A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 oldal |
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7. oldal
... reason . " If a weak man be dangerous , it follows , a fortiori , that a weak and bad man must be more dangerous . A fronte praecipitium , a tergo lupi . Lat . prov.- " A precipice " A in front of you , and wolves behind you , in your ...
... reason . " If a weak man be dangerous , it follows , a fortiori , that a weak and bad man must be more dangerous . A fronte praecipitium , a tergo lupi . Lat . prov.- " A precipice " A in front of you , and wolves behind you , in your ...
8. oldal
... reason . " A numine salus . Lat .- " Salvation , health of body or mind , pro- tection , is from the Deity , from on high . " LORD MANSFIELD , being told of the above motto on the carriage of a very noted quack , thus translated it ...
... reason . " A numine salus . Lat .- " Salvation , health of body or mind , pro- tection , is from the Deity , from on high . " LORD MANSFIELD , being told of the above motto on the carriage of a very noted quack , thus translated it ...
9. oldal
... reason , for nothing . " A phrase used proverbially , when , in the course of conversation , one passes from one ... Reason or none . " A tort ou à raison . Fr. " Reason or none . A tous oiseaux leurs nids sont beaux . Fr. prov .- " All ...
... reason , for nothing . " A phrase used proverbially , when , in the course of conversation , one passes from one ... Reason or none . " A tort ou à raison . Fr. " Reason or none . A tous oiseaux leurs nids sont beaux . Fr. prov .- " All ...
12. oldal
... reason should suffice To win you from the slippery route of vice , This powerful reason ; lest your sons pursue The guilty track , thus plainly marked by you ! For youth is facile , and its yielding will Receives , with fatal ease , the ...
... reason should suffice To win you from the slippery route of vice , This powerful reason ; lest your sons pursue The guilty track , thus plainly marked by you ! For youth is facile , and its yielding will Receives , with fatal ease , the ...
27. oldal
... Reason for doubt , doubting . " Ambiguum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est . Lat . Law maxim . " An ambiguous deed or contract is to be expounded against the seller or grantor . " Thus if a man has a warren in his lands , and ...
... Reason for doubt , doubting . " Ambiguum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est . Lat . Law maxim . " An ambiguous deed or contract is to be expounded against the seller or grantor . " Thus if a man has a warren in his lands , and ...
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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.