 action, to promote the consummation on which our happiness de- 
 pends.— iJf.D. 
 
 3528. Qui nosse vult Casaubonuniy 
 Non saxa, sed chartas legat 
 Superfuturas marmoris, 
 
 Et profuturas posteris ! ! ! (Lat.) — " Let him who wishes to know 
 the merits of Casaubon, read his writings instead of his epitaph ; 
 they will survive, when marble will have perished, and be more pro- 
 fitable to posterity." The above lines form the conclusion of a 
 Latin Epitaph, not more laudatory than it was well-merited, in- 
 scribed on a monument erected in Westminster Abbey, to Isaac 
 Casaubon, the celebrated critic, by Thomas Morton, lord bishop 
 of Durham. — M. 
 
 3529. Qui novit mollissima fandi tempora. (Lat ) — ** Who knows the fa- 
 vourable moment to urge his suit." Who has penetration, or suf- 
 ficient knowledge of the person, to discern the instant in which he 
 may be applied to with success. — M. 
 
 3530. Quipendet alienis promissis scepe decipitur. (Lat, J — '* He who builds 
 on the promises of others, is but too often deceived." The foun- 
 dation being too generally hollow, the superstructure, though im- 
 posed with confidence, crumbles into ruins, and the builder finds 
 himself a dupe, and condemns his own credulity. — M. 
 
 36ZI. Qui pense. (Tr.;—" Who thinks." Motto of the earl of Howth. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3532. Qwi per alium facit scipsum facere videtur. (Lat. Jus. Antiq.J — 
 " When a man causes a thing to be done by another, he himself is 
 held to have done it."— M.D. 
 
 3533. Qui perd p^che. fJFV. Prov.J—*' He who loses commits a sin." A 
 want of success always incurs an imputation of having acted wrong. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3534. Qui pis est. (Fr.) — ** What is worse." e. g. I lost my purse, and, 
 qui pis est, I lost my money also. — M. 
 
 3535. Qui prcegravat artes 
 
 Infra se positas, extinctus amabitur idem. Hor. — ** He, whose pre- 
 eminent merits throw into the shade all his inferiors, shall, when 
 dead, be honoured and beloved." — M.M. 
 
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 3536. Quiprete a Vamiperd au double. (Fr. Prov.J — " He who lends mo- 
 ney to a friend, loses both." — M.D. 
 
 3537. Qui pro quo. (Lat.J — " Who, instead of from whom." One thing 
 instead of another. The nominative and ablative, which are here 
 given, are the most distant cases. — M.D. 
 
 3538. Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. Virg. — " Those who have 
 secured themselves a place in the remembrance of men, by bene- 
 fits they have conferred upon them." Or by their deserts. — M.D. 
 
 3539. Qui qu(B vult dicit, quod non vult audiet. Tbr. — ** He who indulges 
 in liberty of speech, will hear things, in return, which he will not 
 like."— iVf. 
 
 3540. Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus 
 
 Tarn chari capitis ? Hor. — " Where is the shame in grieving the 
 loss of so dear a friend, or what bounds can we set to our lamen- 
 tations V'—M.D. 
 
 3541. Qui semel aspexit quantum dimissa petitis 
 
 Prastant, maturh redeat, repetatque relicta. Hor. — " Let him, as 
 soon as he has discovered how much the mode of life he has relin- 
 quished, is preferable to that which he has chosen, return forth- 
 with, and resume that which he had abandoned." — M. 
 
 3542. Qui semel gustarit canis, a corio nunquam absterretur. (Lat.) — " A 
 dog that has once tasted the flesh, will never be frightened by the 
 skin."— M. 
 
 3543. Quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam, 
 
 Pramia si tollas ? Juv. — ** Who would adhere to the laws of rigid 
 virtue if the observance of them was not to be followed by any re- 
 ward ?" If reputation, respect in the eyes of men, the esteem and 
 good opinion of the world, and, above all, the hope of an everlast- 
 ing reward in a future state, were not considered to be the natural 
 consequences of a life devoted to the practice of virtue, where 
 should we look for her votaries ? where would her followers be 
 found \—M.M. 
 
 3544. Qui sentit commodum, sentire debet et onus. (Lat. Law Max.) — " He 
 who profits by any measure, should, in justice, bear the burthen 
 of carrying it into effect." — M.D. 
 
 3545. Qui se sent galeux se grate. (Fr. Prov.) — ** He who has got the itch, 
 will scratch." 
 
 *' Whom the cap fits, let him wear it. 
 
 Let him whom the story offends, resent it." 
 
 — i¥.D. 
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348 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3546. Qui s'excuse s^accuse. (Fr.) — ** He who evinces a too great anxiety 
 to exculpate himself, either excites suspicion, or, if it before ex- 
 isted, he confirms it." — M. 
 
 3547- Quis expedivit psittaco suum x«t|Oc.^ Per. — " Who taught that par- 
 rot his how d'ye do?" Who instructed the pedant to quote so 
 largely from other languages ? This being the motto which the 
 learned compiler of the first '* Dictionary of Quotations" has chosen 
 to prefix to his work, his construction is given literatim. — M.D. 
 
 3548. Quis fallere possit amantem ? Virg. — " Who can deceive a man who 
 is in love?" Jealousy excites extreme vigilance, but lovers are 
 often blind ; and the question here asked might be answered in one 
 word, amattty she whom he loves. — M.D. 
 
 3549. Quis furor, cives, quce tanta licentia ferri ? Virg. — " What rage. 
 Oh citizens, what havoc by the sword?" An appeal common in 
 cases of insurrection and popular fury. — M.M. 
 
 3550. Qui sibi amicus est, scito hunc amicum omnibus esse. Sen. — " He 
 who is to himself a friend, must be a friend to all men." He who 
 is true to himself, must be just to all the world. — M.D. 
 
 3551. Qui simulat verbis, nee corde estfidus amicus ; 
 
 Tu quoquefac simile, et sic ars deluditur arte. Cato. — " If any one 
 wishes to deceive you by professions ; not being, at the same time, 
 a sincere friend, serve him in like manner, and art will be over- 
 reached by art." — M.D. 
 
 3552. Qui spe aluntur, pendent, non vivunt. (Lat.) — " Those who feed on 
 hope hang, but do not live." They exist, but cannot enjoy life. 
 —M. 
 
 3553. Quis iniqum 
 
 Tampatiens urbis, ut teneat se F Juv.— ""VMio can be so patient, 
 witnessing the profligacy of this vicious city, as to restrain his 
 censure?" — M.M. 
 
 3554. Quisnam igitur liber ? Sapiens qui sibi imperiosusj 
 
 Quern neque pauperies neque mors, neque vincula terrent j 
 Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores 
 
 Fortis, et in seipso totus teres atque rotundus. Hor. — " Who then is 
 free? The wise man who has acquired a command over himself; 
 whom neither poverty, nor death, nor chains affright, who has re- 
 solution to restrain his appetites, to contemn honours, resting his 
 all on his own equanimity; smooth and unruffled in his course." 
 The object of the poet in the elegant satire from which this quota- 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 349 
 
 tion is taken, is to illustrate this great truth, that none are truly 
 free, but the virtuous and wise. — M.M. 
 
 3555. Quis non inveniet turbd qmd amaret in ilia F Ovid. — 
 
 " No one, I'm sure, can fail to find 
 
 In such a medley, something to his mind." 
 
 —M. 
 
 3556. Quis non odit varios, leves, /utiles ? Cic. — " Who does not dislike 
 persons who are fickle, inconsiderate, and talkative?" — M.JD. 
 
 3557. Quis novus his nostris successit sedibus hospes? 
 
 Quam sese oreferens ! Virg. — " Who can this new guest be, who 
 has arrived in our teiTitory ? What dignity of manner he displays !" 
 —M.D. 
 
 3558. Quisque suos patimur manes. Vir. — " We are each of us subject to 
 our respective destinies."-^ikf.D. 
 
 3559. Quisquis bis naufragium facity frustra 
 
 Neptunum accusal. (Lat.) — ** He who has twice suffered shipwreck, 
 in vain accuses his bad fortune." — M. 
 
 3560. Qmw scit an adjiciant hodiernce crastina summce 
 
 Tempora Dii superi ? Hor. — ** Who knows whether God will add 
 another day to the one we now enjoy?" Who can tell whether, 
 " this night, his soul shall not be demanded of him ?"— M. 
 
 3561. Quis taliafando 
 
 Temperet a lachrymis ? Vir. — " Who, in recounting such misfor- 
 tunes, can refrain from tears ?" — M.M. 
 
 3562. Qtai statuit aliquid parte inauditd alterd, 
 
 JEquum licet statuerit, haud cequus est. Sen. — ** He who, in a case 
 that is submitted to him, decides before he has examined evidence 
 on both sides, although his decision should be just, has not acted 
 the part of a just judge." — M.M. 
 
 3563. Qui studet opt at am cursu contingere met am, 
 Mult a tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit, 
 
 Abstinuit venere et vino. Hor. — ** The young man who aspires (in 
 running) to attain the wished-for goal, must be inured to exercise, 
 to excessive heats, and pinching colds, he must abstain from wo- 
 men, and from wine."--ilf. 
 
 3564. Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes ? Juv. — " Who can 
 bear to hear the Gracchi crying out against sedition ?" The Gracchi 
 were tribunes in Rome, and were concerned in every seditious plot 
 
350 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 in that seditious city. This quotation, therefore, came into com- 
 mon use to designate men who accused others of crimes of which 
 they themselves were guilty. — M.D. 
 
 3565. Qui suis rebus contentus est, huic maximcB ac certissimce sunt divitice. 
 (Lat.) — '* He who is contented with what Providence has be- 
 stowed, possesses great and increasing wealth." — M. 
 
 3566. Qui terret, plus ipse timet. Claud. — ** He who strikes terror into 
 others, is himself in continual fear." The tyrant, who rules his 
 subjects by arbitrary sway, must ever live in a state of apprehen- 
 sion and alarm. — M.D. 
 
 3567- Qui timidh rogat, docet negare. Sen. — " He who asks with timidity, 
 prepares for himself a denial." Claims which are urged with a 
 certain degree of confidence are the most likely to be successful. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3568. Qui uti scit, ei lona. (Lat.) — " That man who knows how to use 
 it, should possess property." Motto of lord Berwick. — M.D. 
 
 3569. Qwi venit hie Jiuctus, Jluctus supereminet omnes, 
 
 Posterior nono est, undecimoque prior. Ovid. — '* The approaching 
 wave exceeds in magnitude all the others, it follows the ninth, and 
 precedes the eleventh." A very celebrated preacher, M. Maturin, 
 having mentioned *' the tenth wave of human misery,'^ (meaning the 
 acme), m one of his discourses, attention was attracted by this 
 singular expression, and it was found, that a very large and over- 
 whelming wave was uniformly succeeded by nine lesser ones, and 
 the allusion is confirmed in the above, as well as in another pas- 
 sage in the author here quoted. See vastius insurgens, in this work. 
 —M. 
 
 35/0. Qui vive? (Fr.) — "Who goes there?" The mode of challenge 
 used by French sentinels during the night. The expression is now 
 much used in English conversation to imply that a person is on the 
 alert. He is on the qui vive. — M.D. 
 
 3571. Qui vult decipi, decipiatur. (Lat. Prov.J — " He who chooses to be 
 deceived, let him be deceived." — M.3I. 
 
 3572. Quoad hoc. (Lat.) — " As to this." Quoad hoc, I agree with you. 
 That is, in this point. — M.D. 
 
 3573. Quo animo. (Lat.) — *' With what mind," or intention. The crimi- 
 nality of an act is aggravated, or extenuated, by the quo animo 
 with which it appears to have been committed. — M.D. 
 
 3574. Quocunque nomine gaudet. (Lat.) — "In whatever name he rejoices." 
 Under whatever title he may be known. — M. 
 
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 3575. Quocunque trakunt fata, sequamur. Virg. — **Wherever our fortune 
 guides, let us follow." — M.D. 
 
 3576. Quocunque volent animum auditoris agunto. Hor. — " They influence 
 as they please the passions of the audience.'* This is spoken in 
 reference to poetic compositions, but it may be extended to orators 
 generally, especially those who declaim on popular topics. 
 
 '* And raise men's passions to what height they will." 
 
 Roscommon. 
 
 The great art of the poet as well as of the historian, is to interest, 
 to seize, as it were, the mind of the reader, and to lead it, step by 
 step, through the various scenes and events that are to be recorded. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3577. Quod avertat Deus ! (Lat.) — " Which God forbid I" An exclama- 
 tion often used when any calamity is apprehended. — M.D, 
 
 3578. Quod caret alternd requie durabile non est. Ovid. — " Efforts which 
 are not relieved by alternate repose cannot be durable." — M. 
 
 3579. Quod certaminihus ortum, ultra metam durat. Vel. Pater. — "What 
 is begun in strife is difficult to be ended." ^Often lasts beyond all 
 our calculations. Contention should ever be avoided. — 31. 
 
 3580. Quod cibus est aliis, aliis est atre venenum. (Lat.) — ** What is food 
 for one, is poison to another." All things are not alike convenient 
 or acceptable to all men. — M.D. 
 
 3581. Quodcunque ostendis mihi sic, incredulus odi. Hor. — " Whatever you 
 thus exhibit, shocks belief." Incredulous, I detest such abomi- 
 nations. This was written against the exhibition, on the stage, of 
 shocking and disgusting scenes, which outrage all probability, and 
 wound our feelings. — M.M. 
 
 3582. Quod decet honestum est, et quod honestum est decet. Cic. — " What 
 is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be be- 
 coming." — M.M. 
 
 3583. Quod defertur non aufertur. (Lat.) — " What is deferred is not given 
 up." Altogether removed. — M. 
 
 3584. Quod est violentum non est durabile. (Lat. Prov.) — '* What is violent 
 cannot last long." Men who are prone to fall into violent fits of 
 passion, soon cool ; and those who begin any work with a zeal not 
 commensurate with their physical powers, soon tire. — M.D. 
 
 3585. Quodhuic qfficium, qu<B laus, quod deem erit tanti, quodadipisci cvm 
 
352 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 dolore corporis velit, qui dolorem summum malum sibi persuaserit ? 
 quam porro quis ignominiam, quam turpitudinem, nan pertulerit, ut 
 effugiat dolorem, si id summum malum esse decrevit ? Tull. — ** What 
 office, what commendation, what honours, will be so highly valued 
 by him, who considers bodily sufferings as the greatest of all evils, 
 that he will earn them at the expense of bodily pain? And what 
 ignominy, what act of baseness, will he not submit to, merely to 
 avoid pain, if he is confirmed in the opinion that to bear that pain 
 is the greatest of all ills V'—M. 
 
 3586. Quod licet ingratum est, quod non licet acrius urit. (Lat.) — " That 
 which the laws require is disagreeable, and things which they pro- 
 hibit, we feel most anxious to do." — M.D. 
 
 3587. Quod male fers, assuesce j feres bene. Sen. — " To things which 
 you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by 
 habit, you will bear them well." All difficulties vanish before a 
 patient and persevering mind. — M.D. 
 
 3588. Quod medicorum est 
 
 Promittunt medici, tractant fabrilia fabri. Hor. — ** Physicians 
 promise things which belong to their profession, tradesmen handle 
 the tools which belong to theirs." So every man should apply 
 himself to the business to which he has been brought up. — M.D. 
 
 3589. Qm)d naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, vocatur jus gen- 
 tium. (Lat.) — " That which natural reason has established among 
 all men, is called the law of nations." — M. 
 
 3590. Qfiod nescias damnare, summa est temeritas. (Lat.) — " It is the 
 height of presumption to condemn things which you do not under- 
 stand."— M. 
 
 3591. Q^od non potest, vult posse, qui nimium potest. Sen. — " He who 
 already possesses too much power, wishes to increase it beyond 
 what he is able to compass." The thirst after power is inherent in 
 our nature, it is insatiable. — M.D. 
 
 3592. Qmd nunc ratio est, impetus ante fuit. Ovid. — " That which we 
 yesterday pronounced to be an act of violence, we are to-day ready 
 to justify." What at one time is considered an act of reason, is, at 
 another, termed an outrage. — M. 
 
 3593. Quod optanti Dimm promittere nemo 
 
 Auderet, volvenda dies, en ! attulit ultro. Vir. — " That which not 
 one of the gods would concede to your supplications, behold ! the 
 revolving day has spontaneously conferred." Alluding to some 
 unlocked for fortunate event. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 353 
 
 3594. Quod petiit spemit, repetit quod nuper omisit. Hor. — '* What he 
 formerly anxiously sought, he now despises, and again, he looks 
 for things which he had before rejected." Description of the 
 fluctuating and unsettled mind of a capricious man. — M.D. 
 
 3595. Quod petis hie est; est Ulubris. Hor. — "What you demand is 
 here, or at Ulubrae." You traverse the world in search of happi- 
 ness, which is within the reach of every man ; a contented mind 
 confers it on all. — M.D. 
 
 3596. Quod petis id sane invisum est acidumque duobus. Hor. — '* What 
 you ask for is detestable and nauseous to two other persons." 
 This is spoken of an author, desirous, but unable, to please the 
 judgments of three different readers. — M.D. 
 
 3597. Quod potui perfeci. (Lat.) — " What I could, I have done." Motto 
 of viscount Melville. — M.D. 
 
 3598. Quod prcBstare potes, ne his promiseris uUi, 
 
 Ne sis verbosus, dum vis urbanus haheri. Cato. — *' Tender not 
 twice to any man the favours you may have it in your power to 
 confer, and be not too loquacious, while you wish to be esteemed 
 for your kindness." — M.D. 
 
 3599. Qmd ratio nequiit, scepe sanavit mora. Sen. — " Misfortunes which 
 reason or prudence could not avert, are often mitigated by patience." 
 —M.M. 
 
 3600. Quod satis est cui contingit, nihil amplius optet. Hor. — " He, to 
 whom what Providence has bestowed is sufficient, let him wish for 
 nothing more." Let him be contented, grateful, and happy. — 
 M.M. 
 
 3601. Quod si dejiciant vires, audacia certb 
 
 Laus erit ; in magnis, et voluisse sat est. Propert. — " But, though 
 our powers should prove deficient, the spirit to make an attempt 
 deserves praise ; and, in great undertakings, it is enough to have 
 shown one's self willing." — M.D. 
 
 3602. Quod si tantus amor menti, si tanta cupido est, 
 Et insano juvat indulgere labori, 
 
 Accipe quce per agenda prius. Vir. — *' But if such a passion, if so 
 ardent a desire for enterprize, has taken possession of your mind, 
 receive instructions how you are to begin your work." — M. 
 
 3603. Quod sis esse velis, nihilque malis. Martial. — ** Be content in the 
 station assigned to you, and do not wish to appear greater than you 
 are." 
 
 " Choose what you are, no other state prefer." 
 
 — M.JD. 
 
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 3604. Quod sol atque imbres dederant, quod terra credrat 
 
 Sponte sua, satis id placahat pectora donum. (hat.) — '* Wliat the 
 sun had matured, what the rains had nourished, what the earth 
 spontaneously produced, was a gift sufficient to gratify the desires 
 of mankind/' — M. 
 
 3605. Qluod sors feret, feremus cequo animo. Ter. — ** Whatever fortune 
 may impose, let us bear it with equanimity." — M.D. 
 
 3606L Quod tantis Romana manus contexerit armis, 
 
 Proditor unus inermis, angusto tempore vertit. Claudian. — " What 
 it required so many years of the Roman power to consolidate, a 
 single unarmed traitor overturned in an instant." This was written 
 by the poet against Ruffinus. — M. 
 
 3607. Quod varum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum. Hor. — 
 " What is true and becoming in life, I study and investigate, and 
 on that I am intent." — M.M. 
 
 3608. Quod verum, simplex, sinc€rumqu£ est, id natures hominis est aptissi- 
 mum. Cie. — " That which is true, honest, and sincere, is the most 
 congenial to the nature of man." — M.M. 
 
 3609. Quod vile est carum, quod carum est vile j puiato ; 
 
 Sic tibi nee parous, nee avarus habeberis ulli. Cato. — ** What is 
 inferior in quality is always dear, and if you consider what is dear, 
 as being also inf^ior, you will neither appear stingy in your own 
 estimation, nor will you be considered so by others." — M.D. 
 
 3610. Quod volumus bonum J quod placet sanctum. Austin. — " What we 
 desire, we think is good, what pleases us, is holy." Thus do men • 
 generally judge of their own acts. — M.D. 
 
 3611. Quod vosjus cogit, id voluntate impetret. Ter. — " Any thing which 
 the law would compel you to do, let it be granted as of your own 
 free will." Rather concede to your adversary any point which you 
 cannot withhold, than wait until the law compels you to give it up. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3612. Quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur. Vir. — ** Wherever the 
 fates lead us, let us follow." Let us ever confide in the goodness 
 and protection of Providence, and patiently submit to her decrees. 
 —M.D. 
 
 Z6U. Quo fata vacant. (Lat.J — "Whither the fates caU." Motto of 
 lord Thurlow.- M.D. 
 
 3614. Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. Hor. — ** To what- 
 ever point the storm may sweep me, I am carried an unresisting 
 guest." I resign myself without repining, to whatever condition 
 or circumstances I may be placed in. — M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 355 
 
 3615. Quo mihi for tunas, si non conceditur uti? Hor. — "What avails 
 fortune to me, if I am not allowed to enjoy it?" — M.D. 
 
 3616. Qmo more pyris vesci Calaber jubet hospes. Hor. — " In the manner 
 in which an inhabitant of (Calabria orders his guest to be entertained 
 with pears, which so abound, that hogs are fed with them." This 
 is applied to persons who would cram you with bad food, which 
 they cannot use, and which is loathsome to you. — M.D. 
 
 3617' Quondam etiam metis redit inpracordia virtus, Virg. — ** Sometimes 
 valour will resume it's place even in the minds of the conquered." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3618. Quondam his vicimiis armis. (Lat.) — " We were formerly triumphant 
 with these arms." Motto of lord Dorchester. — M.D. 
 
 3619. Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest, 
 
 Velis id quod possit. Ter. — ** Since what you desire cannot be 
 accomplished, fix your wishes on something that may be attainable." 
 It is absurd to form a wish for things which are beyond our reach. 
 —M.M. 
 
 3620. Quoniam quidem circumventus ab inimicis preeceps agar, incendium 
 meum ruind restinguam. Sallust. — " Since, then, I am so beset 
 and hurried on by my enemies to destruction, I will extinguish the 
 flame they have stirred up against me by their ruin." Speech of 
 Catiline to the Conscript Fathers when they accused him of con- 
 spiracy against the state. — M. 
 
 3621. Quoniam diu vixisse denegatur, aliquid faciamus quo possimus osten- 
 dere nos vixisse. Cic. — " Since a prolongation of life may not be 
 granted to us, let us leave behind us some memento that we have 
 lived."— MI). 
 
 3622. Qu^onparle bien ou mal dufameux cardinal. 
 Ma prose ni mes vers n'en diront jamais rien, 
 II m'a fait trop de bien pour en dire du mal, 
 
 II m' a fait trop de mal pour en dire du bien. La Fontaine. — ** Let 
 the world speak well or ill of this renowned cardinal, neither in 
 my prose nor in my verse will I mention his name ; he has con- 
 ferred on me too much kindness for me to abuse him, and he has 
 too deeply injured me, for me to praise him." La Fontaine had 
 obtained a pension through the interest of cardinal Richelieu, who 
 afterwards became his bitter enemy, abused his writings, and de- 
 tracted from his merits. Immediately after the cardinal's decease, 
 the poet was urged, in company, to write something on his former 
 friend, a request to which he instantly replied in the foregoing im- 
 promptu eMision. — M. 
 
356' DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3623. Quo pax et gloria ducunt. (Lat.J — " Where peace and glory lead." 
 Motto of the dukes of York and Clarence. — M.D. 
 
 3624. Quo plus sunt potce, plus sitiuntur aquce. {Lat.) — " The more we 
 drink, the more we thirst." — The more we have, the more we 
 desire. The more men have, the more they want. — M. 
 
 3625 Quo res cunquecadent, unumetcommune periclum, 
 
 Una salus ambohus erit. Vir. — " However things may turn out, we 
 (or they) shall be exposed to similar dangers, shall enjoy mutual 
 security." Be the result what it may, our fortunes are bound 
 together in the same cause, and inseparable. — M.D. 
 
 3626. Quorum amulari exoptat negligentiam 
 
 Potius quam ipsorum obscuram diligentiam. Ter. — " "Whose negli- 
 gence (of style) he would rather imitate, than the laboured but 
 obscure diligence perceptible in the writings of others." The poet 
 here alludes to writers of distinguished genius, whose style is un- 
 fettered by the rules and precision of art, and to the writings of 
 others, which, though in strict keeping, according to those rules, 
 and critically correct in their composition, display, nevertheless, a 
 want of boldness and originality, and a mannerism which is always 
 offensive. — M. 
 
 3627. Quos Deus vult perdere prius demenfat. (Lat.) — " Those whom God 
 would wish to fall he first deprives of their reason." This is gene- 
 rally applied to high official characters, whose ambition, obstinacy, 
 or pride, lead them into errors which are the prelude to their fall. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3628. Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem 
 
 Testa diu. Hor. — ** A new cask will long preserve the tincture of 
 the liquor with which it is first impregnated." This is intended 
 to intimate that bad habits, early imbibed, are with difficulty era- 
 dicated, and it is meant to point out the necessity of attending 
 strictly to the first principles instilled into the minds of youth. 
 
 " The odours of the wine that first shall stain 
 
 The virgin vessel, it shall long retain." — Francis. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3629. Quo sursum volo videre. (Lat.) — ** From which station I am resolved 
 to look upward." Motto of lord Adare. — M.D. 
 
 3630. Quo tamen adversis Jluctibus ire paras F Ovid. — " Whither then do 
 you attempt to direct your course against the tide of circumstances ?" 
 —M. 
 
 3631. Quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum 
 
 Millia. Hor. — " As is the number of men who exist, so is the 
 
DICTIONARY OP QUOTATIONS. 357 
 
 number of different dispositions and pursuits.** Every man has 
 his own ruling passion, and no two are in every respect similar. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3632 Quo teneam vuUus mutantem Protea nodo ? Hor. — " In what noose 
 shall I hold this Proteus who is ever changing his countenance ?" 
 How confine to one point, a person who is ever changing the 
 grounds on which he reasons ? — M.D. 
 
 3633. Qmt homines, tot ententice. Ter. — " As many men as there are, so 
 many different opinions exist.** — M.D. 
 
 3634. Quotidie coepulatur. Ter. — " He gives daily feasts.*' He enter- 
 tains every day. Has a constant succession of company. — M. 
 
 3635. Quot servi tot Jiostes. Sen. — "As many servants as you keep, so 
 many enemies do you maintain.** This is an axiom to which there 
 are few men who will not feelingly assent. — M. 
 
 3636. Qu'un ami veritable est une douce chose. La Fontaine. — " How 
 sweet, how invaluable an acquisition, is a true and sincere friend !'* 
 —M. 
 
 R. 
 
 3637- Ramifeliciapomaferentes. Ovid. — " Branches bearing beauteous 
 fruit.'*— M. 
 
 3638. Rapidus montano flumine torrens 
 
 Sternit agros, stemit sata Iceta, boumque labores, 
 Prcecipitesque trahit sylvas. Vir. — ** The raging torrent in a moun- 
 tain stream, levels the fields, lays flat the smiling crops, destroys 
 the labours of the plough, and headlong rushing, up-roots the 
 forest.*' 
 
 -Deluges descending on the plains 
 
 Sweep o'er the yellow year, destroy the pains 
 Of lab'ring oxen, and the peasant's gains ; 
 Up-root the forest oaks, and bear away 
 Flocks, folds, and trees, an undistinguish'd prey." Dryden. 
 
 — Jf. 
 
358 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3639. Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno. Ovid. — '* A bird 
 
 rarely seen, and resembling a black swan.'* Something wonderful 
 and unique. A thing singular and amazing. — M.D. 
 
 3640. Rara est adeo concordia formcB 
 
 Atque pudicitia Juv. — ** So uncommon is the alliance of beauty 
 with virtue." Transcendant beauty is ever a lure to the dissolute, 
 and virtue, so united, is the more exposed to the insidious arts, the 
 fatal snares, of the seducer.— M.D. 
 
 3641. Rara fides pietasque viris qui castra sequuntur. Lucan. — " Piety 
 and morality are rarely met with among the followers of camps.'* 
 This is a common, but unmerited sarcasm against a military life ; 
 for in no situations in the world could equal numbers of young 
 men be assembled together, unrestrained by the rigid enforcement 
 of discipline and good conduct, among whom excesses infinitely 
 exceeding those which occur in military society, would not take 
 place; and we have to rejoice that in our armies, (unlike indeed to 
 those against whom this satire was pointed) the strict attention 
 which is paid to the moral conduct of all ranks, the regard that 
 is shewn to decency and good order, and gentleman-like deport- 
 ment, has extended even to the hearts of the dissolute, and di- 
 vested vice herself of her unblushing and oflfensive grossness. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3642. Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire qum velis, et quce sentias dicere 
 licet. Tacit. — " In a rare juncture of time, when it was permitted 
 to think as one chose, and to express what one thought." This 
 valuable licence, now the birth-right of Britons only, is related by 
 the historian as an attribute of the reign of Nerva, as well as of 
 that of his adopted successor Trajan ; the mild, merciful, and conci- 
 liating government of each of whom, formed so bright a contrast 
 to the tyranny, violence, and cruelty of most of their predecessors. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3643. Rari nantes ingurgite vasto. Vir. — " Swimming dispersed over the 
 wide ocean.'' Originally written to describe the situation of men 
 endeavouring to escape from shipwreck, but now applied to lite- 
 rary works, in which a few excellencies may be selected, as a grain 
 of corn may be found in a bed of chaff. — M.M. 
 
 3644. Raro antecedentem scelestum 
 
 Deseruit pede poena claudo. Hor. — " The vengeance of the law, 
 though slow in its progress, seldom relaxes in its pursuit of the 
 evil-doer, however rapid his flight." Providence rarely suffers de- 
 linquents, whose crimes have been of a deep dye, to escape punish- 
 ment.— M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 359 
 
 3645. Rams concubitus corpus excitat, frequens solvit. Celsus. — " The 
 act of coition, when seldom performed, increases the bodily powers ; 
 but a too frequent repetition relaxes the frame." — M.D. 
 
 3646. Rarus enimferh sensus communis in Hid 
 
 Fortund. Juv. — " A superior degree of understanding is seldom 
 associated, with great fortune." 
 
 For 'tis rare. 
 
 If mighty fortunes coranjon sense can share." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3647. Rarus sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi. Juv. — " They seldom 
 spoke, and evinced a great love of silence." This is pointed at 
 men who affect a silent and solemn deportment, conceiving it as 
 being indicative of wisdom and solid sense. Dryden thus translates 
 the passage : 
 
 " Since silence seems to carry wisdom's power, 
 Th' affected rogues, like clocks, speak once an hour." — Dryden. 
 
 —M,D. 
 
 3648. Ratio et consilium proprice ducis artes. Tacit. — " Reason and de- 
 liberation, are ever to have weight in the councils of commanders." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3649. Ratio quasi qucedam lux lumenque vitce. Cic. — " Reason is as the 
 guide and light of life." — M. 
 
 3650. Rebus angustis animosus atque 
 
 Fortis appare,—sapienter idem 
 
 Contrahes vento nimium secundo 
 
 Turgida vela. Hor. — ** Show, when in adversity, that you possess 
 
 resolution and courage ; and when your sails are filled with too 
 
 prosperous gales, be wisely ready to take in a reef." The latter 
 
 part, in metaphorical language, cautions us not to permit ourselves 
 
 to be too much elated by prosperity. — M.D. 
 
 3651. Rebu^ in angustis facile est contemnere vitam ; 
 
 Fortiter Hie facit qui miser esse potest. Mart. — ** When we are 
 borne down by misfortune, it is easy to show a disregard of life, 
 but he displays real fortitude, who can bear up against ** the stings 
 and arrows of outrageous fortune." 
 
 '• The coward dares to die, the brave live on." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3652. Rebus secundis etiam egregios duces insolescere. Tag. — "When 
 
 flushedwith victory, elated with success, even the most distinguished 
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360 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 leaders become overbearing and insolent," It is scarcely in the 
 nature of man entirely to resist the intoxicating effects of a long 
 train of prosperous events, which are attributed to his talents or 
 his gallantry, and raise him in rank, consequence, wealth, and 
 power above his fellow-citizens. The man who, in such auspicious 
 circumstances can bear himself with moderation and some degree 
 of humility, may be said to be truly great. — M.D. 
 
 3653. Recens extinctum lumen, acri nidore offendit 
 
 Nares. Lucret. — " A candle recently extinguished offends our 
 sense of smelling by its acrid effluvium." — M. 
 
 3654. Recepto 
 
 Dulce mihifurere est amico. Hor. — " It is delightful to be joyous 
 with a friend." To receive, in one's own house, a valued and 
 sincere friend ; to open the soul in the fullness of mutual and un- 
 restrained confidence ; to communicate the secrets, and interchange 
 the feelings of the heart ; affords perhaps more real delight than 
 any other occurrence in the life of man ; but this pleasure, while 
 the enjoyment of it is rare indeed, is, alas ! also but short-lived. 
 — ikf. 
 
 3655. Recherche. (Fr.) — " Sought for." A thing which is with difficulty 
 found, a delicacy. 11 n'y a rien de plus recherche, there is nothing 
 more esteemed, more in request. — M. 
 
 3656. Recta actio non erit, nisi recta fuit voluntas, ab hdc enim est actio. 
 Rursus, voluntas non erit recta, nisi habitus animi rectus fuerit, ab 
 hoc enim est voluntas. Sen. — ^* No action will be considered as 
 blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dic- 
 tated. Again, the will cannot be blameless, unless the object of the 
 mind was just, for, from thence proceeded the action." — M. 
 
 3657. Recte et suaviter. (Lat.J—" Uprightly and mildly." Motto of 
 lord Scarsdale.—ikf.D. 
 
 3658. Rectus in curia. (Lat.) — " Upright in court." A man should 
 never present himself in a court of justice, when his conduct has 
 been in any way reproachable, within the cognizance of the bench. 
 —M.B. 
 
 3659- Reculer pour mieux sauter. (Fr. Prov.J — " To go back, the better 
 to make your leap." Metaphorical. To recede with a view of 
 afterward coming forward with encreased power and effect. — 
 M.D, 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 36 1 
 
 3660. Reddere personee scit convenientia cuique. Hor. — ** He knows how 
 to choose and assign to each person a suitable part." ** He knows 
 what best befits each character." Spoken of a dramatic writer. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3661. Reddere qui voces jam scit puer, et pede certo 
 
 Signat humum, gestit paribus colludere, et iram. 
 
 Colligit, ac ponit temerb, et mutatur in hor as. Hor. — " The boy 
 
 who just knows how to repeat the words he has learned, and firmly 
 
 to tread the ground, delights to be matched at play with his equals, 
 
 is easily provoked and appeased, and changes every hour." A good 
 
 description of the " unstaid tendencies" of the youthful mind. — 
 
 M. 
 
 3662. Redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis. Hoe. — " May fortune revisit 
 those who are distressed, and forsake the proud !" May she turn 
 her smiles to the poor and needy, and withdraw them from those 
 who have been pampered, and grown proud in the sunshine of her 
 favour ! — M. 
 
 3663. Regibus boni quam mali suspectiores sunt, semperque his aliena vir- 
 tus formidolosa est. Sall. — '* Men of worth are more objects of 
 suspicion to kings, than those who are worthless ; and distin- 
 guished virtues in other men, are ever to them a ground of ap- 
 prehension." The tenure by which kingly authority was held, at 
 the time our author lived, was so precarious, as perhaps to justify 
 the terror entertained of a rival in virtue, or in talent, here alluded 
 to.—M. 
 
 3664. Regibus hie mos est ubi equos mercantur opertos 
 Inspiciunt, ne si fades (ut scepej decora 
 Molli fulta pede est, emptor em inducat hiantem. 
 
 Quod pulchros dunes, breve quod caput, ardua cervix. Hor. — ** When 
 great men purchase horses, it is their custom to inspect them un- 
 covered ; that if, as it often happens, a fine forehand is supported 
 by a tender hoof, it may not take in the buyer, who is gaping (in 
 admiration) because the buttocks are handsome, the head short, 
 and the neck lofty."— ilf. 
 
 3665. Regibus summum rerum judicium Deus dedit, nobis obsequi gloria 
 relicta. Tacit. — ** God has invested kings with sovereign rule 
 over human affairs ; to subjects is assigned the duty of obedience." 
 — M. 
 
 3666. Regula ex jure, non jus ex reguld sumitur. cJus. Antiq.) — " The 
 practice is taken from the law, not the law from the practice." — 
 M.D. 
 
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3^2 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3667. Regum cequabat opes animis, serdque reveriens 
 
 Node domum, dapibus mensas onerabat inemptis. Vir. — '* He was 
 equal to kings in contentment of mind ; and late at night returning 
 to his cottage, he crowned his board with unbought dainties." 
 
 ** Late returning home, he supp'd at ease, 
 
 And wisely deem'd the wealtli of monarchs less ; 
 The little of his own, because his own did please." Dryden. 
 
 M. 
 
 3668. Regum felicitas multis miscetur malis. (Lat.) — ** The happiness of 
 kings is exposed to many interruptions." Their enjoyments are 
 clouded by a thousand drawbacks ; and bitters, untasted in more 
 humble station, are infused into what we erroneously suppose 
 their cup of felicity. — M. 
 
 3669. Re infectd. C^sar. — " The business being unfinished." He quitted 
 his mission, re infectd j his object unaccomplished. — M.D. 
 
 3670. Re ipsd reperiy 
 
 Facilitate nihil esse homini melius neque clementid. Ter. — ** My ex- 
 perience in business has convinced me, that nothing is more ad- 
 vantageous, than a desire to accommodate, and afford facilities to 
 all men." He who possesses polite and affable manners, with an 
 obliging disposition, will conciliate the esteem and regard of every 
 person with whom his business brings him into contact. — M.D. 
 
 3671. ReipubliccB forma, laudari facilius quam evenire, et si evenit hauddiu' 
 turna esse potest. Tacit. — " To praise a republican form of govern- 
 ment is more easy than to establish it, and even if it is effected, it 
 cannot be of long duration." The successful attempt, on the other 
 side of the Atlantic, seems to refute this assertion, but the system 
 is there, as yet, but in its infancy. — M.D. 
 
 3672. Relata refero. (Lat.) — ** I carry back with me what I have heard." 
 I tell my tale on the authority of others. I do not vouch for its 
 truth.— ikf.D. 
 
 3673. Relever des bagatelles. (Fr.) — " To raise, or give consequence to 
 trifles." Corresponding with the Latin, nugis addere pondus. — M. 
 
 3674. Relicta sunt cuncta neglecta apud ilium. (Lat. J — ** Every thing in 
 his house seems to be neglected." Every thing lies in disorder. 
 —M. 
 
 3675. Religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas. Aul. Gell. — *' A man 
 should be religious but not superstitious." This maxim, respected 
 among the ancients, is peciiliarly worthy of notice in the days in 
 which we live. — M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 363 
 
 3676. Religare bona religionibus. (Lat.J — " To give one's goods to pious 
 purposes." — M. 
 
 3677. Rem acu tetigit. (Lat.) — " He has touched the thing with a needle." 
 He has hit the nail on the head. — M. 
 
 3678. Rem familiarem ampKJicare. Cic. — " To augment one's establish- 
 ment." — M. 
 
 3679. Rem tu strenuus auge. Hor. — " Labour assiduously to encrease your 
 property." Persevere in your efforts to acquire wealth. — M. 
 
 3680. Rem facias; rem 
 
 Rectb si possisj si non, quocunque modo rem. Hor. — "Wealth; ac- 
 quire wealth, by honest means if possible ; but if not, by any means 
 get the wealth." This language, supposed to have been spoken 
 by a corrupt, unprincipled man, has been well translated as follows. 
 
 ** Get wealth and power, if possible, with grace ; 
 
 If not, by any means, get wealth and place." Pope. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 3681. Renascentur. (Lat J — " They will rise again." Motto of viscount 
 Avonmore. — M.D. 
 
 3682. Rencontre. (Fr.)-r** A jest, a pim, a quibble " II n'est pas heureux 
 
 en ses rencontres, he is unlucky in his jests. Rencontre is also 
 used to signify a thing bought at second-hand, as une voiture de 
 rencontre, une selle de rencontre, a second-hand carriage, or a second- 
 hand saddle, &,c.—M. 
 
 3683. Renovato nomine. (Lat.) — " By a revived name." Motto of the 
 baron Westcote. — M.D. 
 
 3684. Renovet pristina hella. (Lat.) — " Let him fight his battles over 
 again." A favourite amusement of veteran warriors, especially 
 when they become warm by the enlivening influence of the glass. 
 — M. 
 
 3685. Reparabilis adsonat echo. Per. — " Repeating echo 
 
 sounds." — M. 
 
 3686. Repent^ dives nemo f actus est bonus. Pub. Syr. — " No good man 
 becomes suddenly rich." Great fortunes rapidly accumulated are 
 generally the fruit of dishonest acts. — M.D. 
 
 3687. Repentk nemo Jit turpissimus. (Lat.) — " No one ever sunk, at once, 
 into the lowest abyss of vice." — M.D. 
 
 3688. Repetens exempla suorum. Virg. — " Repeating the examples of his 
 ancestors." Motto of lord Grenville.-rrM.D. 
 
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364 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3689. Requiescat in pace. (Lat.) — " Let him rest in peace." This is very 
 common on tomb-stones, and it is sometimes applied ironically to 
 persons dismissed from high official situations. — M.D. 
 
 3690. Rerum ipsarum cognitio vera, e rebus ipsis est. Jul. Scalig. — *' The 
 true knowledge of all things, must be derived from an intimate 
 acquaintance with the things themselves." He who attempts to 
 speak on any subject, without having made himself master of it, 
 will only expose his own ignorance. — M. 
 
 3691. Res angusta domi. Juv. — "The narrowed state of one's private 
 circumstances ;" the limited means of supporting one's establish- 
 ment. The res angusta domi, obliges him to retrench, and live in 
 retirement. — M.M. 
 
 3692. Res est sacra miser. Ovid. — " Grief and misery are ever held 
 sacred." The most volatile and profligate cannot view intense 
 misery without a feeling of hallowed respect, nor avoid reflect- 
 ing, with awe, that they may be themselves overtaken by similar 
 calamity. — M.D. 
 
 3693. Res est soliciti plena timoris amor. Ovid. — " Love is an unceasing 
 source of solicitude and apprehension." — M.M. 
 
 3694. Res humance instabiles sunt, et nihil hahent jirmitatis . Cic. — '* Hu- 
 man aflfairs are instable, and have in them nothing lasting, no- 
 thing permanent." All human affairs are subject to constant 
 vicissitudes. — M. 
 
 3695. Res notce, atque ad omnes pervulgatce. (Lat.) — " Things well known, 
 and universally spoken of." — M. 
 
 3696. Respicefinem. (Lat.) — ** Look to the end." Consider, and weigh 
 well the consequences of the step you are about to take — M.D. 
 
 3697. Respicere exemplar vitce morumque jubebo 
 
 Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces. Hor. — ** I would 
 advise the skilful imitator narrowly to consult examples of life and 
 manners, and thence to draw just conclusions." 
 
 ** Those are the likest copies which are drawn 
 From the originals of human life." Roscommon. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3698. Respondeat superior. (Lat. Law Max.) — " Let the principal answer." 
 The master must answer for the acts of his servant. — M.D. 
 
 3699- Respue quod non es. Persius.— " Reject what you are not." Never 
 assume a character to which you have not a just claim. — M. 
 
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 3700. Res sunt humance fleUle ludihrium. (Lat.J—" Human affairs are> 
 alas ! the mere playthings, the sport of fortune." — M. 
 
 3701. Res ubi magna niiet. Hor.-^** Where an ample fortune shines 
 forth." Where splendid circumstances are conspicuous. — M. 
 
 3702. Rete non tenditur accipitri neque milvio. (LatJ — '* The net is not 
 stretched for the hawk, nor for the kite." — M. 
 
 3703. Retinens vestigia famcB. (hat.) — " Retracing the steps of honour- 
 able fame." Motto of lord Ribblesdale. — M.B. 
 
 3704. Revocate animos. (Lat.J — " Resume your courage." Motto of the 
 earl of Kinnoul.— ikf.D. 
 
 3705. Revocate animos mcestumque timorem 
 
 Mittite. ViRG. — '* Resume your courage, and cast off this dastardly 
 fear."— i»f. 
 
 3706. Rex datur propter regnum, non regnum propter regem. Potentia non 
 est, nisi ad bonum. (Lat^ Law Max.) — ** Kings are appointed for 
 the sake of their kingdoms, not the kingdoms for the accommoda- 
 tion of their kings. Power is confided solely to be exercised for 
 the public good." — M.D. 
 
 3707. Rex est qui metuit nihil; 
 
 Rex est qui cupit nihil. Sen. — " He who fears no reverse is a king, 
 and he who has nothing to wish for, is equally so." Each in the 
 sovereign sway he exercises over his own mind. — M.D. 
 
 3 708. Ridentem dicer e verum 
 
 Quid vetat ? Hor. — " Why may not a man speak the truth while 
 - he laughs ?" Why may not truth be told without moroseness, and 
 cheerfully ?— M.D. 
 
 3709. Ridere in stomacho. Cic. — ** To laugh inwardly." To laugh in 
 one's sleeve. — M. 
 
 3710. Ride si sapis. (Lat.) — ** Laugh if you are wise." It is right to 
 enjoy ridicule, when directed against absurdities, or ignorance, or 
 vice. — M.D. 
 
 3711. Ridet argento domus. Hor.—** The house smiles with silver." 
 Almost every article is of plate. — M. 
 
 3712. Ridetur chorda qui semper oberrat eddem. Hor. — ** He will always 
 be laughed at, who is continually striking the same key." Versa- 
 tility is essential to render either conversation or writing agreeable. 
 —M.D. 
 
 R 3 
 
366 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3713. Ridiculum acri 
 
 Fortius ac melius magnas plerwmque secat res. Hor. — ** Ridicule 
 often has a better effect, even in grave and important ajQTairs, than 
 moroseness and severe satire." — M.D. 
 
 3714. Rien n' est plus estimable que la civilitej mais rien de plus ridicule, et 
 de plus a charge, que la ceremonie. (Fr.) — " Nothing is more esti- 
 mable than politeness, nothing more ridiculous or tiresome than 
 mere ceremony." — M.D. 
 
 3715. Rien n^empecJie tant 'd'etre naturel, que Venvie de le paroitre. Roche- 
 
 FOUCAULT. — ** Nothing tends more to take away the appearance of 
 easy and natural manners, than the desire to seem to possess them." 
 Every attempt to assume what we do not possess, every effort to 
 act a part for which we are not qualified, and to seem what we are 
 not, must of necessity be productive of constraint. — M.D, 
 
 3716. Rien ne pent arreter sa vigilante audace, 
 
 L'^ten'a point defeux, Vhiver n' a point de glace. Boileau. — " No- 
 thing can impede the progress of his vigilance and valour. He 
 feels in summer no heat, in winter no cold." An eulogy written on 
 Louis X1Y.~M.D. 
 
 3717. Rien ne s'aneantit ; non, rien, et la matiere, 
 
 Comme un Jleuve eternel, roule toujour s entiere. Boucher. — " No 
 substance or thing is annihilated ; matter, like an ever-flowing 
 stream, rolls on imdiminished." We perceive that every thing on 
 this earth perishes, yet we see that nothing is lost. Nature has 
 provided for the regeneration of all things. — M.D. 
 
 37 18. Rien n'est beau que le vrai, le vrai seul est aimable. Boileau. — 
 
 " Nothing can, in beauty, equal truth ; truth alone is lovely." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3719. Rien n'est si dangereux qu*un indiscret ami; 
 
 Mieux vaudroit un sage ennemi. La Fontaine. — " Nothing more 
 dangerous than a friend without discretion ; even a prudent enemy 
 is preferable." Against the attacks of the latter you may be on 
 your guard, but no vigilance can shield one against the imprudence 
 of the former. — M.D. 
 
 3720. Rinasce piit glorioso. (Ital.) — " It rises more glorious." Motto of 
 the earl of Rosslyn. — M.D. 
 
 3721. Ripa irremeabilis undce. Virg. — " The bank of the stream never 
 to be repassed." The river Styx. — M. 
 
 3722. Rira bien qui rira le dernier. (Fr. Prov.J — " He laughs with reason 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 36? 
 
 who can laugh the last." An anticipated triumph converted into 
 defeat, exposes the expectant to much ridicule. — M.D. 
 
 3723. Rire aux anges. (Fr. Prov.) — " To laugh at the angels ;" i. e. to 
 laugh foolishly, alone, and without having any thing to laugh at. 
 
 3724. Rire dans sa barbe. (Fr.) — " To laugh in oiie's beard." To smo- 
 ther a laugh, to laugh in one's sleeve. This agrees with the Latin 
 quotation, ridere in stomacho. — M. 
 
 3725. Rispettar il cane per amor del padrone. (Ital.) — " To love the dog 
 for the sake of his master." — M.D. 
 
 372G. Risu dissolvit ilia. Petron. Arbiter. — " He bursts his small guts 
 with laughing," The literal translation here given appears ridi- 
 culous in English ; but the expression may be rendered by the 
 homely phrase, ** he bursts his sides with laughing." — M. 
 
 3727. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est. (Lat.) — ** Nothing can be more 
 absurd than silly, unprovoked laughter." — M.M^ 
 
 3728. Risus abundat in ore stultomm. (Lat. J — " Laughter is common in 
 the mouths of fools." — M.D. 
 
 3729. Risum teneatis amici ? Hor. — " Can you, my friends, refrain from 
 laughter ?" Spoken on seeing any thing outrageously ridiculous 
 or absurd, which would, at the moment, be unseasonable openly to 
 censure. — M.D. 
 
 3730. Rixatur de land caprind. (Lat.) — " A person who would dispute 
 
 about a little goat's wool." A captious, litigious person. — M.D. 
 
 3731. Rogner les ailes h quelqu^un. (Fr.) — " To clip one's wings." To 
 make a person more moderate in his pretensions. — M. 
 
 3732. Role d'^quipage. (Fr.) — Marine term. " The list, or roll, of the 
 
 crew."— M.D. 
 
 3733. Rudis indigestaque moles. Ovid. — " A chaotic and imdigested 
 mass."— iW.D. 
 
 3734. Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes, 
 
 Flumina amem sylvasque inglorius. Vir. — ** Rural sports, and 
 streams purling through the valleys delight me. I am fond of 
 rivers and sylvan scenes, all desire for glory having passed away." 
 — M. 
 
 3735. Ruse contre ruse. (Fr. phrase.) — " Trick against trick." Deceit 
 opposed by deceit. Diamond cut diamond. — M.D. 
 
 r4 
 
368 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3736. Ruse de guerre. (Fr. phrase.) — " A stratagem in war." Every 
 species of trick, to circumvent your enemy, to deceive him, to 
 harass, and distress him, to diminish his resources, and to draw 
 him into your power, is not only counted fair in war, but the 
 talent to devise and effect these things, forms a prominent feature 
 in the character of a military partizan, if not even of a chief com- 
 mander. — M.D. 
 
 3737. Rus in urbe. (Lat.) — " A residence situated in town, yet possessing 
 the accommodation, the salubrity, the verdure, the foliage, and 
 the retirement of the country." — M.M. 
 
 3738. Rusticus ewpecfaf dum defluat amnis j at ille 
 
 Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis cevum. Hor. — ** The peasant 
 waits patiently, expecting that the river will run itself dry; but it 
 still glides on, and so it will continue unceasingly to flow to all 
 eternity."— 3f.M. 
 
 3739. Sa houle est demeuree. (Fr. phrase.) — ** His bowl has stopped short 
 of the wicket." He has missed his aim.— ikf.D. 
 
 3740. S(Bpe exiguus mus 
 
 Sub terris posuitque domos et horrea fecit. Virg. — ** The diminu- 
 tive mouse constructs its house and establishes its granary under 
 ground." — M. 
 
 3741. Scepe in magistrum scelera redierunt sua. Sen. — "His own faults 
 often fall on the master's head." All are subject to the conse- 
 quences of their own crimes. — M. 
 
 3742. Scepe intereunt aliis meditanies necem. (Lat.) — ** Men often fall 
 when meditating the destruction of others." The wicked often 
 fall into snares which they had spread for other men. — M.D. 
 
 3743. Scepe premente Deo, fert Deus alter opem. (Lat.) — ** When we are 
 assailed by one evil genius, a more auspicious one frequently comes 
 to our aid." When we think we are overwhelmed with irremedi- 
 able misfortunes, relief, altogether unexpected, often rescues us 
 from the abyss. — M.D. 
 
 3744. S(Bpe summa ingenia in occulta latent. Plaut. — ** The most bril- 
 liant talents often lie concealed in obscurity." — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 369 
 
 3745. Scepe via obliqud prcBstat quam tender e recta. (Lat ) — " The cir- 
 cuitous road is often preferable to the direct one." Or, as says 
 the English adage, the longest way about is the shortest way 
 home. — M. 
 
 3746. Scepius ventis agitatur ingens 
 PinuSy et cels(E graviore casu 
 
 » Decidunt turres, feriuntque summos 
 
 Fulgura montes. Hor. — ** The most lofty pine is frequently shaken 
 by the storm ; towers which are high, fall to the earth with a more 
 dreadful crash ; and the lightning strikes the most elevated moun- 
 tains." So, those who are exalted to high stations, and puffed up 
 with pride, are more exposed in their elevation to the arrows of 
 adversity than the humble j and their fall is the more severely felt. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3747. Savajussa, continuas accusationes, fallaces amicitias, perniciem in- 
 nocentium. Tacit. — " Cruel and arbitrary commands, continual 
 denunciations, deceitful friendships, and the seduction from virtue 
 of every innocent person." Such is the description of the state of 
 Rome in his time, given by this eminent historian. — M. 
 
 3748. SiBvi inter se conveniunt ursi. Juv. — " Even ferocious bears agretf 
 among themselves." The beasts of the forest, the most savage, 
 agree with others of their own species ; man alone, though the 
 only animal endowed with reason, lives in a state of continual war- 
 fare with his fellows. — M.D. 
 
 3749. S(Bvit amor ferri, et scelerata insania belli. Vir.— " The love of 
 discord prevails, and the sinful rage for war." — M.D, 
 
 3750. Scevitque animis ignobile vulgus, 
 
 Jamque faces et saxa volant; furor arma ministrat. Yirg. — ** The 
 rude mob are irritated, and now the brands are hurled, and stones 
 fly about ; their rage supplies substitutes for arms." Description 
 of a popular commotion. — M.D. 
 
 3751. Saltabat melius quam necesse est probce. Sall. — " She danced better 
 than it was suitable for a modest woman to do." Or, as we say, 
 she danced like 2^ figurante y an opera girl, or stage dancer. — MD. 
 
 3752. Salt at MiloniuSy ut semel icto 
 
 Accessit fervor capiti, numerusque lucemis. Hor. — " Milonius be- 
 gins to dance as soon as his head is heated with wine, and the 
 number of the lights appears doubled to his sight." — M.D. 
 
 3753. Salusper Christum redemptorem. (Lat.)—** Salvation through Christ 
 our Redeemer." Motto of the earl of Moray. — M.D. 
 
3 70 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3754. Solus populi suprema est lex. (Lat.) — " The well-being of the people 
 
 is the first and great law." The chief object of every government 
 should be to promote the wealth, the happiness, the comforts of 
 the governed, by the introduction of well-established order, and 
 security of person and of property. — M.D. 
 
 3755. Saluti consulere et incolumitate sues. Cic. — '* To study what may 
 contribute to his health, or tend to his safety or welfare." The 
 primum mobile of a wise man's actions. — M. 
 
 3756. Salvo jure. (Lat.) — " Saving the right," (meaning the king's 
 right.) Such a grant may be given salvo jure regis, " saving the 
 right of the king," his rights and prerogatives being reserved. 
 --M.D. 
 
 3757. Salvo pudore. (Lat.) — " Without a violation of modesty." With due 
 regard to decency. — M.D. 
 
 3758. Sanctio justa, jubens honestat et prohibens contraria. (Lat.) — "A 
 just decree, enforcing what is honest, prohibiting the contrary." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3759. Sangfroid. (Fr.) — " Cold blood." Indifference, unconcernedness, 
 free from perturbation of mind. — M.D. 
 
 3760. Sans changer. (Fr.)—** Without changing." Motto of the earl of 
 Derby.— ilf.D. 
 
 3761. Sans Dieu rim. (Fr.)—** Nothing without God." Motto of lord 
 Petre.— M.D. 
 
 3762. Sans les femmes les deux extremites de la vie seroient sans secours, et 
 le milieu sans plaisir. (Fr.) — ** Without woman the two extremi- 
 ties of this life would be destitute of succour, and the middle would 
 be devoid of pleasure." Without a mother's care our lives would 
 generally terminate in our infancy ; without a female companion 
 in middle life, this world would seem as a desert ; the most endear- 
 ing ties which bind us to it would be dissolved ; and when our end 
 approaches, our pillow is smoothed, the sufferings of a bed of 
 sickness are alleviated, and even the pangs of dissolution are miti- 
 gated by the female hand, by the kind sympathies of a friend, by 
 the tender assiduities of a wife, or the dutiful and endearing affec- 
 tion of a daughter. — M.D. 
 
 3763. Sans tasche. (Old Fr.)—** Without stain." Motto of viscount 
 Gormanstown, lord Tara, and lord Napier. — M.D. 
 
 3764. Sapere atide. Hor. — " Dare to be wise." Adhere, on all occa- 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 371 
 
 sions to the dictates of wisdom, and let no advice, no temptation, 
 induce you to deviate from her paths. This is the motto of the 
 earl of Macclesfield.— M.D. 
 
 3765. ^ Sapias, vina liques, et spatio 
 
 Brevi spent longam reseces. Hor. — •* Be wise, rack off your wines, 
 and let your hopes bear a just proportion to the shortness of this 
 life."— IT. 
 
 3766. Sapiens sibi qui imperiosus. 
 
 Quern neque pauperies, neque mors, neque vincula terrent j 
 Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores 
 
 Fortisj et in seipso totus teres atque rotundus. (Lat.J — " He is wise 
 who rigidly governs his own desires ; whom neither poverty, nor 
 death, nor chains affright j who has the courage to restrain his ap- 
 petites, to contemn honors, and who is, in himself, polished and 
 round," pursuing, as does a globe, his smooth and even course. — M. 
 
 3767. Sapientem pascere barbam. Hor. — " To nourish a wise beard." To 
 affect outward pretensions to wisdom. — M.D. 
 
 3768. Sapienter vitam instituere. Ter. — " To regulate wisely the conduct 
 of one's life."— 3/. 
 
 3769- Sapientes principes sapientum congressu. Plato. — "From commu- 
 nication with wise men princes acquire wisdom." — M.D. 
 
 3770. Sapientia prima est, stultitid caruisse. Hor. — ** The first advance 
 towards wisdom, is to show yourself to be free from folly." He 
 who, on some occasions, shows himself deficient in prudence, or 
 wanting in precaution, will never be esteemed to be a wise man. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3771. Satis eloquentia sapientice parum. Sall. — " A suflSciency of elo- 
 quence, a moderate share of wisdom." A faciUty and fluency of 
 utterance is by no means an indication of judgment, or of sterling 
 good sense. — M.D. 
 
 3772. Satis superque. (Lat.J — " Enough, and more than enough." Ge- 
 nerally applied to writers who are prolix and diffuse. — M.D. 
 
 3773. Satis suph-que me benignitas tua ditavit. Hor. — *' Your bounty has 
 sufficiently, even superfluously, enriched me." Written by the 
 poet to his friend and patron Maecenas. — M. 
 
 3774. Satius initiis mederi quamfine. (Lat.) — " It is better to be cured at 
 the beginning of a disorder than at the end." See Principiis 
 obsia. — M. 
 
 r6 
 
37$ DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3775. Sauve qui pent. (Fr.)—" Let him save himself who can." The 
 signal of defeat and flight when a French army is routed. — M.D. 
 
 3776. Scabies et contagia lucri. (Lat.) — ** The contagious itch after gain,'* 
 The passion with which the miser worships his heaps of gold. — M. 
 
 3777- Scanddlum magnatum. (Law hat.) — " A reflection, or slight, thrown 
 out against either an individual peer, or against the body of the 
 peerage." A statute to punish this high offence, remains on our 
 statute-book since the time of Richard II. — M.D. 
 
 3778. Scelere velandum est seelus. Sen. — '* One crime is to be covered by 
 another." The commission of one crime very generally leads to 
 the perpetration of a second ; and with every new deed of evil, our 
 scruples become weaker, until, at last, we are too deeply impli- 
 cated in crime to retrace our steps. The French say truly, ce 71' est 
 que le premier pas qui coute. " It is only at the first step (into vice) 
 that we feel remorse." — M.D. 
 
 3779. Seelus est jugular e Falernum 
 
 Et dare Campano toxica scBva mero. Mart. — " It is wicked to spoil 
 Falernian wine (by mixing) and to give (to your guests) deleteri- 
 ous poison in the new wine of Campania." — M. 
 
 3780. Seelus intra se taciturn qui cogitat ullum 
 
 Facti crimen Jiahet. Juv. — *' He who coolly contemplates the per- 
 petration of a crime, incurs all the guilt of having committed it." 
 The desire, or intention to commit a dishonest or base act, is, to 
 the person meditating it, as disgraceful, in the opinion of honest 
 men, as the actual pei-petration. — M.M. 
 
 3781. Scenis decora altafuturis. Virg. — " The lofty decorations of future 
 grandeur." — M. 
 
 3782. Scienti(B non vises ut thesauri absconditi nulla est utilitas. (Lat.) — 
 " Knowledge which is never displayed, like hidden treasure, is 
 perfectly useless." — M. 
 
 3783. Scientiapopince. Sen. — " The knowledge of the practice in cooks* 
 shops." Or, the art of cookery. — M. 
 
 3784. Scilicet uf fulvum spectetur in ignibus aurum, 
 
 Tempore sic, duroest inspicienda fides . Ovid. — ** As the yellow gold 
 is assayed in the fire, so the faith (of friendship) is brought to the 
 test in moments of adversity." — M.D. 
 
 3785. Scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim. Hor. — "We 
 know it, and we ask, and allow in return this privilege." 
 
 " 1 own the indulgence, and such I give and take." Francis. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 373 
 
 3786. Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus. Vir. — ** The wavering 
 multitude is separated by different opinions." — M.D, 
 
 3787. Scio coactus tud voluntate es. Ter. — ** I know that you are led by 
 your own will." While you urge various excuses, you are go- 
 verned solely by your own inclination. — M.D. 
 
 3788. Scio quid vdleant humeri et quid ferre recusent. (hat.) — " I know 
 what shoulders can bear, and what they will refuse to bear." I 
 know him well, and how far he is capable of acting. — M.D. 
 
 3789- Scire potestates Jierbarum usumque medendi. Vir. — " To know the 
 virtue of herbs, and their use as healers." — M. 
 
 3790. Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter. Per. — " The know- 
 
 ledge you may possess is as nothing, unless it is known to others 
 that you do possess it." — M.D. 
 
 3791. Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvate nemo. Juv. — " All men wish 
 to possess knowledge, but few people choose to undergo the trou- 
 ble, or to pay the expense." — M.D. 
 
 -3792. Scire volunt secreta domus, atque inde timeri. Juv. — " They insinuate 
 themselves into family secrets, from thence to be feared." There 
 were at Rome wretches base enough to make a livelihood by this 
 practice, they ingratiated themselves, as slaves, into the secrets of 
 a family, as dependants into the confidence of their friend or patron, 
 and having found out any act for which either could be denounced, 
 they laid them afterwards under contribution, enforced by a threat 
 of denunciation. — M. 
 
 3793. Scit genius, natale comes qui temperet astrum. Hor. — ** The genius, 
 our inseparable companion, who regulates the planet of our nati- 
 vity, best knows," how to account for the different dispositions and 
 propensities by which we are actuated. 
 
 " That directing pow'r 
 
 Who forms the genius in the natal hour ; 
 
 That God of nature who, within us still, 
 
 Inclines our action, and constrains our will." Pope. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3794. Scit uti faro. cLat.J—" He knows how to treat in the market- 
 place." How to make his bargains. He does not sell his hen in 
 a rainy day. Old saying. — M. 
 
 3795. Scoglio immoto contro le onde sta. (Ital.) — " As a rock, he stands 
 unmoved against the waves." Inscription found on ancient 
 armour. — M.D, 
 
374 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3796. Scribendi recte, sapere est et principium et fons. Hor. — " Wisdom 
 and prudence form the chief ground of good writing, and are the 
 source of all correctness." 
 
 " Of writing well these are the chiefest springs, 
 To know the nature and the use of things." 
 
 3797. Scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemus etfugit urbes, 
 
 Rit^ cliens Bacchi somno gaudentis et umbra. Hor. — ** The entire 
 tribe of poets love the retirement of shady groves, and hate cities j 
 genuine votaries of Bacchus, who delight in peaceful repose, and in 
 shady woods." — M. 
 
 3798. Se a ciascuno Vinterno affanno 
 Si leggesse in f route scritto, 
 Quanti mai che invidiafanno 
 
 Cifarebbero pieta. Metast. — ** If the internal griefs of every man 
 could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite 
 envy, would appear to be objects of pity?" — M.D. 
 
 3799. Se causam clamat, crimenque, caputque malorum. Virg. — " She ex- 
 claims that she was the cause, her's the crime, she the author of 
 their misfortunes." Spoken of Amata, the queen of Latinus, and 
 mother of Lavinia ; she had instigated Turnus to violate his truce 
 with iEneas, and on his defeat she destroyed herself. — M. 
 
 3800. S'^cJiauffer au depens du bon Dieu. (Fr. Exp. Popul.J — *' To warm 
 one's-self in the sun." — M. 
 
 Z801. Secret et hardi. (Tr.;— "Secret and bold." Motto of lord Dyn- 
 evor.— ilf.D. 
 
 3802. Secreta Jkbc murmura vulgi. Juv. — " These sullen murmurings of 
 the common people." — M. 
 
 3803. Secret^ amicos admone, lauda palam. Pub. Syr. — ** Bestow advice 
 on your friends in private, praise them openly." — MM. 
 
 3804. Secundis dubiisque rectus. (Lat.) — " A man who is unshaken and 
 upright, whether in prosperous or in adverse fortune." Motto of 
 viscount Duncan. — M.D. 
 
 3805. Secundo amne defluit. (Lat.) — " He floats with the stream." His 
 afiairs are in a prosperous state. — M. 
 
 3806. Sedfugit, intereafugit, irreparabile tempus. Vir. — " But time, ne- 
 ver to be recalled, in the meanwhile flies away." Time and tide 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. ^7S 
 
 wait for no man, procrastination should ever be avoided, and the 
 present moment be turned to the best possible account. — M.M. 
 
 3807. Sed non ego credulus illis. Vir. — " But I do not believe all they 
 say." I am not so vain as to think I merit all the praises bestowed 
 upon me. 
 
 " 1 discern their flatt'ry from their praise." 
 
 — M. 
 
 3808. Sed notat hunc omnis domus et vicinia tota, 
 
 Introrsum turpem, speciosum pelle decord. Hor. — *' But this fel- 
 low's entire neighbourhood, and even his own family consider him 
 to be inwardly base, though of a specious, plausible exterior." De- 
 scription of a specious deceitful hypocrite. 
 
 " Yet his own house, his neighbours, through his art 
 Behold an inward baseness in his heart." Francis. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3809. Sed nunc amoto quceramus seria ludo. Hor. — " But now, playful- 
 ness apart, let us turn our thoughts to more serious matters." Let 
 us think of our affairs. — MM. 
 
 3810. Sed nunc non erat his locus. Hor. — " But at present there is no 
 place for these." These arguments, or observations, are at present 
 ill-timed and preposterous, irrelevant to the subject under discus- 
 sion. — M.D. 
 
 3811. Sed omnes una manet nox, 
 
 Et calcanda semel via lethi. Hor. — ** One eternal night awaits us 
 all, and every man must once tread the path of death." The dark- 
 ness of the tomb is the portion of all men. — M. 
 
 3812. Sedprcesta te eum, qui mihi, a teneris Cut Greed dicuntj unguiculis, es 
 cognitus. Cic. — " Approve yourselfto be the same person that I 
 have known you to be, from your infancy." A teneris unguiculis, 
 *' from your having tender nails," was a Grecian mode of imply- 
 ing extreme youth. — M. 
 
 3813. Sed sine labe decus. (Lat.) — " Honour without a stain." Motto, 
 of lord Eldon.— iJf.D. 
 
 3814. Sedte 
 
 Nosfacimvs, Fortuna, Deam, coeloque locamv^. (Lat.) — *' But we 
 make thee, O Fortune ! a goddess, and assign thee a place in the 
 heavens." 
 
 *' Fortune a goddess is to fools alone ; 
 
 The wise are always masters of their own." Dryden. 
 
376 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3815. Segnemac desidem, et circo, et theatris corruptum militem. Tacit. — 
 ** A soldiery cowardly and indolent, debauched at the circus and the 
 theatres." Enervated by the excesses and dissipation of the me- 
 tropolis. — M.D. 
 
 3816. Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurerriy 
 
 Quam quce sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus. Hor. — " Events of which 
 we have the relation merely from hearsay, make less impression 
 on the mind, than those which we have actually witnessed." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3817. Selaisser prendre aux apparences. (Fr.) — " To suffer oneVselfto 
 be captivated by outward appearances." — M. 
 
 3818. S'embarquer sans bisquit. (Fr.) — "To go to sea without bread." 
 This means to' begin a work, to enter on any undertaking, without 
 having made the necessary preparations. To embark in a project 
 without having provided the means of executing it. — M.D. 
 
 3819. Semel abbas semper abbas. (Lat.) — ** Once an abbe always an abbe." 
 Once a colonel always a colonel. — M.D. 
 
 3820. Semel insanivimus omnes. (Lat.) — ** We have all been, on some oc- 
 casions, mad." There are few men who must not feel, that at some 
 moments of their lives, they have acted in opposition to the dic- 
 tates of reason. — M.D. 
 
 3821. Semel malus, semper prcesumitur esse malus. (Lat. Law Max.) — '' He 
 who has once acquired a bad character, is always presumed to be 
 bad." Every man will be presumed to be capable of again com- 
 mitting a crime of which he had already been guilty. — M.D. 
 
 ,3822. Se minore e noi I'orgoglio, 
 
 La virtk non b minore. Metast. — " Although our pride is less, our 
 virtue is not diminished." — M.D. 
 
 3823. Semita certh 
 
 Tranquillce per virtutem patet unica vitee. Juv. — " The only path 
 which leads to tranquillity of life, is certainly to be attained 
 through a virtuous course of conduct." — M.M. 
 
 3824. Semper avarus eget. Hor. — " The miser is ever in want." Sur- 
 rounded by plenty, but too poor in spirit to enjoy it. — M.M. 
 
 3825. Semper bonus homo tiro est. Mar. — "A novice always acts 
 
 with zeal." Or, according to the old adage, ** a new broom sweeps 
 clean." — M. 
 
 3826. Semper causa eventorum magis movent, quam ipsa eventa. (Lat.)— 
 
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 ** The causes which produce great events are often regarded with 
 more intense interest than the events themselves." — M, 
 
 3827. Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, JEmiliane, 
 
 Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus. Mar. — *'If you are now poor, 
 ^milianus, you will continue to be so, riches are now bestowed 
 on those alone who are wealthy." — M. 
 
 3828. Semper Jidelis. r-L«^>)—" Always faithful." Motto of lord Onslow. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3829. Semper habet lites alternaque jurgia lectus, 
 
 In quo nupta jacet J minimum dormitur in illo. Juv. — ** The bed in 
 which a married woman lies, is a scene of dispute and wrangling, 
 and sound sleep is seldom enjoyed there." The semper here should 
 be exchanged for aliquando, sometimes, instead of always. — M.D. 
 
 3830. Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt. Vir. — ** Your 
 honour, your renown, your praises, shall be everlasting." — M.D. 
 
 3831. Semper inops, quicunque cupit. Claud.—" He who is ever wishing 
 for more, is always poor." This phrase is synonymous with sem^ 
 per avarus eget.'—M.D. 
 
 3832. Semper nocuit differre paratis. Lucan. — " It has always been pre- 
 judicial to the interests of those who are fuUy prepared for action, 
 to admit of procrastination or delay." — M.D. 
 
 3833. Semper par atus. (Lai J — " Always ready." Motto of lord Cliflford. 
 — M.D. 
 
 3834. — Semperque relinqui 
 
 Sola sibi, semper longam incomitata videtur 
 
 Ire viam. Vir. — ** She seems to be left wholly to herself, and to 
 
 perform alone a tedious journey." 
 
 ■She seems alone 
 
 To wander in her sleep through ways unknown, 
 Guideless and dark." Dryden. 
 
 —M. 
 
 3835. Semper il mal non vien per nuocere. (Ital. Provj — " Misfortune is 
 not always attended with injurious effects." Misfortunes oft are 
 blessings in disguise. The ways of Providence are inscrutable to 
 the finite perceptions of man, and events which at first appear, to 
 our limited judgment, to be pregnant with ruin and misery, are, 
 not infrequently, productive of infinite advantage. — MJ}. 
 
 3836. Senilis stuUitia, qua deliratio appellari solet, senum levium est, non 
 omnium. Cic. — " That aberration of intellect, which in old men is 
 
378 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 termed dotage, is not a foible common to all who are old, but to 
 those rather who were remarkable for levity of disposition. — M.M. 
 
 3837. Se non e vero, ^ ben trovato. (Ital. Prov.J — *' If it is not true, it is 
 a happy invention." — M.D. 
 
 3838. Sentio te sedem hominum ac domum contemplari j qucB si tibi parva 
 , (ut est) videtur, hcec coelestia semper spectato j ilia humana contemnito. 
 
 Cic. — " I perceive that you contemplate the seat, and the habita- 
 tion of man; which, if it appears to you, (as it really is) con- 
 temptible, you should fix your views steadily on heavenly objects, 
 and despise those of this world." — M.D. 
 
 3839. Sentir le renferme, ou le relent. (Fr.) — " To have a musty smell." 
 to be tainted. — JSL 
 
 3840. Sepulchri mitte supervacuos Jionores. (Lat.J — " Dispense with all 
 superfluous funeral honours." Confine yourself to what decency 
 requires, abstaining from all vain parade or show. — M. 
 
 3841. Sequiturque patrem hand passibus cequis. Vir. — "He follows his 
 father, but not with equal steps." In his imitation of his father's 
 conduct, he neither displays the decision, the talent, nor the vigour, 
 nor the liberality by which he was distinguished. — M.D. 
 
 3842. Sequitur superbos ultor a tergo Deus. Sen. — " An avenging God 
 closely pursues the steps of the proud." — M. 
 
 3843. Sequor, nee inferior. (Lat.J — " I follow, but not inferior." — Motto 
 of lord Crewe.— ilf.D. 
 
 3844. Sera infundoparsimonia. (Lat.J — " Economy is late when you are 
 at the bottom of your purse." When all your property is dis- 
 sipated, it is too late to begin to economize. — M. 
 
 3845. Seria cumpossim, quod delectantia malim 
 
 Scribere, tu causa es, lector. Mar. — " Thou, reader, art the cause of 
 my treating of lighter (more pleasing) subjects, when I am capable 
 of writing on those which are more serious." An author must 
 suit his subject and his style to the taste of those readers by 
 whom he expects to be chiefly perused. — M.D. 
 
 3846. Seriatim. (Lat.J — " In order." In due course. According to rank 
 or place. — M.D. 
 
 3847. Serit arbores quce in altera scecula prosint. Stat. — *' He sows the 
 seeds of trees which will be profitable in a future age," To posterity. 
 —M. 
 
 3848. Serius aut citiils sedem properamus ad unam. Ovid. — " Sooner or 
 later we all hasten to the same end." All are born to die. — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 379 
 
 3849. Sermone huic ohsonas. Plaut. — "You prevent his being heard." 
 You speak at the same time with him. You drown his voice by 
 your noise. — M. 
 
 3850. Serb respidtur tellus, ubifune soluto, 
 
 Currit in immensum panda carina salum. Ovid. — " We cast back our 
 eyes late to the land, after the mooring is loosed, and the ship (the 
 curved keel) stretches away into the immense deep." — M.D. 
 
 3851. Sero sed serio. (Lat.) — " Late, but seriously." Motto of the 
 marquises of Lothian and Salisbiu-y. — M.D. 
 
 3852. Sero venientibus ossa. (Lat.) — " The bones for those who come 
 late." Some persons are on all occasions habitually too late, but 
 especially for dinner appointments ; and to them this quotation 
 should be practically applied. — M.D. 
 
 3853. Serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni. (Lat.) — " Serpents 
 may couple with birds, lambs with tigers." You may as well ex- 
 pect the most opposite things in natnre to be reconciled, the most 
 incongruous to harmonize, as that such a thing can happen. — 
 MM. 
 
 3854. Serrar la sialla quando si han perduti buovi. (Ital.) — " To shut 
 your stall when you have lost your ox." Construed by the English 
 proverb, ** when the steed is stolen, you shut your stable door." 
 Meaning, that you do every thing when it is too late. — M. 
 
 3855. Serum est cavendi temptis in mediis malis. Sen. — " The period of 
 precaution is past, when we are in the midst of misfortunes." 
 Foresight might often avert evils, with which we are overwhelmed 
 through our own negligence. — M.D. 
 
 3856. Serus in coelum redeas, diuque 
 
 Lcetus intersis populo. Hor. — " May you at a late period return 
 to heaven, and may you long happily live among your people !" 
 This elegant compliment was addressed to Augustus ,• it has since 
 been paid to other potentates ; but to no individual has it ever been 
 applied as a tribute of genuine respect and esteem, to none has it 
 ever been with greater sincerity tendered, as an unfeigned pledge 
 of national gratitude and affection, than to the respected and vene- 
 rable patriot, John Foster, Esq. (now lord Oriel) to whom this 
 well-merited compliment is inscribed on one of the canal-bridges, 
 bearing his name, near Dublin, one word only being added to the 
 original text. 
 
 . " Serus in ccelum redeas, diuque 
 Lsetus intersis populo Hibernise." 
 
 M.M. 
 
380 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3857. Serva jugum. (hat.) — "Preserve the yoke." Motto of the Earl of 
 Errol.— ilf.D. 
 
 3858. Sermbo jidem. (hat.)—*' I will keep faith." Motto of lord Sher- 
 borne. — M.D, 
 
 3859. Servare cives, major est virtus patrics patri. Sen. — ** To preserve 
 the lives of citizens^ is the greatest virtue that can be exhibited by 
 the father of his country." — M.D. 
 
 3860. Servare leges patrias pulchrum ac bonum. (Lat.) — "To support the 
 laws of our country is honourable and good." — M. 
 
 3861. Servata fides cineri. (Lat.) — " Faithful to the memory of my 
 ancestors." Motto of lord Harro why. — M.D. 
 
 3862. Servetur ad imum 
 
 Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. Hor. — " Let steadi- 
 ness of character be maintained to the last, as it proceeded from 
 the beginning, and let it always appear consistent with itself." In- 
 consistency is always discreditable and injurious to character. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3863. Servientes servitute ego servos introduxi mihi, non qui me imperent. 
 Plaut. — ** I have hired domestics for the purpose of serving, but 
 not to command me." — M. 
 
 3864. Serviet <Bternum, qui parvo nesciat uti. Hor. — ** Let him live and 
 die a slave, who cannot live on a small income." Prodigality is 
 the mother of baseness and servility. — M.M. 
 
 3865. Ses affaires lui sont par dessus la tete, or, II a des affaires par dessus 
 la tete. (Fr.J — " He is over head and ears in business." — M. 
 
 3866. Seu calidus sanguis seu rerum inscitia vexat. Hor. — " Whether the 
 heat of your blood, or your utter inexperience in affairs transports 
 you."— ikf. 
 
 3867. Seu quis olympiaca miratus prcemia palmce 
 Pascit equos, seu quis fortes ad aratra juvencos : 
 
 Corpora prcecipue matrum legat. Vir. — '* Whoever, ambitious of 
 the Olympic prize, breeds horses for the course, or whoever wishes 
 for hardy bullocks for the plough, let his chief care be directed to 
 the shapes of the dams." 
 
 " The gen'rous youth, who, studious of the prize, 
 The race of running coursers multiplies, 
 Or to the plough the sturdy bullock breeds, 
 May know that from the dam the worth of each proceeds." Dryden. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 381 
 
 3868. Seam foemina, ingenio vir. {Lat.) — " In sex a woman, in genius 
 quite a man." Epitaph of Maria Theresa of Austria. — M.D. 
 
 3869- Si ad naturam vivas, nunquam eris pauper j si ad opinionem, nunquam 
 dives. Sen. — " If you hve according to what nature requil-es, you 
 never will be poor ; if according to the opinions of men, you never 
 will be rich." The absolute necessaries of life are cheap and easily 
 commanded ; and it is our artificial wants, the cravings of luxury 
 and extravagance, that empty our purses, and involve us in difficul- 
 ties, not the cravings of nature. — MM. 
 
 3870. Siantiquitatem species, est vetustissima, si dignitatem est honor atissima, 
 si jurisdiclionem est capacissima. Coke. — ** If you consider it as 
 to its antiquity, it is very ancient ; if as to its dignity, it is most 
 honourable ; if as to its jurisdiction, it is most unbounded." One 
 of our most able writers on legal subjects, thus describes the 
 British house of commons. — M.D. 
 
 3871- Si bene quid memini causce sunt quinque bibendi, 
 Hospitis adventus, prcesens sitis, atque futura, 
 
 Aut vini bonitas, aut qucelibet altera causa. (Lat.) — ** If I remember 
 right, there are five excuses for drinking : the arrival of a guest, 
 present thirst, or the fear of its approach, or the goodness of the 
 wine, or any other cause which you prefer." Written by Dr. 
 Aldridge of Oxford, one of the good fellows of that university.— ilf. 
 
 3872. Sibi parat malum qui alteri par at, Aristot. — '* He injures his own 
 character who attempts to do an injury to another." — M, 
 
 3873. Sibi quisque peccat. (Lat. Prov.J — *' He who sins, sins against 
 himself." Nothing is more true than that all our sins light at last 
 on our own heads, and he who is just to himself, must be so to all 
 the world. —If. 
 
 3874. Sibi unifortunam debet. (Lat.) — "He owes his fortune to him- 
 self." To his own exertion and industry he owes the wealth he 
 has acquired. — M. 
 
 3875. Si cadere necesse est, occurrendum discrimini. Tag. — " If to fall is 
 unavoidable, one should meet the event with firmness." Misfortune 
 should be met with resolution and energy. — M.D. 
 
 3876- Si caput dolet omnia membra languent. (Lat Aphorism.)- ** If the 
 head aches, all the members of the body are more or less disabled." 
 So, in the body politic, and throughout the various departments in 
 which tbe multifarious concerns of this world are transacted; if the 
 presiding genius to whom is entrusted the direction of any parti- 
 cular branch, should be found incompetent, from whatever cause, 
 he must be replaced, or disorder suddenly creeps into the affairs 
 
382 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 under his superintendance, and soon renders his office an useless 
 burthen to his employers. — M.D. 
 
 3877. Siccis omnia nam dura Deus proposuit J neque 
 
 Mordaces aliter diffugiunt solicitudines. Hor. — '* The god (Bacchus) 
 shews no favour to those who love not wine; nor can they by other 
 means dispel corroding cares." — M. 
 
 3878. Sic cum transierint mei 
 NuUo cum strepitu dies j 
 Plebeius moriar senex ; 
 Bli mors gravis incubat. 
 Qui, notus nimis omnibus^ 
 
 Ignotus moritur sibi. Sen. — " Thus, when in silence and unnoticed 
 my days shall have passed away, I shall die an obscure plebeian. 
 Death is a grievous visitor to him, who, too well known to all the 
 world, dies at last unknown only to himself." 
 
 ** Thus, when my fleeting days at last 
 Unheeded silently are past, 
 Calmly I shall resign my breath, 
 My life unknown, forgot in death, 
 While he o'ertaken, unprepared, 
 Finds death an evil to be fear'd, 
 Who dies to others too much known, 
 A stranger to himself alone." 
 
 —M. 
 
 3879. Si claudo cohabites, subclaudicare disces. (Lat.) — " If you always 
 live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp." 
 We cannot avoid contracting the habits, catching the dialect, or 
 adopting the manners of those with whom we associate. — M. 
 
 3880. Sic delatores, genus hominum publico exitio repertum, et pcenis nun- 
 quam satis coerdtum, per prcemia eliciebantur. Tacitus. — " Thus 
 informers, a description of men brought forward for purposes of 
 public destruction, and whose wicked acts were never sufficiently 
 discouraged by punishments, were drawn into action by rewards." 
 The historian here alludes to one of the greatest evils resulting, in 
 his day, from despotic rule. From the first da^vn of civilization, 
 or social establishments, informers have been found wherever des- 
 potism has existed ; and in all ages, in all countries, they have 
 been the pests, the very curse of all society. — M.D. 
 
 3881. Sic donee. (Lat.) — *' Thus until." Motto of the earl of Bridge- 
 water. — M.D. 
 
 3882. Si ceux qui sont ennemis des divertissemens honnetes, avoient la direc- 
 tion du monde, ils voudroient oter le printems et la jeunesse j Vun de 
 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 3&3 
 
 Vann^e, et V autre de la vie. Balzac. — " If those severe censors 
 who condemn all innocent recreations, had a control over the 
 world, they would strike out the spring, and abolish youth ; the 
 former from the calendar, the latter from human life." — M.D. 
 
 3883. Sic itur ad astra. Vir. — " Tims men ascend to the stars." Motto 
 of the baron Bellenden. — M.D. 
 
 3884. Sicmihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora, quce spent 
 Consiliumque morantur agendi gnaviter idy quod 
 JEquh pauperibus prodest, locupletibus cBque, 
 
 uEqu^ neglectum pueris senibusque nocebit. Hor. — ** Those hours 
 appear to me to pass tedious and irksome, which retard my hope 
 and resolution of vigorously executing that scheme, which equally 
 involves the interests of the rich and of the poor, and the deferring 
 of which, equally hurts the young and the old."— M. 
 
 3885. Sic omnia fatis 
 
 In pejus ruere et retro sublapsa referri. (Lot.) — " Thus by the fates* 
 decree, all things are subject to gradual deterioration and retrogra- 
 dation." A destiny fixed and immutable was held by the ancients 
 to rule all things — M.D. 
 
 3886. Sic passim. (Lat.) — *' So every where," or throughout the work. 
 Implying that any certain expression or sentiment is to be found 
 repeated in various parts of the same work. — M.D. 
 
 3887. Sic prcesentibus utaris voluptatibtis, ut futuris non noceas. Sen. — 
 ** Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be 
 carried to such excess, as to incapacitate you from future repetition." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3888. Sic quisque pavendo 
 
 Dat vires fames y nulloque auctore malorum 
 
 Quajinxere timent. Lucan. — " Thus each person by his appre- 
 hensions, adds strength to rumour, and without any real ground 
 for anticipating evil, men believe every thing that their fears re- 
 present."— iH.D. 
 
 3889. Sic ruit ad celebres cultissimM foimina ludos. Ovid. — " Thus the 
 most amiable women eag'^rly flock to these celebrated sports." — M. 
 
 3890. Sic transit gloria mundi. (Lat) — " Thus the glory of this world 
 becomes extinct." How fleeting is human happiness, how transi- 
 tory is worldly grandeur ! — M.D. 
 
 3891 . Sicut ante. (Lat.) — ** As before." As before-mentioned. — M.D. 
 
 3892. Sic utere tuo, ut alienum non ladas. (Lat. Law Max.) — " You must 
 so use your own property as not to injure that of your neighbour." 
 
3.84 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS'. 
 
 You must not erect on your own property any thing that may 
 seriously annoy or injure the adjoining proprietor, or become a 
 nuisance to any one. — M.D, 
 
 3893. Sicuti aurum ignes, ita etiam amicos tempus judical. (Lat.) — " As 
 fire purifies gold, so does time prove the sterling value of friends.'* 
 —M. 
 
 3894. Sicut Notui? pulverem, sic luxuries improhos gyrat. (Lat.) — " As the 
 wind scatters the dust, even so luxury overturns the wicked." — M. 
 
 3895. : Sicut 
 
 Parvula (nam exemplo est) magni formica laboris 
 Ore trohit quodcunque potest, atque addit acervo 
 
 Quern struit j haud ignara, ac non incauta futuri. Hor. — ** Like 
 unto the ant (for she may serve as an example of unceasing in- 
 dustry,) who carries in her mouth whatever she is able, and adds it 
 to the heap which she stores up, neither ignorant of, nor inatten- 
 tive to her future wants." A beautiful simile, in which men 
 labouring to acquire a competence for their old age, are compared 
 to the industrious and frugal ant. — M. 
 
 3896. Sic visum Verierij cui placet impares 
 Formas atque animos sub juga ahenca 
 
 Scevo mittere cum joco. Hor. — " Such is the will of Venus ; who 
 sometimes feels a cruel pleasure in subjecting to her brazen yoke 
 persons and hearts ill suited to each other." — M. 
 
 3897. Sic vita erat j faciU omnes perferre acpati; 
 Cum quibus erat cunque una, his sese dedere j 
 Eorum obsequi studiis j adversus nemini j 
 Nunquam praponens se aliis j itafacillime 
 
 Sine invidid invenies laudem. Ter. — *' His manner of life was this ; 
 to bear with every body's humours ; to comply with the inclina- 
 tions and pursuits of those he associated with; to contradict no 
 person ; never to assume a superiority over others ; this is the way 
 to gain applause without exciting envy." — M. 
 
 3898. Sic volo, sicjubeo, statpro ratione voluntas. (Lat.) — " So I wish it 
 to be, so I command that it may be, let my pleasure stand in the 
 stead of reason." Appropriate language to be spoken by a despot. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3899. Si Deus nobis cum, quis contra nos? (Lat.) — ** If God is with us, 
 who shall be against us ?" Motto of viscount Mountmorres. — M.D. 
 
 3900. Si dicentis erunt fortunis absona dicta, 
 
 Romani tollent equites peditesque cachiunum. Hor. — " If your words 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 385 
 
 are at variance with what your fortune and situation in life will 
 justify, all the world will laugh at you." Patricians and plebeians. 
 
 3901. Si dixeris, ^stuo, sudat. Juv. — " If you say that you are warm, he 
 sweats." This is applied to one of those mean, base wretches who 
 hover around the great, and gain admittance by the adroitness with 
 which they administer doses of flattery, and the promptitude with 
 which they make all their opinions quadrate with those of their 
 patron. These summer flies may well be called blood-suekers. — 
 MM. 
 
 3902. Si est animus CBquus tibi, satis hahes, qui benh vitam colas. Plaut. — 
 " If you possess a well-regulated and contented mind, you, who lead 
 a good life, are possessed of abundance." — M. 
 
 3903. Siforet in terris, rideret Heraclitus. (Lat.J — " If even Heraclitus 
 was here, he would laugh." The philosopher here mentioned was 
 only distinguished by his continual weeping for the follies and 
 vicissitudes of human affairs, and the quotation depicts the extreme 
 folly of any project, the absurdity of which would make this 
 mourner (one of his appellations) laugh. — M.D. 
 
 3904. Sifortunajuvat, caveto tolli ; 
 
 Sifortuna tonaty caveto mergi. Auson. — ** If fortune smiles upon 
 you, be not too much elated ; and if she frowns, be not cast 
 down." In all circumstances endeavour to preserve an equal mind. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3905. Si fr actus illabatur orbis, 
 
 Impavidum ferient ruina. Hor. — " If this world's wreck should 
 
 fall about him, the ruins would not strike him with dread." 
 
 > 
 
 " Should the whole frame of nature round him break 
 In ruin and confusion hurl'd, 
 He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, 
 And stand serene amidst a falling world." Anon. 
 
 This effect of a consciousness of strict and uncompromising inte- 
 grity on the human mind, is here finely described. — M. 
 
 3906. Si fuit errandum, causas habet error honestas. Ovid. — ** If I was 
 in eiTor, that error proceeded from honourable motives." — M. 
 
 3907. Si genus humanum, et mortalia temnitis arma; 
 
 At sperate Deos memores fandi atque nefandi. Virg. — ** If you 
 should treat with contempt all mankind, you must still remember 
 that there exists a heavenly tribunal, where cognizance is taken of 
 right and of wrong." Where happiness everlasting is awarded, or 
 
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386 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 condemnation to endless misery pronounced, ** according to the 
 works done in the flesh." — M.D. 
 
 39O8. Sijefattrapeje teferai voir h qui tu tejoues. (Fr.) — " If I get hold 
 of you I will let you see whom you have been playing tricks upon>" 
 ** I'll make you know your Lord God from John Bell." Old 
 English saying. — M. 
 
 .3909. Si je puis. (Fr.) — " If I can." Motto of the baron Newhurgh. — 
 M.D. 
 
 3910. Sijudicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube. Sen. — ** If you sit in judg- 
 ment, investigate ; if you possess supreme power, command." The 
 difference between the judicial and ministerial duties is here de- 
 fined. In the former, you must be controlled by evidence, in the 
 latter, by your own will alone. — M.D. 
 
 3911. Si jus violandum, regnandi gratia violandum est, cceteris rebus pieta- 
 tem colas. Cic. — *' If law and justice are to be outraged, it is for 
 the sake of empire alone it should be done ; on other occasions 
 adhere to the dictates of piety." — M. 
 
 3912. Si Vadversit^ te trouve toujours sur tes pieds, la prosp^rit^ ne tefait 
 pas alter plus vite. (Fr. ProvJ — ** If adversity finds a man al- 
 ways on foot, prosperity will not make him move more quickly." 
 This would intimate, that if, under the pressure of adversity, a 
 man has been able to support himself, and display activity and 
 vigour, his utmost exertions must have been required, and all 
 his energies of mind and body been called into action ; that 
 therefore his pace, though it might be continued, could not 
 be accelerated by the temptation of more prosperous results to his 
 labours. — M. 
 
 3913. Si la noblesse est vertu, elle se perd par tout ce qui n' est pas vertueux, 
 et si elle n' est pas vertu, c'est peu de chose. La Bruyere. — '* If no- 
 bility is virtue, it is tarnished by every thing that is base, and if it 
 is not productive of virtuous conduct, it is indeed of little value." 
 — ilf. 
 
 3914. Si laus Jiominem allicere ad rect^ faciendum non potest, ne metus qui- 
 dem afoedissimis factis potest avocare. Cic. — ** If the love of praise 
 cannot influence a man to act honestly, the fear of punishment or 
 of disgrace will never restrain him from base actions." — M. 
 
 3915. Si la vie est miserable, elle est penible h supporter; si elle est heureuse, 
 it est horrible de la perdre ; ainsi Vun revient a Vautr^. La Bruyere. 
 — " If this life is unhappy, it is a burthen to us which it is difficult 
 to bear ; if it is in every respect happy, it is dreadful to be deprived 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 387 
 
 of it ; so that in either case the result is the same, for we must ex- 
 ist in anxiety and apprehension.*' It is wisely, perhaps, and mer- 
 cifully, so ordained ; for, was it otherwise, we should be too closely 
 attached to this world. — M. 
 
 3916. Silent leges inter arma. Cic. — "The voice of the laws is stifled, 
 when military sway prevails." — M.D, 
 
 3917. Si Von vouloit ^tre estim^y il faut vivre avec des personnes estimables. 
 La Bruyere. — ** If men wish to he held in esteem, they must as- 
 sociate with those only who are estimable." — M. 
 
 3918. Simia, quam similis, turpissima bestia, nobis ! (hat.) — "The mon- 
 key, that hideous beast, how like he is to us!" Mr. Macdonnel in 
 his Dictionary, gives the following query, elicited by the imitative 
 talents of this animal. 
 
 " Do chatt'ring monkeys mimic men, 
 Or we, turn'd apes, out-monkey them?" 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 3919. Si mihipergit qua milt dicer e, ea quce non vult 
 
 Audiet. Ter. — " If he continues to say whatever he pleases to me, 
 he shall hear things he will not like." — M.D. 
 
 3920. Si, (Mimnermus uti censet) sine amore jocisque 
 
 Nil estjucundum, vivas in amore jocisque. Hor. — " If, (as thinks 
 Mimnermus) nothing is pleasant without love and mirth, live in 
 love and mirth." 
 
 " If nothing, as Mimnermus strives to prove, 
 Can e'er be pleasant without wanton love, 
 Then live in wanton love, thy sports pursue." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 3921. Simplex munditiis. Hor. — " Simple in neat attire." Clean and tidy, 
 free from gaudy ornaments. — M.D. 
 
 3922. Simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vita. Hor. — " To tell of those 
 things which tend both to amusement and instruction in life." In 
 the ways of the world. — M.M. 
 
 3923. Sincerum est nisi vas, quodcunque infundis acescit. Hor. — ** Unless 
 your cask is perfectly clean, whatever you pour into it turns sour." 
 If evil propensities which appear in young minds, are not eradi- 
 cated by early education, all after-instruction will be to no pur- 
 pose ; it will be as wine poured into the dirty cask. — M.D. 
 
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388 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3924. Sine Cerere et Bacclio friget Venus. (Lat.) — " Without the support 
 of wine and food, love would soon perish." Here the persons are 
 metonymicaUy put for the things^ viz. Ceres, the goddess of com, 
 for bread, Bacchus, the god of wine, for wine, and Venus, the god- 
 dess of love, for that passion. — M.D. 
 
 3925. Sine curd. (Lat.) — ** Without charge or care." A sinecure. This 
 is applied to places or appointments, where the only duty to be 
 performed is that of receiving the salary. — M.D. 
 
 3926. Sine die. (Lat.) — " Without a day." A term used to express the 
 adjournment of any assembly, or the postponement of any busi- 
 ness, for an indefinite period ; no time being named for its re- 
 assembling or its re- consideration. — M.D. 
 
 3927. Sinefuco etfaUacid homo. Ck:. — *' A man without guile and void 
 of deceit."— M. 
 
 3928. Sine invidid. (Lat.) — ** Without envy." Free from all invidious 
 feeling.— M.D. 
 
 3929. Sine me, vacuum tempus ne quod dem mihi 
 
 Lahoris. Ter. — " Permit me not to allow myself any leisure time, 
 any respite from labour." — M. 
 
 3930. Sine odio. (Lat.) — "Without hatred." Free from all animosity. 
 —M.D. 
 
 3931. Sine qua non. (Lat.) — ** Any thing on which the performance, or 
 existence, of another thing depends." Any condition that is in- 
 dispensable, or ingredient that is absolutely necessary. — M.D. 
 
 3932. Sine virtute esse amicitia nullo pacto potest j quce autem inter bonos 
 
 amicitia dicitur, hcec inter malos /actio est. Sall. — ** True friend- 
 ship cannot subsist without virtue, for that bond which, among 
 good men, is denominated friendship, is among wicked men de- 
 signated by the name of faction." — M.D. 
 
 3933. Singula de nobis anni prmdantur euntes. Hor. — *' Revolving years 
 continually deprive us of what we possess." Every thing that Pro- 
 iddence has bestowed upon us, health, strength, beauty, and un- 
 derstanding, are hourly yielding to the destructive influence of 
 time.— MD. 
 
 3934. Si non errdsset fecerat ille minus. Mart. — " If he had not done 
 wrong, he would have done less." Spoken of a person, who, hav- 
 ing committed an error, or been negligent in his duty, works af- 
 terwards with increased activity and diligence to retrieve the time 
 he had lost.— M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OP QUOTATIONS. 389 
 
 3935. Si non Euryalus Rutulos cecidisset in hostes, 
 
 Hertaddi Nisi gloria nulla foret. Ovid. — ** Had not Euryalus fallen 
 among his Rutulian enemies, Nisus, the son of Hyrtacus, would 
 not have reaped such a harvest of glory."— 3f. 
 
 3936. Si non 
 
 Intendes animum studiis et rebus honestis, 
 
 Invidid vel amore vigil torquebere. Hor. — ** If you do not dispose 
 your mind to study, and to laudable contemplations, you will be 
 tormented and kept awake by envy or by love." — M. 
 
 3937. Si nous n'avions point de defauts, nous ne prendrions pas tant de plat- 
 sir a en remarquer dans les autres. Rochefoucault. — " If we did 
 not ourselves possess so many foibles, we should not feel so much 
 pleasure in distinguishing those of other men." It is too common 
 a failing among men, to experience a degree of gratification on 
 seeing others reduced to their own level. — M.D. 
 
 3938. Si nous ne nous Jlatiions pas nous memes, la Jlatterie des autres ne 
 nous pourroit nuire. (Fr.J — " If we did not entertain a too flatter- 
 ing opinion of ourselves, the flattery of others could not injure us." 
 —M.D. 
 
 3939. Siparva licet componere magnis. Vir. — " If it may be permitted to 
 draw a comparison between things which are little, and those which 
 are great." Between trivial and important matters. — M.D. 
 
 3940. SiprcBsens benh collocaveris, defuturo tibi dubium non erit. (hat.) — 
 " If you well apply the present time, you need not be apprehensive 
 as to the future." — M. 
 
 3941. Si quafidem tanto est operi laturavetustas. Vir. — ** If any antiquity 
 can confirm our belief of so great a work." — M. 
 
 3942. Si qua, metu dempto, casta est, ea denique casta est. Ovid. — ** If any 
 woman preserves her chastity, when aU fear of detection is re- 
 moved, then she, indeed, may be pronounced strictly chaste." 
 With some, the greatest sin is considered to consist in being found 
 out.—M. 
 
 3943. Si qua vis aptl nubere, nube pari. Ovid. — " If you wish to marry 
 suitably, marry your equal." The best chance for happiness 
 in the marriage state, is certainly to be expected, where the age, 
 the rank, and circumstances of the parties are nearly on an equa- 
 lity.— M.D. 
 
 3944. Si quceris monumentum circumspice. (hat.) — ** If you seek my mo- 
 nument look around." Epitaph on the monument of Sir Christo- 
 
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390 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 pher Wren, the architect who designed and built St. Paul's Ca- 
 thedral in London. — M.D. 
 
 3945. Si quid ingenui sanguinis habes, non pluris eum fades quam lutum. 
 Petron. Arbiter. — **If you have anything ingenuous in your 
 nature, you will not esteem him more than you would a lump of 
 clay."— ikf. 
 
 3946. Si quid novisti rectius istis 
 
 Candidus imperii j si non, his utere mecum. Hor. — " If you know 
 any thing preferable to the maxims I have laid down, candidly im- 
 part your knowledge j but if you do not, adopt these with me." — 
 MM. 
 
 3947. Si quis clericus, aut monachus, verba joculatoria risum moventia se- 
 rat, anathemata esto. (Lat.)—" If any priest or monk should be 
 guilty of using a jocular expression, exciting laughter, let him be 
 anathematized." Decree of the 2d council of Carthage. Imposing 
 on ecclesiastics a show of gravity, to make them confirmed hypo- 
 crites. — M. 
 
 3948. Si res ita sit, valeat latitia ! (Lat.J — " If this has happened, fare- 
 well joy!" If this occurrence has actually taken place, all my 
 prospects of happiness are at an end. — M. 
 
 3949. Si Romcefueris, Romano vivito more; 
 
 Sifueris alibi, vivito ut ibi. D. Ambrosius. — '* If you are at Rome, 
 live like the Romans ; if in any other place, live as they do there." 
 —M.D, 
 
 3950. Si sapis 
 
 Neque prceterquam quas ipse amor molestias 
 
 Habet addas, et illas, quas habet, recte feras. Ter. — " If you are 
 wise, do not add to the troubles which love entails, and bear with 
 patience those which are inseparable from it." — M. 
 
 3951. Si sit prudentia. (Lat.) — " If you are but guided by prudence." 
 Motto of lord Auckland.— M.D. 
 
 3952. Sit bona librorum et proviscB frugis in annum 
 
 Copia. Hor. — " Let me have a good supply of books, with a 
 sufficiency of provisions for the year's consumption." These things 
 the poet seems to have considered as the summa bona of this life. — 
 M. 
 
 3953. Si tempus in studia con/eras, omne vitce fastidium effugerisj nee noc- 
 tem fieri optabis tcedio lucis, nee tibi gravis eris, nee aliis superva- 
 cuus. Sen. — ** If you devote your time to study, you will avoid 
 all the irksomeness of this life, nor will you long for the approach 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 391 
 
 of night, being tired of the day ; nor will you be a burthen to your- 
 self, nor your society insupportable to others." — M. 
 
 3954. Si nulla te movet tantarum gloria rerum. Vir. — " If you are unmoved 
 by the glory of such great achievements." — M.D, 
 
 3955. Si tibi deficiant medici, medici tibijiant 
 
 Haec tria; mens hilaris, requies, moderata diceta. Schola Saler. — 
 " If you stand in need of medical advice, these three things will 
 be as good as a physician to you ; a cheerful mind, relaxation from 
 business, and moderate regimen." — M.M. 
 
 3956. Sit mihi fas audita loqui. Vir. — " What I have heard permit me 
 to relate." — M.M. 
 
 3957. ' Sit mihi mensa tripes et 
 
 Chonca salis puri. Hor. — " Let me have but a three-legged table, 
 with a shell full of pure salt." 
 
 Man wants but little here below. 
 Nor wants that little Ions:." 
 
 —M. 
 
 3958. Sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus, ut mihi vivam 
 
 Quod superest cevi, si quod superesse volunt Dii. Hor. — " Allow me 
 to retain what I now possess, or even less ; that my remaining 
 days, if any should be allotted to me, may be devoted to my own 
 gratification. "—MD. 
 
 3959. Sit piger ad poenas princeps, ad prcemia velox. Ovid. — *' A prince 
 should be slow to inflict punishments, but prompt in conferring 
 rewards." — M.D. 
 
 3960. Sit tibi terra levis. (Lat.) — •' May the earth lie light upon thee." 
 This was a wish ofiered by the ancients, from a belief that the 
 weight of the earth placed upon a sinful body, was oppressive and 
 distressing. — M.D. 
 
 3961. Si veris magna paratur 
 
 Fama bonis, et si successu nuda remoto 
 Inspicitur virtus, quicquid laudamus in ullo 
 
 Majorum, for tuna fuit. Lucan. — *' If a distinguished reputation is 
 the lot of those who are truly good, and if (the successful events 
 of their lives being put out of the question) their virtues, or per- 
 sonal valour are alone to be the subject for consideration, then 
 shall we find in his fortune, every thing that was thought praise- 
 worthy in the most eminent of our ancestors.*" This poetic offer- 
 ing to the memory of Pompey, has since been applied to other 
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392 - DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 generals, whose services deserved the reward of success, though 
 they could not command it. — M.D. 
 
 3962. Si vis incolumem, si vis te reddere sanum, 
 
 Curas tolle graves, irasci crede profanum. (hat.) — ** If it is your 
 wish to be safe, in person, and in health, shun exhausting cares, 
 and consider it profane to indulge transports of passion." — M.D. 
 
 3963. • Si vis mejlere, dolendum est 
 
 Primum ipsi tibi. Hor. — ** If you wish to move or to affect me, 
 you must first convince me by your acts and gestures, that you do 
 yourself feel." This is addressed either to the actor or writer of 
 tragedy. — M.D. 
 
 3964. Si vispacem, para bellum. (Lat.J^** If it is your wish to preserve 
 peace, you should always appear prepared for war.*' Every go- 
 vernment should hold itself in a state to repel aggression. — M.D. 
 
 3965. Si volet usus. 
 
 Quern penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi. Hor. — " If cus- 
 tom, (fashion) will so have it, whose province it is to regulate the 
 propriety and rules of speech." See Mortalia facta. — M.D. 
 
 3966. Si vulnus tibi, monstratd radice vel herbd, 
 Nonjieret levins, fugeres radice vel herbd 
 
 Projiciente nil curarier. Hor. — '* If you had a wound, the pain of 
 which was not diminished by the application of a plant or root that 
 was prescribed, you would reject the plant or root which had not 
 effected your cure." — M. 
 
 3967- Socius atque comes turn honoris turn etiam calamitatis. Cic. — " The 
 companion and sharer as weU in my honours, as in my misfor- 
 tunes."— M. 
 
 3968 Socius fidelis anchor a tuta est. (Lat.) — " A faithful companion is a 
 secure anchor." — M. 
 
 3969. Socrates, cui nulla pars sapientiee obscurafuit, non erubuit tunc, cum 
 interpositd arundine crurihus suis, cum parvulis jiliolis ludens, ab 
 Alcibiade risus est. Valer. Max. — " Socrates, to whom no max- 
 ims of wisdom were unknown, was not ashamed, when, caught 
 by Alcibiades with a reed between his legs playing with little chil- 
 dren, he was laughed at by that general." — M. 
 
 3970. Soi'disant. (Fr.J — " Self-called." The soi-disant great man, is 
 commonly, in reality, a little man. The soi-disant duke, a swind- 
 ler.— 3f.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 393 
 
 3971. Sola Deo salus. fLa^;—" Safety is from God alone." Motto of 
 lord Rokeby.— ikf.D. 
 
 3972. Sola juvat virtus. (Lat.)—" Virtue alone assists." Motto of lord 
 Blantyre.— M.D. 
 
 3973. Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. Virg. — ** It is, to those who 
 are unhappy, an alleviation, to have partners in their sorrows." — 
 M.D. 
 
 3974. Sola nobilitas virtus. (Lat.)-^" Virtue is the most true nobility." 
 Virtue is the true source of nobility. Motto of the marquis of 
 Abercorn. — M.D. 
 
 3975. Sola salus servire Deo. (Lat.J — " Safety is alone to be ensured by 
 serving God." Motto of the earl of Rosse. — M.D. 
 
 3976. Sola virtus invicta. (Lat.J — ** Virtue alone is invincible." Motto 
 of the duke of Norfolk.— ikf.D. 
 
 3977. Sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras. Virg. — *' The setting sun 
 doubles the lengthened shadows." — M. 
 
 3978. Soles occidere etredire possunt, 
 Nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, 
 
 Nox est perpetua una dormienda. Catull. — " The sun sets, but it 
 rises again ; when, however, the brief period of life which we are 
 permitted to enjoy, is brought to a close, we, thence, eternally 
 sleep in everlasting night. — M. 
 
 3979. Solet agi sinceritas ad perniciem. (Lat.J — *' Sincerity is used to our 
 destruction." However estimable and praiseworthy the qualities 
 of sincerity and candour may be, when under the control of pru- 
 dence and discretion, if they are allowed too great latitude, they 
 expose us to the arts of the designing and evil-minded, whom our 
 unguarded openness may enable to compass our ruin, or over- 
 reach us. — M. 
 
 3980. Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. Tacit. — ** They depopulate 
 the country, and reduce it to the state of a desert, and then boast 
 of having established tranquillity." — M.D. 
 
 3981. Sol occubuit J nox. nulla secuta est. (Lat.J — ** The sun has gone 
 down ; but no night followed." This flattering eulogium, addressed 
 to a successor to a throne, implies, that while his father's good 
 government rendered his country happy, his loss will be less se- 
 verely felt in consequence of his successor's worth. Though the 
 sun of his father's glory is set, his country will be enlightened by 
 the splendour of his own. — M.D. 
 
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3^4 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 3982. Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas , 
 
 Nocturnos lemures portentaque Thessala rides ? HoR. — " Can you 
 laugh at dreams, magic terrors, miracles, sorceresses, goblins of 
 the night, and Thessalian prodigies?" The Thessalians had great 
 faith in magic, so much so, that they became notorious for it, and 
 the term muUer Thessala became the common appellation for a 
 magician. — M. 
 
 3983. Somnus agrestium 
 
 Lenis virorum non humiles domos 
 
 Fastidit, umbrosamque ripam. Hor. — " Refreshing sleep does not 
 disdain the humble dwelling of the peasant, nor even to visit him 
 on his shady bank." — M. 
 
 3984. Son pied est toujours en I' air. (Fr.) — ** His foot is always in the 
 air." He is an active, busy, stirring fellow. — M. 
 
 3985. Sorex suo perit indicia. (Lat.) — **The rat perishes by his own 
 showing." His hole being seen, leads to his destruction. — M. 
 
 3986. S'orienter. (Fr.) — This literally means, '* to know, or point out the 
 east." To know where you are, according to the points of the 
 compass. — M. 
 
 3987. Sors et virtus miscentur in unum. Virg. — " Chance and valour have 
 equal play." It is equally doubtful which may prevail. This is 
 said of the battle between ^Eneas and Turnus, in which their armies 
 were engaged promiscuously and hand to hand. — M. 
 
 3988. Sortir des homes de la raison. (Fr.) — " To over-step the bounds of 
 reason." To act foolishly, rashly, improvidently. — M. 
 
 3989. Soyezferme. fFr.^—** Be firm." Motto of the earl of Carrick.—M.D. 
 
 3990. Spargere voces in vidgum ambiguas. Virg. — *' To scatter doubtful 
 rumours among the common people. — M.D. 
 
 3991. Spatio brevi 
 
 Spent long am reseces ; dum loquimur fugerit invida 
 j^tas J carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. Hor. — '* Abridge 
 your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human 
 life, for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, 
 fly away; enjoy therefore the present time, and trust not too much 
 to what to-morrow may produce." 
 
 ** Thy lengthen'd hopes with prudence bound, 
 Proportion'd to the flying hour; 
 "Whilst thus we talk in careless ease, 
 
 The envious moments wing their flight ; 
 Instant the fleeting pleasures seize, 
 
 Nor trust to-morrow's doubtful light." Francis. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. . 395 
 
 3992. Specie dud. Livy. — " To be caught by appearances." To be cap- 
 tivated at first sight of a thing.— ikf. 
 
 3993. Spectas et tu spectaberis. (Lat.) — ** You see and you shall be seen.'* 
 You here see character analyzed, but if your failings deserve it 
 your own character shall also be exhibited. — M.D. 
 
 3994. Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsce. Ovid. — ** They come 
 to see, and (not less) to be seen." 
 
 ** To be themselves a spectacle they come." 
 
 Ladies sometimes go to see exhibitions, when their chief object is 
 to exhibit themselves. — M. 
 
 3995. Spectatum admissi, risum teneatis, amici ? Hor. — ** Being admitted 
 to see (the picture) can ye, my friends, restrain your laughter?" 
 Was there ever an exhibition so preposterous ? — MM. 
 
 3996. Spectemur agendo. (Lat.) — '* Let us be regarded according to our 
 conduct." Motto of the earl of Beaulieu, and of viscount Clifden, 
 — M.D. 
 
 3997. Spem bonam certamque domum reporto. (Lat. ) — '* I carry home 
 good and certain hopes." I have to announce the pleasing intelli^ 
 gence of hopes not likely to be disappointed. — M.D. 
 
 3998. Spempretio non emo. Ter. — " I do not pay for empty hopes." I 
 do not barter gold for fallacious expectations. — M.M. 
 
 3999. Sperate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis. Vir. — " Cherish hope, and 
 
 look forward to more prosperous times." To a more favourable 
 turn of affairs. — M.D. 
 
 4000. Sperate miseri, cavetefelices. (Lat.) — " Ye who are in misery, live 
 in hope ; ye who are in prosperity, take care lest ye fall. '* For- 
 tune is so capricious, that the most wretched may entertain hope; 
 while, in the most palmy state of prosperity, the possibility of a 
 reverse should never be forgotten. — M.D. 
 
 4001. Sper at infestis, metuit secundis f 
 Alteram ad sort em bene prceparatum 
 
 Pectus. HoR. — ** The heart that is well-prepared for all occurrences, 
 never loses hope in adversity , while, in prosperity, it is not without 
 fear." Is always on its guard. Of this Mr. Macdonnel has given, 
 in his Dictionary, the following amusing translation. 
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SgS DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 " When fortune frowns, ye may with hope get tipsy j 
 But when she smiles, suspect the flatt'ring gipsy." 
 
 --M.D. 
 
 4002. Speravimus ista 
 
 Dumfortunafuit. Vir. — " We once entertained such prospects, 
 when we were fortune*s favourites." In our more prosperous days, 
 such expectations were familiar to us. — M.D. 
 
 4003. Sperne voluptates, nocet empta dolore voluptas. Hor. — ** Despise 
 transitory pleasures ; when the enjoyment is attended with pain, it 
 is not worth the purchase." — M.D. 
 
 4004. Spero meliora. (Lat.) — " I hope for better things." Motto of 
 viscount Stormont and baron Torphichen. — M.D. 
 
 4005. Spes alit exules. (Lat.) — " Hope supports us even in exile."' — M. 
 
 4006. Spesdurat avorum. (Lat.) — *' The hope of my ancestors continues." 
 Motto of the earl of Rochford.— If.D. 
 
 4007. Spes gregis. Vir. — " The hope of the flock." This term is some- 
 times used in speaking of one particular child, in whom the chief 
 hopes of his parents are centered, as being the prop of the family. 
 — JIf. 
 
 4008. Spes incerta futurt. Vir. — ** Our hopes as to futurity are preca- 
 rious." 
 
 *• Hopes and fears in equal balance stand." 
 
 —M. 
 
 4009. Spes mea in Deo. (Lat.) — " My hope is in God." Motto of lord 
 Teynham.— M.D. 
 
 4010. Spes mea Christus. (Lat.)—'' Christ is my hope." Motto of the 
 earl of Lucan. — M.D. 
 
 4011. Spes servat afflictos. (Lat.J—" Hoipe supports those who are in 
 affliction."— M. 
 
 4012. Spes sibi quisque. Vir. — ** Let every man's hope be founded on 
 himself." Let every man build his hopes on his own resources, or 
 exertions, and not on those of others. — M. 
 
 4013. Spesso la speme va colVinganno insieme. Metast. — " Hope and de- 
 ceit often go together." — M.D. 
 
 4014. Spes tutissima ccelis. (Lat.)—" The most safe hope is in heaven." 
 Motto of the earl of Kingston.— il:/.jD. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 397 
 
 4015. Spiritus prompttis, caro autem infirma. (Lat.)—*' The spirit is will- 
 ing, but the flesh is weak." Virtuous resolutions are often formed 
 when we have neither firmness nor perseverance to carry them into 
 execution. — M.D. 
 
 4016. Spretce injuria formes. Vir. — "The injustice offered to her despised 
 person." This is in allusion to the affront offered to Juno, by the 
 celebrated judgment of Paris j but the phrase has, in modern days, 
 been used to signify any want of that homage that is due to beauty, 
 of that attention which females expect to receive, of that admira- 
 tion of feminine accomplishment which ladies cultivate with so 
 much care, the withholding of which inflicts the spretce injuria 
 
 formcBy which the fair sex (Juno-like) are said never to pardon. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4017. Squamis astantihus Hydri. Cic. — " The scales of the Hydra stand- 
 ing up." Being erect. — M, 
 
 4018. Standum est contra res adversas. (Lat.) — "We must stand erect 
 before the arrows of adversity." — M. 
 
 4019. Stant ccBtera tigno. (Lat.) — " The others stand on a beam." Motto 
 of the earl of Aboyne. — M.D. 
 
 4020. Stare decisis, et non movere quieta. (Lat. Law Max.) — " To abide 
 by decisions made, and not to stir up points that are at rest." — 
 M.B. 
 
 4021. Stare loco nescit, pereunt vestigia mille 
 
 Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum. (Lat.) — ** He 
 knows not how to stand still, a thousand steps are taken before he 
 starts, and the sounding hoof strikes (by anticipation) the distant 
 plain." 
 
 " Th' impatient courser pants in ev'ry vein 
 And pawing seems to beat the distant plain ; 
 Hills, vales, and floods, appear already crost. 
 And e'er be starts a thousand steps are lost." 
 
 4022. Stare super vias antiquas. (Lat.) — " To stand firmly attached to 
 old ways." Old habits or customs. To resist novelties, or inno- 
 vation.— ikf.D. 
 
 4023. Statim daret, ne differendo videretur negare. Corn. Nep. — " He 
 would at once give, lest that, by deferring, it should appear that 
 he intended to deny." — M.D. 
 
 4024. Stat magni nominis umbra. Lucan. — " He stands, but the shadow 
 
398 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 of his former high repute." The lustre of his former great actions 
 is dimmed by his late conduct, and he has consequently fallen in 
 the estimation of the world. — M.M. 
 
 4025. Stat promissa fides. (Lat.J — " The promised faith remains." Motto 
 of the baron Lindores. — M.D. 
 
 4026. Stat pro ratione voluntas. (Lat.) — " My will is to stand in the place 
 of reason." Under the rule of a despot, even the dictates of com- 
 mon sense must be abandoned if in opposition to this will ; which, 
 among his subjects, (slaves) is to hold the place of reason and of 
 law.— M.M. 
 
 4027- Stat sua cuique dies j breve et irreparabile tempus 
 Omnibus est vitcBj sedfamam extender e factis. 
 Hoc virtutis opus. Virg. — " For every man there is an appointed 
 day, a brief period of life, which is irrevocable ; but, to extend our 
 fame by our actions, is indeed a work of virtue, or of valour." A 
 pre-eminence in virtue, in valour, or in genius, may, as it were, 
 extend the period of life allotted to us, by immortalizing our 
 names, and transmitting them to posterity, consecrated by the re- 
 membrance of our gallantry, our talent, or our worth, and securing 
 for us a proud place in the memory of mankind, by ranking us 
 among those ** Qui sui memores alios fecere merendo'* See the 
 article " Inventas." — M.M. 
 
 4028. Status quo. (Lat.J — " The state in which." Status quo ante bellum. 
 The state in which belligerents stood before the war. A term often 
 found in diplomatic communications. Its opposite is the Uti pos- 
 sidetis, which see. — M-D. 
 
 4029. Stavo bene; ma, per star meglio, sto qui. (Ital.) — ** I was well, but 
 by wishing to be better, here I am." I have brought myself to my 
 grave. Epitaph on an hypochondriacal person, who, though not 
 ill in health, had quacked himself to death. — M.D. 
 
 4030. Stemmata quidfaciunt? Quid prodest, Pontice, longo 
 
 Sanguine censeri ? Juv. — " Where is the use of pedigrees ? Where, 
 O Ponticus, is the good of a descent deduced from a long line of 
 ancestors?" The advantages of high birth are, indeed, nothing, if 
 unaccompanied by virtue, and genius improved by education ; 
 without these, the man of elevated rank or fortune is disgraced by 
 his ignorance, and held in contempt by others. — M.D. 
 
 4031. Sterilisque diu palus, aptaque remis 
 
 Vicinas urbes alit, et grave sentit aratrum. Hor.— " And the lake, 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 399 
 
 long infertile and navigable, now maintains neighbouring cities, 
 and feels the heavy plough." — M. 
 
 4032. Sternitur, exanimisque tremens procumbit humi bos. Virg. — ** The 
 ox is felled, and lies half dead, trembling on the ground.** — M. 
 
 4033. Stimuhs dedit cemula virtus. Lucan. — " Rival valour spurred him 
 on." A spirit of emulation always prompts us to noble deeds, and 
 elicits whatever is virtuous, heroic, or honourable in our nature. 
 — M.D. 
 
 4034. Stolidam prcBbet tibi vellere barbam. Pers. — " He permits thee to 
 pull his ridiculous beard." 
 
 " Holds out his foolish beard for thee to pluck." 
 
 4035. Stomachetur omnia. Cic. — " All things vex and fret him." He 
 torments himself about every thing. Some men are of a tempera- 
 ment so irritable, so subject to excitation, that the most trifling 
 occurrences cause them most serious uneasiness. — M. 
 
 4036. Strata jacent passim sua quceque sub arbore poma. Virg. — *' The 
 fruits lie every where scattered under their own trees." — M. 
 
 4037. Stratum super stratum. (Lat.) — *' Layer upon layer." Beds of 
 any substances disposed regularly one course over the other. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4038 . Strenua nos exercet inertia : navibus atque 
 
 Quadrigis petimus bene vivere j quod petis hie est. Hor. — " We are 
 engaged in indolent occupations, we seek happiness in our yacht, 
 and four-in-hand clubs, while it is every where to be found." That 
 happiness which conscious rectitude implants in every breast where 
 it is an inmate, is in vain sought for in change of place and scene, 
 if we have it not within. 
 
 " Active in indolence abroad we roam 
 In quest of happiness, which dwells at home. 
 With vain pursuits fatigued, at length you'll find, 
 No place excludes it from an equal mind." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 4039. Strozza Vinimico, o accarezzalo. Machiav. — " Either strangle 
 your enemy or caress him." — M.D. 
 
 4040. Studiis et rebus honestis. (Lat. J — " By honest studies and pursuits." 
 Motto of lord Ashburton. — M.D. 
 
 4041. Studiis florentem ignobilisoti. Virg. — " Indulging 
 
 in the studies of inglorious leisure." 
 
 " Affecting studies of less noisy praise." 
 
400 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 The poet here intimates, that while Caesar was pursuing his high 
 destiny in arms, he (Virgil) was passing his time at Naples,' in 
 the pleasing but inglorious pursuit of his studies. — M. 
 
 4042. Studio culince tenetur. Cic' — " His heart is in the kitchen." He 
 thinks of nothing but his belly. — M. 
 
 4043. Studere suis commodis. Cic. — *'To study his own convenience and 
 advantage. "—M. 
 
 4044. Stulte, quid ofrustra votis puerilibus optas, 
 
 Qu(B non ulla tulit , fertque feretque dies ? Ovid. — " Oh ! thou fool, 
 why dost thou vainly wish for things which no time past has ever 
 produced, and which none that is to come will ever realize ? — M. 
 
 4045. Stultitiam patiuntur opes. (Lat.) — " Riches will sometimes screen 
 folly." Follies are often passed over in the rich, which, if com- 
 mitted by a poor man, would expose him to ridicule and contempt. 
 —M.D. 
 
 4046. Stultitiam simulare loco, sapientia summa est. (Lat J — " To affect 
 folly is, on some occasions, consummate wisdom." — M.D. 
 
 4047. Stultorum incurata mains pudor ulcera celat. Hor. — ** The aukward 
 and injudicious modesty of fools, leads them to conceal uncured 
 wounds." We should ever be solicitous that our failings should 
 be discerned by those, whose friendship would lead them to correct 
 them.— M.D. 
 
 4048. Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes.. Pub. Syrus. — '* It is 
 foolish to view with feelings of fear, those things which we know 
 are inevitable." — M.D. 
 
 4049. Stultus labor est ineptiarum. Mart. — " Labour bestowed on trifles 
 betrays folly." Great exertions, when directed to pursuits that are 
 fruitless, become subjects of derision; and they can only be con- 
 sidered estimable or praise-worthy, when they lead to some useful 
 purpose. — M.D. 
 
 4050. Stultus nisi quod ipsefacit, nil rectum putat. (Lat.) — " To the fool, 
 nothing appears to have been well done, except those things which 
 he himself has done," — M.D. 
 
 4051. Sua comparare commoda, ex incommodis alterius. Ter. — " To build 
 up his own fortunes on the wreck of the fortune of another." This 
 is an attempt we too frequently see made ; it confirms the proverb, 
 homo homini lupus, &c. — M. 
 
 4052. Sua confessione hunc jugulo. Cic. — " I convict him from his own 
 mouth." His own testimony condemns him. — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 401 
 
 4053. Sua cuique Deus Jit dira cupido. Virg.~" The ruling appetite of 
 every man, is to him as a deity." We are all too apt to be subser- 
 vient to some favourite foible, to which we sacrifice almost every 
 thing. See I/homme est sourd, &c. — M. 
 
 4054. Sua cuique vita obscura est. (Lat.) — " No man is a competent 
 judge of his own conduct." — M. 
 
 4055. Sua cuique voluptas. (Lat. Prov.) — " Every man has some favourite 
 pleasure," some peculiar taste or passion. — M.D. 
 
 4056. Sua quisque exempla debet cequo animo pati. Ph^drus. — " Every 
 man is bound in justice to tolerate in others, acts of which he has 
 himself set the example." — M.D. 
 
 405/. Sua regina regi placet, Juno Jovi. Plaut. — " The king admires 
 his queen, as Jupiter does Juno." See asinus asino, &c. si liceat 
 parva componere magnis. — M. 
 
 4058. Suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Hor. — " It is delightful to draw 
 from a great heap." This is expressive of the strange gratification 
 a miser feels in taking from an immense heap, the scanty pittance 
 he allows himself for his support. — M.M. 
 
 4059. Suave, mari magno turbantibus eequora ventis, 
 
 E terrd magnum alterius spectare laborem. Lucret. — " It is agree- 
 able, when the waves of the ocean are agitated by a storm, to view 
 from the shore the great labours of others." Secure ourselves, we 
 too often view with indiflference the dangers of others. — M.D. 
 
 40G0. Suavitas sermonum aique morem haudquaquam mediocre condimentum 
 amiciticB. Cic. de Amicitid. — " Mildness of expression and manner 
 is by no means an unimportant ingredient in friendship. — M, 
 
 4061. Suaviter etfortiter. (Lat. J—'' Mildly and firmly." Motto of earl 
 Minto.— M.D. 
 
 4062. Suaviter in modofortiter in re. (Lat.) — " Mild in manner, resolute 
 in purpose." Motto of the earl Newburgh. — M.D. 
 
 4063. Sub cruce Candida. (Lat.) — " Under the fair cross." Motto of 
 lord Lovell.— M.D. 
 
 4064. Svb cruce salus. (Lat.) — ** Salvation by the cross." Motto of 
 viscount Bangor.— M.D. 
 
 4065. Sub hoc signo vinces. (Lat.) — " Under this sign thou shalt con- 
 quer." Motto of viscount De Vesci. — M.D. 
 
 4066. Svbita amiciiia rarb sine poenitentid colitur. (Lat.) — *' Friendships 
 too hastily formed, we generally have reason to repent." — M. 
 
402 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4067- Subito crevit, fungi instar, in divitias maximas. (Lat.J — " He has 
 suddenly started, mushroom-like, into immense wealth." — M. 
 
 4068. Sublatd causa tollitur effectus. (Lot.) — ** The cause being removed, 
 the effect must cease." — M.D. 
 
 4069. Suhlatam ex oculis qucBrimus invidi. Hor. — " When she is removed 
 from our sight we eagerly look after her." 
 
 " Snatch'd from our sight, we eagerly pursue her." 
 
 —M. 
 
 4070. Sublimi feriam sidera vertice. Hor. — *' My lofty flight shall raise 
 me to the stars." This truly poetic flight is now used merely in 
 jest.— ikf.D. 
 
 4071. Sub pand. (Law Lat.) — " Under a penalty." A writ issued for 
 summoning witnesses. — M.D. 
 
 4072. Sub silentio. (Lat.) — '* In silence." The business was suffered to 
 pass over, to die away sub silentio. — M.D. 
 
 4073. Succedaneum. (Lat) — " A substitute." Any one thing substituted 
 in place of another. — M.D. 
 
 4074. Succurrendum parti maxime laboranti. Celsus. — " The party on 
 whom the chief weight of the labour falls should receive assist- 
 ance." — M.D. 
 
 4075. Svfficit ad id, natura quodposcit. Sen. — " What nature requires is 
 sufllicient." The real wants of nature are very few, and we should 
 endeavour, as far as it is possible, to limit our desires accordingly, 
 —M.D. 
 
 4076. Sufficit huic tumulus y cui non sufficeret orbis. (Lat. J — " The space 
 within this tomb now sufl^ices for him, for whom the whole world 
 was too confined." Epitaph for the tomb of Alexander the Great. 
 —M. 
 
 4077. Suggestio falsi. (Lat.) — ** The suggestion, or utterance of a false- 
 hood." This, and the suppressio veri, are the most serious charges 
 that can be imputed to any person placing himself before the public 
 either as a writer or an orator. — M.D. 
 
 4078. Sui cuique mores fingunt fortunam. Corn. Nepos. — " The fortunes 
 of every man are in a great measure dependant on his own manners 
 and his moral conduct." So implies the English proverb ; " Man- 
 ners make the man." — MM. 
 
 4079. Sui generis. (Lat.) — " Of its own kind." Of it's own distinct 
 species, not homogeneous with any other vegetable or animal pro- 
 duction.— ikf.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 403 
 
 4080. Suivez raison. (Fr.)—** Follow reason." Motto of the earl of 
 Altamont, viscount Montague, and lord Kilmaine. — M.D. 
 
 408 1 . ——^-^— Sume superbiam 
 
 QucBsitam mentis. Hor. — " Assume the pride for which your 
 merits give you just ground." This was addressed by the poet to 
 Melpomene his favourite muse. — M. 
 
 4082. Sumite materiam vestris qui scrihitis cequam 
 Viribm, et versate diu quidferre recusent. 
 
 Quid valeant humeri. Hor. — " Let authors select a subject to 
 which their powers are equal, and let them studiously weigh to 
 what burthen their shoulders are equal, and what they will refuse 
 to carry.'* This is most salutary advice, as most' men are apt to 
 rate too highly their own mental powers. — M.M. 
 
 4083. Summam nee metuas diem, nee optes. Mar. — " You should not 
 fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day." — M.D. 
 
 4084. Summa perfeetio attingi non potest. Cic. — " Consummate perfec- 
 tion cannot be attained." — M. 
 
 4085. Summum bonum. cLat.)—" The chief good." The object the most 
 desirable to be obtained. Among the ancients, some philosophers 
 held pleasure to be the summum bonum of this life, while others 
 preferred virtue. — M.D. 
 
 4086. Summum crede nef as animam praferre pudori, 
 
 Et propter vitam vivendi perdere eausas. Juv. — '* Consider it most 
 infamous to prefer life to honour, and for the sake of living, to 
 sacrifice every thing that can make life valuable or supportable." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4087. Summum jus summa injuria. (Lat.) — " The extreme point of right, 
 is often a great injustice." So are frequently legal penalties, 
 when exacted to the utmost rigour of the letter of the enactment. 
 —M.D. 
 
 4088. Sum quod eris, fui quod es. (Lat.) — "I am what you will be, I 
 was what you are." A hint to the living from the dead, conveyed 
 through the medium of a sepulchral inscription. — M.D. 
 
 4089. Sunt bona mixta mails, sunt mala mixta bonis. (Lat.) — " There are 
 good things mixed up with bad, there are bad things mingled with 
 good." Enjoyment dashed with misery. Misfortunes lightened 
 by prosperous events. Such are the vicissitudes to which human 
 life is subject. — M.D. 
 
 4090. Sunt bona, sunt quadam mediocria, sunt mala plura 
 
404 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Qua legis. Mart. — " Of the books one reads some are good, some 
 middling, more bad.*' 
 
 " Some good, some bad, some neither one nor t'other." 
 
 —M. 
 
 4091. Sunt certi denique fines y 
 
 Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum. Hor. — " There are 
 to all things certain limits, beyond, or on this side of which, pro- 
 priety cannot subsist." — M. 
 
 4092. Sunt lachrymce rerum, et mentem mortalia tangunt. Vir. — " There 
 are calamities which call forth our commiseration, and human woes 
 which touch the heart." — M.D. 
 
 4093. Sunt qucedam vitia, quce nemo est quinlibenterfugiat. Cic. — ** There 
 are certain evil propensities from which every man would wish to 
 be exempt." From which every wise man would fly. — M. 
 
 4094. Sunt superis sua jura. Ovid. — '* Even the gods themselves are 
 bound by laws." This is used in political discussion, to intimate 
 that the higher powers in every state have a certain line of duties 
 prescribed to them, to which adherence is as strictly imperative 
 on them, as obedience is with regard to their subjects. — M.D. 
 
 4095. Sunt verba et voces, quibus nunc lenire dolorem 
 
 Possis, et magnam morbi deponere partem. Hor. — ** There are rules 
 and maxims by which you may mitigate your pain, and even in a 
 great measure overcome the disease." This is addressed to a person 
 whose heart burns with the love of gain. — M. 
 
 4096. Superat quoniam fortuna, sequamur, 
 
 Quoque vocat vertamus iter. Virg. — " Since fate guides, we must 
 
 follow ; and whithersoever she may call, we must turn our course." 
 
 " 'Tis fate diverts our course, and fate we must obey." Dryden. 
 
 4097. Svx) marte. (Lat.J — " By his own power." He effected his release 
 suo marte, by his own unaided ability or power. — M.D. 
 
 4098. Suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo. Ter. — ** With his own sword I stab 
 this man." I turn his own argument against himself. I defeat 
 him with his own weapons j by means of his own admissions. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4099- Suos liberos negligit, et ad eorum arbitrium libidinemque vivere sinit. 
 Cic. — " He neglects his children, and suffers them to pass their 
 time according to their own will and inclination " — M. 
 
 4100. Super abissu^ ambulans. (hat) — " Walking on the brink of an 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 405 
 
 abyss." Applied to a man who proceeds headlong, though on the 
 verge of ruin. — M.D. 
 
 4101. Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est. Vir. — " Every misfortune is 
 to be overcome by patience." — M.D. 
 
 4102. Superbi homines in conviviis stulti sunt. (Lat.J — ** Even the proud, 
 when in their cups, relax and play the fool." — M. 
 
 4103. Supersedeas. (Law Lat.) — " You may supersede." You may set 
 aside, suspend, or annul. A writ to stay proceedings in any case, 
 or to abrogate the authority of an inferior couirt or individual. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4104. Super subjectam materiam. (hat.) — " Upon the statement or matter 
 submitted." No man can be professionally responsible for an 
 opinion which has been founded super subjectam materiam, on the 
 statement submitted to him by his client. — M,D. 
 
 4104.* Supparasitari amico. Plaut. — " To toad-eat his patron." — M. 
 
 4105. Suppressio veri. (Lat.) — "The suppression of the truth." The 
 withholding (or telling a part only) of the truth. See suggestio 
 
 falsi.— M.D. 
 
 4106. Supremum vale illi dixit. Ovid. — " He bid him a last farewell." 
 —M. 
 
 4107. Surdo fabulam narras. (Lat.) — " Y'ou relate your story to a deaf 
 man ;" — or, to a person who, through inattention, does not hear. 
 —M. 
 
 4108. Svscipere etjinire. (Lat.) — " To undertake and to finish." Motto 
 of the duke of Cumberland. — M.D. 
 
 4 109. Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus, qui proximus destinaretvr . 
 Tacit. — " He who is next heir to supreme power, is always sus- 
 pected and hated by him who actually wields it." — M.D. 
 
 41 10. Simm cuique (Lat.) — " His own to every man." Let each have 
 his own. — M.D. 
 
 4111. Suum cuique incommodum ferendum est potius quam de alferius com- 
 modis detrahendum. Cic. — " Every man should submit to his own 
 grievances, rather than trespass on the conveniences or comforts 
 of his neighbour." — M.D. 
 
 4112. Suum cuique pulchrum. (Lat. Prov.) — " Every man pronounces his 
 own beautiful." Or, in homely phrase, " Every man thinks his 
 own geese swans." Nor will any man be foiuid crying ** stinking 
 fish." Condemning what is his own. — M. 
 
406 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4113. Suum quemque scelus agitat. Cic. — '* We are all influenced by our 
 evil propensities." Or, we all are accountable for our own crimes. 
 —M. • , 
 
 4114. Suus cuique mos. Ter. — " Each man has his ovna peculiar habits." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4115, Sylvas inter reptare salubres 
 
 Curantem quicquid dignum sapiente honoque est. Hor. — " To stroll 
 solitary among the healthful groves, meditating on whatever is 
 worthy of the wise and of the good." — M.B. 
 
 T. 
 
 4116. Tabula rasa. (Lat.) — " A smoothed, or levelled, table." It is said, 
 when a man is perfectly uninformed, that his blank and vacant 
 mind is like a Tabula rasa. The ancients used tablets lightly and 
 uniformly covered over with wai, on which they wrote their me- 
 moranda, with an instrument pointed at one end for the purpose, 
 and called a stylus, the other end being broad and flat, for obhter- 
 ating what had been inscribed, by levelling or smoothing the wax, 
 and leaving it a blank : from this the figurative expression here 
 used, has been taken. — M.D. 
 
 4117- Tacent, satis laudant. Ter. — "Their silence is praise." The silence 
 of the censorious may be esteemed as praise ; as, if there was any 
 ground for censure, they would not fail to gratify their ill-nature 
 by bestowing it. — MM. 
 
 4118. Tache sans tache. (Fr.) — "A task executed without a spot or stain." 
 Motto of lord Northesk.— MD. 
 
 4119. Taciturn vivit sub pectore vulnus. Vir. — " The wound, though un- 
 complained of, lives in his breast." The deep sense of injury re- 
 mains, the day of revenge will arrive. — M.D. 
 
 4120. Tcedium vitee. (Lat.) — "Weariness of life." Being tired of exist- 
 ence. The French use the term ennui, but it has not the force of 
 the Latin expression, and means rather that listlessness which be- 
 longs to an indolent disposition, or the being tired of one's situa- 
 tion almost without knowing why. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 407 
 
 4121. Talent, gout, esprit, hon sens, choses differentes mais non incompch 
 tibles. Entre le hon sens et le bon gout, ily ala difference de la cause 
 a son effct, entre esprit et talent ily a la proportion du tout a sa par' 
 tie. La Bruyere. — " Talent, taste, wit, good sense, are very dif- 
 ferent things, but by no means incompatible. Between good sense 
 and good taste, there exists the same difference as between cause 
 and effect, and between wit and talent there is the same proportion 
 as between a whole and its part." — M. 
 
 4122. Tale tuum carmen nobis, divine poeta. 
 
 Quale sopor fessis. Vir. — " Thy verses, divine poet, are as agree- 
 able to us, as sleep to the weary." 
 
 ** O heavenly poet such thy verse appears, 
 So sweet so charming to my ravish'd ears. 
 As to the weary swain, with cares opprest, 
 Beneath the sylvan shade, refreshing rest." Dryden. 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 The above is also sometimes used ironically in speaking of poets 
 who set one to sleep. — M.D. 
 
 4123. Tarn consentientibus mihi sensibus nemo est in terris. Cic. — "I know 
 not a man in the world whose sentiments so perfectly accord with 
 mine." — M. 
 
 4124. Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet. Pub. Syr. — 
 ** The miser finds himself as much in want of that which is his 
 own, as of that which belongs to another." — M.D. 
 
 4125. Tam ficti pravique tenax quam nuncia veri. Vir. — " Equally ready 
 to propagate falsehood and calumny, as to announce that which is 
 true."— M. 
 
 4126. Tam Marte quam Minerva. (Lat.J — " As much by the influence of 
 Mars, as by that of Minerva." He has gained his object, as much 
 by his gallantry, as by his wisdom. — M.D. 
 
 4127- Tam Marti quam Mercurio. (Lat.) — ** As much for Mars as for 
 Mercury." Equally disposed to fight or to negociate. Fitted as 
 well for war as for business. — M.D. 
 
 4128. Tamenme 
 
 Cum magnis vixisse fatebitur usque 
 
 Invidia. Hor. — '* Nevertheless, even envy herself must admit that 
 I have lived among the great." That I have been received into the 
 best society. — M. 
 
 4129. Tandem Jit surculus arbor. (Lat.) — " A twig in time becomes a 
 tree." Motto of the marquis of Waterford.— iV/.D. 
 
408 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 41S0. Tandem poculum mcsroris exhausit. Cic. — " He has exhausted the 
 cup of grief." He has reached the extremity of misfortune, and 
 drained the cup of sorrow to the dregs. — M. 
 
 4131. Tangere ulcus. Ter. — ''To touch one's sore." To renew one's 
 grief. To re- open a wound. Used metaphorically. — M. 
 
 4132. Tantcene animis coslestibus ir<B ? Virg. — " Can such passions exist in 
 heavenly minds ?" — M..I>, 
 
 4133. Tantiest quanti est fungus putidus. cLat.) — " He is worth as much 
 as a rotten mushroom." — M. 
 
 4134. Tanti quantum habeas sis. (Lat.J — "Your consequence is propor- 
 tioned to your wealth." According to the extent of your posses- 
 sions, will be that of your influence. — M. 
 
 4135. Tant mimx. (Fr.)—" So much the better."— M.D. 
 
 4136. Tanto huon, che val niente. (Ital. Prov.J — " So good as to be good 
 for nothing." This is meant to describe that soft good-natured 
 complying disposition, that must always be prejudicial to the pos- 
 sessor, while it does good to no other person. — M.D. 
 
 4137. Tanto TiominifiduSy tantce virtutis amator. (Lat.)—*' Faithful to so 
 great a man, a lover of such eminent virtue." — M.D. 
 
 4138. Tanto in moerorejacet, ut ah illo recreari nullo modo possit. Cic. — 
 ** He is so overcome by excessive grief, that his mind cannot, by 
 any effort, be diverted from it." — M. 
 
 4139. Tanto piu di pregio reca aW opera Vumilta delVartista, quanto piii 
 aggiunge di valore al numero la nullita del zero. (Ital. Bernini^ — 
 *• The modesty of an artist adds as much to the merit of his work, 
 as does a cypher (in itself worth nothing) to the value of a nimiber 
 to which it is joined." — M.D. 
 
 4140. Tant pis. (Fr.) — ** So much the worse." — MD. 
 
 4141. Tantum cibi et potionis adhibendum est, ut reficiantur vires, non ut 
 opprimantur. Cic. — ** Meat and drink should be taken in sufficient 
 quantities to invigorate our bodies, but not to overload or oppress." 
 — M. 
 
 4142. Tantum de medio sumpiis accedit honoris. Hor. — " So much of ho- 
 nour is due to examples drawn from the middle station in life." 
 The most striking incidents may occur in common transactions. 
 The poet here alludes to theatrical representations, in which he 
 wishes to see the piece drawn from those common occurrences 
 which interest every one, and practically come home to all our 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 4()p 
 
 feelings, rather than to be amused for a moment with scenes in 
 which kings, queens, and heroes are the actors, whose successes 
 or whose miseries produce but a transient ellect on the minds of 
 the audience, and are no sooner seen than forgotten. — M.D. 
 
 4143. Tantum magna suo debet Verona CatuUo, 
 
 Quantum parva suo Mantua Virgilio. Mar. — " As much as the 
 great Verona owes (of fame) to her Catullus, so much is the little 
 Mantua indebted to her Virgil.'' — M. 
 
 4144. Tantum se fortunce permittunty etiam ut naturam dediscant. Quint 
 Curt. — " They so wholly devote themselves to the pursuit of for- 
 tune, that their very nature is changed." — 3I.D. 
 
 4145. Tantum series juncturaque pallet. Hor. — ** Of so much consequence 
 are system and connection." A work in which the incidents are 
 systematically arranged, and well connected, will always be read 
 with pleasure. — M.D. 
 
 4146. Tantus amor florum, et generandi gloria mellis. Vir. — " Such is 
 their love of flowers, so intent are they on accumulating honey." 
 The bee. 
 
 '* Such rage of honey in their bosom beats, 
 And such a zeal have they for flow'ry sweets." 
 
 —M. 
 
 4147. Tantus amor laudum, tanta est victoria cures. Vir. — " Such is the 
 love of praise, so great the anxiety for victory." — M. 
 
 4148. Tarda sit ilia dies, et nostra serior (bvo. Ovid. — ** May that day be 
 slow to come, and may it be deferred beyond our times !" A wish 
 offered by the poet for the prolongation of the life of Augustus. 
 The quotation may be also applied to put off any disagreeable 
 event. — M.D. 
 
 4149. Tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides. (Lat.) — "Men are slow to 
 repose great confidence in extended and novel undertakings." — M. 
 
 4150. Tardk, qu6e credita Icedunty credimus. Ovid. — " We slowly 
 
 give credit to things which, if believed, would wound our feelings." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4151. Tardh sed tuth. (Lat.)—*' Slow but sure."— 3f.D. 
 
 4152. Tectior et occultior cupiditas. Cic. — " Avariciousness close and 
 concealed." Kept private. — M. 
 
 4153. Tegimen direpta leoni pellis erat. Ovid. — '* The skin which formed 
 his covering, was stripped from the lion." — M. 
 
 T 
 
410 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4154. Tel, en vous lisant, admire cJiaque trait. 
 
 Qui dans le fond de I'dme et vous craint et vous hait. Boileau. — 
 *' Such a person, in reading your work, admires every line, but, 
 at the bottom of his soul, he fears and detests you.'* — M.D. 
 
 4155. Tel maitre, tel valet. (Fr. Prov.) — "Like master, like man." — 
 M.D. 
 
 4156. Tt\og bp(}v [xuKpov ^lov. Tehs Jioran makrou biou. (Gr.) — " To see 
 the end of a long life." — M.D. 
 
 4157. Telum imhelle sine ictu. Vir. — " A harmless dart, devoid of force." 
 Used metaphorically in reference to an argument that is feeble and 
 ill-founded.— M.D. 
 
 4158. Tel vous semhle applaudir, qui vous raille et vousjoue; 
 
 Aimez qu^on vous conseille, et non pas qu'on vous hue. Boileau. — 
 ** Such a person seems to applaud, while, in fact, he ridicules and 
 derides you ; attach yourself to those who admonish, not to those 
 who praise you." — M.D. 
 
 4159. Temerh ac nullo consilio. Cic. — " Rashly and unadvisedly." — M. 
 
 4160. Temeritas est fiorentis cetatis, prudentia senescentis. Cic. — " Rash- 
 ness belongs to youth, prudence to old age." — M. 
 
 4161. Temeritas nunquam cum prudentia commiscetur. Cic. — " Rashness 
 and prudence are never inmates of the same breast." — M. 
 
 4162. Temperatce suaves sunt argutice, immodicce 
 
 Offendunt. Ph^d. — *' Arguments urged with temper and mildness 
 please, those which are intemperate offend." — M. 
 
 4163. Templa quam dilecta I (Lat.) — *' Temples how beloved !" Motto of 
 the duke of Buckingham. A foolish pun on the family name. 
 Temple. The motto is also exhibited on the front of the magni- 
 ficent palace at Stowe. — M.D. 
 
 4164. Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. (Lat.) — ** The times are 
 changed, and we too have changed with them." 
 
 " Men change with fortune manners change with climes, 
 Tenets with books, and principles with times." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 4 165. Tempora sifuerint nuhila, solus eris. Ovid. — " If the storms of ad- 
 versity should assail you, you will be alone." Deserted by your 
 former associates, the hoUowness of whose friendship becomes 
 manifest, when you stand the most in need of it. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 411 
 
 4166. Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix ; 
 
 Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus. Ovid. — ** A wound may, 
 through time, be closed, but, when fresh, it cannot bear the touch." 
 This applies especially to affliction. — M.D. 
 
 4167. Tempore felici multi numerantur amici; 
 
 Si fortuna peril, nullus amicus erit. Ovid. — " In periods of prospe- 
 rity we reckon many friends j if fortune forsakes us, they fly also." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4168. Tempus abire tibi est, ne 
 
 Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius cetas. HoR. — " It is time for you 
 to quit he stage, lest that age, in which fun is more becoming, 
 should ridicule and hiss you off it." Addressed to an old man. 
 —M. 
 
 4169. Tempus anima rei. (Lat.) — " Time is the soul of business." — M. 
 
 4170. Tempus edax rerum. Hor. — ** Time, the destroyer of all things." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4171. Tempus omnia revelat. (Lat.) — " Time discloses all things." — M.D. 
 
 4172. Teneros animos aliena opprobria scepe 
 
 Absterrent vitiis. Hor. — ** The disgrace into which other men 
 have fallen, often deters from vice those whose minds are yet 
 tender." Unhackneyed in sin. — M. 
 
 4173. Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim 
 
 Tollere humo, victorque virum volitare per ora. Virg. — ** A way 
 must be explored by which I also may rise from the earth, and 
 triumphantly extend my renown." This quotation is applicable 
 ironically to literary tyros, who attempt to strike out some new 
 style for themselves, but generally fail to improve on the old. — 
 M.M. 
 
 4174. Te piacula nulla resolvent. Hor. — "No atonement can absolve 
 you." — M. 
 
 4175. Tequehis, infelix, exue monstris. Ovid. — " Wretch that thou art, 
 put off this monstrous shape." — M. 
 
 4176. Teres atque rotundus. Hor. — " A man smooth and round." Who 
 is conscious of his own rectitude, and sensible of the regularity 
 and evenness of his dispositions and desires, and who, like a 
 polished globe, rolls on, without deviation, in his even course. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4177. Terminus a quo. (Lat.) — ** The limits or bounds from which." In 
 
 t2 
 
412 DK.TIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 metaphysics, denotes tlie place from whence any motion com- 
 mences, and stands in contradistinction to the other extreme, 
 which is called the Terminus ad quern. A bastard is, in law, said 
 to be a Terminus a quo, i. e. the first of his family, the source from 
 which it originates, he himself having had, in the eye of the law, 
 no father, or being a Filius nullius. — M. 
 
 4178. Terra filius. (Lat.) — *' A son of the earth." An Oxford phrase. 
 A fellow of no birth ; whose parents were unknown. — M.D. 
 
 417P. Te?T<E 
 
 Pingue solunuprimis extemplo e mensibus anni 
 Fortes invertant tauri. Vir. — ** Let your oxen begin your plough- 
 ing with the new year." 
 
 " Then borrow part of winter for thy corn, 
 
 And early, with thy team, the glebe in furrows turn." Drypen. 
 
 —M. 
 
 4180. Terra malos homines nunc educat, atque pusillos. Juv. — *' This earth 
 now supports many bad and weak men." — M.D. 
 
 1181. Terra salutiferas herbas, eademque nocentes 
 
 Nutrit, et urficee proxima scepe rosa est. Ovid. — '*The earth pro- 
 duces wholesome as well as deleterious herbs, and the rose may 
 grow entwined with the nettle." — M. 
 
 4182. Terram cobIo miscent. (Lat. J — " They mix (stir up together) heaven 
 and earth." They throw the house out of the windows. — M. 
 
 4183. Tertium quid. (Lat.) — " A third something." Produced by the 
 union, or collision of any two substances opposite in power or 
 principle. — M.D. 
 
 4184. Tertium sal. (Lat.) — ** A third salt." A term in chemistry, de- 
 noting a salt resulting from the mixture of an acid and an alkali, 
 which partakes in such a degree of the nature of both, as to be 
 neither an acid nor an alkali, but neutral. — M. 
 
 4185. TriQ ^v(nu}Q ypafifiarevQijv, tov KaXafiov a7ro/3|0£%wi/ etg I'ow. Suidas. 
 
 Tes phuseos grammateus en, ton calamon apobrechon eis noun. — ** He 
 was the interpreter of nature, delineating his thoughts by his pen." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4186. Te sine, nil altum mens fmeaj inchoat. Vm. — *' Without thy aid my 
 mind can compass nothing elevated or great." 
 
 ... 4 
 
 *' Without thee, notliing lofty can I sing." 
 
 Addressed by the poet to his friend and patron, Maecenas. — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 4l5 
 
 4187- Teterrima hyems. Cic. — " A cold, severe, blowing winter."— 3i. 
 
 4188. Tetrum ante omnia vultum. Juv. — "A countenance beyond 
 
 conception hideous." 
 
 ■A visage, rough, 
 
 Defonn'd, ui>r.ati.r'd." 
 
 —M. 
 
 4189- Teucrum comitantibus armis, 
 
 Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus ! Vir. — " The Trojan arms 
 being united with ours, to what eminence may not the glory of 
 Carthage be elevated!" A part of Dido's argument to reconcile 
 her sister Anna to her marriage with iEneas. — M. 
 
 4190. Thesed pectorajunciajide. Ovid. — ** Souls united in an 
 
 attachment as sincere as that of Theseus." 
 
 " Breasts that wuh sympathizing ardour glow'd 
 And holy friendship such as Theseus vow'd." 
 
 In allusion to the friendship which subsisted between Theseus and 
 Pirithous, king of the Lapithae. — M. 
 
 4191. Tibi nullum periculum esse per spicio, quod quidem sejunctum sit ab 
 omnium interitu. Cic. — " I can discern no danger with which you 
 are threatened, not also involving the destruction of us all." — 
 M.D. 
 
 4192. Tibi tanto sumptui esse, mihi rnolestum est. Pi.aut. — " It gives me 
 much concern that you should be exposed to so great expense." 
 —M. 
 
 4193. Tiens a la v&ite. (Fr.) — ** Stick to the truth " Motto of lord De 
 Blaquiere. — M.D. 
 
 4194. Tiens a ta foy. (Fr.)—" Hold to thy faith." Motto of the earl 
 Bathurst.— ikf.D. 
 
 4195. Tigridis evita sodalitatem. (Lat.) — " Shun the company of the 
 tiger." Avoid all association with the wicked. — M. 
 
 4196. Tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem 
 
 Perpetuam, soevis inter se convenit ursis. Juv. — " The ferocious 
 tiger agrees with his fellow, the bear with the bear." 
 
 " Tiger with tiger, bear with bear you'll find, 
 In leagues offensive and defensive join'd." 
 
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414 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4197. Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. Vir. — ** I entertain fears of the 
 Greeks, even when they bring gifts." Presents offered by an 
 enemy excite suspicions of some evil design. — M,D. 
 
 4198. Timet pudorem. (Lat.) — *' He fears shame." Motto of viscount 
 Downe.— ikf.D. 
 
 4199. Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus. (Lat. ProvJ — "The 
 dastard says that he is cautious, the miserly fellow calls himself 
 economical." We all palliate our own faults. — M.D. • 
 
 4200. Timorem mitte. Vir. — " Dismiss all fear." Banish apprehension. 
 —M. 
 
 4201. 77rar il sasso e nascondere la mano. (Ital.) — " To throw a stone 
 and hide the hand." To play tricks, as boys do, throwing any 
 thing, one at the other, and then hiding the hand as if he had not 
 thrown it.— ikf.D. 
 
 4202. Tirer a la courte paille. (FrJ — ** To draw straws for a thing." To 
 decide any thing by lot or by chance. — M. 
 
 4203. Tirer le diable par la queue. (Fr. Prov.J — " To draw the devil by 
 his tail." To be obliged to have recourse to shifts to live. — M.D. 
 
 4204. Tirer un malade d'affaires (le guerir). (Fr.) — " To recover a sick 
 
 person from his illness." To cure him. — M. 
 
 4205. Toga virilis. (Lat.) — " The manly costume." The Roman youth, 
 on attaining a certain age, assumed the Toga virilis, or habit of a 
 man.— ikf.D. 
 
 4206. To okov. (Gr.) To holon. — *' The whole." The entire.— ikf.D. 
 
 4207. To KoXov. (Gr.) To kalon. — ** What is handsome." Becoming, 
 
 good. — ^ikf.D. 
 
 4208. Tolle jocos — non est jocus esse malignum. (Lat.) — " Forbear from 
 such jokes, there is no jest in malignity." This alludes to those 
 ill-natured sarcastic jests which wound individual feelings, and 
 excite a momentary merriment at the expense of the character or 
 the peace of one unfortunate person. — ikf.D. 
 
 4209. Tolle moras, semper nocuit differre paratis. Lucan. — ** An end to 
 delays, postponement is wrong, when you are ready to act." — 
 ikf.D. 
 
 4210. Tollimur in ccelum curvato gurgite, et iidem 
 
 Subductd ad manes imos descendimus undd. Vir. — ** We are raised 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 415 
 
 to the skies on the swelling bosom of the wave, and again, by its 
 descent, we seem plunged to the bottom of the profound abyss.'* 
 —M. 
 
 4211. ToUuntur in altum 
 
 Ut lapsu graviore ruant. Claud. — " They are raised to an elevated 
 station, that they may be precipitated in more signal ruin." — M.D. 
 
 4212. To TTpcTTov. (Gr.) To prepon. — " That which is becoming, or deco- 
 rous." — M.D. 
 
 4213. Torpmt mihi membra. Hor. — ** My limbs are enfeebled." Become 
 languid. — M. 
 
 4214. Torquet (poeta) ah obsccBnis jam nunc sermonibus aurem: 
 Mox etiam pectus prceceptis format amicis, 
 Asperi^tis et invidice corrector et irce j 
 
 Rectb facta refert: orientia tempora notis 
 
 Instruit exemplis. Hor. — ** He (the poet) guards the boy's ear 
 from obscene discourse ; and at length he forms his mind, on 
 friendly precepts, correctors of frowardness, envy, or anger ; it is 
 the poet who sings heroic deeds, and instructs the rising genera- 
 tion by famed examples." — M. 
 
 4215. Tot ac tanta res. Cic— " So many and such important affairs." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4216. Tot capita, tot sensus. Ter. — '* So many heads, so many opinions." 
 —M. 
 
 4217. Tot homines quot sententice. Ter. — " As many men as there are, so 
 many different opinions will there be." — M.D. 
 
 4218. Totidem verbis. (Lat.) — " In so many words." He expressed him- 
 self totidem verbis, in so many words. In the same number of 
 words, or in the same terms I have used. — M. 
 
 4219. Toties quoties. (Lat.) — "As often, so often." As often as the 
 offence shall be committed, so often shall the penalty be enforced. 
 This term is also applied to a lease granted by a first lessee, who 
 derives under a bishop, to a third person, in which the first lessee 
 is bound to renew to his under-tenant, as often as the bishop shall 
 renew to him j and this is called a toties quoties lease. — M.D. 
 
 4220. Toto cado. (Lat.) — " By the whole heavens." As widely as the 
 extent of the heavens, do these men differ in sentiment and dispo- 
 sition. — M.D. 
 
 4221 
 
 sition. — M.D. 
 
 Tot t ant is que rebus urgemur et premimur, ut nullum alleviationem 
 
 quisquam non stultissimus sperare debeat. Cic. — ** We are era- 
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4l6 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 barrassed and overwhelmed by so many weighty and important 
 affairs, that no man, who is not a fool, can hope to reduce them 
 to order."— M. 
 
 4222. Totum mundum agit histrio. (Lat) — " The player appears in all 
 characters." 
 
 '• They are the abstract, and brief chronicles, of the times." 
 
 Shakspeare. 
 -M. 
 
 4223. Totus mundus agit histrionem. (Lat.) — '* All the world are acting 
 as players." Playing a part. ** All the world's a stage." — ikf.D. 
 
 4224. Tov apiffrtveiv evtKa. (Gr.) Ton aristeuein heneka. — " In order to 
 excel." Motto to the crest of lord Henniker. — M.D. 
 
 4225. Toujours pret. (FrJ — ** Always ready." Motto of the marquis of 
 Antrim and the earl of Clanwilliam. — M.D. 
 
 4226. Toujours propice. (Fr.) — ** Always propitious." Motto of viscount 
 Cremome. — M.D. 
 
 4227. Tourner autour du pot. (Fr.) — "To go about the pot." To be 
 afraid to speak openly or in direct terms. Anglice, to go about the 
 bush.— ikf. 
 
 4228. Tourner casaque. (FrJ — *' To become a turn-coat." To turn cat 
 in pan. To change sides. Forsake one's party. — M.D. 
 
 4229. Tons fraisf aits. (Fr.)—" All charges paid."— ikf.D. 
 
 4230. Tov^ les hommes sont foux, et malgre tous leurs soins, ne different 
 entr*eux, que du plus ou du moins. Boileau. — " All men are more 
 or less mad, and notwithstanding all their care, they differ but in 
 the degree. — M.M. 
 
 4231. Tous les jours a la cour un sot de quality 
 
 Peutjuger a travers avec impunity. Voltaire. — ** At court, a fool 
 of high rank, may, with impunity, every day pronounce false and 
 ill-founded opinions" (on literary works and literary characters.) 
 —M. 
 
 4232. Tous mes avertissemens ne lui servent de rien. (Fr.) — ** All the cau- 
 tions I have given him have produced no good effect." Been 
 useless. — M. 
 
 4233. Tout bien ou rien. (Fr.) — " Either all or none." Motto of the 
 earl of Gainsborough. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 417 
 
 4234. Tout 4loge imposteur blesse line dme sincere. Boileau. — ** Praise un- 
 deservedly bestowed, wounds a sensible mind." Unmerited com- 
 mendation must always be considered as an insult.— M.D. 
 
 4235. Tout est contradiction chez nous j la France, a parler serieusement, est 
 le royaume de V esprit et de la sottise, de Vindustrie et de la paresse, 
 de la philosophic, et du fanatisme, de la gaiete et du pedantisme, des 
 loix et des abus^ de bon gout et de V impertinence. Voltaire. — ** With 
 us all is inconsistency ; France, seriously speaking, is the country of 
 talent, combined with folly ; of industry marred by idleness ; of 
 philosophy impeded by fanaticism ; of gaiety blended with pedan- 
 try ; of laws and of transgressions, of good taste and of imperti- 
 nence." So says Voltaire, whose distinguished talents, and perfect 
 knowledge of his countrymen, entitle him certainly to every credit. 
 The description is indeed, un tableau tire de main de maitre. A 
 picture sketched by a masterly hand. — M. 
 
 4236. Tout est pris. (FrJ — ** Every place is engaged." Every point is 
 occupied ; every subject is exhausted. No place is left for a dis- 
 play of powers or of genius ; no scope for the employment of 
 talent, no subject for the exercise of industry. This is a common 
 complaint with those whose mediocrity of talent does not enable 
 them to emerge from obscurity. — M.D. 
 
 4237. Toute revelation d'un secret est la faute de celui qui I'a confix. La 
 Bruyere. — •* Every disclosure of a secret is the fault of him who 
 first confided it to another." — M. 
 
 4238. Tout le monde se plaint de sa memoire, et personne ne se plaint de son 
 jugement. Rochefoucault. — " Every person complains of the 
 badness of his memory, but none of their defective judgment." 
 From the latter, we are restrained by our pride. — M. D. 
 
 4239. Tout vientde Dieu. (Fr.) — " All things come from God/* Motto 
 of lord CUnton.— iJf .D. 
 
 4240. Traditus non victus. {Lat.) — " Delivered up, but not conquered." 
 Motto of lord Howden. 
 
 4241. Trdhit homines suisillecebris ad verum decus virtus. Cic. — "Virtue 
 allures man by her charms into the path of true honour." — M. 
 
 4242. Trahit ipse fur oris 
 
 Impetus, et visum est lenti queesisse nocentem. Lucan. — " The vio- 
 lence of their rage urges them on, and an enquiry as to the guilty 
 appears too tedious." This would have been peculiarly applicable 
 to the Parisian Sans-cuJottes, who sacrificed, in the plenitude of 
 T 5 
 
418 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 their revolutionary mania, the innocent and the guilty, in one 
 common undistinguishing slaughter — M.D. 
 
 4243. Trahit sua quemque voluptas. Virg. — " Each man is influenced hy 
 his own peculiar propensities. "-^M.D. 
 
 4244. Transeat in exemplum. (Lat.J — ** Let it stand as a precedent." Let 
 it be remembered as an example worthy of imitation. — M.D. 
 
 4245. Trinacria quondam 
 
 ItalicB pars una fait, sed pontus et cestus 
 
 Mutavere situm j rapuit conjinia Nereus 
 
 Victor, et obst antes interluit (squore montes. Claud. — " Sicily once 
 
 formed a part of Italy, but the sea and the tides have changed its 
 
 situation ; conquering Nereus has altered its boundaries, and leaves 
 
 the mountains by the interposed sea." — M. 
 
 4246. Tristia mcestum 
 
 Vultum verba decent, iratum plena minarum. Hor. — ** Grave lan- 
 guage suits a sorrowful co\intenance, words denoting menace an 
 angry one." — M. 
 
 424/. Triumpho morte tam vita. (Lat.) — ** I triumph in death as well as 
 in life." Motto of viscount Allen. — M.D. 
 
 4248. TrosTyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur. Vir. — "Whether he 
 be Trojan or Tyrian, shall make no difference in my conduct to- 
 wards him." I feel equally interested about the parties (or, the 
 parties are equally indifferent to me) and I shall act impartially 
 between them. — M.D. 
 
 4249. Trudit gemmas, etfrondes expUcat omnes. Vir. — ** It swells its buds 
 and unfolds all its leaves." Description of the vine bursting into 
 leaf— M. 
 
 4250. Truditur dies die. Hor. — ** One day is succeeded by another." — 
 M.D, 
 
 4251. Truditur dies die, 
 
 Novaque pergunt interire luna. 
 Tu secanda marmora 
 Locas sub ipsumfunus, et sepulchri 
 Immemor struis domos. Hor. — 
 
 ** Day presses on the heels of day, 
 And moons increase to their decay ; 
 But you, with thoughtless pride elate, 
 Unconscious of impending fate, 
 Command the pillar'd dome to rise ; 
 Whenlo ! thy tomb forgotten lies." Francis. 
 
 — M.M 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 41,9 
 
 4252. Tua ratio existimetur acuta, meum consilium necessarium. Cic. — 
 ** Your reason or judgement may be considered acute, yet my 
 advice may be necessary." — M. 
 
 4253. Tua res agitur, paries cumproximus ardet. Hor. — " Your own pro- 
 perty is in danger when the adjoining house is in flames." We 
 should all reflect that calamities, of whatever nature, that afflict 
 our neighbour, may soon assail ourselves. — MM. 
 
 4254. Tu die mihi quo pignore certes. Vir. — " Say for what stake you 
 will contend." Name your bet. — M. 
 
 4255. Tuebor. (Lat.) — " I will protect, or defend." Motto of lord Tor- 
 rington. — M.D. 
 
 4256. Turn equidem in senectd hoc deputo miserrimum, sentire ed cetate se 
 odiosum alteri. (Lat.) — ** To a person far advanced in years, I 
 think it a most unhappy circumstance to feel conscious of being 
 hated by another." — M. 
 
 4257. Turn excidit omnis constantia, et mors non dubia oculos ccBpit obdu- 
 cere. Petron. Arb. — " Then all our courage failed, and certain 
 death began to stare us in the face." — M. 
 
 4258. Tki ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. Vir. — ** Never give way 
 to misfortune, but, on the contrary, resist it with fortitude." The 
 first four words form the motto of lord Milton. — M.M. 
 
 4259. Tune impune hcec facias F Tune hie homines adolescentulos 
 Imperitos rerum, eductos liber e, infraudem illicis ? 
 Sollidtando et pollicitando eorum animos lactas ? 
 
 Ad meretricios amores nuptiis conglutinas ? Ter. — ** Shall you 
 escape with impunity? you, who lay snares for young nien of 
 liberal education, but unacquainted with the world, and, by force 
 of importunity and promises, allure their minds, and at length 
 unite them in marriage with harlots." — M. 
 
 4260. Tunica propior pallio est. (Jjat.) — *' My waistcoat is nearer to me 
 than my mantle ;" or, as says the English proverb, ** near is my 
 coat, but nearer is my skin." — M. 
 
 4261. Tuo iibi judicio est utendum ; virtutis et vitiorum grave ipsius con- 
 scientia pondus est : qua sublatd jacent omnia. Cic. — ** You must 
 be directed by your own judgment as to yourself ; the influence of 
 conscience is great in weighing your own virtues and vices, but if 
 that influence is taken away, all is at an end." There is an end to 
 every thing. — M.D. 
 
 4262. TUf quamcunque Deus tibi foriunaverit horam, 
 
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420 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Grata sume manu ; neu dulcia differ in annum, 
 Ut quocunque locofueris, vixisse libenter 
 
 Te dicas. Hor. — ** Whatever hours fortune may have rendered 
 propitious to your desires, receive with a grateful hand ; nor defer 
 for a year the enjoyment (of life) to a future period ; that where- 
 ever you shall be, you may be able to say, you have lived with 
 pleasure." The poet here reiterates his oft repeated admonition, 
 that man should receive with gratitude the gifts of Providence, 
 and cultivate the blessings flowing from contentment of mind. 
 -M. 
 
 4263. Tuque, O ! dubiis ne dejice rebus. (Lat.) — " And thou (my friend") 
 do not abandon me in these doubtful circumstances." — M. 
 
 4264. Turba Remi sequitur fortunam, ut semper, et odit 
 
 Damnatos. Juv. — " The crowd, as always is the case, flock to the 
 banner of the successful Romulus, and abandon those who are un- 
 fortimate."— M. 
 
 4265. Tk quid ego, et populus mecum desideret, audi. Hor. — ** Now hear 
 what I, and the people no less than I, desire." This is addressed 
 to dramatic writers, whose duty it is to study and to consult, the 
 taste of the public. 
 
 '* Now hear what ev'ry auditor expects." Roscommon. 
 
 —M. 
 
 4266. Turpe est aliud loqui, aliud sentire j quanta turpius aliud scribere, 
 aliud sentire ! Sen. — ** It is base to say one thing while you think 
 another, but how much more infamous is it to write sentiments 
 which are in opposition to those you entertain." The evanescent 
 nature of evil which is orally disseminated, renders it less perni- 
 cious than that which is committed to writing, and he who delibe- 
 rately applies himself to give currency to principles which his own 
 heart must condemn, must indeed be infamous. — M.D. 
 
 4267- Turpe est diffciles habere nugas, 
 
 Et stultus labor est ineptiarum. Mart, — ** It is silly to create 
 diflSculties out of trifles, and the labour of fools is folly." 
 
 " "fis folly only and defect of sense, 
 
 Turns trifles into things of consequence." 
 
 —M. 
 
 4268. Turpe est in pafrid peregrinari, et in iis rebus qua ad patriam perti- 
 nent hospitem esse. Manut. — " It is disgraceful to be regarded 
 as a stranger in one's own country, and to be ignorant of those 
 things which relate to her welfare." — M,D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 421 
 
 4269. Turpe est laudari ab illaudatis. (Lat.j — " It is discreditable to re- 
 ceive the praises of those, who are themselves abandoned or worth- 
 less, undeserving of praise." — M.D. 
 
 4270. Turpe est viro, id in quo quotidie versatur ignorare. (Lat.) — ** It is 
 a shame for any man to be ignorant of a business in which he is 
 daily employed." — M.D. 
 
 4271. Turpis et ridicula res est element arius senex; juveni parandum, seni 
 utendum est. Sen.—** It is shameful and ridiculous to see an old 
 man learning first principles ; boys should learn, and the old know 
 how to apply." — M.D. 
 
 4272. Tuta quoque estfallitque oculos, e lacte recenti 
 
 Liter a J carbonis pulvere tange, leges. Ovid. — ** Writing done with 
 new milk, is secure and invisible ; but powder it over with dust of 
 charcoal, and it becomes legible." This valuable receipt has been 
 thought worthy of insertion, for the use of lovers, whose tender and 
 sympathetic communications should not be exposed to the prying 
 curiosity of unenamoured eyes. — M. 
 
 4273. Tuta timens. (Lat.) — ** Fearing even that which is safe." How- 
 ever prosperous our fortunes, however solid oiir means, however 
 flourishing our circumstances may appear, we should never be so 
 far elated, as to be unmindful of the possibility of a reverse. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4274. Tutum silentii prcemium. (Lat.) — ** The reward of silence is certain." 
 The proverb says, ** Little said is soon mended." — M.D. 
 
 4275. Tuum est. (Lat.) — ** It is your own." Motto of the earl Cowper. 
 —M.D. 
 
 U. 
 
 4276. Uberibus semper lacrymis, semper que paratis 
 In statione sua ; atque expectantibus illam 
 
 Quojubeat manare. Juv. — ** Fruitful in tears, always at command 
 in their place, and ready to flow as she may direct." — M.D. 
 
 4277. Uberrima Jides. (Lat.) — ** An unbounded confidence. An implicit 
 faith."— M.D. 
 
422 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4278. Ubicunque ars ostentatur, Veritas abesse videtur. Chat.) — " Where- 
 ever art appears, truth seems to be absent." — M.D. 
 
 4279. Uhi idem et maximus et honestissimns amor est, aliquando prcestat 
 morte jungi, quam vita distrahi. Valer. Maxim. — ** Where there 
 exists the most ardent and true love, it is often better to be united 
 in death than separated in life." — M.D. 
 
 4280. Uhi inerit amor condimentum cuivis placiturum credo. Plaut. — 
 " Where love has once obtained influence, any seasoning, I believe, 
 will please." — M. 
 
 4281. Ubi lapsus F Quid feci F (Lat-J—" Where haye I fallen? What 
 have I done ?" Motto of viscount Courtenay. 
 
 4282. Ubi mel, ibi apes. Plaut. — ** Where there is honey, there will bees 
 be found." Where agreeable entertainment and good cheer are to 
 be found, there will be no lack of guests. — M.D. 
 
 4283. Ubi non est pudor, 
 
 Nee cur a juris, sanctitas, pietas, fides, 
 
 Instabile regnum est. Sen. — " In a state where modesty, respect 
 for the laws, religion, piety, faith, are wanting, the throne must 
 ever be insecure." — M. 
 
 4284. Ubi opes ibi amici. (Lat.) — ** Where there is wealth, there will 
 there be friends." — M. 
 
 4285. Ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis 
 Offendar maculis, quas aut incuriafudit, 
 
 Aut humana parum cavit natura. Hor. — ** When many fine pas- 
 sages shine forth in a work, I will not censure severely a few faults, 
 which either negligence, or the common foibles of our nature may 
 produce." 
 
 '* For in a poem elegantly writ, 
 
 I will not quarrel with a small mistake 
 
 Such as our nature's frailty may excuse." Roscommon. 
 
 —M. 
 
 4286. Ubique patriam reminisci. (Lat.) — *' In all situations to remember 
 our country." Motto of the earl of Malmesbury. — M.D. 
 
 4287. Ubi supra. (Lat.) — " Where above mentioned," This refers the 
 reader to some preceding word or passage. — M.D. 
 
 4288. Ubi velis nolunt, ubi nolis capiunt ultro. Ter. — ** Where you con- 
 sent they will never join, when you are disinclined, their desire 
 becomes the more strong." This is certainly rather a too highly 
 coloured description of female caprice. — M.D. v 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 423 
 
 4289. Ubi vulneratus est cubitus, hrachium est injirmum. (Lat.J — " A 
 wounded elbow renders the arm weak." — M. 
 
 4290. Udum et molle lutum es j nunc, nunc properandus et acri 
 Fingendus sine fine rota. Per. — ** Thou art now only pliable and 
 humid clay, and must quickly receive a new form from the rapid 
 wheel." The potter's wheel is the one here alluded to, and it is 
 intended to compare the soft and pliant clay, to the human mind 
 in the early stages of life, when it is tender and susceptible of what- 
 ever impressions education and discipline may confer. — M.D. 
 
 4291. Ulcer a animi sananda magis quam corporis. (Lat.J — " The wounds 
 of the mind are to be healed, rather than those of the body."-— ilf. 
 
 4292. Ulterius ne tende odiis. Vir. — " Let your enmity no farther go." 
 This is the degrading appeal made by Tumus to iEneas, when he 
 implored the victorious Trojan hero to spare the life of a fallen foe. 
 —M. 
 
 4293. Ulterius tentare veto. Vir. — " I forbid all farther attempts." I 
 prohibit your farther proceeding. This is the mandate of Jupiter 
 to his queen, not farther to pursue with her hatred the remnant of 
 the Trojan nation, and may be applied in any instance as a prohi- 
 bitory mandate. — M.D. 
 
 4294. Ultima ratio regum. (Lat.J — " The final reasoning of kings." 
 Many pieces of ordnance still lie in British arsenals bearing this 
 motto, said to have been engraved on his cannon by order of Louis 
 XIV.— M.D. 
 
 4295. Ultima semper 
 
 Eocpectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus 
 
 Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet. Ovid. — " Every man 
 should be prepared for his last day, and no man should be pro- 
 nounced happy, until his life is closed, and his body is committed to 
 the ground." The vicissitudes are so great in human affairs, that 
 the most brilliant fortunes may unexpectedly be overwhelmed ; no 
 man therefoi:e can be sure that his prosperity will be permanent, 
 nor should he be said to be happy, until he had passed that bourne 
 beyond which all things are immutable. — M.D. 
 
 Ultima Tfiule. Virg. — " The extremity of the earth." Supposed to 
 have meant the most northern part of Shetland. Ult. abbreviation 
 for ultimus. (Lat.J—'* The last."— M. 
 
 Ultra 
 
 Finem tendere opus. Hor. — " To launch beyond all bounds. 
 —M. 
 
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 4298. Umbra pro corpore. (hat.) — '* The shadow instead of the body." 
 The shadow instead of the substance. — M. 
 
 4299. Una hirundo non facit ver. (Lat.Prov.) — " One swallow does not 
 make a summer." — M. 
 
 4300. Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem. Virg. — '* The only secu- 
 rity for the conquered consists in their expecting no mercy from 
 their conquerors." Men rendered furious through despair, will 
 often effect what their more cool courage might not be able to 
 accomplish . — M.D. 
 
 4301. Un chercheur de /ranches Uppes. (Fr.) — " A spunger." A fellow 
 fond of free quarters, who prowls about, living at other men's ex- 
 pense. — M. 
 
 4302. Un coup de bee. (Fr.) — " A peck of the bill or beak." As if from 
 a bird. This means a sarcasm or satirical cut, directed at a person. 
 —M. 
 
 4303. Unde habeas qucerit nemo j sed ^oportet habere. Juv. — " Whence 
 your wealth comes, nobody enquires ; but it is necessary to possess 
 wealth." If you are seen to spend liberally a good income, few 
 people trouble themselves as to the nature or extent of your re- 
 sources. — M.D. 
 
 4304. Unde tibifrontem Ubertatemque parentis. 
 
 Cum facias pejora senex ? (Lat.) — ** Whence do you draw the 
 semblance and authority of a parent, when you, who are old, com- 
 mit greater faults?" With how little effect must reproof come 
 from an old man, who himself sets the example of vicious habits. 
 —M.D. 
 
 4305. Un Dieu, un roy. (Fr.) — " One God, one king." Motto of lord 
 Lyttleton.— ikf.D. 
 
 4306. Un diner sans fagon est une perfidie. Berchoux. — " A dinner 
 divested of ceremony, is an act of perfidy," Said by a bon vivant, 
 who did not like a, family party, or family fare. — M. 
 
 4307. Une affaire fiamb^e. (Fr.) — " An irretrievable desperate business." 
 Cest une affaire fiambee. It is a lost case. — M. 
 
 4308. Une grande dme est au-dessus de V injustice, de la douleur, de la mo- 
 querie ; et elle seroit invulnerable si elle ne souffroit par la compassion. 
 La Bruyere. — " A great mind is above doing an unjust act, above 
 giving way to grief, above descending to buffoonery ; and it would 
 be invulnerable, if compassion did not prey upon its sensibility." 
 —M. 
 
 4309. Une m^daille a fleur de coin. (Fr, term of the Mint.) — " A medal 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 425 
 
 or coin in perfect preservation." A piece of money which looks 
 as if it had just come from the mint. — M. 
 
 4310. Une nation frivole, qui rit sottement, mais qui croit rire gaiement, 
 de tout ce qui n'est pas dans ses maurs, ou plutot dans ses modes. 
 Voltaire. — ** A nation who laugh foolishly, while they think they 
 laugh wittily, at every thing that is not agreeable to their customs, 
 or rather to their fashions." The great writer here quoted, has 
 left this satire against his countrymen, in a letter addressed to 
 Monsieur du Marsais, dated 12th October, 1755, and published in 
 his works. — M. 
 
 4311. Un enfant, en ouvrant les yeux, doit voir la patrie, etjusqu* h la mort 
 ne voir qu'elle. Rousseau. — '* An infant, when the light first 
 dawns upon him, should look on his country, and through life it 
 should be the object of his regards." He should devote himself 
 to advance her interests; or sacrifice himself to consolidate her 
 power. This is a fine picture of patriotism, but, alas ! not to be 
 realized in our days. — M.D. 
 
 4312. Un esprit sain puisse h la cour le gout de la solitude et de la retraite. 
 La Bruyere. — **A man of sound judgment contracts, in the 
 courtly circle, a love of solitude and retirement." The intrigue, 
 the duplicity, the dissimulation and insincerity practised at courts, 
 must disgust every honest man, and teach him to look for happi- 
 ness within himself and in retirement. — M. 
 
 4313. Unefroideur, ou une incivility, qui vient de ceux qui sont au-dessus de 
 nous, nous les fait hair, mais un salut, ou un sourire nous les recon- 
 cilie. La Bruyere. — " A coldness or an incivility manifested to- 
 wards us by a superior, makes us hate him ; but no sooner does he 
 condescend to honour us with a salute or a smile, than we forget 
 the former indignity, and become perfectly reconciled to him." 
 —M. 
 
 4314. Une tromperie en attire une autre. (Fr.) — " One falsehood draws us 
 into the committing of a second." Seldom does it happen that a 
 first lie does not require the support of a second, but detection is 
 sure to follow, and disgrace must attend every deviation from 
 truth. — M. 
 
 4315. Unguibus et rostro. (hat.) — " With nails and beak." With all one's 
 means. He contended the point, unguibus et rostro. Tooth and 
 nail.— M.D. 
 
 4316. Unguis in ulcere. Cic. — " A nail in the wound." This expression 
 was addressed by the great orator, to Catihne, the conspirator, 
 who, when his country was deeply wounded by domestic faction. 
 
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 applied his nail, as the orator emphatically said, to the wound, to 
 keep it open. — M.M. 
 
 4317. Unhomme d' esprit seroit souvent Men embarrasse sans la compagnie 
 des sots. RocHEFoucAULT. — ** A wit would- often be much at a 
 loss, if fools were excluded from society." Take from the wit his 
 butt, and he becomes himself almost the fool. — M.D. 
 
 4318. Un homme de tons les terns, et de tons les ages. (Fr.) — " A person 
 who accommodates himself to all circumstances of time, to the 
 habits of persons of every age." — M. 
 
 4319- Un homme, toujours satisfait de lui-meme, peu souvent Vest des autres, 
 rarement on Vest de lui. Rochefoucault. — **A man who shows 
 himself too well satisfied with himself, is seldom pleased with 
 others, and they, in return, are little disposed to like him." Self- 
 sufficiency is always offensive, but especially in the young. It 
 grows upon us, too, at every age, and should be sedulously guarded 
 against, as being always disgusting, and repulsive of the good opi- 
 nion of others. — M.D. 
 
 4320. Un homme vain trouve son compte a dire du Men, ou du mal, de soi j 
 un homme modeste ne parle point de soi. La Bruyere. — "A vain 
 man (an egotist) will always speak of himself, either in praise or 
 in censure ; but a modest man ever shuns making himself the sub- 
 ject of his conversation." — M. 
 
 4321. Uni tequus virtuti, atque ejus amicis. Hor. — ** A friend to virtxie 
 only, and to her friends." iSpeaking of Lucilius, who satirized the 
 great men of his time. The three first words form the motto of 
 the earl of Mansfield.— M.D. 
 
 4322. Unica virtus necessaria. (Lat.) — " Virtue is the great requisite." 
 Motto of the earl of Mornington. — M.D. 
 
 4323. Un je servirai. (Fr.) — '* One I will serve." Motto of the earls of 
 Pembroke and Caernarvon. — M.D. 
 
 4324. Un noble, sHl vit chez lui dans sa province, vit libre : sHlvithla 
 cour, il est protege, mais il est esclave. La Bruyere. — " A man of 
 rank, who lives on his own property in the country, feels himself 
 free and independent, but if he frequents the court, though he may 
 enjoy patronage, he must be a slave." — M. 
 
 4325. Uno avulso non deficit alter. Vir. — *' One being displaced, another 
 is soon found to fill his station." This may be applied to political 
 employments, which are no sooner vacated, than innumerable as- 
 pirants start up for the succession. — M.M. 
 
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DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 427 
 
 4326. Un roy, une foy, une hi. (FrJ — " One king, one religion, one 
 law." Motto of the marquis of Clanricarde. — M.D. 
 
 4327. Un sot a triple ^tage. (Fr.) — " A fool of the third story." A down- 
 right blockhead. — M.D. 
 
 4328. Un sot trouve toujours un sot qui V admire. Boileau. — "Every 
 blockhead finds another greater than himself to admire him." 
 There is no writer so bad, that some fool wiU not be found to 
 praise his productions. — M.D. 
 
 4329. Un * tiens,* vaut mieux que deux * tu Vauras.^ (Fr. Prov.J — " One 
 'take,' is better than two * thou shalt have it.'" A bird in the 
 hand. Sic— M.D. 
 
 4330. Un tout seul (Fr.) — " One all alone." Motto of earl Vemey. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4331. Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem: 
 
 Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem. (Fragm. of Ennijjs. J — 
 ** One man, by prudent delay, redeemed our affairs; for he did not 
 attend to vague or idle rumours, but studied the public advantage." 
 In consequence of the prudent resolution of Fabius, to decline 
 giving battle to Hannibal, the army of the latter wasted away and 
 dispersed, and the republic was saved. Fabius was afterwards dis- 
 tinguished by the name of Cunctator, delayer. — M.D. 
 
 ■Unus utrique 
 
 Error J sed variis illudit partibus. Hor. — ** Each commits the 
 same error ; but it deceives them in different ways." Different 
 men may pursue the same absurdity, but follow it by different 
 paths.— M.D. 
 
 4333. Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit. Suet. — " He found 
 a city of bricks, he left it a city of marble." This, Augustus said, 
 he did by Rome. — M.D. 
 
 4334. Urit grata protervitas 
 
 Et vultus nimium lubricus aspici. Hor. — ** Her agreeable humour 
 enthrals me, and her captivating countenance, too dangerous to be 
 looked upon." This is a part of the poet's confession of his pas- 
 sion for Glycera. — M. 
 
 4335. Urit maturh urtica vera. (Lat.) — ** The true nettle stings early." 
 This may be applied to a young person who inherits from his pa- 
 rents a rancorous, acrimonious, or vindictive disposition, which 
 he early displays among his juvenile associates, as much to his own 
 discredit and discomfort, as to their annoyance. — M. 
 
 4336. Urit pedem calceus. Hor. — ** The shoe galls my foot." — M, 
 
428 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 433/. Usage du monde. (Fr.) — ** The usage of the world." This term is 
 applied exclusively to that acquaintance with the customs and 
 usages of polite society, which we only meet in educated and well- 
 bred men, and which can alone be acquired by familiar intercourse 
 with men of polished manners. — M. 
 
 4338. Usque adeone 
 
 Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter. Per. — ** Is then 
 what you know, to go for nothing, unless others know that you 
 possess such knowledge." Is not the knowledge you have ac- 
 quired, a source of comfort to you, without forcing your acquire- 
 ments on the notice of others ? — M.D. 
 
 4339. Usque adeone mori miserum est ? Virg. — " Is it then so very dread- 
 ful a thing to die ?" Is it then so shocking a reflection that we 
 are bom to die? — M.D. 
 
 4340. Usus adjuvat artem. (hat.) — ** Habit instructs us in our trade." 
 Practice forms the artificer. — M. 
 
 4341. Usus promptum facit . (Lat.) — " Practice makes perfect." English 
 proverb. — M. 
 
 4342. Usus, 
 
 Quern penes arhitrium est, et jus, et norma. (Lat.) — '* Fashion, 
 which regulates the judgment, the propriety, the right." The 
 passage ends with the word loquendi, alluding to the influence of 
 fashion, in deciding on the correctness of language, the propriety 
 of speech, the norma loquendi. But the passage may be also applied 
 to express the influence which fashion exercises among all ranks 
 and stations, and in almost all the concerns of life. 
 
 ** Fashion, the arbiter and rule of right." 
 
 4343. Ut ager, quamvis fertilis, sine culturd fructuosus esse non potest ; 
 sic sine doctrind animus. Sen. — '* As the soil, however rich it may 
 be, cannot be productive without culture, so the mind without 
 cultivation, can never produce good fruit." — M. 
 
 4344. Ut ameris, anvabilis esto. Ovid. — " That you may be beloved, be 
 amiable." If you do not render yourself worthy of the love of 
 others, it is in vain to hope that it will be extended to you. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4345. Ut apes geometriam. (Lat.) — ** As bees practise geometry." Motto 
 of the marquis of Lansdowne. — M.D. 
 
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 4346. Utatur motu animi, qui uti ratione non potest. (Lat.) — " Let him 
 yield to the impulses of his mind (to his passions) who cannot 
 obey the dictates of reason." — M.D. 
 
 4347. Ut Baccho Cererique, libi sic vota quotannis 
 Agricoloefacient. (Lat J— "To thee, as regularly as to Bacchus or 
 Ceres, the husbandmen will present their annual vows." — M. 
 
 4348. Utcunque placuerii Deo. (Lat.) — "However it may please God." 
 Motto of earl Howe. — M.D. 
 
 4349. Ut ejus modestiam cognovi, gravis tibi nulla in re erit. Cic. — ** Being 
 perfectly acquainted with his modesty, I am sure he will be in no 
 way troublesome to you." — M. 
 
 4350. Utendum est cetate ; cito pede prceterit (Bias. 
 
 Quam cuperes votis hunc revocare diem? Ovid. — ** You should di- 
 ligently employ your youth, time flies with a swift foot ; with what 
 earnest wishes would you not hereafter desire to recall the present 
 day?"— MD. 
 
 4351. Utere tud fortund. Vir. — ** Profit by whatever opportunities for- 
 tune throws in your way." By your good luck. — M. 
 
 4352. Uterne 
 
 Ad casus dvbiosfidet sibi certiv^ ? hie, qui 
 Pluribus assuerit mentem corpusque superbum j 
 An qui, contentus parvo, metuensque futuri. 
 
 In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello ? Hor. — " Which of the 
 two will be able, with the greatest security, to confide in his own 
 powers, in a moment of adversity? He who has indulged his mind 
 and his pampered body in many luxuries ; or he who, contented 
 with a little, and provident for the future, shall, like a wise man, 
 prepare in the time of peace things necessary for war." Every 
 man, in his prosperity, should make provision to meet adversity. 
 — M. 
 
 4353. Uterque bonus belli pacisque minister. {Lat.) — ** Each of them is a 
 good minister, either in peace or in war." — M.D. 
 
 4354. Utfolia in sylvis pronos mutantur in annos. 
 Prima caduntj ita verborum vetus interit cetas, 
 Et juvenum ritu Jlorent modd nata vigentque, 
 
 Debemus morti nos nostraqiie. Hou. — ** As, in the woods, the leaves 
 change with each revolving year, and the most early fall the first, 
 so words perish as they grow old ; and those of more modern date 
 succeed, and flourish for a time, like men in their youth ; but at 
 length we, and all our works, must pay our debt to death."— 3/. 
 
430 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4355. Ut homo est, itamorem geras. Ter. — " As the man is (with whom 
 you have to deal) so should you conduct yourself.*' He who has 
 an object to gain must be obsequious before the great, mild with 
 his equals, and he must assume the manners and language the most 
 likely to suit his purpose. — MM. 
 
 4356. Uti aliquo multum. Cic. — ** To be very intimate, or in frequent 
 intercourse, with any one." — M. 
 
 4357. Utile dulci. (Lat.) — " The useful, with that which is agreeable." 
 A combination of the utile dulci, renders any work perfect. — M.D. 
 
 4358. Utilitas juvandi. (Lat.) — " The utility of assisting others." The 
 pleasure which a good mind must experience from the reflection 
 that he has been of service to a neighbour or a friend. — M. 
 
 4359. Utilium sagax rerum. Hor. — " Sagacious in his judgment of things 
 which are useful." To be a competent judge of such things as are 
 really useful and necessary, and suited to the circumstances in 
 which we are placed, and to discard and despise superfluities, is a 
 most happy exertion of good sense and resolution. — M.M. 
 
 4360. Utinam ne frustra ! (Lat.) — " Oh ! that it may not be vain !" Oh ! 
 that my efforts may not prove fruitless ! or, that my hopes may 
 not be disappointed \—M. 
 
 4361. Utinam tarn facile vera invenire possem, quam falsa convincere. Cic. 
 " Would I could with as much facility find out the truth, as I can 
 that which is false." We are often in want of a guide to lead us 
 to the truth, but rarely can a chain of falsehoods be so adroitly 
 fabricated, that on investigation some link will not be found to be 
 defective. — M.D. 
 
 4362. Ut in vita, sic in studiis, pulcherrimum et humanissimum existimo, 
 severitatem comitatemque miscere, ne ilia in tristitiam, hmc in petulan- 
 tiam procedat. Plin. Epist. — " As in our lives so also in our 
 studies, it is most becoming and most wise, so to temper gravity 
 with cheerfulness, that the former may not imbue our minds with 
 melancholy, nor the latter degenerate into licentiousness." — M. 
 
 4363. Uti possidetis. (Lat.) — '' As you now possess." A term used in 
 diplomacy, implying that, at the termination of a war, each of the 
 contracting parties is, with the consent of the other, to retain what- 
 ever acquisitions of territory he may have gained in the contest. 
 Its opposite is the status quo, which see. — M.D. 
 
 4364. Utitur anatind fortund, cum exit ex aqud, aret. (Lat.) — " He pos- 
 sesses a duck-like property, when he comes out of the water he is 
 dry."— M. 
 
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 4365. Utitur, in re non dubid, testibus non necessariis. Cic. — " He adduces 
 unnecessary evidence on a point in which no doubt exists." He 
 labours to confirm a fact already established. Mr. Macdonnel very 
 acutely remarks, ** that such persons contend without an opponent, 
 and triumph without a victory." — M.D. 
 
 4366. Ut jugulent homines^ surgunt de node latrones. Hor. — " Robbers 
 rise by night that they may cut the throats of others." — M. 
 
 4367. Ut mens sit justa, oratio mendacii esepers, maximk elaborate debemus. 
 Marc. Anth. — '* We ought most anxiously to study, that our 
 minds may be in all things upright, our conversation untainted by 
 falsehood." Deceit and duplicity should be carefully avoided, in 
 word, as well as in deed. — M. 
 
 4368. Ut metus ad omnes, poena ad paucos perveniret. (Lat. Law Max) — 
 *' That all may be deterred, but few punished." This should be 
 the great object of all penal enactments. — M.D. 
 
 4369. Ut nee pes y nee caput uni 
 
 Reddatur formce. Hor. — " So that neither the head, nor the foot, 
 shall seem to belong to the same figure." Applicable either to a 
 literary production or to a picture, in which all is disjointed, in- 
 congruous, and heterogeneous. — MD. 
 
 4370. Ut nemo in sese tentat descender e^ nemo I 
 Sed prcBcedenti spectatur mantica tergo, 
 
 Queesieris. Pers. — *' You enquire, why no man applies himself to 
 find out his own faults (to search them to the bottom), but fixes his 
 eye on the bag on the shoulder of him who goes before him." 
 The fable to which aUusion is here made, describes men walking 
 after each other in a line, each having on his shoulder a double 
 bag, the foremost end containing their neighbour's faults, while 
 the hinder end contained their own, which attracted the inquisitive 
 regards of him who followed. 
 
 ♦' None, none descends into himself to find, 
 
 The secret imperfections of his mind." Duyden. 
 
 4371. Ut nunc maximh memini. Plaut. — *' As well as I can now remem- 
 ber." To the best of my recollection. — M. 
 
 4372. Ut prosim. (Lat.) — ** I may prosper," or do good. Motto of lord 
 Foley.— M.D. 
 
 4373. Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia adfamamprotulerat. Tacit. 
 " As industrious efforts have produced the advancement of some, 
 this man has attained to celebrity by indolence and sloth." He, 
 
432 , DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 therefore, is indebted for his elevation to accident, and not to his 
 own merits. — M.D. 
 
 4374. Ut quimus, quando ut volumus non licet. Ter. — '* We must act as 
 we can, when we are not permitted to act as we wish." We must 
 always regulate our conduct according to circumstances. — M.D. 
 
 4375. Ui quisque suum vult esse ita est. Ter. — ** As every parent wishes 
 his children to be, so they generally are." The minds of children 
 are in their nature so ductile, that when evil dispositions strike 
 deep root, they are almost always to be ascribed to a neglected or, 
 defective education, and the blame attaches to the parents. — M.D. 
 
 4376. Ut quocunque paratus. (Lat.) — ** Prepared on every side." Motto 
 of the earl of Cavan. — M,D. 
 
 4377. Ut redit, itque frequens, longum formica per agmen, 
 
 Granifero solitum dim vehit ore cibum j 
 Aut ut apeSy saltusque suos et olentia nactce 
 
 Pascua, per flores et thy ma summa volant ; 
 Sic ruit ad celebres cultissima famina ludos. Ovid. — " As the ant 
 carries in its mouth its accustomed food, frequently passing and 
 repassing through the dense swarm, or as the bees, having attained 
 their forest, and their sweet-smelling pastures, range through the 
 flowers and the tips of the thyme, in like manner do the most 
 elegant women press forward to enjoy these celebrated sports." 
 
 4378. Ut ridentibus arrident, itajlentibus adflent 
 
 Humani vultus. CHor.J— " The human countenance smiles on those 
 who smile, and weeps with those who weep." It is the nature of 
 man to rejoice with his brother in his good fortune, and to sympa- 
 thise with him in his sorrows. — M. 
 
 4379. Utrum horum mavis accipe. (Lat.) — ** Take which ever of these 
 you like the best."— M.D. 
 
 4380. Utrumque vitium est, et omnibus credere et nulli. Sen. — ** It is 
 equUy wrong to confide in all, or in none." To talk of our affairs 
 to every man, would be the height of folly and imprudence ; but he 
 must be unhappy indeed, who has not at least one friend, in whom 
 he can repose confidence,' in whose keeping he can safely deposit 
 every secret of his heart. — M. 
 
 4381. Ut scepe summa ingenia in occulto latent. Pi aut. — ** How oft we 
 see the greatest genius buried in obscurity." How often we meet, 
 even in the lower classes of the community, talents which, had they 
 been cultivated and fostered by a friendly hand, or created under 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 433 
 
 the cheering influence of prosperity, would have done honour to 
 the most eminent station. — M.M. 
 
 4382. Ut sementemfeceris, ita et metes. Cic. — " As you sow, so shall you. 
 reap." According to your actions will be the consequences. Tlie 
 natural efiect will follow its cause. — M.M. 
 
 4383. Ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Juv. — ** That we may enjoy a 
 sound mind in a healthful frame." This, said the author, should 
 be our constant prayer. — M.M. 
 
 4384. Utsolet accipiter trepidas agitare columhas. Ovid. — " As the hawk 
 terrifies the trembling dove." — M. 
 
 4385. Ut tibi superstes uxor (statem fiet. Plaut. — " That your wife may 
 long survive you." Attain an age surpassing yours. — M. 
 
 4386. Ut tufortunam sic nos te, Celse, feremus. Hor. — " As you conduct 
 yourself, under whatever fortunes may be assigned to you, so, 
 Celsus, shall we esteem you." — M. 
 
 4387. Ut vellem, his potius nugis tota ilia dedisset 
 
 Tempora scevitice. Juv. — ** Would he had rather devoted to trifles 
 such as these, all those moments in which he was meditating cruel- 
 ties." Spoken of a tyrant who wasted in frivolous amusements, 
 the hours that were not occupied in planning acts of cruelty. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4388. Uxorem cum dote,Jidemque, et amicos, 
 
 Et genus, et formam, regina pecunia donat. Hor. — ** Sovereign 
 money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, 
 creates friends, stands in the place of pedigree, and even of beauty." 
 —M. 
 
 4389. Uxorem malam obolo non emerem. (Lat) — ** I would not purchase 
 a bad wife, no, not even for a farthing." — M. 
 
 4390. Uxori nubere nolo mem. Mart. — ** I will not marry a wife who 
 shall be my master." Wear the breeches. — M. 
 
 V. 
 
 4391. Vacuus cantat coram latrone viator. Juv. — " He who is pennylees 
 may laugh at robbers." Or sing before them. — M.D. 
 
4$4 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4392. Vade mecum. {Lat.) — ** Go with me." Any work illustrative of 
 the principles of the profession he may have chosen, should be 
 the constant vade mecum, of every young person embarking in any 
 business. — M.D. 
 
 4393. VcBvictis! (Lat.) — When war is waged with such exterminating 
 rancour, that quarter is refused, vcevictis, " woe to the conquered." 
 
 4394. Valeat quantum valere potest. (Lat) — "Let it have weight, as far 
 as it may." — M.D. 
 
 4395. Valeat res ludicra. Hor. — "Farewell that frivolous thing." The 
 poet here alludes to the stage and dramatic writing. — M.D. 
 
 4396. Valet anchora virtus. (Lat.) — " Virtue is a sure anchor." Motto 
 of viscount Gardiner.— If.D. 
 
 4397- Valete ac plaudite. Ter. — " Farewell and applaud." This was the 
 valedictory conclusion of the Latin comedy. — M.M. 
 
 4398. Valet ima summis 
 
 Mutare, et insignem attenuat Deus, 
 
 Obscura promens. Hor — "God is powerful to make high that 
 which is low, to humble the proud, and raise the lowly from ob- 
 scurity." The whole creation is subject to the sovereign will of 
 theAhnighty. — M.M. 
 
 4399. Vale, vale, cave ne titubes mandataque frangas. Hor. — " Farewell ! 
 be carefullest you stumble, and disobey my commands." — M. 
 
 4400. Val meglio piegarsi che rompersi. (Ital. ProvJ — " It is better to 
 submit than to ruin one's-self by a fruitless opposition." — M. 
 
 4401. Val meglio un asino vivo che un dottor morto. (Ital.) — "A live ass 
 is better than a dead doctor." This is a consolatory reflection for 
 those who are apprehensive of injuring their constitutions by in- 
 tense study. — M.D. 
 
 4402. Vana quoque ad veros accessitfama timores. Lucan. — ** Vague re- 
 ports came, in addition to well-founded fears." — M.D. 
 
 4403. Varium et mutabile semper 
 
 Famina. Virg. — " Woman is ever unsteady in her resolves ; her 
 . opinions are governed by whim and caprice." — M.M. 
 
 4404. Vastius et insurgens decimce ruit impetus undce. Ovid. — "The over- 
 whelming swell of the tenth wave, rises more vast than all the 
 others." Se^ Qui venit.—M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 435 
 
 4405. Vehemens in utramque partem, aut largitate nimid aut parsimonid. 
 Tbr. — '* Whichever side he takes, he is in the extreme, either of 
 too profuse liberality, or a too contracted economy." — M. 
 
 4406. Vehimur in altum. (Lat.) — ** We touch on the sublime." — M.D. 
 
 4407. —'■ Vejosque habitante Camillo 
 
 Ibi Roma fuit. Lucan. — ** Camillus dwelling at Veii, Rome is 
 there." So highly was Camillus esteemed at Rome, that it was 
 commonly said, " where Camillus is, there is Rome." And this 
 high compliment was paid him during his residence at Veii, by 
 Lucan. — M. 
 
 4408. Vel capillus habet umbram suam. Pub. Syr. — *'Even a hair has its 
 shadow." — M. 
 
 4409. Velim mehercule cum istis err are, quam cum aliis. recth scntire. {Lat.) 
 — ** I would prefer being in error with these men, to being in the 
 right with the others." I am so well assured of the upright prin- 
 ciples and generally correct views of these men, that, even though 
 they should be once in error, I would adhere to them, rather than 
 associate myself with their opponents. — M.D. 
 
 4410. Velis et remis. (Lat.) — ** With sails and oars." We advanced velis 
 et remis, with all possible expedition. — M.D. 
 
 441 1. Vellem in amicitid sic erraremus, et isti 
 
 Errori nomen virtus posuisset honestum. Hor. — ** Would that in 
 our friendships we were addicted to the same failing, and that virtue 
 had designated such errors by an honourable name." The poet 
 here alludes to the blindness of lovers, who seldom see the faults 
 of their mistress ; and wishes that men were equally partial to their 
 friends, and indulgent to their failings. — M. 
 
 4412. Velocius ac citius nos 
 
 Corrumpunt vitiorum exempla domestica, magnis 
 Cum subeant animos auctoribus. Juv. — " Examples of vicious 
 courses, practised in a domestic circle, corrupt more readily, and 
 more deeply, when we behold them in persons in authority." TTiis 
 admirable remark applies more especially to the influence which 
 the conduct of fathers or mothers is zdmost sure to produce on 
 the minds of their children. — M.M. 
 
 4413. Velox consilium sequitur posnitentia. Decim. Laber. — "Precipitate 
 counsels are generally productive of subsequent repentance," — 
 M.D. 
 
 Velut si 
 
 v2 
 
436 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Egregio inspersos reprehendas corpore navos. Hcr. — *' As if one 
 was to find fault with moles on a beautiful person." 
 
 " As perfect beauties often have a mole." Creech. 
 
 — M. 
 
 4415. Veluti in speculum. (Lat.) — "As if in a looking-glass." I will show 
 you your faults veluti in speculum, as if in a mirror. — M D. 
 
 4416. Venalis populus, venalis curia patrum. (Lat. J — *' The people venal, 
 the senators venal." Such was at one time the state of Rome. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4417. Vendentem thus et odores. Hor. — " Selling frankincense and per- 
 fumes." To the use of such persons, says the poet, as sell gro- 
 ceries, and such like things, are many of the ephemeral produc- 
 tions with which the press teems commonly consigned. — M.D. 
 
 4418. Vendidit hie auro pairiam. Virg. — *' He has sold his country for 
 gold."— M.D. 
 
 4419. Venenum in auro bibitur. Sen. — '* Poison is drank out of gold." 
 This would intimate that those who possess such costly utensils, 
 are more likely to be the objects of murderous attempts, than those 
 who drink out of wooden vessels.— M.D. 
 
 4420. Venerari parentcs liberos decet. (Lat.) — " It is the duty of children 
 to show veneration and respect towards their parents." — M. 
 
 4421. Veniam petimusque damusque vicissim. Hor. — '* The indulgence we 
 solicit, we, in our turn, are willing to grant." — M. 
 
 4422. Venienti occurriie morbo. Per. — *' Meet the coming disease." The 
 early symptoms of indisposition should be checked on their first 
 appearance. See Neglecta, §-c. and Principiis ohsta. — M.M. 
 
 4423. Venir a belles baise-mains demanderune chose. (Fr.) — " To urge a 
 request in a humble manner." To ask in an attitude, as if to kiss 
 hands. — M. 
 
 4424. Veniunt a dote sagittce. Juv. — *'Tlie darts came from her wealth." 
 Her portion is truly captivating. — M.D. 
 
 4425. Veni, vidi, vici. Julius C^sau. — This is recorded as the laconic 
 dispatch in which that great commander announced a victory to 
 the Conscript Fathers. *' I came, I saw, I conquered." — 31. D. 
 
 442G. Venter nan habet aures. (Lat.) — "Hunger has no ears." Hunger 
 will break through stone walls. Is deaf to all restraints. Food or 
 death ! \—M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 437 
 
 4427. Ventis secundis. (Lat.) — ** With a fair wind." With prosperous 
 gales; uninterrupted success. Motto of lord Hood. — M.D. 
 
 4428. Ventis verba fundis. Chat J — "You pour out your words to the 
 winds." You talk to the winds. To no purpose. — M. 
 
 4429. Ventre affamen'a point d'oreilles. (Fr.) — ** A hungry belly has no 
 ears." This agrees with the Latin quotation just preceding. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4430. Ventre h terre. (Fr.)—'* Belly to the ground." This phrase im- 
 plies that a horse is going at full stretch, galloping at the top of 
 his speed. — M. 
 
 4431. Ventum ad swpremum est . Vir. — *• Matters are come to an extre- 
 mity." A crisis.' — M. 
 
 4432. Vera dicere justum est ; mentiri vero injustum. Plato. — ** It is al- 
 ways just to speak the truth, but to lie is unjust." — M. 
 
 4433. Vera gloria radices agity atque etiam propagatur ; jicta omnia celei'i- 
 ter, tanquam flosculi, decidunt ; nee simulatum potest quidquam esse 
 diuturnum. Tull. — ** True glory strikes root, and even extends 
 itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any thing 
 feigned be lasting." Or false be creditable. — M. 
 
 4434. Vera redit fades, dissimulata perit. Petron. Arbiter. — " Our 
 natural countenance returns, the mask we had assumed falls off." 
 Hypocrisy may for a time deceive, her delusions, however, are but 
 short-lived, the assumed character is detected, generally with dis- 
 grace. — M. 
 
 4435. Verba animi proferre et vifam impendere vero. Juv. — " To give 
 utterance to the sentiments of the heart, and to risk one's life in 
 support of the truth." — M.D. 
 
 4436. Verba ligant homines, taurorum cornua funes. (Lat.) — ** Men are 
 bound by words, the horns of bulls by ropes." — M.D. 
 
 4437. Verba provisam rem, non invita sequentur. Hor. — "Words, if the 
 subject has been well digested, will flow spontaneously." — M. 
 
 4438. Verborum pauperias, imo egestas. Sen. — " A poverty of expression, 
 and a want of words." — M. 
 
 4439. Verbum verbo redder e, Jidus 
 
 Intevpres. Hor. — "To translate word for word, as a faithful in- 
 terpreter."— M.D. 
 
 u 3 
 
438 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4440. Vere adventante hyems se remittit. Tibull. — **()n the approach of 
 spring the winter disappears." — M. 
 
 4441. Verecundia mulierem, non color fucatus ornat. (Lat.) — " True mo- 
 desty adorns a woman more than the disguise of paint." Modesty 
 is, in woman, far more captivating than the most beautiful com- 
 plexion, or than all the borrowed graces the toilette can impart. 
 — ilf. 
 
 4442. Veritas a quocunque dicitur a Deo est, (Lat. J — ** Truth, by whom- 
 soever spoken, comes from God." A strict adherence to truth 
 has, in all ages, been a distinguishing characteristic of all good 
 men : they cherish in their hearts a love of it, which is innate, and 
 implanted by the Deity, by whom it is regarded with peculiar 
 favour. It is, in short, a divine essence. — M.D. 
 
 4443. Veritas nihil veretur nisi abscondi. (Lat.) — " Truth fears nothing 
 but concealment." Truth seeks publicity, ever presenting itself 
 spontaneously to the tongue, and demanding utterance ; it flows 
 from the heart unaided by art, while falsehood must be supported 
 with the utmost ingenuity and circumspection, and is generally 
 detected, covering the propagator with confusion and shame. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4444. Veritas sermo est simplex. Ammian. — "Truth is simple," requiring 
 neither study nor art. — M. 
 
 4445. Veritas velmendacio corrumpitur velsilentio. Ammian. — " Truth is 
 violated by falsehood, and it may be equally outraged by silence." 
 Hence the wise arrangement of the form in which oaths are admi- 
 nistered in British courts of justice, where the deponent is re- 
 quired, to tell **/Ae truthy the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." 
 
 4446. Veritas vincit. (Lat.) — " Truth conquers." Motto of the Scotch 
 Earl Marechal. — M.D. 
 
 4447. Veritas visu et mora, falsa fesiinatione et incertis valescunt. Tacit. 
 — " Truth is established by investigation and delay ; falsehood 
 prospers by precipitancy, is supported by doubtful expedients." — 
 M.D. 
 
 4448. Veritate quid violentius aure tyranni. Juv. — "What, to a tyrant's 
 ear, can be more offensive than truth ?" — M, 
 
 4449. Veritatis simplex oratio est. Sen. — " The expression of truth is 
 simple." Her majesty is insulted, her beauty impaired by the 
 ornaments of art, and ampHfication is as hateful to her, as conceal- 
 ment is ofiensive. — M.D. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 439 
 
 4450. Verite sans peur. (Fr.) — ** Truth without fear.** Motto of lord 
 MiddJeton.— ikf.D. 
 
 4451. Ver non semper viret. (Lat.) — "The spring does not always flou- 
 rish." Or Vernon always flourishes. Motto of lord Vernon. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4452. — Versate diu, quidferre recusent. 
 
 Quid valeant humeri. Hor. — ** Try well the extent of your powers, 
 what your shoulders can bear, and what they cannot sustain." 
 This is advice given by the poet to dramatic writers ; but it may 
 be equally applied, not only to authors generally, but to men of all 
 descriptions who are about to enter on any enterprise, as every 
 man should maturely consider, how far his ability and his means 
 may be adequate to ensure success, in the project he contem- 
 plates. 
 
 ** . Oft try what weight you can support, 
 
 And what your shoulders are too weak to bear." Roscommon. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 4453. Versus. (Lat.J — "Against." A term used in legal proceedings j as 
 A versus B. A against B. — M.D. 
 
 4454. Versus inopes rerum, nugceque canorce. Hor. — " Verses destitute of 
 meaning, trifles in rhyme." — M.D. 
 
 4455. Vertentem sesefrustra sectabere canthum 
 
 Cum rota posterior curras, et in axe secundo. Per. — "You will in 
 vain follow the revolutions of the foremost wheel, if you run with 
 the hindmost one, and abreast of the second axle." 
 
 " Thou, like the hindmost chariot wheels art curst, 
 Still to be near, but ne'er to be the first." Dryden. 
 
 —3/. 
 
 4456. Verum est illud, quod vulgo dicitur, mendacem memorem esse oportef. 
 Quint. — " There is much truth in the common adage, liars should 
 have good memories." — M. 
 
 4457. Verum illud est, vulgo quod did solet, 
 
 Omnes sibi malle melius esse quam alteri. Ter. — " The trite saying 
 is true, that we all wish our own affairs to prosper, in preference to 
 those of others."— M.D. 
 
 4458. Verum putas haud (pgrb, quod valdi expetas. (Lat.)—**Yo\x readily 
 believe that to be true which you anxiously desire." — M.D. 
 
 4459. FerMWi, ubiplura nitent in carmine, non egopaucis 
 
 u4 
 
440 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Offendar maculis. Hon. — " Where many beauties appear in a 
 poem, I will not censure a few faults.'* Where merit appears, we 
 should be slow to condemn. — M.D. 
 
 4460. Vestibulum domus ornamentum est. (Lat.) — " The hall is the orna- 
 ment of a house." First impressions, with many men, have much 
 weight. — M. 
 
 4461. Vestigia nulla retrorsum. (Lat J — " No traces backward." This 
 may be taken either to imply, that the danger is so great, that all 
 chance of a retreat is hopeless ; or otherwise to signify, that, hav- 
 ing courage to meet the danger, retreat is considered as pusillani- 
 mous and disgraceful. This is the motto of his majesty's fifth 
 regiment of Dragoon-guards, (who, of course, bear it in the latter 
 sense) and also that of lord viscount Hampden. — M.D. 
 
 4462. Vestis virumfacit. (Lat.) — " The gannent makes the man." In 
 the opinions of the vulgar, a man's consequence is estimated in a 
 ratio proportioned to the fineness of his attire. — M. 
 
 4463. Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi. Tacit. — *' We extol things 
 that are ancient, heedless of those of our own time." We eulogize 
 the writers, the deeds, of antiquity, but seldom raise our voice in 
 praise of contemporary talents. — M.D. 
 
 4464. Vetera quce nunc sunt fuerunt olim nova. (Lat.) — " Things which 
 are now old, were once new.'' — M. 
 
 4465. Vetustas pro lege semper habetur. (Lat. Law Max.)— " Custom long 
 established, is regarded as law." — M.D. 
 
 4466. \ Viamque insiste domandi, 
 
 Dum faciles animi juvenum, dum mohilis cetas. Vir. — " Adopt a 
 system of due subordination, while the youthful mind is flexible, 
 and while it is yet to be influenced." An early habit of submis- 
 sion, and a strict observance of the rules laid down for his guid- 
 ance, should be enforced by those charged with the education of 
 any young man. — M.D. 
 
 4467. Viam qui nescit qua deveniat ad mare, 
 
 Eum opart et amnem qucerere comitem sibi. Plaut. — ** He who is 
 ignorant of the way to the sea, should take a river as his guide." 
 Even a prolonged route which affords a certainty of ultimately 
 attaining our object, is preferable to a doubtful one, which, though 
 in the outset it may promise a more brief journey, may finally lead 
 us very wide from the point we aimed at. Certainty, in all the 
 transactions of life, is to be more valued than either time or la- 
 bour.— ikf.iWT. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 441 
 
 4468. Via trita, via tuta. (Lat.) — ** The beaten path is safe." Motto of 
 the earl of iNormanton. — MM. 
 
 4469. Vice versa. (Lat.) — " The terms being changed." Thus, the gay 
 should be happy, and vice versdy the happy should be gay. — M.D. 
 
 4470. Victoria concordid crescit. (Lat.) — ** Victory is increased by con- 
 cord." Motto of lord Amherst. — M.D. 
 
 4471. Victoria pax nan pactione parienda est. Cic. — " Peace is to be se- 
 cured by victory, not by negociation." — M. 
 
 4472. Victor volentes per populos dat jura. (Lat.) — ** A conqueror pro- 
 mulgates his laws to a submissive people." — M.D. 
 
 4473. Victoria, et per victoriam vita. (Lat.) — ** Victory, and, through 
 victory, life." — M. 
 
 4474. Victoria, et pro victoria vitam. (Lat.) — " Victory, and to obtain 
 victory, he lost his life."— M.D. 
 
 4475. Victrix fortunes sapientia. Juv. — ** Wisdom subdues fortune." By 
 prudence and firmness, the arrows of adversity may sometimes be 
 turned aside. — M.D. 
 
 4476. Vide. (Lat.)—'' See." Vide ut supra. " See as above." See the 
 preceding passage. — M.D. 
 
 4477 . — — Video meliora proboque, 
 
 Deferiora sequor. Ovid. — " I perceive, and I approve a better line 
 of conduct, yet I follow the worse." — M.D. 
 
 4478. Videttes. (Fr. Mil. Term.) — " Sentinels," either on foot, or on 
 horseback, placed in advance, to give notice of the approach of an 
 enemy. — M.D. 
 
 4479. Vi et armis. (Lat.) — " By force and by arms." By downright 
 force, but not by the sanction of law. — M.D. 
 
 4480. Vigilantihus. (Lat.)—" To those that watch." Motto of viscount 
 Gosford.— M.D. 
 
 4481. Vigilate et orate. (Lat.) — "Watch and pray." Motto of lord 
 Castlemaine. — M.D. 
 
 4482. Vigor cBtatis fiuit ut jlos veris. (Lat.)—** The vigour of our youth 
 passes away, as does a spring flower." — M. 
 
 4483. Vigueur de dessus. (Fr.) — ** Strength is from above." Motto of 
 the marquis of Thomond. — M.D. 
 
 V 5 
 
4V2 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 44S4. Vile donum vilis gratia. (Lat.) — " A paltry gift imposes a slight 
 obligation." — M. 
 
 4485. VilesGunt dignitates cum tenenturab indignis. Sall. — " High offices 
 lose their dignity when they are held by persons unworthy of them." 
 —M. 
 
 4486. Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum. Hor. — ** Silver is more 
 common than gold, gold than virtue." — M. 
 
 4487. Vim vi repellere omnia jura clamant. (Jus. Antiq.) — "All laws 
 sanction our repelling force by force." — M.D. 
 
 4488. Vina diffugiunt mordaces curce. (Lat.) — *' Wine dispels corroding 
 care."— M. 
 
 4489. Vince animos iramque tuam, qui ccefera vincis. Ovid. — " You, who 
 surmount other difficulties, regulate your own mind, subdue your 
 passion." — M. 
 
 4490. Vincit amor patrice. Virg. — *•' The love of my country is para- 
 mount to all other considerations." Motto of viscount Moles- 
 worth, and of lord Muncaster. — M.D. 
 
 ■4491. Vincit forma, vincit magnitudine. Ph^d. — *' He excels in figure, 
 he is pre-eminent in stature." — M. 
 
 4492. Vincit omnia Veritas. (Lat.) — " Truth conquers all things." How- 
 ever veiled by hypocrisy or by fraud, truth will generally come to 
 light. Motto of the baron Kinsale. — M.D. 
 
 4493. Vincit qui se vincit. (Lat.) — ** He is indeed a conqueror who over- 
 comes himself." Motto of lord Howard of Walden. — M.D. 
 
 4494. Vincit Veritas. (Lat.) — '* Truth conquers " Motto of the earls of 
 Bellamont and Montrath. — M.D. 
 
 4495. Vino tortus et ird. Hor — " Though tortured by wine and by pas- 
 sion." The poet having reprobated the passion some men feel for 
 prying into the secrets of others, cautions them against ever di- 
 vulging a secret that has been confided to them, either through 
 the influence of passion or of wine. — M.D. 
 
 4496. Violenta nemo imperia continuit diu; 
 
 Moderata durant. Sen.—" Power exercised with violence, has sel- 
 dom been of long duration, but temper and moderation generally 
 produce permanence in all things." — M. 
 
 4497. Vir bonus, dicendi peritus. (Lat.) — "A good man, and an able 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 443 
 
 speaker." This implies that among the ancients, an orator was 
 expected to be also a man of probity. But, in our more enlight- 
 ened days, fluency of words, with the power of making, perhaps, 
 the worse appear the better cause, is suflScient to establish orato- 
 rical pretensions, without regard to the incumbrance of honesty. 
 —M.D. 
 
 4498. Vir bonus est quis ? 
 
 Qui consult a patrum, qui leges juraque servat. Hor. — " Who merits 
 the appellation of a good man ? He who obeys the ordinances of 
 the legislature, who respects the laws, and fulfils his moral duties." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4499- Vir bonus et sapiens dignis ait esse paratum, 
 
 Nee tamen ignorat, quid distant cera lupinis. Hon. — " A good and 
 a wise man professes himself as being ever ready to assist the de- 
 serving ; he is not, however, to be considered ignorant of the dif- 
 ference between money and tares." Between the meritorious and 
 the profligate. — M. 
 
 4500. Vir est niaximce esccs. Plaut. — ** He has a voracious appetite." 
 —M. 
 
 4501. Vires acquirit eundo. Vir. — '* She acquires strength as she movea 
 on." The poet here speaks of Fame (rumour) which, from the 
 most trifling beginnings, often swells into reports of the utmost 
 importance. — M.D. 
 
 4502. Virescit vulnere virtus. (Lat.) — " Virtue flourishes from a wound." 
 Motto of the earl of Galloway.— M.D. 
 
 4503. Viri infelicis procul amid. Sen. — '* When we are in adversity, 
 friends are always at a distance." Many, who, in our prosperity, 
 make the most warm professions of friendship, desert us when 
 misfortune approaches. — M.M. 
 
 4504. Vir sapiens forti melior. (Lat.) — ** A wise man is better than a 
 brave one." Prudence and good sense are more valuable than 
 mere courage, unaided by their guidance. — M. 
 
 4505. Virtus agrestiores ad se animos allicit. Cic. — "Virtue can capti- 
 vate even the most rustic mind." — M. 
 
 4506. Virtus ariete fortior. (Lat.)—*' Virtue is stronger than a battering- 
 ram." Motto of the earl of Abingdon. — M.D. 
 
 4507. Virtus est medium vitiorum, et utrinque reductum. Hoe. — " Virtue 
 
 u6 
 
i^i DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 is the mean between opposite vices, and equally remote from 
 either."— iVf.M. 
 
 4508. Virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus, quce nunquam ulld vi lobe- 
 factari potest. Cic. — " Virtue, having once struck deep root, can 
 
 never be eradicated by any power." If true principles of virtue 
 are early inculcated, and thoroughly rooted in the heart, no worldly 
 temptation can ever influence us to swerve from her precepts. — 
 M. 
 
 4509. Virtus est vitiumfugere, et sapientia prima 
 
 Siultitid caruisse. Hor. — *' It is virtue to resist vice, and the 
 ground-work of wisdom is, to be exempt from folly." A truly 
 virtuous mind, though ever proof against temptation, will wisely 
 shrink from the first approaches of vice, and fly all contact or com- 
 munion with the wicked. — M.M. 
 
 4510. Virtus in actions consistit. (Lat.J — " Virtue consists in action." 
 That passive being who possesses an inert, and negative virtue, 
 has little claim to merit, save in not being mischievous, or not 
 being vicious ; he alone is truly virtuous, who is practically so, 
 who actively seeks occasions of doing good, and whose chief hap- 
 piness consists in bestowing relief on others. This quotation is 
 the motto of lord Craven. — M.D. 
 
 4511. Virtus in arduis. (Lat.) — "Virtue in difficulties, or, valour in dan- 
 gers." — M.D. 
 
 4512. Virtus incendit vires. (Lat.J — " Virtue stirs up strength." Motto 
 of viscount Strangford. — M.D. 
 
 4513. Virtus laudatur et alget. Juv. — ** Virtue is (coldly) praised, and 
 freezes." A virtuous act is at first applauded, but it is soon for- 
 gotten, and neglected. — M.D. 
 
 4514. Virtus mille scuta. (Lat.) — ''Virtue is as good as a thousand 
 .shields." Motto of the earl of Effingham.— M.Z). 
 
 4515. Virtus probata florebit . (Lat.) — "Virtue approved of will flourish." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4516. Virtus repulsce nescia sordidce 
 
 Intaminatis fulget honoribus. Hor. — " Virtue which has never felt 
 a base repulse, shines with untarnished honours." 
 
 " Undisappointed in designs, 
 With native honours virtue shines, 
 Nor takes up pow'r, nor lays it down, 
 As giddy rabbles smile or frown." 
 
 —M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 445 
 
 4517. Virtus requiei nescia sordidce. (Lat.) — " Virtue which knows not 
 mean repose." Motto of the earl of Dysart. — M.D. 
 
 4518. Virtus semper viridis. {Lat.) — " Virtue is always flourishing." 
 Motto of the earl of Belmore — M.D. 
 
 4519. Virtus sine ratione constare non potest. Pliny. — " Without ration- 
 ality, virtue cannot subsist." — M. 
 
 4520. Virtus sola nobilitat. (Lat.) — ** Virtue alone ennobles." Motto of 
 lord Walscourt.— M.D. 
 
 4521. Virtus sub cruce crescif, ad cethera tendens. (Lat.) — " Virtue grows 
 under the cross, and tends towards heaven." Motto of the earl of 
 CharleviUe.— M.D. 
 
 4522. Virtus vincit invidiam. (Lat.) — ** Virtue subdues envy." Motto of 
 marquis Cornwallis. — M.D. 
 
 4523. Virtute et fide. (Lat.)—'' By virtue and faith." Motto of the earl 
 of Oxford, and viscount Melbourne. — M.D. 
 
 4524. Virtute et labore. (Lat.) — *' By virtue and toil." Motto of the earl 
 of Dundonald, of lord Henley, and Sir E. Cochrane. — M.D. 
 
 4525. Virtute et numine. (Lat.) — " By virtue and by divine favour." 
 Motto of lord Cloncurry. — M.D. 
 
 4526. Virtute et opera. (Lat.) — " By virtue and industry." Motto of the 
 earl of Fife.— M.D. 
 
 4527. Virtute fideque. (Lat.) — " By virtue and by faith." Motto of lord 
 Elibank.— M.D. 
 
 4528. Virtute non astutid. (Lat.) — " By virtue, not by cunning." Motto 
 of viscount Pery. — M.D,. 
 
 4529. Virtute, non verbis. (Lat.) — '* By virtue not by words." Motto of 
 the earl of Kerry, and of the marquis of Lansdown. — M.D. 
 
 4530. Virtutem doctrina paret, naturane donet? Hor. — " Is virtue ac- 
 quired by study, or is it implanted in us by nature ?" — M. 
 
 4531. Virtutem incolumem odimus ; 
 
 Sublatam ex oculis queerimus invidi. Hor. — *' We hate virtue while 
 she is within our reach, but when we feel the loss, we anxiously 
 wish to recall her." 
 
 ** Snatch'd from our sight we eagerly pursue, 
 And fondly would recall her to our view." 
 
 — M.D. 
 
446 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4532. Virtute quies. (Lat.) — " In virtue there is tranquillity." Virtue 
 confers peace of mind. Motto of lord Mulgrave. — M.D. 
 
 4533. Virtute securus. (Lat.) — " Secure in virtue." Motto of lord Ha- 
 warden. — M.D. 
 
 4534. Virtutibiis obstat 
 
 Resangusta domi. Juv. — "Limited circumstances at home, compel 
 me to circumscribe the extent of my virtues." Or charities. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4535. Virtuti nihil obstat et armis. (Lat. ) — ** Nothing can withstand 
 valour when armed." Motto of the earl of Aldborough. — M.D. 
 
 4536. Virtuti non armis jido. (Lat.) — '* I trust to virtue, not to arms." 
 Motto of the earl of Wilton.— Jf.D. 
 
 4537. Virtutis amore. (Lat.) — ** Through the love of virtue." Motto of 
 earls Annesley and Mountnorris. — M.D. 
 
 4538. Virtutis avorum prcBmium. (Lat.) — " The reward of the virtue of 
 my forefathers." Motto of lord Templeton. — M.D. 
 
 4539. Virtutis fortuna comes. (Lat.) — ** Fortune is the companion of 
 virtue." Motto of lords Newhaven and Harberton. — M.D. 
 
 4540. Virtutis laus omnis in actione consistit. Cic. — *' All the praise 
 bestowed on virtue, is elicited by the activity with which it is 
 exercised." — M. 
 
 4541. Virtutis uberrimum alimentum 
 
 Est honos. (Lat.) — " Honour is the chief support of virtue." 
 —M. 
 
 4542. Virtutum omnium fundamentum pietas. (Lat.) — " Piety is the foun- 
 dation of all the virtues." — M. 
 
 4543. Virtutum primam esse puto compescere linguam j 
 
 Proximus ille Deo est qui scit ratione tacere. Cato. — " I think the 
 first virtue is to restrain the tongue ; he approaches nearest to the 
 gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right." 
 —M.M. 
 
 4544. Virum voUtare per ora. (Lat.) — ** To fly through the mouths of 
 men." To be much spoken of. To have your praises sounded 
 by every tongue. — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 447 
 
 4545. Vis consili expers mole ruit sua ; 
 Vim temperatam Dii quoque provehunt 
 In majus ; iidem odere vires 
 
 Omne nefas animo moventes. Hor. — " Force, unaided by wisdom, 
 falls, through its own weight ; power duly moderated, the gods 
 will extend ; they, however, detest it, when directed to wicked 
 purposes." — M.D. 
 
 4546. Vis inerticB. (Lat.) — " The force of inertness." This implies, in 
 physics, the resistance offered by a body which is at rest, to ano- 
 ther body trying to set it in motion. In ethics it is figuratively 
 used as another name for indolence. — M.D. 
 
 4547. Vis unita fortior. (Lat.) — " Power is strengthened by union." 
 Motto of the earl of Mountcashel. — M.D. 
 
 4548. Visu carentem magna pars veri latet. Sen. — " A great portion of 
 the truth lies concealed to him who wants discernment." — M. 
 
 4549. Visu torvus. Statius. — " Stern in appearance." — M. 
 
 4550. Vita cedat, uti conviva satur. Hor. — " Let him withdraw from this 
 life, as a guest content with the treatment he has received." — 
 M.D. 
 
 4551. Vita lauddbilis boni viri, honesta ergo quoniam laudabilis. Cic. — 
 ** The life of a good man is praiseworthy, since, therefore, it is 
 worthy of praise it must be honourable." — M. 
 
 4552. Vit(B est avidus, quisquis non vult 
 
 Mundo secum pereunte mori. Sen. — ** He is covetous of life, who 
 wishes to avoid death, when he sees the whole world (the creation) 
 falling to destruction about him." When he sees universal ruin, 
 and the dissolution of all things impending. — M.D. 
 
 4553. Vita enim mortuorum in memx>rid vivorum est posita. Cic. — " The 
 remembrance of those who are dead, is retained in the minds of 
 the living." They still exist in our recollection. — M.D. 
 
 4554. VittB post-scenia celant. Lucret. — ** The transactions which pass 
 behind the scenes, they carefully conceal." The private lives of 
 actors seldom bear to be too closely looked into, and while they 
 afford pleasure and instruction in their assumed characters, the 
 curtain should fall, to screen from censure the acts of their private 
 life.— M.D. 
 
 4555. VitiB signum pulsus est. {Lat.) — " Pulsation is a sign of life." — M. 
 
448 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4556. Vit^ summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam. Hor. — ** The 
 limits of our brief existence, prohibit our entertaining distant 
 hopes." 
 
 " Life's span forbids us to extend our cares, 
 
 Or stretch our forward hopes beyond our years." 
 
 —M.D. 
 
 4557. Vit(B via virtus. (Lat.) — "Virtue is the way of life." Motto of 
 the earl of Portarlington. — M.D. 
 
 4558. Vitam impendere vero. (Lat.) — " To pledge one's life for the truth." 
 To say that you would stake your life for the truth of what another 
 man had spoken, is the highest compliment that could be paid to 
 his integrity and honour. — M.D. 
 
 4559. Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia. Cic. — "Fortune governs human 
 life, and not wisdom." — M.D. 
 
 4560. Vitanda est improba siren, desidia. Hor. — "Sloth, a seductive 
 syren, should be most carefully avoided." The indolent man can 
 never be useful either to himself, or to promote the well-being of 
 others. — M.M. 
 
 4561. Vitavi denique culpam, 
 
 Non laudem merui. Hor. — " I have avoided error, if I have failed 
 to merit praise." I hope no glaring faults will appear in my work, 
 even though it should not be stamped with general commendation. 
 Spoken by an author ; a tame, uninteresting, and insipid, though 
 a faultless writer. — M.M. 
 
 4562. Vitia nobis sub virtutum nomine obrepunt. Sen. — " Vices often creep 
 upon us, under the semblance and name of virtues." — M. 
 
 4563. Vitia otii negotio discutienda sunt. Sen. — " The evils attending 
 sloth, are only to be conquered by attention to business." Without 
 employment, the. mind becomes relaxed and inert. — M.D. 
 
 4564. Vitiant artus cegrh contagia mentis. Ovid. — " The bodily powers are 
 impaired by the diseases of the mind." And, we may add, vice 
 versa. — M.D. 
 
 4565. Vitiis nemo sine nascitur ; optimus ille 
 
 Qui minimis urgetur. Hor. — " No man is born free from faults j 
 he is the best who has the fewest." 
 
 " For we have all our vices, and the best 
 Is he, who with the fewest is opprest." Francis. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 449 
 
 4566. Vitiis suis pervidendis cacus est homo, in alienis perspicax. Ph^dr. 
 — '• Man is blind to his own faults, but clear-sighted in discerning 
 those of others." He quickly sees ** the mote in his brother's 
 eye."— M. 
 
 4567. Vitis ut arboribus decori est, ut vitibus uvce, 
 
 Ut greyibus tauri, segetes ut pinguibus arvis, 
 
 Tu deem ornne tuis. Vir. — *' As the vine is an ornament to trees, 
 as the grape is to the vine, as the bull to the herd, as the crop to 
 rich fields, so are you an honour to your race." 
 
 " As vines the trees, as grapes the vines adorn, 
 As bulls the herds, and fields the yellow corn. 
 So bright a splendour, so divine a grace 
 
 The glorious Daphnis cast on his illustrious race." Dryden. 
 
 —M, 
 
 4568. Vitio depravatcB consuetudines degenerant. Cic. — ** They become 
 degenerate in consequence of depraved habits." — M. 
 
 4569. Vitium commune omnium est. 
 
 Quod nimium ad rem in senectd attenti sumus. Ter. — " It is a foible 
 common to all men , that as we advance in life, we become too 
 much attached to our worldly interests." — M.D. 
 
 4570. Vitium exemplo principis inolescit. (Lat.) — '* Vice, through the 
 example of the prince, becomes fashionable." — M. 
 
 4571 . Vitium fuit, nunc mos est, assentatio. Pub. Syr. — ** Adulation, which 
 was formerly considered as a vice, is now become a common cus- 
 tom."— 3/.D. 
 
 4572. Viva voce. (Lat.) — *' By the living voice." By actual oral testi- 
 mony, in contradistinction to written evidence. — M.D. 
 
 4573. Vive la bagatelle. (Fr.)^" Let trifling prevail."— M.D. 
 
 4574. Vivendi recth qui prorogat horam 
 
 Ru^ticus expectat dum dejluat amnis ; at ille 
 
 Labitur et labetur in ornne volubilis eevum. Hor. — " He who defers 
 the hour of beginning to live correctly, is like the peasant who 
 waits expecting the river to flow past, but it continues to flow, and 
 will flow till the end of time."— iV/.M. 
 
 4575. Vivendum est rect^, cum propter plurima, turn his 
 Pracipub causis, ut linguas mancipiorum 
 
 Contemnasj nam lingua mali pars pessimaservi. Juv.— *' We should 
 lead a virtuous life, from many motives, but especially that we may 
 
45CL DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 be able to defy the tongues of our servants, for the tongue is the 
 worst part of a bad servant." — M.M. 
 
 4576. Vivere sat, vincere. (Lat.) — " To conquer is to live enough." 
 Motto of the earl of Sefton.— ikT.D. 
 
 4577. Vivere si recth nescis, decede peritis. Hor. — " If you know not how 
 to live becomingly, depart from among those who do." If your 
 habits and manners are not those of a gentleman, begone ! live 
 among the vulgar. 
 
 " Learn to live well, or fairly make your will." Pope. 
 
 —M.M. 
 
 4578. Vive sine invidid, mollesque ingloritis annos 
 
 Exige, et amicitias sic tibi junge pares. Ovid. — " Live without 
 envy ; and, unallured by glory, court placid years, and cherish an 
 intimate friendship only with your equals." — M.M. 
 
 4579. Vive, vale, si quid novisti rectius istis 
 
 Candidus imperii, si non, his utere mecum. Hor. — " Farewell, be 
 happy, if you know of any system preferable to mine, candidly 
 avow it, if not, adopt this with me." — M.M. 
 
 4580. Vivida vis animi. (Lat.) — " The active powers of the understand- 
 ing."— M.D. 
 
 4581. Vivimus inposteris. (Lat.)—** We live in our posterity " — M.D, 
 
 4582. Vivitefelices, quihusestfortunaperacta 
 
 Jam sua ! Vir. — " Live happily, ye whose destiny is already ful- 
 filled !"— M.jD. 
 
 4583. Vivite fortes, 
 
 Fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus. Hor. — ** Live as brave 
 men, and oppose resolute minds to the strokes of adverse fortune." 
 —M. 
 
 4584. Vivit post funera virtus. (Lat.) — " Virtue survives after our death," 
 Motto of the earl of Shannon. — M.M. 
 
 4585. Vivitur exiguo melius : natura beatis 
 
 Omnibus essededit, si quis cognoverit uti. Claud. — " Men live best 
 on moderate means : nature has dispensed to all men wherewithal! 
 to be happy, if mankind did but understand how to use her gifts." 
 —MM. 
 
 4586. Vivitur parvo bene, cui paternum 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 451 
 
 Splcndet in mensd tenui salinum. 
 Nee leves somnos timor^ aut cupido 
 
 Sordidus, aufert. Hor. — " He lives happily on alittle, who dis- 
 plays on his frugal board, his paternal salt-cellar, nor does fear or 
 sordid covetousness disturb his quiet repose.** — M. 
 
 4587. Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui, 
 
 Qu(B vos ad coelumfertis rumors secundo. Hor. — ** I live and reign, 
 over myself, since I have quitted those things which you, by your 
 favourable account, extol to the skies.** I have abandoned the 
 false pleasures of sensuality, in which you indulge, and I am now 
 happy in the enjoyment of calm reflection. — M.D. 
 
 4588. Vivre n' est pas respirer c*est agir. Rousseau. — ** To live is not 
 merely to breathe, it is to act.** The enjoyment of life does not 
 consist in the performance of the mere animal functions, but it 
 depends on mental gratification, on doing good, by contributing to 
 the happiness of others.— ikf J). 
 
 4589. Vivunt in veneremfrondeSy etnemus omne per altum 
 Felix arbor amat, nutant ad mutua palmce 
 Fosdera, populeo suspirat populus ietu, 
 
 Et platani platanis, alnoque assibilat ahus. Claud. — "The very 
 leaves live but to love, and throughout the lofty grove, the happy 
 trees have their amours, the palm, nodding to the palm, ratifies 
 their leagues ; the poplar sighs for the poplar's embrace ; and the 
 platanus hisses its love to the platanus j the alder to the alder.'* 
 Claudian flourished in the fourth century, under the emperor 
 Theodosius, and the above beautiful lines demonstrate that he was 
 not unacquainted with the sexual system in the vegetable world, 
 though the merit of classification belongs to Linnaeus. — M. 
 
 4590. Vix ea nostra voco. Ovid. — " I scarcely call these things ours." 
 Motto of lord Sundridge and the earl of Warwick. — MD. 
 
 4591. Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona 
 Multi : sed omnes illacrymabiles 
 Urgentur, ignotique longd 
 
 Nocte, carent quia vate sacro. Hor. — " Many brave men had lived 
 before Agamemnon ; but they are now unlamented, and lie un- 
 known, plunged in everlasting night, because they wanted a friendly 
 bard to immortalize their names.** " This quotation,*' Mr. Mac- 
 donnel very properly remarks, ** is used in shewing the value of 
 poetry in consecrating and embalming the deeds of virtue and of 
 valour."— M.D. 
 
462 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4592. Vix tamen eripiam, posito pavone, velis quin 
 Hoc potius quam gallind tergere palatum 
 
 Rara avis, et pictd pandat spectacula caudd. Hor. — ** A peacock 
 being placed on the table, I shall scarcely be able to influence you 
 to eat of a pullet instead of it, merely because the peacock is more 
 rare and costly, and makes a flaming show with its gaudy tail." — M. 
 
 4593. Voila pour Vachever de peindre. (Fr. ProvJ — *' To close my de- 
 scription of him." To give the finishing stroke to, or to wind up 
 his character. — M.D. 
 
 4594. Voila une autre chose. (7^r.^ —" That is another thing." The cases 
 are wholly different. — M.D. 
 
 4595. Voir tout en couleur de rose. (Fr.) — " To see every thing in the 
 most favourable point of view." — M.D. 
 
 4596. Volenti non fit injuria. (Lat. Law Max.) — ** No injury is done to 
 a consenting party." No proceeding to which a person interested 
 in the consequences, has given his consent, will be held by law to 
 be injurious to him. — M.D. 
 
 4597- VolOy non valeo. (Lat.) — " I am willing but unable." Motto of 
 the earl of Carlisle.— ikf.D. 
 
 4598. Voluntas non potest cogi. (Lat.) — " The will cannot be enchained." 
 —M. 
 
 4599. Voluptas esca mdlorum. (Lat.) — " Pleasure is the root of all evil." 
 The young man who gives himself up to the pursuit of pleasure, is 
 undone. — M. 
 
 4600 Voluptas 
 
 Solamenque mali. Vir. — " His pleasure, and his comfort in his 
 misfortune." This is said of Polyphemus, who amused himself 
 with his sheep after the loss of his eye. 
 
 " This only solace his hard fortune sends." Dryden. 
 
 —M.D, 
 
 4601. Voluptates commendat rarior usus. Juv. — " A sparing enjoyment 
 adds zest to our pleasures." Too. frequent repetition blunts all 
 enjoyment. — M.D. 
 
 4602. Voluptatibus se constringendum dare. (Lat.) — " To give himself 
 up, devoted to his pleasures." — M. 
 
 4603. Vos sapere et solos aio bene vivere, quorum 
 
 Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis. Hor. — " Ye alone seem 
 to me to be wise and to enjoy comfort, whose wealth is conspi- 
 cuous in the neatness and elegance of your villas." The poet here 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 453 
 
 ai)plauds those persons who have secured their money by purchasing 
 land, and creating comfortable establishments for their families." 
 
 4604. Vota vita mea. (Lat.)—" My life is devoted." Motto of the earl 
 of Westmeath.— M.D. 
 
 4605. Vous mejites, seigneur, 
 
 En m^attaquant, beaucoup d'honneur. (Fr.) — " You have done me, 
 sir, by your attacks, much honour." The reproaches of good men 
 are a disgrace, while those of the worthless and profligate reflect 
 honour on us. The above retort is gentlemanlike, yet sufficiently 
 piquant — addressed to a man of worthless character who presumed 
 to censure another. — M.D. 
 
 4606. Vous le croyez votre dupe, sHl feint de V^tre, qui est le plus dupe de 
 lui ou de vous? La Bruyere. — " You think him your dupe, and 
 if he feigns so to be, which of you do you think is the greatest." 
 —M. 
 
 4607- Vous recueillerez selon que vous aurez seme. (Fr ) — ** As you sow, 
 so shall you reap." — M, 
 
 4608. Vov^ y perdrez vos pas. (Fr.) — ** Y^'ou will there lose your steps." 
 Y'ou will discover that all your exertions are but labour lost. — 
 M.D. 
 
 4609. Vox et prcBterea nihil. (Laf.J — " A voice and nothing more." An 
 empty sound ; fine words without meaning. — M.D. 
 
 4610. Vox faucihus hcesit. Vir. — "His voice faltered in his throat." 
 He was dumb through amazement or fear. — M.D. 
 
 4611. Vox populi vox Dei. (Lat.J — " The voice of the people is the voice 
 of God."— Irresistible.— M.D. 
 
 4612. Vulgato corpore mulier. Javy. — " An abandoned, common woman." 
 —M. 
 
 4613. Vulgus consuetudinem pro lege habet. (Lat.) — '* The vulgar esteem 
 custom as having the force of law." — M. 
 
 4614. Vulnus alit venis, et cceco carpitur igni." Vir. — ** She (or he) 
 nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed with the hidden 
 fire." Descriptive of a secret passion which preys upon our very 
 vitals, while modesty equally prohibits the gratification of it, and 
 forbids us even to reveal it. This is written of Dido's unhappy 
 passion for the Trojan chief. — M.D. 
 
 4615. Vultns est index animi. (Lat. Prov.J—** The countenance is the 
 index of the mind." This is the opinion of Lavater and his fol- 
 lowers j but it must admit of many exceptions. — M.D. 
 
454 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 4616. Yfynno Bwy, y fydd. (Welch)—'' What God willeth." Motto 
 of the earl of LandafF. 
 
 4617. Zest. (Tr.;— An interjection. Pshaw! Stuff! Ridiculous !—ilf.D. 
 
 4618. Zwjj Kai rpyxv Zoe kai psuche. (GreekJ. — ** My life and soul." 
 —M.D. 
 
 4619. Zonam perdidit. Hor. — ** He has lost his purse." He is become 
 desperate, and distressed beyond measure in his circumstances. — 
 M.D. 
 
SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 1. Ab inopid ad virtutem obsepta est via. Ter. — ** The performance of 
 
 virtuous acts, is obstructed by poverty." — M. 
 
 2. Abite nummi, ego vos mergam, ne mergar a vobis. (Lat.J — " Begone 
 
 money, I cast thee away, and will not submit to be sunk by thee." 
 —M. 
 
 3. Absque argento omnia vana. (Lat.) — ** Without money all attempts 
 
 are vain." — M. 
 
 4. Accommodare se ad eum locum vM nati sunt. (Lat.J — ** To reconcile 
 
 one's-self to the station in which he was bom." The great secret 
 by which worldly happiness is to be realised, is to be content with 
 the lot, which it has pleased Providence to bestow. — M. 
 
 6. Acriora orexim excitant embamata. (Lat.) — ** Savoury sauces stimu- 
 late the appetite." — M. 
 
 6. Ad osientationem opum. (Lat.J — " To show off his works." — M. 
 
 7. Ad unum corpus humanum supplicia plura quam membra. (Lat.J — ** The 
 
 pains which * flesh is heir to,* are more numerous than the members 
 of which the human body is composed." — M. 
 
 8. JEgritudo animi, sine ulla rerum expectatione meliore. (Lat.J — ** De- 
 
 spondency unmitigated by the expectation of any amelioration of 
 our condition." — M 
 
 9. jErugo animi, rubigo ingenii. Senec. — ** The rust of the mind (idle- 
 
 ness) is the blight of genius." — M, 
 
 10. uErumnabilis experientia me docuit. (Lat.J — ** Dear bought expe- 
 rience has been my monitor." — M. 
 
 2 
 
456 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 11. Agmt non cogunt. (Lat.J — ** They lead but do not drive." — M. 
 
 12. Alieni femporis flores. (Lat.) — " Blossoms of a time that is past." 
 
 A period that is gone by. — M. 
 
 13. Aliquis in omnibus, nullus in singulis. Scal. — " Having some know- 
 
 ledge of all things, perfect in none." — M. 
 
 14. Amare simul et sapere ipsi Jovi non datur. (Lat.) — " To be in love, 
 
 and at the same time to be wise, is not even in the power of Jove." 
 —M. 
 
 15. Amicus animas dimidium. (Lat.) — ** A friend as dear to me as my 
 
 life."— M. 
 
 16. Amor laudis et patricB pro stipendio est. (Lat.) — " The thirst after 
 
 praise, and the love of our country, carry their own reward." In 
 the consciousness of having acted right. — M. 
 
 17. Amore nihil mollius, nihil violentiu^. (Lat.) — " Nothing is more tender, 
 
 nothing is more violent than love." — M. 
 
 18. An dives sit omnes qucerunt, nemo an bonus. (Lat.) — ** All are inquisi- 
 
 tive as to his wealth, indiflferent as to his goodness." — M. 
 
 19. An, neminem habet amicum prcBter ignorantem? (Lat.) — " Has he no 
 
 friend, except in the person of some ignorant fellow ?" — M. 
 
 20. Ante diem clauso componet vesper Olympo. (Lat.) — '' Before the even- 
 
 ing shall close the day, the sky being overcast." — M. 
 
 21. Armavolunt, quare poscunt rapiuntqae juventus ? Virg. — ** The young 
 
 men wish for arms ; for what purpose do they demand and seize 
 them?"— iTf. 
 
 22. Asperce facetice acrem sui memoriam relinquunt. (Lat.) — " Coarse jests 
 
 leave a sting which is long felt " — M. 
 
 23. Asperius nihil est humili cum surgit in altum. (Lat.) — ** No one so 
 
 overbearing as a pauper become rich." Set a beggar on horse- 
 back, &c. — M. 
 
 24. Audax ad omnia fcemina, quae vel amat vel odit. (Lat.) — " A woman, 
 
 when excited by love, or impelled by hatred, will attempt any act 
 of desperation." — M. 
 
 25. AugecB stabulam purgare. (Lat.) — *' To cleanse the stables of Augeas." 
 
 One of the twelve labours of Hercules. — M. 
 
D ICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 4t57 
 
 B. 
 
 26. Bona mens nullum tristioris fortunes recipit incursum. (Lat.) — *' A 
 
 well constituted mind will resist the pressure of adversity." — M. 
 
 27. Boni venatoris est plures /eras capere non omnes. (Lat.) — ** It is the 
 
 business of a good sportsman to kill much game, but not all." 
 —M. 
 
 28. Bellua multorum capitum. (Lat.) — " A many-headed monster." A 
 
 mob. — M. 
 
 29. Beata civitas, non ubi pauci beati, sed ubi civitas beata. Plato. — ** A 
 
 city is not to be esteemed happy, because a few happy persons 
 dwell therein, but when the entire population is happy." — M. 
 
 C. 
 
 30. Canis insomnis leporum vestigia latrat. (Lat.) — ** A sleeping dog 
 
 gives tongue as when on the scent of a hare." — M, 
 
 31. Carmina sublimis tunc sunt peritura Lucreti, 
 
 Exitio terras cum dabit una dies. Ovid. — " Then only shall the 
 verses of the sublime Lucretius perish, when the day of the doom 
 of this world shall arrive " — M. 
 
 32. Cacus potest esse sapiens et beatus. (Lat.) — '* A blind man may be 
 
 wise and happy." — M. 
 
 33. CcBlia ridens 
 
 Est Venus, incedens Juno, Minerva loquens. (Lat.) — " Caelia laugh- 
 ing, is as beauteous as Venus ; walking, she is majestic as Juno ; 
 speaking, she is wise as Minerva." — iW. 
 
 34. CorIo tegitur qui non habet urnam. (Lat.) — ** The heavens form a 
 
 canopy to him vvho has not a tomb." — M. 
 
 35. Cedat amor rebus, res age, tutus eris. (Lat.) — *' Let love give way to 
 
 matters of business, attend to your affairs and you will be safe." 
 —M 
 
 36. Ce qu*on possede, double de prix, quand on ale bonheur de le partagen 
 
 BouiLLY. — " Whatever one possesses, becomes of double value, in 
 
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 having the happiness to divide it with a friend." A maxim which 
 does honour to the heart of the author. — M. 
 
 37. Cretizandum cum Crete. (Lat.) — " In Crete act as a Cretan ;" or as 
 
 we say, at Rome, do as Rome does. Wherever you may be, con- 
 form to the habits and manners of the country. — M. 
 
 38. Crimen quod mihi dabatur, crimen non erat. Cic. — ** That which was 
 
 imputed as a crime to me, was not, in fact, a crime." — M. 
 
 39. Cum furor kaud dubius, cum sit manifesta phrenesis. Juv. — ** When 
 
 insanity is no longer doubtful, when madness is self evident." — M. 
 
 40. Cum moritur dives concurrunt undique cives 
 
 Pauperis ad funus vix est e millibus unus. (Lat J — " When a rich 
 man dies, the citizens from all quarters attend his obsequies ; but 
 a poor man's funeral is not attended by one in thousands." — M. 
 
 41. Curas tolle graves, irasci credeprofanum. (Lat) — " Dispel corroding 
 
 cares j consider it sinful to give way to passion." — M. 
 
 D. 
 
 42. Dea moneta. (Lot.) — " The goddess wealth." The idol of too many. 
 
 —M, 
 
 43. Be re amissa irreparabili ne doleas. (Lat.) — " Do not grieve after 
 
 that which is irrecoverably lost." — M. 
 
 44. Dies dolorem minuit. (Lat.) — " Time alleviates pain." — M. 
 
 45. Difficile custoditur quodplures amant. (Lat.) — " That which is desired 
 
 of many, is with difficulty retained." — M. 
 
 46. Dignum laude virum rnusa vetat mori. Hor. — " Poetry renders im- 
 
 mortal the names of those who have merited praise." — M. 
 
 47. Dii talem terris avertite pestem. (Lat.) — " May God avert from the 
 
 world such a scourge." — M. 
 
 48. Divitice grandes homini sunt vivere parvo 
 
 jEquo animo. (Lat.) — *' The greatest riches man can possess, is 
 to know how to live on a limited income, with a contented mind." 
 —M. 
 
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 49. Divitiarum acquisitio magni laboris, possessio magni timoris, amissio 
 
 magni doloris. (Lat.) — " The acquisition of wealth, is a work of 
 great labour ; its possession, a source of continual fear j its loss, 
 of excessive grief." — M. 
 
 50. Domicilium insanorum. (Lat J — ** A place of refuge for the insane." 
 
 A mad-house. — M 
 
 51. Dotatauwores mactant malo etdamno viros. Plaut. — " Wealthy wives 
 
 involve their husbands in extravagance and ruin." — M. 
 
 52. Dum fata fugimus, fata stulti incurrimus. (Lat. J — ** While we wish 
 
 to avoid death, we expose ourselves to it like fools." — M. 
 
 53. Dum fata sinuntvivite Iceti. Sen. — " While Providence permits, cheer- 
 
 fully enjoy life." — M. 
 
 54. Dummodo sit dives, barbarus ille placet. (Lat.) — " Provided he is rich, 
 
 how uncouth soever he may be, he will be caressed." — M. 
 
 E. 
 
 55. Eamiis 
 
 Quo ducit gula. Hor. — ** Let us go to dinner." — M. 
 
 56. E fungis nati homines. (Lat.) — ** Men sprung from mushrooms." 
 
 Upstarts. — M. 
 
 57. En salada ben salata, poc aceto, ben oleata. (Ital.J — ** In a salad well 
 
 salted, put little vinegar, much oil." — M. 
 
 58. ErimuSyfortasse, quando illi non erunt. (Lat.) — ** We may survive, 
 
 after they shall have ceased to exist." — M, 
 
 59. Esto quod esj quod sunt alii, sine quemlibet esse j 
 
 Quod non es, nolisj quod potes esse velis. (Lat J — " Attempt to be 
 that only which thou art; suffer those who please, to imitate 
 others, assume not a character which does not belong to thee, but 
 be content with thy own." — M. 
 
 60. E tenui casd, scepe vir magnus exit. (Lat.) — " The meanest cottage 
 
 may often produce a hero." — M. 
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460 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 61. Et sanguis et spiritus pecunia mortalibus. (hat.) — *' Money is as 
 
 blood, and life to man." — M. 
 
 62. Eunuchi sapientice. (hat.) — '* Mere eunuchs in understanding." — 
 
 M. 
 
 63. Excessit medicina malum, (hat) — **The remedy is worse than the 
 
 disease." — M. 
 
 64. Ex habitu homines metimies. Tull. — " Estimating men by their 
 
 manners." Or outward appearance. — M. 
 
 65. Facile consilium damns aliis. (hat.) — " We easily bestow advice on 
 
 others."— iW. 
 
 66. Fortuna, quern nimiumfovet, stultumfacit. Pub. Syr. — " The favours 
 
 of fortune too profusely bestowed, make us fools." The nouveatur 
 riches are too frequently overbearing and troublesome ; forgetful 
 of their former condition, and full of self-importance. — M. 
 
 67. Fortuna sua b cujusque Jingitur moribus. (hat.) — " Every man's for- 
 
 tune (success in life) depends upon his own conduct." — M. 
 
 68. Filii non plus possessionum quam morborum hceredes sumus. (Lat.) — 
 
 " Our children are not less heirs to our diseases, than to our pos- 
 sessions." — M. 
 
 69. Futura expectans prcesentibus angor. (Lat. J — " While in expectation 
 
 of future good fortune, I am tortured by existing difficulties." — M. 
 
 70. Gloria comitem habet invidiam, pari onere premitur retinendo ac acqui- 
 
 rendo. (hat.) — '* Envy is a concomitant of glory, which is as diffi- 
 cult to be retained as acquired." — M. 
 
 71. (have nihil est homini, quod fert necessitas. (hat.) — " No duty im- 
 
 posed by necessity, should be regarded as a burthen by man." — M. 
 
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 H. 
 
 72. H(EC est ilia cuifamulatur mawimus or bis. 
 
 Diva potens rerum, domitrixque pecunia fati. (Lat.)—** She, to 
 whom the whole world is obedient, money, the goddess, omnipo- 
 tent in matters of business, and the controller even of fate. — M. 
 
 73. Hcec sunt qua nostra liceat te voce moneri, 
 
 Vade, age. Vir. — '* These are the points on which it is my duty 
 to offer you advice, come, proceed." — M. 
 
 74. Helleborumfrustra, cum jam cutis cBgratumebit, 
 
 Poscentes videas; venienti occurrite morbo. (Lat.J — ** You see per- 
 sons enquiring in vain for remedies when their disease is past cure ; 
 encounter the evil at its commencement." — M. 
 
 75. Heu, tristis et lachrymosa commutatio ! ! Gr^cinus. — '* Alas, what a 
 
 sad, what a melancholy reverse ! !" — M. 
 
 7Q. Hie soccus novus, elegans, sed nescis ubi urat. (Lat.) — " This shoe is 
 new, elegant, but you know not where it may pinch you." So, 
 many projects, which, at first sight, appear specious and inviting, 
 prove, in the end, hurtful. — M. 
 
 77- Hilares venandi labores. (Lat.) — " The exhilarating labours of the 
 chase." — M. 
 
 78. Hoc scio pro certo, quod si cum stercore certo, 
 
 Vinco sen vincor, semper ego maculor. (Lat.J — *' This know to be 
 certain, that, if L contend with mud, whether vanquisher or van- 
 quished, I am sure to be bedaubed." — M. 
 
 79. Homo homini daemon. (Lat.J — ** Man is a very devil to his fellow- 
 
 man."— iH. 
 
 80. Homo sine religione, sicut equus sinefrceno. (Lat.J — *' A man devoid 
 
 of religion, is like a horse without a bridle." — M. 
 
 81. Homo toties moritur quoties amittit suos. (Lat.) — "Man suffers as 
 
 many deaths as he loses relations." — M. 
 
 82. Hostes magis assidui quam graves. (Lat.J — " Enemies, formidable 
 
 rather from their activity, than from other considerations." — M. 
 
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 83. Ignavum corrumpunt otia corpus, (hat.) — " Idleness corrupts the 
 
 sluggard/* — M. 
 
 84. Implacabiles plerumque Icesce muUeres. (Lat.) — ** Women when injured 
 
 are generally implacable." — M. 
 
 85. Improbitas nullo jlectitur obsequio. (Lat.) — " A dishonest man is 
 
 moved by no submission." — M. 
 
 86. In (Bternum valedicere. (Lat.) — " To bid an eternal adieu." — M. 
 
 87. Incitamentum amoris musica. (Lat) — " Music is an incitement to 
 
 love."— ilf. 
 
 88. Indigne vivitper quem non vivit alter. (Lat.) — " He by whom no other 
 
 man makes a livelihood, is unworthy to live." — M. 
 
 89. Inepta patris lenitas, et facilitas prava. (Lat) — " The ill-judged 
 
 lenity, and mistaken indulgence of a father." — M. 
 
 90. Ingeniorum cos cemulatio. (Lat.) — " Emulation is the whetstone of 
 
 genius." — M. 
 
 91. Ingentes virtutes ingentia vitia. Livy. — "Distinguished virtues are 
 
 often allied to great vices." — M. 
 
 92. Injuriarum remedium est oblivio. (Lat) — "Oblivion is the best remedy 
 
 for injuries." — M. 
 
 93. In me consumpsit vires fortuna nocendo. (Lat.) — " The stings and 
 
 arrows of adversity have worn out my strength." — M. 
 
 94. Insani declamatores. Fabius. — " Outrageous declaimers." Turbu- 
 
 lent demagogues. — M. 
 
 ■ 95. Inter delicias semper aliquid seevi nos strangulat. (Lat.) — " Our most 
 delightful enjoyments are always exposed to cruel interruptions." 
 
 96. Iterum ille rem judicatam judicat, 
 
 Majoreque mulctd mulctat. (Lat) — " Again he judges a matter al- 
 ready decided, and mulcts with a heavier fine." — M. 
 
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 97. Jucundum cognitu atque auditu. (Lat.) — " A matter pleasant to he 
 
 known and heard." Intelligence which is interesting to hear and 
 know. — M. 
 
 98. Juffum suave ac leve. fLaU —" A yoke that is easy and light." A 
 
 silken yoke. — M, 
 
 99. Justum ah injustis peter e insipientia est. Plaut. — " It is folly to expect 
 
 justice at the hands of the unjust." — M. 
 
 100. Justus inexpugnabilis. (Lat.) — " A man who is uncompromisingly 
 
 just."— M. 
 
 L. 
 
 101. La defiance est la mere de la surety. (Fr.) — " Diffidence is the mother 
 
 of safety."— ikf. 
 
 102. Lapides loquitur, caveant lectores ne cerebrum lis excutiat. (Lat.) — 
 
 *' He speaks stones ; let his readers beware lest he knock their 
 brains out." — M. 
 
 103. Latrant me, jaceo ac taceo. (Lat.) — " They bark at me, but I lie 
 
 hidden and am silent." — M. 
 
 104. Lepus galeatus. (Lat.) — "A coward." — M. 
 
 105. Lis litem general. (Lat.) — " Contention begets contention." — M. 
 
 106. Lubrica statio et proxima prtscipitio. (Lat.) — ** A slippery spot and 
 
 on the brink of a precipice." — M. 
 
 107. Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque secundis. Ovid. — "Our minds 
 
 expand under the cheering influence of prosperity." — M, 
 
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 M. 
 
 108. Macies et nova febrium 
 
 Terris incubuit cohors. Hor. — ** Consumption, with an unheard of 
 train of diseases, settled upon the world." — M. 
 
 109. Magni animi est, injurias despicere. Sen. — *' A contempt of injuries 
 
 is a proof of a great mind." — M. 
 
 110. Magni laboris opus. (Lat.) — " A work of prodigious labour." — M. 
 
 111. Magnum pauperies opprobrium, jubet 
 
 Quidvis et facer e et pati, 
 
 Virtutisque viam deseruit arduce. Hor. — *' Poverty, which has at all 
 times, been considered a reproach, compels us to do, and to suffer 
 every thing, even to deviate from the paths of rigid virtue." — M. 
 
 112 Malo indisertam prudentiam quam loquacem stuUitiam. (Lat J — "I 
 prefer prudence, though ineloquent, to talkative folly." — M. 
 
 113. Malo mihi maU quam molliter esse. Sen. — ** I prefer being ill, to 
 
 being idle." — M. 
 
 114. Malum est mulier, sed necessarium malum. (Lat. J — "Woman is an 
 
 evil, but a necessary one." — M. 
 
 115. Malus malum vult, ut sit sui similis. (Lat. J — " A profligate man likes 
 
 a profligate, that his associate may be like unto himself." — M. 
 
 116. Manifesta phrenesis, 
 
 Ut locuples moriaris, egenii viverefato. Juv. — " The folly is mani- 
 fest, of living in penury that you may die rich." — M. 
 
 117 • Maxima quaque domus, servis est plena superbis. (Lat. J — ** Every 
 great house is crowded with proud domestics." The vanity which 
 requires a numerous retinue of attendants, contributes in no small 
 degree to the ruin of many families. See the wise remark of 
 Seneca, No. 3635. of this work. — M. 
 
 118. Maximum onimi nocumentum. Galen. — "The chief canker of the 
 
 mind."— M. 
 
 119. Maximum miraculum homo sapiens. (Lat.) — " A wise man is (now-a- 
 
 daysj a prodigy.'' — M. 
 
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 120. Medicusnon dat quod patiens vult, sedquod ipsebonum scit. (hat.) — 
 
 ** A physician does not prescribe that which his patient wishes, 
 but what he himself knows to be good."— M. 
 
 121 . Melius fuerat non scribere, namque tacere 
 
 Tutum semper erit. Fabius. — ** It is better not to write, for silence 
 is always a safe course." — M. 
 
 122. Mendacium servile vitium. (Lat.) — '* Lying is a mean vice." — M. 
 
 123. Millia frumenti tua triverit area centum, 
 
 Non tnus hinc capiet venter plus quam mens. (Lat.) — "Although 
 your barn-floor may thrash out an hundred thousand measures of 
 grain, your belly cannot contain more than mine." — M. 
 
 124. Miser est qui se beatissimum nonjudicat, licet imperet mundo j non est 
 
 beatus, qui se non putat j quid enim refert qualis status tuns sit, si tihi 
 videtur malus ? Sen. — '* He must be miserable who does not con- 
 sider himself happy, although he could command the universe ; no 
 man can be happy who does not think himself so, for it signifies 
 not how exalted soever your station may be, if it appears to you 
 bad." A contented mind is, in itself, an empire. — 3/. 
 
 125. Misera mors sapienti non potest acddere. Cic. — " A miserable end 
 
 can seldom fall to the lot of a prudent man." — M. 
 
 126. Mortalis nemo est, quern non attingat dolor morbusque. (Lat.) — 
 
 " There is no human being exempt from pain and disease." — M. 
 
 127. Mugit litibus insanum forum, et scevit invicem discordantium rabies. 
 
 BoTERus. — "The troubled forum resounds with their altercations, 
 and the rage of the disputants breaks forth alternately." — M. 
 
 1 28. Multa bibens ac multa vorans. (Lat.)—'' Drinking up and devouring 
 
 every thing that comes in his way." — M. 
 
 129. MultcB ambages. fLa/J—" Many quibblings." Many prevarications. 
 
 —M. 
 
 130. Multi thyrsigeri, pauci Bacchi. (Lat.) — " Many spear-bearers, few 
 
 Bacchuses." "Many attendants, few chiefs. — M. 
 
 131. Multi tristantur post delicias, convivia, dicsfestos. (Lat.) — " Many 
 
 persons experience dejection after excessive pleasures, convivial 
 meetings, holidays." — M. 
 
 132. Multo angit preescientia malorum. (Lat.) — ** The anticipation of evils 
 
 is very harassing." — M, 
 
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466 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 133. Multo melius ex sermone, quam lineamentis, de moribus hominum judi- 
 care. (Lat.J — " It is much better to judge of men's morals from 
 the sentiments they express, than from their outward appearance." 
 
 N. 
 
 134. Nee bene domi nee militice. (Lat.) — " Neither happy at home, nor 
 
 with the army.'* A discontented spirit. — M. 
 
 135. Nee cibus ipse juvat morsu fraudatus aceti. (Lat.) — " Plain meat is 
 
 not palatable, unless seasoned by the stimulus of vinegar." — M. 
 
 136. Necessitas cogit ad turpia. (Lat.) — " Necessity impels to the com- 
 
 mission of base acts." — M. 
 
 isr. ISlec magis sine illo nos esse 
 Felices, quam ille sine nobis 
 
 Potuit. (Plin. panegyr. de Trajano.) — " Nor could we live happily 
 without him, more than he could, if deprived of our society." — M. 
 
 138. Nemini dixeris, quce nolis efferri. (Lat.) — ''Confide to no second 
 
 person that which you wish to be kept secret." — M. 
 
 139. Nemo in nostra eivitate mendieus esto. (Lat.) — ** Let not any beggars 
 
 disgrace our streets." — M. 
 
 140. Nemo mains felix. (Lat.) — " No bad man can know real happiness." 
 
 The stings of self-reproof, the inward upbraidings of a self-accus- 
 ing conscience, must destroy his peace of mind, and embitter all 
 his thoughts. — M. 
 
 141. Nemo mains qui non stultus. (Lat.) — " Every wicked man must be a 
 
 fool."— ilf. 
 
 142. Neptunum procul, a terra, spectare furentem. (Lat.) — " To view from 
 
 land, the agitated waves raging at a distance." — M. 
 
 143. Nequiequam sapit qui non sibi sapit. (Lat.) — " He is by no means to 
 
 be considered wise, who is not wise towards himself." Who does 
 not attend with prudence to his own interests." — M. 
 
 144. Nihil aliud necessarium, ut sis miser, quam ut fe miserum ciedas. 
 
 (Lat.) — " Nothing more is wanting to render a man miserable, 
 than that he should fancy he is so." — M, 
 
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 145. Nihil aliud potestas culminis quam tempestas mentis, (iregor. — "The 
 power derived from high station, is nothing but a fever of the 
 mind." — M. 
 
 146. Nihil est ab omni 
 
 Parte beatum. Hor. — *' In no station is perfect happiness to be 
 found.*' — M. 
 
 147. Nil nisi carmina dcsunt. Vir. — " Nothing is wanting but a song." 
 
 —M. 
 
 148. Nil rectum, nisi quod placet sibi, ducit. (LatJ — *' He thinks nothing 
 
 can be right that does agree with his ideas." — M. 
 
 149. Nitimur in vetitum. (Lat.) — " We have all a propensity to grasp at 
 
 forbidden fruit.** And we too frequently indulge it. — M. 
 
 150. Non deerat voluntas sedfacultas. (Lat.)—** The will was not wanting, 
 
 but the power." — M. 
 
 151. Nondum experta novi gaudia prima tori. (Lat.) — ** She not having 
 
 yet experienced the delights of the hymeneal bed, or tasted the 
 first extacies of connubial bliss." — M. 
 
 152. Non est ad astra mollis e terra via. (Lat.) — " The ascent from earth 
 
 to heaven is not easily achieved." Even without purgatorial in- 
 terruptions. — M. 
 
 153. Non est bonum ludere cum Diis. (Lai.) — ** Think not to deceive the 
 
 all-seeing God."~M. 
 
 154. Non jocandum est cum iis qui miseri sunt et cerumnosi. (Lat.) — " It 
 
 is cruel to ridicule those who are in grief and misery." — M, 
 
 155. Non mi aurum posco, nee mi pretium. (Lat.) — *' I seek not gold, nor 
 
 am I to be bought."— M. 
 
 156. Non mihi sapit qui sermone, sed quifactis sapit. (Lat.) — " I do not 
 
 form my estimate of a man's wisdom from his conversation, but 
 from his acts." — M. 
 
 157. Non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi prindpes, sed etiam infundunt in civi- 
 
 tatem, plusque exemplo quam peccato nocent. (Cic. de legib.) — " The 
 chiefs of a state do not only contrive wicked projects, but they 
 infuse them into the public mind, and do more mischief by their 
 example, than by their crimes." — M. 
 
 158. Nulla discordia major quam qua a religionefit. (Lat.) — ** No animo- 
 
 sities are more bitter than those which arise through religious dif- 
 ferences." — M. 
 
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 159. Nullum ferent talem secla futura virum. (hat.) — "No future ages 
 
 will be able to boast of such a man " — M. 
 
 160. Nulla scabies sv/perstitione scabiosior. (hat.) — ** No pestilence is 
 
 more infectious than superstition." — M. 
 
 161. Nulli secundus. Plut. c?e Sen.^" Second to none." This compli- 
 
 ment was paid by Plutarch to Seneca ; intimating that, in virtue 
 and talents, he was inferior to no man. — M. 
 
 162. Nulli tarn feri affectus ut non disciplind perdomentur. Sen. — *' No 
 
 evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not 
 be subdued by discipline." By instruction, by punishment, or by 
 reward. — M. 
 
 163. Nullius boni jucunda possessio sine socio, (hat) — ** Of no worldly 
 
 good, can the enjoyment be perfect, unless it is shared by a friend." 
 — M. 
 
 164. Nullum locum put a sine teste; semper adesse Deum cogita. (hat.) — 
 
 *' In no place consider yourself unseen, remember that the all- 
 seeing eye of God is upon you," from which '* no secret is hidden." 
 —M. 
 
 165. Nullum magnum ingenium, sine mixtura dementioe. Arist. — ** There 
 
 is no distinguished genius altogether exempt from some infusion 
 of madness." — M. 
 
 166, Nunc retrorsum 
 
 Vela dare, atque iterare cursus 
 
 Cogor relicios. Hor. — " I am compelled to shape now a backward 
 course, and to resume the path which I had quitted." I must 
 retrace my steps. — M. 
 
 167' Nunc si nos audis, atque es divinus Apollo, 
 
 Die mihi, qui nummos non habet, unde petat? (Lat.) — " Now, if 
 thou art the divine Apollo, and hearest my petition, tell me by 
 what means he who is pennyless, can fill his purse." — M. 
 
 O. 
 
 168^ O amari dies ! flebile^ nodes ! I ! (Lat.) — " Oh ! what agonizing 
 days ! Oh ! what nights of tears 1 ! !" — Ji. 
 
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 1 69. beata sanitas ! te prcesente amoBnum 
 
 Ver floret gratiis, absque te nemo beatus. (hat.) — " Oh ! blessed 
 health! in the enjoyment of thee, a perpetual spring cheers us; 
 but, bereft of thee, human happiness is at an end." — M. 
 
 1 70. Oculum non curabit sine toto capite, 
 
 Nee caput, sine toto corpore. 
 
 Nee totum corpus sine animd (Lat.) — ** The eye cannot be cured 
 while the head is diseased, nor the head while the bodily system is 
 deranged, nor the body, while the mind is ill at ease." ^>uch is 
 the harmony established by our all-wise Creator, between all the 
 parts of the human frame, that each is dependent upon the other 
 for the performance of its functions ; and in the words of David, 
 Ps. cxxxix. 13 : We are *' fearfully and wonderfully made.*' — M. 
 
 171. Occupari in multis et magnis negotiis. {Lat.) — " To be engaged in 
 
 important and multifarious affairs." — M. 
 
 172. Odi, nee possum, cupiens, non esse quod odi. (Lat J — " I detest (that 
 
 character or occupation) yet, ardently though I wish it, I cannot 
 refrain from being what I hate." — M. 
 
 173. Omnes fama per urbes garrula laudat. (Lat.) — "Garrulous fame 
 
 sounds his praises throughout every city." — M. 
 
 174. Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundce, nescio quomodo suspiciosi, ad 
 
 contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis j propter suam impotentiam se 
 credunt negligi. Ter. — '* All men who are in embarrassed circum- 
 stances, are, I know not why, suspicious ; they are more suscepti- 
 ble of offence than others, and often conceive themselves to be 
 neglected on account of their poverty." — M. 
 
 175. Omnibus in rebus molest a semper est expect atio. Poi.yb. — *' In all' 
 
 things the state of expectation is painful." — M. 
 
 170. Omnium horarum homo. Quint. — " A fellow who is always ready." 
 A man to whom all hours are alike. — M. 
 
 177. Omnium pestium pestilentissima est superstiiio. (Lat.) — *' Of all the 
 
 plagues to which man is subject, none is more pestilent than super- 
 stition." — M. 
 
 178. Opprime dum nova sunt subiti mala semina morbi, 
 
 Dum licet, in primo limine siste pedem. (Lat J — ** Destroy, while 
 they are yet in their infancy, the fatal seeds of incipient aberration, 
 (the first access of violent passion) ; pause at the first step towards 
 transgression." — M. 
 
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 179. Otiosus animus nescit quid volet. (Lat.) — "The mind of the idler 
 never knows what it wishes for." He is incapable of fixing his 
 attention with steadiness on any object. — M. 
 
 ] 80. Otium naufragium castitatis. (hat.) — ** Idleness is the bane of chas- 
 tity."— iJf. 
 
 181. Pacem hominibus habe, bellum cum vitiis. (Lat.) — " Cultivate peace 
 
 with all men, but reprove their vices." — M. 
 
 182. Pauci vident morbum suum,, omnes amant. (Lat.) — " Few men are 
 
 sensible of their own failings, all are partial to them." — M. 
 
 183. Pauperis adfunus, vix est, e millibus, unus. (Lat.) — " At the funeral 
 
 of a poor man, not one of his neighbours out of a thousand will 
 attend." — M. 
 
 184. Paupertas durum onus miseris mortalibus. (Lat.) — " Poverty cruelly 
 
 oppresses miserable man." — M. 
 
 185. Paupertas seditionem gignit et maleficum. Aristot. — " Poverty leads 
 
 to sedition and crime." — M. 
 
 186. Peccat uter nostrum cruce dignius? {Lat.) — " Which of us is, by the 
 
 atrocity of his crimes, most deserving of death ?" — M. 
 
 187. Pecuniam perdidisti, fortasse ilia te perderet manens. Sen. — "You 
 
 have lost your money ; perhaps, had you retained it, it might have 
 led you to destruction." — M. 
 
 188. Pecuniis augetur improbitas. (Lat.) — " Licentiousness is increased 
 
 by having the command of money." — M. 
 
 189- Perditio tua ex te. (Lat.) — " You have accomplished your own ruin." 
 — M. 
 
 190. Perfugium iis qui peccant. {Lat.) — ** A place of refuge for those who 
 
 commit crimes." — M. 
 
 191. Pingui otio desidiose agens. (Lat.) — " In bloated indolence, acting 
 
 the sluggard." — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 471 
 
 192. Plausupetis clarescere vulgi. fLa^;—" You seek celebrity through 
 
 the plaudits of the mob." — M. 
 
 193. Plus ^ medico quam b morbo periculi. (Lat.) — " There is more danger 
 
 to be apprehended from the prescription than from the disease." 
 —M. 
 
 194. Plus in amicitid valet similitudo morum, quam affinitas. Corn. Nep. — 
 
 " A congeniality of disposition and habit, tends more firmly to 
 cement friendship, than consanguinity." — M. 
 
 195. Pour mieiujc dormir dans vos lits, 
 
 Dormez un peu moins sur vos trones. (Fr.) — ** To be able to sleep 
 more soundly in your beds, nap less frequently upon your thrones." 
 Not bad advice to the monarchs of the 19th century. — M. 
 
 196. Postremus inpv^nd, primus infugd. (Lat. J — " The last to engage, 
 
 the first to fly."— M". 
 
 197. Primus non sum, nee imus. (Lat.) — " I am neither first nor last." In 
 
 the middling class. — M. 
 
 198. Principes non sunt, qui, oh insignem virtutem, principatu digni sunt. 
 
 Machiavelli. — ** It seldom falls to the lot of those men, who, 
 by reason of their distinguished virtues, are worthy to rule, to 
 attain the rank of sovereign." — M. 
 
 199. Probitas sibi premium. (Lat.) — " Integrity carries with it its own 
 
 reward." — M. 
 
 200. ProJligatcB in republicd discipline est indicium Jurisperitorum numerus, 
 
 et medicorum copia. Plato. — " A multitude of lawyers and phy- 
 sicians, is, in every country, an indication of a profligate and vicious 
 system of government, or of morals." — M. 
 
 201. Prosperum etfelix scelus virtus vocatur. (Lat.) — " Prosperous crime 
 
 is dignified by the name of virtue." — M. 
 
 202. Proutres nobis fluit, ita et animus se habet. (Lat.) — " Accordingly as 
 
 our affairs prosper, our own spirits are generally elated or depressed." 
 
47"i DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Q. 
 
 203. Qualis rex, talis grex. (Lat.) — " As the king is, so are his subjects." 
 
 —M. 
 
 204. Qualis sum nolo, qualis eram nequeo. (Lat.) — " I am unwilling to 
 
 continue as I am, yet I cannot regain my former station." — M. 
 
 205. Quern mihi regem dahis non curis plenum F Chrysost. — "Where 
 
 win you find a king not overwhelmed by cares?" — M. 
 
 206. Quicquid sibiimperavit animus, obtinuit. Sen. — " Whatever the mind 
 
 is intent on gaining, it generally attains." — M. 
 
 207. Quid est dignitas indigno, nisi circulus aureus in naribus suis? Silvi- 
 
 ANus. — ** What is dignity, what is honour, in the estimation of a 
 base, low-minded man, more than a gold ring in a swine's nose ?" 
 —M. 
 
 208. Quid obseratis auribus fundis preces ? Hor. — ** Why do you persist 
 
 in your importunity to ears that are shut against your petition?" 
 — M. 
 
 209. Quid refert morbo, anferro, pereamve ruind? (Lat.) — " What matters 
 
 it whether 1 perish by misfortune, by disease, or by the sword ?" 
 —M. 
 
 210. Quid turpius quam sapientis vitam ex insipientis scrmone pendere? 
 
 — *' What can be more unjust than to estimate the life of a pru- 
 dent man by the opinion of a fool ?" — M. 
 
 211. Qui genus humanum ingenio super avit, ei 0., nes 
 
 Perstrinxit Stellas, exortus ut cethereus sol. (Lat.) — 
 
 Whose wit excell'd the wit of men as far 
 As the sun rising doth obscure a star." 
 
 ~M. 
 
 212. Quijacetin terra, non habet unde cadat. (Lat.) — " He who lies upon 
 the ground, runs no risk of falling." — M. 
 
 213 Qui Macedonice regem erudit, omnes etiam subditos erudit. Antigonus. 
 — " He who forms the mind of a prince, and implants in him good 
 principles, may see the precepts he had inculcated, extend through 
 a large portion of his subjects." — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 473 
 
 214. Qui medick vivit miserh vivit. (Lat.) — ** He who lives by rule (pre- 
 
 scription) must lead a miserable life." — M. 
 
 215. Qui nil potest sperare, desperet nihil. (Lat.) — ** He who can see 
 
 nothing to hope for, should not, nevertheless, despair.* — M. 
 
 216. Quis erit innocens, si clam vel palam accusare sufficiat? (Lat.) — 
 
 ** Who would be innocent, if mere accusation, whether public or 
 private, should be sufficient to convict ?" — M. 
 
 217- Quis Martem tunica tectum adamantind 
 
 Digne scripserit? Hor. — ** Who has, in diction sufficiently ele- 
 vated, described Mars, covered with his adamantine cloak?'' — M. 
 
 218. Qui Stat, videatne cadat. (Lat.) — ** Let him who stands look well 
 
 lest he fall."— M. 
 
 219. Quod cuiquam contingit cuivis potest. (Lat.) — ** What has once 
 
 occurred to any man, every man may experience." — M. 
 
 220. Quod male fers^ ascuesce, feres bene. (Lat.) — ** Effi3rts which you can 
 
 scarcely support, habit renders easy." — M. 
 
 221. Quod nimis miseri volunt, hoc facile credunt. (Lat) — *' Whatever 
 
 those who are unhappy anxiously wish for, they are always ready 
 to believe."— M. 
 
 222. Quod semel dixi fixum ratumque sit. (Lat) — " What I have once 
 
 uttered, let it be fixed and immutable," — M. 
 
 223. Quod stulth suscipitur, impie geritur, miserhfinitur. (Lat.) — '' A pro- 
 
 ject foolishly conceived, and wickedly carried on, must have a bad 
 ending."— M. 
 
 224. Quod supranos, nihil ad nos. (Lat.) — " We should not aim at things 
 
 which are above us." — M. 
 
 225. Qtuod volunt homines, se bene velle putant. (Lat.) — "What men 
 
 desire, they think they are right in wishing for." — M. 
 
 226. Quo quisque peccat, in eo punietur. (Lat.) — " For that of which a 
 
 man may be guilty, let him be punished." — M. 
 
 227. Quo quisque stultior eo magis insolesdt. (Lat.) — ** The more foolish, 
 
 the more insolent." — M. 
 
 228. Quum ccqtit quassata domus subsidere, partes 
 
474 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 In procUnatas, omne prociimbit onus, (hat.) — "When the shat- 
 tered house has begun to settle, the entire weight leans upon the 
 sinking parts." — M. 
 
 " When once the tottering house begins to sink, 
 
 Thither comes all the weight by an instinct." Feltham. 
 
 R. 
 
 229. Rapuisti quod invenisti, et non reddidisti. Augustine. — " You steal 
 
 what you find, and do not take pains to restore it,'* (to the right 
 owner.) — M. 
 
 230. Re vera. {Lat.)—'' In truth."— 3i". 
 
 231. Rebus adversis infractum invictumque animum opponas. (Lat.) — 
 
 ** Oppose to adverse circumstances, a firm and unsubdued mind." 
 —M. 
 
 232. Rerum cognoscere causas, medicis imprimis necessarium, sine quo, nee 
 
 morbum curare, nee prcecavere potest. (Lat.) — " It is, in the first 
 place, necessary for a medical practitioner to be acquainted with 
 the causes of a disease, without which he can neither cure it, nor 
 guard against its approach." — M. 
 
 233. Res est inquietafelicitas. ^Lat.) — ** Worldly happiness is ever pre- 
 
 carious." — M. 
 
 234. Rode, caper, vitem. Ovid. — " Goat, bite the vine." — M. 
 
 235. Ros vitalis. Vm. — " Mother's milk." Vital dew.— ikf. 
 
 236. Rumpitur innumeris arbos uberrima pomis, 
 
 Et subito nimice pracipitantur opes. (Lat.) — ** The most fruitful 
 tree is weighed down by innumerable apples, and the too luxuriant 
 produce is suddenly shaken oflf." — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 475 
 
 237. S(Bpe sub attritd latitat sapientia veste. (Lat.) — " Wisdom is often 
 
 concealed under a thread-bare garment." — M. 
 
 238. ScBvit amor ferriy et scelerata insania belli. Vir. — ** Infuriated by 
 
 the love of war, and the sinful thirst for battle.** — M. 
 
 239. Salarium non dat multis salem. (Lat.) — " In few official situations 
 
 is the salary equal to the expense." — M. 
 
 240. Salus publica suprema lex esto. Aristot. — " Let the public weal be 
 
 under the special protection of the law." — M. 
 
 2il. Salvd dignitate. (Lat J — " His dignity being safe." This may be 
 in allusion to any negociation, or act, in which the dignity of the 
 party is not compromised." — M. 
 
 242. Sapiens operis. (Lat.) — ** Skilled in his trade." — M. 
 
 243. Sed est tempus quando nihil, est tempus qimndo aliquid, nullum tamen 
 
 est tempus in quo dicenda sunt omnia. (Lat. J — " There is a time to 
 be silent, there is a time when you may say any thing, but none 
 when you may tell every thing." — M. 
 
 244. Semel et simul. (Lat.) — " At once and together." M. 
 
 245. Semel insanivimus omnes. (Lat.) — " We have all, at some period of 
 
 our lives, acted indiscreetly." — M. 
 
 246. Semper habens Pyladen aliquem qui curet Oresten. (Lat.) — " Always 
 
 having a Pylades (a friend) to take care of Orestes." — M. 
 
 247. Serb recusal ferre quod subiitjugum. Senec. — " He is late in refusing 
 
 to bear a yoke, to which he has once submitted." — M. 
 
 248. Serpens, sitis, ardor, arence 
 
 Dulcia virtuti. Lucan. — ** The attacks of serpents, thirst, heat, 
 sands, present difficulties, which valour delights to combat." Cato's 
 speech to his army in crossing the deserts of Lybia. — M. 
 
 249. Sicut in stagno generantur vermes, sic in otioso mala cogitationes. (Lat J 
 
 — ** Evil thoughts intrude in an unemployed mind, as naturally as 
 worms are generated in a stagnant pool." — M. 
 
 250. Si fortune me tourmente 
 
 Esp&ance me contente. (Fr.) — " If adverse fortune torments me, 
 cheering hope brings content." — M. 
 
476 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 251. Si his esses, aliter sentires. (Lat.J — " If you stood in my circum- 
 
 stances, your feelings would be like mine." — M. 
 
 252. Si in hoc erro, libenter erro, nee hunc errorem auferri mihi volo. (hat.) 
 
 — " If in this I am in error, I err willingly, nor do I wish to be set 
 right."— ilf. 
 
 253. ■ Similes aliorum respice casus, 
 
 Mitius ista feres. CLatJ — " Consider how many others suffer 
 under similar misfortunes, and you will bear your's more patiently." 
 —M. 
 
 254. Similitudo morum parit amicitiam. (Lat.) — ** A congeniality of man- 
 
 ners and disposition begets friendship." — M. 
 
 255. SintMcecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Mar ones. (Lat.) — " Let there be 
 
 Maecenases, Oh, Flaccus ! and there will be many Maro's." Give 
 encouragement to the learned, and literature will flourish. — M. 
 
 256. Sint sales sine vilitate. (Lat.) — " Let us jest without scurrility." 
 
 wit without vulgarity. — M. 
 
 257. Si qua latent meliora fata. (Lat.) — *' If more prosperous fortunes 
 
 are any where in store for us." — M. 
 
 258. Si sint omnes cequales, necesse est, ut omnes fame pereant j quis aratro 
 
 terram sulcaret ? quis sementem faccret ? quis plantas sereret ? quis 
 vinum exprimeret ? (Lat.) — ** If all men were on an equality, the 
 consequence would be that all must perish ; for who would till the 
 ground ? who would sow it ? who would plant ? who would press 
 wine?" An answer to those who advocate the introduction of a 
 system of equality. — M. 
 
 259. Sisfere aquam fiuviis et vertere sidera retro. Virg. — ** To stay the 
 
 flow of rivers and change the course of the stars." — M. 
 
 260. Socia est otii elegantia, et pads comes. (Lat.) — " Eloquence is the 
 
 companion of peace and leisure." — M. 
 
 261. Solers et astutus. (Lat.) — " Shrewd and cunning." — M. 
 
 262. Somne quies rerum placidissime, somne, Deorum 
 
 Pax animi, quern curafugit, qui corpora duris 
 
 Fessa ministeriis mulces, reparasque labori. Ovid. — ** Oh ! sleep, 
 who sweetly composest the minds of men and gods, whom care 
 flies, thou who refreshest our toil-worn frames, and renewest them 
 for their labours." — M. 
 
 263. Somnos dedit umbra salubres, 
 
 Potum quoque lubricus amnis. (Lat.) — " The shade afforded salu- 
 tary repose, and the soft flowing stream supplied drink." — M. 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 447 
 
 264. Stare loco nescit, micat auribm et tremit artus, 
 
 Collectumque premens volvit sub naribus ignem. Vir. — ** He cannot 
 stand still, his ears are pricked up, he trembles in every limb, and 
 seems as if he snorted forth fire from his nostrils." — M. 
 
 265. StatucB erectee stultitice. Scal. — ** Living images of folly." — M. 
 
 266. Stercus et urina medicorum ferula prima. — "To regulate the natural 
 
 evacuations, is the first object of physicians." The chief care of 
 the faculty. — M. 
 
 267- Stultitiam dissimulare non potes nisi taciiurnitate. Chat.) — " In no 
 way can you cloak folly but by silence." — M. 
 
 268. Stylus virum arguit. (hat.) — ** His style shows the man." Whether 
 
 in speaking or writing, a gentleman is always known by his style. 
 —M. 
 
 269. Suavis et utilis cognitio. (Lat.J — " An agreeable and useful fund of 
 
 information." — M. 
 
 270. Summum nee metuas diem nee optes. Mart. — " You should neither 
 
 fear the approach of, nor wish to accelerate your latter end." — M. 
 
 T. 
 
 271. Tales rapiunt sceleratce in prcelia causcB. (hat.) — " Such vicious 
 
 incitements lead directly to war." — M. 
 
 272. Tempestate eontentionis, serenitas eliaritatis obnubilatur. Austin. — 
 
 ** In the ardor of contention, the mildness of charitable feelings is 
 converted into wrath." — M. 
 
 273. Tempora labuntur, tacitisque seneseimus annis. (Lat.) — **Time glides 
 
 away, and old age steals upon us in silence and unobserved." — M. 
 
 274. Testitudines testa sua inelusce (Lat.) — " Shell-fish included in their 
 
 shells."— iW. 
 
 275. Timor mortis, morte pejor. (Lat.) — " The fear of death is worse than 
 
 death."— iV/. 
 
 276. Tollere nodosam neseit medieiua podanram. (Lat.) — " Medicine 
 
 cannot cure the knotty gout," — M. 
 
 277. Tristius morte in servitute vivendum. (Lat.) — "To live in slavery is 
 
 worse than death." — M. 
 
 278. Trua; traciu herba. (Lat.) — " An herb rough to be handled." — M. 
 
478 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 279. Tufortis sis animo, et tua moderatio, constantia, eorura infamet inju- 
 
 riam. Tull — " Be resolute and firm in mind, and your patience 
 and forbearance will stamp with infamy the injuries you have 
 suffered."— ikf. 
 
 280. Turbine raptus ingenii. (Lat.) — " Impelled by the impetuosity of 
 
 his genius." — M. 
 
 281. Turpe est homini ignorare sui corporis adijicium, prcesertim cum ad 
 
 valetudinem et mores hcec cognitio plurimum conducat. Melancthon. 
 — " It is shameful for man to rest in ignorance of the structure of 
 his own body, especially when the knowledge of it mainly conduces 
 to his welfare, and directs his application of his own powers." — M. 
 
 282. Turpes amores conciliare. (Lat.) — " To reconcile base and sordid 
 
 attachments." — M. 
 
 283. Turpi fr eg erunt scecula luxu 
 
 Diviti(B molles. Juven. — " Enervating wealth has depraved our 
 times by the introduction of enfeebling luxury." — M. 
 
 284. Turpis in reum omnis exprohratio. (Lat.) — " Every reproach cast 
 
 upon a criminal, is ungenerous." — M. 
 
 285. Tussis ferina. (Lat.) — ** A cough as harsh as that of a beast." — M. 
 
 286. Tu tamen effugito quce tristia mentem 
 
 Solicitant, procul essejuhe curasque, metumque 
 Pallentem, ultrices iras, sint omnia Iceta. Frascatorius. 
 
 ^' In ihe mean time expell them from thy mind, 
 Pale fears, and care, and griefs, which do it grind, 
 Revengeful anger, pain, and discontent, 
 Let all thy soul be set on merriment." 
 
 — 3f. 
 
 U. 
 
 287- Vhi dolor, ibi digitus. (Lat.) — " Where you itch, you will scratch." 
 
 288. Ubi incolce nitent, ubi bene beateque vivunt. Cato. — " Where the 
 
 inhabitants are in prosperity, where they live well and happily." 
 — ilf. 
 
 289. Ubi mens plurima, ibi minima fortuna, ubi plurima fortuna ibi mens 
 
 2 
 
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 479 
 
 perexigua. Aristot. — ** Where talent abounds, there is generally 
 little fortune, but where great wealth is bestowed, talent is com- 
 monly miserably scanty." — M. 
 
 290. Ubi timor adest, sapientia adesse nequit. Lactantius. — " Where we 
 
 admit the influence of fear, good sense cannot be said to exist." 
 —M. 
 
 291. Ubi tres medici duo athcei. ' (Lat.) — ** Where there are three physi- 
 
 cians, two of them are generally atheists." — M. 
 
 292. Una dies interest inter maximam civitatem ac nullam. Senec. — ** In 
 
 one day the greatest city may be annihilated." Spoken of a city 
 consumed by fire, and in reference also to the mutability of human 
 affairs. — M. 
 
 293. Unam virtutem millia vitia comitantur. (Lat.) — ** A thousand vices 
 
 appear to counteract every virtue." — M. 
 
 294. Unusquisque abundat sensu suo (Lat.) — " We are all perfect in our 
 
 own opinion." Wise in our own conceit. — M. 
 
 295. Ut ex studiis gaudium, sic studia ex hilaritate proveniunt. (Lat.) — 
 
 " As we derive pleasure from our studies, so our studies proceed 
 more successfully, when we apply to them with cheerfulness." — M. 
 
 296. Ut ex viperd theriacum. (Lat.) — " As the antidote from the viper." 
 
 Vulgo, a hair of the same dog. — M. 
 
 297. Ut lenirem animum scribendo. (Lat.) — " That I might solace my 
 
 mind by writing.*' — M. 
 
 298. Ut me levaret tuus adventus, sic discessus afflixit. Tull. ad Atticum. 
 
 " In the same degree as your arrival had caused me to rejoice, your 
 departure has afflicted me." — M. 
 
 299. Ut otium in utile verterem negotium. (Lat.) — " That I might apply 
 
 my leisure to useful occupation." — M. 
 
 300. Ut vix humana videatur stirpe creatus. (Lat.) — ** That he appear as 
 
 scarcely sprung from the human race." — M. 
 
 V. 
 
 301. Velle licet, potiri non licet. (Lat.) — '* It may be permitted to wish, 
 though to enjoy is prohibited." — M. 
 
480 DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 302. Verba nitent phaleris ; ut nuUas verba medullas 
 
 Intus habent. Palingenius. — ** His words shine forth in fine 
 compliments, without sincerity." Mere sound devoid of meaning. 
 —M. 
 
 303. Verecundari neminem apud mensam decet. Plaut. — ** It is unbecoming 
 
 to betray bashfulness at table." — M. 
 
 304. Ver pingit vario gemmantia prata colore. (Lat.) — " The spring decks 
 
 the blooming fields with various colours." — M. 
 
 305. Vide ne funiculum nimis intendendo aliquando abrumpas. (Lat. J — 
 
 •* Beware, lest in stretching the rope too tight, it may break." — M. 
 
 306. Vilis seepe cadus nobile nectar habet. (Lat.) — " A bad cask may 
 
 often contain the best wine." — M. 
 
 307. Villarum culmina fumant. Vir. — ** The tops of the cottages emit 
 
 smoke." — M. 
 
 308 . Virttis non est virtus, nisi comparem habet aliquem, in quo superando, 
 
 vim suam ostendat. Tertul. — " Virtue does not deserve the name, 
 unless it has an associate, in excelling whom it may display its 
 strength." — M. 
 
 309. Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia. Tull. — ** Fortune rules our lives, 
 
 rather than wisdom." — M. 
 
 310. Vitium capiunt ni moveantur aquce. (Lat.) — ** Water will become 
 
 putrid if kept stagnant." — M. 
 
 311. Voluptati obsequens. Ter. — " Devoted to pleasure." — M. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 abaisser, 506 
 abbaia, (ft.) 438 
 abbandonna, {ft.) 193, 
 
 1998 
 abbas, 3819 
 abbatis, 4 
 abbia, [it.) 545 
 abbracia, (//.) 551 
 abducere, 2234 
 abeat, 3662 
 aberrat, 2181 
 abesse, 4278 
 abeunt, 3308 
 abibis, 473 
 abiisti, 2452 
 abiit, 6 
 abime, 1918 
 abire, 2213, 4168 
 abissus, 4100 
 abite, (5.) 2 
 abjiceie, 770 
 abludit, 1408, 2446 
 abnuerit, 2565 
 abois, 346 
 abolendus, 2283 
 abolere, 1847 
 abrumpas, 305 
 abscondi, 4443 
 absentem, 11 
 absistite, 3298 
 absolvitur, 1878 
 abstineie, 15 
 abundantia, 1410 
 abusu, 1095 
 academi, 1783 
 accarezza, (It.) 4039 
 accedas, 20 
 accede, 21 
 accedere, 354 
 accendere, 2298 
 accensa, 22 
 accepit, 3173 
 acceptissima, 23 
 accessit, 3752, 4402 
 accidere, 833, {S.) 125 
 accident, 2588 
 accidit, 24, 25, 2389 
 accipe, 3602, 4379 
 accipere, 384 
 accipiter, 467, 4384 
 accipitrem, 2892 
 accipitur, 1880 
 accipiuntur, 2874 
 
 acclamationem, 3224 
 accommodare, (S.) 4l 
 accommodet, 1825 
 accompagnato, (It.) 2316 
 accomplir, 3273 
 accordo. (/^.) 2315 
 accumulem, 1467 
 accusare, 26, (,9.) 216 
 acervo, 3895, 4058 
 acervus, 44, 2699, 3478 
 acescit, 3923 
 aceti, (S.) 135 
 aceto, 1730, (^S".) 57 (ft.) 
 Acheron ta, 1260 
 Acherontis, 3042 
 Achivi, 792, 3453 
 aconita, 2808 
 acquerir, 2148 
 acquirimus, 181 
 acquirlt, 2386, 4501 
 acquiritur, 2974 
 acquisitio, (.9.) 49 
 acquit, 343, 2148, 3059 
 acta, 31, 2409 
 actio, 32, 3656 
 actii, 1 
 
 actum, 35, 2915 
 actus, 36, 37, 38, 39 
 acu, 3677 
 acumine, 2614 
 adeptus, 2613 
 addere, 1162, 2909, 3104 
 adest, 2232, (»S'.)290 
 adflent, 4378 
 adhibe, 826 
 adimet, 57 
 adimunt, 2429 
 adipe, 463 
 adipisci, 3585 
 adipiscitur, 1703 
 adire, 2697 
 aditum, 3151 
 aditus, 55, 870 
 adjiciant, 3560 
 adjungere, 3022, 3321 
 adjungas 2533 
 adjuro, 57 
 adjuvat, 4340 
 admirari, 2627, 2628 
 admiratio, 2223 
 admissi, 3995 
 aduionere, 62 
 adolescent, 3428 
 Y 
 
 adolescentem, 66 
 
 adolescentes, 945 
 
 adolescentiam, 1411 
 
 adolescentulis, 2787 
 
 adorantur, 2435 
 
 adornare, 68 
 
 adscriptus, 75 
 
 adspicit, 3356 
 
 adventus, 3871, (S.) 298 
 
 adulatio, 2232 
 
 aedes, 2436 
 
 ffidificat, 882 
 
 aedificium, 281 
 
 aeger, 678,2265,3171 
 
 aegrescit, 80 
 
 aegri, 81 
 
 aegritudo, (S.) 8 
 
 aegrotis, 1165 
 
 aegroto, 82, 3171 
 
 semulari, 3626 
 
 aemulatio, 83, (S.) 90 
 
 aequabat, 3667 
 
 aequitas, 1739 
 
 aequora, 4059, 4245 
 
 aer, 1050 
 
 aera, 4499 
 
 aere, 1113, 2348 
 
 acre, 398 
 
 aerugo, 1449, (S.) 9 
 
 aes, 92 
 
 aestuat, 3481 
 
 aetas, 95,196,2588, 2700, 
 
 3991, 4350, 4466 
 aevi. 334, 949, 2426, 3009. 
 
 3958 
 aevo, 100, 3464, 4148 
 sevum, 33, 1769, 1911, 
 
 3197,3738,4574 
 affabilitas, 596 
 afFabilite, 1937 
 afFanno, (//.) 3798 
 affectus, 764, (5.) 162 
 affici, 914 
 afficit, 2362 
 affinitas, (.9.) 194 
 afflari, 2479 
 afflatu, 2553 
 afflixit, 2936 (5.) 298 
 affulsit, 2200 
 age, (Lat.) 107, 1469, 
 
 (S.) 35 
 age, (Fr.) 527, 1868 
 ager, 2848, 4343 
 
482 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 agissent, 1941 
 
 agit, (Fr.) 2112, 2143, 
 
 3404 
 agit, (Lat) 2265, 2629, 
 
 3511, 4196, 4222,4433 
 agitant, 3366 
 agitare, 4384 
 agmen, 4377 
 agni, 3853 
 agnosco, 108 
 agnos, 25>s6 
 agnus, 109 
 agor, 3620 
 agricolae, 4347 
 agricolas, 2901 
 agris, 899, 901, 1214 
 agros, 3086, 3638 
 agrum, 720 
 agunto, 3576 
 aiguille, 533 
 ailes, 3731 
 aimer, 1963 
 aio, 4603 
 ait, 665, 4499 
 alas, 437 
 
 alea, 739, 1086, 1838 
 aleator, 119 
 alias, 125 
 alibi, 126 
 alimens, 2087 
 alimentum, 4541 
 aXeiaov, 539 
 alget, 310, 4513 
 alis, 142 
 alit, 1511, 4005, 4031, 
 
 4614 
 alitur, 143 
 
 allegate, (Span.) 145 
 alleviationem, 4221 
 allicit, 4505 
 alma, 147 
 
 altum, 2172, 4211, 4406 
 alvus, 261 
 ama, 2172 
 amant, (Lat.) 800, 2751, 
 
 (^.) 45, 182 
 amantes, 2329 
 amantium, 159 
 amar, (It.) 394 
 amare, 161, (^.) 14 
 amari, 2308 
 amas, 3384 
 
 amat, 333, 3428, (S.) 24. 
 amator, 4137 
 Ambages, 2180, (S.) 129 
 Ambagibus, 2593 
 ambulat, 2208 
 ambules, 2157 
 aniertumes, 2070 
 
 arnica, 179 
 
 amid, (It.) 909, 2314 
 
 amici, {Lat.) 78, 169, 170, 
 
 707, 875, 943, 2319, 
 
 2402,2720,3131,3209, 
 
 3729, 3995, 4284, 4503 
 amicis, 1055, 2533, 2733, 
 
 3476, 4321 
 amicitia, 168, 1068, 3443, 
 
 3932, 4066, Ull, (S.) 
 
 194 
 amici tiam, 3225, (S.) 
 
 254 
 amico, (Tt.) 394,996 
 amico, (Lat.) 387, 2602, 
 
 2617, 2636, 2935, 2941, 
 
 3654, 4104* 
 amicum, 12, 173, 175, 
 
 2533, 2576, 3550, (S.) 
 
 19 
 amicus, 176, 706, 900, 
 
 1513, 3443, 3550, (S.) 
 
 15 
 amiculus, 883 
 amitie, 1000, 2185 
 amittit, 182, 3463 (5.) 81 
 amisi, 196 
 amissio, (aS*.) 49 
 amne, 3805 
 amnes, 3734 
 amnis, 3738, 4574, (S.) 
 
 263 
 amo, 183, 2687,3305 
 amor, (It.) 3725 
 amor, {Lat.) 168, 184, 
 
 666, 846, 935, 942, 
 
 989, 1652, 1699, 2405, 
 
 2691,2824,2960,3443, 
 
 3602, 3693, 3749, 3950, 
 
 4146, 4279, 4490, {S.) 
 
 16, 35, 238 
 amore, {Ir.) 595 
 amore, (Lat.) 45, 316, 
 
 1642, 2008, 2889, (S.) 
 
 17 
 amorem, 865 
 amplectitur, 3543 
 amplexus, 169 
 ampliat, 191 
 amplificare, 3678 
 ampullas, 3312 
 avayKy, 192 
 anarchia, 2828 
 anathemata, 3947 
 anchora, 3968, 4396 
 anchoris, 930 
 ancora, {It.) 193 
 avdpojv, 2907 
 aneantit, 3717 
 
 angat, 2308 
 
 angit, 50. {S.) 132 
 
 angor, {S.) 69 
 
 anguillam, 198 
 
 anguille, 975, 1630 
 
 anguis, 199, 2001 
 
 angulo, 767 
 
 angustiis, 2591 
 
 anhelans, 1380 
 
 anima, {It.) 1910 
 
 anima, (Lat.) 82, 1468, 
 1490, 1822, (S.) 170 
 
 animse, 2885, 3328, (6',) 
 15 
 
 animal, 202, 1916, 1973, 
 3409 
 
 animam, 206, 4086 
 
 animi, 203.591, 627,764, 
 844, 968, 991, 1370, 
 2364, 2689, 2702, 3437, 
 3656,4291,4346,4435, 
 4466, 4580, 4615, (S.) 
 107 
 
 animo, 90, 204, 205, 206, 
 1775,1944,2214,2439, 
 2699, 3573, 3605, 4056, 
 4545, (^.) 48, 279 
 
 animos, 596, 780, 937, 
 1514,1712,3075,3321, 
 3704,3816,3896,4259, 
 4489^ 4504 
 
 animum, 207, 258, 568, 
 569, 642, 770, 896, 
 2667,2943.2961,3368, 
 3520, 3936, {S.) 23 , 
 299 
 
 animus, 209, 431, 772, 
 947, 1039, 1732, 1933, 
 2773, 3029, 4343, (S.) 
 179, 202, 206 
 
 annalium, 3256 
 
 anni, 956, 987, 2429 
 
 annis, 33, 587, 3932 
 
 anno, 24, 25, 217 
 
 annos, 701, 1357, 4578 
 
 annum, 2777, 3052, 4262 
 
 annus, 220, 221, 2848 
 
 antepono, 615 
 
 antiquitatem, 3870 
 
 anser, 272 
 
 av9po)7rot<n, 1343 
 
 avOpwTTog, 2864 
 
 ape, (//.)1978 
 
 Apella, 658 
 
 aperit, 231 
 
 apes, 234, 1262, 1517, 
 2502, 2763, 4282, 4345, 
 4377 
 
 aTTotpt^ojv, 489 
 
INDEX. 
 
 483 
 
 ApoUine, 2455 
 
 Apollo, 319, 2569, (S.) 
 
 1G7 
 apotre, 2188 
 apparent, 236 
 appellandum, 740 
 appellari, 3836 
 appetere, 3495 
 appetitus, 237 
 appingit, 793 
 appone, 3493 
 apponi, 2598 
 apportet, 2855 
 approsimino, (//.) 2017 
 apros, 980, 3409 
 aprum, 793 
 aptarit, 4352 
 aqua, 104, 178, 2130, 
 
 2423, 4364, (S.) 311 
 aqua fortis, 242 
 aquae, 244, 3624 
 aquam, 60, 1727* 2556, 
 
 (S.) 259 
 aquas, 154 
 aquila, 245 
 aquilone, 2851 
 aquis, 1825 
 ara, 2435 
 arare, 3008 
 aratra, 1517, 3867 
 aratro, 816, 1845 
 aratrum, 4031 
 arbiter, 248, 249, 250 
 arbitrio, 296, 561. 
 arbitrium, 2410, 3965, 
 
 4099, 4342 
 arbitror, 378 
 arbor, 4129, 4589 
 arbore, 251, 3160 
 arbores, 3294, 3332, 3847, 
 
 4036 
 arboribus, 4567 
 arbos, 2848, 3385 
 arbusta, 1811, 2752 
 arbutus, 3210 
 area, 3217, 3418 
 arcana, 253 
 
 arcanum, 254, 255, 256 
 arceo, 2894 
 arcessit, 664 
 arcessitur, 3105 
 apxn, 257 
 arco, {It.) 258, 1987, 
 
 1989 
 arcu, 1765 
 arcum, 258, 2569 
 arcus, 258, 2511, 3031 
 ardeat, 259 
 arde Hone, 778 
 
 fardet, 1778, 3336, 4253 
 ardor, 1893, (S.) 248 
 area, (5.) 123 
 arenae, (S.) 248 
 arescit, 263 
 argenti, 316, 3479 
 argento, 2893, {S.) 3 
 argentum, 2580, 4486 
 argilla, 266 
 arguit, 780, {S.) 268 
 argumentum, 267, 2242 
 argutiis, 2614 
 ariete, 4506 
 aris, 3288, 3348 
 api(TTtvfiv, 4224 
 arma, 274,275, 471,1336, 
 
 1768,1902,2563,3750, 
 
 3907, 3916, {S.) 21 
 armo, 803 
 arrident, 4378 
 arriscliia, {It.) 542 
 arriver, 2051 
 ars, 272, 278, 3551, 
 
 4278 
 art, 741 , 1924, 1995 
 arte, 119, 278, 639, 684, 
 
 2495, 2818, 3551 
 artem, 277, 2512, 3535, 
 
 3648, 4340 
 artes, 279, 1067, 1421, 
 
 1709, 3535, 3648 
 artibus, 1647, 1789, 1884 
 artifex, 2526 
 artifices, 2495 
 artis, 910, 1822, 2219 
 artus, 280, 718, {S.) 264 
 arvis, 4567 
 arvo, 989 
 arundiiie, 3969 
 asino, 281, 4401 
 asinus, 281, 1097 
 asperitatis, 4214 
 aspergunt, 1163 
 asperitas, 285 
 asperius, 286 
 aspernate, 1305 
 aspettare, {It.) 287 
 aspexit, 3541 
 aspice, 883, 3383 
 aspicere, 414 
 aspici, 4334 
 aspiciam, 3023 
 aspiciuntur, 2275 
 asello, 3000 
 assaisonne, 1927 
 assentatio, 4571 
 assentatorum, 615 
 assentior, 948 
 asseritur, 1382 
 y2 
 
 assibilat, 4589 
 
 assiduit^l, {It.) 289 
 
 assumpsit, 290 
 
 assuerit, 4352 
 
 astant, 3178 
 
 asto, 2845 
 
 astra, 292, 293, 300, 1373, 
 
 2815, 3883, (S.) 152 
 astrictus, 70, 294 
 astrum, 1459, 3793 
 astutia, 205, 4528 
 UTy, 978 
 athaei, \s.) 291 
 Athen£B, 1324 
 Athenis, 2391 
 atria, 2689 
 attendas, 1775 
 attentus, 74 
 attenuat, 4398 
 Attici, 93 
 attingat, {S.) 126 
 attingi, 4084 
 attollet, 4182 
 attiilit, 3593 
 aubaine, 926 
 auctor, 23, 305, 1456 
 auctore, 3888 
 auctorem, 1239 
 auctoritas, 3355 
 auctoritatis, 2710 
 audace, 37I6 
 audacia, 3323, 3601 
 audaciae, 2773 
 aiidacter, 308 
 aude, 310, 3764 
 audeas, 3395 
 audebit, 3513 
 audent, 3470 
 auderet, 3593 
 audet, 2499 
 audi, 314, 4265 
 audiat, 2574 
 audire, 316, 317 
 audis, (S.) 167 
 auditoris, 3576 
 autert, 1420, 2512, 4586 
 aufertur, 3583 
 augere, 833 
 augescunt, 638 
 augetur, (S.) 188 
 augurium, 2587 
 aula, 321, 327, 1112 
 aura, 324, 2842, 3518, 
 
 4329 
 aurae, 3520 
 
 auras, 134, 2353, 3426 
 aure, 1031, 2354, 4448 
 aurem, 869, 3816, 4329 
 aures, 2570, 4426 
 
4S4 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 auri, 329, 2689, 2699, 
 
 3479, 3484 
 auribus, 276, 328, 1097, 
 1485,2874,2879,3178, 
 4021, (S.) 208, 264 
 auriculae, 1348 
 auriga, 1313, 2690 
 auris, 1030 
 auro, 330, 3027, 3500 
 
 4418, 4419, 4486 
 auroram, 2963 
 aurum, 330, 331, 332, 333, 
 2750, 3174, 3784, 3893, 
 4486, (S.) 155 
 ausim, 2705 
 auspice, 2634 
 auspiciis, 2323 
 auspiciuu), 334 
 auto, (Span.) 341 
 autumno, 263 
 autumnus, 344 
 auxilia, 347 
 auxilio, 156, 2775 
 auxilium, 3226 
 avalanche, 348 
 avaler, 349 
 
 avaleur, 511 
 
 avance, 350 
 
 avanfous, 229 
 
 avanture, 891 
 
 avare, 2003 
 
 avarice, 2042 
 
 avaritia, 1217, 3323 
 
 avaritiae, 828, 1085 
 
 avaro, 4124 
 
 avarus, 351,1735,2824 
 
 a-vau-1'eau, 2071 
 
 avenir, 2065, 2121 
 
 Averni, 1167 
 
 avertat, 3577 
 
 avertere, 2942 
 
 avertite, 2962, (S.) 47 
 
 avs 358, 1557 
 
 aviendo, (Span.) 356 
 
 avis, (Fr.) 959, 1574, 
 2800 
 
 2i\\s,(Lat.) 95, 4592 
 
 avise, 359 
 
 avisers, 2068 
 
 avito, 360 
 
 avitus, 362 
 
 avium, 897 
 
 avocare, 3914 
 
 avocat, 404 
 
 avorum, 358, 1357, 
 2240 
 
 axe, 4455 
 
 ayde, 860 
 
 aymez, (Fr.) 361 
 
 B. 
 
 Bacchi, 3797, (S.) 130 
 
 Baccho, 3924, 4347 
 
 bacculinum, 271 
 
 bagatelle, 4573 
 
 bagatelles, 3673 
 
 bague, 512 
 
 bailler, 364 
 
 balla, (/f.)288 
 
 balle, 3269 
 
 barbam, 3767, 4034 
 
 basi, 93 
 
 basis, 365 
 
 bastardus, 366 
 
 Belisario, 755 
 
 bella, 372, 373, 2215, 
 
 3684 
 belli, 893, 2564, 2580, 
 3121, 3749, 4353,(5.) 
 238 
 bello, 395, 1122, 1251, 
 1720,2167,2377,2741, 
 2820, 3053, 3109, 4352 
 bellua, [S.) 28 
 bel'.um, 374, 1657, 1895, 
 1902, 2962, 3226, 3358, 
 3964, {S.) 181 
 
 benedicere, 3351 
 
 benefacere, 3351 
 
 benefacta, 68, 378 
 
 beiieficia, 380, 381, 382 
 
 beneficio, 383 
 
 beneficium, 384, 385 
 
 benignitas, 3773 
 
 benignitatis, 615 
 
 benefit, 410 
 
 benevolentia, 2282, 2830 
 
 benignus, 389 
 
 bestia, 3918 
 
 bibat, 2136 
 
 bibisti, 2213 
 
 bibit, 60 
 
 bibitur, 4419 
 
 ^itXiovy 2313 
 
 bibUoteca, {It.) 1910 
 
 bile, 475, 871, 1215 
 
 bills, 1687 
 
 ^lov, 4156 
 
 bipes, 202 
 
 bis, 392, 393, 395, 396 
 
 bisogna, {It.) 394 
 
 bisogno, {It.) 544, 557 
 
 bocca, (//.) 1661 
 
 Bseotum, 398 
 
 bona, 400, 401, 2731, 2963, 
 3100, 3676, 4089 
 
 boni, 407, {S.) 163 
 
 bonis, 399, 409, 410, 
 
 2731, 4089 
 bonitas, 3871 
 bono, 681, 3292 
 bonorum, 639, 981 
 bon-mot, 521 
 bons-mots, 890 
 bonum, 414, 3343, 4085 
 bornes, 3988 
 borsa, {It.) 371, 1567 
 bos, 417, 1154, 3008,4032 
 botte, 533 
 bouche, 411, 1610 
 boule, 3739 
 bourn, 3638 
 bout, 303, 304, 478 
 boutez, 418 
 boves, 1517 
 bovi, 753 
 bras, 478 
 brevitate, 1041 
 briguer, 2163 
 bruma, 1308 
 (3pviov, 146 
 buccia, (//.) 2017 
 buovi, (It.) 3854 
 Byron, 659 
 
 caballus, 3008 
 cachinnum, 3900 
 cacoethes, 423, 425, 426 
 cada, (Span.) 427 
 cadat, (S.) 212, 218 
 cadaver, 695 
 cadent, 2410, 3625 
 cadentis, 2554 
 cadere, 1283, 3875 
 cadis, 875 
 
 cadit, 428, 1490, 3313 
 cadunt, 1882, 2252,4354 
 cadus, (S.)306 
 caecorum, 368 
 Caesar, 338, 3254 
 Caesaris, 2669, 3367 
 calamity, (It.) 2028 
 calamitas, 212 
 calamo, 725 
 calcem, 18 
 calces, 626, 2470 
 calceus, 689, 4336 
 calesces, 21 
 calicem, 2226, 2425 
 caligat, 2921 
 caliginis, 2231 
 callet, 2757 
 calliditas, 2773 
 calor, 1819 
 caluisse, 2473 
 
INDEX. 
 
 485 
 
 camino, 2909 
 
 campi, 1640 
 
 campos, 432 
 
 campum, 4021 
 
 can, (It) 438 
 
 candor, 437 
 
 candide, 435, 436 
 
 cane, (It.) 540, 3725 
 
 canere, 225 
 
 canes, 439 
 
 canibus, 1640 
 
 canis, 730, 2002, 3542, 
 
 (S.) 30 
 canit, 1373 
 cantabat, 3346 
 cantabit, 440 
 cantantes, 441 
 cantare, 252, 2865, 2961 
 canthum, 4455 
 cantorJbus, 2961 
 cantu, 2298 
 cantus, 897 
 cap, 442 
 caper, f'^J 234 
 capere, 2840, (S.) 27 
 capiam, 3472 
 capias, 443, 444, 445 
 capillo, 3264 
 capillus, 4408 
 capistrum, 447 
 capit, 245, 960, 3450 
 capite, 18, (S.) 170 
 capitis, 446, 3540 
 capita, 4216 
 
 capitum, 3631, (S.) 28 
 capiunt, 2801,3075,4287, 
 
 (S.) 310 
 capo, (It.) 648 
 caprae, 2660 
 caprina, 155 
 capiat, 12 
 captivus, 3219 
 caput, 261, 449, 3664, 
 
 3799, 4369, (S.) 170 
 carats, 517 
 carbone, 671 
 carbonis, 4272 
 careat, 2937 
 carendo, 415 
 carent, 4591 
 caret, 327, 452, 500, 
 
 2378, 3361, 
 careto, 1824 
 carezza, (It.) 453 
 carezze, (It.) 550 
 carina, 3850 
 carinas, 196 
 caritas, 850, 3275 
 carmen, 4122 
 
 carmina, 1811, 2767, (S.) 
 
 31, 147 
 carmine, 2706, 4285, 4459 
 carpe, 454, 921, 3991 
 carpit, 3029 
 caro, 4015 
 carpitur, 4614 
 Carthago, 787 
 caruisse, 3770, 4509 
 casa, (S.) 60 
 caseus, 455, 457 
 cassis, 458 
 castigare, 461 
 castitatis, (S.) 180 
 castra, 292, 2600, 3412, 
 
 3641 
 castrant, 463 
 Castor, 462, 2939 
 casu, 477, 3746 
 casus, 464, 2319, 3137, 
 
 3162, 3408, 4352, (S.) 
 
 253 
 caterva, 2225 
 cathedra, 1098 
 Catonis, 2473 
 Caucasus, 3134 
 Cauda, 198, 4592 
 causa, (It.) 19, 537 
 causa, (Lat.) 141, 465, 
 
 503, 592, 1227, 1543, 
 
 1662,1757,2258,2619, 
 
 2814, 3871, 3845, 4068 
 causae, 3826, 3871, {S.) 
 
 271 
 causam, 389, 2261, 3799 
 causas, 2522, 3322, 3906, 
 
 4086, (^'.) 232 
 causidicus, 2432 
 causis, 470, 988, 4575 
 cautibus, 3134 
 cave, 4399, 
 caveat, 468, 2763 
 caveant, (S.) 102 
 cavendo, 469 
 cavendum, 470 
 cavere, 2324 
 cavet, 452 
 cavete, 4000 
 caveto, 12, 708, 2440, 
 
 3468, 3904 
 cavit, 2707, 4285 
 cecidere, 2410 
 cecidisset, 3935 
 cedamus, 2960 
 cedant, 471 
 cedat, 4550, ( S.) 35 
 cede, 472, 473, 2486 
 cedere, 1283 
 cedit, 707, 2614 
 y 3 
 
 cedite, 474 
 
 cedunt, 3174 
 
 celant, 4554 
 
 celare, 277, 631, 934, 
 
 I7O8 
 celat, 4047 
 censeri, 3487, 4030 
 censet, 883, 3920 
 censura, 756 
 census, 2375, 3287 
 cepit, 3379 
 cerebrum, (S.) 102 
 ceremoniis, 2467 
 cerere, 3924 
 cernis, 326 
 cernit, 495 
 
 cernitur, I76, 415, 968 
 cernunt, 674 
 certamine, 500 
 certaminibus, 3579 
 certant, 1372 
 certes, 4254 
 certiorari, 497 
 cervi, 1741 
 cervix, 261,3664 
 cervus, 500 
 cessare, 720 
 cessat, 503 
 cestus, 4245 
 character, 2677 
 charitatis, (S.) 272 
 charite, 528 
 charme, 1927 
 charta, 390, 2221, 2937 
 chartse, 3146 
 chartam, 2257 
 chartas, 3528 
 Charybdi, 111 
 Charybdim, 1664 
 chasse, 529, 1935 
 chat, 531 
 chatter, 461 
 chaussee, 264 
 chef d'oeuvre, 532 
 X£iX»?, 539 
 
 chemin, 306, 2189, 2979 
 chevalier, 533 
 chevaux-de-frize, 536 
 chiffies, 518 
 XtXcat, 539 
 chonca, 3957 
 chorda, 3712 
 chorus, 3797 
 chose, 509, 3271, 4423 
 Christi, 217 
 Christo, 3295 
 Christum, 3753 
 Christus, 4010 
 cibi, 4141 
 
486 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 cibum, 977, 3451,4377 
 cibus, 1413, 3580, (S.) 
 
 135 
 del, 114, 554 
 ciencia, (Span.) 555 
 cieux, 1970 
 cineres, 558, 3227 
 cineri, 1663,3861 
 cinis, 1134 
 circo, 3815 
 circulus, (S.)20^ 
 circumdare, 3385 
 circumspice, 3384, 3944 
 circumveniunt, 2433 
 citharse, 897 
 civem, 1323 
 
 cives, 3549, 3854, (S.) 40 
 civibus, 3302 
 civis, 1830 
 civitas, 561, 2222, (S.) 
 
 29 
 civitate, 3422, (S.) 139 
 civitatem, {S.) 157 
 civium, 1903 
 clamant, 955, 4487 
 clamat, 3799 
 clamo, 2525 
 clamor, 3299 
 clamorem, 562 
 clarescere, (5.) 192 
 classem, 196 
 claudicare, 564 
 claudo, 3879 
 clausum, 565 
 dementia, 3670 
 clericus, 3947 
 cleriim, 2009 
 diens, 3797 
 dunes, 3664 
 ccecus, 430 
 
 ccelis, 4014 
 
 coelum, 568, 697, 3024, 
 3856, 4210, 4587 
 
 ccelia, (5'.) 33 
 
 ccena, 1126 
 
 ccenam, 3048, 3237 
 
 coenarum, 2512 
 
 ccepit, 190,881, (^S".) 228 
 
 coepta, 2945 
 
 coepulatur, 3634 
 
 coercerent, 1323 
 
 ccetus, 571 
 
 cogi, 573, 4598 
 
 cogimur, 2927 
 
 cogit, 2137, {S.) 136 
 
 cogitant, 3366 
 
 cogitat, 389, 2424, 3780 
 
 cogitatio, 2362 
 
 cogitatione, 3437 
 
 cogitationem, 2234 
 
 cogitemus, 3402 
 
 cognitio, {S) 269 
 
 cognito, 3690 
 
 cognoscas, 45 
 
 cognosce, 2877, 3910 
 
 cognoverit, 2478, 4585 
 
 cognovi, 4349 
 
 cogor, 2852 
 
 cogunt, {S.) 11 
 
 cohabites, 3879 
 
 cohibe, 3212 
 
 cohibere, 1723 
 
 cohors, (,S.) 108 
 
 colas, 913, 3892,3911 
 
 cole, 837, 2803 
 
 colere, 139, 632 
 
 coli, 620 
 
 colimus, 2481, 2678 
 
 colia, 3384 
 
 coUes, 3183 
 
 coUigit, 251, 3661 
 
 collocaveris, 3940 
 
 coUoquia, 644 
 
 coUudere, 3661 
 
 colono, 2776 
 
 color, 4441 
 
 colorat, 1373 
 
 colore, 430, {S.) 304 
 
 colori, 2664 
 
 coloribus, 2421 
 
 colubrum, 574 
 
 colui, {It.) 193 
 
 columba, 2288 
 
 columbas, 756, 2724, 4381 
 
 columna, 839 
 
 columnae, 2311 
 
 columnis, 2381 
 
 comae, 2873 
 
 comaeda, 2476 
 
 comam, 1806 
 
 comedit, 2764 
 
 comedor, 3167 
 
 comes, 576, 585, {S.) 260 
 
 Comestor, 3167 
 
 cometam, 1666, (5'.) 70 
 
 comitantur, {S.) 293 
 
 comitas, 577, 596, 2414 
 
 comitatem, 4362 
 
 comitatus, 3222 
 
 commendam, 1668, 2612 
 
 commendat, -1601 
 
 commenta, 3005 
 
 commincia, ( If. ) 543 
 
 commissum, 256 
 
 comitem, 4467 
 
 committunt, 2434 
 
 commoda, 2173,4051 
 
 commodis, 968, 4043,411] 
 
 commoditatibus, 2436 
 commodum, 833, 2840 
 commune, {it.) 548 
 commutatio, {S.) To 
 compagno, (//.) 540 
 comparare, 4051 
 comparem, (S) 308 
 compassione, (It.) 2028 
 comperio, 982 
 compesce, 623, 961 
 compescere, 4543 
 compescitur, 4603 
 complenl, 234 
 compone, 950 
 componere, 316, 3939 
 componet, (,S'.)20 
 componitur. 590 
 compono, 600 
 compos, 593 
 compositum, 592 
 composui, 2926 ■' 
 
 compra, {It.) 544 
 conatibus, 696 
 conatu, 2238 
 concedat, 471 
 concedere, 682, 2158 
 concedit, 682 
 concedite, 1810 
 conceditur, 161, 818, 3615 
 
 concessio, 3369 
 
 conchylia, 2198 
 
 concidunt, 777 
 condliare, (^.)282 
 conciliat, 596 
 concipiunt, (S.) 157 
 
 conclamant, 291 
 
 conclamat, 3298 
 
 concoquit, 457 
 
 concretione, 1490 
 
 concubitus, 3645 
 
 concupieris, 3129 
 
 concurrunt, (S.) 40 
 
 condet, 3461 
 
 condidit, 767, 3418 
 
 condimentum, 4280, 4360 
 
 condit, 1442, I7I6 
 
 conditio, 719, 2321 
 
 condo, 600 
 
 conducat, {S.) 281 
 
 condunt, 2502 
 
 conferas, 3953 
 
 conferre, 2522 
 
 confessione, 4052 
 
 confidere, 2336 
 
 confido, 601 
 
 confinia, 4245 
 
 confirmat, 3005 
 
 confiteor, 602 
 
 confitetur, 3423 
 
INDEX. 
 
 487 
 
 conflictari, 2445 
 
 congrego, 2009 
 
 congressii, 3769 
 
 conjugiuni, 604 
 
 conjiinctio, 605 
 
 conjurat, 153 
 
 cynjux, 2656 
 
 connubia, 2335 
 
 conoscer, {It.) 5 
 
 conquiesco, 601 
 
 conscientia, 2457, 4261 
 
 conscientiae, 1698, 3437 
 
 conscire, 1448, 2630, 2694 
 
 conscript!, 3476 
 
 conseils, 743 
 
 conspjo, (Span.) 933 
 
 conseils, 2986 
 
 consensu, 2255, 2973 
 
 consensum, 981 
 
 consensus, 347, 608 
 
 consentire, 609 
 
 consequitur, 610 
 
 conservation, 526 
 
 consessere, 2311 
 
 considit, 1670 
 
 consili, 4545 
 
 consilia, 982, 1304, 2875 
 
 consilii, 1495, 2539 
 
 consilium, 612, 2131 , 2277, 
 3230,3341,3648,3884, 
 4252, 4413. {S.) 45 
 
 consistit, 4510 
 
 consocietur, 1770 
 
 consolatio, 583 
 
 consolations. 2074 
 
 consoler, 2051 
 
 consortis, 2815 
 
 conspexere, 3178 
 
 conspici, 3303 
 
 conspiratio, 598 
 
 constantia, 365, 4257 
 
 constantiam, 3199 
 
 constat, 1490, 2695 
 
 constant, 1412 
 
 constare, 4519 
 
 constet, 3388, 3862 
 
 constituit, 3589 
 
 constituitur, 2615 
 
 consuefacere, 613 
 
 consuescere, 46 
 
 consuetudine, 2234, 3188 
 
 consuetudinis, 4568 
 
 consuetudo, 403, 616, 617 
 
 consulere, 62, 3755 
 
 consulta, 4498 
 
 consulto, 3286 
 
 consultorem, 2561 
 
 consultori, 2277 
 
 consulueris, 3286 
 
 consume, 479 
 consument, 2087 
 consumere, 2560, 3353 
 consumerer, 1446 
 consumpsimus, 701 
 consumpsit, (S.) 93 
 consurgit, 63 
 conta, (li.) 538 
 contagia, 623. 3776, 4664 
 contaminat, 616 
 contemnere, 3554 
 contemni, 619. 620 
 contemnito, 3838 
 contemplari, 3868 
 contemplor, 3217 
 contempsisse, 2347 
 contendere, 627 
 contemnitur, 559 
 contente, (S.) 250 
 contentionis, (S ) 272 
 contexerit, 3606 
 continetur, 874, 1786 
 contingant, 2531 
 contingat, 683, 2568, 3502 
 contingere, 2459. 3563 
 contingit, 24, 57, 2697, 
 
 2742, 3600, {S.) 219 
 contingunt, 399 
 continuit, 4496 
 conto, (It.) 538 
 contrahes, 3650 
 contrario, (7i.) 3143 
 contredire, 629 
 contrefaire, 2147 
 contulerim, 2636 
 contulisse, 3458 
 conveniat, 689 
 convenientia, 3660, 3476 
 convenit, 917. 4196 
 conveniunt. 57,2691, 3748 
 convien, (It.) 5, 1989 
 convincere, 4361 
 conviva, 3333, 4550 
 convivatoris, 631 
 convivia, (S.) 131 
 con vi via, 2577.2660,3409 
 conviviis, 2136, 4102 
 convivium, 2688 
 copia, 3952, (S.) 200 
 coquettes, 2118 
 cor, 632, 647, 2393, 3312 
 corda, 3086 
 Corinthum, 2697 
 corio, 3542 
 cornicula, 2421 
 cornua, 753, 2288, 4436 
 corona, 40 
 coronat, 637 
 ^ corpora, 638, (S.) 262 
 Y 4 
 
 corpus, 641, 642, 643, 
 1397, 3029, 3520, 4352, 
 
 (S.) 7, 83 
 corpuscula, 2407 
 corrector, 4214 
 corrigere, 965, 2125 
 corruit, 3160 
 corrumpitur, 44-^15 — 
 corrumpunt, 644, (iS.) 83 
 corruptio, 645 
 corruptor, 2542 • 
 corso, (It.) 193 
 corticibus, 2502 
 corvis, 756 
 cosa, (It.) 148, 648 
 cose, {It.) 287, 912, 2130 
 couleuvres, 349 
 coup, 649, 650, 651, 4302 
 couronne, 21 12 
 courroux, 656, 3107 
 coutume, 664 
 crabones, 1820 
 crainte, 1966, 2046 
 crapula, 3190 
 eras, 657, 665. 701, 848 
 crastinum, 2552 
 creantur, 1379, 3365 
 crearat, 3604 
 creat, 1713 
 creavit, 1692 
 credas, 326, 2519, (S.) 
 
 144 
 credis, 558 
 credemus, 657 
 credere, 699, 2513, 2515, 
 
 2607, 3096, 3138, 4380 
 credite, 662 
 creditur, 664,3263 
 credo, 663, 3347, 4280 
 credula, 454 
 credunt, 1485, 2923, (S.) 
 
 221 
 creduntur, 2952 
 crepidam, 2592 
 crescere, 704 
 crescit, 94, 668, 1456, 
 
 4521 
 crescono, (/<.)2028 
 cret4, 671 
 Crete, (.y.) 37 
 creverunt, 672 
 crevit, 1332, 4067 
 crimen, 673, 1435, 2471, 
 
 2874,2916,3393,3780, 
 
 3799, (S.) 30 
 crimina, 674, 869, 2431 
 crimine, 675, 831, 3393 
 criminis, 3073 
 Crispinus, 974 
 
488 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 critique, 1924 
 croire, 19C0, 2134, 214? 
 crom-a-boo, (7r.) 676 
 cruce, 30, 2646, 4063, 
 
 4064, 4521, {S.) 186 
 crumena, 683, 3502 
 cruore, 3361 
 cruribus, 3969 
 crux, 679 
 cubitus, 4288 
 cucuUus, 680 
 cuirasse, 776 
 cul-de-sac, 700 
 culinse, 448. 4042 
 culmina, (S.) 307 
 culminis, {S.) 145 
 culpa, 470, 702, 724, 
 
 1448, 2562, 2631, 3362 
 culpabunt, 2657 
 culpam, 604, 623, 4561 
 culpare, 3362 
 cultores, 637 
 cultura, 943, 4343 
 cuor, (It.) 451 
 cuperes, 4350 
 cupiam, 2643 
 cupias, 2487 
 cupidinem, 2704 
 cupidines, 2204 
 cupidinibus, 3554, 3761 
 cupiditas, 2491 
 cupiditate, 2773 
 cupido, 672, 716, 3014, 
 
 3370, 3602, 4053, 4586 
 cupient, 2638 
 cupimus, 2673, 3006, 3474 
 cupressos, 2169 
 cura, 667, 721, 767, 1480, 
 
 2307, 2554, 2608, 3229, 
 
 3925, 4283, (5.) 262 
 cura, (^Span.) 555 
 curabis, 2521 
 curabit, (S.) 170 
 cuiant, 3366 
 curare, 558, 1933, {S.) 
 
 232 
 curarier, 3966 
 curatio, 719 
 cure, (7^.) 157 
 cures, 883 
 curet, (S.) 246 
 euro, 127, 3607 
 curras, 4455 
 currit, 3850 
 currunt, 568, 957 
 cursu, 708, 3563 
 cursus, (6'.) 166 
 cuspide, 40 
 custode, 1640 
 
 custodem, 3010 
 custodes, 3212 
 custodia, 1439, 2375 
 custoditur, (S.) 40 
 custos, 728, 729, 2282 
 cute, 69, 731 
 cutem, 730, 2743 
 cutis, 731, (S.) 74 
 cygno, 3639 
 
 da, 735, 749 
 dabatur, (^.) 38 
 dabis, 907, (S.) 205 
 dabit, 732, 3493,(aS'.)31 
 dabo, 1641 
 dabunt, 2469 
 daemon, 1498, (^.) 79 
 damna, 196, 736 
 damnant, 737 
 damnatur, 1878 
 damno, {S.) 51 
 damnorum, 175 
 damnum, 72, 702, 2464 
 Danaos, 4197 
 dapes, 745, 897 
 dapibns, 747, 3667 
 data, 750 
 Davus, 757, 1776 
 dea, 2886, (s.) i2 
 debat, 1571 
 debellare, 1421, 3050 
 debemus, 1404, 2761, 
 
 4354, 4367 
 debito, (7^) 490 
 debito, (LaO 1110 
 debitorem, 92 
 decebit, 2517 
 decede, 4577 
 decedunt, 262 
 decent, 3079, 4246 
 decence, 1926 
 deceptio, 762 
 decidit, 849 
 
 decidunt, 477, 3746, 4434 
 decima, 765 
 decipi, 3571 
 decipiatur, 3571 
 decipimnr, 766 
 decipit, 767 
 decipitur, 90, 3530 
 declamatores, (S.) 94 
 decora, 3781 
 decorat, 386 
 decori, 768, 4567 
 decoro, 2009 
 decrevi, 769 
 decrevit, 3585 
 decuit, 1362 
 
 decurrere, 1222 
 
 decus, 768, 1468, 1704. 
 
 2970, 3140, 4241, 4567 
 dedecet, 770 
 dedecus, 3148 
 dederant, 3604 
 dedere, 3897 
 dederis, 3424 
 dedimus, 771 
 dedit, 2396, 2478, 3024, 
 
 3665, 4033, 4585, (S.) 
 
 263 
 deduxit, 2699 
 deerat, (5.) 150 
 deerunt, (.S',) 255 
 deesset, 2591 
 deest, 4124 
 defendere, 2705 
 defendit, 12, 774 
 defenditur, 3337 
 defensoribus, 2775 
 deferor, 2827, 3614 
 defertur, 3583 
 defiance, 2791, (5.) 101 
 defice, 4262 
 deficiant, 3601,3955 
 defluit, 104, 777, 4574 
 defodiet, 3461 
 defuit, 1342 
 degenerant, 4568 
 deglubere, 408 
 Dei, 36, 109, 1881, 1882, 
 
 4611 
 dejicit, 3294 
 delatores, 3880 
 delectando, 2934 
 delectare, 342 
 delectatio, 2371 
 delectationem, 3347 
 delectu, 2967 
 deleo, 788 
 deliberamus, 946 
 deliberat, 789 
 delicias, (<S ) 95, 131 
 deliciae, 790 
 delicta, 602 
 delicti, 94, 641 
 deliramenta, 791 
 delirant, 792, 3453 
 deliratio, 3836 
 delphinum, 792 
 dementat, 3627 
 dementia, 3379, (5".) 165 
 demere, 3368 
 demi, 2079, 2294 
 demittere, 61 
 demittunt, 1774 
 demonstrant, 1418 
 demonstrare, 2825 
 
INDEX. 
 
 48y 
 
 demunt, 2689 
 
 denegatur, 3621 
 
 dens, 802 
 
 dente, 1955 
 
 Deo, 161, 472, 495, 804, 
 
 1756,2010,3300,3743, 
 
 3971, 4009 
 Deorum, 2757, 2942, (S.) 
 
 262 
 Deos, 300, 1484, 1778, 
 
 2409, 3907, 4348, 4543 
 depens, 3800 
 deponere, 865, 4095 
 d6p6t, 815 
 depravatur, 2263 
 deprome, 895 
 depromere, 600 
 depulit, 500 
 deputo, 4256 
 derelictio, 819 
 derelictui, 1403 
 deride t, 887 
 des, 687, 1665, 1705 
 descendere, 2540, 4370 
 descendimus, 4210 
 descendit, 52 
 deseruit, 3127, 3644 
 desideratum, 821 
 desiderio, 3540 
 desidia, 4560 
 desinant, 822 
 desine, 823 
 desinit, 824 
 desipere, 825, 938 
 desipit, 2450 
 desipiunt, 674 
 desperet, (5.) 215 
 destinaretur, 4109 
 desunt, 667, 827, 3412 
 detegit, 255 
 detto, (It.) 734 
 detrahere, 833, 2546 
 detrectare, 429 
 detur, 834, 835 
 Deum, 823, 837, 2009, 
 
 3128, 3814 
 Dens, 102, 293, 377, 667, 
 
 732, 753, 836, 839, 
 
 1437,2363,3032,3339, 
 
 3428,3577,3627,3743, 
 
 3842, 3877. 4053, 4262, 
 
 4398, (S.) 32 
 deveniat, 4467 
 devot, 959 
 dextrae, 150 
 di. 844 
 
 diable, 604, 2038, 4203 
 diadema, 2434 
 dibutte, {It.) 193 
 
 diaeta, 3955 
 
 die, 848, 851, (S.) 167 
 
 dicam, 845, 3828 
 
 dicant, 3167 
 
 dicas, 584, 3468, 4262 
 
 diceva, (//.) 909 
 
 dici, 2621, 3345, 4295, 
 
 4457 
 dicier, 299, 2657. 3352 
 dicimus, (S.) 298 
 dicite, 849 
 dicta, 1743, 3900 
 dictis, 888, 2557, 3256 
 dicto, 853 
 dictu, 2367 
 
 dictum, 853, 1381, 2622 
 dicunt, 3010 
 didicisse, 1709 
 didicisset, 1830 
 didicit, 772, 3476, 3516 
 dies, 738, 854, 858, 885, 
 
 1262, 1422, 2200 
 differ, 4262 
 differemus, 2823 
 differre, 3832, 4209 
 difficilis, 872, 873 
 difetti, {Ital ) 394 
 diffidenza, (Hal.) 1928 
 difformite, 514 
 difFugiunt, 875, 3877, 4488 
 digito, 299, 2352, 3352 
 digitos, 3180 
 digitus, (S.) 287 
 dignitas, 1168, (S.) 207 
 dignitate, 3033, (S.) 241 
 dignitatem, 3870 
 dignitates, 4485 
 dignoscere, 2963, 3100 
 digressu, 3398 
 dii, 877,1832,2311, 2469, 
 
 3439, 3958, 4545, (S.) 
 
 47 
 diis, 878,3412, (S.) 153 
 dilabuntur, 599, 1670, 
 
 2264, (S.)2^3 
 diligat, 434 
 diligentiam, 3626 
 diligere, 1383 
 diligimus, 880 
 diligit, 327, 2654 
 diluvio, 1785 
 diluxisse, 1782, 2920 
 dimidium, 881 
 dimittitur, 843 
 dio, (It.) 556 
 dir, (It.) 371 
 diruit, 882 
 discaiit, 1680 
 disce, 379,675, 883, 1152 
 \ 5 
 
 discedat, 2136 
 discedi, 1678 
 discere, 722, 2522 
 disces, 564, 3879 
 disceisit, 500 
 discimus, 2599, 3180 
 discipiina, (.V.) 162, 200 
 discipulus, 885 
 discit, 887 
 discitur, 2858 
 disco, 1429, 2732 
 disconvenit, 3481 
 discordant, 99 
 discordia, 599, (5.) 158 
 discrepat, 2183 
 discrepant, 888 
 discrimina, 3162 
 discrimine, 2967, 3875, 
 
 4248, 4254 
 discunt, 1486 
 discutere, 889 
 disjice, 893 
 dispositio, 1282 
 dissimulare, 3521, (S.) 
 
 267 
 dissimulation, 1929 
 dissimulator, 698 
 dissipahtur, 102 
 dissipatur, 2611 
 dissipe, 1982 
 dissipo,.1329 
 dissolve, 895 
 dissolvit, 3726 
 distant, 4499 
 distat, 2260, 3103 
 distinguimur, 2922 
 distrain, 4279 
 distrahit, 896 
 distringas, 898 
 distrinxi, 2706 
 ditavit, 3773 
 diuturnitatis, 2282 
 dives, (S.) 40, 72 
 divide, 903 
 divis, 3150, 3466 
 diviti£e, 905, (A.) 48, 283 
 divitiarum, 906, (5.) 49 
 divitias, 2439, 4067 
 diviiiis, 1821, 2970 
 divos, 886, 2552 
 divum, 2233, 3593 
 dixerici, 1714, (6'.) 138 
 dixero, 907 
 dixerunt, 3132 
 dixi, (S.) 222 
 dixit, 1808, 2539, 4106 
 dobbiamo, (//.) 909 
 docere, 3167 
 doces, 3181 
 
490 
 
 U?JDEX. 
 
 docet, 999, 2427, 3567 
 
 docetur, 3477 
 
 doctoris, 3362 
 
 doctrina, 911, 4342, 4530 
 
 doctrinae, 791 
 
 docuere, 2322 
 
 docuit, (S.) 10 
 
 dolet, 3196, 3876 
 
 doli, 913, 2622 
 
 dolium, 1743 
 
 dolor, 833, 1059, 2131, 
 
 2969, 3211, (S.) 126 
 dolore, 914, 999, 4003 
 dolorem, 1691, 4093, (S.) 
 
 44 
 dolori, 692 
 dolus, 915, 916 
 doiTiat, 1384 
 domet, 2517 
 domicilium, (S.) 50 
 dominatus, 1251 
 domini, 218. 918, 1791, 
 
 2699, 2881, 3470 
 domino, 1 74, 633 
 dominum, 500, 1123,2169 
 dominu , 919, 2360, 2670 
 domitrix, (S.) ^2 
 domura, 3667, 3838, 3997 
 domus, 920, 1357, 1711, 
 
 1763,2116,2335,2699, 
 
 3318,3711,3792,3808, 
 
 4460, (S.)U7, 228 
 dona, 921, 4197 
 donat, 1069, 1420, 3304, 
 
 4388, 4424 
 donaveris, 2570 
 donis, 1450, 1467 
 donum, 3604, 4484 
 dormire, (It.) 287 
 dormire, (Lat.) 3421 
 dormitabo, 2266 
 dormitat, 138 
 doimitur, 3829 
 dote, 4388 
 dotem, 2704 
 dottor,(/^.)4401 
 dubita, (//.) 5i6 
 dubium, 3940 
 ducas, 2649 
 ducat, 1121 
 duce, 807, 1273,2634 
 ducere, 222, 3023, 3697 
 duci, 3992 
 ducit, 201, 935. 1805, 
 
 2583, (S.) 55, 148 
 duco, 2245, 2466 
 ducum, 1279 
 dulcedine, 2583, 2584 
 duole, {It.) 1955 
 
 duplicas, 3977 
 durat, 4006 
 duree, 554, 1931 
 dux, 967 
 Dwy, (Welsh.) 4616 
 
 e, (IL) 3822, 3837 
 
 e, (Span.) 34}0 
 
 eau, 531,971 
 
 ebbe, (It.) 9T2 
 
 ebrietas, 255, 3482 
 
 ebrietatem, 889 
 
 ebrio, 11 
 
 ebur, 2701 
 
 ecce,701,973, 974 
 
 ecclesia, 3300 
 
 e haude, 531 
 
 echauffe, 475 
 
 echauffer, 3800 
 
 Echo, 2685 
 
 eclipse, 3449 
 
 ecus, 507 
 
 edax, 4165 
 
 edicta, 590 
 
 edisti, 2213 
 
 educat, 4174 
 
 edulia, 2764 
 
 effectus, 503, 4068 
 
 efferri, (S.) 138 
 
 efficit, 1451 
 
 effluunt, 2484 
 
 effodiuntur, 976 
 
 effuderit, 1308 
 
 effugere, 2761, 2896 
 
 efFugito, (S.) 286 
 
 effundas, 2556 
 
 egaux, 1936 
 
 egerit, 701 
 
 egestas, 2702, 4438 
 
 eget, 156, 1765, 2775. 
 
 3824 
 eyyva, 978 
 eglise, 1353 
 egressu, 3154 
 elaborare, 4367 
 elatio, 968 
 elegantia, (S.) 260 
 elegantiarum, 249, 3022 
 elegantiis, 2436 
 elementa, 1775 
 eliciebantur, 3880 
 elige, 992 
 eXKtat, 146 
 eloge, 4234 
 eloquence, 2034 
 eloquentiae, 377^ 
 elucet, 994 
 
 emendat, 1153 -'» 
 
 emere, 998, 2618 ;' 
 
 emergere, 2568 
 emergunt, 1427 
 emit, 2939 
 
 emo, 984, 3998 
 
 emollit, 1709 
 
 emolumento, 407 
 
 emuntur, 1775 
 
 riv, 4185 
 
 encens, 2120 
 
 enfilade, 1008 
 
 enigme, 2050 
 
 ennui, 2055, 2056, 2123 
 
 ennuyer, 2083 
 
 enrichir, 3200 
 
 ensis, 897 
 
 entendre, 1963 
 
 envie, 1963, 2046, 2060, 
 2102, 2146, 3715 
 
 ephebis, 1102 
 
 ephippia, 3008 
 
 epingles, 243 
 
 episcopari, 2684 
 
 epistola, 3359 
 
 epularum, 3377 
 
 equaglia, {It.) 185 
 
 eques, 1029, 1246, 2497. 
 {S.) 80 
 
 equipage, 3732 
 
 equis, 462, 1313, 1640 
 
 equitem, 500, 3229 
 
 equitis, 1031 
 
 equos, 1889, 3664, 3867 
 
 equum, 500, 1246, 2881 
 
 erigere, 764 
 
 eripiam, 2921, 4592 
 
 eripuit, 1032 
 
 errantem, 1033 
 
 errare, 1487, 4409 
 
 errat, 609, 1068, 2208 
 
 erreur, 1922 
 
 erro, 2730, {S.) 252 
 
 error, 158, 2345, 2755,3906 
 
 errorem, (s ) 252 
 
 errori, (/^.) 149 
 
 errori, {Lat ) 4411 
 
 erroris, 2963 
 
 erubuit, 3969 
 
 eruditorum, 981 
 
 erudit, {S.) 203 
 
 esclave, 2073, 3503, 4324 
 
 esperance, 2109, (5.) 250 
 
 espoir, 1867 
 
 esprit, 515, 524, 527, 
 1865, 1908, 1929, 1962, 
 2085, 2087, 2092, 2103, 
 2114,2122,2842,3404, 
 4121, 4235,4312, 4317 
 
INDEX. 
 
 491 
 
 esse, passim 
 esser, (//.) 5, 113 
 est, {edit) 3368 
 estime, 1631, 1908 
 6tablir, 3251 
 etat, 743, 2069, 2992 
 Strangers, 2060 
 etre, passim 
 Eumenides, 2759 
 Europam, 1342 
 evadere, 1167 
 evadet, 2656 
 evenire, 3671 
 evenit, 3489, 3671 
 eventa, 3826 
 eventis, 1468, 3402 
 evita, 4195 
 evitare, 1664 
 eviva, {Ital.) 1156 
 excavant, 244 
 excellence, 2135 
 excellentia, 994 
 exceptio, 1099 
 excerpta, 1101 
 excessit, 3456, (S.) 63 
 excidit, 2237, 4257 
 excipitur, 2611 
 excitari, 1104, 2479 
 excitat, 3645 
 excitunl, (S.) 5 
 exclusa, 1106 
 excoluere, 1794 
 excusal, 1650 
 excusatio, 108 
 excutiat, 1270 
 excutiant, (6'.) 182 
 exeat, 1112, 2491 
 exegi, 1113 
 
 exempla, 1485, 3688, 4412 
 exemplar, 3697 
 exemplis, 1879,2952,4214 
 exemplo, 1114, 1115,3198, 
 
 3895, 4570, (S.) 157 
 exeiuplum, 590, 1405, 
 
 2515, 2629, 4244 
 exequiarum, 719 
 exerceat, 3394 
 exercentur, 1731 
 exercet, 2453, 4038 
 exeicitus, 1273, 2720 
 exercuit, 1648 
 exhausit, 4130 
 exilio, 3880 
 exilium, 3339 
 exires, 194 
 existence, 2162 
 existimetur, 4252 
 existimo, 1057^ 4362 
 
 exit, 190, 4364, {S.) 60 
 exitio, 1125, (.9.) 31 
 exitium, 989, 1686, 3148 
 exitum, 1459 
 eKoxvv* 1907 
 exoptat, 3626 
 exorare, 3433 
 exornat, 3051 
 expectat, 2347, 3738, 4574 
 expectatio, {S.) IT 5 
 expectatione, (S ) 8 
 expedivit, 3547 
 expectent, 714 
 expectes, 2 
 expellas, 2482 
 expellet, 3319 
 experiar, 1134 
 experientia, 999, (S.) 10 
 experimentum, 1135 
 experiri, 2950 
 expert us, 1137 
 expetas, 4458 
 expetivi, 57 
 expetuntur, 1138 
 expiare, 2215 
 explicat, 4249 
 explorant, 1139 
 exploraveris, 2533 
 expositio, 621 
 expostulet, 614 
 expressio, 1141 
 exprobatio, {S.)284 
 expugnet, 2608 
 expulit, 3319 
 expulsio, 2032 
 exsolvi, 381 
 extat, 1183, 2856 
 extendere, 1066, 4027 
 extinguereut, 2675 
 extinguitur, 3455 
 extinguuntur, 638 
 extis, 1458 
 extollor, 8I7 
 extrema, 1146 
 extremites, 2076, 3762 
 exue, 1826,2335, 4169 
 exuerint, 1150 
 exul, 3095 
 exules, 4005 
 
 F. 
 
 fa, (Tt ) 195, 638, 550 
 fabse, 2464 
 fabas, 1157 
 fabellas, 499, 1347 
 faber, 1158, 1250 
 Y 6 
 
 fabis, 15 
 
 fabula, 2263, 2462, 3491 
 
 fac, 3551 
 
 facere, 613, 1665, 3193, 
 
 3486, 3532, (A.) Ill 
 faces, 3750 
 facetiae, 284, (,5.) 22 
 facetiariim, 1160 
 facie, 3174, 3276 
 facies, 1161, 1274, 3C64, 
 
 3945, 4434 
 facilitas, (S.) 89 
 facilta, (/^) 289 
 facinoris, 1822 
 facinorum, 2275 
 facinus, 1169, 1197,2464 
 fafon, 1170, 4306 
 facultas, (6'.)150 
 facultates, 2412 
 facundiae, 1172 
 faim, 117, 1925 
 Falernum, 3779 
 fallacia, 1180,3927 
 fallaciae, 1731 
 fallere, 1654, 2730, 3513, 
 
 3548 
 fallit, 1182, 2451, 3514, 
 
 4272 
 fallitur, 96, 1183 
 fallunt, 1123, 2409 
 faraa, 683, 740, 969, 1462, 
 
 2853,2970,3502, 3901, 
 
 4402, (^.) 173 
 famse, 606, 1186. 2253, 
 
 2381, 2390, 3703, 38a8 
 famam, 12, 1822, 2366 
 
 2955, 4027, 4373 
 fame, 1997, {S.) 258 
 fames, 329, 667, 1157, 
 
 2267,2427,2441,3484 
 familias, 2299, 3085 
 familiaritates, 2936 
 famulatur, (S) T2 
 fanatisme, 4235 
 fano, 2596 
 fantome, 522 
 far, {Ital) 1100 
 tard, 1926 
 fare, 1189 
 
 farebbero, (r/rt/.)3798 
 fari, 1191,3502 
 farina, 2714, 3047 
 farinam, 3508 
 farrago, 1192,3452 
 fas, 591,1193,2510,3003, 
 
 3133, 3339, 3956 
 fascinat, 2586 
 fastidit, 3983 
 
492 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 fastidium, 3953 
 
 fastigia, 1120,2226 
 
 fata, 751,823, 1195, 119G, 
 
 1318,2647,3081,3575, 
 
 3612, 3613, (S.) 62, 
 
 53, 257 
 fatebitur, 4128 
 fateri, 602, 2498 
 fatetur, 1197,2396 
 fati, 2582, (S.) 72 
 fatigas, 3465 
 fatigatio, 2362 
 fatiscat, 3180 
 fatiscet, 1285 
 fato, 2434, (.9.) 116 
 fatta, (It.) 648 
 fatto, (it.) 734 
 faucibus, 2873 
 faut,578, 743,1482,1611, 
 
 1979 
 faute, 1623, 1922, 4237 
 fautor, 2568 
 favete, 1198, 3020 
 faveur, 1936 
 favor, 1450 
 favorem, 3187 
 favorise, 2118 
 favoriti, (Jf.) 1544 
 favos, 234, 2763 
 fax, 1199 
 fe, (Span.) 341 
 febres, 2699 
 febrium, (S.) 108 
 fece, (7^)2480 
 fecerat, 3934 
 fecere, 1084, 1265, 1794, 
 
 3538 
 feceris, 2, 387, 3362, 3495, 
 
 4382 
 fecerunt, 844 
 feci, 1517, 4281 
 fecimus, 1070, 2468 
 fecisse, 387, 883, 1349, 
 
 2517, 3028 
 fecit, 691, 840, 1315, 
 
 1740,2436,3173,3563, 
 
 3740 
 fefellit, 2523 
 feint, 4606 
 fel, 2320 
 felicitas, 1043, 1202, 1203, 
 
 3668, (S.) 233 
 felicitate, 1043, 3642 
 felicitates, 2231 
 felicitati, 868 
 felicitatis, 1701 
 felicite, 2024 
 fdle, 1730 
 
 felo, 1207 
 
 femme, 654, 1208, 1209, 
 
 2029 
 femmes, 1951,1971,2049, 
 
 2088, 2089, 2096, 3762 
 femmina, (It.) 371 
 ferae, 1209 
 ferai, 3908 
 ferar, 2778 
 feras, 170, 433, 3950, (S.) 
 
 27 
 ferat, 1748, 3045, 3488 
 feremus, 3605, 4386 
 ferendo, 2970, 4101 
 ferendurn, 2054 
 ferent, 812, (^.) 1^9 
 ferentes,4191 
 fereris, 1215 
 
 feres, 2738, (S.) 220, 253 
 feret, 3304, 3412, 3469, 
 
 3605, 4044 
 feretur, 2969 
 feriam, 4070 
 feriat, 2511 
 ferions, 2524 
 ferit, 2363, 4021 
 ferme, 1212 
 fero, 1477 
 ferre, 379, 875, 933, 1213, 
 
 1692,2499,2758,3179, 
 
 3788, (S.) 247 
 ferret, 3434 
 
 ferri, 3549, 3749, (5.) 238 
 ferro, 623, 720, 807, 2776, 
 
 {S.) 209 
 ferrum, 1331, 1694, 1847, 
 
 3128 
 fers, 3587, (.S-.) 220 
 fert, 151, 1732, 1733, 
 
 2943, 3743, 4044, (S.) 
 
 71 
 fertilior, 1214 
 fertis, 1517, 4687 
 ferto, 1215 
 
 fertur, 1313, 2128, 2843 
 ferula, (S.) 266 
 ferunt, 620, 1456, 2429, 
 
 3746 
 fervet, 1217, 1218 
 fegsis, 834 
 festa, 2009 
 festina, 1219 
 festinare, 1220 
 festinas, 3368 
 festinat, 1222, 3127 
 festinaiio, 1221 
 festins, 2090 
 festivitas, 2064 
 
 fete, 1223 
 
 feu, 1338 
 
 feux, 1019, 3716 
 
 fiance, 1003 
 
 fiant, 3955 
 
 fias, 851,2301 
 
 fiat, 1224, 1225, 1226 
 
 fictil bus, 2808 
 
 fidate, (7/.) 2722 
 
 fide, 204, 226, 383, 400, 
 
 1119, 1229,1230,1231, 
 
 1237 
 fidei, 1232, 3418 
 fidelitatis, 1509 
 fidelite, 1235 
 fidem, 699, 1083, 1238, 
 
 2780, 3463, 3858, 3941 
 fides, 330, 1239, 1240, 
 
 1409, 1434, 1901, 2815, 
 
 2863, 2879, 3102, 3140, 
 
 3354, 3641, 3784, 3861 
 fido, 677 
 fie, 1855 
 fiet, 2939 
 figuras, 3151 
 filii, (S.) 68 
 filius, 366, 1243 
 findit, 1447 
 finem, 1246, 3349, 3696, 
 
 4297 
 fines, 1048, 2785 
 fingere, 12 
 finis,278, 639, 1105, 1247, 
 
 1721,2270, 2439, 3390 
 finisce, (7/.) 543 
 finitimos, 1778 
 finxere, 3888 
 fio, 420 
 
 fiume, {It.) 149, 193 
 flagello, 2590 
 flagitia, 3165 
 flamma, 111, 977, 1254, 
 
 3451 
 flare, 1255 
 flatterie, 3938 
 flebit, 1258 
 fleche, 1259 
 flectere, 1260 
 flecti, 823. 1201 
 flectit, 1590 
 flectitur, {S.) 85 
 flere, 1059, 3963 
 fletus, 1416 
 fleur, 306, 4309 
 fleuris, 1012 
 fleuve, 3717 
 florebit, 1677,4515 
 florent, 4354 
 
INDEX. 
 
 493 
 
 flores, 945, 4377, (S.) 12 
 
 floribus, 230«, 2770 
 
 flosculus, 1222 
 
 flos, 4482 
 
 floscuH, 4433 
 
 flotte, 1939 
 
 fluit, 2753, 4482, {S.) 202 
 
 flumina, 1264, 1558, 3734 
 
 fluctuat, 1700 
 
 fluctibiis, 3630 
 
 fluctus, 181 7. 2336, 3569 
 
 flute, 494, 1009 
 
 fluunt, 3884 
 
 fluviis, (S.) 259 
 
 foedera, 2727, 4589 
 
 foenote, 901 
 
 fcemina, 2208,2258, 2814, 
 3868, 4403, {S.) 24 
 
 foiblesse, 1940 
 
 foin, 533 
 
 folia, 4W54 
 
 folic, 513 
 
 follibus, 134 
 
 fons, 3796 
 
 font, 2012, 2037, 2074, 
 2090, 2108, 2120 
 
 fonte, 104, 1083, 1474, 
 2308 
 
 fontes, 1446 
 
 force, 1940, 2795 
 
 foribus, 1711 
 
 foris, 1411 
 
 forma, 1697, 2405, 2675, 
 3671, 4491 
 
 formam, 1271 
 
 format, 1272, 3112, 4214 
 
 forme, 491 
 
 formica, 3895 
 
 formicse, 1513 
 
 formidat, 1407 
 
 fortiori, 105 
 
 fortitudine, 3139 
 
 fortuna, 200, 288, 307, 
 639, 706, 810, 866, 
 1057,1293,1357,2157, 
 2228, 2241, 2363, 2378, 
 2426, 2503, 2538, 3454. 
 3646,3662,3904,3961, 
 4002,4096.4101,4351, 
 4364, 4582, {S.) 66, 93, 
 289, 309 
 
 fortuna, {Span.) 3410 
 
 fortune, 521, 566, 630, 
 1912, 1982, (S.) 250 
 
 forura, (5.) 127 
 
 forza, (It.) 3182 
 
 foveam, 467 
 
 fovere, 574 
 
 foy, 1302, 4194, 4326 
 
 fovet, 1294, (5.) 66 
 
 frangere, 1080 
 
 frangi, 1261 
 
 trango, 1329 
 
 f rap per, 629 
 
 frater, 3476 
 
 fraudem, 4259 
 
 fraus, 1306, 2320 
 
 fregisse, 2776 
 
 fregit, 212, 565 
 
 fremitu, 3183 
 
 fremunt, 1307 
 
 frequentia, 2392 
 
 frigora, 1308 
 
 frigus, 895 
 
 frcenum, 500 
 
 fronte, (//.) 1944, 3798 
 
 fronte, (/.«/.) 106, 1846 
 
 fronti, 1309 
 
 fruges, 1310, 3353 
 
 frui, 129,191,1822,2817, 
 
 3011 
 frumenti, (S ) 123 
 fudit, 4285 
 
 fuga, 707, 3106, {S.) 196 
 fugam, 1315 
 fuge, 1317, 3493 
 fugere, 709, 1316, 4509 
 fugge, (7^.) 195 
 fulget, 945, 4516 
 fulgore, 2723 
 fulmen, 422 
 fulgura, 1329, 3746 
 fumo, 748, 2712, 2723 
 fumos, 1326 
 fumum, 1327, 2723 
 fundus, 362, 820, 2699 
 funera, 1329, 4584 
 fungar, 1330, 1331 
 fungi, 4067 
 fungus, 4133 
 funiculum, (S.) 305 
 funus, 4251, (S.J 183 
 furere, 2489 
 furor, 1335, 3089, 3549, 
 
 3752 (^.)39 
 furore, 2943 
 furoris, 4242 
 futuri, 3895, 4008, 4352 
 
 G. 
 
 gagn6, 481 
 
 gaileggiano, (7^) 2130 
 gallina, (//!.) 997 
 gallina, (Lat.) 4592 
 gambe, (It.) 545 
 ya/tiot:, 1343 
 Gangem, 1342, 2963 
 
 garants, 1971 
 
 garde fou, 1345 
 
 garrit, 499, 1347 
 
 gaudebat, 1558 
 
 gaudent, 1348 
 
 gaudet, 1349, 1640 
 
 gaudia, 1031 
 
 Gaulois, 1351 
 
 gazse, 2709 
 
 geant, 229 
 
 yeXwf, 1352 
 
 gemelli, 3118 
 
 gemitum, 951 
 
 gemmas, 4249 
 
 yevtT], 2907 
 
 genera, {It.) 289 
 
 genere, 1332 
 
 generi, 1409, 2208, 2396, 
 
 3471 
 genius. .3793 
 gens, 2073, 2091, 2101, 
 
 2579, 2800, 3107. 3404 
 gentium, 1894,2563, 3589 
 genu, I673 
 genuit, 1342, 3134 
 genus, 1069, 1264, 1357, 
 
 1358. 1538 
 geometriam, 4345 
 gerimus, 1057 
 gerit, 730 
 gero, 2564 
 gestus, 3316 
 getlasi, (//.) 193 
 giorni, {ft.) 972 
 glace, 37I6 
 gladiator, 1360 
 gladium, 2558 
 gladius, 3190 
 gloire, 306, 742 
 gloria, 693, 906, 1325, 
 
 1361,2671,3227,3473, 
 
 3623, 3665, 3890, 3935, 
 
 4146, {S.) 70 
 glu, 1571 
 gorge, 1365 
 gout, 1367, 1433, 2033, 
 
 2055, 4235, 4312 
 grace, 649, 923, 1010, 
 
 2524 
 Gracchos, 3564 
 gradire, (//.)287 
 gradu, 1368 
 gradum, 1 167 
 Grasc'vd, 1369 
 Graecorum, 1370, 2136 
 Graeculus, 1371 
 grammatici, 1372 
 Graii, 474 
 gramen, 263 
 
494 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 gramina, 1725 
 
 gramine, 1640 
 
 grandeur, 1946 
 
 gratia, 381,683,850, 1115, 
 1375,1688,2410,2759, 
 3260, 3502,3911,4484 
 
 gratulor, 1383 
 
 grex, 1390, {S.) 203 
 
 guadagna, {It.) 542 
 
 guarda, (//.) 1393 
 
 guerre, 1354, 1394 
 
 yvvT], 2210 
 
 gustus, 1775 
 
 gutta, 1396 
 
 Gyaris, 310 
 
 gyrat, 3894 
 
 H. 
 
 habenas, 1313 
 haeredis, 1416 
 hseres, 739, 795, 1417, 
 
 3153, 3319 
 haeret, 1419 
 halcyone, 3154 
 hamo, 727 
 hamum, 467 
 haro, 1424 
 haurire, 354 
 hausimus, 1342 
 hebescere, 1104 
 herba, 199, 2001, 2816, 
 
 3966, {S.) 278 
 herbam, 1819 
 herbas, 1458 
 Herculem, 1133 
 Hercules, 2528 
 heros, (Lat.) 1776 
 h6ros, (Fr.) 575, 2018 
 hijo, {Span.) 427 
 hirudo, 2743 
 hirundo, 4299 
 historiae, 1468 
 hoc, 1469 
 homine, 1496, 1713, 1830, 
 
 2974 
 honiinem, 1481, 1790 
 homines, 45, 57, 293, 383, 
 
 433, 1211, 2311, 2640, 
 
 2737, 3188, 3366, 3452, 
 
 3589, 3633, 4102, 4259, 
 
 4366, 4436, {S.) 64, 
 
 225 
 homini, 211, 1482, 1492, 
 
 2697, 3490, 3670, 4295, 
 
 {S.) 48, 71, 281 
 hominis, 500, 833, 1282, 
 
 1487, 1654, 2576, 2698, 
 
 3035, 3608 
 homniuge, 2149 
 
 homo, 67, 226, 339, 973, 
 1489, 2447, 2469, 2804, 
 3448, 3825, 3927, 4331, 
 4355, 4566, (5.) 79, 
 119, 176 
 
 honi, 1507 
 
 honor, 1509, 1511 
 
 honora, 1508 
 
 honores, 1517,3165, 3840, 
 3554, 3766 
 
 honorum, 1461 
 
 honos, 1292, 2410, 4541 
 
 hora, 2205, 2355, 3466 
 
 hor«,921, 1512,2595 
 
 horrea, 1513, 3499 
 
 horror, 1514 
 
 hortus, 1516 
 
 hospes, 2827, 3476, 3557, 
 3614, 3616 
 
 lioste, {It.) 538 
 
 hoste, {Lat.) 500, 915, 
 1193,3306 
 
 hostem, 1323, 1815 
 
 hostis, 1518, 3349, 3432 
 
 hotel, 1519, 1520 
 
 humani, 1524 
 
 humanitatem, 1067 
 
 humanum, 1525 
 
 humum, 50, 3661 
 
 hydrops, 669 
 
 hyems, 4440 
 
 hymaeneus, 2759 
 
 vcFTspov, 1526 
 
 I. 
 
 larpog, 146 
 bis, 1528, 1729 
 bit, 1371, 1513 
 ictu, 333 
 dee, 491 
 ignem, 21, 1699 
 ignes, 1663 
 ignis, 178, 1847 
 ignorantiam, 268 
 ignorasset, 1830 
 ignorez, 784 
 Ignoscere, 1188 
 lUatio, 1 
 
 magination, 2161 
 imago, 1408, 2446 
 mbre, 1836 
 mitaberis, 266 
 imminuit, 738 
 immoritur, 1642 
 immutari, 45 
 impediunt, 1411 
 impellit, 1272 
 mpendere, 1094 
 rapendio, 2665 
 
 impera, 903 
 
 imperatore, {It.) 2028 : 
 
 imperat, 208, 211, 45d, 
 
 1644, 1889, 2535 
 imperia, 961, 1412, 1645, 
 
 1799 ; 
 
 imperii, 253, 2255 
 imperio. 1646, 1649, 2203, 
 
 2535 
 imperium, 982, 1068, 
 
 1647, 1649, 2262, 2868 
 impertinence, 515 
 impetum, 1905 
 impetus, 749, 870, 2259, 
 
 2674, 2945 
 imploravit, 500 
 imponere, 1421 
 impotentia, 1650 
 imprimrtur, 1651 
 improbi, 1163 
 improbitas, 589 
 improbus, 500 
 improviste, 136 
 inanitate, 1760 
 incedimus, 1663 
 incendium, 1199 
 inceptu, 1268 
 incidit, 1664 
 incipias, 1478 
 inclaiuit, 1736 
 inclinat, 1721 
 incrementa, 1409 
 incudi, 1077 
 incurvat, 1673 
 indecora, 1792 
 index, 1675 
 indigent, 1789 
 indiget, 1821 
 indovina, {li.) 547 
 induciae, 1657 
 indulcet, 1157 
 industria, 1450, 1754 i 
 
 industriae, 1682 
 Industrie, 535 
 inerat, 1686 
 inest, 1687, 1688, 2874 
 infamia, 1185, 1253, 3256 
 infantem, 1692 
 infirmitas, 2702 
 inflectere, 590 
 infortunium, 2831 
 infundis, 3923 
 infundunt, (S.) 157 
 ingannar, {It.) 550 
 ingannato, {It.) 550 
 inganni, (7^) 912 
 ingeminant, I7OO 
 ingenia, 1701,3744, 4381 
 ingenii, 1522, 1702, 2219, 
 7 
 
INDEX. 
 
 495 
 
 2234, 2702, 3320, (S.) 
 
 9 
 ingeniis, 1450, 2587, 3355 
 ingenio, 1703,1704,2895, 
 
 3868, (5.) 211 
 ingenium, 631, 934, 1705, 
 
 2568, 2731, 2801, {S.) 
 
 165 
 ingerimus, 1743 
 ingrato, 3145 
 ingratum, 1714 
 ingratus, 1715 
 ingreditur, 17 16 
 inimici, 3131 
 inimicitiae, 1057 
 inimico, (It.) 4039 
 inimico, (Lat.) 2378 
 inimicorum, 3164 
 inimicum, 92, 173 
 initia, 1721 
 initio, 8, 1647 
 initium, 639, 1722 
 injuria, 1723, 2180, 2840, 
 
 4016, 4087, 4596 
 injuriae, 1657, 2739 
 injuriam, 36, 37, 1723 
 injuriarum, 1724, (5.) 92 
 inolescit, 4570 
 inopia, 3472, (S.) 1 
 inopiae, 828 
 inquinat, 1169, 1747 
 inquinavere, 1265 
 insania, 129, 3011, 3749, 
 
 {S.) 238 
 insanias, 1665 
 insanire, 1749, 2931 
 insanus, 1750 
 inscitia, 3319, 3866 
 insidiae, 2811 
 insipientia, (S) 99 
 insipientis, 1487 
 insolescere, 3652 
 insolescit, (S.) 227 
 inspicere, 1758 
 instand, 1027 
 instituere, 3768 
 instituta, 2467 
 insultant, 2413 
 insumunt, 1689 
 intelligere, 3282 
 intelligunt, 2389, 2737 
 intererit, 1776 
 interest, 1777, (S.) 292 
 intereunt, 3742 
 interire, 4251 
 interitu, 4191 
 interpres, 2521, 4439 
 interprete, 1272 
 intervalio, 2369 
 
 intueri, 3442 
 
 intuta, 1792 
 
 invenere, 1795 
 
 invenies, 1164, 3897, 3432 
 
 inveniet, 2261 , 3555 
 
 in venire, 4361 
 
 invenit, 3508, 4333 
 
 in video, 2711 
 
 invidia, (It.) 3798 
 
 invidia, (Lat.) 13, 429, 
 
 585, 805, 1518, 1795, 
 
 2667, 3897, 3928, 3936, 
 
 4128 
 invidiam, 1796, 4522 
 invidus, 1797 
 invitat, 1801 
 invito, 38 
 16, 849 
 ira, 256, 433, 879, 3299, 
 
 4495 
 irasci, {S.) 41 
 ire, 333, 2776, 3630, 3834 
 irritant, 3816 
 irroget, 76 
 iter, 883, 3168, 3382, 
 
 4096 
 iterare, 2850, (5.) 166 
 itur, 3883 
 
 J. 
 
 jaceo, (S.) 103 
 
 jacere, 2306 
 
 jactant, 1811 
 
 jactare, 933 
 
 jactatur, 2669 
 
 jactitatio, 1 839 
 
 jactu, 1455 
 
 jacula, 8224 
 
 jaculis, 1765 
 
 januis, 1850 
 
 jecore, 1791 
 
 jecur, 871, 1216 
 
 jeu, 1863, 1866 
 
 jeunesse, 1950, 3882 
 
 jocari, 1120 
 
 jocis, 3920 
 
 joco, 27O6, 3896 
 
 jocus, 27 16, 4208 
 
 jouis, 1851, 2003 
 
 Jovem, 1420 
 
 Jovi, 1806, 4057, (S.) 14 
 
 Jovis, 747, 1847, 1872 
 
 juba, 803 
 
 jubeo, 316, 1758, 2703, 
 
 3898 
 jubes, 1691, 2336 
 Judaeus, 658 
 judicare, 1096. {S.) 133 
 judex, 141, 1878, 2268 
 
 judice, 49, 635, 1115 
 judicia, 1412, 1881, 3005 
 judicio, 1877, 2347, 2389, 
 
 4261 
 judicis, 1407 
 
 judicium, 209, 1882, 3665 
 juga, 3896 
 
 jugement, 352, 515, 2161 
 jugera, 1845 
 jugo, 434, 3384 
 jugulare, 1886, 3779 
 jugulo, 3219, 4052, 4098 
 jugum, 875, 933, 3857, 
 
 (S.) 98, 247 
 jungere, 1888, 1889 
 Juno, 2759, 4057, (S.) 
 
 33 
 Jupiter, 1050,1809,2878 
 jura, 330, 746, 1890, 4094, 
 
 4472, 4487, 4498 
 jurare, 2827 
 jurat, (;«'.) 135 
 jure, 605, 628, 775, 1103, 
 
 1417,1739, 1813,1891, 
 
 2254, 2616, 3666, 3756 
 jurgia, 1105,3829 
 juris, 71,907,1052, 2545, 
 
 3318 
 jus, 591,1118,1893,2376, 
 
 3140,3589,3611,3666, 
 
 3911,3965, 4087,4342 
 jusseris, 1371 
 justice, 1966, 2037 
 justitia, 968, 1225, 2773 
 justitiae, 1110, 1900 
 Justus, 1677, 1904 
 juvabit, 1275,2910 
 juvant, 1775, 1887,2752 
 juvat, 307, 312, 354, 739, 
 
 1116,1185,1272,2522, 
 
 2776, 3479, 3972 
 juvencis, 1280 
 juvenes, 1521 
 juvenis, 1640 
 juvenum, 4354, 4466 
 juventus, 315 
 juventute, 7i2 
 
 K. 
 
 KUKov, 2313 
 KaXafiov, 4185 
 kalendas, 58 
 
 L. 
 
 labetur, 1911, 3738 
 
 labitur, 4574 
 
 labor, 805, 1167, 1766, 
 
 1914, 1915, 2426, 3009, 
 
 4049 
 
496 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 labora, 3016 
 
 laborare, 278 
 
 laborat, 1312 
 
 labore, 14, 1913, 2651, 
 2835, 4524 
 
 labores, 1875, 3638, (S.) 
 77 
 
 laboro, 420 
 
 laborum, 84, 1917 
 
 labyrinthi, 2422 
 
 lacessit, 2543 
 
 lachrymae, 1457, 1771, 
 4092 
 
 lachrymas, 2335, 2396 
 
 lachrymis, 1059, 1464, 
 3186, 4276 
 
 lachrymis, 1059, 1464 
 
 lactuca, 1925 
 
 lacunar, 2701 
 
 laedas, 3892 
 
 laedere, 62, 2637, 2663 
 
 laedi, 1438 
 
 laetitia, 87,401,1811,3948 
 
 Lalage, 1846 
 
 lana, 155, 785, 3730 
 
 langage, 1972 
 
 langue, 1951 
 
 languent, 280, 3876 
 languet, 63 
 
 lapidem, 151, 1396 
 
 lapides, {S.) 102 
 
 lapis, 1984 
 
 lapsus, 1988 
 
 lapsu, 4211 
 
 laqueos, 467 
 
 lare, 362 
 
 largitor, 758, 1702, 2219 
 
 latebris, 2763 
 
 lateri, 1419 
 
 lateritia, 1793 
 
 lateat, 1999 
 
 latent, 3744, 4381 
 
 lateri, 3104 
 
 latet, 199, 466, 1706, 
 
 2001,2297,4548 
 latitat, (S.) 237 
 latrant, 439, (S.) 103 
 latrat, 2002, (5.) 30 
 latrone, 440, 4391 
 latuit, 660 
 laudamus, 3961 
 laudare, 2663 
 laudari, 2004, 3671,4269 
 laudat, 78, 3509 
 laudator, 873, 2006 
 laudatur, 310, 3290, 4513 
 laude, 876 
 
 laudem, I7I, 1139, 3897, 
 4561 
 
 laudo, 2009, 3305, 3398 
 
 laurea, 471 
 
 lauro, 1806 
 
 laurus, 1076 
 
 iaus, 2004, 2010, 2349, 
 
 2606, 3283, 3585, 3601, 
 
 3914 
 lecto, 434, 2759 
 lector, 3845 
 lege, 85, 330, 617, 621, 
 
 2040,2415,2843,3326, 
 
 4465, 4613 
 legem, 608, 990, 1650, 
 
 2493, 3397 
 leges, 402, 646, 1768, 
 
 1769,1883,2403,3018, 
 
 3480, 3860, 3916, 4272 
 leggi, (7^.) 1961 
 legibus, 1465, 1678, 1879, 
 
 2254, 3333, 3376 
 legis, 37, 353, 1282, 4090 
 legit, 2767 
 lego, 948 
 lemures, 3982 
 lenimen, 1917 
 lenire, 4095 
 lenitas, (S.) 89 
 leo, 851 
 leone, 1273 
 leonem, 1151 
 leones, 1741 
 leonum, 1273 
 lepus, 1780, (S.) 104 
 lepore, 2459 
 lepores, 960, 2413 
 Lethi, 2339, 2933,3811 
 letto, (7^) 287 
 lettres, 1918, 2052 
 lex, 330, 852, 1831, 2136, 
 
 2495, 3754, {S ) 240 
 libant, 1263 
 libelli, 818, 1192, 3452 
 libello, 2008 
 liber, 231 
 liberalitas, 1686 
 liberalitate, 3347 
 liberalite, 493, 1953 
 liberatorem, 715 
 liberi, 3124 
 liberos, 4099, 4420 
 libertas, 1183,5150,2856, 
 
 3094 
 Hbertate, 500, 561, 1463, 
 
 1694, 2925, 3313, 3613 
 liberie, 1954, 2094, 2155 
 libidine, 1754 
 libidinem, 67, 4099 
 libidinum, 607 
 libido, 3333, 3647 
 
 libitum, 59 
 
 librorum, 896, 3952 
 
 libros, 463 
 
 librum, 2667 
 
 liceat, 2158, 2319, 2517, 
 
 (s.) 73 
 
 licebit, 2159, 3023 
 licentia, 830, 3549, 2656, 
 
 3549 
 licere, 685 
 licet, 222, 259, 395, 441, 
 
 685, 709, 949, 1505, 
 
 1662,1723,2678, 2741, 
 
 3642, 3939, 4374, (5.) 
 
 178 
 licuit, 2159 i 
 
 lieux, 1996 
 ligant, 4436 
 ligna, 251,895 
 ligno, 1142 
 lignum, 950, 2581 
 limina, 2635 
 linea, 2408, 2809 
 lingua, 1272, 1425, 2164, 
 
 4575 
 lingua, (7;.) 541, 1955 
 linguae, 471, 1730, 1988, 
 
 2168 
 Unguis, 1198 
 liquor, (7^.) 1978 
 lis, 49, 1372, (5.) 105 
 lite, 250, 3117 
 litem, 709, {S.) 105 
 literarum, 1494 
 lites, 2746, 3829 
 litigat, 11 
 litus, 2172 
 livor, 2874, 3081 
 livre, 501, 2049, 2174 
 loca, 354 
 locant, 1818 
 locare, 3072 
 locarunt, 93 
 locis, 818 
 loco, 133, 825, 938, 1299, 
 
 2154,3113,4021,4046, 
 
 (S.) 264 
 locum, 735, 1816, 1829, 
 
 2175, 2501, {S.) 164 
 locura, (Span.) 555 
 locus, 1826, 2176, 2335, 
 
 2642, 2860, 3810 
 loliginis, 1449 
 loi, 4326 
 loisir, 1338 
 loix, 4235 
 longueur, 492 
 loquamur, 883 
 loquar, 1078 
 
INDEX. 
 
 497 
 
 loquatur, 1776 
 loquela, 1736 
 loquendi, 425 
 loqui, 941, 1679, 3193, 
 
 3956, 4266 
 loquimur, 3991 
 loquitur, 1772, 3445, {S.) 
 
 102 
 loquuntur, 717 
 louanges, 1635, 2066 
 louer, 1958, 2192 
 loup, 1007, 1935, 3057 
 loyaute, 361, 2196 
 lubet, 1057 
 luce, 1407, 3382 
 luce, {It.) 2719 
 luceat, 1497 
 lucernis, 3752 
 lucis, 720, 3370, 3953 
 lucri, 2202, 3776 
 lucrum, 740, 2490, 3113 
 luctus, 1146 
 ludere, 720, 2204, (S.) 
 
 153 
 ludibrium, 1257 
 ludit, 703, 739, 2205, 2343 
 ludo, 188, 1835, 3231, 
 
 3809 
 ludum, 2496 
 lugete, 2206 
 lumen, 292, 1497, 2400, 
 
 3649, 3653 
 lumine, 1497, 2667 
 luna, 3341 
 lupo, (/^.)540 
 lupus, 106, 467, 1492, 
 
 1493,2211 
 lupum, 328,3010 
 lusisse, 2496 
 lusus, 1412, 2214 
 lustravirnus, 1342 
 lutte, 782 
 lux, 701, 1226, 3130, 
 
 3240, 3649, 3978 
 luxu, (S.) 283 
 luxum, 2215 
 luxuria, 316 
 luxuries, 3894 
 luxuriat, 261 
 
 M. 
 
 fiaxovrai, 192 
 macies, (S.JIOS 
 mactant, (S.J 151 
 macte, 2216 
 maculae, 2217 
 madre, (//.) 1928 
 Maecenas, 3507 
 magister, 1246, 2219 
 
 magistratus, 1412, 2220 
 magistratuum, 1721 
 magistri, 2827 
 magnates, 1658 
 magnatum, 3777 
 magnitudo, 994 
 main, 050, 1979, 2048 
 maintiennent, 1941 
 maison, 629, 1947, 2248 
 maitre, 1993, 2023, 2249 
 majestas, 2091,3406 
 majorum, 667, 1470, 2467, 
 
 3487, 3961 
 mala, 10, 1415, 3091, 
 
 3285, 4089 
 maladie, 1957 
 male, (It.) 547,985 
 maledicere, 822 
 maledictum, 2611 
 malefacere, 2261 
 malefacta, 378 
 malheur, 1918, 2025, 2799 
 malheurs, 1627 
 mali, 1413, 1429, 2444, 
 
 4600 
 malim, 1038, 3845 
 malinconia, (It.) 490 
 malitia, 1163,1898,2271 
 malo, 2272, 2274 
 malore, (It.) 1961 
 malum, 3872, (S.) 63, 
 
 114 
 manabit, 1461 
 manat, 2932 
 manca, (It.) 148 
 manche, 1862 
 mancipium, 174 
 mandamus, 2284 
 nandata, 2266, 3122, 
 
 4399 
 mandi, (It.) 553 
 mando, 1290 
 manent, 1719 
 manere, 660, 917, 1787 
 manes, 3558, 4210 
 manet, 707, 1075, 1357, 
 
 2170,2933,3811 
 mangia, (It.) 1997 
 manibus, 2226, 2287,3180 
 manidres, 352 
 mantello, (It.) 540 
 manum, 1148, 2292 
 manus, 216. 456, 1147, 
 
 2290, 3356, 3606 
 mare, 568, 820, 1125, 
 
 2398, 2851, 3512, 4467 
 mare, (It.) 149 
 mari, 1342, 1727, 2928, 
 
 4059 
 
 manage, 2060 
 marito, 434, 1693 
 maritum, 1846 
 marque, 1958, 2212 
 Mars, 2297 
 Marte, 4097, 4126 
 Martem, 2298 
 mater, 147, 300, 2299, 
 
 3425 
 materia, 465, 2568 
 matribus, 373 
 matrimonii, 357 
 matris, 1076, 1305 
 matrona, 459 
 mauri, 1765 
 maux, 246, 2123, 2795 
 meconnait, 1868 
 medaglie, (It.) 1785 
 medendo, 80 
 mederi, 1020, 3774 
 medicamen, 625 
 medici, (//.) 1961 
 medici, (La/.) 3588, 3955 
 medicina, 1248, 3285, {S.) 
 
 63 
 medicus, (S.) 120 
 medicum, 678, 1508,2265 
 medio, 664, 1729, 4142 
 mediocritas, 325, 2312 
 medire, 1960 
 medisances, 1960 
 medium, 278 
 mel, 2320, 4282 
 fieXeTT], 2318 
 mella, 2763 
 melle, 234, 1730 
 membra, 892, 3876, 4213, 
 
 W 7 
 memento, 87, 1692, 2328, 
 
 2955 
 meminerit, 1228 
 memini, 3871, 4371 
 meminisse, 112, 1275, 
 
 1436, 1680, 2817,2910, 
 
 3364 
 meminit, 887,1496 
 memoria, 1160, 2332, 
 
 2588, 3402, 4553 
 memoriam, 284, 1742 
 mendacem, 1185, 4456 
 mendacia, 606 
 mendacium, (S.) 122 
 mendicare, 278 
 mendicus, {S.) 139 
 mendosum, 1185 
 mens, 39, 572. 606, 687, 
 
 703, 767, 1705, 1764, 
 
 2338, 2582, 2700, 3955, 
 
 4383, (S.J 26, 289 
 
INDEX. 
 
 mensa, 166, 3957, 4586 
 mensas, 3367, 3667 
 mense, 2208 
 mensura, 1456, 2344 
 mente, 754, 2286, 3384 
 mentem, 87, 88, 632, 704, 
 
 1826,2211,2942,4092, 
 
 4352, (S.) 286 
 mentes, 1670, 2914 
 mentiri, 278, 3492, 3513, 
 
 4432 
 mentitur, 3514 
 mentis, 158, 593, 1199, 
 
 2164, 2345, 2693, 2709, 
 
 4564, (S.) 145 
 mepris, 1995, 2135, 3068 
 meprise, 1923, 2988, 3446 
 mepriser, 1995 
 mer, 2124 
 mercato, 1567 
 mercatura, 1731 
 merces, 2349 
 Mercurius, 1142 
 Mercuric, 4127 
 merendo, 1084 
 meridiem, 223, 3236 
 merite, 480, 1634, 1958, 
 
 2046, 2133, 3058 
 merito, 2054 
 mero, 2473, 3779 
 merui, 4561 
 meruit, 3416 
 merum, 895 
 merveille, 167 
 metallis, 500 
 metam, 3563, 3579 
 metier, 2037 
 metimur, 2241 
 metiri, 2351 
 fierpov, 273 
 mettre, 478 
 metu, 383, 613, 3347, 
 
 3495, 3942 
 metui, 1800 
 metuit, 467, 943, 1137, 
 
 3707, 4001 
 metum, (S.) 286 
 metus, 2282, 3256, 3914, 
 
 4368 
 micat, 2352, CS.J 264 
 migravit, 1031, 2354 
 miluus, 467 
 minabitur, 2511 
 minarura, 4266 
 Minerva, 1804, 4126, (S.) 
 
 33 
 minimum, 664 
 ministrat, 749, 1336, 2259, 
 
 3750 
 
 minutiae, 2365 
 miscere, 4382 
 miracula, 3982 
 miraculi, 592, 2619 
 miraculum, CS.J 119 
 miramur, 2369 
 mirantur, 800, 2751 
 miroir, 484, 2029 
 miror, 2711 
 miscuit, 2934 
 misere, 515 
 miserescimus, 1464 
 miseria, 1370 
 miseriarura, 2439 
 mitescunt, 1308 
 mitiget, 720 
 mittere, 3896 
 mittimus, 2384 
 mittite, 3705 
 mittunt, 562 
 mobilitate, 2386 
 mode, 118, 2133 
 modestiam, 4349 
 modis, 181 
 modo, 1749, 3680, 4062, 
 
 4138 
 modum, 1503, 2491, 3456 
 modus, 1048, 1686, 1827, 
 
 2390 
 mcerore, 50, 401, 1272, 
 
 4138 
 mceurs, 527, 2104, 4310 
 moitie, 1960 
 moles, 1845, 3733 
 molino, (It.) 148 
 molire, 1806 
 moliri, 2644 
 moltiplicita, (It.) 1961 
 momentis, 1296 
 momento, 947, 1512, 
 
 2398 
 monachum, 680 
 monachus, 3947 
 monarchie, 1941 
 monde, 369, 484, 525, 
 
 1092,1856,1948,1960, 
 
 1974,2012,2186,2993, 
 
 3251, 3446, 2878, 4337 
 moneri, (S.) 73 
 moneta, (SJ 42 
 monitoribus, 1640 
 monoculi, 368 
 monstrare, 883, 2567 
 monstrari, 299, 3352 
 monstrat, 1246, 1497 
 monstres, 1932 
 monstro, 2336 
 monstrum, 2400 
 monte, 796 
 
 montes, 1811, 2689,3074, 
 
 3746, 4245 
 montibus, 2252 
 monuisse, 3346 
 monumentum, 1113, 1830, 
 
 3944 
 moquerie, 1962 
 mora, 2160, 2500, 2559, 
 
 3599, 4447 
 morale, 1963, 2070 
 moras, 3255, 3285, 4209 
 morbi, 3009, 4095, (S.J^ 
 
 178 
 morbis, 63 
 morbum, 2880, 3171, (S.) 
 
 183, 232 
 morbus, CS.J 126 
 morde, (It. J 438 
 mordent, 439 
 modere, 62 
 
 more, 1470, 3165, 3949 
 morem, 1421, 2477, 3180, 
 
 4060, 4355 
 mores, 57, 98, 616, 624, 
 
 644, 1121, 1155, 1280, 
 
 1709, 1747, 2402, 2705, 
 
 2789,2905,3140,3346, 
 
 3425, 3515, 4078, (S.J 
 
 281 
 mori, 345, 573, 876, 939, 
 
 2274,2328,3516,4339, 
 
 4552, (S.J 46 
 moriaris, (S.J 116 
 morire, (It. J 287 
 mort, 654, 1394, 1869, 
 
 1964, 1995, 2100, 2107, 
 
 2179,4311 
 mortalem, 986, 3091 
 mortalitate, 2411 
 moror, 3179 
 mors, 57,833,1500,1512, 
 
 2337, 2406, 2975, 3035, 
 
 3044, 3554, 3766, 3878, 
 
 4257. (SJ125 
 morte, 705, 1704 
 mortem, 2412, 3495 
 mortes, 1460 
 mortis, 625, 1184, 2816, 
 
 3009, rs.j 275 
 
 morum, 728. 2414, 3697, 
 
 (S.J 194, 254 
 mos, 2415, 3664, 4571 
 mosche, (It.) 1661 
 molu, 798, 1127, 4346 
 motus, 1272, 1455, 2419 
 mouche, 1364 
 movebo, 1260 
 moveo, 2420 
 moveris, 1060 
 
INDEX. 
 
 499 
 
 mugit, (S.) 127 
 
 mugitus, 2422 
 
 mulier, 2423, 2654, 3436, 
 
 4612, (S.) 114 
 mulierem, 4441 
 mulieres, 788, 1689, (S.) 
 
 84 
 munditise, 1387 
 TOundus, 2452, 4223 
 munera, 2454 
 munere, 1330, 1467 
 muneribus, 2757 
 munus, 2455, 3256 
 munuscula, 2738 
 mums, 1448, 2457 
 mus, 2458, 3074, 3740 
 musas, 2678 
 muscas, 245 
 musica, (S.) 87 
 mutare, 1701, 2460, 3341, 
 
 4398 
 mutari, 2377, 2649 
 mutat, 2157 
 mutatio, 2439 
 myricae, 2752 
 
 N. 
 
 nacque, (It.) 149 
 
 nantes, 236, 3643 
 
 nardus, 2291 
 
 nares, 3653 
 
 naribus, 2661, (S.) 207, 
 264 
 
 narrare, 3423 
 
 narratur, 2462, 2473, 3491 
 
 nascentur, 1081 
 
 nascimur, 2475, 2922 
 
 nascitur, 2256, 2472,3074, 
 4565 
 
 naso, 2966, 3264 
 
 natare, 3181 
 
 natator, 1825 
 
 nati, 1081, 1774, 2745 
 
 natio, 2476 
 
 uativitas, 1896 
 
 natorum,1081 
 
 natos, 1521 
 
 natura, (It.) 5, 2480 
 
 natura, (Lat.) 355, 1049, 
 1272, 1404, 1692, 1755, 
 2385,2481,2707,2854, 
 3263,3319,3471,4075, 
 
 • 4285, 4530, 4585 
 
 naufragium, 583, 1653, 
 3559,(5.) 180 
 
 nautis, 1125 
 
 navibus, 2485, 4038 
 
 naviganius, 2928 
 
 navigia, 2398 
 
 nebula, 2963 
 
 nebulonem, 2703 
 
 necat, 3190 
 
 necem, 3742 
 
 necessitas, 85, 966, 1710, 
 
 2493, f 5. j 71, 136 
 necessitatem, 1 508 
 necessitatis, 1039 
 necis, 2495 
 nectar, (S.) 306 
 nefas, 309, 965, 2125, 
 2525, 3133,3675,4545 
 negare, 3568. 4023 
 negat, 275, 931, 2762 
 negavit, 2355 
 negligentiam, 48, 3626 
 negligi, 2923, {S.)\74: 
 negotii, 1131 
 
 negotio, 1131, 1822, 4563 
 negotium, (S.) 299 
 nemici, (It.) 2314 
 nemico, (It.) 195, 453 
 nemine, 6 
 nemini, 36, 3897 
 nemo, 26, 57, 783, 990, 
 1648,2472,2534,2767, 
 2964, 3423, 3507, 3593, 
 3686,4093,4123,4295, 
 4303, 4370, 4496, 4565, 
 {S.) 126, 139, 169 
 nemus, 1446,3797,4589 
 nenia, 847 
 Neptunum, 1653, 3559, 
 
 {S.)142 
 nequam, 457 
 nequeo, 2567, (S.) 204 
 nequit, 1047, 3122, (5.) 
 
 290 
 nequities, 3318 
 nervi, 2580 
 nervis, 2581 
 nescio, 726, 1832, 2583, 
 
 3492, (5.) 174 
 nescio, 726, 1832, 2583, 
 
 3492, (S.) 174 
 nescio, (Span.) 993 
 nescire, 722, 2498, 2588, 
 
 2944 
 nessuno, (It.) 548 
 Nestoris, 96 
 nidificatis, 1517 
 nido, (It.) 65 
 nidore, 448, 2734, 3653 
 niente, (It.) 546, 4136 
 nihil, 1129, 1205, 1281, 
 1380, 1486, 1499, 1933, 
 2382,2599—2625,2783, 
 2949,2974,4338,4443, 
 
 (S.) 71, 145, 215, 224, 
 
 243 
 nihilo, 1129, 1332,2726 
 nitescere, 326 
 nitimur, 632, 2673, (S.) 
 
 149 
 nil, 1238, 1713, (S.) 147, 
 
 215 
 nitent, 2200, 4285, (S.) 
 
 288, 302 
 nititur, 1139 
 nitor, 2674 
 nives, 446, 1670 
 nobilitari, 3235 
 nobilitas, 1385, 2676, 3974 
 nobilitat, 4520 
 noblesse, 2015, 3913 
 nocent, 1140, (S.) 157 
 nocere, 2525, 3310 
 nocet, 409, 805, 1220, 
 
 1715,1810,2679,2826, 
 
 3443, 4003 
 nocte, 1126, 3339,3667 
 noctes, (S.) 168 
 nocuit, 693, 3832, 4209 
 nocumentum, (S.) 118 
 nodus, 2488 
 noli, 627, 705 
 nolo, 4390, (S.) 204 
 nolunt, 1088,2801,4288 
 nomen, 1748, 3473, 3830, 
 
 4411 
 nomina, 2802 
 nominis, 1705, 4024 
 norma, 2410, 3965, 4342 
 norint, 2901 
 norit, 2949 
 nosse, 2787 
 nota, 2788 
 notus, 3894 
 nourrir, 1338 
 novi, 1790 
 novimus, 2783 
 novit, 1301, 3529 
 novitas, 1061 
 novitatis, 1049 
 nox, 847, 2933, 3811, 
 
 3978, 3981 
 noxiorum,874 
 nubere, 3943, 4390 
 nubes, 777, 2882 
 nubila, 1716, 3237 
 nuce, 2641, 3444 
 nudare, 934, 1708 
 nugae, 1415, 2806, 4454 
 nugas, 2238 
 nugis, 155, 2712, 2807, 
 
 4387 
 numen, 292, 2836 
 
500 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 numerantur, 358, 1357 
 numeral, 1373 
 numero, 401, 1122, 4139 
 numerus, 774, 2844, 3752, 
 
 (S.) 200 
 numitia, 1778 
 nuraine, 388, 4525 
 nummis, 90L 
 nummo, 2958 
 nummorum, 3418 
 nummos, 3217, 3372, (^y.) 
 
 167 
 nuptiae, 1056, 1418 
 nuptias, 1265 
 nurus, 1521 
 nutant, 4589 
 nutrimento, 1910 
 nutrix, 1203 
 
 O. 
 
 obducere, 4257 
 obediunt, 3114 
 obitum, 4295 
 objecerit, 3507 
 objectiones, 52 
 objiciunt, 2231 
 oblectant, 1411 
 obligare, 383 
 obligatio, 3315 
 oblite, 2994 
 oblivisci, 1058, 1073 
 obolo, 755, 4389 
 obras, (Span.) 427 
 obrepit, 2736 
 obruat, 2868 
 obruitur, 3127 
 obsecro, 2871 
 obsequi, 3665, 3897 
 obsequium, 2395, 2872 
 obsidet, 1670 
 obsit, 2326 
 obsta, 3284 
 obstant, 1196 
 obstat, 696, 1427 
 obstupui, 2873 
 obtinens, 227 
 obtinuit, (S.) 206 
 obtrectatio, 2874 
 obtulit, 377, 667 
 occasio, 2568, 2876, 2878 
 occhi, (^//.; 451, 544, 1944 
 occidere, 1088, 3978 
 occidit, 2438, 3978 
 occido, 980 
 occubuit, 3981 
 occultare, 2880 
 occupat,718, 1146,2757 
 occurras, 1062 
 
 occurrite, 4422, (S.) 74 
 oculis, 1271, 1342, 1485, 
 2173,2879,3264,3816, 
 4069, 4531 
 oculus, 2586, 2881, 3204 
 oderint, 2437, 2887 
 oderit, 1933 
 odi, 1481, 2893, 3581, 
 
 (S.) 172 
 odimus, 4531 
 odia, 28. 1816, 2890 
 odimus, 880, 2892 
 odio, 690, 3930 
 odit, 336, 1778, 2654, 
 
 3304, 3556, 4264 
 odium, 381, 1643, 1778, 
 
 2564, 2896 
 odor, 2202 
 odoribus, 2763 
 CEdipus, 757 
 ceil, 651 
 
 oeuvre, 406, 2041, 2982 
 ceuvres, 2249 
 offendar, 2707, 4459 
 offendere, 1900 
 offendet, 1303 
 offendit, 3653 
 offeras, 393 
 offeso, (It.) 549 
 oflScere, 62 
 
 officii, 1475, 2811,3458 
 officio, 1130 
 officium, 1488,2598,3476, 
 
 3585 
 oisivet6, 1338 
 olla, 1218 
 oleam, 2641 
 olet, 983 
 oleum, 2909 
 ombre, 1991 
 omisit, 3481, 3594 
 onus, 1692, 2128, 2999, 
 
 3544, {S.) 184, 228 
 opem, 3743 
 opera, 2608, 2686, 3001, 
 
 3116,4139, 4526 
 operam, 1665 
 operae, 317- 1052 
 operibus, 1147 
 operis, (5.) 242 
 opes, 500, 672, 976, 1295, 
 1327, 1420,1501,1513, 
 2229, 2412, 2445, 3424, 
 3827, 4045, 4284, {S.) 
 236 
 opinio, 2451, 3195 
 opinionem, 1522 
 opinor, 3006 
 opitulari, 1475 
 
 opitulor, 2617 
 
 opium, 3421 
 
 oportet, 2423, 3442, 3675, 
 
 4303, 4467 
 oportuit, 1833 
 opponite, 4583 
 opprimitur, 2280 
 opprobria, 130,3345,4172 
 opprobrium, 2244, 3007, 
 
 {s.)\n 
 
 opulentiam, 1402 
 opum, 3014, {S ) 6 
 opus, 14, 63, 461, 829, 
 904, 1042,1167, 1475, 
 1847, 2300, 2442, 2846, 
 3136, 3286, 4027, 4297, 
 {S.) 110 
 ora, 707, 2168, 3361, 4544 
 oracula, 2337 
 bQq,v, 4156 .t 
 
 orare, 1420 
 orate, 4481 
 oratio, 992, 2327, 4367, 
 
 4449 
 orationes, 1730 
 orator, 27, 2045, 3018 
 orbe, 3105,3119 
 orbis, 590, 1342, 3019, 
 
 4076, {S.) 72 
 Orcus, 3500 
 ordinum, 598 
 ordo, 1824, 2201, 2256 
 ore, {Lat.) 291, 500, 845. 
 1030,2011,3020,3557, 
 3895, 4377 
 ore, (/i.) 490, 2320 
 orecchie, (//.) 1973 
 orgoglio, {iL) 3822 
 orgueil, 2190 
 origo, 465 
 oritur, 1118 
 
 ornamentuni, 3022, 4460 
 ornant, 1411 
 ornare, 2456 
 ornat, 2763, 4441 
 ornatur, 1450 
 oro, 1826, 2335, 2719 
 oro, {It.) 195 
 ortu, 283. 720 
 OS, 687, 1705 
 OS, 482 
 oscula, 1774 
 ossa, 3852 
 
 ostendere, 3487, 3621 
 ostendis, 3581 
 ostentat, 3445 
 otia, 2730, 3029, {S.) 83 
 otii, 1410, 4563, {S.) 260 
 otio, 1131, {S.)\9\ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 501 
 
 otium, 834, 2835, 3033, 
 
 (S.) 180, 289 
 oublier, 1G27, 3037 
 oublierai, 1859 
 outrance, 228. 1395 
 ouvrage, 461, 3041 
 oiivrages, 1851, 3404 
 oves, 1517 
 ovium, 3010 
 ovo, 10, 462 
 
 P. 
 
 pace, 1741, 2297, 4352 
 pads, 1421, 2849, 4353, 
 
 (S.) 260 
 pacem, 893, 1720, {S.) 
 
 181 
 paco, 1329 
 pacto, 2464 
 Paean, 849 
 pagano, (//.) 490 
 pagina, 1483, 2712 
 pain, 117 
 palais, 1956 
 palato, 1757 
 palatum, 4592 
 palles, 1472 
 pallescere, 1448, 2631 
 pallet, 316, 2208 
 palmse, 714 
 palmetis, 720 
 palus, 4031 
 panem, 151 
 pango, 1329 
 TTavTog, 257 
 parabo, 1420 
 paras, 1796, 2803 
 parat, 1749 
 parati, 252 
 parca, 2412 
 
 parcere, 1421, 2159, 2841 
 parcit, 1270, 2406 
 parens, 1172 
 parentes, 4420 
 parentum, 95, 315, 924 
 parfum, 1909 
 paries, 4283 
 parit, 1375, 1412, 2872, 
 
 (5.) 254 
 parium, 1883 
 paijure, 2059 
 parole, 1014 
 parole, (It) 19 
 pars, 1078, 1786, 2165, 
 
 2659, 4245, 4575 
 parsimonia, 2243, 2737, 
 
 4405 
 parte, 1132, 1933, 2603, 
 
 2878, {S.) 146 
 
 partes, 1447, 1900, {S.) 
 
 228 
 partibus, 1490, 4332 
 parturit, 2848 
 paruerit, 2535 
 pascit, 207 
 pascua, 4377 
 passibus, 1430 
 passion, 1967, 1975 
 passions, 1931, 2023,2108 
 passe- par- tout, 1992 
 pastoris, 408 
 pater, 1056, 2233 
 patere, 93 
 patet, 1450 
 pati,. 702, 2244, 2324, 
 
 2341,2757, {S.) Ill 
 
 patience, 1976, 1977 
 patientia, 692, 965, 1337, 
 
 2125 
 patria, 939, 1300, 2732, 
 
 2930. 4268 
 patria, (It.) 872 
 patriae, 184, 935, 942, 
 
 1476,2200,2774,2845, 
 
 4490, {S.) 16 
 patriam, 137, 1474, 4268, 
 
 4286, 4418 
 patrie, 742, 4311 
 patrimonia, 2760 
 patrimonium, 1506 
 patrum, 1280, 4416, 4498 
 pauperies, 2244 
 pauperis, 1697, {S.) 183 
 paupertas, 1384, 1501, 
 
 2640, 4438, (S.) 184 
 paupertate, 1452 
 paupertat's, 1692 
 pays, 744, 2060 
 pax, 375,433, 1657,1789, 
 
 4672, (.S.) 262 
 peccare, 395,2741, 2889 
 peccat, 1773, 2916, {S.) 
 
 186,226 
 peccatum, 1801 
 pecori, 989 
 pectora, 1280, 1652, 4190, 
 
 4583 
 pectore, 2245, 2383, 2846, 
 
 2832,4119 
 pectoribus, 1670 
 pectus, 261, 1217 
 pecunia, 668, 699, 1069, 
 
 1644,2157,4388,4603, 
 
 is.) 61, 13 
 pecus, 408, 1214, 2906 
 pede, 689, 956, 1133, 
 
 2351, 4350 
 pedes, 1827 
 
 pedibus, 2287 
 peindre, 230, 4593 
 pellebat, 500 
 pena, {It.) 985 
 penna, 2778 
 pensa, (It.) 547 
 pense, 1860 
 pens6e, 1965 
 penser, 516, 1965 
 pensieri, (It.) 1628 
 pepulere, 1387 
 peractio, 1404 
 peragro, 354 
 percunctabere, 1769 
 perdere, 175, 1238, 4086, 
 
 {S.) 187 
 perdit, 1238 
 perditio, (S.) 189 
 perdonera, {It.) 549 
 per dun t, 1816 
 p6re, 507. 2042 
 peregrinatur, 1411 
 peregrinari, 4268 
 perfectio, 4084 
 perfection, 1979 
 perfice, 340, 2594 
 perfugium, 1411, (S.) 190 
 peribunt, 2410 
 periclitatur, 2448 
 pericula, 1204, 2444 
 periculis, 1388 
 periculum, 559, 582, 2623, 
 
 2773, 4191 
 periti, 1680 
 peril, 1965 
 periisse, 2466 
 periit, 2466 
 perir,2116 
 perire, 2733 
 peris, 1693 
 permanebit, 1039 
 permisceat, 2813 
 permittitur, 2514 
 permittunt, 4144 
 pernicies, 1187 
 pernoctant, 1411 
 pernoscas, 2402 
 pernoscere, 1052 
 perpendere, 1877 
 perse verare, 1487 
 persona, 32, 1416, 1745 
 personarum, 2821, 2967 
 personne, 480, 524, 525 
 pertinent, 1067 
 perturbari, 1284 
 pervenit, 1823 
 pes, 4369 
 
 pestem, 2009, {S.) 47 
 pestis, 1187 
 
502 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 petat, 1748 
 
 pete, 498 
 
 petere, 977, (S.) 99 
 
 petimus, 496, 1423, 2485, 
 
 4038, 4421 
 peto, 2600 
 peuples, 1919, 2024 
 phaleras, 69 
 philosophes, 506 
 philosophia, 3173 
 philosophic, 1981, 4235 
 philosophorum, 770 
 phrenesis, (>S.)39, 116 
 Phoebo, 1084 
 ^uWwv, 2907 
 <pv<Te(t)g, 4185 
 piacula, 2008 
 pianga, {It.) 537 
 piange, (It.) 371 
 pictura, 207, 2463 
 Pieridum, 354 
 pietas, 987, 4283, 4542 
 TTiKpa, 1453 
 pietas, 1434 
 pilum, 2211 
 piscem, 824 
 pisces, 727 
 placare, 1796 
 placatur, 1458 
 placebit, 1407 
 placent, 1256 
 placere, 1312 
 placet, 690, 1809, 4057, 
 
 {S.) 54, 148 
 placito, 962 
 placuit, 992, 1407 
 plaisir, 323, 1960, 2061, 
 
 2984 
 plaisirs, 1927, 2110, 2143 
 plan, 1941 
 plango, 1329 
 platani, 4589 
 Plato, 179, 1271 
 Platone, 909 
 plaudite, 4397 
 plausu, (S.) 192 
 plebis, 27O8 
 pleurer, 2113 
 poculum, 4130 
 podagram, (S.) 2^G 
 poema, 2463 
 poemata, 2509 
 poena, 470, 1126, 2054, 
 
 2972, 4071, 4368 
 poenas, 76, 1425 
 pcenates, 877 
 pcenitebit, 1641 
 pcenitentia, 4066, 4413 
 pcenitet; 1341 | 
 
 poeta, 4122 
 
 poetae, 342, 892, 2475 
 
 poete, 979 
 
 poetis, 2311 
 
 pole, 959 
 
 politique, 1919 
 
 pollice, 1121 
 
 poUiceri, 2552 
 
 poma, 1256, 2672, 4036 
 
 pondera, 1771 
 
 ponderat, 1373 
 
 pondere, 703, 1454, 2343, 
 
 2747 
 pondus, 748, 1385, 1386, 
 
 2712, 4261 
 ponere, 705, 2730 
 ponit, 2391 
 ponte, (It.) 195 
 ponto, 777 
 pontus, 1050, 4245 
 poplitibus, 2406 
 popolare, (It.) 5 
 popoli, (It.) 5 
 populi, 366, 615, 1173, 
 
 1187,2215,4611 
 populum, 69, 1384, 1474 
 popnlus, 4265, 4416 
 porci, 1390 
 porriget, 2355 
 porrigine, 1390 
 porta, (It.) 540 
 portas, 2776 
 portee, 2075 
 portio, 1222 
 porto, (Lat.) 2947 
 porto, (It. ) 985 
 posco, (S.) 155 
 poscit, 2728, 4075 
 possessio, 1764, {s.) 49 
 posteritas, 2638 
 postulate, 2598 
 postules, 1665 
 potence, 1024, 1359 
 potentia, 1800, 2205 
 poterit, 1847 
 poterunt, 2008 
 potestas, 2815, (S.) 231 
 potiri, (S.) 301 
 potuit, 1206 
 potum, (S.) 263 
 prata, 1446, (S.) 304 
 praebet, 4034 
 praebent, 1411 
 praecavere, (S.) 232 
 praecepta, 1485, 2184 
 praecipitio, (S.) 106 
 precipizi, (It.) 113 
 praecordia, 231, 2935 
 praecurrere, 1317 
 
 praeda, 849 
 praeferenda, 1681 
 praeferre, 4186 
 praelabitur, 1670 
 praelia, (S.) 271 
 praelio, 1741 
 praemia, 2253 
 praemium, 1466, 1510, 
 
 4274, (S.) 199 
 praenomine, 1348 
 praesidia, 2720 
 praestat, 2657, 4570 
 praestigiae, 1731 
 praeterit, 1801, 4350 
 praetexit, 604 
 praetoris, 1115 
 praetulerim, 2602 
 praevalebit, 2224 
 prandeat, 1472 
 pratique, 1990, 2187 
 prece, 2506 
 preces, 52, (S.) 208 
 precibus, 1826, 2335 
 pregonado, (Span.) 356 
 premi, 2776 
 
 premit, 1385, 2203, 2730 
 premunt, 2660 
 pretiis, 1775 
 pretio, 2506, 2954 
 pretium, 317, 1052, 1065, 
 
 1477, 2434, (S.J 155 
 Priami, 96 
 prince, 1937 
 princes, 1919,2192 
 princeps, 1166 
 principatu, (S.) 198 , 
 
 principe, (Lat.) 1183 
 principe, (Fr.) 1841 
 principe, (It.) 5 
 principes, (aS".) 198 f 
 
 principi, (It.) 5 
 principium, 1459 
 prive, 1971 
 prix, (S.)36 
 proavos, 1070, 2468 
 probat, 1099 
 probitas, 310, 2731, (S.) 
 
 199 
 probo, 4477 
 probos, 1163 
 proems, 1339 
 
 procumbit, 4032, (S ) 228 
 prodere, 1435, 2576 
 prodest, 4030 
 prodire, 1060 
 profite, 1963 
 profuit, 2819 
 progenerant, 1280 
 promet, 1981 
 
INDEX. 
 
 503 
 
 promovet, 911, 1280 
 proportion, 1021 
 properamus, 1476 
 propositi, 1903, 1904 
 prosperite, 505, 1941 
 prosequi, 2683 
 prosit, 2326, 2610 
 prospicere, 1827 
 prosim, 4372 
 prosunt, 1123,2652 
 proterit, 1308 
 prudentia, 2836, 4160 
 ^vxv, 4618 
 ^vxn^^ 3340 
 provisor, 1640 
 pudet, 2496, 2498 
 pudeur, 1971 
 pudicitia, 2565, 2818 
 pudicitiam, 663, 1774, 
 
 2704 
 pudor, 330, 2466, 2499, 
 
 2731, 4047, 4283 
 pueilas, 1222 
 puer,lll, 884, 1333,2226, 
 
 2635 
 puero, 1047, 2558 
 pugna, 500, (S.) 196 
 pugnat, 1825 
 puis, 1858 
 puisse, 1090, 1939 
 pulchritudinis, 2666 
 pulpaaiento, 980 
 pulveris, 1455 
 pulvis, 2953 
 punctum, 2934 
 punitur, 1334 
 putamus, 1522 
 putat, 1482, 4050, (S.) 
 
 124 
 puto, 1499, 2598, 2704, 
 
 4543 
 
 quadra, 131, 2380 
 quadrigis, 2485, 4038 
 quadrupedes, 1780 
 quaeramus, 188, 3809 
 quaere, 709, 2734, 3373 
 quaerere, 1783, 3493, 4467 
 queer], 1438 
 quaerimoniis, 1201 
 quaerimus, 570, 1050, 
 
 1443, 4069, 4531 
 quseris, 4944 
 quaerit, 1727, 1822, 2490, 
 
 3048, 3374, 4303 
 quasrite, 1521 
 quaro, 3289 
 
 quaerunt, 137, 1775, (S.) 
 
 18 
 quaestio, 428, 3376 
 qusestionetn, 71 
 quaestus, 344, 941, 2841 
 quality, 1939 
 quatient, 3438 
 quatit, 1903 
 quattrino, (It.) 490 
 querela, 318,3312 
 querelis, 723 
 quies, 703, 834, 1667, 
 
 1789,2563,3122, 4532, 
 
 (S.) 262 
 quimus, 4374 
 quiescent, 1455 
 quiescit, 3081 
 quiete, 2504 
 Quirites, 2758 
 qui-vive, 1091 
 
 R. 
 
 rabies, {S.) 127 
 
 raconter, 246 
 
 radat, 154 
 
 raison, 588, 2046, 2108, 
 
 3988, 4080 
 rapiunt, (S.J 21, 271 
 rapuisti, (S.) 229 
 ramos, 961 
 rates, 196 
 ratio, 801, 879, 1414, 
 
 1669, 2ia3, 2271, 3195, 
 
 3201, 3422, 3507, 3589, 
 
 3592, 3599, 3649, 4252, 
 
 4294 
 ratione, 1114, 1665, 1749, 
 
 1769, 2233, 2512, 2855, 
 
 3188, 3474, 3898, 4026, 
 
 4346, 4519, 4543 
 re, 1044, 1071, 1347,1484, 
 
 1684, 1777, (S.) 43, 
 
 230 
 rebus, 1048, 1079,^1275, 
 
 1284, 1437, 1797, (S.J 
 
 35, 175, 231 
 recette, 479 
 recherche, 1990 
 recipit, (S.)26 
 recumbit, 1763 
 recurrit, 1308 
 recusal, (S.J 247 
 recusent, 2499, 3788, 4082, 
 
 4452 
 redde, 1806, 2200 
 reddere, 91, 382, 1077, 
 
 1331,2521,3476,3660, 
 
 3661, 3962, 4439 
 redeuut, 1848 
 
 redidisti, (S.J 229 
 redintegratio, 159 
 redire, 3140, 3978 
 redit, 1848, 4377, 4434 
 reducere, 941 
 reducito, 1033 
 refer, 1459 
 refero, 3062, 3672 
 refert,C^.; 124, 209 
 r^fondre, 1858 
 regeni, (5.) 205, 213 
 rege, 1183, 2153, 2508, 
 
 2856,3301, 3324,3325, 
 
 3326 
 regina, 1069, 1691 
 regio, 3371, 3488 
 regionibus, 1670 
 regit, 1646, 4559, (S.J 
 
 309 
 regna, 982, 1719, 1848 
 regnare, 2891 
 regnum, 3706, 4283 
 regula, 76, 3666 
 regulam, 1099 
 regere, 1905 
 reges, 1317 
 regum, 1317, 1389, 3044, 
 
 3667, 4294 
 rei, 1742, 1770 
 reipublicae, 1736, 1777, 
 
 3351, 3671 
 rehgio, 1412, 3419 
 religion, 1897 
 religione, (S.J 80, 158 
 relinquent, 1845 
 relinquitur, 1902 
 relinquunt, (S.J 22 
 rem, 1403, 1752, (S.J 90 
 remdde, 1977 
 remedia, 1149, 1388 
 remediuui, 692, 1724, (S.) 
 
 92 
 remissio, 258 
 remords, 1918, 1971 
 remus, 154 
 rencontre, 1939, 2293, 
 
 3682 
 rend, 1921, 1975 
 rendre, 1912, 1981, 1985» 
 
 2037 
 renovare, 1691 
 reparas, (S.) 262 
 rependitur, 1405 
 rependunt, 1463 
 reperies, 1164 
 reponses, 1885 
 reporto, 3997 
 repos, 1856, 1948, 3403 
 representatiouis, 1417 
 
504 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 reprobatur, 1103 
 reproches, 1635 
 republica, 34, 1323, {S.) 
 
 200 
 repugnant*!, 473 
 reputation, 521, 1948, 1991 
 rerum, 1040, 1061, 1874, 
 
 (5.) 8, 72, 232, 262 
 res, 1046, 1079, 1411, 
 
 1427, 1489, 1708, 1728, 
 
 1880, {S.) 35, 174, 202, 
 
 233 
 resistere, 914, 1755 
 respice, 1245, 3696, {S.) 
 
 253 
 respondere, 252, 3187 
 respublica, 1465, 2573 
 ressort, 476 
 restrictor, 758 
 retinacula, 1313 
 retinentur, 1799 
 retinetur, 1647 
 reum, 39 
 revanche, 1016 
 revereri, 866 
 revers, 1941 
 revocare, 1167 
 rex, 2616, 3706, 3907, 
 
 (S.) 203 
 ride, (/^.) 371 
 ridere, 3709 
 rides, 1262, 3491, 3982 
 ridet, 606, 3147,3711 
 riguardare, {It.) 909 
 ripa, 3721 
 riposar, {It.) 149 
 rire, 486,3723,3724,4310 
 risi, 983 
 risu, 1933 
 risum, 1270, 2421, 3152, 
 
 3729, 3711 
 risus, 12, 2665, 2953, 3728 
 rit, 1624 
 ritu, 4354 
 rixatur, 3730 
 roborant, 1280 
 roche, 1630, 1994 
 rode, {S.) 234 
 rogare, 998 
 rogo, 3607 
 
 roi,761, 2067,2068,2069 
 rois, 1970, 2034 
 Roma, 789, 2404, 4407 
 Roma, (/^.) 541 
 Romae, 1327, 2954, 2059, 
 
 3492 
 Romains, 1844, 1941 
 Rome, 1844 
 rompe, (It.) 1987 
 
 ros, (S.) 235 
 
 rose, 1012, 4595 
 
 rotundus, 1753 " 
 
 rouiller, 1951 
 
 ruat, 1225 
 
 rubigo, 1458, {S.) 9 
 
 ruebant, 1694 
 
 ruere, 3885 
 
 ruina, 1349, {S.) 209 
 
 ruit, 309, 3889, 4377, 
 
 4404, 4545 
 ruitur, 1318 
 rumor, 1506 
 rumores, 1754, 4331 
 rumpitur, {S.) 236 
 rupes, 1811 
 rura,3734 
 rus, 3023, 3737 
 ruse, 1929, 3735, 3736 
 rusticantur, 1411 
 ruunt, 169, 1699, 1751 
 rumor, 41 
 
 S. 
 
 sa, {It.) 546 
 sabbata, 1329 
 Sabidi, 2687 
 sabio, {Span.) 993 
 sfficula, 1265, {S.) 283 
 saevit, 1700, 3749, 3750, 
 
 {S.) 127, 238 
 salada, {It.) {S.) &7 
 sagesse, 1945 
 Saguntum, 789 
 salem, 1406, {S.) 239 
 saltibus, 1263 
 salus, 30, 1279, 1756, 2787, 
 
 2820, 3197, 3625, 3753, 
 
 3754,3971,3975,4064, 
 
 4300, (.S.) 240 
 salutem, 1484 
 sanctitas, 4283 
 sanguine, 1458, 4030 
 sante, 1339 
 santo, {It.) 64 
 sapere, 161, 1827, 3502, 
 
 3764,3796, (5.) 14 
 sapiens, 8, 1748, 1829, 
 
 3554 
 sapientia, 627, 1703, 2773, 
 
 3770, 4046, 4509, 4559, 
 
 {S.) 237, 290, 309 
 sapit, 1220, 1483, 2450, 
 
 2544, 2550, 2571, {S.) 
 
 156 
 sara, {It.) 534 
 sasso, {It.) 4201 
 satietate, 1404 
 Saturnalia, 2969 
 
 saxa, 244, 333 
 
 saxum, 2838 
 
 scabie, 1390 
 
 scabies, {S.) 160 
 
 scelera, 1502 
 
 sceleris, 1765 
 
 scelus, 691, 724, 2471, 
 
 2875, 3160, 3329, 3778, 
 
 3779, 3780, 4113, {S.) 
 
 201 
 sceptrum, 1032 
 science, 1996, 3088 
 scientia, 2773, 3783 
 scintillula, 1999 
 scio, 3787, 3788 
 scires, 1262 
 scoglio, (7^.) 3795 
 scis, 1073, 1262 
 scribere, 2423, 3845, 4266 
 scriptio, 2819 
 scritto, {It.) 3798 
 scrutari, 1881 
 scusa, {It.) 557 
 scuta, 4514 
 scutica, 2590 
 scutum, 1279 
 Scyllam, 1664 
 secchio, (/^) 1973 
 secreta, 31, 3792 
 sectabere, 4455 i 
 
 sectabitur, 1267 ' 
 
 sectari, 1658 
 secula, 196 
 sedatur, 1254 
 sedes, 1050 
 seges, 1214 
 segni, {It.) 1961 
 semita, 1181, 3823 
 senectus, 1386, 1404, 
 
 1460, 2736, 3009 
 senectutem, 1411 
 senem, 1277, 2433 
 senescere, 704 
 senex, 2301, 2624, 3195, 
 
 3878, 4271, 4304 
 seno, {It.) 1978 
 sens, 1022, 1952, 2800, 
 
 3404, 3519, 4121 
 senso, {Span.) 555 
 sensus, 590, 2362, 3191, 
 
 3425, 3646, 4216 
 sententia, 1042, 1068, 
 
 3130 
 sentenza, 2315 
 sentiat, 1191 
 sen ties, 1165 
 sentio, 2567, 3838 
 sepes, 1837 
 sepultura, 3035 
 
INDEX. 
 
 505 
 
 sequatur, 1297 
 sequentur, 1150, 1276 
 sequitur, 1802 
 sequor, 3843, 4477 
 seras, (Span.) 145 
 serenitas, (S.) 272 
 serva, 837 
 sermo, 627, 2520, 3647, 
 
 4444 
 serpe, (It.) 1978 
 serta, 1222 
 servare, 87, 88, 2582, 
 
 2628, 3129, 3859, 3860 
 serva te, 1275 
 serve, (It.) 548 
 servi, {It.) 909 
 servire, (//.) 287 
 servire, 3975 
 serviteur, 1993 
 servitium, 1183,3156 
 servitus, 1251, 2228,2376 
 servitute, 1251, 1370, (5.) 
 
 277 
 sia, (It.) 2721 
 sicurtd, (It.) 1928 
 sidera, 562, 1811, 4070, 
 
 (S.) 259 
 sied, 1633 
 
 signo, 1717, I7I8, 4065 
 sile, 144 
 silentia, 1514 
 silere, 144 
 
 simplicitas, 100, 1686 
 simulator, 698 
 sinus, 1086 
 siren, 4560 
 sirompe, (It.) 258 
 soboles, 2000 
 societas, 2057 
 socius, 1039 
 Socrates, 179, 3969 
 sogliono, (//.) 113 
 sol, 1164, 3604, 3977, 
 
 3981,(^0 211 
 solatia, 719 
 solatium, 1411 
 sole, 451, 2620, 3497 
 soleil, 2107 
 Solent, I7O8 
 solido, 1303 
 solHevo, (//.) 2721 
 solo, 171 6 
 solum, 1300, 1671 
 solvere, 3791 
 solvet, 1201 
 somnus, 3983 
 sono, (It.) 1785, 1944, 
 
 1961 
 sopore, 703 
 
 sorbere, 1255 
 
 sorex, 3986 
 
 soror, 1901 
 
 sororum, 1161 
 
 sors, 690, 3493, 3605, 
 
 3987 
 sort, (Fr.) 654 
 sorte, 1934 
 souflfrir, 1966, 1986 
 spargere, 162, 3990 
 spatio, 3765, 3991 
 specchio, (It-) 1944 
 specie, 1182,3992 
 specimen, 1824 
 spectator, 2780 
 speculum, 1758 
 speranza, (/<.) 1998, 2207 
 sperare, 823, 4221, 4300, 
 
 (S.) 215 
 speravi, 1762 
 spernere, 2507 
 sperno, 2460, 2518 
 spero, 954, 4004 
 spes, 301, 665, 2304, 
 
 3482, 4005, 4012 
 spesso, (It.) 547 
 spezzi, (It.) 1989 
 spina, 2763 
 spinis, 1116, 3496 
 spiro, 677, 954 
 splendet, 1298 
 sposa, (It.) 148 
 sta, (It.) 1987, 3795 
 stanchi, (/^.)2721 
 stare, 1465, (S.) 264 
 stare, {It.) 287 
 stesso, (It.) 537 
 stimulum, 626, 2470 
 stomachi, 1194 
 stomacho, 1126, 1925, 
 
 2484, 3709 
 stomachus, 1852 
 strame, (/^) 1997 
 strepitum, 1327 
 strigne, {It.) 551 
 strozza, (It.) 453, 4039 
 studia, 1411, 3786, (S.) 
 
 295 
 studio, 4042 
 studium, 1476 
 stultitia, 1412,2755,3770, 
 
 3836, 4509 
 stultum, 1294 
 stultus, 1772, 1825, 3304, 
 
 3341, 4050, (S.) 141 
 suadere, 3419 
 suavitas, 2371, 4060 
 subclaudicare, 3879 
 subjacere, 764 
 
 subjectio, 3330 
 submittere, 1079 
 successionibus, 1896 
 successus, 1502 
 succhio, {It.) 149 
 succurrere, 1429, 2732 
 succus, 1449 
 sudore, 14 
 suffiroit, 1929 
 suffiagia, 2708 
 suggestio, 4077 
 suit, 1991 
 suite, 1941 
 sulco, 816 
 
 sumere, 1758, 2239, 2527 
 suona, {It.) 288 
 superat, 1815 
 superbia, 1521, 1747 
 superior! te, 1929 
 superos, 1050, 1260 
 suppliciis, 1323 
 supporter, 1965, 2795 
 suppressio, 4105 
 suspicio, 77 
 suspiciones, 1657 
 surpassent, 1851 
 sylvae, 1810, 2848 
 sylvas, 1783, 3638, 3734 
 systeme, 1929 
 
 T. 
 
 table, 1954 
 
 tableau, 1964 
 
 tacere, 12, 4543, (^.) 121 
 
 tache, 506, 4118 
 
 tacher, 1627 
 
 talent, 1021 
 
 tambour, {Fr.) 494 
 
 tatons, (Fr.) 295 
 
 taurus, 816, 989, 1124 
 
 tecti, 327 
 
 tecto, 1317 
 
 tegitur, 1134, 1816 
 
 teint, 1926 
 
 tela, 1082, 2816 
 
 telas, 247 
 
 TfXog, 4156 
 
 tellure, 1670 
 
 tellus, 89, 2901, 3180, 
 
 3850 
 telura, 966, 1710,4157 
 temnere, 886 
 temnit, 1852 
 temoins, 1974 
 temperare, 868 
 tempi, (It.) 157 
 templa, 4163 
 tempera, 97, 022, 1084, 
 
506 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 1262.2394,2905,3141, 
 3529,3560,3884,4164, 
 4214, 4387, (S.) 273 
 
 temps, 1632, 1977, 1979, 
 1996 
 
 lempus, 1320, 2213, 2728, 
 2775,2837, 4027,4168 
 —4171, (S.) 243 
 
 tendere, 3745, 4297 
 
 tene, 1784 
 
 tenebris, 663 
 
 teneo, 328 
 
 tentamine, 1350 
 
 tentare, 4293 
 
 tepefacit, 1819 
 
 terga, 261 
 
 tergo, 106, 2406, 3842, 
 4370 
 
 terra, 1050, 1342, 3380, 
 3479, 3604, 3960, 4059, 
 4180, 4181, (S.) 142 
 152 
 
 terre, 1970, 4430 
 
 terreri, 1072 
 
 terrorem, 1781 
 
 testa, (7^)545 
 
 testa, 3628, (^.)274 
 
 testacei, (7^) 1785 
 
 testudo, 747 
 
 texere, 247 
 
 theatre, 1866 
 
 Oeoi, 192 
 
 thesaurus, 2968 
 
 thoro, 166 
 
 Thule, 4296 
 
 thus, 4417 
 
 thyma, 4377 
 
 timeo, 4197 
 
 limor, 311, 780, 1722, 
 2444, 4586, {S.) 290 
 
 timores, 1782 
 
 tirar, (7^ ) 4201 
 
 tiro, 3825 
 
 Titan, 1889 
 
 toga, 4205 
 
 togae, 471 
 
 tolerate, 956 
 
 tollere, 4058, 4173, (S.) 
 276 
 
 toniber, 1090 
 
 tondere, 408 
 torcia, (7^.) 64 
 toris, 261 
 tormentum, 1795 
 
 Torna, (It.) 149 
 torrens, 1659 
 tort, 297, 522 
 
 traducere, 1769 
 trahere, 1752 
 
 Trafalgar is, 196 
 tranchee, 864 
 transitu, 1788 
 transitus, 1451, 2452 
 trasporta, (7/.) 193 
 tratto, (7^) 734 
 traxere, 284 
 tremor, 718 
 tresors, 480, 1856 
 triduum, 1440 
 triumphum, 225 
 triumphus, 1316 
 Troja, 432 
 tromper, 525 
 tubam, 224, 718 
 tulere, 1085 
 tumultus, 2709 
 tunica, (S.) 217 
 turba, 2387, 3258, 3555 
 turbine, 1307, (*S.) 280 
 turpitudo, 1684 
 turres, 477, 3746 
 tyranni, 1795, 1903, 3501, 
 
 4448 
 tyrannie, 744 
 tyrannis, 1032, 2290 
 tyrius, 4248 
 
 U. 
 
 uccello, (7^.) 65 
 
 ultio, 2364 
 
 ultor, 3842 
 
 Ulubris, 3595 
 
 umbone, 774 
 
 umbra, 2235, 3353, 3797, 
 
 4024, 4298, (S.) 263 
 umilta, (It.) 4139 
 umori, (7^.) 149 
 unda, 777, 3153 
 ungi, 720 
 unguis, 4316 
 ungula, 4021 
 uovo, (7^) 997 
 urbe, 3737 
 urbes, 3515, 3517, 3797, 
 
 4031 
 urceus, 190 
 urna, 2927 
 ursi, 3748 
 ursis, 4196 
 usum, 3365, 3789 
 usus, 140, 866, 2283, 2359, 
 
 2717, 2855, 3104, 3153, 
 
 3321, 3965, 4340, 4601 
 utere, 3892, 3946 
 uti, 500, 631,2478,2757, 
 
 4356, 4585 
 utilitas, 3425, 3782 
 
 utilitate, 2773 
 uxor, 3212, 4385 
 
 vade, 4392 
 
 valere, 96, 2479 
 
 valetudo, 683, 3502 
 
 valorem, 79 
 
 vas, 2281,3006,3923 
 
 vates, 3298 
 
 vectigal, 2243, 2737 
 
 vehiculo, 576 
 
 Vejos, 4407 
 
 vela, 2852, 3650, (8)166 
 
 vendere, 384 
 
 venenum, 2327, 3580, 
 
 4419 
 venerari, 139, 4420 
 ventis, 3746 
 vento, 3650 
 venustate, 3316 
 ver, 4299,4451, (S.) 304 
 verba, 260, 699, 754, 
 
 2320, 2669,2827,3312, 
 
 3422, 4095, 4246, 4428, 
 
 4435, (S.) 302 
 verbum, 2521, 4439 
 verecundia, 4441 
 veri, 4105, 4125, 4548 
 Veritas, 179, 2224, 2662, 
 
 2872, 3138, 4443, 4492 
 verite, 2012, 2031 
 vermes, (S.) 249 
 versatur, 2927 
 versus, 4454 
 vertere, {S.) 259 
 vertice, 3420 
 vertit, 3606 
 vertu, 3913 
 verum, 2268 
 vesci, 3616 
 vesper, {S.) 20 
 vestigia, 108, 2285, 4021, 
 
 4461, (5.) 30 
 vetat, 37O8 
 veto, 2703, 4293 
 vetustas. 3941, 4465 
 via, 124, 201, 441, 647, 
 
 2713, 2776, 2933 3745, 
 
 3811,4173,4468,4557, 
 
 (S.) 1, 152 
 viator, 440, 4391 
 vicinanza, (7^.) 2017 
 vicinus, 499 
 vicissitudines, 2605 
 victor, 473, 500, 4173, 
 
 4245, 4472 
 victrix, 4475 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 507 
 
 victum, 2901 
 
 victus, 683, 3502 
 
 videri, 2347 
 
 vigebant, 3323 
 
 vigor, 4482 
 
 Vina, 752, 3765, 4488 
 
 vincere, 345 
 
 vincit, 3092 
 
 vinco, (S.) 78 
 
 vincor, (S.) 78 
 
 vincula, 3554 
 
 vinculo, 357 
 
 vindex, 495 
 
 vindice, 2488 
 
 vini, 2007, 3871 
 
 vino, 2609, 2730 
 
 vineae, 820 
 
 vipera, (S.) 296 
 
 vir, 191,2553,2817,4497, 
 4504, {S.) 60 
 
 vires, 2386, 2499, 2527, 
 2557,3601,3888,4141, 
 4501, 4510, 4545 
 
 virescit, 4502 
 
 virtus, 458, 589, 637, 670, 
 906, 915, 924, 2473, 
 2676,3329,3372,3421, 
 3617, 3663, 3859, 3961, 
 4322, 4396, 4502, 4505, 
 4557, 4584, (S.) 201, 
 
 virta, {It.) 3822 
 
 virum, 3178, 3183 
 
 vis, 466, 2230, 2344, 2675, 
 4545 
 
 viscera, 2557 
 
 vita, 96, 590, 705, 992, 
 2606,2718, 2817,3366, 
 3390, 3423, 3897, 4054, 
 4279, 4362, 4473, 4550, 
 4604 
 
 vitaro, 4048 
 
 vitia, 957, 3363, 4093, 
 4562, (S.) 91, 157 293 
 
 vitiis, 3049, 3064, 3520 
 
 vitis, 4507 
 
 vitium, 143, 170, 585, 
 2439,2638,2916,2935, 
 2961,4380, 4509,4569, 
 {S.) 122 
 
 vivamus, 2779 
 
 vivere, m, 131, 191, 233, 
 712, 872, 2380, 2485, 
 2718,2817,3264,4038, 
 4577, 4603, {S.) 48, 
 116 
 
 vivito, 3949 
 
 voces, 2526, 4095 
 
 voco, 2009, 2468 
 
 volitare, 4173, 4544 
 
 volo, 3629, 3898, 4597 
 
 voluisse, 3601 
 
 voluntas, 3898, 4026, 4598, 
 
 (S.) 150 
 voluptas, 421, 2354, 2364, 
 
 2679,2725,2810,3236, 
 
 4003, 4055, 4243, 4599 
 vomer, 816 
 vota, 4347, 4604 
 votis, 3130 
 voto, 233, 2359 
 vox, 2168, 2183, 2589, 
 
 2873, 3422, 4610 
 vulgi, 3195, 3802, {S.) 
 
 192 
 vulgo, 3486 
 vulgum, 42, 162, 3990 
 vulgus, 623, 3750, 3786, 
 
 4613 
 vulnera, 4166 
 vulnus,3966, 4119, 4614 
 vukus, 3316, 3487, 3632, 
 
 4334, 4378, 4615 
 
 Z. 
 
 zero, 518, 4139 
 Z(o}7, 4618 
 zonam, 4619 
 
 THE END. 
 
 GILBERT & RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, 
 St. John's Square, London. 
 
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