A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations, which are in Daily Use: Taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, and Italian Languages: Together with a Copious Collection of Law-maxims and Law-terms Translated Into English, with Illustrations Historical and Idiomatic |
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amici amor animi applied atque C'est CICERO CLAUDIAN court crime danger death Deus dicere docet facit fear fides fool fortune frequently give guilt habet hæc happy homines honour HORACE inter Ital jure JUVENAL labour Law Lat Law Max Law Maxim lege licet live LUCAN malè malis ment mihi Milonius mind motto multa nature Nemo neque never nihil nisi Nulla Nullum nunc nunquam omnes omnia omnibus omnis OVID patriæ PERSIUS person phrase PLAUTUS poet potest praise Prov proverb punishment qu'on quæ quam quid Quis quod rebus rerum ridicule risum ROCHEFOUCAULT Roman sæpe SALLUST semper SENECA sibi sine sometimes speak sunt SYRUS TACITUS TERENCE thing tibi tion tout truth vice vincit VIRG VIRGIL virtue virtutis vitæ vitium vult whilst wise wish words writ وو
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Page 261 - 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...
Page 63 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Lave, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to GOD each moment as it flies.
Page 2 - A DICTIONARY OF SELECT AND POPULAR QUOTATIONS, WHICH ARE IN DAILY USE. TAKEN FROM THE LATIN, FRENCH, GREEK, SPANISH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES. Together with a copious Collection of Law Maxims and Law Terms, translated into English, with Illustrations, Historical and Idiomatic. NEW AMERICAN EDITION, CORRECTED, WITH ADDITIONS, One volume, 12 mo.
Page 145 - Honey in his mouth, words of milk, "Gall in his heart, and fraud in his acts.
Page 253 - As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so the faith of friendship can only be known in the season of adversity.
Page 118 - Jamque opus exegi, quod nee Jovis ira, nee ignis, Nee poterit ferrum, nee edax abolere vetustas...
Page 311 - An empty and unavailing sound. A fine speech without matter, A mere display of words. Vox faucibus hsesit. Lai. VIRGIL. — "The voice stuck in the throat." — Spoken of a person struck dumb with amazement. Vox populi, vox^ Dei. Lat. — " The voice of the people is the voice of God.
Page 102 - Ille igitur nunquam direxit brachia contra Torrentem, nee civis erat, qui libera posset Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero.
Page 266 - ... found in the records of our ancestry." This is the poetic incense offered at the shrine of Pompey.
Page 280 - Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. Lat. — " The times are changed, and we are changed with them." — There is nothing fixed or stable, either in situations or opinions. "Men change with fortune, manners change with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.