A manual of quotations, by E.H. Michelsen |
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action affairs appear applied Baron bear become better called cause character circumstances comes common conduct court danger death Earl effect equal evil fall fear feel follow force fortune frequently give given hand happy honour hope HORACE human instance Irish Irish Earl Irish Viscount judge JUVENAL king law maxim live look Lord lost manner mark matter means mind Motto nature never object once opinion OVID pass passion PERSIUS person phrase PLAUTUS poet praise present prov quĉ quam quid quod reason respect semper SENECA sense sometimes speak suffer TACITUS taken TERENCE term things tion truth vice VIRGIL virtue whilst wise wish writ writing
Popular passages
Page 70 - 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.
Page 100 - ... habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos utilitate publica rependitur.
Page 77 - Et errat longe, mea quidem sententia, , Qui imperium credat gravius esse aut stabilius, Vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur.
Page 174 - Want is the scorn of ev'ry wealthy fool ; And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule.
Page 36 - A proverb which very happily illustrates the advantages arising from vigilance. Carpe diem quam minime credula postero. Lat. Hon. — "Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.
Page 194 - Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major, qui peccat, habetur.
Page 27 - Rectius vives, Licini, neque altum semper urgendo neque, dum procellas cautus horrescis, nimium premendo litus iniquum. auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.
Page 298 - Take the course of strong rule, whilst the mind of youth is flexible, and capable of strong impressions." — Vigorous methods, but divested of harshness, should be early called into use by those, to whom the education of youth is committed.
Page 49 - When the state is most corrupt then the laws are most multiplied.
Page 263 - In solving doubts, the maxim sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas [use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A manual of quotations, by E.H. Michelsen |
| Author | David Evans Macdonnel |
| Editor | Edward Henry Michelsen |
| Published | 1856 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2006 |
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