A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 oldal |
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38. oldal
... happy definition of thé business of alchemy , or the vain search after the philosopher's stone :: " It is an art without art , which has its beginning in falsehood , its middle in toil , and its end in poverty . " Arte perire sua . Lat ...
... happy definition of thé business of alchemy , or the vain search after the philosopher's stone :: " It is an art without art , which has its beginning in falsehood , its middle in toil , and its end in poverty . " Arte perire sua . Lat ...
42. oldal
... happy intermediate state between pomp and poverty . See “ Apiσтov με- τρον . " Give me , " says AGUR , " neither poverty , nor riches : " PROVERBS xxx . 8. Compare also HESIOD : Kaipos εni пaσiv apiotos : ' Moderation is , under all ...
... happy intermediate state between pomp and poverty . See “ Apiσтov με- τρον . " Give me , " says AGUR , " neither poverty , nor riches : " PROVERBS xxx . 8. Compare also HESIOD : Kaipos εni пaσiv apiotos : ' Moderation is , under all ...
49. oldal
... Happy , lucky , fortunate , blessed , are the possessors , they who are in actual possession [ of any thing , right , pro- perty , privilege , as possession is nine - tenths of the law ] . " " Henry VIII . silenced the professors of the ...
... Happy , lucky , fortunate , blessed , are the possessors , they who are in actual possession [ of any thing , right , pro- perty , privilege , as possession is nine - tenths of the law ] . " " Henry VIII . silenced the professors of the ...
50. oldal
... happy Austria , wed , think mainly of wedlock , be it thy care to form matri- monial alliances : for , inasmuch as , the kingdoms which MARS gives to others VENUS gives to thee . " " Archdeacon Coxe , in the preface to his ' Memoirs of ...
... happy Austria , wed , think mainly of wedlock , be it thy care to form matri- monial alliances : for , inasmuch as , the kingdoms which MARS gives to others VENUS gives to thee . " " Archdeacon Coxe , in the preface to his ' Memoirs of ...
52. oldal
... Happy is the man , on whom the Deity has bestowed with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants . " " Oh ! happy he whom Heaven hath fed With frugal , but sufficient , bread . " See " Auream quisquis , & c . , " and " Aurea ...
... Happy is the man , on whom the Deity has bestowed with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants . " " Oh ! happy he whom Heaven hath fed With frugal , but sufficient , bread . " See " Auream quisquis , & c . , " and " Aurea ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called character CICERO CLAUDIAN court death dicere EPICURUS evil exemplum expression facit fear feel fool fortune Fr.-The French genius give Greek happy homines homme honor HORACE human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live Lord LUCAN LUCRETIUS magna mali manner matter means ment mihi mind motto multa n'est nature never nihil nisi nulla omnes omnia one's opinion OVID passion PERSIUS person PHAEDRUS philosopher phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet potest prov proverb PUBLIUS SYRUS quae quam quid QUINTILIAN quod quotation rebus rerum risum Roman saepe Scots law semper SENECA sense SHAKSPEARE sibi signify sine soul Span speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
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120. oldal - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
25. oldal - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
184. oldal - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
131. oldal - 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.
147. oldal - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
235. oldal - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
227. oldal - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
327. oldal - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
160. oldal - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
7. oldal - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.