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 CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN 
 QUOTATIONS,
 
 CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN QUOTATIONS 
 
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 LAW TERMS AND MAXIMS, PROVERBS, MOTTOES, 
 PHRASES, AND EXPRESSIONS 
 
 FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, LATIN, 
 SPANISH, AND PORTUGUESE. 
 
 ^Translations, Inferences, iplanatorg fiotcs, ano Intos. 
 
 BY -* 
 WM. FRANCIS HENRY KING, M.A., CH. CH., OXFORD. 
 
 NEW AND REVISED EDITION. 
 
 "A Quotation without a reference is like a geological specimen of unknown locality. 
 Prof. SKKAT, A'otes and Queries, 6th Series, vol. ix., p. 499. 
 
 " . . . . 1'exactitude de citer. C'est un talent plus rare que Ton ne pense." 
 BAYLE, Diet., art. SANCHEZ, Remarques. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 WHITAKER & SONS, 
 
 12 WARWICK LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW. 
 
 MDCCCLXXXIX.
 
 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 
 
 THE chief difference in this Edition, as compared with its 
 predecessor, is the correction of false quotation, faulty accents, 
 faulty references, and mistranslations. The whole book has in 
 this way been submitted to a thorough revision from beginning 
 to end, so that I should hope that the errata still remaining are 
 exceedingly few. Besides corrections of this kind, the Indexes 
 have been entirely rewritten and enlarged, and, as regards the 
 Subject Index, put into more literary shape. In the original 
 Subject Index, sayings of a cognate kind were grouped under 
 some proverb-heading which seemed to express their general 
 tendency ; but as this was considered somewhat cumbersome and 
 unscientific, a more precise method has been substituted, by which 
 the quotations are, as a rule, referred to under a single word 
 more or less representing their drift and meaning. Thus, 
 Circumlocution is given instead of Beat about the bush ; Many a 
 slip 'twixt cup, etc., is now found under Uncertainty ; and the 
 sayings expressive of Call a spade a spade are more concisely 
 indexed under Ttmth. So much of our knowledge is, however, 
 contained in proverb-shape, and the point of a saying so generally 
 summed up in our minds in its customary proverbial expression, 
 that I still doubt whether the new method will prove more
 
 ii PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 
 
 practically useful in the way of reference than the old. Its 
 greater precision and conciseness must be its chief recommenda- 
 tion. A large number of new Index words have been added, and 
 a further improvement made by printing names of Peers, Places, 
 Institutions, etc., in italic. 
 
 The Quotation Index has also been considerably enlarged, to 
 the extent of giving not only detached portions of' quotations, 
 but even misquotations, and imperfectly remembered fragments 
 of celebrated passages. For example, the Ron ignara mali of 
 Virgil will be found indexed under the incorrect Hand ignara 
 mali ; and the Hoc volo, sicjubeo of Juvenal is referred to under 
 the Sic volo, sic jubeo as frequently quoted. In such cases of 
 this kind as appeared in the former edition, some critics were 
 remarkably severe upon the book, charging it with fatuity and 
 perverseness, not to speak of other accusations. But the reason 
 is obvious enough. One has to consider not only the man of 
 exact memory, but the man whose memory is the reverse of exact. 
 The former will find the quotation at once in its regular shape ; 
 the latter, after finding in the Index the incorrect form in which 
 he has commonly heard the line cited. 
 
 The total of quotations of all kinds contained in the volume is, 
 it should be premised, greatly in excess of the apparent number 
 (5362), and amounts altogether to nearly six thousand two 
 hundred citations of one kind or another, exclusive of quotations 
 from English authors. Thirty passages, for example, are given 
 under number 3114, and twenty-six under 506. 
 
 In the work of revision I have been much helped by the friends 
 and correspondents who have kindly responded to my appeal for- 
 corrections. Amongst these are Mr H. E. Goldschmidt, Blairlodge,
 
 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. iii 
 
 Diisseldorf, Germany; Mr A. W. Hutton, Librarian of the National 
 Liberal Club ; Mr M. Brisbane, Surgeon, of St Arnaud, Victoria, 
 Australia; Mr S. B. Merriman, Mr W. F Shaw, Mr R. M. 
 King, Mr W. E. King, Mrs H. V. Bacon, Madame Gaffney, Miss 
 S. Benett, and Miss Sybil B. Smith, to all of whom I desire to 
 express my most sincere thanks. 
 
 F. K. 
 
 IVhitsuntide 1889.
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 As this is a book of quotations, I may be allowed to begin at 
 once by citing a remark of Professor Skeat, which seems 
 peculiarly pertinent to the matter in hand. He says (Notes and 
 Queries, 6th ser., vol. ix., p. 499), "I protest, for about the 
 hundredth time, against the slipshod method of quoting a mere 
 author's name, without any indication of the woi'k of that author 
 in which the alleged quotation may be found. Let us have 
 accurate quotations and exact refei m ences, wherever such are to be 
 found. A quotation without a reference is like a geological 
 specimen of unknown locality." 
 
 An admirable sentiment, which every one who has to do with 
 quotations will readily applaud, and which may serve here to 
 express the scope and character of the following compilation in 
 its main features. My aim has been (1 .) to give the quotations in 
 their original form ; (2.) to add, wherever possible, an accurate 
 reference to the author and work from which the quotation is 
 taken. 
 
 That the attempt has proved far from being universally suc- 
 cessful will be apparent, even upon a cursory examination of 
 the volume. After deducting mottoes, proverbs, and such like, 
 as have no special parentage, there remains a large number of 
 quotations which are inserted without reference, 1 either from want 
 of time to consult the originals in every case, or through inability 
 to discover the proper source. In many instances, also, I have 
 been obliged to rely on second-hand authorities, so that it is likely 
 errors, both in text and authorship, may be discovered. When, 
 however, the number of quotations included in the work is taken 
 into account (many of them having never before appeared in any 
 collection of the kind), it will not be a matter of surprise that 
 some failure in this respect should have attended the endeavour ; 
 the endeavour being, after all, the thing that I lay claim to rather 
 
 1 In all such cases a ? will be found following the quotation, inviting the reader 
 to supply the desired information. See " Correction of Inaccuracies," p. viii. 
 
 b
 
 VI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 than the results. But as regards the majority of the quotations, 
 the original has been consulted, the words verified, and author, 
 work, and passage noted and particularised. 
 
 Natural and essential as one would imagine such details to be 
 to any collection of quotations, it does not appear to have entered 
 into the plan of any previous compilers, 1 so that the idea has 
 almost the merit of originality. Taking the various works of the 
 kind that have appeared since Mr Macdonnel's Dictionary of 
 1796, I have not found any editor deigning to furnish his book 
 with these necessary particulars, which assuredly constitute its 
 chief value as an authoritative book of reference. Each compiler 
 follows in the track of his predecessors in the field, and, for*,- the 
 most part, becomes only the too faithful copyist of his predeces- 
 sors' inaccuracies. 
 
 As a result, we have a work which cannot be relied on. Two 
 chief uncertainties, at least, will attach themselves to careless 
 quotings of this description. In the first place, it is doubtful 
 whether the passage be really the author's to whom it is ascribed; 
 and next, it is almost even chances that the words given are not 
 the exact words of the original. Such a sentence may be in 
 Cicero, but it may also be in Quintilian ; such a line may be 
 Corneille's, but there is nothing to show that it was not written 
 by Scude'ry. And all this, because pains have not been taken to 
 go to the author and verify the passage. Not that the labour 
 involved in such an investigation is small, far from it. 2 Oh ! the 
 tediousness of hunting for a quotation from Statius through nine- 
 teen books of Sylvce, Thebaid, and Achilleid ! Or to be sent to 
 Lucan in search of a line, which, one ought to have known, is not 
 Lucan, but Lucretius ! One is rewarded in a sort of way, and 
 perhaps as much by despoiling the alleged author of what is not 
 his, as by discovering its legitimate parentage. 3 
 
 But the error of author's name is slight and venial compared 
 with the more serious fault of altering the words of the text. It 
 may seem a small matter to substitute putat for Cicero's existimat, 
 
 1 This applies, of course, only to English publications. In the Geftugelte Worte 
 of George Biichmann, and in Ed. Fournier's L' Esprit des autres, every pain has 
 been taken to trace quotations to their original source, and no one can be more 
 severe than M. Fournier on loose and inaccurate citation. I take this oppor- 
 tunity to state my indebtedness to both these writers, not only for many new and 
 valuable quotations, but for quotations racontees, i.e., given with the curious and 
 amusing particulars which in many instances attach to them. 
 
 2 Expertus disces quam gravis iste labor. Forcellini, Diet. Lat. Pr?ef. 
 
 8 Second rate and post-Augustan authors are by no means to be despised as far 
 as quotations go. What could be better, e.g., than Statius (Theb. 2, 489), casca 
 nocentum consilia J semper timidum scelus I or the Grave pondus ilium magma 
 ndbilitas premit of Seneca (Troad. 491}- 2
 
 INTRODUCTION. Vll 
 
 to alter Sallust's priusquam to antequam, or to write UJir where 
 Schiller wrote Stunde; but in reality the change is not unim- 
 portant. Besides the blot of inaccuracy, the passage suffers in a 
 literary and artistic aspect, and when it is restored to its real 
 shape it is seen how the right words fit into their right places 
 like the pieces of a mosaic. 
 
 Of other and more deliberate misrepresentations of classic 
 authors it is hard to speak with patience. When a well-known 
 line of Juvenal, or a beautiful passage in the Georgics, is " slightly 
 altered " to suit the taste of the compile!*, one is inclined to feel 
 something more than amusement. Nothing is gained by the 
 change, neither in the way of beauty, and, still less, in truth, and 
 this, it must be felt, is the principle that should guide any one 
 attempting a compilation of the kind exactness, accuracy, truth. 
 He is not called upon for any originality, save the original words 
 of the author he quotes. 1 He must give his author's own words, 
 and give them in their proper order. He must be observant of 
 number and gender, mood and tense. If the quotation be in the 
 form of a dependent sentence in the original, so must he leave it, 
 and not think to exchange infinitive for indicative, or third person 
 for first, in order to suit the exigencies of his readers, or put the 
 saying into more quotable and epigrammatic shape. The quota- 
 tion may not look so sprightly, perhaps, but it has the unique and 
 priceless quality of being correct. 
 
 Besides this, it is desirable that the quotation be accompanied 
 by its context where it does not run to undue length, and that if 
 any intermediate portion of it be omitted a perfectly legitimate 
 proceeding the omission be indicated in the usual way. It may 
 seem unnecessary to add that the author should be quoted in his 
 own tongue ; but, from the unfamiliarity of the Greek language, 
 it is not uncommon to have a passage from a Greek writer given 
 in a Latin rendering, which seems hardly permissible in a book of 
 original quotation. If Cicero has Latinised some lines of 
 Euripides, or Ausonius translated the sayings of the Seven 
 Sages, I conceive it allowable to make use of their versions; 
 but it is impossible to represent Lucian, Plutarch, or Aristotle 
 
 1 In point of fact, accurate quotation is by no means a common attainment even 
 in the case of the most familiar passages. And the more familiar the passage, the 
 more commonly is it, in many cases, misquoted. Inaccuracies of this kind are 
 repeated and become stereotyped. The hackneyed sic volo, sicjubeo does not, for 
 all its frequency, exist in any known Latin author ; nor does the celebrated Haud 
 ignara wali, which even Cardinal Newman would substitute for the original words 
 of Virgil. Ask any one to go on with the well-known Facilis descensus, etc., and it 
 is ten chances to one (and perhaps much longer odds) that the remainder of the 
 passage will not be correctly repeated.
 
 Vlll INTRODUCTION. 
 
 as Latin writers, for the simple reason that they wrote in 
 Greek. 1 
 
 Only second to the duty of accurate quotation is the task of 
 selecting passages fit for insertion in the collection. The first 
 compilers proceeded, not unnaturally, in the way of accumulation 
 rather than selection, the object being to make a decenteized 
 volume : anything, provided it was not English, being caught 
 up and admitted with quasi-classical status into the volume, as 
 though its mere insertion would in some vague way either 
 betoken or promote learning. Hence, one was presented not only 
 with long paragraphs in French and Latin, but with pointless scraps 
 of Greek and Italian, "Welsh, and even native Irish, which cbuld 
 hardly be conceived of as either likely or even possible to be quoted. 
 
 A quotation, then, to deserve the rank of such, should, first of 
 all, be quotable. It should contain a sentiment of some acumen, 
 well expressed, and not too long. This seems to be, more or less, 
 the idea of the quotation proper. There are of course many loci 
 classici which do not fall precisely under this definition, but 
 which, for their grandeur, pathos, or truth, could not be well ex- 
 cluded from any collection. But the rule of " quotability " is that 
 which I have endeavoured to keep generally in view, and, as far 
 as regards quotations properly so called, to admit none that could 
 not be thus employed either in literary or oratorical composition. 
 Of these, the poetical will be seen to preponderate largely over 
 
 1 As an illustration of these and the foregoing remarks I append some instances 
 of faulty quotation taken from various collections of the kind : 1. Simple inver- 
 sion of proper order, Adolescentemverecundum esse decet for the Decet verecundum 
 esse adolescentem of Plautus (As. 5, 1, 6). 2. Inversion of order and alteration of 
 text, Dem Gliicklichen schlagt keine Stunde for the Die Uhr schlagt keinem 
 GlucJdichen of Schiller (Piccol. 3, 3). 3. Wrong author, "La critique estaiste 
 et fart est difficile, Boileau," for Destouches ( Glorieux, 2, 5). 4. Change of depen- 
 dent to independent form of sentence, Menspeccat, non corpus, et unde consilium 
 dbfuit, culpa abest for the Mentem peccare non corpus; et, unde consilium 
 abfuerit, culpam abesse of Livy (1, 58, 9). 5. Falsification of text, order, form of 
 sentence, and author, " Voluptas est malorum esca ; quod ea non minus homines 
 quam hamo capiuntur pisces. Plautus," for the " Plato escam malorum appellat 
 voluptatem quod ea videlicet homines capiantur, ut hamo pisces " of Cicero (Sen. 
 13, 44). This is a very bad instance, but the following is, if possible, even worse : 
 6. " Cujus conatibus obstat 
 
 Kes angusta domi. Hor." 
 
 First, alteration of text, cuj us conatibus for the quorum virtutibus of the original ; 
 secondly, omission of preceding words, Hand facile emergunt, upon which the 
 rest depends ; and, lastly, the reference to Horace when the line is Juvenal's. 
 7. Omission of part of a quotation without any note of such omission, as, e.g., 
 
 " Facilis descensus Averni, 
 
 At revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, 
 Hie labor, hoc opus est. Virg." 
 
 where a whole line is omitted between the first and second of the quotation, and the 
 last line misquoted, not to speak of other inaccuracies. See the original, No. 1599.
 
 INTRODUCTION. IX 
 
 the prose citations, as being found, in practice, much more avail- 
 able for ordinary use. " Tlie former generally give a finer turn 
 to a thought than the latter, and, by couching it in few words and 
 harmonious numbers, make it more portable to the memory." l 
 
 The book, as will be seen by reference to the title-page, is 
 somewhat of an encyclopaedic nature, and includes many items 
 that are not, in any sense, citations from authors, but which have 
 been added with the object of making the volume more complete 
 as a work of general reference. In addition, however, to these 
 special instances there remain two classes of passages to which 
 reasonable exception may be taken. Of the former are well-known 
 stories and allusions, such as Cato's story of the Augurs, or the 
 Philip drunk and Philip sober incident passages which are never 
 repeated, of course, in any other tongue than one's own, and are 
 not quotations in any sense of the term, but which seem never- 
 theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has 
 transmitted them, more as historical references than for any other 
 reason. The mention of the Passion of Christ by Tacitus might 
 be added as a further case in point. 
 
 The other exceptionable passages belong to that class of famous 
 though, perhaps, fabulous sayings the menus mensonges de 
 I' antiquit^ that M. Fournier has expended his wrathful indigna- 
 tion upon of which " The Guard dies but never surrenders," or 
 " You carry Caesar and his fortunes," may serve as specimens. But 
 while acknowledging their doubtful or, even, positively mythical 
 origin, it seemed to be as futile as it was censorious to exclude such 
 famous mots, which, whether we like it or not, have passed for 
 good and all into the world's repertory of historical sayings. 
 
 With regard to the usefulness of such a work as the present it 
 is not unfrequently urged that classical or foreign quotations are 
 falling into disuse and English taking their place. I doubt, 
 however, whether the desire to form even a slight acquaintance 
 with foreign literature and foreign authors was ever more de- 
 cidedly pronounced than it is now. Of the classic tongues of 
 Greece and Rome, the latter still maintains its old pre-eminence 
 as the most frequently quoted of all languages, ancient and 
 modern. With Greek it is somewhat different. Yet, when as 
 recently as November 9, 1883, the Lord Mayor of London could 
 bring into an after-dinner speech not only his Horace and his 
 Virgil, but even quoted a passage from the " Iliad," it hardly 
 seems as if Greek quotations had fallen altogether into abeyance. 2 
 
 1 Addison, Spectator 221. 
 
 2 The passages quoted were Horace, Ep. 2, 1, 15-17 ; Virgil, A. 1, 574 ; Homer, 
 II. 16, 550. 
 
 A
 
 X INTRODUCTION'. 
 
 It is hardly too much to say that a fine classical quotation will 
 give to a speech of even moderate excellence, a tone and a dignity 
 that goes far to lift it to the level of the great speeches of a 
 former generation. It has the old ring about it. Nor is this all. 
 The quotation not only adorns but supports the speaker's -words. 
 He wants authority for his arguments, and he finds it in a passage 
 from some writer of acknowledged standing. He will shelter 
 himself behind this great name. The sentiment itself and its 
 expression, the name and rank of the author who evolved both the 
 one and the other in days gone by these and other considera- 
 tions come crowding in, in the way of precedent and confirmation. 
 It is nothing to the point that the cases are not precisely analo- 
 gous. Who can stop at such a moment to examine their strict 
 bearing or connection, since it is the application of the passage 
 which is everything, an art which, from the eternal du Perron 
 with his line of Virgil downwards, has ever been considered to be 
 a mark of genius 1 
 
 But it is not only the public speaker that I have in view in 
 compiling these pages. There are many other needs, of varying 
 importance, that have to be considered and catered for. There is 
 the lady who meets with a foreign phrase in the newspaper, there 
 is the curious hunter-up of rare quotations, there is the young and 
 struggling scribbler who wishes to pass for possessing a more than 
 Macaulayan acquaintanceship with the whole range of European 
 literature. I should desire to supply the critic with an apposite 
 quotation from Horace ; x the journalist with a suggestive phrase, 
 concise as Horace himself, from the French ; the essayist with 
 some powerful line from a German poet ; the reviewer with some 
 felicitous parallel that shall make the fortune of his article. In 
 these pages the novelist should be able to find a striking verse to 
 head his chapter, the raconteur add to his bons mots, the man 
 of the world enrich his stock of maxims, the divine obtain some 
 deep thought drawn from the wells of ancient learning. 
 
 Of course thei-e ai-e quotations and quotations, as there are 
 ways of applying them. 2 Some seem meant for declamation, 
 
 1 "Les citations d'Horace sont les grains de raisin de Corinthe dans le baba." 
 M. Decazes (Fournier, L'Esjyrit des autres, p. 386). 
 
 2 Quotations may be applied, and often very effectively applied, by giving them 
 an inflexion quite the reverse of that intended in the original. Thus the sarcastic 
 O qualis fades et quali digna tabella! of Juvenal has a fine and pathetic sound 
 when repeated alone, and may be seriously said of any noble countenance as much 
 worthy of admiration as Hannibal's appearance seemed worthy of ridicule. As 
 an instance of the contrary effect, take the C'est ainsi qu'en partant je vous fats 
 mes adieux of Quinault and Lnlli (Thesee 5, 6), the tragic conclusion of Medea's 
 speech announcing the corning catastrophe on the house of Peleus, but which is 
 generally said with a bow and a simper on taking leave of a friend.
 
 INTRODUCTION. XI 
 
 some for colloquial use ; some for the newspaper, others for 
 private correspondence. While certain lines, again, and those 
 not the least pointed, seem never so solemnly impressive as when 
 they are not recited aloud, so much as murmured half inaudibly 
 to one's self, and the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon 
 the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind. 
 
 Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a 
 pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the 
 speaker or writer to retire for an instant while another and a 
 greater makes himself heard. And this calling-up of the death- 
 less dead implies also a community of mind with them, which 
 the reader will not grudge the author lest he should seem to deny 
 it to himself. 1 
 
 In literary composition a well-chosen quotation lights up the 
 page like a fine engraving ; and, in the phrase of Addison, 2 " adds 
 a supernumerary beauty to a paper, the reader often finding his 
 imagination entertained by a hint that awakens in his memory 
 some beautiful passage of a Classick author." And this, among 
 other benefits, is the advantage of references. A line is met with. 
 Whose is it ] Where is it 1 The reference supplies the informa- 
 tion. The volume of the author is taken down, the place found, 
 and the line and context studied together. A man renews his 
 youth in this way as he lingers, not perhaps without emotion, 
 over the once familiar lines with all their varied associations in 
 the past, and, having once dipped into the book, may be tempted 
 to do so again. 
 
 Having noted what appear to be the chief faults in previous 
 collections, I should like to point out what seem to be the main 
 defects of the present volume. In the first place it has too much 
 Latin, while, on the other hand, modern languages are not 
 sufficiently represented. Of Portuguese, for instance, there is, as 
 analysts would say, a " trace ; " of Spanish hardly more. The 
 Italian quotations are meagre, and the same might be said of 
 those in Greek. The German examples might with advantage be 
 extended, and more space devoted to terms and phrases in use 
 amongst us from the French. It should, however, be said in 
 justice to the book, that the relative proportions of the various 
 languages represented are pretty much in the ratio of their actual 
 frequency as quotations occurring in English literature. In 
 practice, Latin is quoted nearly twice as often as French ; French 
 
 1 Wilkes censuring quotation as pedantry, Johnson replied, " No, sir, it is a 
 good thing : there is a community of mind in it. Classical quotation is the parole 
 of literary men all over the world." Croker's Eoswell, 687. 
 
 2 Spectator 221.
 
 xil INTRODUCTION. 
 
 nearly twice as frequently as German ; while the current sayings 
 in Greek might almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. 
 "With regard also to the translations, I could have wished to see 
 the work better turned out, particularly in the case of those 
 poetical versions for which I am personally responsible. Distance 
 from books, or an inability to find in other translations the 
 rendering required, have compelled me in many cases to be my 
 own poet. How feeble and wooden is the result no one can be 
 more sensible than myself, but I felt that even a poor metrical 
 translation of a metrical original was better than none. There is 
 a point and antithesis in verse, giving flow and feeling to,, the 
 thought of the author which falls exceedingly flat if left in prose. 
 I have to acknowledge with grateful thanks the permission 
 kindly given by the proprietors of the copyright of the late 
 Professor Conington's jEneid and Horace to make use of his 
 admirable translations under certain fixed conditions. I have also 
 to thank Mr W. F. Shaw, late Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 
 for placing his translations from Catullus, Martial, Juvenal, and 
 Persius at my service ; Mr Ferdinand Sohn, of the Libreria 
 Spithover, Rome, and Miss S. Benett, for much assistance in the 
 German quotations ; and a host of other friends who have in 
 various ways helped in the production of the volume, but who do 
 not wish their names to be mentioned. F. K. 
 
 Rome, May 1886. 
 
 *** CORRECTION OF INACCURACIES. 
 
 With the object of making the collection more perfect as a 
 work of reference, I venture to appeal to all who may make use of 
 the volume to have the kindness to point out any inaccuracies 
 which they may detect, and particularly 
 
 1. To call attention to faulty Quotation, or Reference, or both. 
 
 2. To supply Author and Reference where a query (?) shows 
 
 that one or both of these particulars are unknown. 
 
 3. To point out faulty Translation, or Application and missing 
 
 of the point generally. 
 
 4. To suggest any further quotations which it is desirable to 
 
 include in the collection, as also the omission of such as 
 seem unsuitable.
 
 ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS AND WORKS 
 REFERRED TO. 
 
 jEschin., . . ^Eschines. 
 ./Esch., . . JSschylus. 
 ,, Ag., Agamemnou. 
 Pers., Persa6. 
 Ambros., . . S. Ambrose. 
 App., . . . Appianus. 
 
 AT Aristophanes. 
 
 ,, Av., Aves. 
 Vesp., VespaB. 
 Ariost., . . Ariosto. 
 
 Orl. Fur. , Orlando Furioso. 
 Auct. Her., Auctor ad Herennium. 
 Aug. or August. , S. Augustine. 
 ,, Ad. Jul., Adversus Julianum. 
 Civ. Dei, de Civitate Dei. 
 Conf ., Conf essiones. 
 ,, Contra Ep. Parnien., Contra Epistolam 
 
 Parmeniani. 
 
 Paraphr. Ps. , Enarratio in Psalmos. 
 Aul. Cell., see Gell. 
 Aus. or Auson., Ausonius. 
 Ep. , Epistolae. 
 
 Epigr., Epigrammata. 
 ,. Id., Idyllia. 
 
 ,, Sap. Sent., Sapientum Sententiae. 
 Bacon de Augtn. Sc., De Augmentia Scien- 
 
 tiarum. 
 
 Nov. Org., Novum Organou. 
 Beaum., . . Beaumarchais. 
 Bed., . . . Ven. Bede. 
 Boeth., . . Boethius. 
 Cons., De Consolatione. 
 Boil., . . . Boileau. 
 ,, A. P., Art Poetique. 
 Ep., Epltres. 
 Sat. or S., Satires. 
 BUchm., . . Georg BUchmann. 
 
 Gefl. W., GeflUgelte Worte. 
 Caes., . . . C. J. Caesar. 
 B. C., Bellum Civile. 
 B. G., Bellum Gallicum. 
 Callim., . . Callimachus. 
 Cassiod., . . Cassiodorus. 
 Inst. Div., 1 nst i tut io Divinarum Lite- 
 
 rarum. 
 
 Catull. or Cat., . Catullus. 
 Chateaub., . Chateaubriand. 
 
 Cic Cicero. 
 
 Agr., De Lege Agraria. 
 Am., De Amicitia. 
 Arch., Pro Archia. 
 Att., Epistolae ad Atticum. 
 Brut., Brutus si vede Claris Oratoribus 
 Casein., Pro Caecina. 
 Cael., Pro M. Caelio. 
 , Cat. , In Catilinam. 
 Clu., Pro Cluentia 
 
 Cic., de Inv., De Inventione Rhetorica. 
 Deiot., Pro Eege Deiotaro. 
 de Or., De Oratore. 
 Div., De Divinatione. 
 Fam., Epistolaa ad Familiares. 
 Fin., De Finibus. 
 in Pis. , In Pisonem. 
 Leg., De Legibus. 
 Leg. Man., see Manil. 
 Lig., Pro Ligario. 
 Manil., Pro Lege Manilla. 
 Marc, or Marcell., Pro Marcello. 
 Mur., Pro Muraena. 
 N. D., De Natura Deorum. 
 Off., De Offlciis. 
 Or., Orator. 
 
 Parad. or Par., Paradoxa. 
 Part. Or. , De Partitione Oratoria. 
 Phil. , Orationes Philippicae. 
 Plane. , Pro Plancio. 
 Prov. Cons. , De Provinces Consularibus. 
 Quint., Pro P. Quintio. 
 Q. Fr., Epistolae ad Q. Fratrem. 
 Rab. Post. , Pro Rabirio Postumo. 
 Rep., De Re Publica. 
 Rose. Com., Pro Roscio Comoedo 
 Sen., De Senectute. 
 Tusc., Tusculanae Disputationes. 
 Claud., . . Claudianus. 
 III. Cons. Hon., De Tertio Consulatu 
 
 Honorii. 
 IV. Cons. Hon., De Quarto Consulatu 
 
 Honorii. 
 ,, VI. Cons. Hon., In Sextum Consulatum 
 
 Honorii. 
 Cons. Mall., In Mallii Theodori Con- 
 
 Bulatum. 
 
 Cons. Stil. , De Consulatu Stilichouis. 
 Eutr., In Eutropium. 
 Rufln., In Rufinum. 
 Nupt. Hon., de Nuptiia Honorii. 
 ,, Rapt. Pros., De Raptu Proserpinae. 
 
 Col Columella. 
 
 Corn., . . Pierre Conieille. 
 Cora. T., . . Thomas Corneille. 
 Curt., . . Q. Curtius. 
 
 Dec. Lab , see Lab. 
 Dig., Digesta (Libri Pandectarum). 
 Diog. Laert., . Diogenes Laertius. 
 Dion. Cato, . Dionysius Cato. 
 Donat. or Don., Donatus. 
 Ecclus., see Vulgate. 
 Knn., . . . Ennuis. 
 Epich., . - Epicharmus. 
 Eurip. or Eur. , . Euripides. 
 Fr., Fragmenta. 
 Heracl., Heraelidae.
 
 6 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED TO. 
 
 Eur., Hipp., Hippolytua. 
 
 ,, Iph. Aul., Iphigeniain Aulide. 
 
 Iph. Taur., Iphigenia in Tauris. 
 
 ,, Or., Orestes. 
 
 Rhes., Rhesus. 
 
 Tr., Troades. 
 Euseb., . . Eusebius. 
 Fest., . . . Sextus P. Festus. 
 Flor., . . . L. Annseus Floras. 
 Gai., . . . Gaius. 
 
 Inst., Institutiones Juris Civilis. 
 Gell., . . . Aulus Gellius. 
 Greg., . . S. Gregorius Magnus. 
 
 Moral., Moralia. 
 
 Greg-. Turon., . S. Gregorius Turonensis. 
 Herod., . . Herodotus. 
 Hes., . . . Hesiod. 
 
 Op. et D., Opera et Dies. 
 
 Th., Theogonia. 
 Hier., . . S. Hieronymus. 
 
 Ep., Epistolae. 
 Horn., . . Homer. 
 
 II., Iliad. 
 
 ,, Od., Odyssey. 
 Hor., . . . Q. Horatius Flaccus. 
 
 A. P., De Arte Poetica. 
 
 ,, C., Carmina (Odac). 
 
 Ep., Epistolse. 
 
 Epod., Epodi. 
 
 S., Satirae. 
 Insor., . . Inscriptiones. 
 
 GrUter., GrUteri. 
 Just., . . Justinianus. 
 
 Inst., Institutiones. 
 Juv., . . . Juvenal. 
 Lab., . . . Decius Laberius. 
 La Bruy. or La B. , La Bruyere. 
 
 ,, Car., Caracteres. 
 La Font. orLaF., La Fontaine. 
 La Rochef. or La R., La Rochefoucauld. 
 
 ,, Max., Maximes. 
 Lampr. , . . JElius Lampridius. 
 
 Alex. Sev., Alexandri Severi Vita. 
 
 Liv T. Livius. 
 
 Lucan. or Luc. , M. A. Lucanus. 
 Lucret., . . Lucretius. 
 Mach., . . Macbiavelli. 
 Macr., . . Macrobius. 
 
 S., Saturnalia. 
 Manil., . . Manilius. 
 
 Astr., Astronomica. 
 Mart., . . Martialis. 
 Menand., . . Menander. 
 Metast., . . Metastasio. 
 Mol., . . . Moliere. 
 Nep., . . . Cornelius Nepos. 
 
 Ale., Alcibiades. 
 
 Att., Atticus. 
 
 Epam., Epaniinondas. 
 
 ,, Ham., Hamilcar. 
 
 Non Nonius Marcellus. 
 
 Orac. Sibyll., . Oracula Sibyllina. 
 Ov., . . . Ovidius Naso. 
 
 ,, A. A., Ars Amatoria. 
 
 ,, Am., Amores. 
 
 ,, Ep., Epistolae ex Ponto. 
 
 Fast, or F., Fasti. 
 
 ,, Heroid. or 11., Heroides. 
 
 ,, Liv., In Liviam. 
 
 Ov., M., Metamorphoses. 
 
 ,, Med. Fac., Medicamina Faciei. 
 
 ,, R. A., Remediuni Amoris. 
 
 T., Tristia. 
 
 Pall., . . Palladius Rutilius Taurug. 
 Pasc., . . Pascal. 
 
 ,, Pens., Pense'es. 
 
 ,, Prov., Lettres Provinciales. 
 Pers., ' . . Persius. 
 Petr. or Petron., Petronius Arbiter. 
 Phaedr.orPhaed., Phaedrus. 
 Pind., . . Pindar. 
 
 ,, Olymp., Odse Olympics. 
 
 Pyth., Odse Pythicae. 
 Plat., . . . Plato. 
 
 Charm., Charmides. 
 
 ,, Phsedr., Phaedrus. 
 Plaut., . . Plautus. f" 
 
 ,, Am., Amphitruo. 
 
 As., Asinaria. 
 
 ,, Aul., Aulularia. 
 
 ,, Bacch., Bacchides. 
 
 Capt., Captivi. 
 
 Cas., Casina. 
 
 ,, Cist., Cistellaria. 
 
 ,, Men., Menaechmi. 
 
 ,, Merc., Mercator. 
 Mil., Miles Gloripsus. 
 Most., Mostellaria. 
 Pers., Persa. 
 Pcen., Poenulus. 
 Ps., Pseudolus. 
 Rud., Rudens. 
 Stich., Stichus. 
 
 Ton., Trinummus. 
 
 ,, True., Truculentus. 
 Plin., . . . Plinius (major). 
 
 ,, Hist. Nat. or H. N., Historia Naturalis. 
 Plin. Sec. or Min., Plinius (minor). 
 
 Ep., Epistolae. 
 
 ,, Pan., Panegyricus. 
 Plut., . . Plutarch. 
 Prop., . . Propertius. 
 Pub. Syr., . . Publius Syrus. 
 Quint., . . Quintilianus. 
 
 ,, Decl., Declamationes. 
 
 ,, Inst., Institutiones Oratoriae. 
 1 1: ic., . . . Racine. 
 
 Britaun., Britannicua. 
 
 ,, Iph., Iphigeriie. 
 
 Rouss. (J. B.), . Jean Baptiste Rousseau. 
 Rouss. (J. J.), . Jean Jacques Rousseau. 
 Sail., . . . Sallustius. 
 
 ,, C., Catilina. 
 
 ,, Fragm., Fragmenta. 
 
 ,, H., Historia. 
 
 ,, J., Jugurtha. 
 Scalig., . . Scaliger. 
 Schill., . . Schiller. 
 Sen., . . . Seneca. 
 
 ,, Again., Agamemnon. 
 
 Apoc., Apocolocyntosis. 
 
 ,, Ben., De Beneflciis. 
 
 ,, Clem., De dementia. 
 
 De Brev. Vit., De Brevitate Vitae. 
 
 ,, Ep., Epistolae. 
 
 ,, Here. Fur., Hercules Furens. 
 
 ,, Hipp., Hippolytus. 
 
 ,, Mcd., Medea.
 
 ABBREVIATIONS OP AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED TO. 
 
 Sen., (Edip., O2dipus. 
 
 ,, Prov., De Providentia. 
 
 Q. N., Qusestiones Naturales. 
 
 Thyest., Thyestes. 
 
 Tranq., De Tranquillitate Aniini. 
 
 ,, Troad., Troades. 
 Sid., . . . Apollinaris Sidonius. 
 
 Ep., Epistolse. 
 Sil., . . . Silius Italicus. 
 Simon, or Simonid., Simonides. 
 Soph., . . . Sophocles. 
 
 ,, Ant., Antigone. 
 
 Aj., Ajax. 
 
 Fragm., Fragmenta. 
 Spart., . . JElius Spartianus. 
 Stat., . . . Statins. 
 
 S. or Sylv., Sylva. 
 
 T. or Theb., Thebais. 
 Suet., . . Suetonius. 
 
 ,, Aug., Augustus Caesar. 
 
 Caes., C. Julius Caesar. 
 
 Claud., Claudius Caesar. 
 
 ,, De 111. Gramm., De Grammaticis. 
 
 ,, Ner. or Neron., Nero. 
 Tac Tacitus. 
 
 ,, A., Annales. 
 
 Agr., Agricola. 
 
 ,, II., Historia. 
 Ter., . . . Terentius. 
 
 Ad., Adelphi. 
 
 And., Andria. 
 
 ,, Eun., Eunuchus. 
 
 ,, Heaut., Heautontimorumeuos. 
 
 ,, Phor., Phormio. 
 Tert. orTertull., Tertullus. 
 
 Ap. or Apol., Apologia. 
 
 Coron. Mill., De Corona Militis. 
 
 Tert., De Fuga., De Fuga in Persecutione. 
 
 ,, De Pudic., De Pudicitia. 
 Theocr., . . Theocritus. 
 
 Id., Idyllia. 
 
 Thuc., . . Thucydides. 
 Tib. orTibull.,. Tibullus. 
 Val. Max., . . Valerius Maximus. 
 Varr., . . Varro. 
 
 L. L. , De Lingua Latina. 
 
 R. R., De Re Rustica. 
 Vine. Lerin., . S. Vincentius Lerinensis. 
 Virg., . . Virgilius Maro. 
 
 A., Aeneis. 
 
 E., Ecloga. 
 
 G., Georgiea. 
 Vitruv., . . Vitruvius. 
 Volt., . . Voltaire. 
 Vop., . . Flavius Vopiscus. 
 Vulg., . . Biblia Vulgatae Editionis. 
 
 ,, Cor., Epistola ad Corinthos. 
 
 ,, Eccles., Ecclesiastes. 
 
 ,, Ecclus., Ecclesiasticus. 
 
 ,, Heb., Epistola ad Hebrseos. 
 
 ,, Jer. Thren., Threni Jeremiae. 
 
 Joan., Evangelium Joannis. 
 
 ,, Luc., Evangelium Lucse. 
 
 ,, Marc., Evangelium Marci. 
 
 Matt., Evangelium Matthsei 
 Os., Osee. 
 
 Pet., Epistola Petri. 
 Prov., Proverbia. 
 Ps., Psalmi. 
 
 Rom., Epistola ad Romanes. 
 Thess. , Epistola ad Thessalonicenses. 
 
 ,, Tim., Epistola ad Timotheum. 
 Xen., . . . Xenophon. 
 
 Mem., Memorabilia.
 
 OTHER ABBREVIATIONS, SIGNS, ETC. 
 
 OTHER ABBREVIATIONS, SIGNS, ETC. 
 
 Abb. or Abbrev., Abbreviated, -ation. 
 
 Ad fin., At the end. 
 
 Ap., apud, In. 
 
 Appl., Applied, Applicable to. 
 
 Cant., Canto. 
 
 Cap., Chapter. 
 
 Cf. (Confer), Compare. 
 
 Class., Classical. 
 
 E.g., For example. 
 
 Ep., Epistle. 
 
 Epil., Epilogue. 
 
 Fr., French. 
 
 Fragm., Fragment. 
 
 G., German. 
 
 Gr., Greek. 
 
 Ibid. , In the same place. 
 
 Id., The same. 
 
 I.e., That is.' 
 
 Incert., Uncertain author or work. 
 
 Infr., Below. 
 
 Init., At the beginning. 
 
 In I., In the passage. 
 
 Introd., Introduction. 
 
 It, Italian. 
 
 K.T.X., Etcetera. 
 
 L., Latin. 
 
 Log. T., Logical Term. 
 
 Loq. (Loquitur), Says. 
 
 M., Motto. 
 
 Med., Mediaeval or Medical. 
 
 Mil., Military. 
 
 Op., Work, works. t 
 
 Opp., Opposed to. 
 
 P., Portuguese. 
 
 Poet., Poetical. 
 
 Prsef., Preface. 
 
 Prol., Prologue. 
 
 Prov., Proverb, Proverbial,-ly. 
 
 Qu., Quoted by. 
 
 Q.V., Which see. 
 
 S., Spanish. 
 
 Sc., Namely. 
 
 Sub. , Understand, -stood. 
 
 S.v., Under the word. 
 
 T., Term. 
 
 Tr., Translation,-ed by. 
 
 Trop., Figuratively. 
 
 T.t., Technical term. 
 
 U.s.w., Etcetera. 
 
 Ut supra, As above. 
 
 V. (vide), See. 
 
 Viz., Namely. 
 
 t signifies date of death. 
 
 ? occurring after a quotation means that author, or passage (or both), are uncertain. 
 See p. i. at the bottom, and p. viii. and note. 
 
 The first words of a quotation beginning with the end of a line of poetry are, in order 
 to save space, frequently run on to the second line, and the commencement of the latter in- 
 dicated by a capital letter, e.g., No. 16: Ab ovo Usque ad mala, which, correctly written, 
 would run : 
 
 Ab ovo 
 Usque ad mala. 
 
 So, also, No. 1385 : En sa malson Le dos aufeu, le venire d table, is, to print it at length : 
 
 /.'/' sa maison 
 Le dos aufeu, le ventre d table. 
 
 Quotations not found in their alphabetical place should be looked for in the Index,
 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1. A aucun les biens viennent en dormant. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Good things come to some people while they sleep. 
 
 2. Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. The abuse of anything is no argument against its 
 proper use. 
 
 3. Ab actu ad posse valet illatio. (L.) from what has 
 
 taken place we may infer what will happen. 
 The uniformity of nature fuftiishes a ground of induction, upon 
 which we may conclude that a similar condition of things 
 being given, what has happened once will happen again. In 
 the same way a man's habits afford presumption for the re- 
 currence of certain eventualities in his life. A. B. left the 
 turf for the stock exchange ; it is likely that he will speculate 
 on the one as he did on the other, ab actu ad posse, etc. 
 
 4. Ab alio expectes alter! quod feceris. (L.) P. Syr. ap. Sen. 
 
 Ep. 94. As you have done to others, expect others to do to 
 you. Of. Yulg. Luc. 6, 31. 
 
 5. A barbe de fol on apprend a raire. (Fr.) Prov. Men learn 
 
 to s/uive by beginning on the beard of a fool. Similar to 
 Fiat experimentum, etc., q.v. 
 
 6. A ben conoscer la natura dei popoli, convien esser principe, 
 
 ed a conoscer ben quella dei principi convien esser 
 popolare. (It.) Mach. 1 To be well acquainted with the 
 dispositions of a people, one should be a prince ; and to 
 know well the disposition of a prince, one should be of 
 the people. 
 
 7. Abends wird der Faule fleissig. (<?.) Prov. Towards 
 
 evening the lazy man begins to be busy.
 
 10 ABEUNT. 
 
 8. Abeunt stuclia in mores. (L.) 1 Pursuits grow into Jiabits. 
 
 One can by habit get absorbed in what was at first most 
 distasteful. 
 
 9. Abi hinc in malam crucem ! (L.) Plant. Most. 3, 2, 163. 
 
 Go and be hanged ! (2.) Abi in malam rem ! Plaut. 
 Pers. 2, 4, 7. Go to the deuce ! 
 
 10. Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit. (L.) Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1. 
 
 He has departed, retreated, escaped, broken away. Said of 
 Catiline's flight from the senate on the discovery of his 
 conspiracy. A good description of any one absconding. 
 
 11. Abi, ludis me, credo. (L.} Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32. Dff 
 
 with you, you are fooling me, I guess. 
 
 12. Ab initio. (Z.) From the beginning. Anything which 
 
 has been irregularly done must be begun ab initio, afresh, 
 as though nothing had been done in the matter. 
 
 13. Ab inopia ad virtu tern obsepta est via. (Z.) Prov. 
 
 Poverty obstructs the road to virtue. It is so easy to be 
 good when one is well off. 
 
 14. Abnormis sapiens crassaque Minerva. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 
 
 2, 3. Of plain good sense, untutored in the school. Full 
 of mother-wit. A shrewd sensible fellow. 
 
 15. A bon chat bon rat. (Fr.} Prov. A good rat for a good 
 
 cat. Opponents should be well matched. Set a thief to 
 catch a thief. An old poacher makes the best game- 
 keeper. 
 
 16. Ab ovo Usque ad mala. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 6. From eggs 
 
 to apples. From the beginning to the end : eggs and 
 apples being respectively the first and last courses at a 
 Roman dinner. 
 The phrase applies to any topic, or speaker, monopolising the 
 
 whole of the conversation at dinner from soup to dessert, or at 
 
 any other time. 
 
 17. Abracadabra. Ancient cabalistic word of Persian origin, 
 said to contain the name of Mithras the sun-god. A 
 paper written with the letters of the spell, so as to form 
 an inverted pyramid, was anciently worn as an amulet 
 against fevers and ague, viz. : 
 
 abracadabra 
 
 abracadab 
 
 a b r a c a d 
 
 a b r a c 
 
 a b r
 
 ABUNDANT. 11 
 
 18. Absente auxilio perquirimus undique frustra, 
 
 Sed nobis ingens indicis auxiliuni est. (L.) ? 
 
 Use of an index. 
 
 Without a key we search and search in vain, 
 But a good index is a monstrous gain. Ed. 
 
 (See Notes and Queries, 2"d Ser. 6, 146.) 
 
 19. Absentem qui rodit amicum, 
 
 Qui non defendit alio culpante, solutos 
 
 Qui captat risus bominum, faniamque dicacis ; 
 
 Fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere 
 
 Qui nequit, hie niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 81. 
 A blackguard. 
 
 The man that will malign an absent friend 
 
 Or when his friend's attacked, does not defend ; 
 
 "Who seeks to raise a laugh, be thought a wit, 
 
 Declares "he saw," when he invented it : 
 
 Who blabs a secret Roman, friend, take care, 
 
 His heart is black, of such an one beware. Ed. 
 
 20. Absint inani funere iiceniae, 
 
 Luctusque turpes et querimoniae ; 
 Cornpesce clamorem, ac sepulcri 
 
 Mitte supervacuos honores. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 20, 21 
 
 Weep not for me. 
 No dirges for my fancied death ; 
 
 No weak lament, no mournful stave ; 
 All clamorous grief were waste of breath, 
 
 And vain the tribute of a grave. Ooningion, 
 
 21. Absit invidia. (L.) All offence apart. 
 
 22. Absit invidia verbo. (L.) Liv. 9, 19, 15. I say it with- 
 
 out offence. 
 
 23. Absit omen. (Z.) May the omen mean nothing.' I pray 
 
 there be no ugly meaning in it ! 
 
 24. Abstineto a fabis. (L.) 1 Abstain from beans. I.e., keep 
 
 clear of elections : where, as at Athens, the election of 
 public magistrates was balloted for with beans. 
 
 25. Abundans caxitela non nocet. (L.) Law Max. Excessive 
 
 precaution cannot do any harm. E.g., in the purchase 
 of property the buyer cannot be too careful in requiring 
 a good title with the estate he is treating for. 
 
 26. Abundant dulcibus vitiis. (L.) Quint. 10, 1, 129. They 
 
 abound in seductive faults. Said of any one whose very 
 errors are charming.
 
 12 AB UNO. 
 
 27. Ab uno ad omnes. (L.} From one to att. Motto of Earl 
 
 of Perth and Melfort. 
 
 28. Ab urbe couditS,, or A. U. C. (L.) From the building of 
 
 the City. The date from which the Romans reckoned : 
 generally considered as being 752 B.C. 
 
 29. Abyssus abyssum invocat. (L.) Ps. 41, 7. Deep calleth 
 
 unto deep. 
 
 30. A causa perduta parole assai. (It.) Prov. Words in 
 
 plenty when the cattle is lost. Plenty of advice when it 
 is useless. *. 
 
 31. Accedas ad curiam. (L.) Law Term. You may go to the 
 
 Courts. A writ which removes a plaint from an inferior 
 court (generally the county court) to a higher one. 
 
 32. Accede ad ignem hunc ; jam calesces plus satis. (L.) Ter. 
 
 Eun. 1, 2, 5. Approach this fire, you will soon be warmer 
 than you like. Said of the beauty of Thais. 
 
 33. Acceptissima semper Munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa 
 
 facit. (L.) Ov. H. 17, 71. Those presents which derive 
 their value from the donor, are always the most acceptable. 
 Of. Shakesp. Hamlet, 3, 1, 98 : 
 
 You gave with words of so sweet breath composed, 
 
 As made the things more rich. 
 
 34. Accipe nunc Danaum insidias, et crimine ab uno 
 
 Disce omnes. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 65. 
 
 Now listen while my tongue declares 
 The tale you ask of Danaan snares, 
 And gather from a single charge 
 Their catalogue of crimes at large. Conington. 
 
 You may judge of the defendant's character from a single charge 
 established against him. Crimine ab uno disce omnes. 
 
 35. Accipe nunc victus tenuis quid quantaque secum 
 
 Affert. Imprimis valeasbene. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 70. 
 Now listen for a space while I declare 
 The good results that spring from frugal fare. 
 Imprimis, health. Conington. 
 
 36. Accipe qua? nimios vincant umbracula soles ; 
 
 Sit licet et ventus te tua vela tegent. (L.) Mart. 14, 28. 
 
 Umbrellas. 
 
 An iimbrella for the sun you'll handy find, 
 Or it may serve as shelter from the wind. Ed. 
 
 37. Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 6. 
 The mind that's ta'en with outward shows 
 
 Will always truthful things refuse. Ed.
 
 ACRIBTJS. 13 
 
 38. Accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. (L.) Law Max. 
 No man is bound to accuse himself unless it be before 
 his God. When culprits wish to make confession, it is 
 not received without their being cautioned by the court 
 as to the consequences and permitted to put in a plea of 
 not guilty. 
 39 Acer, et indomitus : quo spes, quoque ira vocasset, 
 
 Ferre manum, et nunquam temerando parcere ferro : 
 Successus urgere suos : instare favori 
 Numinis : impellens quicquid sibi summa petenti 
 Obstaret : gaudensque viam fecisse ruina. 
 
 (L.) Luc. 1, 146. 
 Julius Caesar. 
 
 Undaunted, keen : where Hope or Passion called 
 He'd fight, nor ever sheathe the murderous sword. 
 To push advantage, follow up his star 
 (If Fortune smiled), and overturn all odds 
 That kept him from the prize such was his plan : 
 Pleased at the ruins that bestrewed his way. Ed. 
 
 40. Acheruntis pabulum. (L.) Plaut. Gas. 2, 1, 12. Food 
 
 for Acheron. A vicious abandoned character. A ne'er- 
 do-weel. 
 
 41. Ach ! warum, ihr Cotter, ist unendlich 
 
 Alles, alles, endlich unser Gliick nur 1 (G.) Goethe, 
 Pandora. Alas/ why, ye gods, is all, all eternal, our 
 happiness alone fleeting I 
 
 42. Ach wie gliicklich sind die Todten ! (G.) Schill. Das 
 
 Siegesfest. -Ah ! how happy are the dead I 
 
 43. A cceur vaillant rien d'impossible. (Fr.) Nothing is im- 
 
 possible to a valiant heart. Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of 
 Navarre, mother of Henry IV., and adopted by him as 
 his own devise. 
 
 44. A confesseurs, meMecins, avocats, la verite' ne cele de ton 
 
 cas. (Fr.) Prov. From confessors, physicians, and 
 lawyers, do not hide the truth of your case. Tell them 
 the worst, that the remedy may be all the more speedy 
 and effectual. 
 
 45. Acribus, ut ferme talia^ initiis, incurioso fine. (L.) Tac. 
 
 A. 6, 17. As is generally the case with such movements, 
 an impulsive beginning and a careless termination. It is 
 comparatively easy to launch a movement amid every 
 sign of excitement and zeal, the difficulty is to sustain 
 action when the first novelty of the thing has worn off
 
 H ACRIORA. 
 
 46. Acriora orexim excitant embammata. (L.) Col. 12, 57 
 
 fin. Pungent sauces whet the appetite. 
 
 47. A cmce salus. (Z.) Salvation from the cross. Motto of 
 
 the earl of Mayo. 
 
 48. Ac si Insanire paret certa ratione modoque. (Z/.) Hor. 
 
 S. 2, 3, 27. He would try to be mad with reason and 
 method. He has method in his madness. 
 
 Why, the job's as bad 
 As if you tried by reason to be mad. Conington. 
 
 Of. Shakesp. Hamlet, 2, 2, 208 : 
 Tho' this be madness, yet there is method in it. 
 
 49. A eta exteriora indicant interiora secreta. (Z.) Law Max. 
 
 Outward acts indicate the secret intention. 
 
 Thus, a man having rights of common, if he cut down a tree on 
 the common, is judged to have had an illegal intention in his 
 mind, and must be considered in the light of a trespasser. 
 
 50. Actio personalis moritur cum persona. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 A personal right of action expires with the death of the 
 
 person concerned. 
 
 Thus, in Osborne v. Gillett, Baron Bram well held that a father 
 might bring an action for negligence, whereby his daughter 
 was killed : but Chief Baron Kelly and Baron Piggott main- 
 tained that the maxim Actio personalis, etc., applied (42 Law 
 J. Rep. Exch. 53). 
 
 51. Actio recta non erit, nisi recta fuerit voluntas, ab hac* 
 
 enirn est actio. Rursus, voluntas non erit recta, nisi 
 habitus animi rectus fuerit : ab hoc enirn est voluntas. 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 95. An action cannot be right if tJie 
 intention prompting it be not right, since the intention 
 constitutes the act. Again, the intention cannot be right 
 unless the mind of the person is rightly disposed, for the 
 intention springs from the mind. 
 
 52. Acturn aiunt ne agas. (L.) Ter. Phor. 2, 3, 72. What's 
 
 done, they say, don't do again. You are wasting your 
 time : acting to no purpose. Cf. Rem actam agis. Plant 
 Ps. 1, 2, 27. You are doing work twice over. 
 
 53. Actum est de republica. (L.)1 It is all over ivith the 
 
 constitution. 
 
 54. Actus Dei nemini facit injuriam. (L.) Law Max. The 
 
 act of God cannot be held in law to affect any man 
 
 injuriously. 
 
 Thus, loss of goods at sea by the foundering of a vessel in a 
 tempest falls upon the owner, not the carrier, and fies peril sue 
 domino, the goods perish at the owner's risk.
 
 ADDE. 15 
 
 65. Actus legis nenrini facit injuriam. (L.) Law Max. TJie 
 action of t/te law cannot wrong any man. 
 
 If any one abuses authority given by law, he is held by law as 
 if he had acted without any such authorisation. A right of 
 way past a dwelling may not be so injured by the carts of the 
 party possessing the right, as to make the road unserviceable 
 to the tenants of the dwelling past which the right of way 
 runs. 
 
 56. Actus me invito factus, non est meus actus. (L.) Law- 
 
 Max. An act done, to which I am not a consenting party, 
 cannot be called my act. 
 
 57. Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 TJie act itself does not make a man guilty unless his inten- 
 tions were guilty. 
 
 58. A cuspide corona. (L.) From the spear a crown. Motto 
 
 of Viscount Midleton. 
 
 69. Acutum, prudens, et idem sincerum et solidum, et exsic- 
 catum genus orationis. (L.) Cic. Brut. 84, 291. A 
 pointed and thoughtful style of oratory, and at the same 
 time plain, solid, and dry in character. Of. Nihil erat 
 in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atqne 
 sanum. Id. ibid. 55, 202. There was nothing in his 
 (C. Gotta) speeches, but what was plain, solid, and 
 sound. 
 
 60. Ac veluti magno in populo quum ssepe coorta est 
 
 Seditio, stevitque animis ignobile vulgus, 
 
 Jamque faces et saxa volant j furor arma ministrat. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 1, 148. 
 
 As when sedition oft has stirred 
 
 In some great town the vulgar herd, 
 
 And brands and stones already fly, 
 
 (For rage has always weapons nigh). Conington. 
 
 61. Adam muss eine Eva haben, die er zeiht was er gethan. 
 
 ((?.) Prov. Adam must have an Eve, to blame for what 
 he has done. 
 
 62. Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet. (L.) ?Pub. Syr. 
 
 Every rumour is believed, where disaster is concerned. 
 Bad news travels apace. 
 
 63. Ad captandum vulgus. (L.) To please the mob. A bait 
 
 thrown out to gain the plaudits of the crowd. 
 
 64. Adde parum parvo, magnus acervus erit. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Add little to little, and you will have a great heap. 
 Mony littles mak a muckle. 
 
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 16 ADDE. 
 
 65. Adde quod injustum rigido jus dicitur ense ; Dantur et in 
 
 medio vulnera ssepe foro. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 10, 43. 
 
 Miscarriage of Justice. 
 The sword of justice cuts in cruel sort, 
 And wounds are often dealt in open court. Ed. 
 
 66. Addere legi justitiam decus. (L.) It is an honourable 
 
 thing to combine justice with law. Motto of Lord 
 Norton. 
 
 67. A Deo et rege. (L.) From God and the king. Motto of 
 
 Earls of Chesterfield, Harrington, and Stanhope. 
 
 68. Adeo exornatum dabo, adeo depexum, ut dum vivat merajn- 
 
 erit mei. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 77. I'll give him such 
 a dressing, such a hiding, that he'll remember me as long 
 as he lives. 
 
 69. Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est. (L.) Virg. G. 
 
 2, 272. So important is it to grow inured to anything 
 in early youth. The value of sound principles, early 
 instilled in the mind, is incalculable. 
 
 'Tis education forms the common mind ; 
 
 Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. Pope, Ep. 1, 149. 
 
 70. Adeon'homines immutarier 
 
 Ex am ore, ut non cognoscas eundem esse ? (L.) Ter. 
 Eun. 2, 1, 19. Is it possible a man can be so changed 
 by love, that one would not know him for the same 
 person ? 
 
 71. Ad eundem. (Z.) To the same degree. 
 
 A graduate of one university is permitted to enjoy the same 
 degree at another, and is said to be admitted ad eundem sc. 
 gradum (to the same degree), at the sister university. The 
 coach that used to run (and may do so still) from Oxford to 
 Cambridge and back, was facetiously called the ad eundem by 
 the undergraduate wits. 
 
 72. Adhibenda est munditia non odiosa, neque exquisita nimis ; 
 
 tantum quse fugiat agrestem ac inhumanam negligentiam. 
 (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130. It is right to observe a 
 certain neatness in dress, without being foppish or dandi- 
 fied ; and at the same time equally removed from a rustic 
 and boorish slovenliness. In this, as in all else, the 
 modus in rebus (moderation in things) is the principle 
 dictated by good taste. 
 
 73. Ad hoc. (Z-.) For this (special) purpose. A clause ad 
 
 hoc was specially inserted in the covenant. 
 
 74. Adhuc sub judice lis est. (Z.) The point in dispute is still 
 
 before the judge. The controversy is yet undecided.
 
 AD KALENDAS. 17 
 
 75. Adieu, brave Crillon, je vous aime tort et a travers. 
 
 (Fr.) Adieu, my brave Crillon, I love you without 
 
 rhyme or reason. 
 
 The saying is quoted commonly in the above form as the con- 
 clusion of a letter of Henry IV. to a favourite. The original, 
 however, runs: "II n'y manque que le brave Grillon, qui 
 sera toujours le bien venu et veu de moy. Adieu." Nothing 
 is wanting except the company of good Grillon, who will always 
 have a hearty welcome and good wishes from me. Adieu. 
 
 76. Adieu la voiture, adieu la boutique ! (Fr.) Prov. Good- 
 
 bye to t/te carnage, good-bye to the shop I There is an 
 end of the business : the establishment is broken up. 
 
 77. Adieu, paniers, vendanges sont faites. (Fr.) Prov. Good- 
 
 bye, baskets ! vintage is over ! The work is over, and its 
 accessories may be put away. 
 
 78. Adieu, plaisant pays de France ! 
 
 O ma patrie, la plus che'rie, etc. (Fr.) De Quer. ? 
 Adieu, pleasant land of France ! Oh ! my country, t/ie 
 dearest in the world, etc. Supposed to have been sung 
 by Mary Stuart on leaving the shores of France, but in 
 reality an historical forgery of De Qtierlon, who admitted 
 as much to the Abbe" Menier de Saint-Le'ger. 
 
 79. Ad infinitum. (L.) To infinity ; without end. 
 Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em ; 
 And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum (?). 
 
 80. Ad interim. (L.) In the meantime ; provisionally. 
 
 81. A discretion. (Fr.) According to discretion. Without 
 
 limitation. TJnconditionally. 
 
 82. Aditus ad multitudinem, ut in universorum animos 
 
 tanquam influere possimus. (L.) Cic. Off. 2, 9, 31. 
 Access to the ear of the masses, so t/iat we are able, as it 
 were, to insinuate ourselves into tJie affections of tlie 
 multitude. This is one of the elements (according to 
 Cicero) of the greatest human glory, and applicable to 
 the enormous power wielded by any great speaker. 
 
 83. A diverticulo repetatur fabula. (L.) Juv. 15, 72. To 
 
 return from t/te digression. Like the Fr. Revenons 
 a nos moutons, q.v. 
 
 84. Ad Kalendas Graecas. (L.) Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 87. 
 
 At the Greek Kalends. The next day after never. 
 As the Greeks had no Kalends, the phrase is used of anything 
 that can never possibly take place. According to Suetonius 
 the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of 
 the probability of his paying his creditors. 
 B
 
 18 AD LIBITUM. 
 
 85. Ad libitum or ad lib. (L.) At pleasure; without restraint, 
 
 to one's heart's content. In music, it signifies that the 
 " time " of the passage may be extended at will accord- 
 ing to the taste of the performer. 
 
 86. Ad mala quisque animum referat sua. (L.) Ov. E. A. 
 
 559. Let each one call to mind his own woes. 
 
 87. Ad minora ilia . . . demittere me non recusabo. (L.) 
 
 Quint. Procem. 5. / will not refuse to descend to even 
 the most minute particulars. I will enter into all and 
 every detail, if you desire it. 
 
 88. Admonere voluiuius, non mordere ; prodesse, non laedefe ; 
 
 consulere morbis hominum, non officere. (L.) Erasm. 1 
 My object is, to advise, not to wound ; to be of service, not 
 to hurt ; to cure the failings of mankind, not to obstruct 
 t/teir remedy. 
 
 89. Ad morem villa? de Poole. (L.) After the custom of the 
 
 town of Poole. Motto of Borough of Poole. 
 
 90. Ad ogni santo la sua torcia or candela. (It.) Every saint 
 
 his torch or candle. Every one should have his proper 
 honours and precedence allowed him. A compliment 
 should be paid to all. 
 
 91. Ad ogni uccello suo nido e bello. (It.) Prov. Every bird 
 
 thinks its own nest beautiful. 
 Be it never so humble, there's no place like home. 
 
 /. If. Payne, Opera of Clari. 
 
 92. Ad ognuno par piu grave la croce sua. (It.) Prov. 
 
 Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest. 
 
 93. Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo. (L.)t A man 
 
 addicted to every species of debauchery. 
 Justinus (41, 3, 9), speaking of the Parthians, describes them as 
 in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci (immoderate in gratifjang 
 their sexual passions, sparing in the use of food). 
 
 94. Adornare verbis benefacta. (L.) Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15. 
 
 To enhance the worth of a favour by kind words. Gifts 
 of little or no intrinsic worth are often rendered valu- 
 able by the manner or words with which they are 
 given. 
 
 95. Ad poanitendum properat, cito qui judicat. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 6. Who decides hastily, is hurrying to repentance. 
 
 96. Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas. (L.) Pha3dr. 4, 13, 3. 
 
 Sincerity is often driven to its own ruin. 
 
 97. Ad populum phaleras, ego te intus et in cute no vi. (L.)
 
 ADSTRTCTUS. 19 
 
 Pers. 3, 30. Keep your finery for the mob, I know your 
 
 nature, inside as well as out. 
 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. (?) 
 
 98. Ad quae noscenda iter ingredi, transmittere mare solemus, 
 
 ea sub oculis posita negligimus : seu quia ita compar- 
 atum, ut proximorum incuriosi, longinqua sectemur : 
 seu quod omnium rerum cupido languescit quum facilLs 
 occasio est. (L.) Plin. Sec. Ep. 8, 20, 1. 
 
 Foreign travel. 
 
 We generally cross the sea in order to gain a knowledge of 
 things, neglecting all the while what is under our nose : either 
 because it is part of human nature to be always seeking dis- 
 tant scenes, and to care little for what is near ; or, because 
 the greater the facility there is for gratifying a desire, the less 
 is the advantage taken of it. 
 
 99. Ad qusestionem legis respondent judices, ad qusestionem 
 
 facti respondent juratores. (Z/.) Law Max. It is the 
 business of the judge to instruct the jury in points of law, 
 of the jury to decide on matters of fact. 
 
 100. Ad quod damnum. (L.) Law Term. To w/iat damage. 
 
 A writ sued before granting certain liberties (such as the holding 
 of a fair or market), which may be prejudicial to the king 
 granting it, or the public. The sheriff is therefore directed 
 to inquire what damage may possibly result from the grant in 
 question. Brand and Cox, Diet, of Science, etc. 
 
 101. Ad referendum. (L.) To be referred, or to be left for 
 
 future consideration. 
 
 102. Ad rem. (Z-.) To the point, or purpose. As, e.g., Nihil 
 
 ad rem. It is not to the point ; it is beside the question. 
 
 103. Adscriptus glebae. (Z.) Tied to the soil. Term used de- 
 
 scribing the status of the serf or slave, who, in feudal 
 times, was attacJied to his lord's demesne, and went with 
 it, like other chattels. 
 
 1 04. Adsit Regula, peccatis qnse poenas irroget sequas ; 
 
 Ne scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 117. 
 Be just : and mete to crime its condign pain ; 
 Nor use the mnrd'rous lash where suits the cane. Ed. 
 
 105. Adstrictus necessitate. (L.) Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17. Sound 
 
 by necessity. Driven by the irresistible force of circum- 
 stances to the performance of any act.
 
 20 AD SUMMOS. 
 
 106. Ad summos honores alios scientia juris, alios eloquentia, 
 
 alios gloria militaris provexit ; huic versatile ingenium 
 sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres, 
 quodcunque ageret. (7/.) Liv. 39, 40. 
 
 The Elder Cato. 
 
 Some men attain power by their great legal abilities, some by 
 their eloquence, some by military achievements ; but he was 
 a person ^of such versatile talents, and so equally adapted 
 for any and every pursuit, that let him be doing what he 
 would, you would have said that it was the very thing that 
 nature had intended him for. 
 
 107. Ad suum quemque sequum. est qusestum esse callidmn. 
 
 (Z/.) Plaut. As. 1, 3, 34. Every man is naturally alive 
 to his own interests. 
 
 108. Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio. (L.) Pub. Syr. ? 
 
 One is keen to suspect quarters from which we have 
 once received hurt. 
 
 109. Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat 
 
 Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici. (Z.) Juv. 3, 86. 
 
 Flatterers. 
 
 A friend, the crafty flatt'ring race will praise ; 
 His talk tho' stupid, and tho' plain his face. Ed. 
 
 110. Ad valorem. (.) According to the value. 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. 
 
 111. Ad versa virtu te repello. (L.) 7 repel misfortune by virtue. 
 
 Motto of Earl Londesborough. 
 
 112. ^Edificare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat. 
 
 (7>.) Law Max. No one has a right to erect a new edifice 
 on his ground, so as to prejudice what has long been 
 enjoyed by another, as e.g., a new building, obscuring the 
 light and air from a previously erected house. 
 
 113. ^Egrescitque medendo. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 46. 77e de- 
 
 stroys his health by the pains he takes to preserve it. The 
 life of the valetudinarian. 
 
 Cf. the Italian epitaph of a person of this description : Stavo 
 ben, ma per star meglio, sto qui, "I was well; I would be 
 better ; and here I am " (Spectator, 25). Cf. Celuy meurt 
 tous les jours, qui languit en vivant. (Fr.) Pierrard Poullet 
 (1595), La Charite. He dies every day who lives a lingering 
 
 114. ^Egritudinem laudare, unam rem maxime detestabilem,
 
 ^EQTJAM. 21 
 
 quorum est tandem philosophorum ? (L.) Cic. Tusc. 
 4, 25, 55. /"ray what sort of philosophy is it to praise 
 melancholy, about the most detestable thing in the 
 world ? 
 
 115. ^Egroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur. (L.) Prov. ap. 
 
 Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3. While a sick man has life, it is said 
 that there is hope. 
 
 116. ^gyptum quam mihi laudabas, Serviane charissime, totam 
 
 didici levem pendulam et ad omnia famae momenta voli- 
 tantem. . . . Genus hominum seditiosissimum vanis- 
 simum injuriosissimum. (L.) Hadrian ap. Yop. Saturn. 
 8, p. 960 (Hist. August). 
 
 Character of the Egyptians. 
 
 Dearest Servian, In spite of your commendations lavished upon 
 Egypt, I find the people to be as frivolous and untrustworthy 
 as possible, and fluttering at every wave of rumour. They are 
 the most revolutionary, excitable, and criminal race that can 
 be imagined. 
 
 The character of the people seems to have undergone little 
 change since the emperor wrote these lines ISOO.years ago. 
 
 117. -^Emulatio semulationem parifc. (L.) Prov. Emulation 
 
 begets emulation. Nothing like competition. 
 
 118. -^Emulus atque imitator studiorum ac laborum. (L.) Cf. 
 
 Cic. Marc. 1, 2. The rival and imitator of the studies 
 and labours of another. 
 
 119. Aendern und bessern sind zwei. (Gf.) Prov. To change 
 
 and to better are two different things. 
 
 120. -<Equabiliter et diligenter. (L.) Equitably and diligently. 
 
 Motto of Lord Truro. 
 
 121. ^Equa lege necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos ; 
 
 Omne capax movet urna nomen. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 15. 
 
 Even-handed Fate 
 
 Hath but one law for small and great : 
 That ample urn holds all men's names. Calverley. 
 
 122. ^Equam memento rebus in arduis 
 
 Servare mentem, non secus in bonis 
 
 Ab insolenti temperatam Lsetitia. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 3, 1. 
 An equal mind, when storms o'ercloud 
 
 Maintain, nor 'neath a brighter sky 
 Let pleasure make your heart too proud. Conington. 
 
 The first line was written by the Constable Montmorency (16th 
 cent.) over his castle gate, and eventually gave, from its 
 initial word, the name to the castle itself J^wam, corrupted 
 in course of time to Ecouen.
 
 22 ^QUANIMITER. 
 
 123. ^quaninriter. (L.) With equanimity. Motto of Lord 
 
 Suffield. 
 
 124. ^Equa tellus Pauperi recluditur 
 
 Regumque pueris. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 18, 32. 
 
 Earth removes the impartial sod 
 Alike for beggar and for monarch's child. Conington. 
 
 125. -<Equat munia comparis. (..) Of. Hor. C. 2, 5, 2. SJie 
 
 discharges the duties of a partner. Motto of tire Order 
 of St Catherine (Russia), instituted by Tsar Peter the 
 Great in honour of his consort, Catherine I. 
 
 126. ^Equitas enim lucet per se: dubitatio cogitationem significat 
 
 injurise. (Z.) Cic. OS. 1, 9, 30. Integrity shines by 
 its own light, while hesitancy suggests the idea of wrongful 
 action. 
 
 127. -<Equo animo, (L.) With equanimity. Motto of Lord 
 
 Penrhyn. 
 
 128. ^Equum est Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 74. 
 
 It is but just and right that they who claim 
 Themselves forgiveness should extend the same. Ed. 
 
 129. JEiT& nitent usu ; vestis bona quserit haberi; 
 
 Canescunt turpi tecta relicta situ. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 8, 51. 
 Brass shines with use ; good clothes, unworn, grow old ; 
 And empty houses whiten soon with mould. Ed. 
 
 130. .^Erugo animi, rubigo ingenii. (L.) ?Sen. The rust of the 
 
 mind is the blight of genius. Of. Rubigo animorum. 
 Sen. Ep. 95, 36. 
 
 131. yEstuat ingens Imo in corde pudor, mixtoque insania luctu, 
 
 Et Furiis agitatus amor, et conscia virtus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. 12, 666. 
 
 Fierce boils in every vein 
 Indignant shame and passion blind, 
 The tempest of a lover's mind, 
 
 The soldier's high disdain. Conington. 
 
 132. ^Etatem Priami Nestorisque 
 
 Longam qui putat esse, Martiane, 
 
 Multum decipitur falliturque. 
 
 Non est vivere, sed valere, vita. (L.) Mart. 6, 70, 12. 
 
 Health not long life. 
 The man to whom old Priam's years 
 Or Nestor's a long life appears, 
 Mistaken is and much deceived : 
 Health, not long life, is life indeed. Ed.
 
 AGE. 23 
 
 133. ^Etatis cnj usque notandi sunt tibi mores. (L.) Hor. A. P. 
 
 156. You must note the manners peculiar to each age of 
 human life. Addressed to the poet who aspired to draw 
 the various characters of men as they are seen in the world. 
 
 134. Sternum inter se discordant. (L.) Ter. And. 3, 3, 43. 
 
 They are eternally at variance. 
 
 135. ^Evo rarissima nostro Simplicitas. (L.} Ov. A. A. 1, 241. 
 
 Simplicity, a very rare thing in our days. 
 Most rare is now our old simplicity. Dryden. 
 
 Motto of Spectator 269, on Sir Roger de Coverly in 
 Gray's Inn Walks. 
 
 136. Affirmatim. (L.) In t/te affirmative. 
 
 137. Afflata est numine quando 
 
 Jam propiore Dei. (-Z/.) Virg. A. 6, 50. When she 
 
 (the Sibyll) is inspired by the closer presence of the Deity. 
 
 Hence the divine afflatus (inspiration) of poets. Cf. Nemo 
 
 igitur vir magnus sine aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit. Cic. 
 
 N. D. 2, 66, 167. There has never been a really great man 
 
 who had not some divine inspiration in him. 
 
 138. Afflavit Deus et dissipantur. (L.) God sent forth his 
 
 breath, and they are scattered. Legend of medal struck in 
 commemoration of the destruction of the Spanish Armada. 
 
 139. A fin. (Fr.)To the end. Motto of the earl of Airlie. 
 
 140. A fonte puro pura defluit aqua. (L.) Prov. Clear water 
 
 flows from a pure spring. 
 
 141. A force de peindre le diable sur les murs, il finit par ap- 
 
 paraitre en personne. (Fr.) Prov. If you will go on 
 painting the devil on the walls, it will end by his appear- 
 ing in person. It is one way to hasten disasters to be 
 always talking of them. 
 
 142. A fortiori. (L.) With greater reason ; all the more. If one 
 
 glass of beer disturbs your digestion, a fortiori two 
 glasses will do so. 
 
 143. A Gadibus usque auroram. (L.) From Cadiz (the West) 
 
 to the dawn (the East). Motto of South Sea Company. 
 
 144. Age, libertate Decembri, 
 
 Quando ita majores voluerunt, utere. (//.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 4. 
 
 Christmas comes but once a year. 
 
 Well, since our wise forefathers so ordained, 
 
 Enjoy December's licence unrestrained. 
 
 During the Saturnalia (the Roman Christmas) the slaves were 
 allowed an unwonted freedom, treating their masters as equals, 
 and being at liberty to speak without restraint. The line is ap-
 
 24 AGERE. 
 
 plicable to the relaxation of the Christmas holidays, which come, 
 as it is said, "once a year," as if Easter and Whitsuntide were 
 continually recurring. 
 
 145. Agere considerate pluris est quam cogitare prudenter. (L.) 
 
 Cic. 1 To act with caution, is better than wise reflection. 
 
 146. Agnoscere soils Permissum est, quos jam tangit vicinia fati 
 
 Victurosque Dei celant, ut vivere durent, 
 
 Felix esse mori. (Z.) Luc. 4, 517. 
 
 "Pis only known to those who stand 
 Already on death's borderland 
 
 The bliss it is to die : 
 
 Where life is vigorous still, to give T" 
 
 Men courage to endure to live, 
 
 The gods have sealed the eye. Ed. 
 
 147. Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 23. 
 
 I feel the traces of my ancient flame (attachment). 
 E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. Gray, Elegy, st. 23. 
 
 148. Agnus Dei. (L.] The Lamb of God. 
 
 Medals of wax, stamped with this emblem and blessed by the 
 Pope, are so called. A part of the Mass has also this name, 
 where the words Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi miserere 
 nobis (0 Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, 
 etc.), occur three times following. 
 
 149. Ah ! frappe-toi le coeur, c'est la qu'est le g6nie. (Fr.) 
 
 De Musset. Ah I knock at thine heart, 'tis there that 
 genius dwells. Of. Vauvenargues, Reflex, et Max. No. 87, 
 Les grandes pens^es viennent du cceur. Great thoughts 
 come from the heart. 
 
 150. Ah ! il n'y a plus d'enfants. (Fr.) Mol. Mai. Imagin. 
 
 Ah! there are no children nowadays! Regret for the 
 simplicity of childhood of former ages. What would 
 Moliere have said of the precocity of the infants of the 
 nineteenth century ? 
 
 151. Ah! le bon billet qu' a La Chatre ! (Fr.)1 Ah! what a 
 
 good billet (place, berth, office) La Ghdtre has ! Envious 
 exclamation at another's good fortune. 
 
 152. Ah miser! Quanta laborabas Charybdi, 
 
 Digne puer meliore flamma. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 27, 28. 
 
 An unfortunate liaison. 
 That wild Charybdis yours ? Poor youth ! 
 0, you deserved a better flame. Conington. 
 
 153. Ah ! nimium faciles qui tristia crimina csedis 
 
 Fluminea tolli posse putetis aqua. (L.) Ov. F. 2, 45. 
 Too simple souls ! to think foul deeds of blood 
 Can be washed clean by dipping in the flood. Ed.
 
 AINSI. 25 
 
 154. Ah ! pour eti'e deVot, je n'en suis pas moins homme. (Fr.) 
 
 Mol. Tart. 3, 3. A h ! I'm religious, but I'm none the 
 less of a man for that reason. 
 
 154A. Ah quam dulce est meminisse ! (L.) Ah / how pleasant 
 it is to remember I 
 
 155. Ah qu'un grand nom est un bien dangereux ! 
 
 Uii sort cache' fut toujours plus heureux. (Fr.) Gresset, 
 Vert-Yert, chant 2. W/iat a dangerous possession a 
 great name is / An obscure lot is always more happy. 
 
 156. Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera. (Fr.) La Font. 6, 18. Help 
 
 thyself and heaven will help thee. Regnier had long be- 
 fore said (Sat. 13), Aidez-vous seulement, et Dieu vous 
 aidera. 
 
 157. Aidons-nous 1'un et 1'autre a porter nos fardeaux. (Fr.) 
 
 Volt. Religion Naturelle, pt, 2. Let us help one anot/ter 
 to bear our burdens. 
 
 158. A Idos de mi casa, y Que quereis con mi muger, no hay 
 
 que responder. (S.) Prov. To "Get out of my house," 
 and " What have you to do with my wife" there is nothing 
 to be said in answer. 
 
 159. Aime la ve'rite', mais pardonne & 1'erreur. (Fr.) Volt. 
 
 Discours sur 1'Homme, disc. 3. Love the truth but 
 pardon error. 
 
 160. Aimer en trop haut lieu une dame hautaine, 
 
 C'est aimer en soucy le travail et la peine. (Fr.) Reg- 
 nier, Ep. 2. :To love a haughty lady far above one's oivn 
 rank, is to love, to one's sorrow, trouble and grief. 
 
 161. Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degres. (Fr.) Rac. 
 
 Phedre, 4, 2. Vice like virtue grows by degrees. 
 
 162. Ainsi que le bonheur, la vertu vient des dieux. (Fr.) 
 
 Volt. MeVope, 5, 7. Virtue as much as happiness comes 
 from heaven. 
 
 163. Ainsi que le he"ros brille par ses exploits, 
 
 La grandeur des bienfaits doit signaler les rois. (Fr.) 
 Crebillon, Electre, 2, 4. Just as a hero is distinguis/ied 
 by his exploits, so kings should be known by the greatness 
 of the benefits which they confer. 
 
 164. Ainsi que son esprit, tout peuple a son langage. (Fr.) 
 
 Volt. Le Temple du Gout. Every nation has its own 
 language just as it has its characteristic temperament.
 
 26 AIO TE. 
 
 165. Aio te, (Eacida, Romanes vincere posse. (L.) Ennius ap. 
 
 Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116. I say the son of jEacus the Romans 
 can defeat. Instance of Amphibolia, or ambiguous lan- 
 guage of oracles, from the response said to have been 
 given by the Delphic Apollo to Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. 
 
 For other examples, Cf. Croesus Halym penetrans magnam per- 
 vertet opum vim. Id. ibid. 115. " Croesus by crossing the 
 Halys will overthrow a large force," i.e., his own. Also, 
 Ibis, redibis, non morieris in bello (Thou shalt go, thou shalt 
 return, thou shalt not die in battle), which by a different 
 punctuation may be made to give an exactly opposite mean- 
 ing. When Edward II. was a prisoner at Berkeley Castle, 
 the queen (Isabella) sent the following message (said to be 
 written by Orleton, Bishop of Hereford) to the king's gaoless : 
 Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum est. Read one way it 
 would mean, " Beware of killing Edward : it is good to fear ;" 
 but it might also signify, "Fear not to kill Edward : the deed 
 is good." 
 
 166. A la burla, dejarla quando mas agrada. (S.) Prov. Leave 
 
 the jest at its best. See Bonn's Foi'eign Prov. 
 
 167. A la chandelle la chevre semble demoiselle. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 By candle-light t/te goat looks like a young lady. 
 
 168. A la cour d'un tyran, injuste ou le'gitime, 
 
 Le plus le'ger soupgon tint toujours lieu de crime*; 
 Et c'est gtre proscrit que d'etre soupgonne. (Fr.) 
 Crebillon, Rhadamiste, 5, 2. At the court of a tyrant, 
 whether usurped or legitimate, the least suspicion always 
 amounts to crime, and to be suspected is to be proscribed. 
 
 169. A la cour . . . Part le plus ne'cessaire, 
 
 N'est pas de bien parler, mais de savoir se taire. (Fr.) 
 "Volt. 1 The most necessary accomplishment at Court is 
 not to be able to speak well, but to knmc how to hold your 
 tongue. 
 
 170. A la fin saura-t on qui a mange le lard, (Fr.) Prov. In 
 
 tfte end we shall know who ate t/te bacon. 
 
 171. A Famour satisfait tout son charme est ote. (Fr.) T. Corn. 
 
 Festin de Pierre, 1, 2. All the charm of love vanishes 
 when once it is satisfied. 
 
 172. A la queue git le venin. (Fr.) Prov. TJie sting lies in 
 
 the tail. 
 172A.A la religion discretement fidele, 
 
 Sois doux, compatissant, sage, indulgent comme elle. 
 (Fr.) Volt. Religion Nat. pt. 3. Discreetly faithful to 
 religion, be gentle, comjjassionate, wise, indulgent as s/te is.
 
 ALFANA. 27 
 
 173. A latere. (Z.) From the side ofsc. the Sovereign Pontiff 
 
 Name given to Papal Legates. Of these there are three 
 kinds : (1.) Legati a latere, an office generally confided 
 to cardinals. (2.) Legati missi, usually termed "Apos- 
 tolic Nuncios," and " Inter/nuncios." 3. Legati nati, or 
 " Legates born," i.e., prelates holding their office in 
 virtue of their See, like the former Archbishops of 
 Canterbury. 
 
 174. Al desdichado poco le vale ser esforzado. (S.) Prov. It 
 
 is little use to the unfortunate to be brave. 
 
 175. Alea belli. (L.) Liv. 37, 36. The fortunes of war. (2.) 
 
 Alea judiciorum. The Jiazard of the law. Chance 
 judiciary. 
 
 176. Alea jacta est. (L.) The die is cast. For good or evil 
 
 the decision has been made, and we can only await the 
 issue. 
 
 This is founded upon Jacta alea esto (Suet. Cas. 32), " Let the 
 die be cast!" ; the memorable exclamation of Caesar when, at 
 the Rubicon, after long hesitation he finally decided to march 
 on Rome. (See Lewis and Short, Lat. Diet. s.v. alea.) 
 Plutarch (Cses. 32) gives it as, Trfis tppi$0<a Ktifios. Cf. 
 Menand. A.ppri<f>. 1, 4: Aedoyfj.tvov rb irpa'y/j.a., bvepplipOu /crfjSos. 
 (Gr.) The matter is decided. Let the die be cast. 
 
 177. Alegrias, antruejo, que maiiana seras ceniza. (S.) Prov. 
 
 Rejoice, Shrove-tide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes. 
 
 178. Ales volat propriis. (L.) A birdjlies to its own. Motto 
 
 of Lord Hothfield. 
 
 179. Alfana vient d'equus sans doute, 
 
 Mais il faut avouer aussi 
 Qu'en venant de la jusqu'ici 
 II a bien change* sur la route. 
 
 (Fr.) Chev. de Cailly, Epigr. on Menage. 
 Absurd Etymologies. 
 Ay ana's from Equus, of course ; 
 
 But, perhaps, you'll allow me to say 
 That, in coming so far, the poor horse 
 Has very much changed on the way. Ed. 
 
 Menage's derivations of "Alfana" (A mare, Ital. poet.) 
 from the Latin Equus, lacche (a lacqxiey), from verna, 
 and others equally absurd, will be found in Le origin* 
 della lingua italiana compilate da E. Menagio (Geneva, 
 G. A. Chouet, 1635).
 
 28 AL FIN. 
 
 180. Al fin se canta la Gloria. (S.) Prov. At the end the 
 
 Gloria is chanted. Don't shout till you are out of the 
 wood. 
 
 181. Alise nationes servitutem pati possunt, populi Romani est 
 
 propria libertas. (L.) Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19. Other nations 
 can put up with servitude, liberty is the prerogative of 
 the Roman people alone. 
 
 182. Aliam excute quercum. (L.) Prov. Go and shake some 
 
 other oak ! Try some one else ; you won't get any more 
 out of me. 
 
 183. Alias. (L.) Otherwise. Thus, Jones alias Smith, alias 
 
 Robinson, signifies that Jones passes under the assumed 
 name or names (alias or aliases) of Smith or Robinson. 
 (2.) Elsewhere, in another place. Employed in referring 
 to passages in books and documents. 
 
 184. Alibi. (L.) Law Term. Elsewhere. Defence set up in 
 
 criminal cases to show that accused was elsewhere when 
 the act with which he is char/ged is said to have been 
 committed. 
 
 " I know'd what 'ud come o' this here mode o* doiu bisness. 
 Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi ! " Pickwick 
 Papers, chap. 33, fin. 
 
 185. Aliena negotia centum 
 
 Per caput, et circa saliunt latus. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 6, 33, 
 
 For other people's matters in a swarm 
 
 Buzz round my head and take my ears by storm. Conington. 
 
 186. Aliena negotia euro Excussus propriis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 19. 
 
 I make my neighbour's matters my sole care, 
 Seeing my own are damaged past repair. Conington. 
 
 187. Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent. (L.) Pub. Syr. ? 
 
 We find most pleasure in what belongs to others, while 
 they, again, are most taken with wliat belongs to us. 
 
 188. Aliena optimum frui insania. (L.) Prov. It is best to 
 
 profit by the madness of others. 
 
 189. Alienatio rei prsefertur juri accrescendi. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Alienation of property is favoured by the law rather 
 than accumulation. The law opposes as far as possible 
 any attempt to tie up property beyond a reasonable time. 
 
 190. Alieni appetens, sui profusus, ardens in cupiditatibus ; satis 
 
 loquentiae, sapicntise parum. (L.) Sail. C. 5, 4.
 
 ALIQTJIS. 29 
 
 Catiline. 
 
 While coveting the wealth of others, he was at the same time 
 lavish with his own. A man of passionate desires, fluent 
 enough in speech but lacking wisdom. 
 
 190A. Alienis pedibns ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus, 
 aliena memoria salutamus, aliena opera vivimus. (L.} 
 Plin. 29, 1, 8, 19. We take our walks by means of the 
 feet of others, we recognise a friend through another's eyes, 
 we salute him by another recalling his name, we live by 
 the work of others, etc. 
 
 191. Alien! temporis flores. (L.) Flowers of a bygone time. 
 
 Villon in his Dames du temps jadis asks, " Mais ou sont 
 les roses d'antan 1 ?" (Fr.) But where are last year's 
 roses? Said of the joys of youth of which only the 
 regretful memory remains. 
 
 192. Alieno in loco Haud stabile regnum est. (L.) Sen. Her. 
 
 Fur. 344. Sovereignty over a distant kingdom is insecure, 
 such as, e.g., the hold of England over India. 
 
 193. Alieno more vivendum est mihi. (L.) Ter. And. 1,1, 
 
 125. / have to live according to another's humour. 
 
 194. Alienum est omne, quicquid optando venit. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. ap. Sen. Ep. 8. Anything which comes to you ac- 
 cording to your wishes cannot be called your own. 
 
 194A. Alii ventosis follibus auras 
 
 Excipiunt redduntque ; alii stridentia tingunt 
 jtEra, lacu. Gemit impositis incudibus antrum. (Z.) 
 Virg. A. 8, 449. Some ply the windy bellows, taking in 
 and giving forth blasts of air. Others plunge the hissing 
 metal in the water. The cavern groans 'neath the weight 
 of tJie anvils. 
 
 195. A 1'impossible nul n'est tenu. (Fr.) Prov. No one can 
 
 be obliged to do what is impossible. 
 
 196. Aliquid facerem ut hoc ne facerem. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 5, 
 
 24. I would do anything not to do this. 
 
 197. Aliquis in omnibus, nullus in singulis. (L.) Having some 
 
 knowledge of all things and perfect in none. Jack of all 
 trades and master of none. 
 
 198. Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa, quia noil 
 
 potest esse judex et pars. (L.) Law Max. No one 
 may be judge in his own case, because no one may be judge
 
 30 ALITUR. 
 
 and suitor at the same time. Thus, a magistrate with- 
 draws from the bench during the investigation of a case 
 in which he is personally interested, as, e.g., a charge of 
 trespass upon his own land. 
 
 199. Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo. (Z.) Yirg. G. 3, 454. 
 
 The evil is fostered and grows by concealment. 
 
 200. Aliud est celare, aliud tacere. (L.) Law Max. Conceal- 
 
 ment is one thing, silence is another. A dealer may be 
 innocently silent respecting some vice in a horse on the 
 subject of which he was not interrogated and gave no 
 warranty. 
 
 201. Alium silere quod voles, primus sile. (Z.) Sen. Hipp. 
 
 376. If you wish to silence another, be silent first your- 
 self. 
 
 202. Alia vayas, mal, ado te pongan buen cabegal. (S.) Prov 
 
 Away with you, sickness, to the places where they make 
 you a good pillow to take your ease. 
 
 203. Alle anderen Dinge mussen ; der Mensch ist das Wesen, 
 
 welches will. (G.) Schill. Das Erhabene. All other 
 things " must," man is the only being who can " will." 
 
 204. Alle Frachten lichten, sagte der Schiffer, da warf er seine 
 
 Frau iiber Bord. (G.) Prov. All freight lightens, said 
 the skipper, as he flung his wife overboard. 
 
 205. Allegans contraria non est audiendus. (L.) Logical and 
 
 Legal Max. No one is to be heard who asserts things 
 contradictory to each other. 
 
 A rule applicable in testing credibility of witness making con- 
 tradictory statements in court of justice, in enforcing duties 
 attached to certain benefits, in estoppel, etc. 
 
 206. Aller Anfang ist schwer, Sprach der Dieb und stahl zuerst 
 
 einen Amboss. (G.) Prov. All beginnings are hard, 
 said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil. 
 
 207. Alles Gescheidte ist schon gedacht worden, man muss nur 
 
 versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken. (G.) Goethe, 
 Spriiche. Everything wise has already been thought out , 
 one, can only try and think it once more. 
 
 208. Alles in der Welt lasst sich erti-agen, 
 
 Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen. (G.) Goethe, 
 Spriichwortlich, 1815. Everything in the world is to be
 
 ALS ADAM. 31 
 
 borne, only not a succession of fine days. Luther, bk. Ivii. 
 p. 128, had already said, Gute Taye kbnnen wir nicht 
 ertragen, We cannot bear prosperity. 
 
 209. Alles ware gut, war kein Aber dabei. (G.) Prov. 
 
 Everything would be right if it were not for " Buts." 
 
 210. Alles was ist, ist verniinftig. (G.) Everything that is, is 
 
 reasonable. Abbrev. form of Hegel's words (Rechts- 
 philosophie, Preface, p. 17), Was verniinftig ist, das ist 
 wirklich : und was wirklich ist, das ist verniinftig. Cf . 
 Pope, Essay on Man, 1, 294: "Whatever is, is 
 right." 
 
 211. Allia vina Venus fumus faba lumen et ignis 
 
 Ista nocent oculis, sed vigilare rnagis. (L.) 
 
 Garlick, wine, women, smoke, beans, fire, and light 
 Hurt th eyes, but most to lie awake at night. Ed. 
 
 212. Allons, aliens, saute Marquis ! (Fr.) Regnard, Joueur. 
 
 Come, come Marquis, jump ! 
 
 213. Allons, enfants de la patrie ! (Fr.) Rouget de Lisle 
 
 (f 1836). Come, children of our country / First words 
 of the famous Republican song, La Marseillaise, com- 
 posed April 25, 1792, and set to a melody from a mass 
 of Holtzmann. 
 
 214. Allwissend bin ich nicht; doch viel ist mir bewusst. 
 
 (G.) Goethe, Faust, Studirzimmer. 
 
 Meph. Omniscient am I not, though I know much. Ed. 
 214A. Allzuviel ist nicht genug. (G.) Too much is not enough. 
 
 215. Alma mater. (L.) A kind mother. Applied to the uni- 
 
 versity, school, or early scenes of any one's education. 
 
 2 ISA. Al merito militar. (S.) For military merit. Order of 
 St Ferdinand (Spain). 
 
 216. A 1'ceuvre on connait 1'artisan. (Fr.) La Font. 1, 21. 
 
 By the work one knows the workman. 
 
 217. A los bobos se les aperece la Madre de Dios. (S.) Prov. 
 
 The Mother of God appears to fools. 
 
 218. Als Adam grub, und Eva spann, 
 
 Wer war da der Edelmann? (G.) 
 
 When Adam delved and Eve span. 
 Who was then the gentleman ?
 
 32 ALTA 
 
 219. Altamane; supraque tuos exsurge dolores ; 
 
 Infragilemque animum, quod potes, usque tene. (L.) 
 Ov. ad Liv. 353. Be brave, and rise superior to your 
 sorrows, and maintain (for you can) a spirit that cannot 
 be broken. 
 
 220. Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrse. (L.) Luc. 1, 32. 
 
 Deep-seated are the wounds of civil war. 
 
 221. Alte fert aquila. (L.) The eagle bears me on high. Lord 
 
 Monteagle. 
 
 221 A. Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat. (L.) 
 Plaut. 1 He carries a stone in one hand, and shows'you 
 bread in the other. 
 
 222. Alter ego. (L.) A second self. Said of intimate friends. 
 
 Of. the Greek, 6 erat/aos, ere/oos eyw. Clem. Al. 450. A 
 companion is like a second self. (2.) Alter idem (same 
 signif.). Cf. Amicus est tanquam alter idem. Cic. Sen. 21, 
 82. A friend is a kind of second self; like the Greek ere/aoi 
 avroi of Arist. Eth. N. 8, 12, 3. 
 
 223. Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (L.) Let no one be 
 
 at the beck of another man who can be his own master. 
 Chosen as motto by Paracelsus, and thought to be of 
 his composing (vide Fournier, L'Esprit des autres, 
 
 187). 
 
 224. Alter rixatur de lana ssepe caprina 
 
 Propugnat nugis armatus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5. 
 
 Your blunt fellow battles for a straw, 
 
 As though he'd knock you down or take the law. Conington. 
 
 225. Altiora in votis. (Z-.) / wish for what is higher. High- 
 
 gate School. 
 
 226. A.M. (L.) Abbrev". for, Anno Mundi, Year of the world; 
 
 Ante Meridiem, Before noon ; Artium Magister, or 
 M.A., Master of Arts. 
 
 227. Ama 1'amico tuo col vizio suo. (It.) Prov. Love your 
 
 friend with his faults. 
 
 228. Amans semper, quod timet, esse putat. (L.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 3, 720. A lover always believes it to be as he 
 fears. 
 
 229. Amantes, amentes. (L.) Lovers, lunatics. In love > 
 
 insane.
 
 A MENSA. 33 
 
 230. Amantibus justitiam, pietatem, fidem. (L.) To the lovers 
 
 of justice, piety, and truth Motto of Order of St Anne 
 (Schleswig-Holstein). 
 
 231. Amantium irae amoris integratio'st. (L.) Ter. And. 3, 
 
 3, 23. Lovers' quarrels are only a renewal of their love. 
 
 232. A ma puissance. (Fr,) To my power. Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Stamford. 
 
 233. Amare autem nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligei-e, 
 
 quern ames, nulla indigentia, nulla utilitate qusesita. 
 (L.) Cic. Am. 27, 100. To love is nothing else than 
 to hold in high esteem the object of your affection, apart 
 from all compulsion and all question of advantage. 
 
 234. Amare simul et sapere vix Jovi conceditur. (L.) ?Laber. 
 
 To be in love, and at the same time to be wise, is scarcely 
 given even to Jove himself. 
 
 Cf. Amour, amour, quand tu nous tiens, 
 
 On peut dire, Adieu, Prudence ! (Fr.) La F. Le Lion amoureux. 
 Love/ Love t when you get hold of us, one-may bid prudence 
 adieu! 
 
 235. Amariorem enim me senectus facit. Stomachor omnia. 
 
 Sed mini quidem /?e/3tWai. Viderint juvenes. (L.) 
 Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3. Old age makes me sour. The least 
 thing puts me out. However, as far as I am concerned, 
 e'en est fini, / have lived my time. Let the young men 
 look to it. 
 
 236. Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem. 
 
 (.Z/.) Law Max. Where two meanings present themselves, 
 that construction shall be adopted which is most unfavour- 
 able to the party pleading. 
 Every man is presumed to make the best of his own case, and it 
 
 is incumbent on him to make his meaning clear. (See Broom, 
 
 Legal Max. p. 577.) 
 
 237. Atnbitiosa non est fames. (L.) Sen. Ep. 119, 14. 
 
 Hunger is not over nice. 
 
 238. Ambo florentes aetatibus, arcades ambo 
 
 Et cantare pares, et respondere parati. (L.) Virg. E. 7, 4. 
 Both young Arcadians, both alike inspired 
 To sing, and answer as the song required. Dryden. 
 
 It would mean that their voices were matched so as to sing in 
 duet, or alternately. Arcades ambo is said separately of any 
 couple of country folk of simple, unsophisticated ideas. 
 
 239. A mensa et thoro. (L.) From bed and board. Sentence 
 
 of the Eccles. Courts (prior to 1857) separating man and 
 c
 
 34 A MERVEILLE. 
 
 wife for adulteiy, cruelty, or desertion, and now called 
 
 Judicial separation. (2.) A vinculo matrimonii. 
 
 Divorce from the conjugal tie, or, Dissolution of Marriage. 
 
 In England, as in countries governed by canon law, divorce a 
 
 vinculo was legally unknown and was only possible, until the 
 
 passing of the Divorce Act, by special Act of Parliament ; now, 
 
 the matrimonial bond may be dissolved by the sentence of 
 
 the Secular Court, and the parties divorced contract fresh 
 
 marriages. 
 
 240. A merveille. (Fr.} Wonderfully, astonishingly. Such a 
 
 one has acquitted himself a merveille. 
 
 241. Amicitise virtutisque foedus. (-Z/.) The bond of friendship 
 
 and virtue. Motto of Grand Order of Wurtemburg. 
 
 242. Amicitiam trahit amor. (Z/.) Love draws friendship. 
 
 Motto of Wiredrawers' Company. 
 
 243. Amici vitium ni feras, prodis tuum. (L.) Pub. Syr.? 
 
 Unless you make allowances for your friend's foibles, you 
 betray your own. 
 
 244. Amico d'ognuno, amico di nessuno. (It.) Prov. Every- 
 
 one's friend is no one's friend. " A favourite has no 
 friends. " Gray. 
 
 245. Amicorum esse communia omnia. (Z/.) Prov. Cf. Cic. 
 
 Off. 1, 16, 51. friends' goods are common property. 
 (Translated from the Greek TO. TWV (f>i\(ov KOIVCC.) 
 
 246. Amicorum, magis quam tuam ipsius laudem, prsedica. (Z.) 
 
 Expatiate rather in your friend's praise, than in your own. 
 Cf. Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum ; extraneus, et non labia 
 tua. Vulg. Prov. 27, 2. Let another man praise thee, and 
 not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 
 
 247. Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias. 
 
 (Z/.) Decirn. Laber. ? Live with your friend as if you 
 knew he might some day become your enemy. 
 Cf. Ex inimico cogifea posse fieri amicum. Sen. ? Consider 
 that of an enemy you may be able to make a friend ; and the 
 Prov., Ama tanquam osurus ; oderis tanquam amaturus. 
 Love, as one that may hate; hate, as one that may hereafter 
 love : and, Ita amare oportere, ut si aliquando esset osurus. 
 Cic. Am. 15, 59. One ought so to love as if it were possible 
 that love might turn to hatred. This last maxim is attributed 
 to Bias (one of the Seven), and condemned by Scipio as 
 destructive of all true friendship. Cf. also 
 
 8 T' ^%0/>ds ijfj.iv ts TOff'bvS ^x^ a P T ^> 
 
 t!>s KO.I 0i\ij<row aVdis, Us re rbv <f>l\ov 
 
 Toaavff virovpytav u<fije\eii> fiovXtfffo/Mi 
 
 wj altv 6v IJXVOVVTO.. (Gr.) Soph. Aj. 679.
 
 AMISSUM. 35 
 
 Who is my foe, I must but hate as one 
 
 Whom I may yet call friend : and him who loves me, 
 
 Will I but serve and cherish as a man 
 
 Whose love is not abiding. Calverley. 
 
 248. Amicurn Mancipium domino et frugi, quod sit satis, hoc est 
 
 Ut vitale putes. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 2. A faithful 
 servant to his master and an honest, as honesty goes, but 
 not too good to live. 
 
 249. Amicus animse dimidium. (Z.) A friend is the lialf of 
 
 my life. 
 
 250. Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. (L.) Enn. ap. Cic. 
 
 Am. 17, 64. Real friends are best known by adversity. 
 
 251. Amicus humani generis. (L.) A benefactor of the human 
 
 race. 
 
 A title fittingly given to all that have conferred lasting obliga- 
 tions upon their fellow-men. Wilberforce, Macaulay, Sharpe, 
 Channing, the liberators of the slave ; Simpson and Jenner, 
 the inventors of chloroform and vaccination ; Davy, the author 
 of the safety-lamp ; and Franklin of the lightning-conductor, 
 are so many humani generis amid, friends of mankind at 
 large. 
 
 252. Amicus Socrates, sed magis arnica veritas. (L.) ap. Hog. 
 
 Bacon, Opus Maj. Socrates is dear to me (is my friend), 
 but truth is dearer still. 
 In Don Quixote, vol. ii., cap. 8, occurs, Amicus Plato, sed magis 
 
 arnica veritas. Plato is dear to me, but trutli is dearer still. 
 
 Cf. Plato, Phcedo, 91, where Socrates says of himself, v^eis 
 
 7-775 5 &\Tf;6eLas iro\i> fj.ci\\ov. (Gr.) If you will be guided by 
 me, you will make little account of Socrates, and much more of 
 truth. Consideration for our friends, or for the opinions of 
 those we value, must not be preferred to the interests of 
 truth ; for Magna est veritas et prcevalet. (L. ) Vulg. Esdras, 
 8, 4, 41. Great is truth, and mighty above all things. 
 
 253. Amicus usque ad aras. (L.) A friend even to the very 
 
 altar, to the last extremity. 
 
 254. Amis, de mauvais vers ne chargez pas ma tombe. (Fr.) 
 
 Passerat. Friends, I- beg you not to load my tomb with 
 bad verses. Last line of epitaph written for himself, 
 and a parting injunction which others than the friends of 
 the poet would do well to observe. 
 
 255. Amissum non net, quum sola est Gellia, patrem. 
 
 Si quis adest, jussae prosiliunt lacrymse. 
 Xon dolet hie, quisquis laudari, Gellia, quserit, 
 Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet. 
 
 (L.) Mart 1, 84, 1.
 
 36 AMITIE. 
 
 Jane weeps not for her dad when none is by: 
 
 When some one enters she begins to cry. 
 
 Not by its wish for praise is true grief shown : 
 
 He mourns indeed who mourns when he's alone. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Plerique enim lacrimas fundunt, ut ostendant ; et totiea 
 siccos oculos habent, quoties spectator defnit. Sen. Tranq. 
 15. Very many shed tears merely for show ; ami have per- 
 fectly dry eyes when no one is looking on. 
 
 256. Amitie, que les rois, ces illustres ingrats 
 
 Sonfc assez malheureux pour ne connaitre pas. (fr.) 
 Volt. Henriad, 8. Friendship, which kings, as ungrate- 
 ful as they are exalted, are unhappy enough not to know. 
 
 257. Ainittit merito proprium, qui alienum appetit. (Z.) Phadr. 
 
 1, 4, 1. Who covets another's goods, deservedly loses his 
 own. From the fable of the Dog and the Shadow, who 
 lost the morsel in his mouth through attempting to 
 snatch its reflection in the water. 
 
 258. Amo. (L.) 7 love. Motto of Duke of Buccleuch and 
 
 Lord Montague. 
 
 259. Amores De tenero meditatur ungui. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 6, 
 
 24. She dreams of love while yet a child, lit., while 
 her nails are still soft. "Fresh from the nursery." 
 Calverley. 
 
 260. Amore sitis uniti. (L.) Be ye joined together in love. 
 
 Mottoes of the Tin- Plate and Wire- Workers' Companies. 
 
 261. Amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus. (L.) Plant. Cist. 
 
 1, 1, 70. Love is a thing most fruitful both in honey 
 and in gall. A mixture of sweet and bitter. 
 
 262. Amor et oboedientia. (L.) Love and obedience. Motto of 
 
 Puinter-Stainers' Company. 
 
 263. Amor patrise. (L.) The love of one's country. 
 
 264. Amor proximi. (L.) Love for one's neighbour. 
 
 265. Amor tutti equaglia. (It.) Love reduces all to one common 
 
 level. 
 
 266. Amour avec loyaulte". (Fr.) Love with loyalty. Motto 
 
 of Queen Katharine Parr. 
 
 267. Amour fait moult, ar-gent fait tout. (Fr.) Prov. Love 
 
 can do much, money everything. 
 
 268. Amoui-, tous les autres plaisirs 
 
 Ne valent pas tes peines. (Fr.) Charleval 1 love, 
 thy pains are worth more than all other pleasures.
 
 ANCH' 10. 37 
 
 The preceding lines are : 
 Bien que mes esperances vaines 
 Fassent naitre en mon cceur d'inutiles desirs, 
 Bien que tes lois soient inhumaines, 
 Amour, tous les autres plaisirs 
 Ne valent pas tes peines. 
 
 The pleasing pain. 
 Though my hope. are but idle and vain, 
 
 Though my tears and desires are at strife, 
 And though harsh and inhuman thy reign, 
 
 Yet the rest of the pleasures of life 
 Cannot match, Love, the bliss of thy pain. Ed. 
 
 269. Amphora coepit Institui : currente rota cur urceus exit ] 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 221. 
 
 That crockery was a jar when you began, 
 
 It ends a pitcher : you an artist, man ! Conington. 
 
 270. Ampliat setatis spatium sibi vir bonus ; hoc est 
 
 Yivere bis vita posse priore frui. (L.) Mart. 10, 23, 7. 
 
 The pleasures of memory. 
 A good man makes his lifetime doubly last, 
 And lives twice o'er as he recalls the past. Ed. 
 
 Cf. also Pope, Works (1770), 7, 223 : 
 
 For he lives twice, who can at once employ 
 The present well, and e'en the past enjoy. 
 
 And Cowley, Discourses : 
 
 Thus would I double my life's fading space ; 
 For he, that runs it well, runs twice his race. 
 
 271. Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen uns're Reben ! (G.) 
 
 Claudius. Song of the Rhine wine. On the Rhine, on 
 the Rhine, there grow our vines ! 
 
 272. Amt ohne Geld macht Diebe. (G.) Prov. Office with- 
 
 out salary breeds thieves. 
 
 273. 'Ardyug, B'ovSt Oeol fj.d\ovrai. (Gr.) Simon, 8, 20. Even 
 
 the gods do not battle against necessity. Needs must 
 when the d drives. 
 
 274. Anche il mar, che e si grande, si pacifica. (It.) Prov. 
 
 Even the sea, for all it is so great, grows calm. The most 
 hot-tempered man is sometimes cool. 
 
 275. Anche la rana morderebbe se avesse denti. (It.) Prov. 
 
 Even the frog would bite if it had teeth. 
 
 276. Anch' io sono pittore ! (It.) I too am a painter/ Ex- 
 
 clamation of Correggio before the St Cecilia of Raphael 
 at Bologna.
 
 38 AN DIVES. 
 
 277. An dives sit omnes quserunt, nemo an bonus. (L.) 1 Every- 
 
 one inquires if lie is well off, no one asks if he is a good 
 man or no. 
 
 278. A nemico die fugge, fa un ponte d'oro. (It.) Make a 
 
 bridge of gold for an enemy who is flying from you. 
 Facilitate the natural disappearance of any evil. 
 
 279. An erit qui velle recuset 
 
 Os populi meruisse, et cedro digna locutus 
 Linquere, nee scombros metuentia carmina, nee thus ? 
 
 (L.) Pers. 1, 41. 
 
 Is there a man who can the public mind w' 
 
 Afford to spurn, nor wish to leave behind 
 "Works worthy russia ; such as shall not come 
 To wrap a herring in, or sugar plum ? Ed. 
 Cf. Ne . . . Deferar in vicum vendentem thus et odores, 
 Et piper, et quidquid chartis amicitur ineptis. 
 
 Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 219. 
 
 Lest /(i.e., my book] should travel down the street where they sell spice 
 and sweets and pepper, and the kind of goods they wrap in waste 
 paper. May my works never descend so low as to reach the public 
 through the grocer ! 
 
 280. 'Avi)p 6 <f7rywv /cat TraAiv /^a^TjcreTai. (Gr.) IMenand. 
 
 The man who runs away will fight again. 
 He that fights and runs away 
 May live to fight another day ; 
 But he who is in battle slain 
 Can never rise to fight again. 
 
 Ray's Hist, of Rebellion, p. 48 (Bristol, 1752). 
 
 Tertullian, de Fuga in Persecutione, cap. 10, quotes 
 Qui fugiebat, rursus prseliabitur. (/>.) He who flies will fight in 
 
 battle again. 
 
 And Scan-on, f 1660, has the lines 
 Qui fuit, pent revenir aussi, 
 Qui meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi. (Fr.) He who flies can also return 
 
 again, which is not the case with him who dies. 
 
 281. Anglica gens, optima flens, pessima rid ens. (L.) Med. 
 
 Lat. The English people are best at weeping, worst at 
 laughing. 
 
 282. Anglice. (L.) In English, or, according to the English 
 
 fashion or custom. 
 
 283. Anguillam cauda tenes. (L.) Prov. You've got an eel by 
 
 the tail. Your opponent is a slippery fellow. 
 
 284. Animal implume bipes. (L.) A featherless biped. Cf. 
 
 Plato's (Def. 415 A) av$/3W7ros wov airrepov. 
 
 285. Anima magis est ubi amat, quam ubi animat. (L.) S. 
 
 Aug. 1 The soul is more where it loves, than ivhere it lives.
 
 ANIMUS. 39 
 
 286. Auimi cultus ille erat ei quasi quidam humanitatis cibus. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54. That culture of the mind 
 supplied him with a kind of intellectual food. Said of 
 literary studies, writing, composition. 
 
 287. Animo et fide. (L.) By courage and faith. Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Guildford. 
 
 288. Animo, non astutia. (Z.) By courage, not craft. Motto 
 
 of Duke of Gordon and Marquess of Huntly. 
 
 289. Animorum Impulsu, et coeca magnaque cupidine ducti. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 10, 350. 
 Led by the soul's impulsive fire, 
 By blind and passionate desire ! Ed. 
 
 290. Animula, vagula, blandula, Hospes, comesque corporis ; 
 
 Quse nunc abibis in local Pallidula, rigida, nudula 
 
 Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos ! 
 
 (L.) Spart. Hadr. 25. (Hist. August). 
 The dying emperor to his soul. 
 Ah ! gentle, fleeting, wavering sprite, 
 Friend and associate of this clay ! 
 
 To what unknown region borne, 
 Wilt thou now wing thy distant flight ? 
 No more with wonted humour gay, 
 
 But pallid, cheerless, and forlorn. Lord Byron. 
 
 291. Animum nunc hue, nunc dividit illuc. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 285. 
 So by conflicting cares distraught 
 
 This way and that way whirls his thought. Conington. 
 
 292. Animum pictura pascit inani. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 464. 
 He feeds his fancy on the painted scene. Ed. 
 
 This may be applied either to the delight with which the con- 
 noisseur devours an especially captivating work of art, or to 
 the exercise of the fancy and imagination in the pleasing 
 occupation of castle-building. 
 
 293. Animus sequus optimum est serumnse condimentum. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71. Patience is the best remedy for 
 trouble. What can't be cured must be endured. 
 
 294. Animus furandi. (Law L.) The design or intention of 
 
 stealing. A suspicious character, e.g., enters a house, 
 animo furandi, with the intention of committing theft. 
 
 295. Animus homini, quicquid sibi imperat, obtinet. (L.) The 
 
 human mind can accomplish whatever it is determined to 
 effect. Patience and perseverance surmount every diffi- 
 culty. 
 
 296. Animus non deficit sequus. (L.) A calm mind is not 
 
 wanting. Motto of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby.
 
 40 ANIMUS. 
 
 297. Animus quod perdidit optat, 
 
 Atque in praeterita se totus imagine versat. (Z.) Petr. 1, 
 128. The mind still wishes for what it has lost, and 
 is occupied entirely in conjuring up the past. Useless 
 regrets. 
 
 298. Animus sevocatus a contagione corporis, meminit prseteri- 
 
 torum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet. (Z.) Cic. 
 Div. 1, 30, 63. The mind, freeing itself from the in- 
 fluence of the body, recalls the past, examines the present, 
 and forecasts the future. 
 
 299. An nescis longas regibus esse manus? (L.) Ov. H.J7, 
 
 166. Do you not know that kings have far-reaching 
 hands? It is hard to get out of their clutches. The 
 ramifications of the machinery of State are so widely 
 extended as to be able to track an offender on a distant 
 shore. 
 
 300. An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur (or, 
 
 regatur orbis) 1 (L.) Axel Oxenstierna, t 1654 (Lund- 
 blad, Svensk Plut., 2 vols., Stockholm, 1824). Dost 
 thou not know, my son, with how very little wisdom the 
 world is governed ? 
 
 From a letter of the illustrious Swedish statesman to his son 
 John, the envoy of Sweden to the Conference at Munster, 
 1648, where the Treaty of Westphalia, concluding the Thirty 
 Years' War, was signed. John Selden, f!654, in his Table Talk 
 (Pope), has : "Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs 
 the whole world." (See also Buchmann, p. 352.) 
 
 301. Anno Christi. (Z.) In the year of Christ. This is 
 
 synonymous with Anno Domini (In the year of our 
 Lord). The period from which we date the commence- 
 ment of the Christian Era. 
 
 302. Annus mirabilis. (L.) A year of wonders, or the wonder- 
 
 ful year. 
 
 This may be applied to any particular year which is distinguished 
 by any very remarkable event, or series of events. Thus 1797 
 is called the annus mirabilis of Coleridge, being that in which 
 he composed his finest poems. 1871 may be called the annus 
 mirabilis of the Papacy, as the year in which the reigning 
 pontiff attained and passed the twenty-five years of St Peter. 
 Dryden has a poem of this name, treating of the events of the 
 year 1666, which witnessed the fire of London, and the gallant 
 attack on the Dutch fleet led by Prince Eupert. 
 
 303. An potest quidquam esse absurdius, quam quo minus vise 
 
 restat, eo plus viatici quaerere? (Z.) Cic. Sen. 18, 66. 
 Can anything be more absurd than to be accumulating
 
 ANTE. 41 
 
 the more provision for the way, the less of it remains to be 
 travelled ? Covetousness instead of diminishing increases 
 with years. 
 
 304. An quisquam est alius liber, nisi ducere vitam 
 
 Cui licet, ut voluit 1 ? (L.) Pers. 5, 83. (Dama the 
 enfranchised slave loq.) Can any man be considered 
 free, except he is free to spend his life as he pleases ? 
 
 305. An taciturn sylvas inter rep tare salubres 
 
 Curantem quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque est. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 4. 
 
 Or sauntering, calm and healthful, through the wood, 
 
 Bent on such thoughts as suits the wise and good ? Conington. 
 
 What is your favourite occupation in the country ? Are you 
 busy with your pen, or roaming about the pleasant woods and 
 fields curantem quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque est ? 
 
 306. Ante ferit quam flamma micet. (L,) He strikes before the 
 
 spark flies. Motto of the Order of the Golden Fleece 
 (Spain), alluding to the steels and flints emitting sparks 
 (Arms of Burgundy), of which the collar of the Order is 
 composed. The motto on the badge is Fretium non 
 vile laborum (no poor reward for labour), and on the 
 mantle Je lay empris (I have acquired it). 
 
 307. Ante mare, et tellus, et, quod tegit omnia coelum, 
 
 Untis erat to to naturae vultus in orbe, 
 
 Quern dixere Chaos; rudis indigestaque moles. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 15. 
 
 When sea, and land, and the all covering sky 
 As yet were not in being, Nature wore 
 One uniform aspect, which men have called 
 Chaos, a rude and undigested mass. Ed. 
 
 308. Ante oculos errat domus, Urbs, et forma locorum ; 
 
 Succeduntque suis singula facta locis. (L.) Ov. T. 3, 
 4, 57. My home, the town, and each well-known spot 
 moves before my eyes ; and each item of the day follows 
 in its proper place. The thoughts of an exile realising 
 what is taking place at home. 
 
 309. Ante senectutem curavi, ut bene viverem ; in senectute, ut 
 
 bene moriar. (L.) Sen. Ep. ? Before I was old, I 
 studied to live virtuously ; now I am old, my object is to 
 meet death with fortitude. 
 
 310. Ante tubam tremor occupat artus. (Z.) Virg. A. 11, 
 
 424. He trembles before the signal of battle is given.
 
 42 ANTE. 
 
 311. Ante victoriam canere triumph um. (L.) To celebrate a 
 
 triumph before gaining the victory. To count your 
 chickens before they are hatched. 
 
 312. Antiquitas sseculi juventus mundi. (-)? The olden time 
 
 was the world's youth. 
 
 On this Lord Bacon says (de Angm. Sc. lib. 1) : These times 
 are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not 
 those which are accounted ancient ordine retrogrado, by a 
 computation backward from ourselves. 
 
 Cf. Lord Tennyson, Day Dream (L'Envoi) 
 We are ancients of the earth 
 And in the morning of the times. 
 See also Pascal, Treatise de Vacuo, Pref. 
 
 313. Antiquum obtinens. (.Z/.) Possessing antiquity. Motto 
 
 of Lord Bagot. 
 
 314. A ou trance, or a 1'outrance. (fr.) To the utmost 
 
 extent; to excess. Applied to a contest between two 
 antagonists who were each determined to conquer or to 
 die ; also to dress, or to any custom or habit which is 
 carried to an extravagant excess. 
 
 315. "Airag Xey6/j.evov. (Gr.) Only once read, or occurring (viz., 
 
 in an author, book). 
 
 316. Aperit prsecordia Liber. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 89. Wine 
 
 opens the heart. 
 
 317. Aperte mala cum est mulier, turn demum est bona. (L.) 
 
 Prov. Pub. Syr.? When a woman is openly bad, then 
 at least she is honest. 
 
 318. Aperto vivere voto. (L.) Pers. 2, 7. To live with every 
 
 wish declared. Frankly, openly, without concealing any 
 of our secret desires. Motto of Earl of Aylesford. 
 
 319. Apices juris non suntj ura. (L.) Law Max. Fine points 
 
 of law are not the law. " The law disallows curious and 
 nice exceptions as tending to the delay of justice." 
 Broom, 188. 
 
 320. Apis Matinse More modoque. (Z.) Hor. C. 4, 2, 27. 
 
 Like Matinata's busy bee. 
 
 321. Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 
 
 118. A few appear, swimming in the vasty deep. The 
 line is often used of such authors, or passages of authors, 
 as have survived the wreck of time ; or where a good 
 verse is found mixed up with a quantity of trash. A 
 few good lines exist here and there, but that is all.
 
 AQUA. 43 
 
 322. Apparefc id quidem etiam cseco. (L.) Liv. 32, 34, 3. 
 
 Even a blind man can see that. (2.) Caecis hoc, ut aiunt, 
 satis clarum est. Quint. 12, 7, 9. This is plain enough 
 for a blind man to see, as they say. 
 
 323. Appetitus rationi oboediant. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102. 
 
 Keep your passions under the control of your reason. 
 Earl Fitzwilliam's motto, with pareat for obrediant. 
 
 324. Appui. (Fr.) Mil. Term. The point d'appui = the point to 
 
 lean on. The support or defence on which you rest the 
 safety of anything, either in a literal or figurative sense. 
 
 325. Apres donner il faut prendre. (Fr.) After giving one 
 
 must take. Motto of the Cameren family (Brittany). 
 
 326. Apres la mort le meMecin. (Fr.) Prov. After death the 
 
 doctor. When it is too late. 
 
 327. Apres la pluie, le beau temps. (Fr.) After the rain, fair 
 
 weather. After the storm, a calm. 
 
 328. Apres le rire, les pleurs : 
 
 Apres les jeux, les douleurs. (Fr.) Breton Prov. 
 After laughter, tears ; after play, pain. 
 
 329. Apres nous le deluge ! (Fr.) Mme. de Pompadour. After 
 
 us the deluge I Usually quoted as the expression of 
 Louis XV. 
 
 330. A priori, a posteriori. (L.) From the former ; from the 
 
 latter. 
 
 Phrases used to distinguish two classes of reasonings. A priori 
 demonstration rests its conclusions upon general notions and 
 principles, and is independent of experience. A posteriori 
 reasoning is based upon experience and fact. The well-known 
 enmity entertained by B towards A would a priori be suffi- 
 cient to throw the suspicion of the murder of the latter upon 
 B : but the fact that B was found in possession of articles be- 
 longing to A after the commission of the crime, would be 
 a posteriori evidence of B's guilt. Loosely speaking, the two 
 kinds may be denned as theoretical or speculative reasoning, 
 and reasoning from facts. 
 
 331. Apropos. (Fr.) To the purpose. At a fortunate moment, 
 
 opportunely, well-timed. (2.) As an interjection by the 
 way. (3.) A propos de, with regard to, e.g., a propos de 
 bottes, nothing to the purpose. 
 
 332. Aqua fortis. (L.) Strong water. Nitric acid. (2.) Aqua 
 
 regia. Royal water. A mixture of nitric and hydro- 
 chloric acid, having the power of dissolving gold, the 
 royal metal.
 
 44 A QUATRE. 
 
 333. A quatre e*pingles. (Fr.) With four pins. A man whose 
 
 dress is distinguished by an affectation of dandyism, is 
 said to be tire a quatre epingles, or as we say, to look as 
 if he had just come out of a band-box. (2.) Tirer son 
 e'pingle du jeu. To get out of a scrape. 
 
 334. Aquilae senectus. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10. The old 
 
 age of tlie eagle. A vigorous old age. 
 
 335. Aquila non capit muscas. (L.) Prov. The eagle does 
 
 not catch flies. Motto of Lords Graves and Churston. 
 Great people should be above noticing or avenging petty annoy- 
 ances. Cf. in same sense, Elephantus non capit mures. (L.) 
 Prov. An elephant doesn't catch mice. ^ 
 
 336. A raconter ses maux, souvent on les soulage. (fr.) 
 
 Corn. (Polyeucte, 1, 3). In relating our misfortunes, 
 we often feel them lightened. 
 
 337. Aranearum telas texere. (L.) To weave a spider's web. 
 
 To employ a, sophistical argument. 
 
 338. Arbeit, Massigkeit, imd Rub. 
 
 Schlagt dem Arzt die Thiire zu. (G.) Prov. 
 
 Labour, Temperance, and Repose 
 Slam the door on the Doctor's nose. 
 
 339. Arbiter bibendi. (L.) T/ie toast-master. Like the Greek 
 
 fiaa-iXevs TOV (rvp-irocriov (king of the feast). Cf. Quern 
 Venus arbitrum Dicet bibendi? Hor. C. 2, 7, 25. 
 Whom shall the dice appoint as chairman of the carouse ? 
 (2.) Arbiter elegantiarum. Judge of taste. Cf. Ele- 
 gantiae arbiter. Tac. A. 16, 18 said of one of Nero's 
 intimates. (3.) Arbiter formse. Judge of beauty. Cf. 
 Ov. H. 16, 69. Title of Paris, as appointed to award 
 the prize of beauty to the most fair. 
 
 340. Arbore dejecta qui vult ligna colligit. (L.) Prov. When 
 
 the tree is down, every one gathers wood. The meanest 
 and weakest creature may triumph even over majesty 
 when it is overthrown. 
 
 341. Arbores serit diligens agricola, quarum aspiciet baccam 
 
 ipse nunquam : vir magnus leges, instituta, rempublicam 
 nonseret 1 ? (L.) Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31. The gardener plants 
 trees, not one berry of which he will ever see : and shall 
 not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, 
 in short, under the same conditions ? 
 
 342. Arbor vitse Christus, fructus per fidem gustamus. (L.) 
 
 T/ie tree of life is Christ, the fruit by faith we taste. 
 Motto of Fruiterers' Company.
 
 AREN^E. 45 
 
 343. Arcana imperil. (L.) State secrets. The mysteries of 
 
 governing. (2.) Arcana regum. Curt. 4, 6, 5. The 
 secrets of kings. (3.) Jovis arcanis Minos admissus. 
 Hor. C. 1, 28, 9. Minos admitted to the secrets of Jove. 
 Cabinet secrets, still more the (as yet) undivulged pro- 
 gramme of a Prime Minister, would be Jovis arcana, the 
 secret counsels of Jupiter. 
 
 344. Arcanum neque tu scrutaberis ullius unquam ; 
 
 Commissumque teges, et vino tortus et ira. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37. 
 Avoid all prying : what you're told, keep back, 
 Though wine and anger put you on the rack. Conington. 
 
 345. A.p\ff yap Aeyerat p.ev ^p-urv Travros ev TCUS ;rapoi/uais 
 
 Ipyov. (Gr.) Plat. 466, D. For, according to the pro- 
 verb, the beginning is half the whole business. 
 
 346. Arcui meo non confido. (L.) / do not trust to my bow. 
 
 John Wilkes' motto. 
 
 347. Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentis gaudet amantis. (L.) Juv. 
 
 6, 208. 
 
 Though equal pains her peace of mind destroy, 
 A lover's torments give her spiteful joy. (?) 
 
 348. Ardentia verba. (L.) Glowing words. Expressions of 
 
 great warmth and ardour. "Thoughts that glow, and 
 words that bum." (?) Cf. Orator gravis, acer, ardens. 
 Cic. Or. 28, 99. A powerful, ready, and passionate 
 speaker. 
 
 349. Ardua cervix 
 
 Argutumque caput, brevis alvus, obesaque terga, 
 Luxuriatque toris animosum pectus. (L.) Virg. 9, 3, 80. 
 Points of a good horse. 
 
 Lofty-necked, 
 
 Sharp-headed, barrel -bellied, broadly-backed, 
 Brawny his chest, and deep. Dryden. 
 
 350. Ardua molimur : sed nulla nisi ardua virtus. (L.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 2, 537. / am attempting an arduous task : but 
 virtue only attempts what is hard. 
 
 351. A re decedunt. (L.) They wander from the point. Irre- 
 
 levant matter. 
 
 352. Arenae funis effici non potest. (L.) Col. 10, praef. 4. 
 
 You can't make a rope of sand. Cf. the Greek equiva- 
 lent, e OLfj-p-ov O-XOLVLOV TrAeKeiv. Aristid. (2.) Arense 
 semina mandas Non profecturis litora bubus aras.
 
 46 ARGENT. 
 
 Ov. II. 5, 115. You are sowing tJie sands, and plough- 
 ing the sea-shore with oxen to no purpose. Said of im- 
 possibilities, wasting time. (3.) Arena sine calce. 
 Suet. Cal. 53. Sand without lime. Said by Emperor 
 Caligula of the Tragedies of Seneca, from their uncon- 
 nected character; and applicable to any desultory dis- 
 jointed performance. 
 
 353. Argent comptant. (Fr.) Ready money. Money down. 
 
 354. Argentum accepi, dote imperium vendidi. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 As. 1, 1, 74. / have received her dowry, and in return 
 have parted with my authority. The fate of one who has 
 married for money. *V 
 
 355. Argilla quid vis imitaberis uda. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 8. 
 
 You may mould damp clay to any form you please. 
 Young natures, being pliant and tractable, can be easily 
 formed in the direction you desire. 
 
 356. Arguit, arguito : quicquid probat ilia, probato : 
 
 Quod dicet, dicas : quod negat ilia, neges. 
 
 Riserit, arride : si flebit, flere memento ; 
 
 Imponat leges vultibus ilia tuis. (L.) Ov. A A. 2, 199. 
 
 To a lover. 
 
 Blame, if she blames ; but if she praises, praise. 
 What she denies, deny ; say what she says. 
 Laugh, if she smiles ; but if she weeps, then weep, 
 And let your looks with hers their motions keep. Ed. 
 
 357. Argurnentuni. (L.) An argument. 
 
 (1.) Argumentum ab impossibili plurimum valet in lege. (L.) 
 Law Max. An argument founded, upon impossibility of per- 
 formance is forcible in law. (2.) Argumentura ab incon- 
 venient! plurimum valet in lege. Law Max. Arguments 
 drawn from, inconvenience are forcible in law ; as, where in 
 any deed equivocal expressions occur, and great inconvenience 
 follows from one construction, it argues that such construction 
 is not according to the true intention of the grantor. (3.) 
 Argumentum ad captandurn. An argument calculated to flatter 
 your opponent. A plausible and specious statement of the 
 case. (4.) Argumentum ad hominem. A personal argument, 
 the force of which consists in its personal application to the 
 individual, and not to the real question. (5.) Argumentum 
 ad iguorantiam. Arguments founded on your opponent's ignor- 
 ance of the circumstances of the case. (6.) Argumentum ad 
 misericordiam. An appeal to the mercy of your adversary. 
 (7.) Argumentum ad populum. An appeal to the prejudices, 
 passions, etc. , of the mob or multitude. (8. ) Argumentum ad 
 verecundiam. Appeal to our reverence for constituted authority. 
 (9.) Argumentum baculinum. Stick argument. Club law, 
 conviction by lorce. These latter (3 to 9) must be dis
 
 ARRECTIS. 47 
 
 tinguished from (10.) Argumentum ad rem, or ad judicium. 
 Arguments bearing on the real question, or addressed to the 
 judgment, and when unfairly pressed come under the head of 
 Fallacies. 
 
 358. Argutos inter strepere anser olores. (L.) Virg. E. 9, 36. 
 To gabble like a goose amidst the swan-like quire. Dryden. 
 
 359. "A/oioTov fjiev v8u>p. (Gr.) Find. Olymp. 1, 1. Water is 
 
 best. Inscription over the Pump room at Bath. 
 
 360. "Apia-rov fjLfrpov. (Gr.) or (L.) Optimus modus. A mean, 
 
 or moderation is best. Saying of Cleobulus, one of the 
 seven wise men of Greece. 
 
 361. Anna cerealia. (L.) "Virg. A. 1, 177. The arms of 
 
 Ceres. Term comprehending the implements connected 
 with the making of bread (grinding, baking, etc.), and 
 may be extended to mean agricultural implements, 
 farmers' gear, tools, and tackle. 
 
 362. Arma pacis fulcra. (L.) Arms are tJie supports of peace. 
 
 Motto of Hon. Artillery Company. 
 
 363. Arma tenenti Omnia dat, qui justa negat. (L.) Luc. 1, 348. 
 To armed opponents he grants all he can 
 
 If he withhold what's right. Ed. 
 
 364. Armati terram exercent, semperque recentes 
 
 Convectare juvat prsedas, et vivere rapto. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A 7, 748. 
 In armour sheathed, they till their soil, 
 Heap foray up, and live by spoil. Conington. 
 
 Part of the quotation forms the motto of Spectator (No. 130) 
 
 on Gipsies, and is rendered by Dryden 
 A plundering race, still eager to invade, 
 On spoil they live, and make of theft a trade. 
 
 365. Armd de foi hardi. (fr.) Sold from being armed with 
 
 faith. Motto of Viscount Cranbrook. 
 
 366. Armoiries parlantes. (Fr.} Punning arms. A crest, or 
 
 coat of arms, designed in rebus fashion, to express sym- 
 bolically the bearer's name. Thus a buck couchant on a 
 ton would stand for Buxton. 
 
 367. Armuth ist der sechste Sinn. (G.) Prov. Poverty is the 
 
 sixth sense. 
 
 368. Armuth schandet nicht. (G.) Prov. Poverty is no 
 
 disgrace. 
 
 369. Arrectis auribus adsto. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 303. / wait 
 
 with listening ear.
 
 48 ARS. 
 
 370. Ars artium omnium conservatrix. (L.) The art that pre- 
 
 serves all other arts viz., printing. Inscription on facade 
 of Laurent Koster's house at Haarlem, 1540. 
 
 371. Ars est celare artem. (L.)1 The perfection of art consists 
 
 in concealing it. Cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 313. Si latet ars 
 prodest. If the art is hidden it succeeds. 
 In every department of art the artist must not allow the labour, 
 required for the perfection of his work, to appear on the sur- 
 face. The verse of the poet must not betray the hacking and 
 polishing it has gone through in its production ; the painting 
 must not show any technical artifice ; the audience must not 
 be able to detect professional trickery in the actor. All must 
 appear easy, unlaboured, in a word, natural. 
 
 372. Ars longa, vita brevis. (L.) Art is long and life is fleet- 
 
 ing. Longfellow. The original (Hippocrates Aphorism.) 
 reverses the oi'der. o /3ios /?pax^s, r) 8e Tex vr ) (MKprj. (Gr.) 
 Life is short, but art is long : translated by Seneca (de 
 Brevit. Vit. 1), vitam brevem esse, longam artem. 
 
 373. Ars varia vulpis, ast una echino maxima. (L.) Prov. 
 
 The fox knows many tricks, but the hedgehog only one, 
 though it is the greatest, viz., to roll itself up in a ball. 
 (2.) Multa novit vulpis, sed felis unum magnum. Prov. 
 The fox knows many tricks, the cat only one great one, 
 viz., to run up a tree. 
 
 374. Arte magistra. (L.) Yirg. A. 8, 442. By the aid of art. 
 
 375. Artus confecti languent. (L.) Lucret. 3, 959. Their 
 
 wasted limbs become languid. 
 
 376. acr/3ecrros yeAws. (Gr.) Horn. II. 1, 599. Unquenchable 
 
 laughter, or, Homeric laughter. 
 
 377. As in prsesenti perfection format in avi. (L.) First words 
 
 of the part of the Eton Latin Grammar treating of the 
 conjugation of verbs. That which deals with the genders 
 of nouns begins : Propria quse maribus, etc. Hence the 
 lines would express the earliest rudiments of Latin. A 
 boy would be said to be beginning his as in prcesenti, or 
 his propria quce maribus. 
 
 378. Asinus asino, et sus sui pulcher. (L.) An ass to an ass 
 
 seems beautiful : a pig to a pig. 
 
 379. A soixante ans il ne faut pas remettre 
 
 L'instant heureux qui promet un plaisir. 
 
 (Fr.~) D^saugiers, Diner de Madelon. 
 At sixty years old 'tis not well to postpone 
 E'en a moment that promises joy. Ed.
 
 A TATONS. 49 
 
 380. Asperis facetiis . . . quae ubi multum ex vero traxere, 
 
 acrem sui memoriam relinquunt. (L.) Tac. A. 15, 68. 
 Cutting jokes, especially when they have a large 
 foundation of truth, leave a sore which is not soon 
 forgotten. 
 
 381. Asperitas agrestis et inconcinna gravisque, 
 
 Quae se commendat tonsa cute, dentibus atris 
 Dum volt libertas dici mera veraque virtus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 6. 
 
 A brutal boorishness, which fain would win 
 Regard by unbrushed teeth and close shorn skin, 
 Yet all the while is anxious to be thought 
 Pure independence, acting as it ought. Conington. 
 
 382. Asperius nihil est humili, cum surgit in altum. 
 
 Cuncta ferit, dum cuncta timet : dessevit in omnes 
 Ut se posse putent : nee bellua tetrior ulla 
 Quam servi rabies in libera terga furentis. (L.) Claud, 
 Eutr. 1, 181. Nothing so odious as a clown that 
 has risen to power. He beats all while he fears all : 
 and is in a rage with all that they may think him 
 mighty : nor is there a monster fouler than a slave vent- 
 ing his fury on free men. " Set a beggar on horse- 
 back," etc. 
 
 383. Aspettare e non venire, Stare in letto e non dormire, 
 
 Ben servire e non gradire, 
 
 Son tre cose da morire. (It.) Prov. 
 
 To wait for one who never comes, 
 
 To be in bed and sleepless lie, 
 
 To do one's best and not to rise, 
 
 Are reasons three to make one die. Ed. 
 
 384. Assai ben balla, a chi fortuna suona. (It.) Prov. He 
 
 dances well enough wJio has fortune for his fiddler. 
 Prosperity lightens the heels as well as the heart. 
 
 385. Assez dure. (Fr.) Hard enough. Motto of Ironmongers' 
 
 Company. 
 
 386. Assumpsit. (L.) Law Term. He undertook. 
 
 A claim of damages sustained through the breach of a simple 
 contract (i.e., a promise not under seal), and alleges that the 
 defendant assumpsit, undertook, to perform the acts specified. 
 (Brand and Cox, Diet.) 
 
 387. A tatons. (fr.) Groping, feeling the way in the dark. 
 
 Often applied to those who guide themselves in their 
 affairs more by chance than judgment. 
 D
 
 50 AT EST. 
 
 388. At est bonus ut melior vir 
 
 Non alius quisquam ; at tibi amicus, at ingenium ingena 
 Inculto latet hoc sub corpore. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 32. 
 
 But he's the soul of virtue : but he's kind ; 
 
 But that coarse body hides a mighty mind. Conington. 
 
 389. At hsec aniraos gerugo et cura peculi 
 
 Quuru semel imbuerit, speramus carmina fingi 
 Posse linenda cedro, et levi servauda cupresso. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 330. 
 
 0, when this cankering rust, this greed of gain, 
 
 Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain, 
 
 What hope that poets will produce such lines 
 
 As cedar-oil embalms, and cypress shrines ? Conington. 
 
 390. At hsec etiam servis semper libera fuerunt, timerent, 
 
 gauderent, dolerent, suo potius quam alterius arbitrio. 
 (Z.) Cic. 1 Even slaves have always been free to fear, 
 rejoice, or grieve at their own pleasure, and not at the 
 wish of another. 
 
 391. A$avciTOVs p.ev Tr/jwra Oeovs, vofjiw u>? SiaKeircu Tt/xa. (Gr.) 
 
 Pythagor. 1 Pay reverence, first of all, to the immortal 
 gods, according as it is laid down by law. The established 
 religion. Motto of Spectator, 1 82 (Sunday at Sir Roger's). 
 
 First in obedience to thy country's rule, 
 
 Worship the immortal gods. 
 
 392. At nihil est dotis quod dem. Ne duas. 
 
 Dummodo morata recte veniat, dotata est satis. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 61. 
 
 Uuclio. But I have nothing to give in the way of dowry. 
 Megadorus. There's no need. Provided a woman comes with 
 virtuous principles, she has dowry enough of her own. 
 
 393. At non ingenio qusesitum nomen ab sevo 
 
 Excidit : ingenio stat sine morte decus. 
 
 (L.) Prop. 3, 2, 23. 
 
 Time cannot wither talents' well-earned fame : 
 True genius has secured a deathless name. Ed. 
 
 394. A tort et a travers. (Fr.) Wrong and across. At random, 
 
 by chance. 
 
 395. A tout seigneur tout honneur. (Fr.) Prov. To every 
 
 lord his due honour. Give every one his due. Grant 
 each their proper rights. 
 
 396. At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier, Hie est. (Z.) 
 
 Pers. 1, 28. It's a fine thing to be pointed out with the 
 finger, and for people to say, There he is/ Love of 
 popularity and public notoriety.
 
 AT SECURA. 51 
 
 397. Atque in rege tamen pater est. (L.) Ov. M. 13, 187. 
 And yet he feels the father in the king. Ed. 
 
 Though a king, he has a father's feelings. Said of Aga- 
 memnon, unwilling, even at the behest of Diana, to 
 sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia. 
 
 398. Atque utinam his potius nugis tota ilia dedisset 
 
 Tempora. (L.) Juv. 4, 150. 
 
 "Would that he'd spent that wretched life of his 
 On harmless trifles such as these ! Ed. 
 
 Said of Domitian, who would turn from the occupation of banish- 
 ing and murdering his subjects, to the question of how a 
 turbot ought to be cooked. 
 
 399. At qui legitimum cupiet fecisse poema, 
 
 Cum tabulis animum censoris sumat honesti : 
 Audebit, qusecunque parum splendoris habebunt 
 Et sine pondere erunt, et honore indigna ferentur, 
 Verba movere loco. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109. 
 
 But he who meditates a work of art, 
 
 Oft as he writes will act the censor's part : 
 
 Is there a word wants nobleness and grace, 
 
 Devoid of weight, nor worthy of high place ? 
 
 He bids it go though stiffly it decline, 
 
 And cling and cling like suppliant to a shrine. Conington. 
 
 400. Atqui vultus erat multa et prseclara minantis. (Z.) Hor. 
 
 S. 2, 3, 9. And yet your (his) looks were of one that 
 promised many fine things. 
 
 401. At reditus jam quisque suos amat, et sibi quid sit 
 
 Utile, solicitis supputat articulis. (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 3, 1 7. 
 
 But nowadays each loving naught but pelf, 
 Counts on his fingers what'll enrich himself. Ed. 
 
 402. At scio, quo vos soleatis pacto perplexarier ; 
 
 Pactum non pactum est ; non pactum pactum est, quod 
 vobis lubet. (L.) Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 81. I know the way 
 you have of confusing things ; a bargain's no bargain, or 
 no bargain's a bargain, just as it pleases you. Euclio to 
 Megadorus when the latter announces that his daughter 
 is to have no portion. 
 
 403. At secura quies, et nescia fallere vita, 
 
 Dives opum variarum ; at latis otia fundis, 
 Speluncse, vivique lacus ; at frigida Tempe, 
 Mugitusque bourn, mollesque sub arbore somni 
 Non absunt. (L.) Virg. G. 2, 467.
 
 52 AT SERMO. 
 
 The pleasures of a country life. 
 
 But tranquil ease, a life untaught to cheat, 
 Rich ill its varied wealth : a calm retreat 
 'Mid ample fields ; cool grots, and running lakes, 
 Valleys like Tempo's shaded lawns and brakes ; 
 And lowing herds, sweet sleep beneath the plane, 
 These are the pleasures of the country swain. Ed. 
 
 404. At sermo lingua concinnus utraque 
 
 Suavior, ut Ohio nota si commista Falerni est. (L.) 
 Hor. S. 1, 10, 23. But a style (composition) elegantly 
 composed in both languages (Latin and Greek) is all the 
 more charming, just as wine of the Falernian brand is 
 sweeter for being mixed with Chian. This applies to any 
 mixture of languages, e.g., the use of French expressions 
 in a piece of English writing. To use Horace's simile, 
 the poorer tongue is coup6 (mixed) with the richer one. 
 
 405. At si cognatos, nullo natura labore 
 
 Quos tibi dat, retinere velis, servareque amicos, 
 Infelix operam perdas, ut si quis asellum 
 In campo doceat parentem currere frsenis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 88 
 
 Nay, would you win the kinsmen Nature sends 
 Made ready to your hand, and keep them friends, 
 'Twere but lost labour, as if ons should train 
 A donkey for the course by bit and rein. Conington. 
 
 406. At spes non fracta. (L.) Yet hope is not broken. Motto 
 
 of Earl of Hopetoun. 
 
 407. Attendez a la nuit pour dire que le jour a ete beau. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. (Brittany). Wait till night before you say whether 
 the day has been fine or not. 
 
 408. At te nocturnis juvat impallescere chartis. (L.) Pers. 5, 
 
 62. But your delight is to make yourself pale with mid- 
 night compositions. 
 
 409. At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa. 
 
 Nempe hoc indocti, quorum prsecordia nullis 
 Interdum aut levibus videas flagrantia causis ; 
 Quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irse. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 13, 180. 
 Revenge is sv:eet. 
 
 Revenge is sweet, dearer than very life : 
 At least fools think so : folks so fond of strife 
 That none or little cause sets them on fire ; 
 However slight it serves to raise their ire. Ed,
 
 ATJDACTER. 53 
 
 410. At vos incertam, mortales, funeris horam 
 
 Quseritis, et qua sit more aditura via ; 
 Quseritis et ccelo Phcenicum inventa sereno, 
 
 Quse sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala. 
 
 (L.) Prop. 2, 27, 1. 
 Fortune telling. 
 Into death's hidden hour ye mortals are prying, 
 
 Searching what is the way ye shall come to your end. 
 To interpret the teaching of planets ye're trying, 
 
 Which star is man's enemy, which is his friend. Ed. 
 
 411. Au bon droit. (Fr.) Of good right. Motto of Lord 
 
 Leconfield. 
 
 412. Au bout de son Latin. (Fr.) At one's wit's end. I was 
 
 au bout de mon Latin, as the French say, at my wit's end 
 to know what to do. 
 
 413. Auctor nominis ejus Christus, Tiberio imperitante, per pro- 
 
 curatorem Pentium Pilatum, supplicio affectus erat; 
 repressaque in prsesens exitialis superstitio rursum erum- 
 pebat, non modo per Judseam, originem ejus mali, sed per 
 urbem etiam, quo cuncta undique atrocia aut pudenda 
 confluunt celebranturque. (L.) Tac. H. 15, 44. The 
 leader of the sect, Christ, had been put to death by 
 procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius. The 
 deadly superstition was for the moment suppressed : but 
 it broke out again, infecting not only Judcea, the source 
 of the mischief, but even Rome, the general sink for all 
 the abominations and infamies of the world at large to 
 collect together and run riot in. Celebrated passage of 
 the Roman historian, in which the death of Our Blessed 
 Lord and the gradual spread of Christianity are mentioned. 
 
 414. Auctor pretiosa facit. (Z.) The giver makes the gift 
 
 precious. Motto of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. 
 
 415. Aucto splendore resurgo. (L.) I rise again with increased 
 
 splendour. 85th Foot. 
 
 416. Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. 10, 14. JV o path of flowers leads to glory. 
 
 417. Audacem fecerat ipse timor. (L.) Ov. F. 3, 644. Fear 
 
 had made her bold. Cf. Audendo magnus tegitur timor. 
 Luc. 4, 702. Under a show of daring great fear is 
 covered. 
 
 418. Audacter et sincere. (L.) Boldly and sincerely. Motto 
 
 of Lord Windsor and Lord Stratheden and Campbell.
 
 
 54 AUDAX. 
 
 419. Audax ad omnia foemina, quae vel amat vel odit. 
 
 A woman will dare anything, when she loves or hates. 
 
 420. Audax omnia perpeti 
 
 Gens humana ruit per vetitum et nefas. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C.I, 3, 25. 
 Daring all, their goal to win, 
 Men tread forbidden ground, and rush on sin. Conington. 
 
 421. Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum, 
 
 Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et alget. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 1, 73. 
 
 Dare something that will sentence you to jail 
 
 Or transportation, if your luck should fail : *i 
 
 Then you may make a name. Be hold ! 
 For virtue's praised, and left out in the cold. Ed. 
 
 422. Audentes Fortuna juvat. (L.) Yirg. A. 10, 284. 
 
 Fortune favours the brave. (2.) Audentes deus ipse 
 juvat. Ov. M. 10, 586. Heaven itself helps the brave. 
 (3.) Of boldness in love : Audenduni est : fortes ad- 
 juvat ipsa Venus. Tib. 1, 2, 16. We must venture it: 
 Venus herself assists the brave ; and Cf. Audentem 
 Forsque Yenusque juvant. Ov. A. A. 1, 608. 
 Fortune and Venus befriend the daring. 
 
 423. Au diable tant de maitres, dit le crapaud a la herse. (fr.) 
 
 Prov. The devil take so many masters, as the toad said 
 to the harrow ! 
 
 424. Audi alteram partem. (Z.) Law Max. Hear the other 
 
 side. No man should be condemned unheard. 
 Quicunque aliquid statuerit, parte inaudita alters, 
 
 JEquum licet statnerit, haud aequus fuerit. Sen. Med. 195. 
 Whoever shall decide a question without hearing the other side, 
 even though he decide justly, will not act with justice. 
 
 425. Audiet pugnas vitio parentum 
 
 Kara juventus. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 2, 23. 
 
 Civil Wars. 
 
 And Roman youths, whose fathers' crimes 
 Have sadly thinned, in after times 
 
 Shall hear the tale of civic war. Ed. 
 
 426. Audio sed taceo. (L.) / hear but am silent. Motto of 
 
 Lord Kesteven. 
 
 427. Audire, atque togam jubeo componere, quisquis 
 
 Ambitione mala, aut argenti pallet amore, 
 
 Quisquis luxuria. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 77. 
 
 Now give attention and your gowns refold, 
 
 Who thus, for fame, grow yellow after gold, 
 
 Victims to luxury. Conington.
 
 AUREA. 55 
 
 428. Audire est operae pretium, procedere recte 
 
 Qui rem Romanam Latiumque augescere voltis. 
 
 (L.) Ennius ? 
 
 'Tis worth while hearing, ye who wish to see 
 Rome and the Latin State's prosperity. Ed. 
 
 Of. Horace's parody of these lines (S. 1, 2, 37). 
 
 429. Audita querela. (L.) Law Phrase. The complaint having 
 
 been investigated. 
 
 430. Auditia ? An me ludit amabilis Insania ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 3, 4, 5. 
 Did ye hear ? Or is some sweet delusion mine ? Calverley. 
 
 431. Auditque vocatus Apollo. (L.) Virg. G. 4, 7. And 
 
 Apollo hears when invoked. The god is auspicious to 
 poets who invoke his muse-inspiring protection. 
 
 432. Auferimur cultu : gemmis auroque teguntur 
 
 Omnia; pars minima est ipsa puella sui. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 343. Dress deceives one so : jewels and gold ornaments 
 evert/where : a girl is often the least part of herself. 
 
 433. Augurium ratio est, et conjectura futuri : 
 
 Hac divinavi, notitiamque tuli. (L.) Ov. T. 1, 9, 51. 
 Reason is my augury and forecast of the future ; by 
 her aid have I divined events, and got my knowledge of 
 what is to come. 
 
 434. Au pis-aller. (Fr.) At tJie worst. Let the worst come to 
 
 the worst. 
 
 435. Au plaisir fort de Dieu. (Fr.) At the powerful disposal 
 
 of God. Motto of the Earl of Mount Edgecomb. 
 
 436. Aurea mediocritas. (L.) The golden mean. Cf. Proverbs, 
 
 xxx. 8 : "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 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and 
 take the name of my God in vain." 
 
 437. Auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti 
 
 Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda 
 
 Sobrius aula. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 10, 5. 
 
 Who makes the golden mean his guide, 
 
 Shuns miser's cabin, foul and dark, 
 Shuns gilded roofs, where pomp and pride 
 Are envy's mark. Conington. 
 
 438. Aurea nunc vere sunt ssecula ; plurimus auro 
 
 Venit honos : auro conciliatur amor. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 277.
 
 56 AUKEA. 
 
 The Age of Gold. 
 
 Joking apart, this is the age of gold ; 
 Love, place, preferment all is bought and sold. Ed. 
 
 439. Atirea prima sata est setas, quae vindice nullo, 
 
 Sponte sua, sine lege, fidem rectumque colebat. 
 
 Poena metusque aberant. (L.) Ov. M. 1, 89. 
 
 The Golden Age. 
 
 First came the Golden Age, that without lord, 
 Or law, kept justice of its own accord. 
 Both fear and penalty were all unknown. Ed. 
 
 440. Aurum in stercore quserere. (L.) Cassiod. Inst. Div. 
 
 Lit. i. p. 510. To seek for gold amid dung. Tc 
 extract good passages from a heap of literary trash. 
 
 441. Anrum omnes victa jam pietate colunt. 
 
 Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia jura; 
 
 Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor. (L.) Prop. 
 3, 13, 48. Trampling religion under foot, gold is wor- 
 shipped by all. Integrity yields to its assault ; justice is 
 bartered away for gold ; the law follows in the chase, and 
 soon modesty will be without the law's protection. 
 
 Cf. Ov. F. 1, 217 : 
 
 In pretio pretium est ; dat census honores, 
 Census amicitias ; pauper ubique jacet. 
 
 Worth nowadays means wealth ; friends, place, power, all 
 Can money buy ; the poor goes to the wall. Ed. 
 
 442. Aurum per medios ire satellites 
 
 Et perrumpere amat saxa, potentius 
 
 Ictu fulmineo. (.) Hor. C. 3, 16, 9. 
 
 Gold, gold can pass the tyrant's sentinel, 
 
 Can shiver rocks with more resistless blow 
 Than is the thunder's. Conington. 
 
 443. Auspice Christo. (Z.) Under Christ's auspices. Motto 
 
 of Lord Wenlock. 
 
 444. Auspicium melioris sevi. (L.) An augury of an happier 
 
 age. Motto of the Duke of St Alban's and the Order of 
 .St Michael and St George. 
 
 445. Aussitotdit, aussitot fait. (Fr.) No sooner said than done. 
 
 446. Ausus est vana contemnere. (L.}1 He dared to despise 
 
 vain fears. Said of Columbus. 
 
 447. Aut amat, aut odit mulier; nil est tertium. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 1 A woman either loves or hates ; there is no 
 alternative.
 
 AUTRE. 57 
 
 448. Autant en emporte le vent, (Fr.) That is all moonshine. 
 
 Idle talk. 
 
 449. Aut bihat, aut abeat. (L.) or 17 TrWt, rj airiOi. (Gr.) Prov. 
 
 cit. H. Steph. Either drink or depart ! 
 Cicero quotes this old rule of Greek feasts as the maxim he had 
 observed in life whenever Fortune frowned on him. By so 
 doing, i.e., by retiring (he says), Injurias fortunse, qnas ferre 
 nequeas, diffugiendo relinquas. (L.) Tusc. 5, 41, 118. The 
 rude blows of Fortune which you are unable to eiicounter, you 
 "may by flight leave behind you. 
 
 450. Aut Caesar aut nullus (Inihil). (L.) Hither Ccesar or 
 
 nothing. Motto of Caesar Borgia, under a head of Julius 
 Caesar. 
 
 451. Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 
 
 117. The man is either mad, or else he's writing verses. 
 Davus' (Horace's slave) description of his master's 
 eccentric and irregular habits. 
 
 452. Aut non tentaris, aut perfice. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 389. 
 
 Hither carry it out, or don't attempt it. 
 
 453. Auto da fe\ (P.) An act of faith. 
 
 A name given to the religious procession and ceremonies in Spain 
 and Portugal attending the execution of heretics condemned by 
 the tribunal of the Inquisition. What was to the condemned 
 an act of temporal punishment, was to the Catholics assisting 
 an " Act of Faith." Later it has come to mean the execution 
 itself, by fire, and so to signify any destruction by the flames. 
 The destruction of the books of magic (Acts ix. 19) at Ephesus 
 was an auto dafe in every sense of the term. Not long since 
 a picture of a lady burning some old letters had this for its title. 
 
 454. AUTO Se TO (riyav 6/ioAoyovvTos O-TI crov. (@r.} Eurip. 
 
 Iph. Aul. 1142. Your silence is a sign that you consent. 
 
 455. Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetse, 
 
 Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 333. 
 
 A bard will wish to profit or to please, 
 
 Or, as a tertium quid, do both of these. Conington. 
 
 456. Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportere. (L.) Sen. Apoc. 
 
 One ought to be born either a king or a fool, viz., to have 
 unlimited licence allowed one. Proverb quoted by Seneca 
 in his Lampoon on the death of Claudius Caesar, Apocolo- 
 cyntosis, or the " Apotheosis of the Pumpkin," which is 
 the name he gives his late Majesty. 
 
 457. Autre n'auray. (Fr.) Other I will not have. Motto of 
 
 the Order of the Golden Fleece.
 
 f r* 
 
 AUTRE. 
 
 458. Autre temps, autres mceurs. (^V.) Prov. Other times, 
 
 other manners. The fashion changes with the age. 
 
 459. Autumnusque gravis Libitinse questus acerbse. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 2, 6, 19. 
 Sad autumn, Libitina's bitter crop. Ed. 
 
 Autumn is generally a sickly season, and Libitina is the 
 goddess presiding over funerals. 
 
 460. Aut virtus nomen inane est, 
 
 Aut decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir. (L.) 
 Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 41. Hither virtue is an empty name, or 
 the man who strains every nerve may justly claim the 
 honour and the reward. 
 
 461. 
 
 Prov. 
 
 Aux grands maux les grands remedes. (I 
 Desperate diseases demand desperate remedies. 
 
 462. Auxilium ab alto. (L.) Help from on high. Motto of 
 
 Lord Clonbrock. 
 
 463. Auxilium meum a Domino. (L.) Vulg. Ps. cxx. 2. 
 
 My help comethfrom the Lord. Motto of Lord Mostyn. 
 
 46 & Aux petits des oiseaux il donne la pature. (Fr.) Corn. 
 (Athalie). To the bird's young ones He gives food. The 
 irreverent Et sa bonte s'arrete a la litterature (and His 
 bounty only is withheld from men of letters) which will 
 
 : home to the penniless author, is Gozlan's variant 
 
 e second line of the couplet. 
 
 Series couleuvres. (Fr.) To put up with affronts. 
 Avaricez. (Fr.) Advance. Motto of Viscount Hill. 
 
 nisi cum moritur, nil recte facit. (L.) A miser, 
 qx/cept when he dies, does nothing right. 
 Ajvgc de la vertu, de la capacite', et une bonne conduite, 
 peut 6tre insupportable ; les manieres que Ton 
 ige comme de petites choses, sont souvent ce qui fait 
 que les hommes de'cident de vous en bien ou en mal ; 
 une legere attention a les avoir douces et polies, preVient 
 leur mauvais jugement. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. 
 p. 87. It is possible to possess virtue, talent, and good 
 and yet be imbearable in society. One is apt to 
 the question of manners as something trifling, and 
 yet ttoy are often the criterion by which people will judge 
 //'// or ill of you: a little attention to render them engag- 
 ing and polished 'will have the effect of preventing an 
 unfavourable opinion being formed of you. 
 
 46 
 
 466. 
 
 467.' 
 
 468.
 
 AVITA. 
 
 59 
 
 469. Ave ! Imperator, morituri te salutant. (L.) Suet. Claud. 
 
 21. Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die, salute 
 you. Greeting of the combatants to the Emperor 
 Claudius at a naval fight on the Lago Fucino. Claudius, 
 instead of Valete, replied, "Avete vos," as bidding them 
 farewell : but the gladiators taking it in its usual sense, 
 as, " Live ! Long life to you," refused to fight, and in- 
 terpreted the words as a reprieve; nor could they be 
 induced to proceed with the show. 
 
 470. Ave, Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, etc. (L.) Vulg. 
 
 Luc. 1, 28. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is' with 
 thee, etc. The first words of the Angelic Salutation or 
 greeting of the Angel Gabriel to the B.V.M. ;*and since 
 then, with other words, used by Catholics aagjjforayer to 
 be said daily along with the Lord's Prayer. 
 
 471. A verbis legis non est recedendum. (L.) Law Max. No de- 
 
 parture can be allowed from the express letter of a statute. 
 
 472. Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante 
 
 Trita solo; juvat integros accedere fonteis j^ 
 Atque haurire; juvatque no vos decerpere flores, 
 Insignemque meo capiti petere inde coronam, 
 Unde prius nulli velarint tempora Musse. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 
 The Poet. 
 
 I love to roam amid the secret haunts 
 
 Of the Pierides, where no foot hath trod. . 
 
 To visit virgin springs, and thence to drink ; 
 
 Fresh flowers to gather, that shall make a crown 
 
 The Muses never twined for mortal brows. Ed. 
 
 Sed me Parnassi deserta per ardua dulcis 
 
 Raptat amor ; juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum 
 
 Castaliain molli divertitur orbita clivo. 
 
 Led on by Love I climb Parnassus' height 
 
 Lonely and steep : to wander I delight 
 
 Where foot of man has never turned to mount 
 
 The slope that rises to Castalia's fount. Ed. 
 
 473. Avi numerantur avorum. (L.) 7 boast of 
 
 ancestors. Motto of Lord Grantley. 
 
 474. A vise la fin. (ff-) Weigh well the end. 
 
 Marquess of Ailsa. 
 
 475. Avita et aucta. (L.) Inherited and i 
 
 of Order of the Iron Crown (Austri 
 Napoleon I. in 1805 on his coronati 
 with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. 
 
 G. 3, 291. 
 
 \g train of 
 tto of the 
 
 Mottc 
 
 instituted by 
 of Italy 
 motto on the
 
 60 AVITO. 
 
 badge round the crown is, Dio me la diede, guai a chi la 
 tocca (God gave it me, woe to him who touches it !). 
 
 476. Avito viret honore. (L.) He flourishes with honours 
 
 derived from his ancestors. Motto of the Marquess of 
 Bute and Earl of Wharncliffe. 
 
 477. A volonte". (Fr.} At will. According to your inclination 
 
 or desire. 
 
 478. Aymez loyaute". (Fr.} Love loyalty. Motto of Duke of 
 
 Cleveland, the Marquess of Winchester, and Lord Bolton. 
 
 B. 
 
 479. Balnea, vina, Venus corrumpunt corpora nostra ; 
 
 Sed vitam faciunt balnea, vina, Venus. (L.) Inscr. Griiter. 
 Wine, women, baths, with health are quite at strife ; 
 Yet baths, wine, women, make the sum of life. Ed. 
 
 480. Barbara Celarent Darii Ferioque prioris 
 
 Cesare Camestres Festino Baroko secundae, etc. (L.) 
 Commencement of ancient mnemonic lines of unknown origin, 
 giving the 19 moods and 4 figures in which a syllogism may 
 be stated. Each vowel has its signification. A =: an universal 
 affirmative proposition ; E, an universal negative ; I, a par- 
 ticular affirmative ; and 0, a particular negative. The follow- 
 ing is a syllogism in Barbara : 
 
 A. All alcohol is intoxicating ; 
 
 A. All wine contains alcohol ; therefore 
 
 A. All wine is intoxicating. 
 
 481. Barbaras hie ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli : 
 
 Et rident stolidi verba Latina Getse. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 5, 10, 37. 
 
 The traveller in foreign parts. 
 I'm a foreigner here on this shore, 
 
 For none understand what I say. 
 At my Latin the Thracian boor 
 
 Only laughs in his thick-headed way. Ed. 
 
 482. Basis virtutum constantia. (L.) Constancy is the founda- 
 
 tion of virtue. Motto of Viscount Hereford. 
 
 483. Beatam vitam non depulsione mali, sed adeptione boni 
 
 judicemus : nee earn cessando, sive gaudentem . . . 
 sive non dolentem, sed agendo aliquid considerandoque 
 quseramus. (L.) Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41. Life is to be 
 considered happy, not in the absence of evil, but in the 
 acquisition of good : and this we should seek for, not in 
 inactivity, enjoyment, or freedom from trouble, but by 
 employment of some kind, or by reflection.
 
 BELLA. 61 
 
 484. Beati immaculati in via. (L.) Vulg. Ps. cxviii. 1. Blessed 
 
 are those that are undefiled in the way. 
 
 485. Beati misericordes, quoniam ipsis misericordia tribuetur. 
 
 (Z.) Blessed are the merciful, for mercy shall be shown 
 to them. Motto of Scots' Company. 
 
 486. Beati monoculi in regions caecoruin. (L.) Prov. Blessed 
 
 are the one-eyed in the kingdom of the blind. 
 
 487. Beati mundi corde : quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt. (L.) 
 
 Vulg. St. Matt. v. 8. Blessed are t/te pure in heart: for 
 they shall see God. First three words are the Motto of 
 Lancing College. 
 
 488. Beati possidentes. (L.) Blessed are the wealthy, or t/tose 
 
 that possess/ Applicable to any fortunate beings "in 
 possession," regarded from the point of view of one de- 
 barred from such enjoyment. This is founded upon 
 Horace's Non possidentem, etc., of which it is the exact 
 opposite. 
 
 489. Beatus ille qui procul negotiis, Ut prisca gens mortalium, 
 
 Paterna rura bobxis exercet suis, 
 
 Solutus omni fcenore. (L.) Hor. Epod. 2, 1. 
 
 The bliss of a country life. 
 Happy the man who far from town 
 
 (Like one of earth's primeval nations) 
 Ploughs his own land, with team his own, 
 
 Untroubled by the last quotations. Ed. 
 
 490. Beaucoup de m^moire, et peu de jugeuient. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 A good memory, but little judgment. 
 
 491. Beau monde. (fr.) The fashionable world. The upper 
 
 ranks of society. 
 
 492. Beaux esprits. (J^T-) Wits. Men of quick parts, and 
 
 ready at repartee. 
 
 493. Beinahe bringt keine Miicke um. (G.) Prov. Almost 
 
 never killed a fly. 
 
 494. Beleidigst du einen Monch, so knappen alle Kuttenzipfel 
 
 bis nach Rom. (67.) Prov. Offend one single monk, 
 and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Home. 
 
 495. Bella femmina che ride, vuol dir borsa che piange. (It.) 
 
 Prov. A beautiful woman smiling means a purse weeping. 
 The purse must shed its contents to ensure the continu- 
 ance of the lady's smiles.
 
 62 BELLA ! 
 
 49. Bella! horrida bella ! (L.) Yirg. A. 6, 86. War! 
 horrible war / Motto of Lord Lisle. 
 
 Of. Multos castra juvant, et lituo tubse 
 Permixtus sonitus, bellaque matribus 
 Detestata. Hor. C. 1, 1, 23. 
 
 Some love the camp, the clarion's joyous ring, 
 
 And battle, by the mother's soul abhorred. Conington. 
 
 497. Belle fille et me'chante robe trouvent toujours qui les accr-oche. 
 
 (fr.) Prov. A pretty girl and a torn gown always find 
 something to hook them. 
 
 498. Bellende Hunde beissen nicht. (G.) Prov. Barking dogs 
 
 don't bite. *> 
 
 499. Bellicse virtutis prsemium. (L.) The reward of valour in 
 
 war. Motto of Order of St Louis and of the Legion of 
 Honour. 
 
 500. Bellum internecinum. (L.) Liv. 9, 25. Internecine war. 
 
 War of extermination. War to the knife. 
 
 501. Bellum nee timendum nee provocandum. (Z.) Plin. 
 
 Pan. 16. War should neither be dreaded, nor rashly 
 provoked. 
 
 502. BELLUM joined with PAX (Peace and War). 
 
 (1.) Bellum ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax quaBsita 
 videatur. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80. If a war is undertaken, 
 it should be shown that peace is the only object sought to be 
 gained. (2.) Suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob earn causam, 
 ut sine injuria in pace vivatur. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35. The 
 grounds for engaging in any war should be that one may be 
 able to live at peace without dishonour. (3. ) Pax paritur bello. 
 Nep. Epam. 5. Peace is procured by war. Cf. Si vis pacem, 
 para bellum. If you want peace, be prepared for war. (4.) 
 Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Tac. A. 3, 44. Even 
 war is a better alternative than a dishonourable peace. 
 
 503. Bellus homo et magnus vis idem, Gotta, videri : 
 
 Sed, qui bellus homo est, Cotta, pusillus homo est. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 1, 10, 1. 
 
 You wish to be a fop, and great man too ; 
 But fops are mostly but a paltry crew. Jd. 
 
 504. Benedictus es, O Domine ; doce me statuta tua. (Z.) Cf. 
 
 Vulg. Ps. cxviii. 12. Blessed art Thou, Lord; teach 
 me Thy statutes. Bradfield College. 
 
 505. Benefacta sua verbis adornant. (L.) Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15. 
 
 They enhance the value of their favours by the words 
 with which they are accompanied.
 
 BENEFICIUM. 63 
 
 506. BENEFICIUM. (.) A favour; kindness. Benefaction; 
 obligation. 
 
 (1.) Quid est ergo beneficium ? Benevola actio tribuens gaudium, 
 capiensque tribuendo, in id quod facit prona, et sponte sua 
 parata. Itaque non quid fiat, aut quid detur, refert, sed qua 
 mente. (L.) Sen. Ben. 1, 6. A favour is a kind action con- 
 ferring and receiving pleasure by the mere act of giving, and done 
 from a prompt and spontaneous inclination o the giver ; so that 
 the gift or benefit itself is not of so much importance as the 
 spirit in which it is done. (2. ) Beneficium non in eo quod fit 
 aut datur, consistit. sed in ipso dantis aut facientis animo. 
 Sen. Ben. 1, 6. A favour does not consist in the service done 
 or given, biiJt in the spirit itself of the man who confers it. (3.) 
 Gratissima sunt beueficia, parata, facile occurrentia, ubi nulla 
 mora fuit, nisi in accipientis verecundia. Sen. Ben. 2, 1. 
 The most acceptable favours are those which are prompt, 
 quickly forthcoming, and where there is no hesitation, except it 
 arise from the -modesty of the recipient. (4.) Tempore quaedam 
 magna fiunt, uon summa. Sen. Ben. 3, 8. The greatness 
 of gifts depends not so much in the amount, as the time when 
 they are given. (5.) Primum est antecedere desiderium cujus- 
 que ; proximum, sequi. Sen. Ben. 2, 1. The best thing is 
 to anticipate a person's wants; the next best to grant them. 
 (6.) Illud melius, occupare antequam rogemur ; quia quum 
 homini probo ad rogandum os concurrat, et suffundatur rubor, 
 qui hoc tormentum remittit, multiplicat munus suum. Sen. 
 Ben. 2, 1. The better way is to forestall a petition; because 
 when an honest man has to frame his lips to ask a favour, he 
 is covered with blushes, and to relieve him of this torture is 
 greatly to enhance your benevolence. (7.) Ingratum est bene- 
 ficium, quod diu inter manus dantis haesit, quod quis segre 
 dimittere visus est ; et sic dare, tanquam sibi eriperet. Sen. 
 Ben. 2, 1. A benevolence loses its grace, if it cling so long to 
 the hand of the giver, that he seem to part with it with diffi- 
 culty, and gives it at last as though he were robbing himself. 
 (8.) Benefacta male locata, malefacta arbitror. Enn. ap. Cic. 
 Off. 2, 18, 62. Favours injudiciously conferred I consider 
 as so much injury. Indiscriminate charity. (9.) Sunt quse- 
 dam nocitura impetrantibus ; quse non dare, sed negare, bene- 
 ficium est. Sen. Ben. 2, 14. Where the gifts would be 
 injurious to those who seek them, to refuse instead of granting, 
 is a real kindness. (10.) Nullum beneficium esse duco id, 
 quod, quoi facias, non placet. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 12. I do 
 not consider that a kindness, which gives no pleasure to the man 
 you show it to. (11.) Non estdicendum, quid tribuerimus. Qui 
 admonet, repetit . . . nisi ut aliud dando, prioris admoneas. 
 Sen. Ben. 2, 11. Do not tell what you have given. To 
 remind a man of his obligations, is to seek a return : only by 
 repeating a benevolence, is it allowable to call former bounties 
 to mind. (12.) Beneficium dedisse qui dicit, petit. Pub. 
 Syr. ? Who talks of the favours he has given, is seeking 
 one himself. (13.) Un bienfait reproche* tint toujours lieu 
 d'offense. (JV-.) Rac. Iphig. 4, 6. To reproach a man with your
 
 34 BENEFICIUM. 
 
 J 'avows is tantamount to an affront. (14.) Ne aliis quidem 
 narrare debemus ; qui dedit beneficium, taceat : iiarret qui 
 accepit. (L. ) Sen. Ben. 2, 11. We should not tell to others 
 what we give ; let him who gives keep silence, and he only publish 
 it who has received. (15.) Un bienfait perd sa grace a le trop 
 publier. (Fr. ) Corn. Tlieod. 1, 2. A favour loses its grace 
 by publishing it too loudly. 
 (16.) Crede mihi, quamvis ingentia, Postume, dona: 
 
 Auctoris pereunt garrulitate sua. (L.) Mart. 5, 52, 7. 
 
 Great are your gifts, but wheii proclaimed around 
 The obligation dies upon the sound. Hay. 
 
 (17.) Beneficia eo usque laeta sunt, dura videntur exsolvi 
 posse ; ubi multum autevenere, pro gratia odium redditur. 
 Tac. A. 4, 18. Favours are only acceptable, where it appear^ 
 possible to requite them; but when they pass all bowuls of a 
 return, they produce hatred in lieu of gratitude. (18.) Un 
 service au dessus de toute recompense a force d'obliger tient 
 presque lieu d'offense. (Fr.) T. Corn. Surena, 3, 1. A service 
 which exceeds all possibility of returning it, becomes an obligation 
 so great that it almost amounts to an injury. (19.) Leve aes 
 alienum debitorem facit, gcave inimicum. (Z.) Sen. Ep. 19. 
 A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one makes 
 him your enemy. (20. ) Qui grate beneficium accepit, primam 
 ejus pensionem solvit. Sen. Ben. 2, 22. To accept a kind- 
 ness with gratitude, is to take the first step towards returning 
 it. (21.) Qui libenter accepit, reddidit. Sen. Ben. 2, 30. 
 To accept a favour cheerfully, is to requite it. (22.) Qui 
 gratus futurus est statim dum accipit, de reddendo cogitat. 
 Sen. Ben. 2, 25. The man who woulA be grateful for a 
 favour begins to think how he may return the kindness, as soon 
 as he receives it. (23.) Discamus beneficia secure debere, et 
 occasiones reddendorum observare, non manu facere : hanc 
 ipsaru cupiditatem primo quoque tempore liberaudi se, mem- 
 inerimus ingrati esse. Sen. Ben. 6, 41. Learn to owe an 
 obligation unconstrainedly, and to watch for an opportunity of 
 repaying the favour, so as to avoid acting in too pronounced a 
 manner. The over-anxiety to seize the first possible moment for 
 quitting one's self of a debt of kindness is, remember, the act of 
 an ungrateful man. (24.) Beneficia dare qui nescit, injuste 
 petit. ? Pub. Syr. He who cannot perform a kind act, is un- 
 reasonable if he expects to receive one. (25.) Beneficia plura 
 recipit qui scit reddere. ? Pub. Syr. He receives most favours 
 who knows how to return them. (26.) Beneficium accipere 
 libertatem vendere est. Decim. Laber. ? To accept an 
 obligation, is to barter one's liberty. 
 
 507. Beneficium invito non datur. (Z.) No obligation can be 
 
 imposed upon a man who refuses to receive it. 
 
 508. Bene merentibus. (Z.) To the well deserving. Motto of 
 
 Orders of the Lion of Lemberg (Austrian) and of St 
 Charles of Wurtemberg.
 
 BIS. 65 
 
 509. Bene mones ; tute ipse cunctas. (L.) Enn. ap. Non. 
 
 469, 25. You give good advice, but you are slow to follow 
 it yourself. 
 
 510. Benignse faciendse sunt interpretationes propter simplicitateui 
 
 laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat ; et verba 
 intentioni, non e contra, debent inservire. (L.) Law 
 Max. A liberal construction should be put upon written 
 instruments in consideration of the ignorance of the un- 
 learned, so as to make them operative if possible, and carry 
 out to the fullest extent the intention of the parties. 
 
 511. Benignior sententia in verbis generalibus seu dubiis, est 
 
 preferenda. (Z.) Law Max. In cases where the mean- 
 ing is too general, or is doubtful, a liberal construction is 
 to be preferred. Maxim relating to the interpretation of 
 documents. 
 
 512. Benignus etiam dandi causaiu cogitat. (L.) Prov. A 
 
 benevolent man will weigh even the grounds of his 
 liberality. 
 
 513. Berretta in mano non fece mai danno. (It.) Prov. Cap 
 
 in hand never yet did a man harm. Politeness is never 
 thrown away. 
 
 514. Besser ein magrer Vergleich als ein fetter Prozess. (G.) 
 
 Prov. A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. 
 
 515. Besser 1st besser. (G.) Prov. Better is better. 
 
 516. BStes-a-couronne. (fr.) Mme. de Coeslin. Crowned- 
 
 animals. Crowned-heads, royalties, princes. 
 
 517. Bien vengas mal, si vienes solo. (S.) Prov. Welcome, 
 
 misfortune, if thou contest alone. But (alas !) misfortunes 
 never come singly. 
 
 518. Bis. (L.) Twice. Proverbial Sayings depending on : 
 
 (1.) Bis gratum est, quod dato opus est, ultro si offeras. (L.) 
 Pub. Syr. 44. If you proffer spontaneously what you have to 
 give, it is doubly acceptable. (2. ) Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui 
 dat celeriter. Pub. Syr. 235. He gives a double favour to 
 a poor man, who gives quickly. Hence (3.) Bis dat qui cito 
 dat. He gives twice, who gives at once. (4.) Bis peccare 
 in bello non licet. It is not allowed to make a mistake in war 
 more than once. (5.) Bis ad eundem (scil. lapidem otfendi). 
 Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 2. To commit the same fault twice. (6.) 
 Bis est mori, alterius arbitrio rnori. Pub. Syr. 50. It is 
 twice dying, to die at the will of another. (7. ) Bis vincit qui 
 se vincit in victoria. Pub. Syr. ? He conquers twice who 
 conquers himself in the moment of victory. 
 E
 
 66 BISOGNA. 
 
 519. Bisogna amar 1'amico con i suoi difetti. (It.) We must 
 
 love our friend with all his defects. We must take him, 
 failings and all. 
 
 520. Blanc-bee. (Fr.) A youngster. A green-horn. 
 
 521. Blandus Honos, hilarisque, tamen cum pondere, Virtus. 
 
 (..) Statius, S. 2, 3, 65. Courteous Honour and glad, 
 yet dignified, Virtue. 
 
 522. Boeotum in crasso jurares aere natum. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 
 
 1, 244. You would swear that he was born in the thick 
 air of the Boeotians. Thick-headed, undiscriminating, 
 doltish. 
 
 " Derbyshire born and Derbyshire bred, ^ 
 
 Strong in the arm and thick in the head." 
 
 523. Bologna la grassa, Firenze la bella, Genova la superba, 
 
 Lucca 1'industriosa, Mantua la gloriosa, Milano la grande, 
 Padova la forte, Pavia la dotta, Verona la degna. (It.) 
 Bologna the rich (or fat), Florence the beautiful, Genoa 
 the superb, Lucca the busy, Mantua the glorious, Milan 
 the grand, Padua the strong, Pavia the learned, Verona 
 the worthy. The celebrated cities of North Italy, with 
 their distinguishing titles. 
 
 524. Bona fide, or ex bona fide. (L.) In good faith. True, 
 
 genuine, reliable. Used as an adjective. (Of. Lewis and 
 Short, Lat. Eng. Diet., s.v. Fides II., 2.) 
 
 525. Bona malis paria non sunt, etiam pari numero ; nee Isetitia 
 
 ulla minimo moerore pensanda. (Z.) Plin. 7, 40, 41, 
 132. The blessings of life do not balance its ills, even 
 in point of number; nor can any degree of joy compensate 
 even the slightest degree of grief. 
 
 526. Bona nemini hora est, ut non alicui sit mala. (Z.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 1 The hour that brings happiness to one, brings 
 sorrow to another. 
 
 527. Bona notabilia. (Z.) Law Term. Goods to the value of 
 
 <5, whereof if a man died possessed in two dioceses, his 
 will must be proved before the Metropolitan of the 
 Province. (2.) Bona vacantia. Goods without owner, or 
 lost goods. 
 
 528. Bon avocat, mauvais voisin. (Fr.) Prov. A good lawyer 
 
 is a bad neighbour. His argus-eyed vigilance, backed up 
 by his legal knowledge, is likely to take advantage of his 
 neighbours' ignorance and indifference in such matters, 
 and may lead to great annoyance.
 
 BONUM. 67 
 
 529. Bon chien chasse de race. (Fr.) Prov. A well bred dog 
 
 hunts by nature. 
 
 530. Bon grd, mal gre. (Fr.) Whether you will or no\ Willy 
 
 Nffly. 
 
 531. Bon jour, bonne oauvre. (Fr.} Prov. Tlie better the day, 
 
 the better the deed. 
 
 532. Boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. It is a judge's duty, when necessary, to amplify 
 tJie limits of his jurisdiction. Lord Mansfield suggested 
 that justitiam should be read for jurisdictionem ; the 
 principle of English law being to " amplify its reme- 
 dies, and, without usurping jurisdiction, to apply its 
 rules to the advancement of substantial justice." Cf. 
 Bonus judex secundum sequum et bonum judicat, et 
 aequitatem stricto juri prsefert. It is the duty of a 
 judge to base his decisions upon what is right and just, 
 and to prefer equity to a too rigid interpretation of the 
 statute. 
 
 533. Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere. (L.) Suet. 
 
 Tib. 32, fin. It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear 
 his sheep, not to flay them. Attributed to Tiberius 
 a propos of excessive taxation. 
 
 534. Bonis avibus. (L.) Ov. F. 1, 513. Under good auspices. 
 
 535. Bonis quod benefit haud perit. (L.) Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 
 
 2. Acts of kindness shown to good men are never thrown 
 away. 
 
 536. Bonne bouche. {Fr.) A nice morsel. A tit-bit, reserved 
 
 as a gratification for the last mouthful. 
 
 537. Bonne renomme'e vaut mieux que ceinture doree. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. A good name 'is better than a girdle of gold. 
 
 538. Bono ingenio me esse auctam quam auro multo mavolo : 
 
 Aurum in fortuna invenitur, natura ingenium bonum. 
 Bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo. 
 (L.) Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 90. I had much rather be 
 endowed with a good disposition than with gold. Gold is 
 found by chance, a good disposition is the gift of nature. 
 I Imd much rather be called good than fortunate. 
 
 539. Bonum est, pauxillum amare sane, insane non bonum est. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Cure. 1, 3, 20. It is good to be moderately 
 and wisely in love ; to be madly in love is not good.
 
 68 BONUM. 
 
 540. Bonum magis carendo quam fruendo cernitur. (L.) Prov. 
 
 We value a blessing more when we are without it, than 
 when we are enjoying it. Of. Shakesp. Much Ado 
 About Nothing, 4, 1, 220 : 
 " That which we have, we prize not to the worth ; 
 But being lacked and lost why then we rate its value." 
 
 541. Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes. (L.) Lucret. 6, 
 
 26. That sovereign good, at which we all aim. Sum- 
 mum bonum is used to express the end and object of 
 existence, and = the reAos and TO dya0oV, chief good ( Arist. 
 Eth. N. 1, 2, 1 : Plat. Rep. 506 B), of philosophy. 
 
 542. Bonus animus in mala re dimidium est mali. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Ps. 1, 5, 37. Courage in a bad business is half the battlS. 
 
 543. Bonus atque fidus 
 
 Judex honestum prsetulit utili. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 9, 41. 
 A good and faithful judge prefers wJtat is honourable 
 to what is expedient. 
 
 544. Borgen macht Sorgen. (.) Prov. Sorrowing makes 
 
 sorrowing. 
 
 545. Borgen thut nur einmal \vohl. (G\) Prov. Sorrowing 
 
 does well for once only. 
 
 546. Boser Brunnen, da maim Wasser muss eintragen. (G.) 
 
 Prov. It is a bad well that you must bring water to. 
 
 547. Bos lassus fortius figit pedem. (L.) Prov. The tired ox 
 
 treads all the more firmly. 
 
 548. Boutez en avant. (Fr.) Push forward. Motto of Earl 
 
 of Barrymore. 
 
 549. Breve enim tempus setatis satis est ad bene honesteque 
 
 vivendum. (L.) Cic. Sen. 19, 70. Even a short span 
 of life is long enough for a virtuous and honourable 
 career. 
 
 550. Brevis ipsa vita est, sed longior malis. (L.) Prov. Pub. 
 
 Syr. ILife is short indeed, but troubles are shorter. 
 
 551. Briller par son absence. (Fr.} To be conspicuous by one's 
 
 absence. 
 
 Tacitus (An. 3, 76), speaking of the funeral of Junia, wife of 
 Cassius, says : ' ' Sed prsefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus, eo 
 ipso quod effigies eorum,non videbantur." (L.) Brutus and 
 Cassius, however, were all the more conspicuous on the occasion, 
 from the fact of the busts of neither of them being seen in the pro- 
 cession. When the Jesuits succeeded in removing the names of 
 Arnauld and Pascal from the Histoires des Homines Elustres 
 (Perrault), the phrase was in everybody's mouth.
 
 CADIT. 69 
 
 552. Brisant des potentats la couronne e'phe'mere 
 
 Trois mille ans ont passd sur la cendre d'Homere : 
 Et depuis trois mille ans, Homere respect^ 
 Est jeune encore de gloire et d'immortalite'. 
 
 (Fr.) M. J. Che'nier, Ep. & Voltaire. 
 Homer. 
 
 'Mid wreck of empires, crowns, and crumbled thrones, 
 Three thousand years have passed o'er Homer's bones ; 
 Yet Homer now, after three thousand years, 
 Undimmed in glory and in youth appears. Ed. 
 
 553. Britannia victrix. (7/.) Britain victorious. Motto of 
 
 Earl of Northesk. 
 
 554. Brouille sera a la maison si la quenouille est maitresse. 
 
 (Fr.) Breton Prov. There will be discord in the house if 
 the spindle rules. 
 
 555. Bruta fulmina et vana, ut quae nulla veniunt ratione 
 
 naturae: (Z.) Plin. 2, 43, 43, 113. Thunderbolts 
 that strike blindly and harmlessly, such as are traceable 
 to no natural cause. 
 
 A. brutum fulmen is used metaphorically of any violent act, or 
 denunciatory language, producing more noise than injury. A 
 loud but idle menace. An inoperative law. The idea is of 
 some terrestial Jupiter, whose bolts have lost their potency. 
 
 556. Biiche tortue fait bon feu. (Fr.) Prov. A crooked log 
 
 makes a good fire. Don't j udge from personal appearances. 
 
 557. Buen siglo haya quien dijo bolta. (S.) Prov. Blessings 
 
 on the man that said, Right about face I 
 
 C and the Greek X (CH). 
 
 558. Cada cosa en su tiempo, y navos en adviento. (S.) Prov. 
 Everything in its proper season, and turnips in Advent. 
 
 659. Cada uno es como Dios le bizo, y aun peor muchas veces. 
 (S.) Cervantes, D. Quijote, 2, 4. Every one is as God 
 made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse. 
 
 560. Cada uno es hijo de sus obras. (S.} Cervantes, D. 
 
 Quijote, 2, 32. Every man is the son of his own works. 
 Every one is responsible for his own acts. The child is 
 father of the man. 
 
 561. Cadit qutestio. (L.) The question is at an end. The 
 
 subjectVequires no further discussion.
 
 70 CJECA. 
 
 562. Caeca invidia est, . . . nee quidquam aluul scit, quam 
 
 detrectare virtu tes. (L.) Liv. 38, 49. Envy is blind, 
 and her whole poiver consists in disparaging the virtues 
 of others. 
 
 563. Caecus non judicat de colore. (L.) A blind man is a bad 
 
 judge of colour. 
 
 564. Caelitus mihi vires. (L.) My strength is from heaven. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Ranelagh. 
 
 565. Caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam. (Z.) Luc. 7, 819. 
 
 The unburied dead. ^ 
 
 The vault of heaven 
 Doth cover him who hath no funeral urn. Ed. 
 
 566. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 27. 
 
 Change of scene. 
 
 Who fly beyond the seas will find 
 Their climate changed, but not their mind. Ed. 
 
 Motto of American newspaper Albion. 
 
 567. Caesarem vehis Csesarisque fortunam. (L.) Or in Greek 
 
 (see Plutarch, Caes.), Kaurdpa </>?, KCU TTJV KGUO-CI/DOS 
 rv\i]v. You carry Ocesar and his fortunes. 
 
 This is the famous traditional reply of Julius Caesar to the 
 mariner, Amyclus, when overtaken by tempest as he was 
 secretly crossing from Darazzo to Brindisi in an opea boat. 
 The sailor declared he would go no further. Caesar, grasping 
 his hand, bade him fear nothing. Perge audacter, Caesarem 
 vehis, etc. Go on boldly, you carry Ccesar, etc., as above. 
 (V. Suet. Jul. Ed. Delphin. Valpy, Lond. 1826, vol. iii, 
 Notae Varior., p. 1302.) 
 
 Lucan (5, 577) renders the incident in verse. 
 
 Fisus cnncta sibi cessura pericnla Caesar 
 Sperne minas, inquit, pelagi, ventoqtie furenti 
 Trade sinutn. Italiam si cjelo auctore recusas 
 lie pete. Sola tibi causa haec est justa timoris 
 Vectorem non nosse tuum. 
 
 Ccesar and the Mariner. 
 Reckoning all dangers to surmount 
 Cfesar replied, Make little count 
 Of threatening sea or furious gale, 
 But boldly spread the bellying sail. 
 And if in spite of Heaven's acclaim 
 Thou would'st turn back, then ask my name. 
 There's a just reason for thy fears, 
 Thou know'st not whom thy vessel bears. Ed.
 
 CANDIDA. 71 
 
 5G8. Calamitosus est animus futuri auxins et ante miser ias 
 miser, qui solicitus est, ut ea quibus delectatur ad extre- 
 mum usque permaneant. (L.) Sen. Ep. 98. The man 
 who is always thinking of the future is in a deplorable 
 state, and makes himself wretched before his time, in his 
 anxiety to have his enjoyment prolonged to the last day 
 of life. 
 
 569. Callidos eos appello quorum, tanquam manus opere, sic 
 
 animus usu concalluit. (L.) Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25. 
 / call persons shrewd, whose minds have been toughened 
 by experience, as a man's hands get hard by labour. 
 
 570. Calomniez, calomniez, il en reste toujours quelque chose. 
 
 (Fr.) Beaumarchais, Barbier de Seville. Keep on abusing, 
 some of it always remains behind. 
 
 Cf. Bacon, de Augm. Sc. 8, 2. Audacter calumniare, semper 
 aliquid hseret. (L.) Calumniate boldly, some of it will always 
 remain. An identical saying will be found in Manlius' 
 Locorum Comm. Collectanea (Basilese, 1563), vol. ii., p. 268, 
 and also in Caspar Peucer's Historia Carccrum (Tiguri, 1605), 
 p. 57, both quotations relating to one Midias (fMedius), a 
 well-known calumniator, who was accustomed to use the say- 
 ing. Archbishop Whately used to say, "If you only throw 
 dirt enough, some of it is sure to stick." 
 
 571. Calumniari si quis autem voluerit, 
 
 Quod arbores loquantur, non tantum fene ; 
 Fictis jocari nos meminerit fabulis. 
 
 (L.) Phtedr. 1, Prol. 5. 
 JEsops Fables. 
 But if the critics it displease 
 That brutes should talk, and even trees, 
 Let them remember I but jest, 
 And teach the truth in fiction drest. Ed. 
 
 572. Campos ubi Troja fuit. (L.)1 The fields where Troy once 
 
 stood. Applicable to the site of any ruined or vanished 
 city of antiquity, or of any formerly well-known build- 
 ings now no longer standing. 
 
 573. Canam mihi et Musis. (L.) Baylel / will sing to myself 
 
 and to the Muses. An unappreciated poet. 
 
 574. Can ch' abbaia non morde. (It.) Prov. The cur that 
 
 barks does not bite. 
 
 575. Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 3, 502. Smiling peace is becoming to men, and fierce 
 anger to wild beasts.
 
 72 CANDIDA. 
 
 576. Candida, perpetuo reside, concordia, lecto, 
 
 Jamque pari semper sit Venus sequa jugo : 
 Diligat ilia senem quondam ; sed et ipsa marito, 
 Tune quoque cum fuerit, non videatur anus. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 4, 13, 7. 
 Marriage wishes. 
 
 Sweet concord ever o'er their home preside, 
 And mutual Love the well-matched couple guide : 
 May she love him when time hath touched his hair, 
 And he, when she is old, still think her fair. Ed. 
 
 577. Candide et constanter. (Z.) With candour and constancy. 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Coventry. ^ 
 
 578. Candidus in nauta turpis color: sequoris unda 
 
 Debet et a radiis sideris esse niger. (Z.) Ov. 1 
 
 The sailor. 
 
 A fair skin in a sailor's out of place, 
 The sun and salt sea-spray should tan his face. Ed. 
 
 579. Canis. (L.) A dog. Proverbial expressions connected 
 
 with : 
 
 (1.) Cane pejus et angui. (L.) Prov. Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30. 
 Worse than a dog or snake. (2. ) Canina eloquentia. Quint. 
 12, 9, 9. (Cf. Canina facundia, Appius ap. Sail. Fragm. 
 25, 37.) Dog -eloquence, dog-oratory. Snarling, abusive. (3.) 
 Canis caninam non est. Auct. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 32. Dog 
 don't eat dog. (4.) Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam 
 mordet. Curt. 7, 4, 13. A cowardly dog barks worse than 
 it bites. (5.) Cave canem. Petr. 29. Beware of the dog. 
 Inscription of warning to trespassers on doors. (6.) Stultitia 
 est venatum ducere invitos canes. Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 82. 
 It is folly to take unwilling hounds out hunting. (7.) 
 Ut canis e Nilo. Cf. Phsedr. 1, 25. (To run) like a Nile 
 dog i.e., quickly to avoid being snapped up by crocodiles. 
 (8.) Canis festinans caecos parit catulos. Prov. A dog that 
 hurries too fast will have blind puppies. (9.) Canis a corio 
 nunquam absterrebitur uncto. Hor. S. 2, 5, 83. You will 
 never tear a dog away from a greasy hide. A dog that has 
 once tasted flesh will be always gnawing anything of the kind. 
 Proverb implying that bad habits stick closely. (Cf. The 
 Greek saying, xaXeirbv xP^ K ^" a yfvtrai. Theocr. 10, 11. 
 It is ill letting a dog taste blood. ) 
 
 580. Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. (L.) Juv. 11, 22. 
 
 The traveller, whose pockets are empty, will sing in the 
 presence of robbers. 
 
 581. Cantantes licet usque, (minus via laedet) eamus. (L.) 
 
 Yirg. E. 9, 84. 
 Keep we singing as we go, 
 It will make the wav less slow. Ed.
 
 CAPTJT. 73 
 
 582. Cantat vinctus quoque coinpede fossor, 
 
 Indocili numero cum grave mollit opus. 
 Cantat et innitens limosae pronus arenae, 
 
 Adverse tardam qui trahit amne ratem. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 4, 1, 5. 
 The convict bound with heavy chains 
 His labour cheers with artless strains : 
 Or sings as bent by oozy marge, 
 He slowly drags against the stream the barge. Ed. 
 
 583. Cantilenam eandem canis. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10. 
 
 You are singing the same (old) song (in Greek TO avro 
 aSeis rur/xa). 
 
 584. Cap a pie. (Old Fr.) From top to toe. The modern 
 
 French equivalent is de pied en cap. Armed cap-a-pie '= 
 in complete armour. 
 
 585. Capias. (L.) Law Phrase. You may take. In English 
 
 common law the first word of a writ directed against the 
 person to effect his arrest. 
 
 586. Capias ad respondendum. (L.) Law Term. You may 
 
 take him to make answer. Writ to arrest a party at 
 large, or already in custody of the sheriff. (2.) Capias 
 ad satisfaciendum (abbrev. ca, so). Writ of execution 
 after judgment for recovery of debt or damages. 
 
 587. Capistrum maritale. (L.) The matrimonial Jialter. Vide 
 
 Juv. 6, 43. 
 
 588. Capitis nives. (L.) Ilor. C. 4, 13, 12. The snowy head. 
 
 White hair. 
 
 589. Captum te nidore suae putat ille culinse 
 
 Nee male conjectat. (L.) Juv. 5, 162. 
 
 He knows you can't resist the savoury smell 
 From his own kitchen ; and he guesses well. Ed. 
 
 590. Caput inter nubila condit. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 177. She 
 
 hides her head amidst the clouds. Said of rumour. 
 Motto of the town of Gateshead. 
 
 591. Caput mortuum. (L.) A dead head. In chemistry, the 
 
 inert residuum of the distillation and sublimation of 
 different substances. (2.) Trop. A blockhead, a cyp/ier, 
 a nonentity. 
 
 692. Caput mundi. (L.) The head of the world. Applied 
 anciently to Pagan and, later, to Papal Rome. Cf. Ipsa, 
 caput mundi . . . Roma. Lucan. 2, 655. Cf. Caput 
 imperil Tac. H. 1, 84. Head of the Empire; and
 
 74 CARA. 
 
 Caput rerum. Id. A. 1, 47. Head of things (civilisa- 
 tion). All said of Imperial Rome. 
 
 593. Cara al mio cuor tu sei, Gib ch'e il sole agli occhi miei. (/)? 
 
 Thou art as dear to my heart as the light to my eyes. 
 Cf. Gray, Bard, 1, 3, 12 : 
 
 Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, 
 Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart. 
 
 594. Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amene sa nuit. (fr.) 
 
 [ We seek to prolong human pleasures in vain,] 
 For the sunniest day brings the night in its train. 
 
 Epitaph of Jean d'Orbesan, quoted by Chateaubriand in 
 the Memoires d'Outre-Tombe. 
 
 595. Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares; sed 
 
 omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est : pro 
 qua quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere, si ei sit pro- 
 futurus. (Z.) Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57. Dear are our 
 parents, dear to us our children, relations, and friends : 
 but the attachment of all of these combined is embraced in 
 the thought of one's country, for whose sake who would 
 hesitate to face death, should it be of any advantage to her ? 
 
 596. Carmen hie . . . intus canit. (Z.) Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68. 
 
 He sings for himself. Consults his own interests. 
 
 597. Carmen triumphale. (L.J Song of triumph. 
 
 598. Carmina nil prosunt : nocuerunt carmina quondam. (Z.) 
 
 Ov. Ep. 4, 13, 41. Verse does no good: it has done 
 sometimes harm. 
 
 599. Carmina proveniunt animo deducta sereno ; 
 
 Nubila sunt subitis tempora nostra malis. 
 Carmina secessum scribentis et otia quserunt ; 
 
 Me mare, me venti, me fera jactat hiems. 
 Carminibus metus omnis abest : ego perdittis ensem 
 Hsesurum jugulo jam puto jamque meo. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 39. 
 Poems the offspring are of minds serene ; 
 My days are clouded with ills unforeseen. 
 Poems retirement need and easy leisure ; 
 Sea, winds, and winter tease me at their pleasure. 
 Poems must have no fears ; I, luckless wight, 
 Fancy the knife is at my throat each night. Ed. 
 
 600. Carmina spreta exolescunt ; si irascare, agnita videntur. 
 
 (L.) Tac. A. 4, 34. Leave a scurrilous libel unnoticed, 
 and it will expire of itself; but show that you are hurt, 
 and you seem to admit its application.
 
 CASUS. 75 
 
 601. Carmiua sublimis tune sunt peritura Lucreti, 
 
 Exitio terras quum dabit una dies. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 15, 23. 
 
 The Poet's Immortality. 
 Sublime Lucretius' verses then shall die, 
 "When Heaven and Earth shall all in ruins lie. Ed. 
 
 602. Carmine di super! placantur, carmine Manes. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138. 
 The gods above, the shades below 
 Are both appeased by song. Ed. 
 
 603. Carte blanche. (Fr.) A blank card. Giving a person a 
 
 carte blanche in any affair, is giving him full permission 
 to act according to his own pleasure or discretion. 
 
 604. Caseus est nequam quia concoquit omnia secum. Caseus 
 
 est sanus quern dat avara manus. (L.) Maxims of 
 the School of Salerno. Cheese is injurious, because it 
 digests all other things with itself. Cheese when given 
 with a sparing hand is wholesome On the superiority 
 of either of these two contending aphorisms over the 
 other, it must be left to the caseists and anticaseists of 
 the medical world to decide. 
 
 605. Cassis tutissima virtus. (L.) Virtue is tJie safest helmet. 
 
 Motto of the Marquess of Cholmondeley and Lord 
 Delamere. 
 
 606. Castigat ridendo mores. (L.) Santeuil, XVIIth. century. 
 
 He corrects men's manners in a playful way. Adopted 
 as motto by the Comedie Italienne and the Opera Comique 
 theatres at Paris. 
 
 607. Castum esse decet pium poetam 
 
 Ipsum: versiculos nihil necesse est. (L.) Cat. 16, 5. 
 
 A poet should be chaste himself, I know : 
 
 But nought requires his verses should be so. Ed. 
 
 608. Casus belli. (L.) Fortune of war. In modern Latin it 
 
 = a case, or, ground for proceeding to war. 
 
 609. Casus omissus et oblivioni datus dispositioni communis 
 
 juris relinquitur. (L.) Law Max. Any case which has 
 been omitted and overlooked by the statute must be dis- 
 posed of according to the law as it existed prior to such 
 statute. 
 
 The maxim refers to exceptional and individual cases which it 
 would be impossible to provide for in framing a statute, and 
 therefore, ad ea quoe frequcntius accidunt jura adaptantur, the 
 laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur.
 
 76 CASUS. 
 
 610. Casus quern ssepe transit, aliquando invenit. (Z.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 1 Misfortune often passes by a man without harming 
 him, but reaches him some day. The pitcher goes often 
 to the well, but is broken at last. 
 
 611. Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus : 
 
 Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 425. 
 Luck. 
 
 There's always room for chance, so drop your hook ; 
 A fish there'll be where least for it you look. Ed. 
 
 612. Cato contra mundum. (L.) 1 Cato against the world. Cf. 
 
 Victrix causa, etc. *^ 
 
 This saying and the similar one (Athanasius contra mundum) is 
 quoted of any man who, like Cato in his ineffectual struggle 
 against Caesar, or Athanasius in his single-handed defence of 
 the truth, champions an unpopular and desperate cause in the 
 face of general public opinion. 
 
 613. Caton se le donna; Socrate 1'attendit. (Fr.) Lemierre, 
 
 Barnevelt. Cato inflicted it on himself ; Socrates waited 
 till it came, i.e., death. 
 
 614. Catus amat pisces, sed non vult tingere plantas. (L.) 
 
 Med. Lat. Pussy loves fish, but is unwilling to ivet her feet. 
 
 615. Causa latet, vis est notissima. (L.) Ov. M. 4, 287. 
 The cause is hidden, its effect most clear. Ed. 
 
 616. Causam hanc justam esse, animum inducite, 
 
 Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi. (7/.) Ter. Heaut. 
 Prol. 41. jBelieve me that this is a just request, that so 
 some portion of my labours may be diminished. 
 
 617. Cause celebre. (Fr.) A celebrated case. Said generally 
 
 of any celebrated action at law, e.g., the Tichborne trial. 
 
 618. Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque 
 
 Suspectos laqueos, et opertum miluus hamum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50. 
 The wolf avoids the pit, the hawk the snare, 
 And hidden hooks teach fishes to beware. Oonington. 
 
 619. Caveat eraptor, quia ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum 
 
 emit. (L.) Law Max. Let a purchaser beware, for he 
 ought not to be ignorant of the nature of the property 
 which he is buying from another party. 
 The maxim ' ' caveat emptor, " let a purchaser beware, applies in 
 the purchase of land and goods, with certain restrictions, both 
 as to the title and quality of the thing sold. Out of the legal 
 sphere the phrase is used as a caution in the case of any 
 articles of doubtful quality offered for sale.
 
 CELA. 77 
 
 620. Cavendo tutus. (L.) Safe by caution. Punning motto 
 
 of the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Waterpark, and Lord 
 Chesham (Cavendish). 
 
 621. Cavendum est ne . . . in festinationabus suscipiamus nimias 
 
 celeritates. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131. We must take 
 care not to let our haste lead its into unnecessary hurry. 
 More haste, less speed. 
 
 622. Cave sis te superare servom siris faciundo bene. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 18. Take care you don't let your 
 servant surpass you in well doing. 
 
 623. Cead mille failthe. (Celt.) A hundred thousand welcomes. 
 
 624. Cedant anna togse, concedat laurea linguae. (L.) Cic. Off. 
 
 1, 22, 77. Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel 
 of the warrior yield to the tongue of the orator. So the 
 line is usually quoted, though Cicero wrote laudi, not 
 linguae. It is sometimes said of the diplomatic discus- 
 sions which follow upon, and not unfrequently fritter 
 away, the successes gained in the field. 
 
 625. Cedant carminibus reges, regumque triumphi. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 15, 33. 
 To verse must kings, and regal triumphs yield. Ed. 
 
 626. Cede nuUis. (L.) Yield to none. 105th Foot. 
 
 627. Cede repugnanti : cedendo victor abibis. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 2, 197. Yield to your opponent, by yielding you will 
 come off conqueror. Cases often occur when a prudent 
 and dignified concession gives the person making it a 
 decided advantage over his adversary. 
 
 628. Cedit amor rebus, res age, tutus eris. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 
 144. Love gives way to matters of business, be busily 
 occupied and you will be safe. 
 
 629. Ceaite Romani scriptores, cedite Graii, 
 
 Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade. (L.) Prop. 2, 34, 65. 
 Your places yield, ye bards of Greece and Rome, 
 A greater than the Iliad has come ! Ed. 
 
 630. Cedunt grammatici, vincuntur rhetores. Omnis 
 
 Turba tacet. (L.) Juv. 6, 437. The philologists are 
 dumb, the rhetoricians are beaten, the whole croivd is 
 silent : while Messalina, wife of Claudius, descants upon 
 the merits of Homer and Virgil. 
 
 631. Cela m'echauffe la bile. (Fr.) It stirs my bile. 
 
 632. Cela n'est pas de mon ressort. (fr.) That is not in my 
 
 line of business. It is not in my province.
 
 78 CELA. 
 
 633. Cela va sans dire. (Fr.) That is a matter of. course. I 
 
 need not say. It is unnecessary to add. 
 
 634. Celer et audax. (L.) Active and daring. Motto of 60th 
 
 Rifles. 
 
 635. Ce livre n'est pas long, on le voit en une heure ; 
 
 La plus courte folie est toujours la meilleure. (Fr.) 
 This book is not long, one sees that at a glance, 
 And shortness does always a folly enhance. 
 (From the frontispiece of a collection ofJoyeux Jpigrammes 
 
 of La Giraudiere, 1633.) 
 
 636. Celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres, feriuntque summos 
 
 Fulgura montes. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 10, 10. 
 
 High places. 
 The higher the tower, the worse the crash 
 
 When to the earth it headlong drops ; 
 And smites the dreaded lightning-flash 
 The mountain tops. Ed. 
 
 637. Celui-la est le mieux send, qui n'a pas besoin de mettre les 
 
 mains des autres au bout de ses bras. (Fr.} Rous. 1 ? 
 He is the best served who does not need to have other 
 people's hands at the ends of his own arms. If you want 
 a thing done, do it yom-self. 
 
 638. Celui qui a de 1'imagination sans Erudition a des ailes, et 
 
 n'a pas de pieds. (Fr.} Joubert ? The man who has 
 imagination without learning, has wings without feet. 
 
 639. Celui qui a trouve' un bon gendre, a gagne" un fils ; rnais 
 
 celui qui en a rencontre" un mauvais, a perdu une fille. 
 (Fr.} Prov. The man who has got a good son-in-law has 
 found a son, but he who has met with a bad one has lost a 
 daughter. 
 
 640. Celui qui devore la substance du pauvre, y trouve a la fin 
 
 un os qui 1'etrangle. (Fr.} Prov. He who devours the 
 substance of the poor will meet, in the end, with a bone to 
 choke him. 
 
 641. Celui qui met un frein a la fureur des flots, 
 
 Sait aussi des rne'chants arreter les complots. 
 
 (Fr.) Rac. Athalie, 1,1. 
 
 For He who can bridle the rage of the waves 
 
 Can hinder the mischievous plottings of knaves. Ed. 
 
 642. Celui qui veut, celui-la peut. (Fr.) Breton Prov. He 
 
 who wills, can. 
 
 643. C'en est fait. (Fr.)It is all over.
 
 CE QUI. 79 
 
 644. Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire. (Fr.) St Evre- 
 
 mond ILaughing is not always a sign of a mind at ease. 
 
 645. Ce n'est plus qu'& demi qu'on se livre aux croyances ; 
 
 Nul dans notre age aveugle et vain de ses sciences, 
 Ne salt plier les deux genoux. 
 
 (Fr.) V. Hugo, Les deux Archers. 
 
 The decay of faith. 
 
 We believe but by halves in this wise age of ours 
 So blind, and so vain of its science and powers ; 
 None will bend both his knees to the ground. Ed. 
 
 646. Censor morum. (L.) Censor of morals and conduct. 
 
 Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care of the public 
 morals, and to punish moral and political offenders by degrada- 
 tion to the cerarii, or lowest class of citizen. The term is now 
 applied to any rigid censurer of morality. Sallust is called by 
 Macrobius (2, 9, 9), Gravissimus alienae luxuries objurgator et 
 censor. A most severe reprover and censor of the luxury of 
 others. 
 
 647. Cent 'ore di inalinconia non pagano un quattrino de' debito. 
 
 (It.) Prov. A hundred hours of repining will not pay 
 one farthing of debt. 
 
 648. Centum doctum hominum consilia sola haec devincit dea 
 
 Fortuna, atque hoc verum est : proinde ut quisque for tuna 
 
 utitur 
 
 Ita pi'secellet ; atque exinde sapere eum omnes dicimus. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 12. 
 Fortune. 
 
 This goddess Fortune will of herself upset the plans 
 Of a hundred wiseacres, and that's the truth. 
 The man who knows how to use her aright 
 Excels accordingly ; and then we all exclaim 
 How wise, how clever, what a prudent man ! Ed. 
 
 649. Centum solatia curse 
 
 Et rus, et comites et via longa dabunt. 
 
 (L.) Ov. R. A. 241. 
 
 A hundred ways you'll find to soothe your care ; 
 Travel, companions, fields, and country air. Ed. 
 
 650. Ce que Ton conceit bien s'e'nonce clairement 
 
 Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement. 
 
 (Fr.) Boil. A. P. 1, 153. 
 
 A felicitous thought is as quickly exprest, 
 
 And the words are not wanting in which it is drest. Ed. 
 
 651. Ce qui est moins que moi m'dteint et m'assomme; ce qui 
 
 est a c6td de moi rn'ennuie et me fatigue ; il n'y a ce 
 qui est au dessus de moi qui me soutienne, et m'avrache
 
 80 CE QUL 
 
 & moi-me'me. (Fr.) ? What is beneath me crushes and 
 oppresses me; what is on a level with me wearies and 
 fatigues me ; it is only what is above me that can support 
 and lift me out of myself. 
 
 652. Ce qui fait qu'on n'est pas content de sa condition, c'est 
 
 I'ide'e chimerique 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 of the happiness of others. 
 
 653. Ce qui manque aux orateurs en profondeur, 
 
 Us vous le donnent en longueur. (Fr.) Montesquieu ? 
 What orators fail in, as to depth, they make up to yow, 
 in length. 
 
 654. Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante. (Fr.) 
 
 Beaumarchais (Mar. de Figaro), Figaro loq. What is 
 not worth saying, often sounds very well when it is sung. 
 
 655. Ce qui vient par la flute, s'en va par le tambour. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. What is earned by the flute, goes with the drum. 
 Light come, light go. 
 
 656. Ce qu'on donne aux m^chants 
 
 Toujours on le regrette : 
 Laissez-leur prendre un pied chez vous 
 Us en auront bientot pris quatre. 
 
 (Fr.) La Font. La Lice et sa compagne. 
 
 What one gives to the wicked 
 
 One is sure to deplore : 
 In your house give them one foot, 
 
 They will soon have got four. Ed. 
 
 Said of those who abuse privileges and encroach on their 
 friends' good nature. Give them an inch, etc. 
 
 657. Ce qu'on fait main tenant, on le dit; et la cause en est 
 
 bien excusable : on fait si peu de chose. (Fr.) A. de 
 Musset ? Whatever we do nowadays, we tell it ; and the 
 reason is a very excusable one : we do so very little. 
 
 658. Ce qu'on nomme libe'ralite', n'est, souvent, que la vanite de 
 
 donner, que nous airnons mieux que ce que nous donnons. 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 66, 271. What is called 
 liberality, is often nothing more than the vanity of giving, 
 a feeling which we are fonder of than the actual bestowal 
 of alms. 
 
 659. Ce qu'on possede double de prix, quand on a le bonheur 
 
 de le partager. (Fr.) Bouilly ? Whatever one possesses,
 
 CERTUM. 81 
 
 becomes of double value, when we have the opportunity of 
 s/iaring it with others. 
 
 660. Cerens in. vitium flecti, raonitoribus asper, 
 
 Utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris, 
 Sublimis cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 163. 
 
 Pliant as wax to those who lead him wrong, 
 
 But all impatience with a faithful tongue ; 
 
 Imprudent, lavish, hankering for the moon, 
 
 He takes up things and lays them down as soon. Comngton. 
 
 661. Cernis tat ignavum corrumpant otia corpus; 
 
 Ut capiant vitium, ni moveantur, aquse. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 5, 5. 
 
 You see how ease impairs an idler's strength : 
 And water unless stirred grows foul at length. Ed. 
 
 662. Certa amittimus d\im incerta petimus : atque hoc evenit 
 
 In labore atque in dolore ut mors obrepat interim. (L.) 
 Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 19. We lose what is sure, while we are 
 seeking what is not sure ; and so it happens that between 
 labour and sorrow death meanwhile steals upon us. 
 
 663. Certe ignoratio futurorum malorum utilius est quam 
 
 scientia, (L.) Cic. Div. 2, 9, 23. Certainly our 
 ignorance of impending evils is more advantageous than 
 would be a knowledge of them. 
 
 664. Certiorari. (L.) Law Term. To certify. "Writ issuing 
 
 out of Chancery or King's Bench, directed to the judges 
 or officers of inferior Courts, commanding them to certify 
 or return the records of a cause depending before them. 
 By this writ indictments may be removed from inferior 
 Courts to the King's Bench. 
 
 665. Certum est quod certum reddi potest. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 That is sufficiently certain which can be made certain. If, 
 e.g., a lease for so many years be granted after three 
 lives yet in being, the uncertainty depending on those 
 lives ceases when the remaining life comes to an end, 
 and id certum est quod, etc. 
 
 666. Certum quia impossibile. (L.) Tert. de Carne Christi, 5. 
 
 It is certain because it is impossible. Said of the re- 
 surrection of Our Blessed Lord, in answer to Marcion. 
 Another form is, Credo quia impossibile I believe 
 because it is impossible. 
 
 667. Certum voto pete finem. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 56. Put 
 
 a fixed limit to your wishes.
 
 82 CERVI. 
 
 668. Cervi luporum prseda rapacium Sectamur ultro, quos opimus 
 
 Fallere et effugere est triumphus. (L.) Hoi\ C. 4, 4, 50. 
 
 "Weak deer, the wolves' predestin'd prey, 
 
 Blindly we rush on foes, from whom 
 'Twere triumph won to steal away. Conington. 
 
 669. Cervius hsec inter vicinus garrit aniles 
 
 Ex re fabellas. (L.) ^Hor. S. 2, 6, 77. Between these 
 matters my neighbour Cervius talks his old women's tales, 
 as occasion serves. 
 
 670. Ces malheureux rois 
 
 Dont on dit tant de mal, ont du bon quelquefois. (Fr.) 
 Andrieux, Meunier de Sans Souci. TJiese miserable kings 
 of wlwm so much evil is said, have their good points 
 sometimes. Said of Frederick II. and the miller. 
 
 671. Ce sont Ik jeux de prince : 
 
 On respecte un moulin, on vole une province ! (Fr.) 
 Andrieux, Meunier de Sans Souci. Such is the, sport of 
 princes ; they spare a windmill and steal a province ! The 
 king had threatened to seize his neighbour, the miller's, 
 windmill, to which the latter replies, " Oui, si nous n'avions 
 pas de juges a Berlin : " in the end the mill is spared. 
 
 672. Ce sont toujours les aventuriers qui font de grandes choses, 
 
 et non pas les souvrains des grands empires. (Fr.) 
 Montesquieu 1 It is by adventurers that great actions are 
 performed, and not by the sovereigns of great empires. 
 
 673. Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 WJien the reason for any particular law comes to an end, 
 the law itself expires. Thus, a Member of Parliament 
 may not be arrested during session, but the reason for 
 siich privilege ceases when the session is over, and 
 cessante causa, cessat effectus, the cause ceasing, the effect 
 likewise comes to an end. 
 
 674. C'est ainsi qxie je poursuis la communication de quelque 
 
 esprit fameux, non afin qu'il m'enseigne, mais afin que je 
 le connaisse, et que le connaissant, s'il le faut, que je 
 1'imite. (Fr.) Montaigne ? It is thus that I study the 
 mindof any famous author, not necessarily to be instructed, 
 but in order to embrace his meaning, and having arrived 
 at this, then, if necessary, to imitate him, 
 
 675. C'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. Le coq et le Renai-d. It is a double pleasure to 
 deceive the deceiver.
 
 C'EST. 83 
 
 676. C'est du Nord aujourd'hui que nous vient la lumiere. (Fr.) 
 
 Volt, to Catherine II. It is from the North nowadays 
 that we get our light. A piece of flattery having allusion 
 to the encouragement which the Empress afforded to 
 literature, and perhaps to her own essays in authorship. 
 
 677. C'est la force et le droit qui reglent toutes les choses 
 
 dans le monde ; la force en attendant le droit. (Fr.) 
 Joubert? Force and right govern everything in this 
 world ; force till right is ready. Mr M. Arnold, tr. 
 
 678. C'est 1& le diable. (Fr.} There's the rub. That's the 
 
 devil of it* 
 
 679. C'est la prosperity qui donne des amis, c'est 1'adversite' qui 
 
 les e'prouve. (Fr.) Prosperity gives us friends, adversity 
 proves them. 
 
 680. C'est le bon sens, la raison qui fait tout : 
 
 Yertu, ge'nie, esprit, talent et gout. 
 
 Qu'est ce vertu ] Raison mise en pratique. 
 
 Talent? Raison produite avec e'clat. 
 
 Esprit? Raison qui finement s'exprime 
 
 Le gout n'est rien qu'un bon sens delicat, 
 
 Et le ge'nie est la raison sublime. (Fr. ) M. J. Chenier 1 
 
 In good sense and reason are all things embraced, 
 
 Both virtue and genius, wit, talent, and taste. 
 
 What is virtue but reason in exercise traced ? 
 
 What talent, but reason in brilliant dress ? 
 
 What is wit but the same that can finely express ? 
 
 Taste is delicate sense, like a rose at its prime, 
 
 And genius itself is but reason sublime. Ed. 
 
 681. C'est le commencement de la fin. (Fr.) It is the beginning 
 
 of the end. Mot belonging to the time of the " Hundred 
 Days," and said or, at least, endorsed by Talleyrand. 
 Cf. Shakesp. Midsummer Night, 5, 1. " That is the true 
 beginning of our end." 
 
 682. C'est le propre de 1'drudition populaire de rattacher toutes 
 
 ses connaissances -A un nom vulgaire. (Fr.) Nodier 1 ? 
 It is the characteristic of the learning of the people to 
 couple each item of its information with some well-known 
 name. 
 
 683. C'est 1'imagination qui gouverne le genre humain. (Fr.) 
 
 Napoleon I. The human race is governed by its imagina- 
 tion. 
 
 684. C'est par I'e'tude que nous sommes contemporains de tous 
 
 les terns, et citoyens de tous les lieux. (Fr.) De La
 
 84 C'EST. 
 
 Mo lie 1 It is by study that we become contemporaries of 
 every generation, and citizens of every country. 
 
 685. C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute. (Fr.) It is worse 
 
 than a crime, it is a blunder. Said by Fouch^ (Minister 
 of Police under the First Empire) of the execution of the 
 Due d'Enghien. The saying is often attributed to 
 Talleyrand. 
 
 686. C'est posseder les biens que de savoir s'en passer. (Fr.) 
 
 Regnard, Joueur, 4, 13. To be able to do without things 
 amounts to possessing them. 
 
 Cf. Sen. Ep. 29. Summse opes, inopia cupiditatum. (L.) 
 The greatest riches is to be free from all desires. * . 
 
 687. C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre, que 
 
 de le donner pour sien : il n'est pas releve", il tombe avec 
 des gens d'esprit, ou qui se croient tels, qui ne 1'ont pas 
 dit, et qui doivent le dire. C'est, au contraire, le faire 
 valoir que de le rapporter comme d'un aiitre. ... II 
 est dit avec plus d'insinuation, et regu avec moins de 
 jalousie. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol-. ii. p. 84. A good 
 saying often runs the risk of being missed and thrown 
 away when it is quoted as the speaker's oion : having 
 nothing to set it off, it falls somewhat flat ivith those who 
 are or who claim to be witty, and should have said it 
 themselves, only they have not done so. On the contrary, 
 it enhances a good saying to report it of a third person. 
 It is told with greater insinuation, and received with less 
 jealousy. 
 
 688. C'est une grande difformite' dans la nature qu'un vieillard 
 
 amoureux. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 50. An 
 old man in love is a monstrous anomaly. 
 
 689. C'est une grande folie de vouloir tre sage tout seul. (Fr.) 
 
 La Rochef. Max. p. 61, 238. It is a great piece of folly 
 to wish to be wise all alone. He must be silly indeed who 
 insists on holding the only right view of things in the 
 face of universal public opinion the other way. 
 
 690. C'est une grande misere que de n'avoir pas assez d'esprit 
 
 pour bien parler, ni assez de jugement pour se taire. 
 Voila le principe de toute impertinence. (Fr.) La 
 Bray. Car. vol. i. p. 84. It is a great misfortune not 
 to possess talent enough to speak well, nor sufficient tact to 
 hold one's tongue. All impertinences have no other origin 
 than this.
 
 GET. 85 
 
 691. C'est une sphere infinie, dont le centre est partout, la cir- 
 
 confe'rence nulle part. (Fr.) Pascal, Pensdes. It (i.e., 
 the universe) is an infinite sphere, the centre of which is 
 everywhere, and the circumference nowhere. But the 
 idea was borrowed from Rabelais (Pantagruel, 5, 47), 
 who says of the intellectual sphere : " De laquelle en tous 
 lieux est le centre, et n'a en lieu aucun circonfe'rence, 
 que nous appellous Dieu." It is besides attributed to St 
 Bonaventure (1250), Gerson (1400), and others. 
 
 692. C'est un foible roseau que la prosperite. (Fr.) Daniel 
 
 D'Ancheres, 1608, Tyr et Sidon. Prosperity is but a 
 feeble reed to lean upon. 
 
 693. C'est un grand pas dans la finesse, que de faire penser de 
 
 soi, que 1'on n'est que me'diocrement fin. (Fr.) La Bruy. 
 Car. ? It is a great proof of address in negotiation, to 
 induce those with whom you treat to under-rate your 
 acuteness. 
 
 694. C'est un verre qui luit 
 
 Qu'un souffle peut detruire, et qu'un souffle a produit. 
 (Fr.) De Caux (comparing the world to his hour-glass). 
 It is but a glittering glass that a breath can destroy, 
 as a breath has created it. Cf. Goldsmith, Deserted 
 Village, 54 : 
 A breath can make them, as a breath has made. 
 
 695. C'est un zero en chiffres. (Fr.) He is a mere cypher. He 
 
 is a person of no consequence or consideration whatever. 
 
 696. Get age est sans pitid (Fr.) La Font. Deux Pigeons. 
 
 This age (childhood) is without pity. Children have no 
 mercy. They roar for what they want at the expense 
 of the weaker nerves of their seniors. Observe also 
 their treatment of animals (kittens and such like). 
 
 697. Cet animal est tres me'chant, 
 
 Quand on 1'attaque il se defend. (Fr.) La Me'nagerie. 
 This animal is extremely vicious, if you attack him he 
 will defend himself '/ 
 
 Burlesque on a passage from L'Ristoire Gintrale dcs Voyages, 
 Walckenaer, 1826, recounting the adventures of Vasco de 
 Gama and his comrades amongst some "sea-wolves" of an 
 extraordinary size, and armed with tremendous teeth. "Ces 
 animaux," it proceeds, "sont si furieux, qu'il se defendent 
 centre ceux qui les attaquent." It is difficult to say which is 
 the most ludicrous, the serious prose or the burlesque verse.
 
 86 CEUX. 
 
 698. Ceux qui n'aiment pas, ont rarement de grandes joies; 
 
 ceux qui aiment, ont souvent de grandes tristesses. (Fr.) 
 Those who know not what love is, rarely experience 
 great joys; and those who do, frequently suffer deep 
 griefs. 
 
 699. Ceux qui nuisent a la reputation ou a la fortune des autres, 
 
 plut6t que de perdre un bon mot, me'ritent une peine 
 infamante. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 1 Those wJio would 
 injure the reputation, or the fortunes of others, rather 
 than lose a witty saying, deserve to be branded as 
 infamous. 
 
 700. Ceux qui, sans nous connaitre assez, pensent mal de nous' 
 
 ne nous font pas tort ; ce n'est pas nous qu'ils attaquent, 
 c'est le fantdme de leur imagination. (Fr.) La Bruy. 
 Car. vol. ii. p. 77. Those who, without adequate know- 
 ledge, form unfavourable opinions of us, do us no wrong ; 
 since it is not us whom they are attacking, but the creation 
 of their own imagination. 
 
 701. Chacun a son gout. (Fr.) Every man according to his 
 
 taste. This is not to be translated "Every man has 
 the gout." 
 
 702. Chacun dit du bien de son cceur, et personne n'en ose dire de 
 
 de son esprit. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 44, 98. Every 
 one can say a good word for his heart, but no one is bold 
 enough to say as much for his wits. Want of feeling we 
 naturally disclaim, not so readily want of perception. 
 
 703. Chacun doit balayer devant sa propre porte. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Everybody ought to sweep before his own door. 
 
 704. Chacun en particulier peut tromper, et etre trompe* ; per- 
 
 sonne n'a tromp^ tout le monde, et tout le monde n'a 
 trouipe* personne. (Fr.) Bouhours 1 An individual 
 may deceive and be deceived, but no one has ever yet suc- 
 ceeded in deceiving the whole world, nor has the world 
 ever combined to deceive any individual. 
 
 If the Christian world is persuaded of the truth of Christianity, 
 the conviction is not the result of deceit, but because the most 
 educated portion of mankind is convinced of the truth of the 
 Gospel. In the same way, the general agreement of men on 
 any subject may be taken as a guarantee of its truth. The 
 unanimity is too large to admit of the idea of fraudulent in- 
 tention. Of. in this connection the French. Prnv. , Quand tout 
 le monde a tort, tout le monde a raison (La Chaussee, Gouver- 
 ixante, 1, 3). When every one is le tho wrong, every one is 
 in the right.
 
 CHERCHEZ. 87 
 
 705. Cbacun a son metier, et les vaches seront bien gardens. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. Every one attend to his own business, and the 
 cows will be well looked after. 
 
 706. XaXeira TO, KaAdu (Gr.) What is beautiful is hard. All 
 
 fine accomplishments are difficult of attainment. 
 
 707. Chaque age a ses plaisirs, son esprit, et ses moeurs. (Fr.) 
 
 Boil. A. P. 3, 374. Every age JMS its pleasures, its style 
 of wit, and its own ways. 
 
 708. Chaque medaille a son revers. (Fr.) Prov. Every medal 
 
 IMS its reverse. There's another side to every tale. One 
 story is good till another is told. 
 
 709. Xa/ns x^P LV TIKTCU (Gr.) See Soph. Aj. 522. Kindness 
 
 begets kindness. 
 
 710. Charit6 bien ordonnee commence par soi-mdme. (Fr.) 
 
 Well regulated charity begins at home. 
 
 711. Chasse cousin. (Fr.) Chace-cousin, i.e., bad wine. Such 
 
 as one would put down to drive away poor relations, or 
 the description of persons called hangers-on. 
 
 712. Chateaux en Espagne. (Fr.) Castles in Spain. Castles 
 
 in the air. 
 
 713. Chat echaude' craint 1'eau froide. (Fr.) Prov. A scalded 
 
 cat dreads even cold water. A burnt child dreads the fire. 
 
 714. Chef d'ceuvre. (F..) A masterpiece. The best work of 
 
 any painter, poet, etc. 
 
 715. Che non men che saver, dubbiav m'aggrata. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Inf. 11, 93. 
 Ignorance not less than knowledge charms. Cary. 
 
 716. Chercher a connaitre, c'est chercher a douter. (Fr.) To 
 
 wish to know is to wish to doubt. Knowledge which is 
 not guided by faith generally ends in scepticism. 
 
 Cf. Vous ne prouvez quo trop que cherclier & connaitre, 
 
 N'est souvent qu'apprendre a douter. Mine. Deshoulurcs. 
 
 You prove but too clearly that seeking to know 
 Is too frequently learning to doubt. Ed. 
 
 717. Cherchez la femnie. (Fr.) Alex. Dumas pere, Mohicans 
 
 de Paris, vol. ii. cap. 16. Search for the woman. Say- 
 ing put into the mouth of an officer of the Paris Detective 
 Police Force. It has been attributed to Fouch^. 
 Sardou introduces the phrase in his drama Ferriol ; and George 
 Ebers, Uarda, vol. ii. cap. 14 (1876), says:
 
 88 CHE. 
 
 Du vergisst, dass hier eine Frau mit im Spiel i&t. 
 Das ist sie iiberall, entgegnete Ameui, u. s. w. 
 You forget that there is a woman in this case. 
 That is so all the world over, replied Ameiri, etc. 
 Sometimes the expression takes the form of OH est lafemine f 
 (or in German, Wo ist sie, or wie heiszt sie ?) Where is the 
 woman ? where is she ? what is her name ? As if, according to 
 our own saying, Wherever there is a quarrel, there is always 
 a lady in the case ; or, as Richardson says (Sir C. Grandison, 
 vol. i. Letter 24), Such a plot must have a woman in it. (See 
 Biichmann, pp. 220, 221.) 
 
 718. Che sara, sara. (It.) Prov. What will be, will be. Motto 
 
 of the Duke of Bedford, Earl Russell, Lord Ampthill, 
 and Lord de Clifford. 
 
 719. Chevalier d' Industrie. (Fr.) A swindler. A man who 
 
 lives by his wits. A sharper. 
 
 720. Chi compra ha bisogno di cent occhi, 
 
 Chi vende n'ha assai di uno. (It.) Prov. He who buys 
 requires an hundred eyes, while he wlio sells IMS occasion 
 only for one. 
 
 721. Chi compra terra, compra guerra. (It.) Prov. Who buys 
 
 land, buys war (trouble) ; who buys soil, buys moil. 
 
 722. Chi 6 causa del suo mal, pianga se stesso. (It.) Let him 
 
 who is the cause of his own misfortunes bewail his own 
 folly. No one else will pity him. 
 
 723. Chi fa il conto senza 1'oste, gli convien farlo due volte. (It.) 
 
 He who reckons without his host must reckon over 
 again. 
 
 724. Chi ha il lupo per compagno, port' il cane sotto il mantello. 
 
 (It.) He who keeps company with a wolf should carry a 
 dog under his cloak. 
 
 725. Chi lingua ha, a Roma va. (It.) He who has a tongue 
 
 goes to Home. He who has a tongue in his head may go 
 anywhere. 
 
 726. Chi mal commincia peggio finisce. (It.) Prov. He who 
 
 begins badly, generally ends worse. 
 
 727. Chi niente sa, di niente dubita, (It.) Prov. He who 
 
 knows nothing, doubts nothing. It has been said of some 
 that "they know too much for their peace." 
 
 728. Chi non ha testa abbia gambe. (It.) He who has no head, 
 
 sfiould have legs. If you cannot save yourself by your 
 head (wits), you must by your heels.
 
 CIEL. 89 
 
 729. Chi piu intende, piu perdona. (It.) Prov. The more a 
 
 man knows, t/ie more he forgives. 
 
 730. Chi prende, si vende. (It.) Prov. Who takes a present, 
 
 sells himself. 
 
 731. Chi serve al commune serve nessuno. (It.) He who serves 
 
 the public, serves no one. Services performed are soon 
 forgotten, and the public are in general ungrateful. 
 
 732. Chi ti fa carezze piu che non suole, 
 
 O t'ha ingannato, o ingannar ti vuole. (It.) Prov. 
 He who bestows on you more attentions than usual, either 
 has deceived you, or has the intention to do so. 
 
 733. Chi troppo abbraccia nulla stringe. (It.) Prov. He who 
 
 grasps too much, will hold nothing. 
 
 734. Chi va piano va sano, e chi va sano va lontano. (It.) 
 
 Prov. He who goes gently travels in safety, and goes far 
 in the day. Slow and sure. 
 
 735. Chi vuol vada, chi non vuol mandi. (It.) He who wishes 
 
 something done, let him go himself ; he who is indifferent 
 about it, let him send another. If you want a thing done, 
 do it yourself. 
 
 736. Chreme, tantumne ab re tua est otii tibi 
 
 Aliena ut cures, eaque nihil quse ad te attinent 1 
 Homo sum ; huinani nihil a me alienum puto. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 24. 
 
 Menedemus. Have you such leisure, Chremes, from your own affairs, 
 
 To attend to those of others, which concern you not ? 
 Chremes. I am a man. And nothing that belongs to man 
 Do I consider indifferent to me. Ed. 
 
 737. Christen haben keine Nachbarn. (G.) Prov. Christians 
 
 have no neighbours. 
 
 738. Christiana militia. (L.) Christian warfare. Motto of 
 
 the Order of Christ of Portugal. 
 
 739. Christianos ad leonem. (L.) Tert. Apol. 40. To the lion 
 
 with the Christians! Cry of the pagans against the 
 Catholics in the early persecutions of the Church, when 
 anything adverse occurred either in the natural or poli- 
 tical world. Also, cu/> TOVS a#eovs. (Gr.) Euseb. iv. 
 15. Away with the atheists/ 
 
 740. Ciel pommel^, fern me fardee 
 
 Ne sont pas de longue dure*e. (Fr.) Prov. ^4 dappled 
 sky, and a woman who paints, are not of long duration.
 
 90 CI-GIT. 
 
 741. Ci-git ma femme : all ! qu'elle est bien 
 
 Pour son repos et pour le mien. (F' r -) -Du Loreus ? 
 Here lies my wife : there let her lie ! 
 She's in peace, and so am I. 
 
 742. Ci-git Piron, qui ne fut rien 
 
 Pas meme Academicien. (Fr.) Here lies Piron, wJio 
 was nothing, not even a member of the Academy. The 
 witty epitaph composed for himself by Alexis Piron. 
 
 743. Cineri gloria sera venit. (L.) Mart. 1, 26, 8. Glory 
 
 comes too late when one is turned to ashes, 
 
 744. Cib che Dio vuole, lo voglio. (It.) What God wills, 1 
 
 will. Motto of Lord Dormer. 
 
 745. Cio che si usa, non ha bisogno di scusa. (It.) Prov. 
 
 That which is customary requires no excuse. 
 
 746. Citharsedus Ridetur chorda qui semper oberrat eadem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 356. 
 
 The harp-player, who for ever wounds the ear 
 
 With the same discord, makes the audience jeer. Conington. 
 
 747. Citius venit periculum cum contemnitur. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Decim. Laber. 1 Laugh at danger, and it comes all the 
 sooner. 
 
 748. Cito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris, 
 
 At si laxaris, cum voles, erit utilis. 
 
 Sic ludus animo debet aliquando dari, 
 
 Ad cogitandum melior ut redeat sibi. (L.) Phsedr. 3, 14. 
 
 The bow that's always bent will quickly break ; 
 
 But if unstrung 'twill serve you at your need. 
 So let the mind some relaxation take 
 
 To come back to its task with fresher heed. Ed. 
 
 749. Cito scribendo non fit ut bene scribatur, bene scribendo fit 
 
 ut cito. (L.) Quint. 10, 3, 10. Quick writing does 
 not make good writing ; ike way to ivrite quickly is to 
 write well. 
 
 750. Clarior e tenebris. (L.) / shine all the clearer in the 
 
 gloom. Motto of Earl of Milltown. 
 
 751. Claudite jam rivos, pueri; sat prata biberunt. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 3, 11. 
 Now close the hatches, boys, the meads have drunk enough. 
 
 752. Clausum fregit. (L.) Law Term. He has broken into 
 my enclosure. He has committed a trespass. 
 
 753. Coepisti nielius quarn desinis : ultima prirnis 
 
 Cedunt : dissimiles hie vir, et ille puer. (//.) Ov. II.
 
 COMES. 91 
 
 9, 23. You began better tlian you end: your later 
 achievements must yield the palm to those before : how 
 little does the man, correspond to the promise of the child. 
 Deianira reproaching Hercules. 
 
 754. Occur content soupire souvent. (Fr.) Prov. A satisfied 
 
 Jieart will often sigh. The cross proverb says : Cceur qui 
 soupire n'a pas ce qu'il desire. The heart that sighs 
 has not got what it desires. 
 
 755. Cogenda mens est ut incipiat. (L.) Sen. 1 The mind 
 
 must be compelled to make a beginning. 
 766. Cogitate mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia 
 
 2Etatem qui uni cubili nunquam committit suam. (L.) 
 Plant. True. 4, 4, 15. Consider what a clever animal 
 the little mouse is, that never trusts its life to one hole 
 only. Chaucer, Wif of Bath (Prol. 572), has : 
 
 I hold a mouse *s hert not worth a leek 
 
 That hath but oon hole to sterte to. 
 
 757. Cogito, ergo sum. (L.) / think, therefore I exist. Des- 
 
 cartes' first principle. Thought, or rather self-conscious- 
 ness, is man's only ground for the truth of anything, 
 even of his own existence. 
 
 758. Cognovit. (L.) Law Term. He has admitted. Term 
 
 signifying that a defendant admits that the plaintiff's 
 action is just (cognovit actionem), and suffers judgment 
 to be entered against him without trial. 
 
 759. Colubrum in sinu fovere. (L.) Phaedr. ? To cherish a 
 
 serpent in your bosom. To harbour, or, to admit into 
 your confidence, a false friend. 
 
 760. Combien de he'ros, glorieux, magnanimes, ont vecu trop 
 
 d'un jour ! (Fr.) J. B. Rousseau 1 ! How many illustrious 
 and noble heroes have lived too long by one day ! Their 
 reputation would have been absolutely without blemish, 
 had their lives been cut off at some earlier date. 
 
 761. Comediens c'est un mauvais temps 
 
 La Trage'die est par les champs. (Fr.) Song of '93. 
 Comedians / what a wretched time with Tragedy abroad/ 
 Cf. Que parles-tu, Yallier, de faire des tragedies? La 
 Tragedie court, les rues ! Ducis 1 What do you mean 
 by writing tragedies, when Tragedy herself is stalking 
 the streets ? 
 
 762. Comes jucuiidus in via pro vehiculo est. (L.) Pub. Syr. 
 
 Frag. An agreeable companion on a journey is as good
 
 92 COMITAS. 
 
 as a coach. He will beguile the time. Text of Spectator 
 122, Sir Roger riding to the County Assizes. 
 
 763. Coruitas morutn. (L.) Cic. Am. ? Courteous manners. 
 
 Cf. Suavissimi mores. Id. Att. 16, 16, a, 6. Most 
 charming manners. 
 
 764. Comitas inter gentes. (L.) Civility between nations. 
 
 765. Comme il faut. (Fr.) As it ought to be, i.e., properly, 
 
 well done. Such a thing is done comme il faut. This 
 expression is also used to imply persons of respectability, 
 as, des gens comme ilfaut, gentlefolks. 
 
 766. Comme je fus. (Fr.) As I was. Motto of Earl of Dudley f 
 
 and Ward. 
 
 767. Comme je trouve. (Fr.) As I find it. Motto of Marquess 
 
 of Ormonde. 
 
 768. Commune bonum. (L.) The common good. A thing of 
 
 public advantage or benefit. 
 
 769. Commune id vitium est : hie vivimus ambitiosa 
 
 Paupertate omnes. Quid te moror 1 Omnia Roniae 
 Cum pretio. (L.) Juv. 3, 182. 
 
 It is, I fear, an universal vice ; 
 
 Here we're all struggling hard, as poor as mice, 
 
 To outdo one another. In a word, 
 
 Money at Rome is king and sovereign lord. Ed. 
 
 770. Commune naufragium omnibus est consolatio. (L.) 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 resignation. 
 
 771. Commune periculum concordiam parit. (L.) A common 
 
 danger produces concord. 
 
 772. Commune quod est, ne tuum solum dicas. (L.) That 
 
 which is common property you may not call your own. 
 
 773. Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 18. All things are common property 
 amongst friends. 
 
 774. Communibus annis. (L.) On an average of years. One 
 
 year with another. 
 
 775. Communi fit vitio naturae, ut invisis, latitantibus atque 
 
 incognitis rebus magis confidamus, vehementiusque ex- 
 terreamur. (L.) Caes. B. C. 2, 14. It is a common 
 fault of our nature to give greater credence to those things
 
 COMPOSITUM. 93 
 
 which are unseen, concealed, and unknoivn, and to be 
 more violently alarmed by them. 
 
 776. Communitates Burgi de Dorchestria. (L.) -The Corpora- 
 
 tion of the Burgh of Dorchester. 
 
 777. Comparaison n'est pas raison. (Fr-) Comparison is no 
 
 reason. 
 
 778. Compedes, quas ipse fecit, ipsus ut gestetfaber. (Z.) Aus. 
 
 Id. 6 fin. The smith must wear the fetters he himself 
 has made. As you have made your bed, so must you 
 lie. Cf. Tute hoc intristi ; tibi ornne est exedendum. 
 Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 4. You have made this dish, and you 
 must eat it up. You began the affair and you must go 
 through with it. 
 
 779. Compendiaria res improbitas, virtusque tarda. (..)? Dis- 
 
 honesty chooses t/te most expeditious route, virtue the more 
 circuitous one. 
 
 780. Complectamur illam et amemus : plena est voluptatis si ilia 
 
 scias uti . . . jucundissima est setas devexa, non tamen 
 praeceps : et illam quoque in extrema regula stantem, 
 judico habere suas voluptates, aut hoc ipsum succedit in 
 locum voluptatum, nuUis egere. (L.) Sen. Ep. 12. 
 As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with 
 pleasure, if you know how to use it. The gradually (I do 
 not say rapidly) declining years are amongst the sweetest 
 in a man's life ; and, I maintain, that even where they 
 have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasures 
 still ; or else, this takes the place of pleasures, to need them 
 no more. 
 
 781. Componitur orbis 
 
 Regis ad exemplum ; nee sic inflectere sensus 
 Humanos edicta valent, quam vita regentis. 
 
 (L.) Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 299. 
 
 A Prince's Example. 
 
 The great world moulds its manners on the king's 
 Example : nor can wisest laws constrain 
 His people half so much, as the king's life. Ed. 
 
 782. Compositum jus fasque animo, sanctosque recessus 
 
 Mentis, et incoctum generoso pectus honesto. (L.) Pers. 
 2, 73. Regulated principles of justice and duty in the 
 mind : pure thoughts within ; and a breast filled with an 
 instinctive sense of honour. (Compositum jus fasque 
 animi. Motto of Lord Ellenborough.)
 
 94 COMPOSITUM. 
 
 783. Compositum miraculi causa. (L.) Tac. A. 11, 27. A 
 
 story got up to create astonishment. 
 
 784. Compos mentis. (Law L.) In the possession of his 
 
 faculties. 
 
 Compos or non compos are nsed to denote the saneness, or not, of 
 any one. Tu mentis es compos ? Tu non constringendus ? 
 Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97. Are you then in your right mind I Are 
 you not a person to be kept under restraint ? 
 
 785. Con am ore. (It.) With love. Enthusiastically. 
 
 786. Concessa pudet ire via, civemque videri (L.) Luc. 2, 
 
 446. He is ashamed to advance by the public way, and 
 to appear in the character of an honest man. Said of ' 
 Julius Csesai*. 
 
 787. Concordans. (L.) Agreeing together. Motto of the Order 
 
 of Concord, Brandenburg. 
 
 788. Concordia discors. (L.) Luc. 1, 98. Discordant har- 
 
 mony. Ill-assorted union or combination of persons or 
 things : agreeable discords in music. 
 
 789. Concordia, integritate, industria. (L.) By concord, in- 
 
 tegrity, and industry. Motto of Lord Rothschild. 
 
 790. Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumpe dilabuntur. 
 
 (L.) Sail. Jug. 10, 16. If harmony be preserved, 
 small undertakings will prosper; but dissension will 
 bring the greatest states to the ground. (The first four 
 words are the Motto of Merchant Tailors' Company.) 
 
 791. Concurritur : hone 
 
 Momento cita mors venit, aut victoria laeta. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 7. 
 
 One short, sharp shock, and presto ! all is done : 
 
 Death in an instant comes, or victory's won. Conington. 
 
 792. Condicio dulcis sine pulvere palmse. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 
 
 1, 5 v. The certainty of winning the coveted palm with- 
 out an effort. 
 
 793. Condo et compono quse mox depromere possim. (L.) 
 
 Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12. / am storing and collecting tvhat 
 some day or other I shall be able to produce. 
 
 794. Con el Hey y con la Inquisicion, chitos ! (S.) Prov. 
 
 About the King and the Inquisition, not a word / 
 
 795. Confido, conquiesco. (L.) / trust and rest. Motto of 
 
 Earl of Dysart and Lord Tollemache.
 
 CONSENSUS. 95 
 
 796. Confiteor, si quid prodest delicta fateri. (L.) Ov. Am. 2, 
 
 4, 3. I confess my fault if tJie confession can be of any 
 avail. (2.) Confiteor, a part of the office of the Mass. 
 
 797. Conge d'eslire. (Fr.) Leave to elect. 
 
 Term used in the Anglican Church to express the permission 
 granted by the Sovereign to the Chapter of a cathedral to 
 elect a Bishop. This is, however, a matter of form, as the 
 Chapter is hound to nominate the person recommended in the 
 Royal letter which accompanies the Cong6. 
 
 798. Conjugium vocat, hoc prsetexit nomine culpam. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 172. 
 She calls it marriage now ; such name 
 She chooses to conceal her shame. Conington. 
 
 Dido's guilty love for ^Eneas : not the only woman who 
 has endeavoured to screen her shame under a false title. 
 
 799. Connubialis amor de Mulcibre fecit Apellem. (L.) Love 
 
 turned a blacksmith into an Apelles. Epitaph of Quiutin 
 Matsys, the blacksmith-painter of Antwerp. 
 
 800. Conscia mens recti famse mendacia risit 
 
 Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus. 
 
 (L.) Ov. F. 4, 311. 
 
 Conscious of truth, the mind can smile at lies, 
 But we're a race too prone t' imagine vice. Ed. 
 
 Si quid Usquam justitia est, et mens sibi conscia recti. Virg. 
 
 A. 1, 604. If justice, and a sense of conscious right yet avail 
 
 anything. 
 
 Conscia mens recti is sometimes used as a periphrasis for inno- 
 cence, conscious integrity. 
 
 801. Conscientiam Tectse voluntatis maximam consolationem 
 
 esse rerum incommodarum. (L.) Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2. 
 'Consciousness of an honourable intention is the greatest 
 consolation in troubles. (2.) Conscientia mille testes. 
 Quint. 5, 11, 41. A good conscience is worth a thousand 
 witnesses ; and cf. Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam 
 omnium serrno. Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2. The verdict of 
 my own conscience is more to me than tlie testimony of all 
 men put togetJier. (3.) Bona conscientia turbam advocat, 
 mala etiam in solitudine anxia atque solicita est. Sen. 
 Ep. 43, 5. A good conscience invites the inspection of 
 all, a bad is anxious and distressed even in solitude. 
 
 802. Consensus tollit errorem. (L.) Law Max. Consent does 
 
 away with all objections on tlie score of irregularity. If 
 an action ought to have been laid in Surrey, but with the
 
 96 CONSENTIENTES. 
 
 consent of the parties (per assensum partium) it is tried 
 in Middlesex, no objection can be taken on the ground 
 of irregularity. 
 
 803. Consentientes et agentes pari poena plectentur. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. Parties to a wrongful act are to be visited with 
 the same penalties as the principals. 
 
 804. Consequitur quodcunque petit. (Z.) He attains whatever 
 
 he aims at. Motto of the Marquess of Headfort. 
 
 805. Conservez bien la foi, conservez votre loi. (-^V-) Breton 
 
 Prov. Keep well your faith, keep your law. 
 
 80G. Consilia firmiora sunt de divinis locis. (L.) Plaut. Most. 
 5, 1, 55. Advice is more reliable that comes from conse- 
 crated spots. 
 
 807. Consilia qui clant prava cautis hominibus 
 
 Et perdunt operam et deridentur turpiter. 
 
 (L.) Pha3dr. 1, 25, 1. 
 
 Who ill advice on wary men confer 
 
 Waste time and shameful ridicule incur. Ed. 
 
 808. Consilio et animis. (L.) By wisdom and courage. Motto 
 
 of the Earl of Lauderdale. 
 
 809. Constans et fidelitate. (L.) Constant and with faithful- 
 
 ness. Motto of Order of St Hubert. 
 
 810. Constantia et virtute. (L.) By constancy and virtue. 
 
 Motto of Earl Amherst. 
 
 811. Constructio legis non facit injuriam. (Z.) Law Max. 
 
 The construing or interpretation of the law must not be 
 allowed to injure any one. 
 
 812. Consuetudinem sermonis vocabo consensum eruditorum; 
 
 sicut vivendi consensum bonorum. (L.) Quint. 1, 4, 
 3. / consider the style of speaking adopted by men of 
 education to be the standard of correct language, just as 
 the example of good men furnishes the model for our own 
 lives. 
 
 Consensus = the collective opinion or general agreement of any 
 body of men upon any given question. Cf. Consuetude vero 
 certissirna loquendi magistra ; utendumque plane sermone, ut 
 nummo, cui publica forma est. Id. ibid. Custom after all 
 is the best rule in speaking, and we should choose words, as we 
 do money, that have the public stamp on them. 
 
 813. Consuetudinis magna vis est. (L.) Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40. 
 
 Great is the force of habit.
 
 CONTICUISSE. 97 
 
 814. Consuetude est altera lex. (L.) Law Max. Custom is a 
 
 second law. 
 
 815. Consuetude est secunda natura. (L.) S. Aug. adv. Jul. 
 
 5, 59. Custom is second nature. Cf. Morem fecerat 
 usus. Ov. M. 2, 345. Custom had made it a habit. 
 
 816. Consuetude loci est observanda. (L.) Law Max. The 
 
 customary law of a particular place is to be observed, 
 such, e.g., as the custom of gavelkind in parts of Kent. 
 But the custom must be capable of being reduced to a 
 certainty, and it must be reasonable : under these con- 
 ditions, Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata 
 privat communem legem, Custom, when grounded on a 
 certain and reasonable cause, supersedes the common 
 law. 
 
 817. Consule veritatem. (L.) Cic. Or. 48, 159. Consult the 
 
 etymology (of the word) : in Greek, TO ervpov, tlie literal 
 sense of a word according to its origin. 
 
 818. Consummatum est. (L.) Vulg. Joan. xix. 30. Itisjinis/ted. 
 
 819. Contemnuntur ii, qui nee sibi, nee alteri, ut dicitur : in 
 
 quibus nullus labor, nulla iiidustria nulla cura est. (L.) 
 Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36. Those men are held in deserved 
 contempt, who do no good to themselves or any one else, as 
 the saying is; who make no exertion, shoiu no industry, 
 exercise no thought. 
 
 820. Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege. 
 
 (Z/.) Law Max. The best and surest way of expounding 
 any statute is by referring to the construction put upon it 
 at the time it was made, and, Optimus legis interpres 
 consuetudo, Customary usage is the best expounder of 
 the import of a statute. 
 
 821. Contemptor susemet vitae, dominus aliense. (Z.) Sen. 1 
 
 The man who puts small value on his own life will be 
 master of tlie lives of others. 
 
 822. Contentement passe richesse. (fr.) A mind contented 
 
 with its lot, is more valuable than riches. 
 
 823. Contesa vecchia tosto si fa nuova. (It.) Prov. An old 
 
 feud is soon renewed. 
 
 824. Conticuisse nocet nunquam, nocet esse locutum. (L.) 
 
 Anth. Sacr. Jac. Billii (in loquaces). It never hurts a 
 man to keep silence, but often to speak. 
 
 G
 
 98 CONTINUO. 
 
 825. Continue culpam ferro compesce, priusquam 
 
 Dira per incautum serpant contagia vulgus. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. G. 3, 468. 
 Prompt measures. 
 
 Cut off at once with knife the mischiefs head, 
 Lest thro' the unthinking crowd the poison spread. Ed. 
 
 Prompt measures must be taken with disorders, either of the 
 natural or the political body : sedition, like any other ulcer, 
 must be at once removed. 
 
 826. Con todo el mondo guerra, y paz con Inglaterra. (S.) 
 
 Prov. War with all the world, and peace with England. 
 
 827. Conti-a malum mortis, non est medicamen in hortis. (Z/f) 
 
 Med. Aphor. No chemist's herbarium contains a remedy 
 against death. 
 
 828. Contraiiando incrementum. (L.) Progress by swimming 
 
 against the stream. Motto of the town of Peebles. 
 
 829. Contra verbosos noli conteudere verbis ; 
 
 Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis. (L.) Dion. 
 Cato. ? Avoid ivrangling with the contentious; speech is 
 given to every man, wisdom to few. 
 
 830. Contredire, c'est quelquefois frapper a une porte, pour 
 
 savoir s'il 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. 
 
 831. Centre fortune bon coeur. (Fr.) Against the fickleness of 
 
 fortune oppose a bold heart. 
 
 832. Centre les rebelles, c'est cruaute que d'estre humain et 
 
 humanitd d'estre cruel. (Fr.) Corneille Muis, Bp. of 
 Bitonte. Against rebels, it is wuelty to be humane, and 
 humanity to be cruel. A maxim adopted by Catherine 
 de Medici in her " Counsels " to her son Charles IX. 
 
 833. Contumeliam si dicis, audies. (L.) Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 77. 
 
 If you abuse others, you im.ll have to listen to it yourself. 
 
 83 i. Coram domino rege. (L.) Before our lord the king. 
 (2.) Coram non judice. Law Term. Before one who is 
 not a judge. 
 
 If judgment be delivered in a county which has no jurisdiction 
 to try the case, the judgment is a mere nullity. Thus, a case 
 belonging to the provincial Court of Canterbury, if tried before 
 a judge sitting at Westminster, would be coram non judice, 
 and the judgment consequently null. (3.) Coram nobis. 
 Before us. Before the Court.
 
 CORRUPTIO. 99 
 
 835. Coram rege suo de paupertate tacentes 
 
 Plus poscente ferent. Distat, sumas ne pudenter 
 An rapias. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 43. 
 
 Those who have tact their poverty to mask 
 
 Before their chief get more than those who ask ; 
 
 It makes, you see, a difference, if you take 
 
 As modest people do, or snatch your cake. Conington. 
 
 836. Cor nobyle, cor immobyle. (L.) A noble heart is a change- 
 
 less heart. Motto of Lord Vivian. 
 
 837. Corpora lente augescunt, cito extinguuntur. (L.) Tac. 
 
 Agr. 3. Bodies are slow in growth, rapid in decay. 
 
 838. Corpora magnanimo satis est prostrasse leoni : 
 
 Pugna suura finem, quum jacet hostis, habet. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 5, 3, 35. 
 
 The lion is content to fell his foe : 
 
 The fight is done, when the enemy's laid low. Ed. 
 
 839. Corporis et fortune bonorum, ut initium, finis est : oninia 
 
 orta occidunt, et aucta senescunt. (//.) Sail. J. 2. 
 The advantages of person and fortune have their ap- 
 pointed end, as they have their beginning : all that rises 
 has its setting, and growth is only a step towards decay. 
 
 840. Corps diplomatique, (fr.) The diplomatic body. The 
 
 ambassadors, ministers, and envoys from foreign Courts 
 resident at the capitals of the various kingdoms with 
 their secretaries and attache's. 
 
 841. Corpus Christi. (L.) The Body of Christ. Festival of 
 
 the Roman Church in honour of the Holy Eucharist, 
 instituted by Pope Urban IV. in 1264, and observed 011 
 the Thursday following Trinity Sunday. (Fr. Fete Dieu.) 
 
 842. Corpus delicti. (L.) Law Term. The body of the offence. 
 
 The entire nature of the crime, containing the substance, 
 and matter, of which the several counts in the indict- 
 ment must be formed. 
 
 843. Corrumpunt bonos mores colloquia mala. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Vulg. Cor. 1, 15, 33. Evil communications corrupt 
 good manners. 
 
 844. Corruptio optimi pessima. (L.) S. Greg. Moi-al. 1 A 
 
 corruption of the best possible, is the worst possible. 
 
 Originally said of bad priests, and referring particularly to the 
 sins of all who have received grace, the saying expresses 
 generally that the better a thing is, the worse is its abuse.
 
 100 CORRUPTISSIMA. 
 
 For fairest things grow foulest by foul deeds ; 
 Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds. 
 
 Shakesp. Sonn. 94, 13. 
 
 The higher a man's reputation, the graver his downfall. In- 
 stitutions of the most salutary, as well as of the most sacred 
 kind, have been perverted to become perfect plague-spots of 
 corruption, instead of centres of life and health. The extent 
 of the deterioration is proportionate to the excellence of pur- 
 pose for which the institution was established. 
 
 845. Corruptissima in republica plurimse leges. (L.) Tac. A. 
 
 3, 27. The worst states produce the greatest number of 
 laws. 
 
 846. Cor unurn, via una. (L.) One heart, one way. Motto of 
 
 the Marquess of Exeter. 
 
 847. Cosa fatta, capo ha. (It.) Prov. That which is done has 
 
 a head. A thing is never done until it is perfectly 
 completed. 
 
 848. Cosa mala nunca muere. (S.) Prov. A bad thing never 
 
 dies. 
 
 849. Cosi fan tutti. (It.) So do they all Title of one of 
 
 Mozart's operas. The way of the world. 
 
 850. Coup de grace. (Fr.) The finishing stroke (or blow). 
 
 851. Coup de main. (Fr.) Mil. A surprise. 
 
 852. Coup d'oeil. (Fr.) A glance. A view or prospect. 
 
 853. Courage sans peur. (Fr.) Courage without fear. Motto 
 
 of Viscount Gage. 
 
 854. Coute que coute. (Fr.) Cost what it will. The expense 
 
 is no consideration. I will have it, or I will do it, 
 "coute que coute." Anyhow. 
 
 855. Coutume, opinion, reines de notre sort, 
 
 Yous re'glez des mortels et la vie, et la mort. (Fr.) De 
 La Motte? Custom, opinion, arbiters of our fate, ye 
 influence the life and even tJie death of man. 
 
 856. Craignez honte. (Fr.) Dread shame. Motto of the Duke 
 
 of Portland. 
 
 857. Grains Dieu tant que tu viveras. (Fr.) Fear God as long 
 
 as you live. Motto of Lord Athlumney. 
 
 858. Craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux. (Fr.) Fear every- 
 
 thing from an autlior in a rage.
 
 CKEDE. 101 
 
 859. Cras amet, qui nunquam amavit, 
 
 Quique amavit, eras amet. (L.) ? Pervigilium Veneris. 
 Let those love now who never loved before, 
 Let those who always loved, now love the more. T. Parnell, 1717. 
 
 860. Cras hoc fief? Idem eras fiet. Quid ? quasi magnum 
 
 Nempe diem donas 1 sed quum lux altera venit, 
 Jam eras hesternum consumpsimus ; ecce aliud eras 
 Egerit hos annos, et semper paulum erit ultra. 
 
 (L.) Pers. 5, 66. 
 To-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow. 
 
 It shall be done to-morrow. But, I say, 
 
 You'll sing to-morrow what you sing to-day. 
 
 What! is one day of such vast consequence 
 
 That you present it as a boon immense ? 
 
 No ! but reflect, when next day's sun has shone, 
 
 Then yesterday's "to-morrow" will have gone ; 
 
 And you're kept idling by one morrow more, 
 
 No nearer action than you were before. Ed. 
 
 861. Cras te victurum, eras dicis, Postume, semper. 
 
 Die mihi eras istud, Postume, quando venit? 
 
 (L.) Mart. 5, 58, 1. 
 To-morrow, you always say, I'll wisely live : 
 Say, Posthumus, when does that day arrive ? Ed. 
 
 862. Credat Judseus Apella 
 
 Non ego : namque deos didici securum agere oevum ; 
 Nee, si quid miri faciat natura, deos id 
 Tristes ex alto cceli demittere tecto. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 5, 100. 
 The miraculous liquefaction. 
 Tell the crazed Jews such miracles as these ! 
 I hold the gods live lives of careless ease, 
 And, if a wonder happens, don't assiime 
 'Tis sent in anger from the upstairs room. Conington. 
 
 Credat Judceus Apella is often used in a more or less contemptuous 
 way, meaning that the thing is too absurd and improbable to 
 obtain credence, like our "Tell that to the marines ! " 
 
 863. Credebant hoc grande nefas, et morte pianclum 
 
 Si juvenis vetulo non assurrexerat. (Z.) Juv. 13, 31. 
 
 Old fashioned manners. 
 'Twas thought a grave, a capital offence, 
 For youth not to rise up in age's presence. Ed. 
 
 864. Crede Byron. (L.) Believe, or trust Byron. Motto of 
 
 Lord Byron. 
 
 865. Crede mihi bene qui latuit bene vixit, et intra 
 
 Fortunam debet quisque manere suam. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 3, 4, 25.
 
 102 CREDR 
 
 Seclusion. 
 
 He lives the best who from the world retires 
 And, self-contained, to nothing else aspires. Ed. 
 
 866. Crede mihi, nriseros prudentia prima relinquit. (L.) Ov. 
 
 Ep. 4, 12, 47. Prudence, believe me, is the first to leave 
 the unfortunate. 
 
 867. Crede mihi, res est ingeniosa dare. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 8, 
 
 62. Believe me, giving is a matter that requires tact. 
 
 868. Crede quod est quod vis ; ac desine tuta vereri ; 
 
 Deque fide certa sit tibi certa fides. (L.) Ov. T. 4, 3, 13. 
 
 Think it is as you wish : bid fears adieu : 
 
 Sure of yourself, be sure I'm constant too. Ed. 
 
 869. Credite me vobis folium recitare Sibyllse. (L.) Juv. 8, 
 
 126. Believe I'm quoting you the Sibylls' leaves. It is 
 Gospel truth. The Sibyll wrote her oracles on palm 
 leaves. 
 
 870. Credite, poster!! (L.) Hor. C. 2, 19, 2. 
 Believe it, after years ! Conington. 
 
 Is it possible that our descendants will credit such things'? 
 
 871. Creditur ex nieclio quia res arcessit habere 
 
 Sudoris minimum ; sed habet comcedia tanto 
 Plus oneris, quanto venise minus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 168. 
 
 The comic dramatist. 
 
 "Tis thought that Comedy, because its source 
 Is common life, must be a thing of course ; 
 Whereas there's nought so difficult, because 
 There's nowhere less allowance made for flaws. Conington. 
 
 872. Credo pudicitiain Saturno rege moratam 
 
 In terris visarnque diu. (L.) Juv. 6, 1. 
 
 CJiastity. 
 
 That thing called Chastity, in Saturn's reign, 
 Did, I believe, her parting steps detain, 
 And for a while was seen on mortal earth 
 E'er she resonght the realms that gave her birth. Ed. 
 
 873. Credula res amor est. (L.) Ov. M. 7, 826. Love is a 
 
 credulous thing. Love will believe anything. 
 
 874. Credula si fueiis, alise tua gaudia carpent, 
 
 Et lepus hie aliis exagitandus erit. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 3, 661. If you are too ready to believe, others will reap 
 the pleasures that should be yours, and you will be hunt- 
 ing the hare for the benefit of others.
 
 CRESSA. 103 
 
 Prov. of doing anything for another's advantage. Of. Diocl. ap. 
 Vopisc. Numer. 15 : Ego semper apros occido, sed alter semper 
 utitur pulpamento. / do all the shooting of the boars, but 
 another always gets the game. I shake the bush, but another 
 catches the bird. 
 
 875. Credula vitam Spes fovet, et fore eras semper ait melius. 
 
 (L.) Tib. 2, 6, 19. 
 Hope. 
 
 Hope fondly cheers our days of aching sorrow, 
 And always promises a brighter morrow. Ed. 
 
 876. Creclule, quid frustra simulacra fugacia capias? 
 
 Quod petis, est nusquam : quod amas, avertere, perdes. 
 
 Ista repercussse quarn cernis imaginis umbra est, 
 
 Nil habet ista sui. (L.) Ov. M. 3, 432. 
 
 Narcissus. 
 
 Why vainly catch, fond youth, at fleeting forms ? 
 You're seeking what is not : avert your view, 
 And what you yearn for, will have vanished too. 
 What you behold's a mere reflection thrown, 
 A shadow, with no substance of its own. Ed. 
 
 877. Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam 
 
 Majorumque fames. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 16, 17. 
 
 Greed. 
 
 Cares follow on with growth of store, 
 And an insatiate thirst for more. Ed. 
 Cf. Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit 
 
 Et minus hanc optat, qui non habet. Juv. 14, 139. 
 
 The love of money is with wealth increased, 
 And he that has it not, desires it least. Ed. 
 And 
 
 Creverunt et opes, et opum furiata cupido : 
 Et quum possideaut plurima, plura volunt. Or. F. 1, 211. 
 
 Wealth has increased, and wealth's fierce maddening lust, 
 And though men have too much, have more they must. Ed. 
 And 
 
 Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum. Ov. M. 1, 140. Men 
 dig the earth for gold, seed of unnumbered ills. Cf. Radix 
 enim malorum omnium cupiditas. Vulg. Tim. 1, 6, 10. 
 The love of money is the root of all evil. 
 
 878. Crescit occulto velut arbor sevo. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 12, 45. 
 
 It grows as trees do with unnoticed growth. A line 
 applied by St Beuve (?) to the progress of the Catholic 
 Church. 
 
 879. Cressa ne careat pulcra dies nota. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 36, 10. 
 
 Note we in our calendar 
 This festal day with whitest mark from Crete. Coninglon.
 
 104 CRETA. 
 
 880. Greta an carbone notandi. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 246. 
 
 Are they to be marked with chalk or charcoal ? Are their 
 characters black or white 1 ? Were they happy days, 
 or no? 
 
 881. Cretizandum est cum Crete. (L.) Prov. We must do at 
 
 Crete as the Cretans do. 
 
 882. Crimen Isesse majestatis. (L.) Crime of high-treason. 
 
 883. Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, noil sua cernunt, 
 
 Hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi. (L.)1 Those who 
 see the faults of others, and are blind to their own, are 
 wise as regards others, fools as regards themselves. 
 
 884. Croire tout de"couvert est une erreur profonde, 
 
 C'est prendre Fhorizon pour les bornes du monde. 
 
 (Fr.} Lemierre, Utilitd des de'couvertes. 
 
 To think all disco vered's an error profound ; 
 
 'Tis to take the horizon for earth's mighty bound. Ed. 
 
 885. Crom-a-boo. (Irish.) Groin for ever. Motto of Duke of 
 
 Leinster. 
 
 886. Croyez moi, la priere est un cri d'espe'rance. (Fr.) A. de 
 
 Musset, L'Espoir en Dieu. Believe me, prayer is a cry 
 of hope. 
 
 887. Crudeleui medicum intemperans seger facit. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 1 An unreasonable patient makes a harsh doctor. 
 
 888. Crudelis mater magis, an puer improbus ille ? 
 
 Improbus ille puer : crudelis tu quoque mater. (7/.) 
 Virg. E. 8, 49. Was the mother cruel, or ivas it rather 
 the son who was so bad ? The son was bad, and thou, 
 mother, cruel also. 
 
 889. Crudelis ubique 
 
 Luctus, ubique Pavor, et plurima mortis imago. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2. 368. 
 Dire agonies, wild terrors swarm, 
 And death glares grim in many a form. Conington. 
 
 890. Crux. (L.) A cross. A difficulty (puzzle, dilemma, 
 
 problem) that perplexes and baffles and seems insur- 
 mountable. 
 
 891. Crux stat dum volvitur orbis. (L.)1 The Cross stands 
 
 erect while the ivorld revolves. 
 
 892. Cucullus non facit monachum. (L.) Prov. The cowl does 
 
 not make the monk.
 
 CUT. 105 
 
 The dress appropriate to any profession does not necessarily make 
 the wearer a member of the body he appears to represent. 
 The saying means that costume goes for nothing compared with 
 actual qualifications. You may get yourself up in the most 
 unexceptionable nautical attire, and yet know no more how to 
 handle a vessel than a London 'bus conductor. 
 
 893. Cui bonol (L.) For whose advantage is it? Of. Cic. Rose. 
 
 Am. 30, 84 : Cui bono fuisset, Whose advantage would it 
 have been ? A question often propounded in lawsuits by 
 L. Cassius, the judge. (2.) Cui malo 1 To whose hurt ? 
 
 894. Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit, concedere videtur et id, 
 
 sine quo res ipsa esse non potesfc. (L.) Law Max. 
 Whoever grants a thing is supposed also tacitly to grant 
 that without ivliich the grant itself would be of no 
 effect. 
 
 A person selling the timber on his estate, the buyer may cut 
 down the trees, and convey them away without being respon- 
 sible for the injury which the grass may sustain from carts, etc., 
 during the necessary time of conveyance. 
 
 895. Cui dolefc, meminit. (L.) Prov. Cic. Mur. 20, 42. He 
 
 who staffers, remembers. A burnt child, etc. 
 
 896. Cui lecta potenter erit res 
 
 Nee facundia deseret hunc nee lucidus ordo. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 40. 
 
 Let but our theme be equal to our powers, 
 
 Choice language, clear arrangement, both are ours. Conington. 
 
 897. Cuilibet in arte sua pei-ito est credendum. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. Every man should be given credence on points 
 connected with his own special profession. 
 
 Thus, questions relating to any particular trade must be decided 
 by a jury after examination of witnesses skilled in that par- 
 ticular profession. Surgeons on a point of surgery, pilots on a 
 question of navigation, and so on. 
 
 898. Cui licet quod majus, non debet quod minus est non licere. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. He who has authority to do the greater, 
 ought not to be debarred from doing the less. A man 
 under a power to lease for twenty-one years, may lease 
 for fourteen, since omne majus continet in se minus, 
 the greater contains the less. 
 
 899. Cui licitus est finis, etiam licent media. (L.) Busenbaum, 
 
 Medulla Theol. Moralis, 6, 6, 2. Where the end is law- 
 ful the means thereto are laivful also. This maxim of the 
 Jesuit writer is generally cited as " The end justifies the 
 means."
 
 10 CUI. 
 
 900. Cui non conveniat sua res, ut calceus olira, 
 
 Si pede major erit, subvertet, si minor, uret. 
 
 Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 42. 
 
 Means should, like shoes, be neither great nor small ; 
 
 Too wide, they trip us up, too strait, they gall. Conington. 
 
 901. Cui peccare licet, peccat minus. Ipsa potestas 
 
 Semina nequitise languidiora facit. (Z.) Ov. Am. 3, 4, 9. 
 
 Who's free to sin, sins less : the very power 
 liobs evildoing of its choicest flower. Ed. 
 
 902. Cui placet alterius, sua nirnirum est odio sors. 
 
 Stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique ; 
 In culpa est animus, qui se non effugit unquam. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 11. 
 
 Admiring others' lots, our own we hate ; 
 
 Each blames the place he lives in ; but the mind 
 
 Is most in fault, which ne'er leaves self behind. Conington. 
 
 903. Cui prodest scelus, Is fecit. (L.) Sen. Med. 500. His 
 
 is the crime, who profits by it most. 
 
 904. Cuique sua annumerabimus. (L.) Columella, xii. 2. 
 
 We will put, down to the account of each what belongs to 
 him. 
 
 905. Cui sit condicio dulcis sine pulvere palmse. (L.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1, 1, 51. Who has the terms of winning the coveted 
 palm without an effort. Literally without the dust or 
 sand (called in Gr. a<f>ij or " touch "), with which, the 
 wrestlers sprinkled their bodies to get a firmer grip. 
 
 906. Cuivis potest accidere, quod cuiquam potest. (Z.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. ap. Sen. Tranq. 11. Accidents that may befall any 
 man, may befall every man. 
 
 907. Cujuscunque orationem vides politam et sollicitam, scito 
 
 animum in pusillis occupatum, in scrip tis nil solidum. 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 1, 21. Whenever you observe a man too 
 careful about the neatness of his style, you may put him 
 down for a dilettante (trifler), with nothing of a solid 
 character in his writings. 
 
 908. Cujus est dare ejus est disponere. (L.) Law Max. He 
 
 who makes a gift has a perfect right to regulate its dis- 
 posal. A founder of a charity may give it what shape 
 he pleases, provided it be a legal one. 
 
 909. Cujus est instituere, ejus est abrogare. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 The power that institutes may also abrogate. The legisla- 
 tion can only repeal laws which itself has made.
 
 CUM. 107 
 
 910. Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. He who owns the soil, owns everything above it. 
 By a conveyance of land, all buildings, timber, and 
 water thereupon pass with it. 
 
 911. Cujus omne consilium Themistocleum est. Existimat enim 
 
 qui mare teneat, eum necesse esse rerum potiri. (Z.) 
 Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4. Pompeys plan is just that of Themis- 
 tocles. He considers that whoever has the command of the 
 sea must necessarily obtain the supreme power. 
 
 912. Cujus rei libet simulator atque dissimulator. (L.) Sail. 
 
 C. 5, 4. A man ivho could assume all characters, and 
 perfectly conceal his own. A finished hypocrite. 
 
 913. Cujus tu fidem in pecunia perspexeris 
 
 Verere ei verba credere? (L.) Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 10. 
 Can you hesitate to confide in the word of a man, of whose 
 probity in pecuniary matters you have had full proof? 
 
 914. Cujusvis hominis est en-are, nullius, nisi insipientis in 
 
 errore perseverare. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut 
 aiunt) sapientioi*es solent esse. (Z.) Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 
 5. Any one is liable to make mistakes, but no one, except 
 a fool, will persist in his error. As they say, second 
 thoughts are generally best. 
 
 915. Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver] (L.) Mart. 6, 62, 4. 
 
 WJiat vulture will fasten on this carcass ? Who will 
 have the plucking of this greenhorn ] Who will be the 
 lucky heirs of this enormous wealth 1 
 
 916. Cul de sac. (-?V.) A blind lane, or entry, without exit at 
 
 the other end. No thoroughfare. 
 
 917. Culpam pcena premit comes. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 5, 24. 
 
 Swift vengeance follows sin. An ideal state of things 
 supposed to be realised xinder the government of Augustus. 
 
 918. Cum grano salis. (L.) 1 With a grain of salt. 
 
 Said of the qualification or latitude with which statements of a 
 doubtful nature are to be received. You should always receive 
 X's stories cum grano, since he is notorious for drawing the 
 long bow. 
 
 919. Cum humanis divina. (L.) Human and divine learning. 
 
 Islington School. 
 
 920. Cum multis aliis, quse nunc perscribere longum est. (Z/.) Eton 
 
 Latin Grammar (Genders of Nouns). With many other 
 things which it would now be too long to recount at length.
 
 108 CUM. 
 
 921. Cum pulcris tunicis sumet nova consilia et spes. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33. 
 
 He will feel inspired 
 With new conceptions when he's new attired. Conington. 
 
 922. Cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde, cum senibus 
 
 graviter, cum juventute comiter vivere, cum facinorosis 
 audacter, cum libidinosis luxurie vivere. (Z.) Cic. 
 Am. 6, 13. With the melancholy, Tie would affect melan- 
 choly ; with the careless, cheerfulness : in the company of 
 old men Tie was grave, and with the younger ones, gay : 
 a match for criminals in bravado, and for debauchees in 
 licentiousness. Character of Catiline, who, in this sense 
 of the words, made himself " all things to all men." 
 
 923. Cuncta prius tentata : sed immedicabile vulnus 
 
 Ense recidendum, ne pars sincera trahatur. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 190. 
 
 The Rebellion of the Giants. 
 
 All has been tried that could : a gangrened wound 
 Must be cut deep with knife, before the sound 
 And unaffected parts contract decay. Ed. 
 
 924. Cuncti adsint, meritseque expectent prsemia palmse. (L.) 
 
 Virg. A. 5, 70. Let all attend, and expect the prizes 
 due to their well-earned laurels. A distribution of prizes. 
 
 925. Cupidine humani ingenii libentius obscura credendi. (L.) 
 
 Tac. H. 1, 22. Through the natural inclination of the 
 mind to give credence more readily, in proportion as the 
 subject is obscure. 
 
 926. Cupido dominandi cunctis affectibus flagrantior est. (L.) 
 
 Tac. A. 15, 53. The thirst for power is the most power- 
 ful of all the affections of the mind. 
 
 927. Curse leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent. 
 
 (L.) Sen. Hipp. 607. . 
 Light sorrows speak, but deeper ones are dumb. Ed. 
 
 928. Curarum maxima nutrix Nox. (L.) Ov. M. 8, 81. 
 
 That best nurse of troubles, Night. 
 
 929. Curatio funeris, conditio sepulturae, pompse exequiarum, 
 
 magis sunt vivorum solatia, quam subsidia mortuorum. 
 (L.) August. 1 The management of funerals, the pomp 
 and circumstance of burial, are rather devised for the 
 consolation of the living, than for any actual relief to the 
 dead.
 
 CTTSTOS. 109 
 
 930. Cura ut valeas. (L.) Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2. Take care of 
 
 your health. Mind you keep well. Ordinary termi- 
 nation of letters. 
 
 931. Curia pauperibus clausa est : dat census hoiiores : 
 
 Inde gravis judex, inde severus eques. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 3, 8, 55. 
 The senate's closed to poor men : gold, gold, gold 
 Makes peers and judges : every honour's sold ! Ed. 
 
 932. Cur indecores in lirnine primo 
 
 Deficimus 1 Cur, ante tubam tremor occupat artus 1 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 11, 423. 
 Why fail we on the threshold ? why, 
 Ere sounds the trumpet quake and fly ? Conington. 
 
 933. Cur in theatrum, Cato Severe, venisti, 
 
 An ideo tantum veneras, ut exires. (L.) Mart. 1, 1, 3. 
 
 Wherefore, stern Cato, came you to the play ? 
 Was it that we might see you go away ? Ed. 
 
 934. Curiosus nemo est, quin idem sit malevolus. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Stich. 1, 3, 54. Nobody acts the part of a 'meddlesome 
 person, unless he intends you harm. 
 
 935. Cur me querelis exanimas tuis? (L.) Hor. C. 2, 171. 
 Why rend my heart with that sad sigh ? Conington. 
 
 936. Cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 88. 
 
 Why should false shame compel me to endure, 
 
 An ignorance which common pains would cure ? Conington. 
 
 937. Cur opus adfectas, ambitiose, novum? (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 1, 
 
 14. Why, ambitious youth, do you undertake a new work? 
 
 938. Currente calamo. (-Z/.) With a running pen. Writing, 
 
 composing, etc., as fast as my pen would travel. 
 
 939. Cur tua prsescriptos evecta est pagina gyros? 
 
 N"on est ingenii cymba gravandi tui. (L.) Prop. 3, 3, 21. 
 
 The ambitious Poet. 
 
 Why has your page transgressed th' appointed mark ? 
 You must not overload your talents' bark. Ed. 
 
 940. Gustos morum. (L.) The guardian of morals. (2.) 
 
 Gustos regni. The protector of the realm, viz., in the 
 absence or minority of the Sovereign. (3.) Gustos 
 rotulorum. Keeper of the rolls. Name of the first civil 
 officer of the shire, as being keeper of the records of the 
 Sessions of the peace. The Lord-Lieutenant is always 
 appointed to this office, though distinct from bis 
 lieutenancy.
 
 110 CUTIS. 
 
 941. Cutis vulpina consuenda est cum cute leonis. (L.) Prov. 
 The fox's skin must be sewn on to that of the lion. When 
 we cannot carry our point by physical force, stratagem 
 and address must sometimes be resorted to. 
 
 D. 
 
 942 D. (L.) Abbrev. for Divus, divine or saint; Decimus, 
 tenth ; Devotus, devoted or sacred ; Dicat (dicavit), he 
 dedicates (he dedicated) ; Numerically, D or 13 = 500. 
 
 943. D'abord je suis femme, et puis je suis artiste. (Fr.) I am 
 
 first of all a woman, after that an actress. Answer of 
 Pauline Viardot when questioned as to the secret of her 
 professional successes on the stage. 
 
 944. Da capo, abbrev. D. C. (It.) From the beginning. Direc- 
 
 tion in music, showing that the first movement is to be 
 played over again and so conclude. 
 
 945. D'accord. (Fr.) Agreed. In accordance. In tune. 
 
 946. Daemon languebat, nionachus tune esse volebat : 
 
 Daemon convaluit, daemon ut ante fuit. (L.) Med. Lat. 
 
 The Devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : 
 The Devil got well, the devil a monk was he. (?) 
 
 947. Da gloriam Deo. (Z.) Give glory to God. Motto of 
 
 Dyers' Company. 
 
 948. AciKpu' aSaK/oua. (Gr.) Eurip. Iph. Taur. 832. Tearless 
 
 tears. 
 
 949. Dal detto al fatto v'e un gran tratto. (It.) Prov. The 
 
 difference is great between saying and doing. 
 
 950. Da locum melioribus. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37. 
 
 Make room for your betters. 
 
 951. Damna minus consueta movent. (I>-)1 Losses (troubles') 
 
 to which one is accustomed do not disturb one much ; or, 
 it may be translated conversely, Troubles to which we are 
 unaccustomed affect us greatly. 
 
 952. Damnosa haareditas. (L.) 1 A losing inheritance. A pro- 
 
 perty which costs more than it brings in. 
 
 953. Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? 
 
 parentum, pejor avis, tulit 
 Nos nequiores, mox daturos 
 
 Progeniem vitiosiorem. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 6, 45.
 
 DANS. Ill 
 
 Degeneracy. 
 
 Time, weakening Time, corrupts not what ! 
 Our fathers, worse than theirs, begat 
 A still lower race, ourselves ; and we 
 Hand down a worse posterity. Ed. 
 
 954. Damnum absque injuria. (L.) Law Term. Loss without 
 
 injury (injustice), such as the result of competition in trade. 
 
 955. Damnum appellandum est, cum mala fama lucrum. (L.) 
 
 Prov. ? Pub. Syr. Gain made at the expense of reputa- 
 tion, is no better than so much loss. 
 
 956. Da modo lucra mihi, da facto gaudia lucro ; 
 
 Et fave ut emptori verba dedisse juvet. (L.) Ov. F. 5, 690. 
 
 The tradesman's prayer. 
 Put profits in my way, the joy of gain ; 
 Nor let my tricks on customers be vain ! Ed. 
 
 Prayer to Mercury, the patron of thieves and shop- 
 keepers. 
 
 957. Danda est remissio animis : meliores acrioresque requieti 
 
 ut resurgent. (Z.) Sen. Tranq. 15. Tlie mind should 
 be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work 
 all the better for the rest. 
 
 958. Da nobis lucem, Domine. (L) Grant us light, Lord. 
 
 Motto of Glaziers' Company. 
 
 959. Dans 1'art d'inte'resser consiste 1'art d'ecrire. (Fr.) Delille 1 
 
 The art of wi'iting well consists in its power of exciting 
 interest. 
 
 960. Dans le nombre de quarante ne faut-il pas un zero 1 ? (Fr.) 
 
 Boursault? -Among the forty (Academicians} must there 
 not be a zero ? 
 
 Said of the French Academy, and still more true of the Society 
 of Painters which bears the name in England. The amusing 
 thing is, that it was the admission of La Bruyere into an 
 academy of nonentities that prompted the lines, La Bruyere 
 being the zero ! 
 
 961. Dans les conseils d'un e'tat, il ne faut pas tant regarder ce 
 
 qu'on doit faire, que ce qu'on peut faire. (Fr.) 1 In the 
 councils of states, we are not so much to deliberate on 
 what we ought to do, as on what we can. 
 
 962. Dans les premieres passions les feinrnes aiment 1'amant, et 
 
 dans les autres elles aiment 1'amour. (Fr.) La Rochef. 
 Max. p. 91, 494. 
 
 In her first passion, woman loves her lover, 
 In all the others, all she loves is love. Byron, Don Juan, c. 3, st. 3.
 
 112 DANS. 
 
 963. Dans le temps des chaleurs extremes, 
 
 Heureux d'amuser vos loisirs, 
 Je saurai pres de vous amener les Ze'phyrs 
 Les Amours y viendront d'eux-me'mes. (Fr.) 
 
 The Fan. 
 
 In summer times' stifling heat 
 
 Your amusement shall be my care ; 
 The Zephyrs shall come at my beat, 
 
 The Loves of themselves will be there. Ed. 
 
 Written by Lemierre on a lady's fan, and a favourite 
 quotation in the mouth of Louis XVIII. 
 
 964. Dans Popinion du monde, le manage, comme dans la 
 
 comedie, finit tout. C'est pre'cise'ment le contraire qui 
 est vrai : il commence tout. (Fr.) Mme. Swetchine 1 ? 
 In the world's opinion marriage is supposed to wind up 
 everything, as it does on the stage. The fact is, that the 
 precise contrary is the real truth. It is the beginning of 
 everything. 
 
 965. Dans un pays libre, on crie beaucoup quoiqu'on souffre peu; 
 
 dans un pays de tyrannic on se plaint peu, quoiqu'on 
 souffre beaucoup. (Fr.) Carnot? In a free country 
 there is more crying out than suffering: under a despotism, 
 there is little complaint, although the evils endured are 
 considerable. 
 
 966. Dapes inemptas. (L.) Hor. Epod. 2, 48. Unbought 
 
 dainties. Produced at home ; of our own growth. 
 
 967. Da populo, da verba mihi, sine nescius errern ; 
 
 Et liceat stulte credulitate frui. (L.) Ov. Am. 3, 14, 29. 
 
 To a faithless mistress. 
 Pray undeceive me not, nor let 
 
 Me know that I mistaken be. 
 I would a little longer yet 
 
 Enjoy my fond credulity. Ed. 
 
 988. Dari bonum quod potuit, auferri potest. (L.) Pub. Syr. 
 ap. Sen. Ep. 8. The goods that came by gift, can be as 
 easily taken away. What we earn by our labours can 
 only properly be said to be our own. 
 
 969. Das Alter is nicht triibe, weil darin unsere Freuden, 
 sondern weil unsere Hoffnungen aufhoren. (67.) Jean 
 Paul 1 Old age is not sad because our pleasures, but 
 because our hopes, have then ceased.
 
 DAS SCHWERSTE. 113 
 
 970. Das Alter rnacht nicht kindisch, wie man spricht, es findet 
 
 uns nur iioch als wahre Kinder. ((?.) Goethe, Faust. 
 Age does not make us childish, as people say, it only 
 finds us as children after all. 
 
 971. Das eben 1st der Fluch der bosen That, 
 
 Dass sie fortzeugend Bb'ses muss gebaren. (G.) Schill. 
 Piccol. 5, 1. That is the very curse of an evil deed, that 
 it must engender and briny forth the same. 
 
 972. Das Edle zu erkennen ist Gewinnst 
 
 Der nirumer uns entrissen werden kann. ((?.) Goethe, 
 Tasso. To appreciate what is noble is a gain that can 
 never be taken from us. 
 
 973. Das Erste und Letzte was voni Genie gefordert wird, ist 
 
 Wahrheitsliebe. (G.) Goethe, Spi'iiche. The first and 
 last thing which is demanded of Genius, is love of truth. 
 
 974. Das Genie bleibt sich immer selbst das grb'sste Geheimniss. 
 
 (G.) Schill. an Gb'the. Genius always remains tJie 
 greatest mystery to itself. 
 
 975. Das Gliick giebt Vielen zu viel, aber Keinem genug. (G.) 
 
 Prov. Fortune gives many a one too much, btit no one 
 enough. 
 
 976. Das Leben heisst Streben. (G.) Prov. Living means 
 
 striving. Life is a struggle. 
 
 977. Das Leben ist die Liebe 
 
 Und des Lebens Leben Geist. (G.) Goethe, Westbst- 
 licher Divan. Life is love, and the life of Life, Spirit. 
 
 978. Das Leben ist nur ein Moment, der Tod ist auch nur 
 
 einer. (6?.) Schill. Mary Stuart. Life is only a moment, 
 Death is but anot/ier. 
 
 979. Das Naturell der Frauen 
 
 Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt. (G.) Goethe, Faust. 
 Nature in women is so nearly allied to orf. 
 
 980. Da spatium tenuemque moram, male cuncta ministrat 
 
 Impetus. (L.) Statius Theb. 10, 703. 
 
 Give time and some delay, for passionate haste 
 Will ruin all. Ed. 
 
 981. Das schlechteste Had am Wagen knarrt am meisteu. 
 
 (G.) Prov. The worst wheel in the waggon creaks the 
 loudest. 
 
 982. Das Schwerste klar, und Allen fasslich sagen, 
 
 Heisst aus gediegnem Golde Munzen schlagen. (G.) 
 B
 
 114 DAS UNIVERSUM. 
 
 Geibel 1 To put the most difficult matters clearly, and 
 everything intelligibly, is to be making coins out of pure 
 gold. 
 
 983. Das Universum ist ein Gedanke Gottes. (G.) SchilL 
 
 Philos. Briefe. The universe is a thought of God. 
 
 984. Das Wenige verschwindet leicht dem Blick, 
 
 Der vorwarts sieht, \vie viel noch iibrig bleibt. ((7.) 
 Goethe, Iphigenia. (Iphig. loq.) The little (that is ac- 
 complished) is soon lost sight of by one ivho sees before 
 him how much still remains (to be done). Mr M. Arnold 
 quotes the words (Essays in. Criticism) against self- 
 satisfied people, as " a good line of reflection for weak 
 humanity." 
 
 985. Das Wander ist des Glaubens liebstes Kind. (G.) Goethe, 
 
 Faust (Nacht). Miracle is the dearest child of Faith. 
 
 986. Data fata secutus. (L.) Following the fate decreed. 
 
 Motto of Lord St John. 
 
 987. Dat Deus immiti cornua curta bovi. (L.) Prov. God 
 
 sends a curst cow short horns. Shakesp. Much Ado, 2, 
 1, 22. 
 
 988. Dat Deus incrementum. (L.) God giveth the increase. 
 
 Motto of Lord Crofton, and of Westminster School. 
 
 989. Da tempo al tempo. (ft.) Prov. Give time time. Don't 
 
 be impatient. 
 
 990. Date obolum Belisario. (L.) 1 Give a penny to Belisarius ! 
 
 The distinguished general of the reign of Justinian, during his 
 short imprisonment in 563, has been represented by writers of 
 fiction (Marmontel and others) as blind and beggared, and re- 
 duced to hanging out a bag from his prison bars, with the above 
 appeal to a pitying public. 
 
 991. Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 2, 63. 
 
 [ Wlw will deny that justice has miscarried?] 
 
 The crows escape, the harmless doves are harried. Ed. 
 
 As we say, " one man may steal a horse, while another 
 may not look over a hedge." 
 
 992. Da veniam lacrymis. (L.) 1 Forgive these tears ! 
 
 993. Davus sum non OEdipus. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 2, 23. / am 
 
 Davus not CEdipus. 
 
 994. Dea moneta. (L.) The goddess Money. The almighty 
 
 dollar.
 
 DEDIMUS. 115 
 
 Moneta or Mnemosyne (Remembrance], the mother of the Muses, 
 was also a title of Juno, and from the circumstance of her temple 
 in Rome being used for coining public money, comes the use of 
 the word moneta, money, and mint. A curious derivation. 
 
 995. De asini umbra disceptare. (L.) To argue about an ass'x 
 
 shadow. To dispute about trifles. 
 
 996. Debetis velle quse velimus. (L.) Plaut. Am. Prol. 39. 
 
 You ought to wish the same as we do. 
 
 997. Debilem facito manu, Debilem pede, coxa ; 
 
 Tuber adstrue gibberum, Lubricos quate dentes ; 
 Vita dum superest, bene est. (L.) Mrecenas ap. Sen. 
 Ep. 101, 11. Make me weak in the hands, feet, and hips; 
 add to this a swollen tumour. Knock out my loosening 
 teeth ; only let life remain, and I am content. 
 
 998. Debito (or E debito) justitise. (L.) Law Term. By debt 
 
 of justice. In virtue of rights which have been fully 
 allowed by law. 
 
 999. Debonnaire. (Fr.} Debonair. Motto of Earl of Lindsay. 
 
 1000. De bon vouloir servir le roy. (Fr.} To serve the king 
 
 with good will. Motto of Earls Tankerville and Grey. 
 
 1001. De calceo sollicitus, at pedem nihil curans. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Anxious about the appearance of the shoe, but regardless 
 of the comfort of the feet. 
 
 1002. Deceptio visus. (L.) A deception of the sight. An illusion. 
 
 Ocular deception. 
 
 1003. Decet verecundum esse adolescentem. (L.) Plaut. As. 
 
 5, 1, 6. It is becoming in a young man to be modest. 
 
 1004. Decipimur specie recti ; brevis esse laboro, 
 
 Obscurus no. (L.) Hor. A. P. 25. 
 
 One's led astray so by one's private views 
 
 Of good and bad ; I try to be concise 
 
 And end in being obscure an equal vice. Ed. 
 
 The latter part of the quotation is said to have been 
 humorously repeated by Thomas Warton on his snuffing 
 out, when he would have snuffed, his candle. 
 
 1005. Decori decus addit avito. (L.} He adds lustre to the 
 
 honours of his ancestors. Motto of the Earl of Kellie. 
 
 1006. Decrevi. (L.} I have decreed. M. of Marq. of Westmeath. 
 
 1007. Dedimus potestatem. (L.) Law Term. We have given 
 
 power. A writ or commission given to one or more, for 
 the speeding of an act pertaining to some court. (2.)
 
 116 . DEDIMUS. 
 
 A writ of dedimus potestatem is also issued out of 
 Chancery, when a new name is inserted in the commis- 
 sion of the peace, directing an acting justice to swear 
 him in. 
 
 1008. Dedimus tot pignora fatis. (L.) Luc. 7, 662. We have 
 
 given so many hostages to fortune. 
 
 1009. Dediscit animus sero quod didicit diu. (L.) Sen. Troad. 
 
 631. The mind is slow to unlearn anything it has been 
 learning long. The difficulty of eradicating ideas or pre- 
 judices early instilled. 
 
 1010. Dedit hanc contagio labem 
 
 Et dabit in plures. (L.) Juv. 2, 78. Contagion has 
 spread this pollution and will spread it much further. 
 Said of the contagious effect of immoral habits. 
 
 1011. De facto. (L.) In point of fact. Usually opposed to de 
 
 jure, by law or by right. Thus William and Mary were 
 said to be the de facto, and James II. and III. the de 
 jure, sovereigns of England by the non-juring party. 
 
 1012. Defectio virium adolescentium vitiis efficitur ssepius quam 
 
 senectutis. (Z.) Cic. Sen. 9, 29. Decay of strength is 
 more commonly the result of youthful excesses than any 
 real fault in old age itself. 
 
 1013. Defendamus. (L.) Let us defend. Motto of town of 
 
 Taimton. 
 
 1014. Defenditnumerusjunctaequeumbone phalanges. (L.) Juv. 
 
 2, 46. Their numbers protect them and their serried 
 lines, joined shield to shield. 
 
 1015. Deforme est etiam, de se ipsum prsedicare, falsa praesertim. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137. It is unseemly for any one to 
 boast about himself, more especially when it is untrue. 
 
 1016. Defuncti ne injuria afficiantur. (L.) Law of the Twelve 
 
 Tables. The dead are not to be maligned. Like De 
 mortuis, etc. 
 
 1017. Degeneres animos timor arguit. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 13. 
 
 Fear argues a base-born soul. 
 
 1018. De gustibus non est disputandum. (L.) Prov. ? -There is 
 
 no disputing about tastes. Cf. Diversos diversa juvant ; 
 non omnibus annis Omnia conveniunt. Pseudo-Gall. 2, 
 104. Different things delight different people ; it is not 
 everything that suits all ages.
 
 DELERE. 117 
 
 1019. De hoc multi multa, omnes aliquid, nemo satis. (L.)1 
 
 On this subject many people have said much, all have said 
 something, but no one enough. 
 
 1020. De industria. (L.) Cic. Or. 44, 151 ; or Ex industria 
 
 (Liv. 1, 56, 8). On purpose, intentionally. Generally 
 in a bad sense. 
 
 1021. De 1'absolu pouvoir vous ignorez 1'ivresse, 
 
 Et du lacne flatteur la voix enchantresse. (^ r -) 1 
 
 Of Power you know not the intoxication, 
 Nor the flattering magic of base adulation. Ed. 
 
 1022. De 1'audace, encore de 1'audace, et toujours de 1'audace ! 
 
 (Fr.) Audacity, still more audacity, and always 
 audacity. 
 
 Famous conclusion of Danton's speech delivered before the Legisla- 
 tive Assembly (Sept. 2, 1792) on the eve of the frightful September 
 massacres, of which Danton may be said to have thus fired the 
 first spark. He concluded with a powerful appeal to the nation 
 to crush the enemies of France and of the Revolution. Pour 
 les vaincre, pour les atterrer, que faut-il ? De 1'audace, etc. , ut 
 supra. 
 
 1023. Delectare in Domino. (L.) "Vulg. Ps. xxxvi. 4. Delight 
 
 thou in t/ie Lord. Motto of Lord Poltimore. 
 
 1024. Delegata potestas non potest delegari. (Z.) Law Max. 
 
 A delegated authority cannot be re-delegated (or, Yicarius 
 non habet Yicarium, An agent cannot appoint another to 
 do his agency}. A broker, e.g., cannot turn over the man 
 who commissions him (his principal) to another broker, 
 of whom his employer knows nothing. 
 
 1025. Delenda est Carthago. (L.) Cat. ap. Servius ad Virg. 4, 
 
 683. Carthage must be destroyed. 
 
 The hatred which the elder Cato bore towards Carthage is well 
 known, a country which, he insisted, was a formidable rival to 
 Home, and should be forthwith suppressed. He is said to have 
 concluded his speeches in the senate, whatever the question might 
 be, with the words, Cceterum censeo, Carthaginem esse dclendam, 
 For the rest, I am of opinion that Carthage should be destroyed. 
 
 1026. Deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres. (L.) Ter. Eun. 
 
 2, 4, 5. From Jienceforth I blot out, every woman from 
 my mind. 
 
 1027. Delere licebit 
 
 Quod non edideris : nescit vox missa reverti. (L.) Hor. 
 A. P. 389. You may strike out what you please before 
 publishing ; but once sent into t/ie world the words can 
 never be recalled.
 
 118 DELIBERANDO. 
 
 1028. Deliberando ssepe perit occasio. (L.) Syr. 140. Oppor- 
 
 tunity is often lost through deliberation. While we are 
 considering, the occasion is gone. 
 
 Cf. Dum deliberamus quando incipiendum, incipere jam serum fit. 
 Quint. 12, 6, 3. While we are considering when to begin, it becomes 
 already too late to do so. 
 
 And 
 
 Eja, age, rampe moras, quo te spectabimus usque ? 
 Dum quid sis dubitas, jam potes esse nihil. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 2, 64, 9. 
 
 Come, come, look sharp ! How long are we to wait ? 
 "While doubting what to be, you'll be too late. Ed. 
 
 1029. Deliberandum est ssepe, statuendum est semel. (L.) Syr. 
 
 132. Deliberate as often as you please, but when you 
 decide it is once for all. 
 
 1030. Deliberat Roma, perit Saguntum. (L.) Prov. While 
 
 Rome deliberates, Saguntum, perishes. 
 
 Saguntum (Murvledro), in 218 B.C., after a heroic resistance against 
 the forces of Hannibal, was reduced by famine, the men making a 
 final sortie, while their wives set fire to the town, and perished in 
 the flames. The famine became proverbial (Saguntina fames, the 
 famine of Saguntum) for any severely-felt dearth of food. 
 
 1031. Deliramenta doctrinse. (L.) The crazes of learning. Wild 
 
 theories of learned men. Fantastic speculations. 
 
 1032. De loin c'est quelque chose, et de pres ce n'est rien. (Fr.) 
 
 La Font. Chameau et Batons flottants. At a distance it 
 looks like something important, but close by it is nothing 
 at all. 
 
 Like sticks floating on water, things at a distance seem important 
 to those watching them, but on nearer inspection they turn out to 
 be insignificant enough. Hence, any such deceptive appearances 
 are said to be batons fiottants sur Vonde, sticks floating on the water. 
 
 1033. Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum. (L.) Hor. 
 
 A. P. 30. He paints dolphins among forests, boars in 
 seas. This must be the artist who enlivened a bit of sea- 
 shore with a few red lobsters. 
 
 1034. De mal en pis. (Fr.) from bad to worse. 
 
 1035. De male qusesitis vix gaudet tertius hseres, 
 
 Nee habet eventus sordida prseda bonos. (L.) Quoted 
 
 by Walsingharn, Hist. p. 260. 
 
 Ill-gotten gains. 
 
 "What's ill-got scarce to a third heir descends, 
 Nor wrongful booty meet with prosperous ends. Ed.
 
 DE MOTU. 119 
 
 This has been signally verified in the case of most of the Church 
 lands seized and distributed by Henry VIII. among his courtiers. 
 Cf. Plaut. Psen. 4, 2, 22. Male parturn male disperit. Badly 
 gotten aiid badly spent. Light come, light go. 
 
 1036. De medietate linguae. (L.) Law Term. Of a moiety of 
 
 languages. 
 
 A foreigner tried in a British Court may demand to have a jury 
 half foreigners, which is, therefore, called a jury de medietate 
 lingua, half one language, half another. 
 
 1037. De mendico male meretur qui ei dat quod edat, aut quodbibat, 
 
 Nam et illud quod dat, perdit, et illi producit vitam ad 
 miseriam. (L.} Plaut. Trin. 2, 2. 58. He deserves no 
 thanks of a beggar icho gives him. to eat or drink, for he 
 only throws his own away, and lielps to prolong a miser- 
 able existence. 
 
 1038. De minimis non curat lex. (L.) Law Max. The law 
 
 does not concern itself about trifles. The law, though 
 strict, is not harsh and pedantic in its requirements. 
 
 1039. Demitto auriculas tit iniquse mentis asellus. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 1, 9, 20. Down go my ears, like a surly young ass. 
 I revolt, rebel, refuse at the proposition. 
 
 1040. Dem Mimen flicht die Nachwelt keine Kranze. (6 ? .) 
 
 Schill. Prol. Wallenstein's Camp. Posterity binds no 
 wreaths for the actor. 
 
 1041. De mortuis nil nisi bonuni. (L.) 1 Prov. Say nothing of 
 
 tJie dead but what is good. 
 
 Cf. Aeo2 jjikv dvSpl irdvTfs e<rfj.ev ewcXeet 
 
 Zwirt <f>6ovfjcra.i, Ka.T0av6ma 5' atWcrat. (Gr.) Menand. in Bachii 
 Mimner, p. 52. We arc all ready enough to envy a famous man 
 while he is alive, and to praise him when he is dead. Cf. Dum 
 vivit hominem noveris : ubi niortuus est, quiescas. (L.) Plaut. 
 True. 1, 2, 62. As long as a man is living, you may know him : 
 lut after he is dead, keep silence. Among the laws of the Twelve 
 Tables is, Defuncti ne injuria afficiantur. It is forbidden to speak 
 injuriously of the dead. 
 
 1042. Demosthenem ferunt, si qui quaesivisset quid primum esset 
 
 in dicendo, actionem quid secundum, idem et idem 
 tertium respondisse. (L.) Cic. Brut. 38, 142. It is 
 said of Demosthenes, that wJienever he was asked what 
 was the principal thing in public speaking, he replied, 
 Action; ivhat was the second? Action; t/ie third? the 
 same. 
 
 1043. De motu proprio. (L.) Of his own motive or impulse 
 
 Of a person's own act.
 
 120 DE NIHILO. 
 
 1044. De niliilo nihilum, in nihiluin nil posse revevti. (L.) 
 
 Pers. 3, 84. From nothing nought, and into nought can 
 nought return. 
 
 Matter being considered eternal, the creation of the world out of 
 
 nothing, and its ultimate resolution into nothingness, was held 
 
 by the school of Epicurus to be absurd. 
 
 Cf. Nil igitur fieri de nilo posse putandum est 
 
 Semine quando opus est rebus. Lucret. 1, 206. We cannot 
 
 conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a 
 
 seed to start from. 
 
 1045. Denique non omnes eadem mirantur amantque. (L.) 
 
 Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 58. Men do not, in short, all admire or 
 love the same things. Diversity of taste. 
 
 1046. De non apparentibus, et non existentibus, eadem est ratio. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. That which is not forthcoming must be 
 treated as if it did not exist. If the Court cannot take 
 judicial notice of a fact, it is the same as if the fact had 
 not existed. Deeds, e.g., must be produced in Court, or 
 be treated as non-existent. 
 
 1047. Dens theonina. (L.) Cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82. A calum- 
 
 niating tooth (tongue). The tongue of a scandal-monger. 
 Detraction. 
 
 1048. Deo adjuvante. (L.) God assisting. Motto of Viscount 
 
 Exmouth. (2.) Deo ducente. Under God's guidance. 
 Motto of Lord Haldon. (3.) Deo favente. By the 
 favour of God. (4.) Deojuvante. God helping. Motto 
 of Bruton Grammar School. (5.) Deo volente, or D.V. 
 God willing, if God will. 
 
 1049. Deo dante nil nocet invidia, et non dante, nil proficit labor. 
 
 (L.) 1 Where God gives envy cannot harm, and where 
 He gives not, all labour is in vain. 
 
 1050. Deo date. (L.) Give unto God. Motto of Lord Arundell 
 
 of Wardour. 
 
 1051. Deo duce, ferro comitante. (L.) God is my guide, my 
 
 sword, my companion. Motto of Earl of Charlemont. 
 
 1052. Deo duce fortuna comitante. (L.) With God for leader, 
 
 and fortune for companion. Motto of the Merchants of 
 Exeter. 
 
 . 1053. Deo fidelis et Eegi. (L.) Faithful to God and the King. 
 
 Motto of Lord Dunsandle and Clanconal. 
 
 1054. Deo honor et gloria, (L.) To God be t/te honour and 
 glory. Motto of Leather-Sellers' Company.
 
 DE PR^ESCIENTIA. 121 
 
 1055. De omnibus rebus, et quibusdam aliis. (Z.) About every- 
 
 thing in the world, and some others beside. Said of a 
 voluminous treatise. 
 
 Pico of Mirandola (t 1494), the wonder of his age, when only 23 
 published at Rome 900 theses on every imaginable topic (drawn 
 from Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic writers), and offered to 
 dispute on the propositions against all the scholars in Europe. 
 One of his theses he entitled, DC omni re stibili (On every thing 
 that can be known), to which Voltaire has wittily added, Et de qui- 
 busdam aliis (And on some other points beside). 
 
 1056. Deo non fortuna. (L.) From God, not from fortune. 
 
 Motto of Earl Digby. 
 
 1057. Deo Optimo Maximo, or D.O.M. (L.) To the Most High 
 
 God. Inscription on temples, churches, etc. 
 
 1058. Deo patriae amicis. (L.) For God, my country and my 
 
 friends. Motto of Lord Colchester. 
 
 1059. Deo, Regi, Patrise. (L.) To God, the King, and country. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Feversham. 
 
 1060. Deo, Regi, Yicino. (L.) For God, the King, and our 
 
 neighbour. Motto of Bromsgrove Grammar School. 
 
 1061. Deo reipublicse et amicis. (L.) To God, the state, and 
 
 our friends. Motto of Levant Company. 
 
 1062. Deos fortioribus adesse. (L.) Tac. H. 4, 17. The Gods 
 
 always assist the strongest side. 
 
 Bussy Rabutin (Letters, 4, 91, October 18, 1677) says : Dieu est 
 d'ordinaire pour les gros escadrons contre les petits. (Fr.) As 
 a rule God is on the side of the big squadrons as against the small 
 ones. Voltaire in his Ep. & M. le Riche, February 1770, writes : 
 Le nombre des sages sera toujours petit. II est vrai qu'il est aug- 
 mente ; mais ce n'est rien en comparaison des sots, et par malheur 
 on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons. The number 
 of the wise will be always small. It is true that it has been largely in- 
 creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with the number of fools, and 
 unfortunately they say that God always favours the heaviest battalions. 
 
 1063. De par le roy, defense a Dieu 
 
 De faire des miracles en ce lieu. (^-) 
 
 'Tis forbidden to God, by His Majesty's grace, 
 To perform any miracles in this place. Ed. 
 
 Written by a wit on the gates of the cemetery of St Medard, when 
 closed by Louis XV. on account of the reputed miracles worked 
 by the relics of Le Diacre Paris, a Jansenist there interred. 
 
 1064. De pis en pis. (Fr.) From worse to worse. The evil goes 
 
 on increasing. 
 
 1065. De prsescientia Dei. (Z/.) Of the foreknowledge of God. 
 
 Motto of Barber-Surgeons' Company.
 
 122 DEPRENDI. 
 
 1066. Deprendi nriserum est. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 2, 134. It is 
 
 dreadful to be detected. Take care you are not found 
 out, much less caught. 
 
 1067. Depressus extollor. (L.) Having been depressed, I am 
 
 exalted. Motto of Yiscount Mountgarret. 
 
 1068. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine. (L.) Vulg. Ps. 
 
 cxxix. 1. Out of the deep have I called unto thee, 
 Lord. Funeral Psalm chanted in the mass for the 
 departed. The Psalm is called the De profundis from 
 its first words. 
 
 1069. De rabo de puerco nunca buen virote. (S.) Prov. You 
 
 will never make a good arrow of a pig's tail. 
 
 1070. Der den Augenblick ergreift 
 
 Das ist der rechte Mann. (G.) Goethe, Faust, Schuler- 
 scene. He wlio seizes the (right) moment, is the right man. 
 
 1071. Der Erde Druck, die heiligen Uebel des Lebens, 
 
 Erhoben den Geist, erheben die Seele zu Gott. (G.) 
 Tiedge 1 ? The pressure of earth, tlie holy ills of life exalt 
 the spirit, and raise the soul to God. 
 
 1072. Der Glaube ist nicht der Anfang, soiidern das Ende alles 
 
 Wissens. (G.) Goethe, Spriiche. Faith is not the 
 beginning, but the end of all knowledge. 
 
 1073. Der Gliickliche glaubt nicht dass noch Wunder geschehen ; 
 
 denn nur im Elend erkennt man Gottes Hand und 
 Finger, der gute Menschen zum Guten leitet. (G.) 
 Goethe, Hermann and Dorothea. The happy do not 
 believe that miracles still happen ; for it is only in misery 
 that one recognises the hand and finger of God leading 
 good men to goodness. 
 
 1074. Der grosste Hass ist wie die grosste Tugend und die 
 
 schlimmsten Hunde, still. (G.) Jean Paul? The deepest 
 hatred, like the greatest virtues and the most dangerous 
 dogs, is quiet. 
 
 1075. D^r Hahn schliesst die Augen, wann er krahet, weil er es 
 
 auswendig kann. (G.) Prov. The cock shuts his eyes 
 when he crows, because he knows it by heart. 
 
 1076. Der Historiker ist ein riickwarts gekehrter Prophet. (G.) 
 
 Fried, von Schlegel, Athenseum, vol. i. pt. 2, p. 20. T/te 
 historian is a propliet who looks backward. 
 
 1077. Dei'idet, sed non derideor. (L.) He laugJis at me, but 1 
 
 Witt not take the affront (will not be laughed at).
 
 DES DIETTX. 123 
 
 1078. Derivativa potestas non potest esse major primitive. 
 
 Law Max. Derived power cannot be greater than the 
 power of the fountain head from which it springs. 
 
 1079. Der Krieg 1st schrecklich, wie des Himmels Plagen, 
 
 Doch 1st er gut, 1st ein Geschenk wie sie. (G.) Schill. 
 Wallenstein's Tod. War is terrible as the Plagues of 
 Heaven, still it is good and is a gift as tliey are. 
 
 1080. Der Lebende hat Kecht. (G.) Schill. An die Freunde. 
 
 The living is right. 
 
 1081. Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch werer mag, 
 
 Ein letztes Gliick und einen letzten Tag. (G.) Goethe, 
 Essex, Epilog. Man experiences, be he who he may, a 
 last pleasure and a last day. 
 
 1082. Der Mensch ist nicht geboren frei zu sein, 
 
 Und fur den Edeln ist kein schoner Gliick 
 Als einem Fiirsten, den er ehrt, zu dienen. (G.) Goethe, 
 Tasso. Man is not born to be free, and for the noble 
 spirit there is no greater fortune than to serve a Prince 
 whom he honours. 
 
 1083. Der Mensch liebt nur einmal. (G.) Prov. Man only 
 
 loves once. 
 
 1084. Der Umgang mit Frauen ist das Element guter Sitten. 
 
 (G.) Goethe, Wahlverwandschaften. The society of 
 women is the school of good manners. 
 
 1085. Descriptas servare vices, operumque col ores, 
 
 Cur ego, si nequeo ignoroque, poeta salutor ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 86. 
 
 Why hail me poet, If I fail to seize 
 
 The shades of style, its fixed proprieties ? Ooningion. 
 
 1086. De scui-ra multo facilius divitem, quani patrem familias 
 
 fieri posse. (L.) Prov. ap. Cic. Quint. 17, 55. It is 
 much easier to make a rich man of a buffoon than a sober 
 father of a family. 
 
 1087. Des dieux que nous servons, connais la difference, 
 
 Les tiens t'ont command^ le meurtre et la vengeance : 
 Le mien, lorsque ton bras vient de m'assassiner, 
 M'ordonne de te plaindre et de te pardonner. 
 
 (Fr.) Voltaire, Alzire. 
 
 Of the Gods that we worship the difference see : 
 To avenge and to kill is enjoined unto thee ; 
 But mine, when I fall 'neath thy murderous blow, 
 Only bids me feel pity and pardon bestow. Ed.
 
 124 DESIDERANTEM. 
 
 1088. Desiderantem quod satis est, neque 
 
 Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, 
 
 Nee srevus Arcturi caclentis 
 
 Impetus, aut orientis Hsedu (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 25. 
 
 "Who having competence has all, 
 
 The tumult of the sea defies, 
 Nor fears Arcturus' angry fall, 
 
 Nor fears the kid-star's sullen rise. Conington. 
 
 1089. Desideratum. (L.) A thing to be desired. Such an im- 
 
 provement, etc., is a great desideratum. 
 
 1090. Desinant Maledicere, facta ne noscant sua. (L.) Ter. 
 
 And. Prol. 22. Let them cease to speak ill of others, lest 
 they come to hear of their own misdoings. 
 
 1091. Desine fata Deum flecti sperare precando. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 6, 376. 
 
 No longer dream that human prayer 
 
 The will of Fate can overbear. Conington. 
 
 1092. Desine quapropter, novitate exterrittis ipsa, 
 
 Exspuere ex animo rationem ; sed magis acri 
 
 Judicio perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur 
 
 Dede manus : aut si falsum est, accingere contra. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 2. 1040. 
 Cease, then, in terror of mere novelty, 
 To drive all reason from your mind, but rather weigh 
 With accurate judgment. If the thing be true, 
 Assent : if false, attack it hardily. Ed. 
 
 1093. De*sir de Dieu et desir de I'liomme sont deux. (fr.) Breton 
 
 Prov. God's will and man's will are two different things. 
 
 1094. Des Lebens Miihe 
 
 Lehrt uns allein des Lebens Giiter schatzen. (<?.) 
 
 Goethe, Tasso. The ^vork of life alone teaches us to 
 value the good of life. 
 
 1095. Des Menschen Engel ist die Zeit. (.) Schill. Wall. Tod. 
 
 5, 11 (Octavio loq.). Time is the Angel of humanity. 
 
 109G. Des Menschen Wille, das ist sein Gliick. (.) Schill. 
 Wallenstein's Lager. The will of man, tJiat is his happi- 
 ness. Cf. Sebastian Franck's Sprichworter Sammlung 
 (1532) No. 16, Des Menschen Wille ist sein Himmel- 
 reich, Man's ivill is his kingdom of heaven. 
 
 1097. Des taupes dans chez nous et des lynx chez autrui. (fr.) 
 D'Esternod, Tableau des Ambitieux, etc., see Variete's 
 hist, et litt. 4, 58. 
 
 Moles to our own, lynxes to others' faults. Ed.
 
 DEUS. 125 
 
 1098. Desunt csetera. (L.) The rest is wanting. Placed at the 
 
 end of an imperfect story or sentence. 
 
 1099. Desunt inopise multa, avaritise omnia. (L.) IPub. Syr. ap. 
 
 Sen. Ep. 108. Poverty wants many things, avarice every 
 thing. 
 
 1100. Detestables flatteurs, present le plus funeste 
 
 Que puisse faire aux rois la colere celeste. 
 
 (Fr.) Rac. Phedre, 4, 6. 
 
 Detested flatterers ! the most fatal gift 
 
 Heav'n in its wrath can send to wretched kings ! Ed. 
 
 (Phedre's dying words.) 
 
 1101. Det ille veniam facile, cui venia est opus. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Agam. 267. Who needs forgiveness, should the same 
 extend with readiness. 
 
 1102. Detrahet auctori multum fortuna licebit; 
 
 Tu tamen ingenio clara ferere meo. 
 Dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur ; 
 Nee potes in mcestos omnis abire rogos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 5, 14, 3. 
 To his wife. 
 Let fortune disparage my verse as she will, 
 
 Your fame shall shine bright enough thanks to my art. 
 As long as I'm read, they'll remember you still, 
 And your mem'ry survive e'en when life shall depart. Ed. 
 
 1103. Detur aliquando otium Quiesque fessis. (L.) Sen. Her. 
 
 Fur. 925. Grant at length to the weary ease and rest. 
 
 1104. Detur digniori. (L.) Let it be given to the most worthy. 
 
 (2.) Detur pulchriori. Let it be given to the most fair. 
 The inscription on the golden apple cast upon the 
 banquet-table of the Gods in the halls of Peleus, and 
 awarded by Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy, to Venus, 
 in preference to Juno and Minerva, who each claimed 
 the prize. 
 
 1105. Detur Gloria soli Deo. (L.) Let Glory be given to God 
 
 alone. Dulwich College. 
 
 1106. Deum cole, regem serva. (L.) Worship God, preserve the 
 
 king. Motto of Earl of Enniskillen. 
 
 1107. Deus aut bestia. (L.) ? A god or a brute. Latin version 
 
 of Aristotle's 17 %n'ov, T/ foo's (Pol. 1, 2), where he is 
 contrasting the characteristics of mankind with such 
 beings as are not human.
 
 126 DEUS. 
 
 1108. Deus dat incrementum. (L.) God gives the increase. 
 
 Tonbridge Grammar School and Fruiterers' Company. 
 
 1109. Deus hsec fortasse benigna Reducet in sedem vice. (L.) 
 
 Hor. Epod. 13, 7. God will, perhaps, by some gracious 
 change, restore matters to their former state. 
 
 1110. Deus major columna. (L.) God is the greater support. 
 
 Motto of Lord Henniker. 
 
 1111. Deus milii providebit. (L.) God will provide for me. 
 
 Motto of Lord Keane. 
 
 1112. Deus nobis hsec otia fecit. (L.) Virg. E. 1, 6. This 
 
 peaceful life (home) came from the hand of God. 
 
 1113. Deus vult. (L.)God wills it. 
 
 The Council of Clermont, 1095, held under Urban II. for considering 
 the project of a crusade against the Turks, broke up amid unanimous 
 shouts of Deus vult (It is God's will), and the words became event- 
 ually the battle-cry of the First Crusade. 
 
 1114. Deux e'tiong^t n'avions qu'un oeur. (fr.) Villon, Ron- 
 
 deaux. we were two and had but one heart between us. 
 Said of a perfectly mutual friendship or love. 
 
 1115. De votre esprit la force est si puissante 
 
 Que vous pourriez vous passer de beaute : 
 De vos attraits la grace est si piquante 
 
 Que sans esprit vous auriez enchant^. (-^"O 
 
 Impromptu of Voltaire. 
 The sparkle of your wit is such 
 
 You'd charm, were beauty wanting : 
 Your looks and air attract so much 
 
 That dumb, you're still enchanting. Ed. 
 
 1116. Dextro tempore. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 1, 18. At a lucky 
 
 moment. 
 
 1117. Di bene f ecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli 
 
 Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (L.) Hor. 
 S. 1, 4, 17. The Gods did well who made me of a 
 poor and feckless spirit that speaks but seldom and 
 little. 
 
 Thank heaven that formed me of unfertile mind 
 
 My speech not copious, and my thoughts confined. Conington 
 
 1118. Dicam insigne recens adhuc 
 
 Indictum ore alio. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 25, 7. 
 
 Sweet and strange shall be my lays, 
 
 A tale till now by poet's voice unsung. Conington.
 
 DICTA. 127 
 
 1119. Dicebam, Medicare tuos desiste capillos: 
 
 Tingere quam possis jam tibi nulla coma est. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1. 
 
 Cease doctoring your hair, I used to cry : 
 But now you have no longer hair to dye. Ed. 
 
 1120. Dicenda tacendaque calles. (L.) Pers. 4, 5. You know 
 
 when to speak and wJien to be silent. Cf. Dicenda tacenda 
 locutus. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72. Saying whatever came 
 into his head, lit., things to be mentioned as well as 
 what should be suppressed. Conversation of a man when 
 the wine has got into his head. 
 
 1121. Dicere quod puduit, scribere jussit amor. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Heroid. 4, 10. 
 What shame forbade me speak, Love bade me write. Ed. 
 
 1122. Die, hospes, Spartae nos te hie vidisse jacentes 
 
 Dum saiictis patriae legibus obsequimur. 
 
 (L.) Simonid. Epigr. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101. 
 
 . 
 
 Thermopylae. 
 
 Stranger ! to Sparta say that here we fell, 
 Obedient to the land we loved so well ! Ed. 
 
 1123. Dicite To Pasan, et lo bis dicite Paean; 
 
 Decidit in casses prfeda petita meos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Art. Am. 2, 1. 
 
 Hurrah ! Hurrah ! and give one cheer more yet ! 
 The game I chased has fallen into my net. Ed. 
 
 1124. Die mihi, an boni quid usquam est, quod quisquam uti posset 
 
 Sine malo omni : aut, ne laborem capias, quum illo uti 
 vellesl (L.} Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 34. Tell me, is there a 
 a single blessing that a man can enjoy free from all evil, 
 or that he must not take great pains to obtain ? 
 
 1125. Dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus, 
 
 Nemo ridet. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22 and 24. I repeat 
 a witty saying from among the best bonmots, and no one 
 laughs. 
 
 1126. Dicta fides sequitur. (L.) Ov. M. 3, 527. The words 
 
 are straight fulfilled. The promise is immediately ful- 
 filled. Cf. Res dicta secuta est. Id. ibid. 4, 550. 
 The deed forthwith followed the word. Instant accom- 
 plishment. 
 
 1127. Dicta tibi est lex. (L.} Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18. You know 
 
 the conditions.
 
 128 DICTUM. 
 
 1128. Dictum ac factum, or dictum factum. (Z.) Ter. And. 2, 
 
 3, 7. No sooner said than done. (In Greek, a/za liros 
 apa epyov, word and deed at once.) 
 
 1129. Dictum sapienti sat est. (L.) Plant. Pers. 4, 7, 19. A 
 
 word to the wise is enough. Verbum sapienti (or Verbum 
 sap.) has the same meaning. 
 
 1130. Die Augen glauben sich selbst, die Ohren andern Leuten. 
 
 (G.) Prov. The eyes believe themselves, the ears other 
 persons. 
 
 1131. Die Erinnerung ist das einzige Paradies aus dem wir nicht 
 
 vertrieben werden konnen. (G.) Jean Paul 1 ? Memory 
 is tlie only Paradise from wliicli no one can drive us. Cf. 
 Die Probe eines Genusses ist seine Erinnerung, id. The 
 test of our enjoyment is its recollection. 
 
 1132. Die ersten Entschliessungen sind nicht immer die kliigsten, 
 
 aber gewohnlich die redlichsten. (G.) Lessing? First 
 resolutions are not always the wisest, but generally the 
 most honest. 
 
 1133. Die Fische haben gut leben, die trinken wann sie wollen. 
 
 (G.) Prov. The fishes have a pleasant life, they drink 
 when they please. 
 
 1134. Die Freuden, die man iibertreibt 
 
 Verwandeln sich in Schmerzen. (G.) Bertuch, Das 
 Lammchen. The pleasures in which men indulge too 
 freely, become pains. 
 
 1135. Die Gabe zu beten ist nicht immer in unserer Gewalt. 
 
 Dem Himmel ist beten wollen auch beten. (G.) Lessing 1 
 
 The gift of prayer is not always in our power, in 
 Heaven's sight the wish to pray is prayer. 
 
 1136. Die Gegenwart isteine macht'ge Gottin. (G.) Goethe, 
 
 Tasso. The Present is a mighty goddess. 
 
 1137. Die Geister platzen auf einander. (G.) Luther? The 
 
 Spirits explode against each ot/ter. Angry recriminations 
 between literary opponents. 
 
 1138. Die Irrthumer des Menschen machenihn eigentlich liebens- 
 
 wiirdig. (G.) A man's faults make him really lovable. 
 
 1139. Die Krankheit des Gemiithes loset sich 
 
 In Klagen und Yertrau'n am leicht'sten auf. (G. ) Goethe 
 Tasso. Morbidity of mind finds vent most easily in com- 
 plaints and confidences.
 
 DIES. 129 
 
 1140. Die Kunst darf nio ein Kunststiick werden. (G.) Art 
 
 should never degenerate into artifice. 
 
 1141. Die Leidenschaften sind Mangel oder Tugenden, nur ges- 
 
 teigerte. (G.) Goethe, Spriiche. The Passions are Vices 
 or Virtues only in an exaggerated form. 
 
 1142. Die Liebe ist der Liebe Preis. (G.) Schill. Don Carlos, 
 
 2, 8 (Princess Eboli loq.). Love is the reward of love. 
 
 1143. Diem perdidi. (L.) Suet. Tit. 8. I have lost a day/ 
 
 Reflection of the Emperor Titus, if on finding at night 
 that he had done no good action during the preceding 
 day. 
 
 Count that day lost whose low descending sun 
 Views from thy hand no noble action done. 
 
 Stamford's Art of Reading, 3d ed. p. 27, Boston 1803. 
 
 1144. Die Natur hat jederzeit Recht, und das gerade da am 
 
 griindlichsten, wo wir sie am wenigsten begreifen. (G.) 
 Goethe, Spriiche. Nature is always right, and particu- 
 larly, most emphatically there where we least understand her. 
 
 1145. Die Natur ist das einzige Buch, das auf alien Slattern 
 
 grossen Inhalt bietet. (G.) Goethe, Spriiche. Nature 
 is tJie only book that presents weighty matter on every page. 
 
 1146. Die Natur kann nicht anders, als ewig recht handeln; un- 
 
 bekiimmert was daraus erfolgen moge. (G.) Goethe, 
 Spriiche. Nature cannot do other than always act aright, 
 unconcerned what may be the result. 
 
 1147. Die Natur weiss allein, was sie will. (G.} Goethe, 
 
 Spriiche. Nature alone knows what she means. 
 
 1148. Die Regierung muss der Bewegung stets einen Schritt 
 
 voraus sein. (G.) T/te Government must always be 
 a step in advance of public opinion. Count Arnim- 
 Boytzenburg, speech on the address to the Throne, April 
 2, 1848. 
 
 1149. Dies adimit segritudinem. (Z.) Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 13. 
 
 Time effaces grief. 
 
 1150. Dies datus. (L.) Law Term. A given day', appointed for 
 
 appearance before the Court to put in an answer. (2.) 
 Dies dominicus non est juridicus. Sunday is not a day 
 for leyal proceedings. Hence the term dies non (sub. 
 dominicus), a no-day or bye-day, when" courts, banks, and 
 public offices are closed, and no business can be transacted. 
 (3.) Dies faustus (infaustus). A lucky (unlucky) day.
 
 130 DIE SELIGKEIT. 
 
 1151. Die Seligkeit nicht selbst, nur ihrer werth zu sein, 
 
 Das ist die Bliithe dieses Thales. (G.) Tiedge ? 
 
 Not blessedness itself, but to be worthy of it, 
 That is the blossom of this earthly vale. Ed. 
 
 1152. Dies irse, dies ilia Sseclum sol vet in favilla 
 
 Teste David cum Sibylla, etc. 
 
 ? Thomas de Celano, 13th century. 
 
 Day of wrath ! Day of mourning ! 
 
 See fulfilled the prophet's warning, 
 
 Heaven and earth in ashes burning ! etc. Dr Irons. 
 
 The opening lines of the Prose sung in the Mass for the 
 Dead, also used in the Commemoration of the Faithful 
 Departed on All Souls Day. 
 
 1153. Dies regnis ilia suprema fuit. (L.) Ov. F. 2, 852. That 
 
 was the last day of that royal line. Said of the expulsion 
 of the kings from Latium. 
 
 1154. Die Statte, die ein guter Mensch betrat, 
 
 Ist eingeweiht ; nach hundert Jahren klingt 
 Sein Wort und seine That dem Enkel wieder. 
 
 (G.) Goethe, Tasso, 1, 1. 
 
 The places trodden by a good man's foot 
 
 Are hallowed ground : after a hundred years 
 
 His words and deeds come back to his posterity. Ed. 
 
 1155. Dieu avec nous. (Fr.) God with us. Motto of Earl of 
 
 Berkeley and Lord Fitz Hardinge. 
 
 1156. Dieu ayde. (Fr.) God assist. Motto of Viscount Mount- 
 
 morres and Viscount Frankfort. 
 
 1157. Dieu defend le droit. (Fr.) God defends the right. Motto 
 
 of Earl Spencer and Lord Churchill. 
 
 1158. Dieu est le poete, les hommes ne sont que les acteurs. Ces 
 
 grandes pieces qui se jouent sur la terre ont dt6 compose'es 
 dans le ciel. (Fr.) J. Balzac, Socrate Chretien. God 
 is the poet, men are only the actors; tlie great dramas 
 which are played on earth have been composed in heaven. 
 
 1159. Dieu et mon droit. (Fr.) God and my right. Motto of 
 
 the Sovereigns of Great Britain. 
 
 The Motto was assumed by Cceur-de-Lion, with reference to his 
 French conquests, and seems to have been revived in the same 
 connection by Edward III., and continued in use until Elizabeth. 
 Since Queen Anne, who adopted Elizabeth's motto (Semper eadem, 
 q.v.), the words have been the uniform motto of the Kings of 
 England.
 
 DIFFICILE. 131 
 
 1160. Dieu fit du repentir la vertu des mortels. (Fr.) Volt. 
 
 Olympic, 2, 2. God made repentance the virtue of 
 mankind. 
 
 1161. Dieu, France et Marguerite, 
 
 Hors cet annel, point n'ai d'amour. (Fr.) God, France, 
 and Margaret, beyond this ring I have no other love. 
 Inscribed on a ring by St Louis (Louis IX.). 
 
 1162. Die Uhrschlagt keinem Gliicklichen. (G.) Schill. Piccol. 
 
 3, 3. The clock does not strike for the happy. 
 
 1163. Dieu me conduise. (Fr.) God direct me! Motto of 
 
 Lord DelavaL 
 
 1164. Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Henri Estienne, Premices, p. 47 (1594). God tempers 
 the wind to the sJwrn lamb. Sterne, Sent. Journey. 
 
 1165. Dieu pour la tranche^, qui centre] (Fr.) If God is for 
 
 the Trench, who shall be against it ? Motto of Earl 
 Clancarty. 
 
 1166. Dieu seul devine les sots. (Fr.) Prov. God only can 
 
 understand fools. 
 
 1167. Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht. (G.) Schill. 
 
 (Resignation), Thalia, vol. i. pt. 2. History is the world's 
 judgment. 
 
 1168. Die Welt will Nacht-eulen haben, sich zu verwundern. (G.) 
 
 Prov. The world will have night-owls, to have something 
 to wonder at. 
 
 1169. Differ: habent parvse commoda magna morse. (L.) Ov. 
 
 4, 3, 394. Wait a while: a short delay often has great 
 advantages. 
 
 1170. Difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliet animos honiinum 
 
 comitas, affabilitasque sermonis. (L.) Cic. Off. 2, 14, 
 48. It is difficult to express the effect that courtesy and 
 affability of speech have in conciliating the dispositions of 
 others. 
 
 1171. Difficile est crimen non prodere vultu. (L.) Prov. Ov. 
 
 M. 2, 447. It is difficult not to betray guilt by one's 
 looks. 
 
 1172. Difficile est, fateor, sed tendit in ardua virtus. (L.) Ov. 
 
 Ep. 2, 2, 113. It is difficult, I acknowledge, but courage 
 aims high.
 
 132 DIFFICILE. 
 
 1173. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem, 
 
 Difficile est ; verum hoc qualubet efficias. 
 
 (L.) Cat. 76, 13. 
 
 'Tis hard to quit at once long-cherished love ; 
 
 'Tis hard ; set somehow you'll successful prove. Ed. 
 
 1174. Difficile est proprie communia dicere. (L.) Hor. A. P. 
 
 128. It is hard to treat hackneyed subjects with origin- 
 ality. Conington. 
 
 'Tis hard, I grant, to treat a subject known 
 
 And hackneyed so that it may look one's own. Id. 
 
 1175. Difficile est satiram non scribere. Nam quis iniquae 
 
 Tarn patiens urbis, tarn feiTeus, ut teneat se ? 
 
 (L.) Juv. 1, 30. 
 
 Indeed the hard thing's not to satirize, 
 For who's so tolerant of the vicious town, 
 So cased in iron, as to hold his spleen ? 
 
 1176. Difficile est, tristi fingere mente jocum. (L.) Tib. 3, 7, 
 
 2. It is hard pretending gaiety with a sad heart. 
 
 1177. Difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 133 (Rib.). Our ears ought to be deaf in listening 
 to accusations of others. 
 
 1178. Difficilis, facilis, jucundus, acerbus es idem ; 
 
 Nee tecum possum vivere, nee sine te. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 12, 47, 1. 
 
 You please, provoke, by turns amuse and grieve ; 
 That nor without nor with thee can I live. Ed. 
 or 
 
 In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, 
 Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, 
 Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thce, 
 That there's no living with thee nor without thee. (?) 
 
 1179. Difficilis optimi perfectio atque absolutio. (L.) Cic. Brut. 
 
 36, 137. Perfection and finish of the highest kind is 
 very hard to attain. 
 
 1180. Difficilius est temperare felicitati, qua te non putes diu 
 
 iisurum. (L.) Tac. H. 2, 47. It is a more difficult 
 matter to restrain one's enjoyment of good fortune, when 
 you have reason to think that it will not last long. 
 
 1181. Diffugiunt, cadis Cum fsece siccatis amici 
 
 Ferre jugum pariter dolosi. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 35, 26. 
 
 Unequal to misfortune's yoke 
 
 Your friends, when all the wine is gone, 
 
 Faithless will leave you alone. Ed.
 
 DILATOR. 133 
 
 Cf. Diligitur nemo, nisi cui Fortuna secunda est ; 
 
 Quse, simul intonuit, proxima quseque fugat. Ov. Ep. 2, 3, 23. 
 
 No man's beloved save when his Fortune's bright : 
 When thunder's heard, off flies each parasite. Ed. 
 
 1182. Dignurn barba dignumque capillis 
 
 Hajoruni. (L.) Juv. 16, 31. 
 
 A wise, grave, and reverend seignior. 
 He's worthy of the beard and hair 
 That our forefathers used to wear. Ed. 
 
 1183. Dignum laude virum musa vetat mori 
 
 Ccelo musa beat. (L.) Hor. C. 41, 8, 28. 
 
 The man of honest worth 
 
 The muse will not let die, 
 But lifts him from the earth 
 
 Among the blest on high. Ed. 
 
 1184. Di irati laneos pedes habent. (L.) Macr. 1, 8, 5. The 
 
 angered gods have feet of wool. Though noiseless and 
 unperceived, punishment certainly overtakes the sinner. 
 
 1185. Dii rexque secundent. (L.) May God and tJie king 
 
 favour us. Motto of Soapmakers' Company. 
 
 1186. Diis aliter visum. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 428. The Gods have 
 
 judged otherwise. Cf. the French proverb : L'homme 
 propose, Dieu dispose. Man proposes, God disposes. 
 
 1187. Diis proximus ille est 
 
 Quern ratio, non ira movet, qui facta rependens 
 Consilio punire potest. (L.) Claud. Cons. Mall. 227. 
 
 Impartial justice. 
 
 He most resembles God, whom not blind rage 
 But reason moves : who weighs the facts, and thence 
 Gives penalties proportionate to th' offence. Ed. 
 
 1188. Dii talem terris avertite pestem ! (L.) "Virg. A. 3, 620. 
 
 May God avert from the earth such a scourge / 
 
 1189. Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, 
 
 Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti 
 Se puero, censor castigatorque minorum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 172. 
 
 The old fogey. 
 
 Inert, irresolute, his neck he cranes 
 Into the future, grumbles and complains, 
 Extols his own young years with peevish praise, 
 But rates and censures these degenerate days. Coningion.
 
 134 DILIGENTIA. 
 
 1190. Diligentia, qua una virtute omnes virtutes reliquse contin- 
 
 entur. (L.) Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 150. Diligence, the one 
 virtue that contains in itself all the rest. Cf. " ' Dili- 
 gent ! ' that includes all virtues in it a student can have." 
 Carlyle, Installation Address, Edinburgh, April 1866. 
 
 1191. Di meliora, or nielius (dent, or velint understood or ex- 
 
 pressed). (L.) Heaven forbid. Lit., May the gods 
 grant better than you say. Cf. Di nielius duint. Ter. 
 Phorm. 5, 9, 16 ; and Di meliora velint. Ov. M. 7, 37. 
 
 1192. Di melius quam nos moneamus talia quemquam. (L.) 
 
 Ov. K. A. 439. God forbid that I should counsel any man 
 to adopt such a course. 
 
 1193. Dimidium facti, qui ccepit, habet : sapere aude; 
 
 Incipe. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 41. 
 
 Come now, have courage to be wise : begin : 
 You're half way over when you once plunge in. Conington. 
 Cf. the Greek proverb, dpxy rb rffjutrv iravrbs. The beginning is 1ml f 
 the whole. Or the French, Ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute. 
 It is only the first step that costs anything. Well begun is half done. 
 
 1194. Di nos quasi pilas homines habent. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 
 
 Prol. 22. The gods treat us mortals like so many balls 
 to play with. 
 
 1195. Diruit, sedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis. (L.) Hor. Ep. 
 
 1, 1, 67. 
 
 A flighty, dreamy, inconsequent fellow. 
 Builds castles up, then pulls them to the ground, 
 Keeps changing round for square, and square for round. 
 
 Conington. 
 
 1196. Disce, aut discede. (L.) Learn, or leave. Punning in- 
 
 scription for a schoolroom. 
 
 1197. Disce, docendus adhuc, quse censet amiculus, ut si 
 
 Csecus iter monstrare velit : tamen aspice, si quid 
 Et nos quod cures proprium fecisse loquamur. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 3. 
 Yet hear a fellow-student : 'tis as though 
 The blind should point you put the way to go, 
 But still give heed, and see if I produce 
 Aught that hereafter you may find of use. Conington. 
 
 1198. Disce hinc quid possit fortuna, imrnota labascunt, 
 
 Et quse perpetuo sunt fluitura, manent. 
 
 (L.) Janus Vital is ? 
 The Tiber at E&me. 
 
 See fortune's power : th' immovable decays, 
 And what is ever moving, ever stays. Ed.
 
 DISJICE. 135 
 
 1199. Disce patL (L.) Learn to suffer. Motto of the Earl 
 
 of Camperdown. 
 
 1200. Disce puer virtutem ex me, verumque laborem, 
 
 Fortunam ex aliis. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 435. 
 
 <d2neas to Ascanius. 
 Learn of your father to be great, 
 Of others to be fortunate. Conington. 
 
 1201. Discere si cupias, gratis quod quseris habebis. (L.) // 
 
 you desire to learn, you shall have ivhat you desire free 
 of cost. Inscription on a school at Salzburg, and a good 
 motto for the advocates of Free Education. Vide Times 
 of October 13, 1885. 
 
 1202. Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius illud 
 
 Quod quis deridet quam quod probat et veneratur. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 262. 
 For easier 'tis to learn and recollect 
 
 What moves derision than what claims respect. Conington. 
 Cf. Dociles imitandis 
 
 Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus et Catilinam 
 
 Quocunque in populo videas, quocunque sub axe. Juv. 14, 40. 
 
 Quick are we all to learn what's vile and base, 
 
 And Catilines you may find in every race 
 
 And under every sky. Ed. 
 
 1203. Discitur innocuas ut agat facundia causas : 
 
 Protegit hsec sontes, immeritosque premit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 2, 273. 
 The Bar. 
 
 1' the cause of truth men study eloquence ; 
 Yet it screens guilt, and bullies innocence. Ed. 
 
 1204. Discors concordia. (L.) Ov.M. 1,433. Discordant concord. 
 
 1205. Diseur de bons mots, mauvais caractere. (Fr.) Pascal, 
 
 Pense*es Mor. 26. To be a say&r of good things is a sign 
 of a bad disposition. 
 
 1206. Disjecti membra poetse. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 62. Limbs of 
 
 the dismembered poet. Lines and expressions of a great 
 poet divorced from their context, or absurdly and inap- 
 propriately applied, are still good poetry, though they be 
 but the poet's mangled remains. 
 
 1207. Disjice compositam pacem, sere crimina belli, 
 
 Anna velit poscatque simul rapiatque juventus. (L.) 
 Virg. A. 7, 338. Juno loq. (bidding Alecto sow 
 hostilities between Trojans and Latins). 
 
 Break off this patched-up peace, sow war's alarms ! 
 
 Let youth desire, demand and seize its arms ! Ed.
 
 136 DISPONENDO. 
 
 1208. Disponendo ine, non mutando me. (L.) By displacing, 
 not by changing me. Motto of the Duke of Man- 
 chester. 
 
 1309. Dissolve frigus, ligna super foco 
 
 Large reponens, atque benignius 
 Deprome quadrimum Sabina, 
 
 O Thaliarche, merum diota. (L.} Hor. C. 1,9, 5. 
 
 Winter-time. 
 Let's melt the cold with ruddy glow 
 
 From blazing logs ; then fill a flask, 
 
 Thaliarchus, from the Sabine cask 
 That's mellowed since four years ago. Ld. 
 
 1210. Dis te minorem quod geris, imperas : 
 
 Hinc omne principium, hue refer exiturn. 
 Di multa neglect! dederunt 
 
 Hesperise mala luctuosse. (Z-.) Hor. C. 3, 6, 5. 
 
 The cause of Rome's decay. 
 The fear of God cements your sway, 
 
 From first to last all's in His hand ; 
 And your neglect of Him has brought 
 
 Unnumbered woes upon the land. Ed. 
 
 1211. Distrahit animum librorum multitude. (L.) Sen. Ep. 2. 
 
 A multitude of books distracts the mind. 
 
 1212. Districtus ensis cui super impia 
 
 Cervice pendet, non Siculse dapes 
 Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, 
 
 Non avium citharseque cantus 
 Somnurn reducent. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 7. 
 
 Damocles' sword. 
 
 When o'er his guilty head the sword 
 Unsheathed hangs, nor sumptuous board 
 Spread with Sicilian cates will please, 
 Nor song of singing-birds give ease 
 Or Music bring back sleep. Ed. 
 
 1213. Distringas. (L.) Law Term. You may distrain. Writ 
 
 formerly empowering the sheriff to distrain goods in 
 order to compel an appearance. 
 
 1214. Di tibi dent annos ! a te nam csetera sumes ! 
 
 Sint modo virtuti tempora longa tuse. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 1, 58. 
 
 God grant thee years ! the rest thou canst provide, 
 If for thy virtues time be not denied. Ed.
 
 DIXERIT. 137 
 
 1215. Di tibi sint faciles ! et opis nullius egentem 
 
 Foi'tunam pfsestent, dissimilemque mese. (L.) Ov. ? 
 
 The Gods befriend thee, and such fate assign 
 As needs not help, the opposite of mine. Ed. 
 
 1216. Di tibi, si qua pios respectant nuraina, si quid 
 
 Usquam justitia est et mens sibi conscia recti, 
 Praamia digna ferant. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 603. 
 
 The Gods (if Gods to goodness are inclined, 
 If acts of mercy touch their heavenly mind), 
 And, more than all the Gods, your generous heart, 
 Conscious of worth, requite its own desert ! Dryden. 
 
 1217. Dives agris, dives positis in foenore nummis. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 1, 2, 13. Rich in land, besides money laid out at 
 interest. 
 
 1218. Dives amicus 
 
 Ssepe decem vitiis instructior, odit et horret. (L.) Hor. 
 Ep. 1, 18, 25. Your rich friend, though ten times more 
 deeply dyed in tJie vices you affect, hates and abJwrs your 
 imitation of him. 
 
 1219. Dives qui fieri vult, Et cito vult fieri. (L.) Juv. 14, 176. 
 
 The man who would be rich desires to get rich at once. 
 
 1220. Divide et impera. (Z.) Divide and govern. 
 
 This maxim has obtained both in politics and in religion. In the 
 one, the supreme power has often been more securely held, by turn- 
 ing the various currents of faction to act against each other, and so 
 diverting them from a combination against the throne ; while in 
 the other, the enemy of Christianity has endeavoured to ruin the 
 unity of the Church by calling into existence a multitude of mutu- 
 ally conflicting sects. 
 
 1221. Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana rcdincavit urbes. 
 
 (L.) Varr. Res. Rom. 3, 1. Divine Nature gave the 
 country, the art of man built the cities. 
 Of. Cowper, Task, Sofa, 1, 749 : 
 
 God made the country and man made the town. 
 
 1222. Divitiae grandes hoorini sunt, vivere parcfc 
 
 ^Equo animo ; neque enim est unquam penuria pavvi. (L.) 
 Lucret. 5, 1117. It is wealth to a man to be able to live 
 contentedly upon a frugal store : nor can there be ivant to 
 him who wants but little. 
 
 1223. Dixerit e multis aliquis, quid virus in anguem 
 
 Adjicis? et rabidre tradis ovile lupse? (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 7. 
 
 On teaching women the art of love. 
 Some ask, why add more venom to the asp ? 
 Why to the fierce she-wolf the fojd unhasp ? Ed.
 
 138 DIXIT. 
 
 1224. Dixit et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, 
 
 Ambrosiaeque comse divinum vertice odorem 
 
 Spiravere : pedes vestis defluxit ad imos ; 
 
 Et vera incessu patuit Dea. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 402. 
 
 Venus. 
 
 She turned and flashed upon their view 
 Her stately neck's purpureal hue ; 
 Ambrosial tresses round her head 
 A more than earthly fragrance shed : 
 Her falling robe her footprints swept, 
 And show'd the Goddess as she stept. Coninyton. 
 
 1225. D. M. (abbrev. for Dis Manibus). (L.)To the sacred 
 
 spirits of the departed. Sepulchral inscription. (2.) 
 Or for Deo magno, To the great God. 
 
 1226. Docti rationem artis intelligunt, indocti voluptatem. (L.) 
 
 1 Quint. Learned men comprehend the principles of art, 
 the unlearned experience the pleasure only. 
 
 1227. Doctor. (L.) A learned divine. Theological professor. 
 
 D. Angelicus (the angelic), title of Thomas Aquinas : D. Auihen- 
 ticus (Authentic), Gregory of Rimini : D. Christianissimus (Most 
 Christian), John Gerson : D. Irrefragdbilis (Irrefutable), Alex- 
 ander de Hales : D. Mirdbilis (Wonderful), Roger Bacon : D. 
 Profundity (Profound), Thomas Bradwardine : D. Singularis (In- 
 imitable), William Occam : D. Seraphicus (Seraphic), Bonaven- 
 tura : D. Subtilis (Subtle), Duns Scotus, etc., etc. 
 
 1228. Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam, 
 
 Rectique cultus pectora roborant : 
 Utcunque defecere mores 
 
 Dedecorant bene nata culpse. (Z.) Hor. C. 4, 4, 33. 
 
 But care draws forth the power within 
 And cultured minds are strong for good : 
 
 Let manners fail, the plague of sin 
 Taints e'en the course of gentle blood. Conington. 
 
 More literally : " But instruction enlarges the innate 
 powers " (of the mind), and careful training adds moral 
 strength to the breast, etc. 
 
 1229. Dolendi modus, non est timendi. (L.) Plin. 8, 17. 
 
 Pain has its limits, apprehension none. 
 
 1230. Doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 2, 
 
 1, 30. Fraud is not fraud, when there's no subtlety 
 designed. 
 
 1231. Dolor ipse disertum Fecerat. (L.) Ov. M. 13, 228. 
 
 Grief of itself made me eloquent.
 
 DOMUS. 139 
 
 1232. Dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat 1 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 390. 
 
 Who questions when with foes we deal, 
 
 If craft or courage guides the steel ? Conington. 
 
 Cf. Dolo pugnandum est, dum quis par non est armis. Nep. 
 Harm. 10. He must fight by stratagem who cannot match his foe 
 in arms. Cf. the proverb, All's fair in love and war. 
 
 1233. Dolus (or dolosus) versatur in generalibus. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. fraud, or a person intending to deceive, deals in 
 general terms. 
 
 In Twyne's case (3 Rep. 80) a gift, by which the defendant sought 
 to evade payment by making a secret and general gift of all his 
 goods to a third party, was declared fraudulent ; for this reason 
 (amongst others), that the gift was general, not excepting personal 
 apparel and other necessaries, this being sufficient to stamp the 
 proceeding with the marks of intentional fraud (see Broom, p. 
 284 seq.). 
 
 1234. Dominam emacem (or Domina emax). (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 1, 421. A lady who is always buying. Fond of shop- 
 ping and of bargains. 
 
 1235. Domine, dirige nos. (L.) Lord, direct us/ Motto of the 
 
 City of London, and of the City of London School. 
 
 1236. Dominus dedit. (L.) The Lord gave. M. of Lord Herries. 
 
 1237. Dominus illuminatio mea. (L.) Vulg. Ps. xxvi. 1. The 
 
 Lord is my Light. Motto of University of Oxford. 
 
 1238. Dominus providebit. (L.) The Lord will provide. Motto 
 
 of the Earl of Glasgow. 
 
 1239. Dominus vobiscum, et cum spiritu tuo. (L.) The Lord 
 
 be with you, and with thy spirit. The common Versicle 
 and Response in the offices of the Church. 
 
 1240. Domi puer ea sola discere potest quse ipsi prsecipiuntur, in 
 
 schola etiam quse aliis. (L.) Quint. ? At home a boy 
 can only learn what is taught him individually, but at 
 school he learns in addition what is taught to others. 
 Advantages of a school-education. 
 
 1241. Domum pusillam rempublicam. (L.) Sen. Ep. 49. 
 
 Every household is a republic in miniature, or, as we 
 should say, a miniature kingdom. 
 
 1242. Domus arnica domus optimus. (L.) A friend's house is 
 
 the best house. 
 
 1243. Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. Every man's house is his castle.
 
 140 DONA. 
 
 1244. Dona praesentis cape laetus horse, et 
 
 Linque severa. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 8, 27. 
 
 The guerdon of the passing hour 
 Seize gladly \vhile 'tis in thy power 
 And bid dull care begone. Ed. 
 
 1245. Donatio mortis causa. (L.) Law Term. A donation in 
 
 prospect of death, differing from a legacy in that it 
 requires no probate, not being a testamentary act. 
 
 1246. Donee eris felix multos numerabis amicos, 
 
 Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris. (L.} Ov. T. 1,9, 5. 
 
 Parasites. 
 
 "While fortune smiles you'll have a host of friends, 
 But they'll desert you when the storm descends. Ed. 
 Cf. Ut cuique homini res parata est, firmi amici sunt : si res lassa 
 labat Itidem amici conlabascunt. Res amicos invenit. Plaut. 
 Stich. 4, 1, 16. According as a man's -means are, so is his friends' 
 constancy. Let his means come to an end, and his friends will fall 
 away too. It is money that finds us in friends. 
 
 1247. Donne, asini e noci 
 
 Voglian le mani atroci. (It.) Prov. Women, asses, 
 and nuts require strong hands. 
 
 1248. Donner de si mauvaise grace qu'on n'a pas d'obligation. 
 
 (Fr.) To give in so imgracious a manner, as to cancel 
 any obligation. 
 
 1249. Dono dedit, or D. D. (L.) Gave as a gift. Inscription 
 
 on presents. Sometimes the phrase is expanded to Dat, 
 donat dicatque, or D. D. D., he gives, presents, and 
 dedicates this book, etc., to so and so. 
 
 1250. Dont elle eut soin de peindre et orner son visage, 
 
 Pour reparer des ans 1'irrdparable outrage. (Fr.) 
 Hue. Athalie. She had taken care to paint and adorn 
 her face, to repair the irretrievable ravages of time. 
 Quoted of ladies who paint, the last line being fre- 
 quently said a propos of any refurbishing of old and 
 faded things. 
 
 1251. Donum exitiale Minervse. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 31. Minerva's 
 
 fatal gift, i.e., the wooden horse, by means of which Troy 
 was taken at the suggestion of Minerva, patron of learn- 
 ing and arts. Hence, an excessive facility or talent in 
 any art used to the author's hurt may be so called. 
 
 1252. Dormir les poings ferme's. (Fr.) Prov. To sleep with 
 
 one's fists closed, i.e., very soundly. To sleep " on both 
 ears."
 
 DUCE. 141 
 
 1253. Dormiunt aliquando leges, nunquam moriuntur. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. The law sleeps sometimes, but it never dies. 
 
 1254. Dos est magna parentium 
 
 Virtus, et metuens alterius viri 
 Certo foedere castitas, 
 
 Et peccare nefas, aut pretium emori. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 3, 24, 21. 
 Domestic chastity. 
 Theirs are dowries not of gold, 
 
 Their parents' worth, their own pure chastity 
 True to one, to others cold : 
 
 They dare not sin, or, if they dare, they die. Conington. 
 Horace contrasts the strict conjugal fidelity of the wild races of the 
 North with the licentious manners of Roman society. 
 
 1255. Aoo-is S'dAtyj? re, <iA7? T. (Gr.) Horn. Od. 6, 208. .4 
 
 little gift but a valued one. 
 
 1256. Dos linajes solo hay en el mundo, el "Tener" y el "no 
 
 tener." (S.) Prov. ap. Cervantes, D. Quijote, 2, 20. 
 There are but two families in the world, the " Haves " 
 and the " Haven' ts." 
 
 1257. Double entendre. (Fr.) A double meaning. Any am- 
 
 biguous expression to which two meanings may be 
 attached, generally in a bad sense. 
 
 1258. Douce est la niort qui vient en bien aimant. (Fr.) Desportes, 
 
 Sonnet. /Sweet is the death that comes thro' loving well. 
 
 1259. Do ut des. (L.) / give in order that you may give. 
 
 Maxim of Bismarck, and translated by Mr Goschen 
 (speech at Leeds, see Times of February 12, 1885) to 
 mean, " The exchange of friendly offices, based on the 
 avowed self-interest of the parties." 
 
 1260. Droit et avant. (Fr.) Sight and forward. Motto of 
 
 Earl Sydney. 
 
 1261. Droit et loyal. (Fr.) Right and loyal. Motto of Lord 
 
 Huntingfield. 
 
 1262. Dubitando ad veritatem pervenimus. (L.) Cic. de Off. 
 
 Through doubt we arrive at the truth. 
 A maxim which may apply in scientific research, but opposed to 
 all principles of revealed truth, which is arrived at not by doubt, 
 but by faith, notwithstanding all that Lord Tennyson is pleased to 
 say of " honsst doubt " to the contrary. 
 
 1263. Duce et auspice. (L.) Under His lead and auspices. 
 
 Motto of the Order of the Holy Ghost (France).
 
 142 DUCES. 
 
 1264. Duces tecum. (L.) Law Term. Ton shall briny with 
 
 you, viz., papers, documents, etc., into court. 
 
 1265. Duce tempus eget. (L.) Lucan. 7, 88. The times require 
 
 a leader. A case of men not measures. The hour has 
 come, but not' the man. 
 
 1266. Du choc des esprits jaillissent les etincelles. (Fr.} Prov. 
 
 When great spirits clash sparks fly about. 
 
 1267. Ducimus autem Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitse 
 
 Nee jactare jugum, vita didicere magistra. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 13, 20. 
 
 But, they are also to be reckoned blest 
 
 Who've learnt as 'prentices in Life's stern school 
 
 To bear life's ills, nor fret beneath his rule. Ed. 
 
 1268. Ducit amor patrise. (L.) The love of country leads me. 
 
 Motto of Lord Milford. 
 
 1269. Ductor dubitantium. (L.} A guide of persons in doubt. 
 
 A spiritual adviser, director, casuist. 
 
 1270. Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. (L.) Sen. Ep. 107. 
 
 Fate leads th' obedient, drags those that resist. Ed. 
 
 1271. Dulce domum resonemus. (L-)1 Let us make the sweet 
 
 song of " Home " to resound ! 
 
 Burden of the Domum, or well-known school song (Concinamus, 
 sodales, etc., Comrades, let us sing together) sung at Winchester 
 and other schools on the eve of the holidays. Duke domum is 
 sometimes improperly used for "sweet home." 
 
 1272. Dulce etiam fugias, fieri quod amarum potest. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Pub. Syr. 144, Rib. Fly even from ivhat seems pleasant 
 but may turn out to be bitter in the end. 
 
 1273. Dulce sodalitium. (L.) A pleasant association of friends. 
 
 1274. Dulcique animos novitate tenebo. (L.) Ov. M. 4, 284. 
 
 / will captivate your mind with the charm of 
 novelty. 
 
 1275. Dulcis amor patrise, dulce videre suos. (L.) Ov. 1 Sweet 
 
 is the love of one's country, sweet to see one's own kin- 
 dred ! Exclamation of Ovid when an exile on the 
 Black Sea. 
 
 1276. Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; 
 
 Expertus metuit. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 86. 
 
 Untried how sweet a court attendance ! 
 
 When tried, how dreadful the dependence ! Francis. 
 
 A patron's service is a strange career, 
 
 The tiros love it, but the experts fear. Conington.
 
 DUM. 143 
 
 1277. Duldet muthig, Millionen ! Duldet fur die bess're Welt ! 
 
 Droben iiber'm Sternenzelt 
 
 Wird ein grosser Gott belohnen. (G.) Schill. An die 
 Freunde. Suffer bravely, ye Millions ! suffer for the 
 better world / There above the canopy of stars will a great 
 God reward you. Written after rescuing a young man 
 from contemplated suicide. 
 
 1278. Dum fata fugimus, fata stulti incurrimus. (L.) Buchanan 1 ? 
 
 While we fly our fate, we are all tlie while blindly 
 rushing on to it. 
 
 1279. Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento hue illuc impel- 
 
 litur. (Z.) Ter. And. 1, 5, 31. While the mind is in 
 suspense, a very little suffices to turn it this ivay or that. 
 
 1280. Dum loquor, hora fugit. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 11, 15. 
 
 While I speak time flies. 
 
 1281. Dummodo sit dives, barbarus ipse placet. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 2, 276. Provided he be rich, a foreigner himself pleases 
 well enough. 
 
 1282. Dum ne ob malefacta peream, parvi sestimo. (Z.) Plant. 
 
 Capt. 3, 5, 24. Provided it be not for evil-doing, I care 
 little for dying. 
 
 1283. Du moment qu'on aime, On devient si doux. (Fr.) 
 
 Marmontel (Zemire et Azor). The moment one is in 
 love, one becomes so amiable. 
 
 1284. Dum, or quamdiu se bene gesserit. (L.) Law Term. 
 
 As long as he conduct himself properly. During good 
 behaviour. (2.) Durante beneplacito. During our good 
 pleasure. 
 
 Both these phrases express the tenure under which most official 
 appointments, such as judgeships and others, are held. Durante 
 vita (during life) would, on the other hand, imply that the office 
 or emolument was held absolutely, independent of all contingencies, 
 until death. 
 
 1285. Dum spiro spero. (L.) While I breathe I hope. Motto 
 
 of Viscount Dillon. 
 
 1 286. Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores ; 
 
 Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 669. 
 
 While strength and years allow, your toils enduro : 
 Bent age will soon with silent foot be here. Ed.
 
 144 DUM. 
 
 1287. Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currant. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 2, 24. 
 
 To escape one vice, fools rush into extremes. Ed. 
 Of. Est luiic diverse vitio vitium prope majus. Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5. 
 A different vice there is, perhaps a worse. Conine/ton. 
 
 1288. Dum vivimus, vivamus. (L.) Inscr. Gruter. While we 
 
 live, let us enjoy life. 
 
 Enjoy life while you can. 
 "Live while you live," the epicure would say, 
 "And seize the pleasures of the present day." Doddridge. 
 
 (2.) Manducemus et bibamus, eras enim moriemur. Vulg. Cor. 1, 
 15, 32. Let us eat cmd drink for to-morrow we die. 
 
 (3.) Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus, 
 
 Vive meinor quam sis sevi brevis. Hor. S. 2, 6, 96. 
 
 Then take, good sir, your pleasure while you may, 
 
 With life so short, 'twere wrong to lose a day. Conington. 
 
 (4.) Dum fata sinunt, vivite laeti. (L.) Sen. Here. Fur. 177. 
 While fate allows, live happily. 
 
 (5.) Sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi 
 
 Spem longam reseces. Dum loquimur, fugerit invida 
 Mta.s : carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. 
 
 Hor. C. 1, 11, 6. 
 Strain your wine, and prove your wisdom : life is short, should 
 
 hope be more ? 
 
 In the moment of our talking, envious time has slipped away. 
 Seize the present ; trust to-morrow e'en as little as you may. 
 
 Conington. 
 
 (6.) Indulge genio, carpamus dulcia ; nostrum est 
 Quod vivis : cinis et manes et fabula fies. 
 Vive memor leti : fugit hora ; hoc, quod loquor, inde est. 
 
 Pers. 5, 151. 
 Stint not then your inclination, pluck the rose-bud while you 
 
 may ; 
 
 It is ours the living moment, soon you'll be but dust and clay. 
 Think of death : the hour's flying, what I speak is sped away. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 1289. D'un deVot souvent au chre'tien veritable 
 
 La distance est deux foix plus longue, & mon avis, 
 
 Que du pole antarctique, au de'troit de Davis. (Fr.) Boil. 1 
 
 'Twixt a true Christian and a devotee 
 
 The distance, to my mind, is twice as great 
 
 As from the Antarctic Pole to Davis' Strait. Ed. 
 
 1290. Duplex est omnino jocandi genus : unum illiberale, petu- 
 
 lans, flagitiosum, obsccenum ; alterum elegans, urbanum, 
 ingeniosum, facetum. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104. There 
 are two kinds of joking. There is the ungentlemanly,
 
 DU TITRE. 145 
 
 rude, outrageous, or filthy class of jokes : and there is the 
 refined, witty, clever, and humorous species. 
 
 1291. Dura aliquis prsecepta vocet inea ; dura fatemur 
 
 Esse ; sed ut valeas, multa dolencla feres. 
 
 (L.) Ov. R A. 225. 
 
 Hard precepts these, one says ; I own they are : 
 
 But health to gain much hardship must you bear. Ed. 
 
 1292. Dura Exerce irnperia, et ramos compesce fiuentes. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 2, 370. 
 
 Exert a rigorous sway, 
 And lop the too luxuriant boughs away. Lryden. 
 
 Very necessary advice to a prolix author. 
 
 1293. Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 207. 
 
 Endure the hardships of the present state ; 
 
 Live, and reserve yourselves for better fate. Drydcn. 
 
 Bear up, and live for happier days. Conington. 
 
 1294. Durum ! Sed levins fit patientia 
 
 Quicquid corrigere est nefas. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 24, 19. 
 
 'Tis hard, but what's impossible to change, 
 Patience will make more light. Ed. 
 
 1295. Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas. (fr.) There is 
 
 only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 
 
 The saying is attributed to Napoleon I., with reference to the 
 Retreat from Moscow in 1813, a phrase which, in conversation with 
 his ambassador, De Pradt, at Warsaw, he kept on repeating five or 
 six times over. The mot is, however, of an earlier origin. Mar- 
 montel, t!799 (Works, vol. v. p. 188), has, " En general, le 
 ridicule touche au sublime." In general the ridiculous ap- 
 proaches very nearly to the sublime : Tom Paine, Age of Reason, 
 1794, pt. 2, fin. (note), had said, "One step above the sublime 
 makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the 
 sublime again." Cf. also Wieland, Abderiten (1774), vol. iii. cap. 
 12 : Die Dummheit hat ihr Sublimes so gut als dcr Verstand, 
 und wer darin bis zum Absurden gehen kann, hat das Erhabene in 
 dieser Art erreicht. (G.) Stupidity has a Sublime of its own as 
 well as wit, and whoever can make it appear absurd, has attained 
 the Siiblime in this particular. And to go to Classical periods, Cf. 
 Longin. de Subl. 311 : 'Efc rov 0o/3e/3oO KO.T' 6\tyov vwovoarei wpbs TO 
 euKara(f>p6vr]rov. (Or.) The dreadful by little and little turns into 
 the contemptible (vide Biichmann, p. 386). 
 
 1296. Du titre de clement rendez-le ambitieux ; 
 
 C'est par la que les rois sont semblables au dieux. 
 
 (Fr.) La Font. (Nympb.es de Vaux). 
 
 To the title of merciful make him aspire ; 
 
 Kings are likest to gods when they conquer their ire. Ed.
 
 146 DUX. 
 
 1297. Duyfceminafacti (L.) Virg. A. 1, 364. 
 
 A woman's daring wrought the deed. Conington. 
 
 E and the Greek H (long E). 
 
 1298. Eamus quo ducit gula. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56. Let us 
 
 go loJiere our appetite calls us. Let us go to dinner. 
 
 1299. Ea quoniam nemini obtrudi potest, 
 
 Itur ad me. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 5, 16. As they cannot 
 foist her off on any one else, tJiey have recourse to me. 
 Said of an unmanageable girl. 
 
 1300. Ea sola voluptas, Solamenque mali. (L.) Virg. A. 3, 
 
 660. His "sole remaining joy" and solace of his woes. 
 Said of the flocks of the Cyclops Polyphemus after he 
 was blinded by Ulysses. 
 
 1301. Eau benite de cour. (Fr.) lit. Court holy water. False 
 
 promises. 
 
 1302. Ebbe il inigliore 
 
 De' miei giorni la patria. (It.} Metast. 1 The lest of 
 my days were devoted to my country. 
 
 1303. E crelo descendit yvutOi o-eavrov. (L.) Juv. 11, 27. 
 
 From heaven descends the precept, Know thyself. Ad- 
 monition of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi. 
 
 It has been attributed to Thales (? Chilo), one of the Seven Sages. 
 Quum igitur, nosce te, dicit, hoc dicit, Nosce animura tuutn : nam 
 corpus quidem quasi vas est aut aliquod aninri receptaculum : 
 ab ammo tuo quidquid agitur, id agitur a te. Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 22, 
 52. When the god says, Know thyself, he means, Know thy own 
 mind: the body being, as it were, the vessel and receptacle of the 
 mind, so that whatever is done by your mind, is done by yourself. 
 
 1304. Ecce Agnus Dei, qui tollit peccata mundi. (L.) Vulg. 
 
 Joan, L 29. Behold the Lamb of God ! that taketh away 
 the sins of the icorld ! M. of Tallow Chandlers' Company. 
 
 1305. Ecce Homo. (L.} Vulg. Joan, xix. 5. Behold the Man! 
 
 Pilate's words on presenting Our Lord to the Jews. 
 Pictures of Our Lord in purple robe and Crown of 
 Thorns and bearing a reed are also so called. 
 
 1306. Ecce iterum Crispinus ! et est mihi saepe vocandus 
 
 Ad partes, monstrum nulla virtute redemptum 
 
 A vitiis, seger, solaque libidine fortis. (L.) Juv. 4, 1. 
 
 Lo ! Crispinus in a new part ; 
 This unmitigated scoundrel, 
 Great alone in sensuality. Shaw
 
 EFFUTIRE. 147 
 
 Ecce iterum Crispinus is said of any person or character 
 who is for ever coming on the scene, or continually 
 " turning-up." "What here again ! Ecce iterum Crispinus/ 
 
 1307. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna com- 
 
 positus. (-Z/.) Sen. Prov. 2. A brave man struggling 
 with misfortune is a match worthy of the Gods to behold. 
 
 1308. 'Exfyjwi' 5.8<apa Swpa KOVK ovrjcrifja. (Gr.) Soph. Aj. 665. 
 
 A foeman's gifts are no gifts, but a curse. Calverley. 
 
 1309. 'E;(#/Dos yap p.oi KCIVOS, 6/tws 'AiSao TnjAyatv, 
 
 "Os x' tfepov p-\v KevOet ivl </oriv, aAAo Se /3a. (Gr.) 
 Horn. II. 9, 312. The man is hateful to me as the gates 
 of Hades, who conceals one thing in his breast, and utters 
 another. 
 
 1310. E contra. (L.) On the other hand. 
 
 1311. Ecorcher une anguille par la queue. (fr.) Prov. To 
 
 skin an eel from the tail. To begin a business at the 
 wrong end. 
 
 1312. Eclepol nae hie dies pervorsus et ad versus mihi obtigit. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 1. (Mensechmus loq.) I declare 
 this day has gone all wrong and contrary with me ! 
 
 1313. "H&o-rov cucow/m ?7raivos. (Gr.} Xen. Mem. 2, 1, 31. 
 
 Praise is the sweetest thing to hear. 
 
 1314. "H fJiaoTa, rj ijSicrTa. (Gr.) Either the least jjossible, or the 
 
 2neasantest possible. If you have bad news, tell it as 
 quickly as you can. 
 
 1315. Effloresco. (L.) I flourish. Motto of Earl Cairns. 
 
 1316. Effugit mortem, quisquis contempserit : timidissimum quem- 
 
 que consequitur. (L.) Curt. 4, 14, 25. The man tvho 
 despises death escapes it, while it overtakes him who is 
 most frightened at it. 
 
 1317. Effutire leves indigna Tragoedia versus, 
 
 TJt festis matrona moveri jussa diebus, 
 Intererit Satyris paullum pudibunda protervis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 231. 
 
 Tragedy and Comedy. 
 
 Like a staid matron on some gala day, 
 
 Who, if she trips it, moves with dignity, 
 
 So Tragedy, disdaining vulgar chatter, 
 
 Consorts but for the nonce with Faun and Satyr. Ed.
 
 148 E FLAMMA. 
 
 1318. E flamma cibum petere. (L.) Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38. To 
 
 snatch food from the flames. To be reduced to the last 
 extremity by want. Of. Cat. 59, 3, Rapere de rogo 
 ccenam. To snatch a dinner from a funeral pile, sc., 
 from the funeral bake-meats placed on the pyre. 
 
 1319. *H yap epbrri IToXAaKts, & HoXvfaifJie, TO, fir] KaXa KaAa 
 
 7re</>avTcu. (Or.) Theocr. Id. 6, 18. Truly, Polyphemus, 
 what is not beautiful often seems so to the eyes of love. 
 
 1320. 'Eyyva' irdpa S'anj. (Gr.) Thales. ap. Plat. Charm. 165A. 
 
 Give a pledge, and trouble is nigh at hand. Cf. 'Eyywxs 
 UTO, 'err i Ovydrrjp) eyyva 8e ^a/^tas. Epicb. 150 Ahr. Mis- 
 chief is the daughter of pledges, and pledges the offspring 
 of loss. Don't stand security for any one, or you'll 
 rue it. 
 
 1321. Egle, belle et poete a deux petits travers, 
 
 Elle fait son visage, et ne fait pas ses vers. 
 
 (Fr.) Lebrun 1 
 
 Mine. F. de BeauTiarnais. 
 Fair Egle the poet (what a paradox hers is !), 
 She makes her complexion, but not her own verses. Ed. 
 
 Impromptu of Lebrun on Mme. Fanny de Beauharnais, a literary 
 lady of the First Empire, who revenged herself by inviting the 
 author of the lines to dinner, and there exhibiting the couplet to 
 her company, with the addition, in her own hand, of "Vers f aits 
 contre moipar M. Lebrun, qui dene aujourd'hui chcz moi /" 
 
 1322. Egli ha fatto il male, ed io mi porto la pena. (It.) Prov. 
 
 He has done the mischief, and I have to bear the blame. 
 
 1323. 'H yXuxrcr' 6fj.u>fJLO)^, f) Se (frprjv avw/ioros. (Gr.) Eurip. 
 
 Hipp. 612 (translated by Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108, Juravi 
 lingua, mentem injuratam gero). My tongue has sworn 
 it, but my mind's unsworn. Mental reservation. 
 
 1324. Ego, Charine, neutiquam officiurn liberi esse hominis puto, 
 
 Quum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi. 
 
 (L.) Ter. And. 2, 1, 3. 
 
 (Pamphilus loq.} I do not think it shows a gentleman, Charinus, 
 To insist on obligations who has none conferred. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 1 325. Ego deum genus esse semper dixi et dicam coelitum : 
 
 Sed eos non curare opinor quid agat humanum genus. 
 (L.) Enn. Telamon. ap. Cic. de Inv. 2, 50, 104. 
 
 I have always said and will say that there is a race of Gods, 
 But, I fancy, that what men do, is to them but little odds. Ed
 
 EGO. 149 
 
 1326. Ego ero post principia. (L.) Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11. I will 
 
 take my stand in the rear ranks. .Prudence is the better 
 part of valour. 
 
 1327. Ego et rex meus. (Z.) / and my king. Phrase used by 
 
 Cardinal Wolsey in official documents, and made one of 
 the counts against him on his fall. 
 
 1328. Ego hsec mecum mussito ; 
 
 Bona mea inhiant ; certatim dona mittunt et munera. 
 (L.) Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 120. 
 
 (Periplectomenes loq.) / say quietly to myself, These 
 people are longing for my money, and trying which can 
 outdo the other in sending me presents and pretty things. 
 Old Miss Crawley ( Vanity Fair} probably said the same 
 of the attentions of her affectionate relations at the Hall 
 and Rectory. 
 
 1329. Ego nee studium sine divite vena 
 
 Nee rude quid possit video ingenium : alterius sic 
 Altera poscit opem res, et conjurat amice. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 409. 
 
 For me, I cannot see how native wit 
 
 Can e'er dispense with art, or art with it. 
 
 Set them to pull together, they're agreed, 
 
 And each supplies what each is found to need. Conington. 
 
 1330. Ego pretium ob stultitiam fero. (L.) Ter. And. 3, 5, 4. 
 
 / am well rewarded for my folly. 
 
 1331. Ego primam tollo, nominor quoniam Leo. (L.) Phsedr. 
 
 1, 5. / take the first share by my title of Lion. The 
 Lion hunting in partnership with Sheep, Cow, and Goat 
 secures all four quarters of the booty for himself : 
 hence Leonina societas (a Lion's society) is used for any 
 assembly whei'e the Lion of the hour engrosses all the 
 attention to himself. 
 
 1332. Ego quod te laudas vehementer probo, 
 
 Namque hoc ab alio nunquam continget tibi. (L.) 
 Phaedr. Mart. 8. / strongly approve of your praising 
 yourself, for it is the only praise you are ever likely to 
 get. JEsop's reply to an author who was much tickled 
 with his own wretched performances. 
 
 1333. Ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives. (Z.) 
 
 Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71. If I can only keep my good name, 
 I shall be rich enough.
 
 150 EGO 
 
 1334. Ego spem pretio non emo. (L.) Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11. I do 
 
 not purchase hope with gold. Mere hopes are not worth 
 such an outlay. 
 
 1335. Egregie cordatus homo catu' ^lius Sextus. (Z.) Enn. ap. 
 
 Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30. An eminently judicious and saga- 
 cious man, jElius Sextus. 
 
 1336. Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, 
 
 Labuntur anni ; nee pietas moram 
 Rugis et instanti senecta3 
 
 Afieret, indomitseque morti. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 14, 1. 
 
 Ah ! Postumus, they fleet away 
 
 Our years, nor piety one hour 
 Can win from wrinkles and decay 
 
 And Death's indomitable power. Conington. 
 
 1337. Eheu ! quam brevibiis pereunt ingentia causis ! (L.) Claud. 
 
 Rufin. 2, 39. Alas! what trifling causes serve to over- 
 throw great power ! 
 So Pope (?) : " What mighty contests spring from trivial things ! " 
 
 1338. Eheu Quam temere in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam ! 
 
 Nam vitiis nemo sine nascitur ; optimus ille est, 
 
 Qui minimis urgetur. (Z/.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 66. 
 
 Alas ! what hasty laws against ourselves we pass ! 
 For none is born without his faults : the best 
 But bears a lighter wallet than the rest. Conington. 
 
 1339. Ehrlich ist ein hohes "Wort, und bedeutet sehr viel, viel 
 
 mehr als die Meisten gewohnlich dahineinlegen. (G.) 
 Arndt. ? Honourable is a word of high meaning, and 
 signifies very much, much more indeed than most people 
 commonly think. 
 
 1340. Ehrlich wahrt am langsten. (G.) Prov. Honesty lasts 
 
 the longest. Honesty is the best policy. 
 
 1341. Ei ist Ei, sagte der Kiister, aber er nahm das Gans-Ei. 
 
 (G.} Prov. An egg is an egg, said the Sacristan, as he 
 took the goose's egg. 
 
 1342. Ein Augenblick gelebt im Paradies, 
 
 Wird nicht zu teuer mit deru Tod gebiisst. 
 
 (G.) Schill. D. Carlos, 1, 5. 
 
 One moment spent in Paradise, 
 
 Were not too dearly bought with Death. Ed. 
 
 1343. Eine schbne Menschenseele finden 
 
 Ist Gewinn. (G.) Herder, Der gerettete Jiingling. 
 ft is a gain to find a beautiful human soul.
 
 EJUSDEM. 151 
 
 1344. Eine Versohnung 1st keine, die das Herz nicht ganz befreit, 
 
 Ein Tropfen Hass, der in dem Freudenbacher 
 Zuriickbleibt, macht den Segenstrank zum Gifte. (G.) 
 Schill. Maid of Orleans. A reconciliation that does not 
 completely free the heart, is none at all. One drop offiate 
 left in the cup of joy renders the blissful drink a poison. 
 
 1345. Ein Feind ist zu viel, und hundert Freunde sind zu wenig. 
 
 (G.) Prov. One foe is too many, a hundred friends 
 too few. 
 
 1346. Ein Kerl, der spekuliert, Ist wie ein Tier, auf einer Heide, 
 
 Von einern bb'sen Geist im Kreis hevumgefiibrt, 
 Und rings umber Hegt schb'ne griine Weide. (G.) Goethe, 
 Faust, Studirzimruer. A fellow that theorizes is like 
 an animal on a heath, led round and round by some evil 
 spirit, while all around lies beautiful green pasture. 
 
 1347. Ein Mann, ein Wort. (G.) Prov. A man, a word. 
 
 An bonest man's word is as good as bis bond. 
 
 1348. Ein tiefer Sinn wobnt in den alten Brauchen ; 
 
 Man muss sie ebren. (G.) Schill. Maria Stuart. A 
 deep meaning lives in old customs : we must respect them. 
 
 1349. Ein Tranm, ein Traum ist unser Leben 
 
 Auf Erclen bier ; 
 Wie Scbatten auf den Wogen scbweben 
 
 Und scbwinden wir ; 
 Und messen uns're tragen Tritte 
 
 Nach Raum und Zeit, 
 Und sind, und wissen's nicht, in Mitte 
 
 Der Ewigkeit ! (G.) Herder ? 
 
 A dream, a dream is all our lifetime here ! 
 Shadows on wave we toss and disappear ; 
 And mark by time and space our weary way, 
 And are, but know not, in eternity ! Ed. 
 
 1350. Ein Weib verschweigt nur, was sie nicht weiss. (G.) 
 
 Prov. A woman only keeps secret what she does not knoio. 
 
 1351. Eis ouovos apwrros, dfAvvfo-Oai Trepl TTOIT/D^S. (Gr.) Horn. II. 
 
 12, 243. The best omen is, to fight for one's country. 
 The patriot has no need to consult auguries when bis 
 country's in danger. 
 
 1352. Ejusdem farinse. (L.)-Of the same meal. Men of the 
 
 same kidney. Of. Quurn fueris nostrse paulo ante farinse. 
 Pers. 5, 115. Although you were a little while ago of 
 the same way of thinking as myself. The French say 
 Gens de memefarine. Birds of a feather.
 
 152 EL DIABLO. 
 
 1353. El diablo esta en Cantillana. ($.) Prov. ap. Cervantes, 
 
 D. Quijote, 2, 49. The devil's in Cantillana. 
 
 1354. Elegit. (L.) Law Term. He has chosen. 
 
 Writ by 'which creditors can seize the whole of a debtor's lands, 
 until the debts are paid out of the rent. The creditor for that 
 time becomes tenant, and the estate his, by elegit. 
 
 1355. Eligito tempus, captatum ssepe, rogandi. (L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 
 
 1, 129. Choose your opportunity for making the request 
 after you have long watched for it. 
 
 1356. Elle a trop de vertus pour n'etre pas Chretienne. (Fr.) 
 
 Corn. Polyeucte. She has too many virtues not to be 
 a, Christian. From Polyeucte's prayer for Pauline's 
 conversion. 
 1357 Elle fuit, mais en Parthe, en lui pertjant le coaur. 
 
 (Fr.) Corneille (Rodogune). 
 She fled ; but the nymph as she turned to depart 
 Shot a Parthian bolt that went straight to his heart. Ed. 
 "Written in the album of the Marquise du Prie, who was leaving 
 Paris for Turin. (Cf. Virg. Geor. 3, 31. Fidentemque fuga 
 Parthum, versisque sagittis. ) 
 
 1358. 'EATTi'Ses Iv ci>oicriv, dveATTioroi Se Oavovres. (6V.) Theocr. 
 
 Id. 4, 42. There's hope for living men, but none when 
 once they are dead. 
 
 While there is life there's hope, he cried. 
 
 Gay, Fables (Sick man and the Angel). 
 
 1359. El rey y la patria. (S.) King and fatherland. Spanish 
 
 Order of St Ferdinand. 
 
 1360. El sabio muda consejo, el necio no. (S.) Prov. The 
 
 wise man changes his mind, the fool never. 
 
 1361. E mala cosa esser cattivo, ma e peggiore esser conosciuto. 
 
 (It. ) Prov. It is a bad thing to be a rascal, but worse 
 to be found out. 
 
 1362. Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est : 
 
 Quod non opus est, asse carum est. (L.) Cato ap. Sen. 
 Ep. 94. Buy only ivhat is necessary, not what you 
 want : what you don't want is dear at a gift. 
 
 1363. 'E/iou Qav6vTO<s ycua /U^^TO irvpL (Gr.) Frag. Incert. 
 
 Trag. When I am dead let the earth be mingled with 
 fire. Like the French apres moi le deluge, q. v. 
 Nero, on some one repeating the Greek line in his presence, ex- 
 claimed, " Immo, t/Mv St fwiroy," Aye, and while lam alive too ! 
 and, as Suetonius (Nero 38) goes on to say, "so it came about, for 
 without any attempt at concealment he proceeded to set the city 
 on fire. "
 
 EN HABILES. 153 
 
 Cf. Claudian, Rufin. 2, 19 (on the death of Rufinus) : . 
 Everso juvat orbe mori, solatia letho 
 Exitium commune dabit. 
 So the world perish, I'll not ask to live, 
 Comfort in death the general doom will give. Ed. 
 
 1364. E multis paleis paulum fructus collegi (L.) Prov. Out 
 
 of much chaff, I have gathered but little grain. 
 
 1365. Emunctse naris. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 8. Of nice discrimina- 
 
 tion (joined with facetus). Phsedr. 3, 3, 14, calls ^Esop 
 naris emunctce senex, the old man of ready wit. 
 
 1366. En amour comme en amitie Un tiers sou vent nous embar- 
 
 rasse. (Fr.) 1 A third person is often in the way in love 
 as well as in friendship. 
 
 1367. En cada tierra su uso. (S.) Prov. ap. Cervantes, D. 
 
 Quijote, 2, 9. Every country has its own custom. 
 
 1368. Ende gut, Alles gut. (.) Prov. All's well that ends well. 
 
 1369. eV 8e <t>dci KCU dAlcnrov. (Gr.)1 If you will kill, do it in 
 
 daylight. Don't stab in the dark. 
 
 1370. En donner d'une belle. (Fr.) To impose upon any one. 
 
 To make a fool of one. 
 
 1371. En Dieu est tout. (Fr.) All depends on God. Motto of 
 
 Lord Alington. 
 
 1372. Endure fort. (Fr.)-Sear bravely. Motto of Earl of 
 
 Crawford and Balcarres. 
 
 1373. En ego, quum patria caream, vobisque domoque, 
 
 Raptaque sint, adimi quse potuere, mihi : 
 Ingenio tamen ipse meo comitorque fruorque, 
 Csesar in hoc potuit juris habere nihil. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 3, 7, 45. 
 The poet in exile. 
 When of my country, home, and you bereft, 
 
 And all that could be ta'en, was ta'en from me ; 
 My art, t'accompany and cheer, was left ; 
 
 Caesar in this could claim no right nor fee. Ed. 
 
 1374. Enfants et fous sont devins. (Fr.) Prov. Children and 
 
 madmen are prophets. 
 
 1375. Enfants perdus. (Fr.) Mil. Term. A forlorn hope. (2.) 
 
 Enfants terribles. Dreadful children : such as by their 
 precocity, or plain speaking, annoy their elders and 
 betters. The term first appeared in one of Gavarni's 
 comic sketches. (3.) Enfant gate. A spoilt child. 
 
 1376. En habiles gens. (Fr.) Like able men.
 
 154 EN KJEC. 
 
 1377. En haec promissa fides est? (L.) Virg A. 6, 346. la 
 
 this the fulfilment of his promise ? 
 
 1378. En! hie declarat, quales sitis judices. (L.) Phsedr. 5, 5, 
 
 38. This shoivs, my friends, what good judges you are ! 
 
 1379. En la rose je fleuris. (Fr.) In the rose I flourish. Motto 
 
 of the Duke of Richmond. 
 
 1380. En los nidos de antafio 
 
 No hay pajaros hogano. ($.) Prov. Cervantes, D. 
 Quijote, 2, 74. There are no this year's birds in last 
 year's nests. 
 
 1381. En masse. (Fr.} In a body. (2.) En foule, in a crowd. 
 
 1382. 'Ev op<f>vr) Sp<nreTTt]<; fteya (rOevfi. (Gr.) Eurip. Ehes. 69. 
 
 Cowards are^very mighty in the dark. 
 
 1383. En pudet, et fateor, jam desuetudine longa 
 
 Yix subeunt ipsi verba Latina niihi. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 7, 57. 
 
 I own with shame that discontinuance long 
 Makes me well nigh forget the Latin tongue. Ed. 
 
 1384. En revanche. '(Fr.) In revenge. In return; to make 
 
 amends, or requital. 
 
 1385. En sa maison Le dos au feu, le ventre a table. 
 
 (Fr.) Maynard? 
 
 At home he'll sit down : eat as long as he's able 
 "With his back to the fire, his face to the table. Ed. 
 
 1386. En suivant la ve'rite. (Fr.) In folloiving the truth. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Portsmouth. 
 
 1387. 'Ei/ TW <}>povLv yap p;Sev iJSto-Tos /3ios. (Gr.) Soph. Aj. 
 
 553. The happiest life consists in feeling nothing. 
 
 1388. En toute chose il faut conside'rer la fin. (Fr.) La Font. 
 
 Le Renard et le Bouc. In everything one must consider 
 the end. Cf. In omnibus operibus tuis memorare novis- 
 sima tua, et in seternum non peccabis. (L.) Vulg. 
 Ecclus. 7, 40. Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember 
 the end and thou shall never do amiss. 
 
 1389. Entre chien et loup. (Fr.) Between dog and wolf. 
 
 Twilight. 
 
 1390. Entre deux vins. (Fr.) Neither drunk nor sober. Half 
 
 seas over ; mellow. 
 
 1391. Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa 
 
 partie. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 80. Wit is to 
 talent> as the whole is to a part.
 
 EQUI. 155 
 
 1392. Entre le bon sens et le bon gout il y a la difference de la 
 
 cause a son effet. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 80. 
 Between good sense and good taste, there is the same 
 difference as between cause and effect. 
 
 1393. Entre nos ennemis Les plus a craindre sont sou vent les 
 
 plus petits. (Fr.) La Font. Lion et Moucheron. 
 Among our enemies, the most to be dreaded are often the 
 smallest. 
 
 1394. Entre nous. (Fr.) Between ourselves. Privately; con- 
 
 fidentially. 
 
 1395. En ve'rite', ce siecle est un mauvais moment. (Fr.) Musset? 
 
 In truth this age is an evil time. 
 
 1396. En ve'rite' Pamour ne saurait etre profond, s'il n'est pas 
 
 pur. (Fr.) Comte 1 Love will in truth never be deep, 
 if it is not pure. 
 
 1397. En vieillissant on devient plus fou et plus sage. (Fr.) La 
 
 Rochef. 1 As men get old they become at once more foolish 
 and more wise. 
 
 1398. Envie passe avarice. (Fr.) Prov. Envy surpasses avarice. 
 
 1399. "ETrea TTTcpoevTa. (6V.) Horn. II. 1, 201. Winged words. 
 
 1400. Eppur si muove ! (It.) And yet it moves/ 
 
 Reputed saying of Galileo Galilei (fl642), on his abjuration of his 
 celebrated Dialogue on Sun spots and the Sun's rotation, before the 
 Inquisition in 1632. 
 
 1401. Equidem multos et vidi in hac civitate et audivi, non 
 
 modo qui primoribus labris gustassent genus hoc vitse et 
 extremis, ut dicitur, digitis attigissent, sed qui totam 
 adolescentiam voluptatibus dedissent, emersisse aliquando 
 et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse, gravesque 
 homines atque illustres fuisse. (L.) Cic. Ccel. 12, 28. 
 
 Wild Oats. 
 
 I myself have seen and heard of many men in Rome who had not 
 merely taken a brief sip of this kind of life, and just touched it 
 with the tips of their fingers, as the phrase goes, but who aban- 
 doned the whole period of their youth to the pursuit of pleasure. 
 Yet afterwards they emerged, and became what is called "reformed," 
 and even turned out quite sober and distinguished members of 
 society. 
 
 1402. Equi fnenato est auris in ore. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13. 
 A horse when bridled listens through his jaws. Conington.
 
 156 EQUUS. 
 
 1403. Equus Sejanus. (L.) The horse of Seius, which, from the 
 
 circumstance of four of its owners dying in succession 
 soon after acquiring the animal, came to be proverbial 
 for any possession that carried ill-luck with it. E.g., 
 Ille homo habet equum Seianum. Gell. Sejan. 3, 9, 6. 
 That fellow has got Seius 1 horse. I don't envy his luck. 
 
 1404. Era gia 1'ora, che volge '1 disio 
 
 A' naviganti, e'ntenerisce il cuore 
 Lo di ch' han detto a dolci amici a Dio ; 
 E che lo nuovo peregrin d'amore 
 Punge, se ode squilla di lontano 
 Che paia 1 giorno pianger, che si muore. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Purg. 8, 1. 
 The sunset hour. 
 
 Now was the hour that wakens fond desire 
 In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart 
 Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, 
 And pilgrim, newly on his road, with love 
 Thrills it' he hear the vesper bell from fat 
 That seems to mourn for the expiring day. Gary. 
 Cf. Statins, S. 4, 6, 3, Jam moriente die ; and Gray (Elegy), The 
 curfew tolls the knell of parting day. 
 
 1405. Erant quibus appetentior famse videretur, quando etiam 
 
 sapientibus cupido glorise novissima exxiitur. (L.) 
 Tac. H. 4, 6. There were some who thought him (Hel- 
 vidius Prisons) a little too eager for fame, and indeed 
 even by the wise the thirst for glory is the last passion to 
 be laid aside. 
 
 Cf. Plato, ap. Athenaeum, 11, 116, p. 507, "Bernards Xfyerai rwv 
 iraduiv -XJ.T&V i] (pi\o8oi;ta, Start rSiv 8.\\iov TroXXd/as SCavr^v &Trodvo/J.{j>uv 
 auTr) Trpofflffxerai fj.a\\ov rrj ^uxfl. (Gfr. ) The Love of glory is called 
 the last garment of the passions ; for when other feelings are laid 
 aside for her sake, she clings all the more to the soul. 
 And Milton, Lycidas, 70 : 
 
 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 
 
 (That last infirmity of noble mind) 
 
 To scorn delights, and live laborious days. 
 
 1406. Erase que se era. (S.) Prov. ap. Cervantes, D. Quijote, 
 
 1, 20. What has been, has been. 
 
 1406A. "Epya vewv /3ouAcu re /irft)v ev\ai re yepovTfav. (6V.) 
 Hes. 1 The work of the young, the counsels of the middle- 
 aged, and the prayers of the old. Quot. by Sir A. Grant 
 (Nicomachean Ethics). 
 
 1407. Er geht herum, wie die Katze um den heissen Brei. 
 
 Prov. He goes round, like a, cat round hot porridge.
 
 ERIPUIT. 157 
 
 1408. Ergo baud difficile est perituram arcessere summam, 
 
 Lancibus oppositis, vel matris imagine fracta. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 11, 17. 
 
 The spendthrift. 
 
 The soon -spent sum is quickly got on trust ; 
 He pawns his plate, his mother's fractured bust. Ed. 
 
 1409. Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra 
 
 Processit longe flammantia mcenia mundi : 
 
 Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoqvie ; 
 
 Unde refert nobis victor quid possit oriri 
 
 Quid nequeat : finita potestas denique quoique 
 
 Quanam sit ratione, atque alte terminus hserens. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 1, 73. 
 Epicurus. 
 
 The living vigour of his mind prevailed 
 And the bright bastions of the world outsailed : 
 His reason and his soul's intelligence 
 Swept the whole area of that void immense ; 
 Thence he returned victorious to declare 
 What men might hope for, and what cease to fear ; 
 The law, in fine, by which all power that is 
 Lies within fixed unvarying boundaries. Ed. 
 
 1410. Eripe te morse. (L.) Hor. 3, 29, 5. Away with all delay! 
 
 1411. Eripe turpi Collajugo. Liber, liber sum, die age. Non quis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 91. 
 
 The henpecked husband. 
 Break the vile bondage ; cry 
 I'm free, I'm free! Alas, you cannot. Conington. 
 
 1412. Eripit interdum, modo dat medicina salutem, 
 
 Quseque juvans monstrat, quseque sit herba nocens. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 2, 2G9. 
 Medicine. 
 
 Medicine now injures health, and now bestows, 
 And herbs that heal from those that hurt, she shows. Ed. 
 
 1413. Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. (-Z/.) Target? 
 
 Heaven's bolts he robbed, and of their sceptres kings. 
 
 Inscription for the bust of Franklin by Houdon. The allusion is, 
 of course, to the discovery of the lightning-conductor, and the 
 emancipation of the American colonies from the English rule. The 
 line seems to be an adaptation of Manilius' (Astr. 1, 10) Eripuitque 
 Jovi fulmen viresque tonandi, already imitated by the Cardinal de 
 Polignac (Anti-Lucretius, 1, 96) in Eripuit fulmenque Jovi, Phce- 
 boque sagittas. Franklin himself criticised the complimentary 
 words in a letter to Nogaret : " Je vous ferai seulement remarquer 
 deux inexactitudes dans le vers original. Malgre" mes experiences
 
 158 ERNST. 
 
 sur I'electricite, la foudre tombe toujours a votre nez et h votre 
 barbe, et quant au tyran, nous avons etc plus d'un million d'hommes 
 occupes & lui arracher son sceptre. " 
 
 1414. Ernst ist das Leben, heiter 1st die Kunst. (G.) Schill. 
 
 Wallenstein Prol. Life is earnest, art is cheerful, 
 
 1415. Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum. (L.) ? To 
 
 err is human, to continue in sin devilish. All will re- 
 member the line of Pope, Essay on Criticism, p. 12, 325 : 
 To err is human, to forgive divine. 
 
 1416. Errare malo cum Platone, quam cum istis vera sentire. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39. / prefer to err in company 
 with Plato, than to think rightly with those men. 1 
 would rather be mistaken and take a wrong view of the 
 case on the authority of A or on the side of B, than 
 follow a multitude of wiseacres who are persuaded that 
 all the world is wrong except themselves. 
 
 1417. Errat longe mea quidem sententia 
 
 Qui imperium credit gravius esse aut stabilius 
 "Vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur. (Z.) 
 Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 42. He is much mistaken, in my opinion, 
 who thinks that authority exerted by force, is more weighty 
 and more lasting than that ivhich is enjoined by kindness. 
 
 1418. Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, 
 
 Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt. (G.) Goethe, 
 Tasso, 1, 2. A talent is developed in retirement, char- 
 acter is formed in the rush of the world. 
 
 1419. E se finxit velut araneus. (L.} He spun from, himself 
 
 like a spider. Said of a writer who draws his materials, 
 not from his reading, but from his own " inner con- 
 sciousness." 
 
 1420. Esel singen schlecht, weil sie zu hoch anstimmen. (G.) 
 
 Prov. Asses sing villainously, because they pitch their 
 notes too high. 
 
 1421. Es ist nur eine Religion, aber es kann vielerlei Arten des 
 
 Glaubens geben. (G.) Kant? There is only one true 
 . Religion, but there may be many forms of belief. 
 
 1422. EspeYance en Dieu. (Fr.) Hope in God. Motto of the 
 
 Duke of Northumberland. 
 
 1423. Esprit de corps. (Fr.) Professional zeal or spirit. Zeal 
 
 for the profession or order to which a man belongs. 
 Thus the Army, the Bar, Medicine, and other professions 
 are or should be animated by esprit de corps.
 
 EST ALIQUID. 159 
 
 1424. Essayez. (Fr.)Try. Motto of Earl of Zetland. 
 
 1425. Esse aliquid Manes, et subterranea regna, 
 
 Et contum et Stygio ranas in gurgite nigras, 
 Atque una transire vadum tot millia cymba 
 Nee pueri credunt, nisiqui nondura sere lavantur : 
 Sed tu vera puta. (L.) Juv. 2, 149. 
 
 Religious beliefs. 
 
 Ghosts, subterranean regions, Charon's pole, 
 Frogs black as night, and how each blessed soul 
 Is punted o'er by thousands in one skiff ! 
 Why, boys discard the superstition if 
 They're old enough t'attend the baths ; but you, 
 I charge you, firmly hold it all for true. Ed. 
 
 1426. Esse bonam facile est, ubi quod vetet esse remotum est. (L.) 
 
 Ov. T. 5, 14, 25. It is easy for a woman to be good, 
 when all that hinders her from being so is removed. 
 
 1427. Esse quam videri. (L.) To be ratJier than to seem. 
 
 Motto of Earls Brownlow and Winterton and Lord 
 Lurgan. 
 
 1428. Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur affore tempus 
 
 Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia coeli 
 Ardeat ; et mundi moles operosa laboret. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 256. 
 The day of doom. 
 
 He calls to mind 
 
 A presage of the fates in times to come 
 When sea, and earth, and Heaven's high palaces 
 Should all break into flame and be on fire ; 
 And the laborious fabric of the universe 
 Totter to its base. Ed. 
 
 1429. Esse quid hoc dicam vivis quod fama negatur, 
 
 Et sua quod ranis tempora lector amat? 
 Hi sunt invidiaB nimirum, Regule, mores, 
 Praeferat antiquos semper ut ilia novis. 
 
 (L.) Mart 5, 10, 1. 
 Old and New Authors. 
 Why, pray, to living men is fame denied, 
 
 And readers mostly their own age eschew ? 
 It is the freak of envy or of pride 
 Always to rate the old above the new. Ed. 
 
 1430. Est aliquid fatale maluni per verba levare. (L.) Ov. T. 
 
 5, 1, 59. ft is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to 
 speak of them. We ease our woes in communicating 
 them to others.
 
 160 EST ANIMUS. 
 
 1431. Est animus tibi Rerumque prudens, et secundis 
 
 Temporibus dubiisque r/ectus. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 9, 34. 
 
 A soul is yours 
 
 Clear sighted, keen, alike upright 
 "When fortune smiles, and when she lowers. Conington. 
 
 1432. Est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor. (Z.) Phsedr. 2, 1, 
 
 12. Covelousness is rich, while modesty goes barefoot. 
 
 1433. Est brevitate opus ut currat sententia. (Z.) Hor. S. 1, 
 
 10, 9. Terseness there wants to make the thought ring 
 dear. Conington. Need of a concise style. 
 
 1434. Est cotis vis in acutis. (L.) The use of a whetstone is to 
 
 sharpen. Somersetshire Coll. Bath. 
 
 1435. Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri. (L.) 
 
 Plin. Sec. ? True happiness is then attained, when it is 
 considered no more tJtan you deserve. 
 
 1436. Est deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo, 
 
 Impetus hie sacrse semina mentis habet. (L.) Ov. F. 6, 5. 
 
 The poets inspiration. 
 There's a divinity within inspires, 
 Touching the poet's lips with sacred fires. Ed. 
 
 1437. Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia cceli. (L.) Ov. A. 
 
 A. 3, 549. We poets have a god within us, and conir 
 merce with the sky. 
 
 1438. Est enim proprium stultitise, aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci 
 
 suorum. (L.} Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73. It is the way with 
 fools to discover their neighbour's faults, and to forget 
 their oivn. 
 
 1439. Est enim [sc. verus amicus] tanquam alter idem. (L.) 
 
 Cic. Am. 21, 80. A true friend is a sort of second self. 
 
 1440. Est etiam miseris pietas, et in hoste probatur. (L.) Ov. 
 
 T. 1, 9, 35. We owe duties to the unfortunate, and even 
 in the case of an enemy such an act is laudable. 
 
 1 441 . Est genus hominum, qui esse primos si omnium rerum voluut, 
 
 Nee sunt. (L.) Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17. 
 
 There are a kind of men who wish to be the head 
 Of everything : but are not. Colman. 
 
 1442. Est hie, est animus lucis contemptor, et istum 
 
 Qui vita bene credat emi, quo tendis, honorem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A 9, 205. 
 Here, here within this bosom burns 
 A soul that mere existence spurns, 
 And holds the fame you seek to reap, 
 Though bought with life, were bought full cheap. Conington.
 
 ESTNE. 161 
 
 1443. Est hide diversum vitio vitium prope majus, 
 
 Asperitas agrestis et inconcinna gravisque, 
 Quse se commendat tonsa cute, dentibus atris ; 
 Dum vult libertas dici mera, veraque virtus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5. 
 
 A different vice there is, perhaps a worse, 
 
 A hrutal boorishness, which fain would win 
 
 Regard by unbrushed teeth and close-shorn skin, 
 
 Yet all the while is anxious to be thought 
 
 Pure independence, acting as it ought. Conington. 
 
 1444. Est-il aucun moment Qui vous puisse assurer d'un second 
 
 seulement? (Fr.} La Font. Vieillard et les trois jeunes 
 gens. 
 
 Can with certainty any one moment be reckoned 
 
 That can give you th' assurance of passing a second ? Ed. 
 
 1445. Est mihi, sitque precor, nostris diuturnior annis, 
 
 Filia : qua felix sospite semper ero. (Z.) Ov. F. 6, 219. 
 
 I've a dear daughter (long may she survive !) ; 
 While she remains, I shall in comfort live. Ed. 
 
 1446. Est modus in rebus; sunt certi denique fines, 
 
 Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 106. 
 
 Yes, there's a mean in morals ; life has lines, 
 
 To north or south of which all virtue pines. Conington. 
 
 Society is, or should be, inspired by that golden mean which is 
 called good-taste, and which preserves what is enjoyable in life 
 from being abused to a vulgar excess. Woe to the man who over- 
 steps the boundary ! Let your moderation be known unto all 
 men. 
 
 1447. Est multi fabula plena joci. (L.) Ov. F. 6, 320. The 
 
 story is full of fun. 
 
 1448. Est natura hominum novitatis avida. (Z.) Plin. Maj.1 
 
 It is the nature of man to love novelty. 
 
 Cf. Est quoque cunctarum novitas carissima rerum ; 
 
 Gratiaque officio, quod mora tardat abest. Ov. Ep. 3, 4, 51. 
 
 The dearest of all things is novelty ; 
 
 And fa vein's lose their value by delay. Ed. 
 
 1449. Estne Dei sedes nisi terra, et pontus, et ae'r, 
 
 Et ccelum, et virtus 1 Superos quid quserimus ultra ? 
 Jupiter est, quodcunque vides, quocunque moveris. (L.) 
 Luc. 9, 578. Is not the Deity's dwelling the earth a>id 
 sea and air and heaven and virtue ? Why seek the gods 
 L
 
 162 ESTO. 
 
 elsewhere ? Jupiter is, in truth, whatever you see, and 
 wheresoever you are. The doctrine of Pantheism, which 
 the concluding line well sums up. 
 Cf. Virg. G. 4, 221 : 
 
 Deum namque ire per omnes 
 
 Terrasque, tractusque maris, ccelumque profundum. 
 
 For God omnipresent pervades, 'tis said, 
 
 All earth and tracts of sea and sky o'erhead. Ed. 
 
 1450. Esto peccator et pecca fortiter, sed fortius fide et gaude in 
 
 Christo, etc. (Z.) Luther, Ep. ad Melanchthon, ex. 
 Epp. R. P. M. Lutheri (lense, 1556, Tom. i. p. 345). 
 Be a sinner, and sin mightily, but believe and rejoice in 
 Christ more mightily still, etc. 
 
 1451. Est operse pretium duplicis pernoscere juris 
 
 Naturam. (Z.) Hor. S. 2, 4, 63. 
 
 There are two kinds of sauce ; and I may say 
 
 That each is worth attention in its way. Conington. 
 
 The recipe for the above must be sought in the context. 
 
 1452. Esto perpetua. (Z.) Mayest thou endure for ever ! The 
 
 dying apostrophe of Paolo Sarpi, in speaking of his 
 beloved Venice. M. of Amicable Life Insurance Society. 
 
 1453. Esto quod es : quod sunt alii sine quemlibet esse : 
 
 Quod non es nolis : quod potes esse velis. (Z.) ? 
 
 Be what you are ; let who will be what others are : 
 
 "What you are not, disown ; what you can be, prefer. Ed. 
 
 1454. Esto quod esse videris. (Z.) Be what you seem to be. 
 
 Motto of Earl Sondes. 
 
 1455. Esto ut nunc multi dives tibi pauper amicis. 
 
 (Z.) Juv. 5, 113. 
 
 Adopt the way the present fashion tends ; 
 
 Indulge yourself, be saving tow'rds your friends. Ed. 
 
 1456. Est pater ille quern nuptiae demonstrant. (Z.) Law Max. 
 
 He is the father whom the marriage-rites designate as 
 such. 
 
 1457. Est pvofecto Deus, qui quse nos gerimus auditque et videt, 
 
 Neque id verum existimo quod vulgo dicitur, 
 Fortuna humana fingit aptatque xit lubet. (Z.) Plaut. 
 Capt. 2, 3, 63. There is certainly a God who hears and 
 sees everything we do, nor can I allow the vulgar idea, 
 that fortune fashions and shapes all human affairs as she 
 phases.
 
 ESURIENTI. 163 
 
 1458. Est quadam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra. (L.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1,1, 32. It is possible to advance to a certain point, 
 though it be not allowed to go any further. Progress in. 
 any direction is not to be despised even though it "stop 
 short of perfection. 
 
 1459. Est quiddam gestus edendi. (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 755. 
 
 T/iere is much in a person's mode of eating. 
 
 1460. Est rosa flos Yeneris : quo dulcia furta laterent 
 
 Harpocrati matris dona dicavit Amor. 
 Inde rosam mensis hospes suspendit amicis, 
 Convivae ut sub ea dicta tacenda sciant. (L.) 1 
 
 Sub rosa. 
 
 The rose is Venus' flower : his thefts to aid 
 
 Love to Harpocrates the gift conveyed. 
 
 "Tis why each host hangs o'er his board a rose, 
 
 That what's said under it may none disclose. Ed. 
 
 Harpocrates was the God of Silence. 
 
 1461. Est tempus quando nihil; est tenipus quando aliquid est 
 
 dicendum : nullum vero tempus est quando dicenda sunt 
 omnia. (Z.) Hugo de discipl. Monach. There is a 
 time when nothing, and a time when something, should be 
 scdd. Sut there is no time when we may say everything. 
 
 1462. Est via sublimis coelo ruaiiifesta sereno, 
 
 Lactea nomen habet, candore notabilis ipso. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 168. 
 The Milky Way. 
 
 There shines a tract in heaven each cloudless night, 
 The Milky Way, called from its zone of white. Ed. 
 Manilius (t!2 A.D.) in his Astronomicon, after alluding to the 
 mythological fable of the origin of the Milky Way, suggests a 
 theory which the discovery of the telescope (1600 years afterwards) 
 confirmed. He asks : 
 
 Anne magis densa stellarum turba corona 
 Contexit flammas, et crasso lumine candet, 
 Et fulgore iutet collato clarior orbis ? 
 Is it not rather a dense crowd of stars 
 That, thickly constellated, weave their fires, 
 Gleaming with massed refulgence, and the zone 
 Shines all the brighter with collective light ? Ed. 
 
 1463. Est virtus placitis abstinuisse bonis. (Z.) Ov. H. 17, 70. 
 
 'Tis a real virtue to abstain from joys that please. 
 
 1464. Esurienti ne occurras. (L.) Prov. Don't get in the way 
 
 of a hungry man. Avoid a contest or encounter with a 
 man impelled by some desperate necessity.
 
 164 ET AMARUNT. 
 
 1465. Et amarunt me quoque Nymphae. (Z.) Ov. M. 3, 456. 
 
 / too have been loved by the Nymphs. I too have found 
 women to love me. Words of Narcissus on being unable 
 to grasp his own reflection in the water. 
 
 1466. *H rav rj ITTI rav. (Gr.) Either this, or upon this ! Part- 
 
 ing words of the Spartan mother on handing her son 
 the shield he was to carry into battle. He was to be 
 brought back upon the shield, if he brought it not back 
 himself. 
 
 1467. Et ces deux grands debris se consolaient entre eux. (Fr.) 
 
 Delille, Sardins. And these two ruined monuments mutu- 
 ally consoled each other. Originally written of Marius 
 amid the ruins of Carthage, the line has before now been 
 quoted of any two elderly people sitting apart in a 
 company much their junior. 
 
 1468. Et c'est etre innocent que d'etre malheureux. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. Nymphes de Vaux. And misfortune's the proof 
 of a man's innocence. 
 
 1469. Et decus et pretium recti. (..) At once the ornament and 
 
 the reward of virtue. Motto of the Duke of Graf ton and 
 Lord Southampton. 
 
 1470. Etenim omnes artes quaa ad humanitatem pertinent, habent 
 
 quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam 
 inter se continentur. (L.) Cic. Arch. 1, 2. All the 
 civilising arts have a sort of common bond, and are con- 
 nected by a certain relationship with each other. Paint- 
 ing, poetry, and music, e.g., have close affinities with one 
 another. 
 
 1471. Et facere et pati fortiter Romanum est. (Z/.) Liv. 2, 12. 
 
 Brave deeds and brave suffering is the Roman fashion. 
 
 1472. Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 5, 8. 
 
 Yet family and worth, without the staff 
 
 01' wealth to lean on, are the veriest draff. Conington. 
 
 1473. 7J0os. (Gr.) Character, disposition. The moral impression 
 
 conveyed by a speaker or writer to his hearers or readers. 
 Moral tone, or spirit. Any great work of art has also 
 its special 17^05, to be impressed on the mind of the 
 attentive spectator, who will carry away the idea (teach- 
 ing) peculiarly belonging to it.
 
 ET MEA. 165 
 
 1474. Etiarn capillus unus habet umbram suara. (Z.) Prov. 1 
 
 Even a single hair casts a shadow. The slightest clue is 
 of importance. 
 
 1475. Etiam celeritas in desiderio, mora est. (L.) When we 
 
 long for a thing haste itself is slow. 
 
 1476. Etiam fortes viros subitis terreri. (L.) Tac. A. 15, 59. 
 
 Even the bravest men may be alarmed by a surprise. 
 
 1477. Etiam oblivisci quod scis, interdum expedit. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. ? It is sometimes expedient to forget what one knows. 
 
 1478. Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet. (L.)1 Though the 
 
 wound is Jiealed, a scar remains. Wrongs forgiven are 
 not always forgotten. 
 
 1479. Et jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, 
 
 Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 1, 83. 
 Approach of Evening. 
 
 Far off the smoke of farmsteads now ascends, 
 The mountain's brow its lengthening shadow bends. Ed. 
 
 1480. Et je dis au danseurs d'un si grave maintien : 
 
 Cedez-moi vos vingt ans si vous n'en faites rien. (Fr.) 
 Lacretelle, 1805. And I said to solemn-looking dancers, 
 Give me your twenty years (youth) if you are making no 
 use of it. A sort of Byronic languor was the mode of 
 the day, even affecting dancing which was gone through 
 in a dreamy abstracted manner, hateful to the poet who 
 remembered with pleasure the lively figuring of the ball- 
 goers of his youth. 
 
 1481. Et latro, et cautus prsecingitur ense viator ; 
 
 Ille sed insidias, hie sibi portat opem. (Z/.) Ov. T. 2, 27 1 . 
 
 Both thief and wary traveller wear a knife ; 
 The one to take, the other save a life. Ed. 
 
 1482. Et mala sunt vicina bonis; errore sub illo 
 
 Pro vitio virtus crimina stepe dedit. (L.) Ov. R. A. 323. 
 
 Bad is akin to good : through this caprice 
 Virtue has often borne the blame of vice; Ed. 
 
 ] 483. Et mea cymba semel vasta percussa procella, 
 Ilium, quo laesa est, horret adire locum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 1, 85. 
 
 My bark once shivered by the tempest's shock, 
 
 Dreads to approach the spot where she was struck. Ed.
 
 166 ET ME. 
 
 1484. Et me fecere poetam 
 
 Pierides : sunt et rnihi carmina : me quoque dicunt 
 Vateni pastores ; sed non ego credulus illis. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 9, 32. 
 
 Me too a poet have the Muses made ; 
 
 Songs I can boast : the shepherds call me bard : 
 
 But what of that ? I heed not what they say. Ed. 
 
 1485. Et nriki res, non me rebus, subjungere conor. (L.) Hor. 
 
 ' Ep. 1, 1, 19. / try to govern circumstances, not be led 
 by them. 
 
 1486. Et monere, et moneri, proprium est verse amicitiae. (L.) 
 
 Cic. Am. 25, 91. To advise and to take advice is the 
 mark of true friendship. 
 
 1487. Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis. (L.)1 The 
 
 children of our children, and those who shall be born of 
 them. Our posterity to the latest period. These things 
 will affect not only ourselves, but likewise our nati 
 natorum, etc. 
 
 1488. Et neque jam color est misto candore rubori 
 
 Nee vigor, et vires, et quse niodo visa placebant. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 491. 
 Narcissus. 
 
 Faded his cheek, the blended white and red 
 And strength and vigour, all that charmed, had fled. Ed. 
 
 1489. Et nova factaque nuper habebunt verba fidem, si 
 
 Graeco fonte cadunt parce detorta. (Z.) Hor. A. P. 52. 
 
 New words will find acceptance, if they flow 
 
 Forth from the Greek, with just a twist or so. Conington. 
 
 1490. Et nucibus facimus qusecunque relictis. (L.) Pers. 1, 10. 
 
 And all the kind of things we do when we have aban- 
 doned the games of early life. 
 
 1491. Et nulli cessura fides, sine crimine mores, 
 
 Nudaque simplicitas, purpureusque pudor. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 3, 13. 
 
 Trusty good faith, a life without a stain ; 
 Of blushing purity, of manners plain. Ed. 
 
 1492. Et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos ; 
 
 Nunc frondent sylvse, nunc formosissimus annus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 3, 50. 
 
 Now fields and trees all blossoming appear, 
 Leafy the woods, and loveliest the year. Ed.
 
 ETRE. IGT 
 
 1493. Et pudet, et metuo, semperque eadenique precari, 
 
 Ne subeant auimo tsedia justa tuo. (L.) (Jv. Ep. 4, 
 15 } 29. / am ashamed and fear to be always making 
 the same requests, lest you should conceive a well-deserved 
 disgust of me. 
 
 1494. Et quserit, posito pignore, vincat uter. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 1, 168. And having deposited his stakes, enquires which 
 would win. Betting upon a race. 
 
 1495. Et quae sibi quisque timebat, 
 
 Unius in miseri exitium conversa tuler/e. (L.) Virg. A. 
 
 2, 130. And what each man dreaded for himself, they 
 bore lightly, when turned to the destruction of one miser- 
 able creature. 
 
 [And hailed the doom], content to see 
 The bolt that threatened all alike 
 One solitary victim strike. Conington. 
 
 1496. Et quando uberior vitiorum copia 1 ? Quando 
 
 Major avaritise patuit sinus ] Alea quando 
 Hosanimos? (L.) Juv. 1, 87. 
 
 "What age so large a crop of vices bore, 
 
 Or when was avarice extended more, 
 
 When were the dice with more profusion thrown ? Dryden. 
 
 1497. Et quiescenti agendum est, et agenti quiescendum est. (Z.) 
 
 Sen. 1 The indolent should work, and those who labour 
 should take repose. 
 
 1498. Et qui nolunt occidere quenquam 
 
 Posse volunt. (L.) Juv. 10, 96. 
 
 And they who do not wish to kill 
 Like to be able, should they will. Ed. 
 
 1499. Et quisquam ingenuas etiam nunc suspicit artes, 
 
 Aut tenerum dotes carmen habere putat 1 
 Ingenium quondam fuerat pretiosius auro : 
 At nunc barbaries grandis habere nihil. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 3, 8, 1. 
 
 Is there any one nowadays honours the arts, 
 
 Or thinks that sweet verse has its due recompense ? 
 
 More than gold were prized formerly talents and parts : 
 But now they're a drug in this sad decadence. Ed. 
 
 1500. Etre aimable, charmer, ce n'est pas si facile, 
 
 Quand on se fait aimer, on n'est pas inutile. 
 
 (Fr.) Ratisbonne, Come'd. Enfantine. 
 To be amiable, charming 's not done with such ease ; 
 They've a useful career who have learnt how to please. Ed.
 
 168 ETRE. 
 
 1501. Etre capable de se laisser servir n'est pas une des moindres 
 
 qualite's que puisse avoir un grand roi. (Fr.) Richelieu, 
 Testament Pol. The capacity of allowing one's self to be 
 served by others is not one of the least qualities which 
 distinguish a great king. 
 
 1502. Etre de trop. (Fr.) To be in the way. To be one too 
 
 many. My room was evidently more desired than my 
 company ; I was clearly de trop, and so I retired. 
 
 1503. Etre pauvre sans etre libre, c'est le pire dtat oil 1'homme 
 
 puisse tomber. (Fr.) Rouss. ? To be poor without 
 being free, is the worst situation in which man can be 
 placed. 
 
 1504. Etre recji comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. To be received like a dog in a game of skittles. 
 
 1505. Etre rigoureux pour les particuliers qui font gloire de 
 
 mepriser les lois, c'est etre bon pour le public ... on 
 ne saurait faire un plus grand crime contre les intei'ets 
 publics qu'en se rendant indulgent envers ceux qui les 
 violent. (Fr.) Richelieu, Testament Pol. To act with 
 rigour totvards those individuals who glory in despising 
 the laivs, is to consult the public good . . . one could not 
 commit a greater crime against public interests, than to 
 show indulgence to those who violate them. 
 
 1506. Etre sur le qui vive. (Fr.) To be on the alert. 
 
 1507. Etre sur un grand pied dans le monde. (Fr.) To be on 
 
 a great footing (in flourishing circumstances) in the 
 world. 
 
 1508. Et saepe usque adeo, mortis formidine, vitae 
 
 Percipit humanos odium, lucisque videndae, 
 Ut sibi consciscant mcerenti pectore lethum. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 3, 79. 
 
 Suicide. 
 
 And oft, thro' fear of dying, men conceive 
 Hatred of life and to behold the light : 
 So much that they with sorrow-laden hearts 
 Inflict their deaths upon themselves ! Ed. 
 
 1509. Et sequentia, et seqq., or seqq. (L.) And the following. 
 
 The rest of the passage referred to, etcetera. 
 
 1510. Et sic de similibus. (L.) And so of all such like. Other 
 
 similar things are to be done in the same manner.
 
 EX CATHEDRA. 169 
 
 1511. Etsi pervivo usque ad summam aetatem tamen 
 
 Breve spatium est perferundi, quse minitas mihi. (L.) 
 Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 84 (Tyndarus to Hegio, loq.). Even 
 if I should live to extreme old age, it would not be long 
 enough to endure all you threaten me with. 
 
 1512. Et tenuit nostras numerosus Horatius aures, 
 
 Dum ferit Ausonia carmina culta lyra. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 4, 10, 49. 
 
 With rhythmic numbers Horace charmed our ears 
 Tuning th' Ausonian lyre to polish'd verse. Ed. 
 
 1513. Et vaincre sans pe'ril serait vaincre sans gloire. (Fr.) 
 
 Scude'iy, L'Arminius. And to conquer without danger 
 loould be to conquer without glory. Copied from a line 
 in Corneille's Cid, 1,1. 
 
 1514. Et veniam pro laude peto : laudatus abunde, 
 
 Non fastiditus si tibi, lector, ero. (L.) Ov. T. 1, 7, 31. 
 Pardon not praise I seek ; enough I'm praised, 
 If, on perusal, no disgust be raised. Ed. 
 
 1515. Et voila justement comme on dcrit 1'histoire ! (Fr.) Volt. 
 
 Chariot, 1, 7. That is precisely how history is written/ 
 A jumble of errors, lies, hypotheses, probabilities, and 
 prejudices. 
 
 1516. Euge poeta! (L.) Pers. 1, 75. Bravo Poet! 
 
 1517. Ewvxi 7roA.v<iAos. (Gr.)1 Good fortune has many friends. 
 
 1518. Eventu rerum stolidi didicere magistro. (L.) Claud. 
 
 Eutr. 2, 489. The issue of things is the master for 
 teaching dullards. 
 
 Of. Liv. 22, 39, Eventus docet ; stultorum iste magister est. The 
 event, which is always your fools' teacher, proves it. 
 
 1519. Ex abundante cautela. (L.) From excessive precaution. 
 
 1520. Ex abundantia cordis os loquitur. (L.) Prov. Vulg. 
 
 Matt. xii. 34. Out of the abundance of the heart the 
 mouth speaketh. 
 
 1521. Ex abusu non arguitur ad usum. (L.) Law Max. The 
 
 abuse of anything is no argument against its proper use. 
 (2.) Ex abusu non argumentum ad desuetudinem. The 
 abuse of anything is no argument for its discontinuance. 
 
 1522. Ex cathedra. (L.) From the chair. 
 
 Solemn decisions of the Pope or Bishop, delivered from the 
 Cathedra or Episcopal Seat, are so termed, denoting official and 
 authoritative pronouncements as distinguished from mere personal 
 utterances. Decisions of a judge on the Bench, or of a professor in 
 the lecture-room, would also be similarly designed.
 
 170 EXCEPTIO. 
 
 1523. Exceptio probat regularn. (L.) Law Max. The exception 
 
 proves the rule. 
 
 1524. Excepto quod non simul esses, csetera Isetus. (L.) 1 With 
 
 the exception that you were not with me, I was otherwise 
 happy. 
 
 1525. Excerpta. (L.) Extracts. From any work. 
 
 1526. Excessit ex ephebis. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 1, 24. He has 
 
 come of age. 
 
 1527. Excidat ilia dies sevo, nee postera credant 
 
 Ssecula ; nos certe taceamus, et obruta multa 
 Nocte tegi proprise patiamur crimina gentis. (L.) Statius 
 Syl. 5, 2. Let that day be blotted out of the record of 
 time, and future ages know it not : Let us at least be 
 silent, and allow many crimes of our own race to be buried 
 in the grave of night. Quoted by President de Thou 
 a propos of the St Bartholomew massacres. 
 
 1528. Excitari non hebescere. (L.) To be capable of excitement, 
 
 not to be sluggish. Motto of Lord Walsingham. 
 
 1529. Ex concesso. (L.) From what has been conceded. An 
 
 argument based upon your opponent's admissions. 
 
 1530. Ex curia. (L.) Out of court. 
 
 1531. Excusatio non petita, fit accusatio manifesta. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. An uncalled-for exculpation is plain self-accusa- 
 tion. Cf. The French proverb, Qui s'excuse, s'accuse. 
 Who excuses himself, accuses himself. 
 
 1532. Ex debito justitise. (L.) From a regard to justice. 
 
 1533. Ex desuetudine amittuntur privilegia. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Hights are forfeited by disuse. 
 
 1534. Ex diuturnitate temporis omnia prsesumuntur rite et 
 
 solemniter esse acta. (L.) Law Max. All acts estab- 
 lished for a length of time are presumed to have been 
 rightly and regularly done. 
 
 1535. Ex dolo malo non oritur actio. (Z.) Law Max. No 
 
 right of action can rise out of fraud. E.g., a loan is 
 advanced by B to C, in consideration that C would 
 abstain from prosecuting B for embezzlement; this being 
 a fraudulent compact, B would have no right of recovery 
 of his loan. 
 
 1536. Exeat aula Qui vult esse phis. Virtus et summa potestas 
 
 Non coeunt. Semper metuet, quern sseva pudebunt. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 8, 493.
 
 EX FACTO. 171 
 
 Let all who prize their honour quit the court : 
 
 Virtue with sovereign power seldom mates, 
 
 And he's not safe who still can blush at blood. Ed. 
 
 1537. Exegi monumentum sere perennius 
 
 Regalique situ pyramidum altius ; 
 
 Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotena 
 
 Possit diruere, aut innumerabilis 
 
 Annorum series, aut fuga temporum. 
 
 Non omnis moriar; multaque pars mei 
 
 Vitabit Libitinam. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 30, 1. 
 
 The Poet's Fame. 
 Finished my monument of song, 
 More durable than bronze, more strong ; 
 And loftier than the royal pile 
 Of Pyramid by distant Nile. 
 Nor can the slowly-sapping rains, 
 Or North-wind's impotence, or trains 
 Of endless years, or lapse of time 
 Obliterate the poet's rhyme. 
 Not all shall perish ; much I've said 
 Shall 'scape the Goddess of the dead. Ed. 
 
 1538. Exempli gratia, or e.g. (Z.) For example. 
 
 1539. Exemplo quodcunque malo committitur ipsi 
 
 Displicet auctori; prima hsec ultio, quod, se 
 Judice, nemo nocens absolvitur. (L.) Juv. 13, 1. 
 Every deed of a criminal nature is condemned by the 
 doer of it himself. This is the immediate revenge that, 
 acting himself as judge, the guilty person cannot be 
 acquitted. He stands self-condemned. 
 
 1540. Exemplumque Dei quisque est in imagine parva. (Z).) 
 
 Manil. Astr. 4, 895. Each man is the copy of his God 
 in small. Man is made in the image and likeness of the 
 Creator. 
 
 1541. Exercent illi socise commercia linguae : 
 
 Per gestum res est significanda mihi. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 
 10, 35. They converse together in a common language, 
 while with me everything has to be expressed by gestures. 
 The traveller abroad. 
 
 1542. Exeunt omnes. (L.) All go out. Common stage direction. 
 
 1543. Ex facto jus oritur. (L.) Law Max. The law arises out 
 
 of the fact. In a trial, the facts of the case have first 
 to be ascertained, usually by a jury, and thereupon 
 judgment delivered.
 
 172 EX HUMILI. 
 
 1544. Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerura 
 
 Extol] it, quoties voluit fortuna jocari. (L.) Juv. 3,39. 
 
 Fortune, whene'er it suits her freakish pranks 
 Lifts man from nothing to the proudest ranks. Ed. 
 
 1545. Exigite ut mores teneros ceu pollice ducat, 
 
 Ut si quis cera vultum facit. (L.) Juv. 7, 237. 
 
 Bid him their plastic natures shape with thumb 
 
 Like one who moulds in wax some portrait dumb. Ed. 
 
 1546. Exigua est virtus, prsestare silentia rebus; 
 
 At contra gravis est culpa, tacenda loqui. (L.) Ov. A. 
 A 2, 603. It is a small virtue to preserve silence on 
 matters, but a grave fault, on the other hand, to repeat 
 what should be kept secret. 
 
 1547. Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus. (L.) Virg. A. 5, 754. 
 
 A gallant band, in number few, 
 
 In spirit resolute to dare. Conington. 
 
 1548. Exilioque domos et dulcia limina mutant 
 
 Atque alio patriam quserunt sub sole jacentem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 2, 511. 
 
 The Emigrants. 
 
 Forth from familiar scenes the exiles roam, 
 To seek 'neath other suns another home. Ed. 
 
 1549. Exilis domus est, ubi non et multa supersunt, 
 
 Et dominum fallunt, et prosunt furibus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 45. 
 
 It's a poor house which not great substance leaves, 
 To "scape the master's eye, and fatten thieves. Ed. 
 
 1550. Eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi, 
 
 Pocula crebra, unguenta, coronse, serta parantur, 
 Nequidquam : quoniam medio de fonte leporum 
 Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat. 
 
 (L.) Luci-et, 4, 1127. 
 Surgit amari aliquid. 
 
 Go, deck the board with damask fine, 
 
 Cheer of the best, and mirth and wine : 
 
 Fill fast the cups, and in their train 
 
 Bring perfumes, wreaths 'Tis all in vain 1 
 
 'Mid the full flood of revelries, 
 
 Some drop of bitterness will rise 
 
 To dash the pleasure of the hour, 
 
 And poison each delightsome flower. Ed. 
 Byron (Childe Harold, Cant. 1, St. 82) has 
 
 Still from the fount of joy's delicious springs 
 
 Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom flings.
 
 EXORIARE. J73 
 
 1551. Existinio in summo imperatore quatuor has res inesse 
 
 oportere ; scientiam rei militaris, virtutem, auctoritateni, 
 felicitatem. (L.) Cic. Leg. Man. 10, 28. 
 
 Qualifications of a General. 
 
 I consider that a Commander-in-chief ought to possess these four 
 qualities : a knowledge of warfare, courage, authority, and a lucky 
 star. 
 
 1552. Exitio est avidum mare nautis. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 28, 18. 
 
 Sailors meet their fate from the voracious sea. 
 
 1553. Exitus acta probat. (L.) Ov. H. 2, 85. The event 
 
 justifies tJie deed. 
 
 1554. Exitus in dubio est: audebimus ultima, dixit; 
 
 Viderit audentes forsne Deusne juvet. (L.) Ov. F. 2, 781. 
 Doubt shrouds th' event ; but we'll dare all, he said, 
 And see if chance or God the daring aid. Ed. 
 
 1555. Ex magna ccena stomacho fit maxima poena, 
 
 Ut sis nocte levis, sit tibi ccena brevis. (L.) 
 
 Who sups too well pays vengeance fell ; 
 From suppers light comes quiet night. Ed. 
 
 1556. Ex mails moribus bonse leges natae sunt. (L.) Cokel 
 
 Good laws arise out of bad morals. 
 
 1557. Ex rnero motu. (Z.) From mere motion. Of one's own 
 
 free will. 
 
 1558. Ex necessitate rei. (L.) From tJie necessity of the case. 
 
 1559. Ex nihilo nihil fit. (L.) From nothing nothing can come. 
 
 1560. Ex noto fictum carmen seqnar, ut sibi quivis 
 
 Speret idem, sudet multuni frastraque laboret 
 
 Ausus idem. (L.) Hor. A. P. 240. 
 
 A hackneyed subject I would take and treat 
 
 So deftly, all should hope to do the feat. 
 
 Then, having strained and struggled, should concede 
 
 To do the feat were difficult indeed. Conington. 
 Cf. Pascal, Pensees, 1, 3. Les meilleurs livres sont ceux que 
 chaque lecteur croit qu'il aurait pu faire. (Fr.) The best books 
 are those which each reader thinks he could have written himself. 
 
 1561. Ex officio. (L.) By virtue of his office. Officially. 
 
 1562. Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 625. 
 Rise from my ashes, some avenger, rise ! Ed. 
 Dying imprecation of Dido upon the false ^neas, and said to have 
 been written with the point of his sword on the walls of his 
 dungeon by Philip Strozzi before killing himself, wheu imprisoned 
 by Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany.
 
 174 EX OTIO. 
 
 1563. Ex otio plus negotii quam ex negotio habemus. (L.) Vet 
 
 Schol. ad Ennium in Iphigen. Idleness gives us more to 
 do than business. 
 
 1564. Ex parte. (L.) Of the one part. Ex parte evidence 
 
 only is heard by grand juries on the side of the 
 prosecution. 
 
 Statements, evidence, commissions, are called ex parte where one 
 side only speaks or acts, the other party not having been heard or 
 refusing to join. Hence, any argument or statement which takes 
 only one view of the case is called ex parte, in the sense of being 
 one-sided and particular instead of general, and as expressing, 
 more or less, an interested and biassed opinion. 
 
 1565. Ex pede Herculem. (L.) You can judge of Hercules 's 
 
 stature by his foot. Judge of the whole of anything from 
 the part. Of. Ex ungue leonem. You may tell the lion 
 from his claw. The master's touch may be recognised 
 from the smallest part of his work. 
 
 1566. Expedit esse deos, et ut expedit, esse putemus : 
 
 Dentur in antiques thura merumque focos. 
 Kec secura quies illos similisque sopori 
 Detinet : innocui vivite, numen adest. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 637. 
 
 'Tis right there should be gods, therefore let's so believe, 
 And wine and incense on time-honoured altars give : 
 Nor do they rock themselves in heedless ease, or sleep : 
 The Deity is here ! watch o'er your actions keep ! Ed. 
 
 1567. Expende Hannibalem : quot libros in duce summo 
 
 Invenies. (L.) Juv. 10, 147. 
 
 Weigh out Hannibal : see how many 
 
 Pounds there'll be in that great Captain ! Shaw. 
 
 1588. Experiar quid concedatur in illos 
 
 Quorum Flamminia tegitur cinis atque Latina. (L.) 
 Juv. 1, 170. / will try what I may against those whose 
 dust lies buried by the Flaminian and tJie Latin ways. I 
 will satirize the vices of the living under the names of 
 the dead who cannot harm me. 
 
 Since none the living dare implead, 
 Arraign them in the persons of the dead. (?) 
 
 1569. Experientia docet. (L.) Prov. Experience teaches. "We 
 
 learn by experience. Cf. Usus, magister egregius. Plin. 
 Ep. 1, 20, 12. That excellent master, Experience. 
 
 1570. Experimentum crucis. (L.} The ordeal of the cross. A 
 
 crucial experiment ; a severe test.
 
 EX TEMPORE. 175 
 
 1571. Experto credite. (L.) Virg. 11, 283. Believe one who 
 
 speaks from experience. 
 
 " Experto crede" would mean I know what lam saying. Cf. the 
 mediaeval line, Quim subito, quam certo, experto crede Roberto. 
 How suddenly and how certainly (it will corne) you may learn from 
 Robert, who speaks from experience. Also see Antonius cle Arena 
 (t 1544) Poemat. (ad compagnones, vers. 3), Hier. Ep. 51, and 
 Biiehmann, Gefliigelte Wbrte, p. 305, where the saying is traced 
 to other sources. 
 
 1572. Expliquera morbleu ! les femmes qui pourra. 
 
 (Fr.) Barthe, Fausses Infide'lite's. 
 Explain the women ? Zounds ! let him who can ! Ed. 
 
 1573. Exploranda est veritas. (L.) Phsedr. 3, 10, 5. The truth 
 
 must be investigated. 
 
 1574. Explorant ad versa viros, perque aspera duro 
 
 Nititur ad laudem virtus interrita clivo. (L.) Sil. 4, 605. 
 
 Adversity's the test of men ; unterrified 
 Virtue fights up the rugged steep to fame. Ed. 
 
 1575. Ex post facto. (L.) Law Max. By something done after- 
 
 wards. Laws enacted with retrospective effect intended 
 to deal with a particular offence already committed, 
 would come under the head of ex post facto legislation. 
 
 1576. Expressa nocent, non expressa non nocent. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. What is expressed may be prejudicial, what is not 
 expressed cannot be so. With reference to the law of 
 contracts and interpretation of deeds. 
 
 1577. Expressio unius, est exclusio alterius. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 The express mention of one thing implies the exclusion of 
 another. 
 
 A first principle in the construction of deeds. Covenants with 
 express stipulations may not be extended by implication. The 
 conditions expressed are taken to express all the conditions affect- 
 ing the parties to the agreement. 
 
 1578. Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius. (L.) Prov. A Mercury 
 
 is not to be made out of any piece of wood. 
 
 1579. Exsulis haec vox est; prsebet mihi litera linguam ; 
 
 Et, si non liceat scvibere, mutus ero. (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 6, 3. 
 
 Foreign letters. 
 
 The voice of the exile, his pen is his word : 
 And were't not for letters, I should not be heard. Ed. 
 
 1580. Ex tern pore. (L.} Off hand. Without deliberation or 
 
 preparation : applied to preachers or speakers who speak 
 without a written discourse.
 
 176 EXTRA. 
 
 1581. Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. (L.) Cf. S. Gyp. Ep. 4, 4, 
 
 and 73, 18. Outside the Church there is no salvation. 
 
 Cf. S. Aug. vol. ix. 422 D. (Bened. Ed.), Extra Ecclesiam 
 Catholicam totum potest prseter salutem. Potest habere honorem, 
 potest habere sacramentum, potest cantare Halleluia, potest re- 
 spondere Amen, potest Evangelium tenere, potest in nomine Patris 
 et Filii et Spiritus Saucti fidem et habere et prsedicare : sed nus- 
 quam nisi in Ecclesia Catholica salutem poterit invenire. Outside 
 of the Catholick Church everything may be had except salvation. 
 You may have Orders and Sacraments, you, may sing Alleluia and 
 answer Amen, you may hold the Gospel and have and preach the 
 faith in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost : but 
 nowhere except in the Catholick Church can salvation be found. 
 
 1582. Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis ; 
 
 Quas dederis, solas semper habebis opes. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 5, 42, 7. 
 
 Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, 
 
 That is the only wealth for ever yours. Hay. 
 Cf. the Epitaph of Edward, Earl of Devon (t 1419), and of Mabel 
 his wife : 
 
 "What we gave, we have, 
 
 "What we spent, we had, 
 
 What we left, we lost. 
 
 1583. Extrema gaudii luctus occupat. (Z.) 1 
 
 And sorrow treads upon the heels of joy. 
 
 1584. Extremis malis, extrema remedia. (L.) Extreme evils 
 
 demand extreme remedies. 
 15 85. Exuerint sylvestrem animum, cultuque frequent!, 
 
 In quascunque voces artes, baud tarda sequentur. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 2, 51. 
 They change their savage mind, 
 Their wildness lose, and quitting nature's part, 
 Obey the rules and discipline of art. Dryden. 
 
 1586. Ex uno disce onines. (L.) From one example you may 
 
 form an opinion of all. 
 
 1587. Ex urio puteo similior nunquam potest aqua aquai sunii. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Mil. 2; 6, 70. You couldn't draw water 
 liker to water out of the same well. As like as two peas. 
 
 F. 
 
 1588. Fabas indulcat fames. (L.) Prov. Hunger sweetens 
 beans. A good appetite gives a relish to the most 
 humble fare.
 
 FACILIS. 177 
 
 1589. Fabrura esse suse quemquarn fortunse. (L.) App. Claud. 
 
 ap. Sail, de Rep. ord. 1. Each man is the architect of 
 his own fortunes. You are young, and the world is 
 before you ; but all depends upon your own exertions, 
 Faber est quisquam fortunes suce, Each man is the 
 architect, etc. 
 
 1590. Fabula (nee sentis) tota jactaris in urbe. (Z.) Ov. Am. 
 
 3, 1, 21. You don't know it, but you are the talk of all 
 the town. 
 
 1591. Faciendi plures libros nullus est finis : frequensque inedi- 
 
 tatio, carnis afflictio est. (L.) Vulg. Eccles. xii. 12. 
 Of making many books there is no end; and much study 
 is a weariness of the flesh. 
 
 1592. Facies non omnibus una, 
 
 Nee diversa tamen; qualem decet esse sororum. (L.) 
 Ov. M. 2, 13. The features were not the same in all, nor 
 yet the difference great : but such as is the case between 
 sisters. A family likeness. 
 
 1593. Facies tua computat annos. (L.) Juv. 6, 199. Your 
 
 face tells your age. 
 
 1594. Facile est imperium in bonis. (L.) Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 17. 
 
 It is easy to rule over the good. 
 
 1595. Facile est inventis addere. (L.) It is easy to add to 
 
 things already invented. 
 
 1596. Facile largiri de alieno. (L.) See Just. 36, 3, 9. It is 
 
 easy to be generous with other people's property. 
 
 1597. Facile omnes cum valemus recta consilia segrotis damus. 
 
 Tu, si hie sis, aliter sentias. (L.) Ter. And. 2, 1, 9. 
 When we are well, we can all give good advice to the sick. 
 You, if you were in my place, would judge otherwise. 
 
 1598. Facile princeps. (L.) Easily the first. A long way 
 
 ahead of all the rest ; by far the best. 
 
 1599. Facilis descensus Averno ; 
 
 Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; 
 
 Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, 
 
 Hoc opus, hie labor est. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 126. 
 
 The descent to the Lower World. 
 Smooth the descent and easy is the way ; 
 (The Gates of Hell stand open night and day) : 
 But to return, and view the cheerful skies, 
 In this the task and mighty labour lies. Dryden 
 M
 
 178 FACILIUS. 
 
 Applicable to the ease with which men fall into vicious 
 habits, and the difficulty of retracing their steps. Cf. 
 Vulg. St Matt. vii. 13. Lata porta, et spatiosa via est 
 quse ducit ad perditionem, et multi sunt qui intrant per 
 earn. Wide is the gate, etc. 
 
 1600. Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas. (L.)1 It is more 
 
 easy to gain an accession of dignity, than its first step. 
 The first round of the ladder of advancement accom- 
 plished, the rest is easy. 
 
 1601. Facinus audax incipit 
 
 Qui cum opulento pauper homine coepit rem habere aut 
 negotium. (L.) Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 1. It is a very bold 
 thing for a poor man to begin having business transac- 
 tions with a rich one. 
 
 1602. Facimi3 est vincire civem Romanum, scelus verberare, 
 
 prope parricidium necare : quid dicam in crucem tollere ? 
 verbo satis digno tarn nefaria res appellari nullo potest. 
 (L.) Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, 170. It is a grave offence 
 even to bind a Roman citizen, a crime to flog him, almost 
 the act of a parricide to put him to death : what shall I 
 then call crucifying him ? Language worthy of such an 
 enormity it is impossible to find. 
 
 1603. Facinus majoris abollse. (L.) Juv. 3, 115. A crime of 
 
 more dignified station. 
 
 He is speaking of a murder committed by a stoic who wore the 
 abolla, or philosopher's robe. Improperly, it might = a crime of 
 deeper dye. 
 
 1604. Facinus quos inquinat sequat. (L.) Lucan. 5, 290. 
 
 Crime, where it stains, brands all with level rank. Ed. 
 A mutual consciousness of guilt places men on an equal 
 footing of degradation. 
 
 1605. Facis de necessitate virtutern. (L.) Hier. adv. Ruf. 3, 1. 
 
 You are making a virtue out of necessity. 
 
 1606. Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat 
 
 occupatum. (L.) Hier. 1, 14, A. Always be doing 
 something, that the devil may find you engaged. 
 
 1607. Faciunt nae intelligendo, ut nihil intelligant. (Z.) Ter. 
 
 And. Prol. 17. They are so knowing, that they know 
 nothing at all. 
 
 1608. Fa9on de parler. (Fr.) A way of speaking.
 
 FALLACIA. 179 
 
 1609. Facta canam ; sed erunt qui me finxisse loquantur. (Z.) 
 
 Ov. F. 6, 3. / speak of facts, though some will say that 
 I am inventing. 
 
 1610. Facta ducis vivent, operosaque gloria remm; 
 
 Hsec manet, hsec avidos effugit una rogos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Liv. 265. 
 
 The hero's deeds and hard-won fame shall live; 
 They can alone the funeral fires survive. Ed. 
 
 1611. Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant. (L.) See Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 
 
 96. Sis actions do not agree with his words. 
 
 1612. Facta non verba. (Z.) Deeds not words. 
 
 1613. Fac tantum incipias, sponte disertus eris. (Z.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 1, 610. Only begin, and you will become eloquent of 
 yourself. 
 
 1614. Factis ignoscite nostris 
 
 Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo. (Z.) Ov. F. 3, 
 309. Forgive tlie deed, since you know that all wicked 
 intent was far from my mind. 
 
 1615. Factum abiit, monumenta manent. (Z.) Ov. F. 4, 709. 
 
 The event is past, tJie memorial of it remains. Motto 
 of London Numismatic Society. ^ 
 
 1616. Factum est. (Z.) It is done. Plasterers' Company. 
 
 1617. Factum est illud ; fieri infectum non potest. (Z.) Plaut 
 
 Aul. 4, 10, 11. The deed is done and cannot be undone. 
 
 1618. Fsex populi. (Z.) The dregs of tJie people. The very 
 
 lowest class. 
 
 1619. Faire le diable & quatre. (Fr.) To play the very deuce. 
 
 To tear, fret, rant, rage. II fait le diable a quatre, he 
 tears, fumes at a devil of a rate. 
 
 1620. Faire inon devoir. (Fr.) To do my duty. Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Roden. (2.) Faire sans dire. To act without 
 talking. Motto of the Earl of Ilchester. 
 
 1621. Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra. (Fr.) Prov. Do 
 
 your duty, come what will. 
 
 1622. Faites votre devoir et laissez faire aux dieux. (Fr.) 
 
 Scudery, L'amour tyrannique, 3, 8. Do your own duty, 
 and leave the rest to God. 
 
 1623. Fallacia Alia aliam trudit. (Z.) Ter. And. 4, 4, 39. One 
 
 lie begets another.
 
 180 FALLERE. 
 
 1624. Fallere credentem non est operosa puellam 
 
 Gloria. Simplicitas digna favore fuit. (L.) Ov. H. 2, 63 
 To dupe a trustful girl is small renown ; 
 To one so simple, kiudness should be shown. Ed. 
 
 1625. Fallite fallentes : ex magna parte profanum 
 
 Sunt genus ; in laqueos quos posuere, cadant. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 645. 
 
 The cheaters cheat, mostly a godless gang ; 
 
 In their own nooses let the scoundrels hang. Ed. 
 
 1626. Fallit enim vitium, specie virtutis et umbra, 
 
 Cum sit triste habitu, vultuque et veste severum. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 14, 109. 
 
 Vice can deceive, ape virtue's mien and air 
 By sad demeanour, face and dress severe. Ed. 
 
 1627. Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credit 
 
 Servitiurn. Nunquam libertas gratior extat 
 Quam sub rege pio. (L.) Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 113. 
 He errs who deems it slavery to live 
 Under a noble prince : for liberty 
 Is never sweeter than with pious kings. Ed. 
 
 1628. Falso damnati crimine mortis. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 430 
 
 Condemned to death on a false charge. Unjust 
 sentence. 
 
 1629. Falsus honor juvat, et mendax infamia terret, 
 
 Quem nisi mendosum et medicandum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 39. 
 
 Trust me, false praise has charms, false blame has pains 
 
 But for vain hearts, long ears, and addled brains. Conington. 
 
 1630. Fanise laboranti non facile succurritur. (L.) It is not 
 
 easy to save a tottering reputation. 
 
 1631. Fama malum, quo non velocius ullum ; 
 
 Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo ; 
 Parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras, 
 Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit. . 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 173. 
 Rumour. 
 Fame than who never plague that runs 
 
 Its way more swiftly wins ; 
 Her very motion lends her power, 
 She flies and waxes every hour. 
 At first she shrinks and cowers for dread ; 
 
 Ere long she soars on high : 
 Upon the ground she plants her tread, 
 Her forehead in the sky, Conington.
 
 FAX. 181 
 
 1632. Famam atquo rutnores . . . sermonem sine ullo certo 
 
 auctore dispei-sum, cui malignitas initiura dederit, incre- 
 mentum credulitas. (.) Quint. 5, 3, 1. Hearsay and 
 rumour are reports spread abroad upon no authority, 
 brought into the world by malice, and fostered by credulity. 
 
 1633. Famam extendere factis. (L.) Virg. A. 10, 468. To 
 
 extend one's fame by deeds. Motto of Viscount Gal way. 
 
 1634. Familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere. (L.) Veil. 
 
 2, 30, 3. It is common to man to pardon all his own 
 faults. 
 
 1635. Fare, fac. (L.} Speak, do. Motto of Lord Fairfax. 
 
 1636. Fari quae sentiat. (L.) To speak what he may think. 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Orford. 
 
 1637. Favb quel che potrb, e un poco manco per potervi durare. 
 
 (It.) Prov. / will do all I can, and a little less, so as 
 to be able to go on at it. 
 
 1638. Fastidientis est stomachi multa degustare. (L.) Sen. Ep. 
 
 2. It shows a delicate stomach to be tasting so many 
 dishes. Said of reading too many kinds of books. 
 
 1639. Fata obstant. (L.) The Fates are against it. 
 
 1640. Fatigatis humus cubile est. (L.} Curt. 3, 2, 15.l 1 o the 
 
 weary the earth is a good bed. 
 
 1641. Faut d'la vertu, pas trop n'en faut, 
 
 L'exces en tout est un defaut. 
 
 (Fr.} Monvel, Erreur d'un moment. 
 
 Est modus in rebus. 
 
 Be virtuous : not too much ; just what's correct : 
 Excess in anything is a defect. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Mol. Misanthr. 1, 1 (Philinte loq.) : 
 
 La parfaite raison fuit toute extremite, 
 Et veut que Ton soit sage avec sobriete. 
 
 Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, 
 Content to couple wisdom with sobriety. Ed. 
 
 1642. Fax mentis honestse gloria. (L.) Glory is the torch of a 
 
 noble mind. Devise of Henry, Prince of Wales (eldest 
 son of James I.), and adopted as Motto by the Nova 
 Scotia Baronetage. (2.) Fax mentis incendium glorise. 
 The flame of glory is the torch that kindles t/ie soul. 
 Motto of Earl of Granard.
 
 182 FAY. 
 
 1643. Fay ce que voudras. (Fr.}Do as you please. Motto of 
 
 the Club of wits and literati (called St Franciscans, after 
 Sir Francis Dashwood, the President), assembling at 
 Medmenham Abbey, middle of eighteenth century, and 
 adopted from the words inscribed over the Abbey gates. 
 It is also the inscription on Rabelais' Abbey of Thelema. 
 
 1644. Fecisti enim nos ad te, et cor inquietum donee requiescat 
 
 in te. (L.) S. August. Conf. 1, 1. Thou hast made 
 us for Thyself, and the heart of man is restless until it 
 finds its rest in Thee. 
 
 1645. Fecunda culpse secula nuptias 
 
 Primum inquinavere, et genus, et domos : 
 Hoc fonte derivata clades 
 
 In patriam populumque fluxit. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 3, 6, 17. 
 
 An evil age erewhile debased 
 
 The marriage-bed, the race, the home ; 
 Hence rose the flood whose waters waste 
 
 The nation and the name of Rome. Conington. 
 
 1646. Fecundi calices quern non fecere disertum, 
 
 Contracta quern non in paupertate solutum ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19. 
 
 What tongue hangs fire when quickened by the bowl ? 
 What wretch so poor but wine expands his soul ? Conington. 
 
 1647. Felices errore suo, quos ille timorum 
 
 Maximus, haud urget leti metus. Inde ruendi 
 In ferrum mens prona viris, animseque capaces 
 Mortis, et ignavum periturse parcere vitse. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 1, 459. 
 
 Blest error theirs ; no fears appall 
 
 Of Death, that greatest fear of all : 
 
 Hence rush they gladly on the steel 
 
 (Come life, come death, come woe, or weal :) 
 
 And deem it cowardice to save 
 
 A body destined for the grave. Ed. 
 
 1648. Felices ter et amplius 
 
 Quos irrupta tenet copula, nee, malis 
 Divulsus quserimoniis, 
 
 Suprema citius solvet amor die. (L.~) Hor. C. 1, 13, 17. 
 
 Happy, happy, happy they 
 
 Whose living love, untroubled by all strife 
 
 Binds them till the last sad day, 
 
 Nor parts asunder but with parting life ! Coninglon.
 
 FERTILIOR. 183 
 
 1649. Feliciter is sapit, qui periculo alieno sapit. (Z.) Plaut. 
 
 Merc. 4, 7, 40. He is lucky in his wisdom, who learns 
 it at another man's expense. 
 
 Cf. Felix quicunque dolore 
 
 Alterius disces posse carere suo. Tib. 3, 6, 43. Happy are 
 you, whosoever shall learn by another's suffering, to escape it 
 yourself; also, Felix quern faciunt aliena pericula cautum ! 
 Happy is he who learns prudence from the dangers of others. 
 
 1650. Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas 
 
 Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum 
 Subjecit pedibus. (Z.) Virg. G. 2, 490. Happy is he 
 I'jho can trace all things to their causes, and trample all 
 fears and inexorable fate underfoot. 
 
 1651. Felodese. (Z.) Law Term. A felon of himself . A suicide. 
 
 1652. Feme covert. (Fr.) Law Term. A married woman. 
 
 (2.) Feme sole. An unmarried woman. 
 
 1653. Feras, non culpes, quod mutari non potest. (Z.) 1 ? Blame 
 
 not but bear what cannot be mended. What can't be 
 cured, must be endured. 
 
 1654. Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. (Z.) Cses. 
 
 B. G. 3, 18. Men in general believe that which they 
 wish. The wish is father to the thought. 
 
 1655. Feriis caret necessitas. (Z.) Pall. 1, 6, 7. Necessity has 
 
 no holiday, or knows no law. 
 
 1656. Ferme acerrima proximorum odia sunt. (Z.) Tac. H. 4, 
 
 70. The hatred between relations is generally the most 
 bitter of all. 
 
 1657. Ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur. (Z.) Liv. 8, 24. 
 
 It generally happens that men rush into the very evils 
 they are endeavouring to fly. 
 
 1658. Ferro non gladio. (Z.) By iron, not by my sicord. 
 
 Motto of Lord Wimborne. 
 
 1659. F.E.R.T. (L.}He bears. Motto of Italian Order of 
 
 Annunciation. The initials are said to signify Frappez, 
 Entrez, Rompez Tout (Knock, Enter, Break Everything) ; 
 or, Fortitude Ejus Rhodum Tenuit, His (Amadeus the 
 Great) fortitude held Rhodes (against the Turks). 
 
 1660. Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris, 
 
 Vicinumque pecus grandius uber habet. 
 
 (Z.) Ov. A. A. 1, 349. 
 
 Crops are e'er richer in a neighbour's field ; 
 
 And neighbours' cows produce a fuller yield. Ed.
 
 184 FERVET. 
 
 1661. Fervet avaritia miseroque cupidine pectus? 
 
 Sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenire dolorem 
 Possis, et magnain morbi deponere partem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 33. 
 
 Say, is your bosom fevered with the fire 
 
 Of sordid avarice or unchecked desire ? 
 
 Know, there are spells will help you to allay 
 
 The pain, and put good part of it away. Conington. 
 
 1662. Fervet olla, vivit amicitia. (X.) Prov. As long as the 
 
 pot boils, the friendship lasts. False friends. Dinner 
 acquaintance, trencher-mates. 
 
 1663. Festina lente. (L.) Suet. Aug. 25; or o-n-erSe /SpaSeus. 
 
 (Gr.) Hasten sloivly. A saying of Augustus Caesar. 
 Motto of the Earl of Fingal, Lords Dunsany, Louth, 
 Onslow, and Plunket. 
 
 1664. Festinare nocet, nocet et cunctatio ssepe; 
 
 Tempore quseque suo qui facit, ille sapit. (L.) ? 
 
 Hurry is bad, and oft as bad, delay ; 
 
 Each thing at its right time, is wisdom's way. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Festinatio tarda est. (L.}1 Haste is slow. More 
 haste less speed. 
 
 1665. Festinat decurrere velox 
 
 Flosculus, angustae, miserseque brevissima vitae 
 Portio ; dum bibiraus, dum serta, unguenta, puellas 
 Poscimus, obrepit non intellecta senectus. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 9, 126. 
 
 Onr fleeting prime, the too brief flower 
 Of life's unhappy, anxious hour, 
 
 Hastes to run out its race : 
 'Mid flowing cups and garlands gay, 
 Perfumes and girls, its stealthy way 
 
 Old age steals on apace. Ed. 
 
 1666. Festo die si quid pr/odegeris, 
 
 Profesto egere liceat, nisi peperceris. (Z.) Plaut. Aul. 
 2, 8, 10. If you have been extravagant on gala days, you 
 may have to want on working days, should you not have 
 been careful. 
 
 1667. Fete champetre. (Fr.) A rural feast. An entertainment 
 
 given in the open air, with dancing, and country sports. 
 
 1668. Fiat. (L.) Let it be done. So be it. 
 
 The old forms of excommunication used to conclude with the 
 assembled clergy dashing their lighted tapers on the ground as 
 they exclaimed, Fiat, fiat, fiat!
 
 FIDES. 185 
 
 1669. Fiat experimentum in corpore vili. (Z.)1 Let the experi- 
 
 ment be made upon some common body. 
 
 1670. Fiat justitia, mat coelum. (L.) Justice must be done, even 
 
 though the heavens should fall. We must do what is 
 right whatever may ensue. 
 
 Mr Bartlett (Quotations) points out that the words are to he found 
 in Ward's Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America. Printed 1645. 
 Cf. Buat coeltira, fiat Voluntas Tua. Sir T. Browne, Rel. lied. 
 Pt. 2, sec. 11. Let thy will be done, if Heaven fall ; and George 
 Herbert, Country Parson, ch. 29, Do well and right, and let the 
 world sink. 
 
 1671. Fide et amore. (Z.) By faith and love. Motto of the 
 
 Marquess of Hertford. (2.) Fide et fiducia. By faith 
 and by confidence. Motto of the Earl of Rosebery. (3.) 
 Fide et fortitudine. By faith and fortitude. Motto of 
 the Earl of Essex. (4.) Fide et literis. By faith and 
 letters (learning). St Paul's School, London. 
 
 1672. Fidei coticula crux. (Z.) The cross is the touchstone of 
 
 faith. Motto of the Earls of Clarendon and Jersey. (2.) 
 Fidei tenax. Holding the faith. M. of Lord Wolverton. 
 
 1673. Fideli certa merces. (L.) Reward is certain to the faith- 
 
 ful. Motto of Earl of Morley. 
 
 1674. Fidelis et audax. (L.) Faithful and bold. Motto of 
 
 Lord Hampton. 
 
 1675. Fidelite est de Dieu. (Fr.) Fidelity is of God. Motto of 
 
 Earl of Powerscourt. 
 
 1676. Fideliter et constanter. (L.) Faithfully and firmly. 
 
 Motto of the Order of Prince Ernest of Saxe-Coburg- 
 Gotha. 
 
 1677. Fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo? (Z.) Pub. Syr. 
 
 166, Rib. Who loses his character, with what can he 
 support himself in future ? 
 Shakesp. Oth. 3, 3 : 
 
 Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 
 
 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; 
 
 But he that filches from me my good name, 
 
 Robs me of that which not enriches him, 
 
 And makes me poor indeed. 
 
 1678. Fides invicta triumphat. (Z.) Unconquerable fidelity 
 
 triumphs. Motto of the County of Gloucester. (2.) 
 Fides probata coronat. Approved faith confers a crown. 
 Motto of Lord Polwarth. 
 
 1679. Fides servanda est. (Z.) Faith must be kept.
 
 186 FIDES. 
 
 1680. Fides sit penes auctorem. (Z.) Let credence be given to 
 
 the author. If the author is to be believed. 
 
 1681. Fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo nunquam redit. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 181, Rib. A man's character, like his soul, is never 
 regained when once it is gone. This might, improperly, 
 be applied to loss of faith. 
 
 1682. Fidus et audax. (L.) Faithful and intrepid. Motto of 
 
 Viscount Lismore. 
 
 1683. Fiel pero desdichado. ($.) Loyal though unfortunate. 
 
 Motto of the Duke of Marlborough. 
 
 1684. Fieri curavit, or F. C. (L. Inscriptions). Caused it to be 
 
 done or made. 
 
 1685. Fieri facias, or fi. fa. (L.) Law Term. Make it to be 
 
 done. A writ empowering a sheriff to levy the amount 
 of a debt, or damages recovered. 
 
 1686. Filii non plus possessionum quam morborum hseredes 
 
 sumus. (L.) 1 Sons are heirs to diseases no less than to 
 estates. 
 
 1687. Filius nullius. (L.) Law Term. The son of no man. 
 
 A bastard ; for Qui ex damnato coitu nascuntur inter 
 liberos non computantur, Those born from unlawful union 
 are not reckoned as children. 
 
 1688. Fille de joie. (fr.) A woman of pleasure. 
 
 1689. Fille de la douleur, Harmonic ! Harmonic ! 
 
 Langue que pour Pamour inventa le gdnie 
 
 Qui nous vins d'ltalie, et qui lui vins des cieux. 
 
 (fr.) A. de Musset, Lucie. 
 Daughter of sorrow, oh Harmony ! Harmony J 
 
 Language that genius invented for love ! 
 Thou travelledst hither from musical Italy, 
 And to Italy earnest from Heaven above ! Ed. 
 
 1690. Fils de Saint Louis, montez au ciel ! (fr.) Son of St 
 
 Louis, ascend to heaven ! 
 
 Imaginary speech of the Abbe Edgeworth at the death of Louis 
 XVI., and invented the night of the execution by Charles His, 
 Editor of the Republicain Franqais. At the actual moment of 
 death, and for some moments previous, Mr Edgeworth seems to 
 have been kneeling by the king in a semi-unconscious state (vide 
 Journal of Mary Frampton, p. 89). 
 
 1691. Fin centre fin. (Fr.} Cunning matched against cunning. 
 
 Diamond cut diamond.
 
 FLEBILE. 187 
 
 1692. Finem respice. (L.) Look to the end. Motto of the Earl 
 
 of Darnley. 
 
 1693. Finge datos currus, quid agas? (L.) Ov. M. 2, 74. 
 
 /Suppose the chariot were granted you, What would you 
 do ? Apollo to Phaethon requesting the chariot of the 
 Sun. Suppose you gained the object of your ambition, 
 what then ? 
 
 1694. Finis coronat opus. (L.) The end crowns the work. The 
 
 merits of a work cannot be appreciated until it is com- 
 pleted. 
 
 1695. Firmior quo paratior. (Z.) I am all the stronger for 
 
 being prepared. 
 
 1696. Fit cito per multas praeda petita manus. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 
 1, 8, 92. The booty that is sought by several hands is 
 soon gathered. 
 
 1697. Fit erranti medicina confessio. (L.) 1 Confession is as 
 
 medicine to him who has gone astray. 
 
 1698. Fit fabricando faber. (L.) Prov. To be a smith you 
 
 must work at the forge. 
 
 1699. Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus. (L.) 
 
 Cic. Deiot. 11, 30. The master sometimes serves, and 
 the servant sometimes is master. 
 
 1700. Fit scelus indulgens per nubila ssecula virtus. (L.) Sil. 
 
 Ital. 1 In the hour of danger leniency is crime. 
 
 It was sufficient to bring Louis XVI. to the scaffold. In a time of 
 great emergency a weak and irresolute government not certain of 
 the popular mind, and (what is much more) not knowing its own, 
 may place the lives and fortunes of citizens in extreme peril. No 
 policy is so cruel as that which lives by temporizing and concession. 
 
 1701. Flagrante bello. (L.) While the war is raging. During 
 
 the continuance of hostilities. (2.) Flagrante delicto. 
 In the very act of commission. Red-handed. 
 
 1702. Flammam a sapiente facilius in ore ardente opprimi, quam 
 
 bona dicta teneat. (L.) Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 222. It is 
 easier for a uit to keep fire in his mouth, than to hold in 
 a bonmot that he is burning to tell. 
 
 1703. Flare simul et sorbere haud facile est. (L.) Plaut. Most. 
 
 3, 2, 104. It is not easy to sup, and to blow at the same 
 time. It is foolish to attempt to do two things at once. 
 
 1704. Flebile ludibrium. (L.) 1 A deplorable mockery. A sad 
 
 laughing-stock.
 
 188 FLEQUE. 
 
 1705. Fleque meos casus : est quaedam flere voluptas : 
 
 Expletur lacrimis egeviturque dolor. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 4, 3, 37. 
 
 Weep o'er my woes : to weep is some relief, 
 
 For that doth ease and carry out our grief. Dryden. 
 
 Weep on ; and as thy sorrows flow 
 
 I'll taste the luxury of woe. Moore. 
 
 1706. Fleres si scires unum tua tempora mensem ; 
 
 Rides quum non sit forsitan vina dies. (L.) You would 
 weep if you knew that your life was limited to a month, 
 yet you laugh, when you know not whether it may last a 
 day. 
 
 Inscription on an old public-house, the Four Crosses, on the road- 
 side between Walsall and Ivetsey, Cheshire. 
 
 1707. Flet victus, victor interiit. (L-)1 Th# conquered weep, 
 
 the conqueror is undone. Neither side wins. 
 
 1708. Floreat seternum Carthusiana domus. (L.) May Charter- 
 
 house flourish for ever ! M. of Charterhouse School. (2.) 
 Floreat Etona. May Eton flourish ! M. of Eton College. 
 
 1 709. Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant, 
 
 Omnia nos itidem depascimur aurea dicta, 
 Aurea, perpetua semper dignissima vita. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 3, 11. 
 
 Just as the bee sips all the opening flowers 
 That Flora scatters o'er her fragrant bowers, 
 We cull thy golden words, with wisdom rife, 
 Golden indeed, and worthy endless life. Ed. 
 
 1710. Fluctus in simpulo, ut dicitur. (L.) Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36. 
 
 A tempest in a teacup, as the saying is. 
 
 1711. Flumine vicino stultus . sitit. (L.) Petr. Fragm. p. 899, 
 
 Burm. A fool is dying of thirst with the river close by. 
 He starves in the midst of plenty. Cf. Ov. M. 9, 1760. 
 Mediis sitiemus in undis. We shall thirst in the midst of 
 ivater. Water, water everywhere and not a drop to 
 drink. 
 
 1712. Fluvius cum mari certas (L.) Prov. You a river, and 
 
 contending with the ocean ! 
 
 1713. Foedius hoc aliquid quandoque audebis amictu. 
 
 Nemo repente fuit turpissimus. (L.) Juv. 2, 82. 
 
 Thus, you'll proceed to greater lengths of evil : 
 No man was all at once a perfect devil. Shaw.
 
 FORMA. 189 
 
 Cf. id. 14, 123. Sunt quaedam vitiorum elementa. 
 TJiere are certain rudiments in vice. Vice has its stages 
 like every other pursuit. See Beaumont and Fletcher, 
 King and no King, A. 5, S. 4 : 
 
 There is a method in man's wickedness, 
 It grows up by degrees. 
 
 1714. Fcedum inceptu, fcedum exitu. (L.) Liv. Fraef. 10. A 
 
 bad beginning and a bad ending. 
 
 1715. Fcenum habet in cornu, longe fuge, dummodo risum 
 
 Excutiat sibi, non hie cuiquam parcit arnico. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 33. 
 
 Beware ! he's vicious ! So he gains his end, 
 
 A selfish laugh, he will not spare a friend. Conington. 
 
 Lit. " He has hay on his horn," as though a dangerous 
 bull. 
 
 1716. Fol a vint-ciuq carats, dont les vint-quatre sont le tout. 
 
 (Fr.) Bona venture, Despensievs. He is a madman 
 of twenty-five carats, when twenty-four is the highest 
 ratio known. A pure unadulterated madman ; an un- 
 alloyed ass. 
 
 1717. Folia sunt artis et nugse merse. (L.) App. M. 1, p. 106, 
 
 8. Mere artistic trifles. 
 
 1718. Foliis tantum ne carmina manda: 
 
 Ne turbata volent rapidis ludibria ventis. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 74. 
 Mamiscript. 
 
 But commit not, I implore, 
 To faithless leaves thy precious lore, 
 Lest by the wind's wild eddies tost 
 Abroad they fly, their sequence lost. Conington. 
 
 1719. Fons et origo mali. (L.}1 The source and origin of the 
 
 mischief. Cf. Origo et fons belli. Flor. 3, 6. The 
 origin and cause of tJie war. 
 
 1720. Forma bonum fragile est : quantumque accedit ad annos 
 
 Fit minor : et spatio carpitur ipsa suo. 
 
 Et tibi jam cani venient, formose, capilli 
 Jam venient rugae, quse tibi corpus arent. 
 
 Jam molire animum, qui duret, et adstrue formae, 
 Solus ad extremes permanet ille rogos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 113,
 
 190 FORMAT. 
 
 Fragile is beauty. 
 
 Fragile is beauty : with advancing years 
 'Tis less and less and, last, it disappears. 
 Your hair too, fair one, will turn grey and thin ; 
 And wrinkles furrow that now rounded skin ; 
 Then brace the mind, thus beauty fortify, 
 The mind alone is yours, until you die. Ed. 
 
 1721. Format enim natura piius nos intus ad omnem 
 
 Fortunarurn habitum ; juvat, aut impellit ad iram, 
 Aut ad humum mcei'ore gravi deducit et angit, 
 Post effert animi motus interprets lingua. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 108. 
 
 For Nature forms and moulds us inwardly 
 To suit each varying mood of Fortune's sway : 
 Now she delights, now she transports with rage, 
 Or bows to earth in woe : and, at each stage, 
 "VVhate'er the emotion be the spirit feels 
 The tongue, as her interpreter, reveals. Ed. 
 
 1722. Forma viros neglecta decet. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 509. An 
 
 unstudied dress is most becoming to men. 
 
 1723. Formosa facies muta commendatio est. (L.) Pub. Syr. 
 
 169, Rib. A beautiful face is a mute recommendation. 
 
 1724. Formosos ssepe inveni pessimos, 
 
 Et turpi facie multos cognovi optimos. (L.) Phsedr. 3, 
 4, 6. / have often found handsome men to be scoundrels, 
 and ugly looking fellows to prove most excellent men. 
 
 1725. Forsan miseros meliora sequentur. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 
 
 153. Perhaps a better fate is in store for us miserable 
 men. 
 
 1726. Fors et virtus miscentur in vinum. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 
 
 715. Chance and force unite together. Said of the 
 combat between Turnus and jEneas, the words may be 
 applied to any struggle in which the odds are equal and 
 it is uncertain which side will prevail. Mr Conington 
 renders it, 
 
 " Chance joins with force to guide the steel." 
 
 1727. Forsitan hsec aliquis, nam sunt quoque, parva vocabit : 
 
 Snd, quae non prosunt singula, multa juvant. (Z.) Ov. 
 R. A. 419. Perhaps some one will call these slight 
 matters, and so they are, yet what is of little good by 
 itself combined with others effects much. The power of 
 small things. 
 
 1728. Forte etfidele. (Fr.) Strong and loyal Lord Talbot de 
 
 Malahide.
 
 FORTI. 191 
 
 ] 729. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, 
 
 Qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat 
 Naturae, qui ferre queat quoscunque labores, 
 Nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores 
 Herculis serumnas credat saevosque labores 
 Et Venere, et caenis, et pluma Sardanapali. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 10, 357. 
 
 Ask strong resolve, freed from the fears of death, 
 
 That counts 'mid Nature's gifts our latest breath : 
 
 That can with courage any toil support ; 
 
 That knows not anger, and that covets naught : 
 
 Preferring the hard life Alcides led 
 
 To Love, or feasts, or luxury's downy bed. Ed. 
 
 Line 1. First three words are the Motto of Lord Saye 
 and Sele. 
 
 1730. Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis ; 
 
 Est in juvencis, est in equis patrurn 
 Virtus, nee imbellem feroces 
 
 Progenerant aquilae colurnbam. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 4, 39. 
 
 Good sons and brave good sires approve : 
 
 Strong bullocks, fiery colts, attest 
 Their fathers' worth, nor weakling dove 
 
 Is hatched in savage eagle's nest. Conington. 
 
 1731. Forte scutum salus ducum. (L.) A leader's safeguard is a 
 
 strong shield. Punning motto of Earl Fortescue and 
 Lord Carlingford, (Fortescue.) 
 
 1732. Fortes fortuna adjuvat. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 26. 
 
 Fortune helps t/ie brave. 
 
 Cf. Fortibus est fortuna viris data. Enn. ap. llacr. S. 6, 1. 
 Good fortune is given to brave men; also, Fortes enirn non modo 
 fortuna juvat, ut est in vetere proverbio, sed multo niagis ratio. 
 Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 4. It is not only fortune that favours tJie brave, as 
 the old proverb says but, much more, forethought. 
 
 1733. Fortes indigne tuli 
 
 Mihi insultare : te, naturae dedecus, 
 Quod ferre cogor te, bis videor mori. 
 
 (L.) Phsedr. 1, 21, 10. 
 The dying Lion to the Ass that kicked him. 
 
 Ill have I brook 'd that nobler foes 
 Should triumph o'er my dying woes : 
 But, scorn of nature, forced to lie 
 And take thy taunts, is twice to die. Ed. 
 
 1734. Forti et fideli nihil difficile. (L.} To the brave and loyal 
 
 nothing is difficult. Motto of Lord Muskerry.
 
 192 FORTIOR. 
 
 1735. Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quam honriuis. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. The action of tlw law is in some cases 
 superior to and overrides the expressed intention of the 
 individual. This applies in contracts and disposition of 
 property and similar cases where private arrangements 
 are deficient in respect of what the law declares to be 
 indispensable. 
 
 1736. Fortis cadere, cedere non potest. (L.) The brave may 
 
 fall but can never yield. M. of the Marquess of Drogheda. 
 
 1737. Fortissima Tyndaridaruin. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 100. 
 
 Brave as tlie daughter of Tyndarus. A second Clytem- 
 nestra. Lady Macbeth, Judith. 
 
 1738. Fortis sub forte fatiscet. (L.) A brave man will yield to a 
 
 brave. Motto of Lord Castletown. 
 
 1739. Fortiter defendit triumphans. (Z.) It bravely defends, 
 
 triumphing. Motto of Newcastle- upon -Tyne. (2.) 
 Fortiter, fideliter, feliciter. Boldly, faithfully, success- 
 fully. Motto of Viscount Monk. (3.) Fortiter geret 
 crucem. He will bravely support the cross. Motto of 
 Earl of Donoughmore. 
 
 1740. Fortitudini. (L.) For bravery. Mil. order of Maria 
 
 Theresa (Austria). 
 
 1741. Fortitude in laboribus periculisque cernatur, temperantia 
 
 in prsetermittendis voluptatibus, prudentia in delectu 
 bonorum et malorum, justitia in suo cuique tribuendo. 
 (L.) Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 67. 
 
 The Cardinal Virtues. 
 
 Fortitude is shown in toil and danger : Temperance in declining 
 sensual enjoyments : Prudence in the choice between good and 
 evil : Justice in awarding to every one his due. 
 
 1742. Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum. (L.) Cic. N". D. 
 
 1, 24, 66. By some accidental combination of atoms. 
 Democritus' theory of the creation of the world. 
 
 1743. FORTUNA. (L.) Fortune, personified as the Goddess of 
 
 Chance, Luck, Fate. 
 
 (1.) Fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit. Pub. Syr. 167, Rib. 
 When Fortune comes fawning, it is to ensnare. (2.) Fortuna 
 fortes metuit, iguavos premit. Sen. Med. 159. Fortune fears the 
 brave, and tramples on the coward. (3.) Fortunam citius reperies, 
 quam retineas. Pub. Syr. 168. It is easier to meet with Fortune, 
 than to keep her. (4.) Fortuna meliores sequitur. Sail. H. 1, 48, 
 15. Fortune befriends the better man. Cf. Fortuna, nt saepe alias, 
 virtutem secuta est. Liv. 4, 37. Fortune, as is not uncommon,
 
 FORTUNE. 193 
 
 befriended valour. (5.) Fortuiiam revereatcr babe, quicunque 
 repente Dives ab exili progrediere loco. Aus. Ep. 8, 7. Be re- 
 spectful to Fortune, you who have all at once risen to wealth from 
 a humble position. (6.) Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli. 
 Mart. 12, 10, 2. Fortune gives many too much, enough to none. 
 (7.) Fortuna obesse nulli contenta est semel ? Fortune is never 
 content with doing a man one injury only. (8.) Fortuna opes 
 auferre, non animum potest. Sen. Med. 176. Fortune may take 
 my wealth, but not my spirit. (9.) Fortuna paginam utramque 
 facit. Plin. 2, 7, 5, 22. Fortune fills both sides of the account, 
 i.e., good or bad. 
 
 (10.) Fortuna ssevo Iseta negotio, et 
 
 Ludum insoleutem ludere pertinax, 
 Transmutat incertos honores, 
 Nunc mihi, nunc aliis benigna. Hor. C, 3, 29, 49. 
 
 Fortune, who loves her cruel game, 
 Still bent upon some heartless whim, 
 
 Shifts her caresses, fickle dame, 
 Now kind to me, and now to him. Conington. 
 
 (11.) Fortuna nunquam sistit in eodem statu : 
 Semper movetur : variat et mutat vices, 
 Et summa in imum vertit, ac versa erigit. 
 Fortune to stay is never known ; 
 
 She shifts and moves and changes places. 
 What's uppermost she'll topple down, 
 
 And what is underneath she raises. Ed. 
 
 (12.) Fortuna vitrea est, turn quum splendet, frangitur. Pub. 
 Syr. 189, Rib. Fortune is of glass ; she glitters just at the moment 
 of breaking. " My hour is not come ; when it does, I shall break 
 like glass." Saying of Napoleon III. (see N. Senior's Conver- 
 sations). Cf. Et comme elk (la gloire) a I' eclat du vcrre, Elle en a 
 la fragility. (Fr.) Godeau, Ode to Louis XVIII. And as glory 
 has the brilliancy of glass, it also shares its brittleness. 
 
 (,13.) Iniqua raro maximis virtutibus 
 
 Fortuna parcit. (L.) Sen. Her. Fur. 325. Spiteful 
 Fortune rarely spares those of great name. 
 
 (14.) Heu ! Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos 
 Te, Deus ? ut semper gaudes illudere rebus 
 Humanis ! Hor. S. 2, 8, 61. 
 
 O Fortune ! cruellest of heavenly powers, 
 "Why make such game of this poor life of ours ? 
 
 Coninglon. 
 
 1744. Fortunse csetera mando. (L.) Ov. M. 2, 140. / leave the 
 
 rest to fortune. I have exerted all the means in my 
 power to insure success, the rest is in other hands. 
 
 1745. Fortunse films. (L,) Hor. S. 2, 6, 49. ,4 son of fortune. 
 
 Fortune's favourite. A lucky fellow. In Greek, TTCUS 
 
 T>}s TUXES' 
 
 N
 
 194 FORTUNA MAGNA. 
 
 Cf. Juv. 13, 141 : 
 Quia tu gallinse filius albae, 
 
 Nos viles pulli, nati infelicibus ovis. Because you are "a white 
 hen's chick," we a common brood hatched from unlucky eggs. Born 
 with a silver spoon in his mouth. 
 
 1746. Fortuna magna magna domino est servitus. (L.) Prov. 1 
 
 Pub. Syr. A large fortune is a great slavery to its owner. 
 
 1747. Fortuna mea in bello campo. (Z.) The lot has fallen unto 
 
 me in a fair field. Punning motto of Earl Beauchamp. 
 
 1748. Fortuna miserrima tuta est. (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 2, 31. A 
 
 poor fortune is the safest. 
 
 1749. Fortuna sequatur. (L.) Let fortune follow. Motto of 
 
 the Earl of Aberdeen. 
 
 1750. Fortunati ambo, si quid mea carmina possunt, 
 
 Nulla dies unquarn memori vos eximet sevo. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 9, 446. 
 Nisus and Euryalus. 
 Blest pair ! if aught my verse avail 
 No day shall make your memory fail 
 
 From off the heart of time. Conington. 
 
 1751. Fortunate omne solum patria est. (L.) Every soil is the 
 
 country of the fortunate. Prosperity reconciles us tc 
 any country. Cf. Patria est, ubicumque est bene. 
 Pacuv. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108. One's country is 
 wherever one is well, or shorter, Ubi bene, ibi patria. 
 
 1752. Fortunatus et ille deos qui novit agrestes. (L.) Virg. G. 
 
 2, 493. Happy is the man who knows the country gods. 
 The innocent and healthful habits of a country life. 
 
 175 3. Foy est tout. (fr.) Faith is everything. Motto of 
 
 Marquess of Ripon. (2.) Foy pour devoir. Faith for 
 duty. Motto of the Duke of Somerset and Lord Alcester 
 
 1754. Frauche, leal et oye. (Old Fr.} Free, loyal, and open. 
 
 Motto of Duke of Leeds. 
 
 1755. Frangas non flectes. (L.) You may break, but you cannot 
 
 bend me. M. of Duke of Sutherland and Earl Granville. 
 
 1756. Frange, miser, calamos, vigilataque prselia dele, 
 
 Qui facis in parva sublimia carmina cella, 
 Ut dignus venias hederis, et imagine macra. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 7, 27. 
 The Grub-Street Poet. 
 
 Man, break your pens ! your pored o'er battles blot ! 
 You that write epics in a garret's dust ; 
 For what ? some ivy, and a paltry bust \-EiJ.
 
 FRUCTUS. 195 
 
 1757. Frappe fort. (Fr.) Strike liard. Earl of Kimberley. 
 
 1758. Fraus et dolus nemini patrocinari debent. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. No one can be permitted to take advantage of his 
 own wrongful and fraudulent act. 
 
 1759. Freiheit ist bei der Macht allein. (G.) Schill. Wall. 
 
 Lager. Freedom exists only with power. 
 
 1760. Frei will ich sein im Denken und im Dichten, 
 
 Im Handeln schrankt die Welt genug uns ein. (G.) 
 Goethe, Tasso. Free will I be in thought and in my 
 poetry, in conduct the world trammels us enough. 
 
 1761. Fremdes Pferd und eigene Sporen haben bald den Wind 
 
 verloren. ((?.) Prov. A stranger's horse and your 
 own spurs will soon leave the wind behind. 
 
 1762. Freunde offenbaren einander gerade das am Deutlichsten, 
 
 was sie einander verschweigen. (G.) Goetbe, Wilhelm 
 Meister's Wanderjahre. Friends reveal to each otter 
 most clearly just that upon which tliey are silent. 
 
 1763. Frigora mitescunt zephyris : ver proterit aestas, 
 
 Interitura, simnl 
 Pomifer autumnus fruges effuderit ; et mox 
 
 Bruuia recurrit iners. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 7, 9. 
 
 This is rendered by Sir Theod. Martin : 
 
 Winter dissolves beneath the breath of Spring-, 
 Spring yields to Summer, which shall be no more 
 
 When Autumn spreads her fruits thick-clustering, 
 
 And then comes Winter, black, bleak, icy-dead, and hoar. 
 
 1764. Frisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen. (G.) Prov. Bravely 
 
 dared is half done (won). 
 
 1 765. Frons, oculi, vultus persaspe mentiuntur ; oratio vero 
 
 ssepissime. (L.) Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6. The forehead, eyes, 
 and face often belie the thoughts, but the speech most of 
 all. Cf. Frontis nulla fides. Juv. 2, 8. Trust no man's 
 countenance. 
 
 1766. Fructus matura tulissem. (L.) Had maturity been 
 
 granted me, I s/iould have borne fruit. The melancholy 
 motto, with a broken branch for emblem, sketched upon 
 the wall of his dungeon by one of the victims of the 
 French Revolution, the young Trudaine, comrade of 
 Andrew Chenier.
 
 196 FKTTI. 
 
 1767. Frui paratis et valido miki Latoe dones, et precor Integra 
 
 Cum niente, nee turpem senectam 
 
 Degere, nee cithara carentem. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 31, 17. 
 
 O grant me, Phoebus, calm content, 
 
 Strength unimpaired, a mind entire ; 
 Old age without dishonour spent, 
 
 Nor unbefriended by the lyre. Conington. 
 
 1768. Frustra fit per plura, quod fieri potest per pauciora. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. Where fewer words will suffice, additional 
 matter becomes mere surplusage. 
 
 1769. Frustra retinacula tendens 
 
 Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 1, 513. 
 Phaethon and the Horses of the Sun. 
 In vain he pulls the curb, driver and steeds 
 Together fly, nor reins the chariot heeds. Ed. 
 
 1770. Frustra vitium vitaveris illud, 
 
 Si te alio pravum detorseris. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 54. 
 In vain do you shun that vice, if it is only through de- 
 pravity to turn to another. 
 
 1771. Fuge rnagna; licet sub paupere tecto 
 
 Reges et regum vita prsecurrere amicos. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 32. 
 
 Keep clear of courts : a homely life transcends 
 
 The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends. Conington. 
 
 1772. Fugere pudor, verumque, fidesque : 
 
 In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique, 
 Insidiseque, et vis, et amor sceleratus habendi. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 129. 
 
 The Iron Age. 
 
 Truth, Modesty, and Faith have fled ; 
 Deceit and Fraud appear instead : 
 And Treachery and Force succeed 
 And the accursed Love of Greed. Ed. 
 
 1773. Fugit improbus ac me Sub cultro linquit. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 9, 74. 
 
 Off goes the rogue, and leaves me in despair, 
 
 Tied to the altar, with the knife in air. Conington. 
 
 1774. Fuimus. (L.) We have been. Motto of the Marquess of 
 
 Ailesbury, Earl of Elgin, and Lord Aberdare. 
 
 1775. Fuit, fuit ista quondam in hac republica virtus, ut viri 
 
 fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acer- 
 bissimum hostem coercerent. (L.) Cic. Cat. 1,1, 3.
 
 FUKIOSI. 197 
 
 Gone for ever is that virtue once animating the state, 
 when men deemed a mischievous citizen worse than the 
 bitterest enemy, and punished him with severer penalties. 
 
 1776. Fuit haec sapientia quondam, 
 
 Publica privatis secernere, sacra profanis, 
 
 Concubitu prohibere vago, dare jura maritis, 
 
 Oppida moliri, leges incidere ligno. (L.) Hor. A. P. 396. 
 
 'Twas wisdom's province then 
 To judge 'twixt states and subjects, gods and men, 
 Check vagrant lust, give rules to wedded folk, 
 Build cities up, and grave a code in oak. Coningkn. 
 
 1777. Fulgente trahit constrictos gloria curru, 
 
 !Non minus ignotos generosis. (Z.) Hor. S. 1, 6, 23. 
 
 The race for Fame. 
 
 Chained to her glittering car Fame drags along 
 Both high and lowly -born, a motley throng. Ed. 
 
 1778. Fumum et opes strepitumque Rornse. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 29, 12. 
 
 The smoke, the wealth, and noise of Rome. Conington. 
 
 1779. Functus officio. (Z.) Having quitted office, his official 
 
 power has ceased. 
 
 1780. Fun era plango, fulgura frango, sabbata pango, 
 
 Excito lentos, dissipo ventos, paco cruentos. (L.) 
 
 The office of the bells. 
 
 Funerals knelling, lightning quelling, Sundays telling, 
 Sluggards waking, tempests breaking, and peace-making. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 1781. Fungar vice cotis, acutum 
 
 Reddere quce ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi. 
 Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 304. 
 
 Mine be the whetstone's lot 
 
 "Which makes steel sharp, though cut itself will not. 
 Although no writer, I may yet impart 
 To writing folk the precepts of their art. Conivijton. 
 
 1782. Furiosi nulla voluntas. (L.) Law Max. A lunatic cannot 
 
 be considered as capable of any design, criminal or other- 
 wise. (2.) Furiosus absentis loco est. A madman is 
 considered as one absent. (3.) Fnriosus solo furore 
 punitur. (L.) A madman is punished only by his own 
 madness. Idiots and hinatics are not held to be charge- 
 able for their acts, if committed when in a state of 
 mental incapacity.
 
 198 FUROR. 
 
 1783. Furor fit Isesa ssepius patientia. (L.) Prov. Pub. Syr. 
 
 178, Rib. Patience too much provoked turns into rage. 
 
 Cf. Dryden, Abs. and Ach. 1, 1005 : 
 Beware the fury of a patient man. 
 
 1784. Fussiez-vous plus noire qu'une mure, vous etes blanche 
 
 pour qui vous aime. (Fr.) Breton Prov. Were you as 
 black as a mulberry, you are white (fair) for him who 
 loves you. 
 
 1785. Fuyez les proems sur toutes les choses, la conscience s'y 
 
 inte'resse, la sante* s'y altere, les biens s'y dissipent. 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. In everything avoid lawsuits ; 
 they pervert conscience, impair health, and ruin one's 
 property. 
 
 G. 
 
 1786. Gallus in sterquilinio suo plurimum potest. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Apoc. 402. The cock is master on his oion dunghill. 
 Every man is cock on his own dunghill. 
 
 1787. Fa/xetv 6 p.eXX<j)v ets {JLerdvotav ep^erat. (^V-) Prov. 
 
 Menand. Monost. 91. He ivho is going to marry is on 
 the road to repentance. 
 
 1788. Fa/xos yap dvOpu>TTOuriv fVKTaiov KO.KOV. (Gr.) Menand. 
 
 Monost. 102. Marriage is an evil that men pray for. 
 
 1789. Garde la foi. (Fr.)-Keep the faith. Motto of Lord 
 
 Kensington and Felsted Grammar School. 
 
 1790. Gardez. (Fr.)Keep it. Motto of Lord Braye. (2.) 
 
 Gardez bien. Take care. Motto of the Eai-1 of Eglinton. 
 (3.) Gardez la foy. Keep the faith. M. of Earl Poulett. 
 
 1791. Gardez-vous bien de lui les jours qu'il comnmnie ! (Fr.) 
 
 Du Lorens, Sat. 1. Beware of tJiat man the day he 
 receives communion ! Some men alternate between 
 sacrament and sin, and are most dangerous at the time 
 when they have just cleared off old scores. 
 
 1792. Gateau et mauvaise coutume se doivent rompre. (Fr.) 
 Prov. Cakes and bad customs are made to be broken. 
 
 1793. Gaude, Maria Virgo ! (L.) Rejoice, Virgin Mary I Motto 
 
 of Coopers' Company. 
 
 1794. Gaudet tentamine virtus. (L.) Virtue rejoices in tempta- 
 
 tion. Motto of the Earl of Dartmouth.
 
 GLI TJOMINI. 199 
 
 1795. Gedanken sind zollfrei, aber nicht HollenfreL (G.) Prov. 
 
 Thoughts are toll-free, but not Hell-free. 
 
 1796. Geheimnissvoll am lichten Tag 
 
 Lasst sicli Natur des Schleiers nicht berauben, 
 Und was sie deinem Geist nicht offenbaren mag, 
 
 Das zwingst du ihr nicht ab mit Hebeln und mit 
 Schrauben. (G.) Goethe, Faust. Mysterious in 
 fullest daylight, Nature will not let herself be robbed of 
 her veil ; and what she does not choose to reveal to thy 
 spirit, thou wilt not force from her by lever and 
 screw. 
 
 1797. FeAws a/catpos ev /3porois Seivov KO.KOV. (Gr.) Menand. 
 
 Monost. 88. Ill-timed laughter in men is a terrible 
 evil. 
 
 1798. Genius loci. (L.) The Genius of the spot. 
 
 Thus ./Eneas invokes the G. L. on landing in Italy (A. 7, 136). 
 Applicable to the memories of any illustrious dead supposed to 
 haunt their former homes. In this way the g. I. would attend the 
 visiter to such places as Stratford-on-Avon, llydal, Gluey, Ferney, 
 Weimar, and Newstead. 
 
 1799. Genus imraortale manet, multosque per annos 
 
 Stat fortuna domus, et avi numerantur avorum. 
 
 (L.) Virg. 94, 208. 
 
 In endless line the fortunes of the race 
 
 Go back for years and grandsires' grandsires trace. Ed. 
 
 Motto of Addison's paper (Spectator 72) on the Everlasting Club of 
 100 members who relieve each other, one always being in attend- 
 ance. Borrowed from the above is the Stet fortuna domus (May 
 the fortunes of the house stand firm), often given as a toast or 
 sentiment. 
 
 1800. Benutzt den Augenblick. (G.) Use the present moment. 
 
 Favourite maxim of Goethe. 
 
 1801. Gigni pariter cum corpore, et una 
 
 Crescere sentimus pariterque senescere mentem. 
 
 (L.) Lucre t. 3, 44G. 
 
 Body and mind are born together, we perceive 
 Their mutual growth, and their conjoint decay. Ed. 
 
 1802. Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern, sprach der Teufel zum 
 
 Kohler. (G.) Prov. Like and like go well together, as 
 the Devil said to the Charcoal-burner. 
 
 1803. Gli uomini hanno gli anni che sentono, e le donne quelli 
 
 che mostrano. (It.) Prov. Men are as old as they 
 fee 1 ,, and women as old as they look.
 
 200 GLORIA. 
 
 1804. Gloria virtutis umbra. (L.) Glory is the shadow (com- 
 
 panion) of virtue. Motto of Earl of Longford. 
 
 1805. Gott macht gesund, und der Doktor kriegt das Geld. 
 
 (6-'.) Prov. God makes us well, and the Doctor gets the 
 money. 
 
 1806. Got mit uns. (G.) God loith us. Motto of the King of 
 
 Prussia. 
 
 1807. Gradu di verso, via una. (L.) Different steps but the same 
 
 way. Motto of Lord Cal thorp. 
 
 1808. Grsecia capta ferum victorem cepit, et artes 
 
 Intulit agresti Latio. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156. 
 
 Greece, conquered Greece her conqueror subdued, 
 
 And Rome grew polished, who till then was rude. Conington. 
 
 1809. Grsecia Moeonidem, jactat sibi Eoma Maronem 
 
 Anglia Miltonum jactat utrique parem. 
 
 (L.) Selvaggi ad Joan. Miltonum. 
 
 Greece boasts her Homer, Rome can Virgil claim ; 
 England can either match in Milton's fame. Ed. 
 
 1810. Grseculus esuriens ad ccelum jusseris, ibit. (L.) Juv. 3, 78. 
 
 All trades his own the hungry Greekling counts, 
 
 And bid him mount the sky, the sky he mounts. Gi/ord. 
 
 1811. Graecum est, non potest legi. (L.) Franc. Accursius, 
 
 13th cent. It is Greek, it cannot be read. 
 
 The origin of the Boar's head served every Christmas at Queen's 
 College, Oxon., is traced to a remote period, when a scholar of the 
 College, encountering a wild boar in Bagley Wood, thrust the 
 volume of Aristotle which he was reading into the savage brute's 
 jaws, crying out, ' ' Greecum est ! " and so both choked his assailant, 
 and saved his own life. 
 
 1812. Gram : loquitur, Dia : verba docet, Rhe : verba colorat, 
 
 Mus : canit, Ar : numerat, Geo : ponderat, As : colit astra. 
 (L.) Grammar teaches us correct speech, Logic the proper 
 use of words, Rhetoric ornaments them. Music sinys, 
 Arithmetic reckons, Geometry measures, Astronomy is oc- 
 cupied imth the stars. These two mediaeval lines give, 
 the former the Trivium, and the latter the Quadrivium 
 of old scholastic learning. 
 
 Cf. The seven points of knightly education contained in the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 Probitates hse sunt : equitare, natare, sagittare, 
 Cestibus certare, aucupare, scacis ludere, versificare. The 
 honourable arts are these ; to ride, swim, shoot, box, hawk, 
 play at chess, and icrite verses.
 
 GKAVIS. 201 
 
 1813. Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice lis est. (Z>.) Hor. 
 
 A. P. 75. The grammarians are at variance, and the 
 controversy is still undetermined. The question alluded 
 to here was, who invented Elegiac verse 1 
 
 1814. Grammaticus Rhetor Geometres Pictor Aliptes 
 
 Augur Schosnobates Medicus Magus omnia novit. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 3, 76. 
 
 Grammarian, Orator and Geometrician, 
 Painter, Gymnastic-teacher and Physician, 
 Augur, Ropedancer, Conjuror he was all. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Dry den, Abs. and Ach. 1, 545 : 
 
 A man so various, that he seemed to be 
 Not one, but all mankind's epitome : 
 
 Was everything by starts, and nothing long, 
 
 But in the course of one revolving moon, 
 
 Was Chymist, Fiddler, Statesman, and Buffoon. 
 
 1815. Grandescunt aucta labore. (L.) They grow by increase of 
 
 toil. Motto of Lord Heytesbury. 
 
 1816. Gratia placendi. (Z.) The pleasure of pleasing. 
 
 1817. Gratis. (L.) Free of cost. To boot. Into the bargain. 
 
 For nothing. (2.) Gratis dictum. A gratuitous remark. 
 Irrelevant. (3.) Gratis asseritur. It is asserted but 
 not proved. 
 
 1818. Gratum est quod patrise civem populoque dedisti, 
 
 Si facis ut patriae sit idoneus, utilis agris. 
 Utilis et bellorum et pacis rebus agendis. (L.) Juv. 14, 
 170. You deserve our tlianks for presenting the country 
 and nation with another citizen, provided that lie grow 
 up of service to the state and her possessions, useful in 
 transacting the affairs ofivar and peace. 
 
 1819. Grave pondus illuin, magna nobilitas, premit. 
 
 (L.) Sen. Troad. 492. 
 
 The new Peer. 
 
 A heavy burden on his back doth lie, 
 Th' oppressive sense of his nobility. Ed. 
 
 1820. Grave virus Munditise pepulere. (L.} Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158. 
 
 Elegance has expelled the lingering barbarism, lit. " the 
 noxious poison." 
 
 1821. Gravis ira regum est semper. (L.) Sen. Med. 494. The 
 
 anger of kings is always heavy.
 
 202 GRAVISSIMUM. 
 
 1822. Gravissimum est imperiuin consuetudinis. (-)* T/ie 
 
 empire of fashion (or habit) is mighty. 
 
 1823. Grex totus in agris Unius scabie cadit. (L.) Juv. 2, 79. 
 
 The entire flock in the fields dies of the disease introduced 
 by one. 
 
 1824. Grosse Leidenschaften sind Krankheiten ohne Hoffnung; 
 
 was sie heilen konnte, macht sie erst recht gefahrlich. 
 (G.) Goethe, Spriiche. Great passions are incurable 
 diseases ; what would heal them is precisely that which 
 makes them so dangerous. 
 
 1825. Grosse Seelen dulden still. (.) Schill. D. Carlos, 4. 
 
 Great souls suffer in silence. 
 
 1826. Guardalo ben, guardalo tutto, 
 
 L'uom senza danar quanto e brutto. (It.) Watch him well, 
 icatch him closely, the man without money, how vile he is ! 
 
 1827. Guardati dall' occasione, e ti guai'dera 
 
 Dio da peccati. (It.) Prov. Keep yourself from oppor- 
 tunities (of sinning) and God will keep you from sins. 
 
 1828. Guerra al cuchillo. (Sp.} War to the knife ! Byron, Ch. 
 
 Harold, 1, 86, gives the reply of Palafox, Governor of 
 Saragoza, when summoned to surrender by the French 
 in 1808 : 
 
 " "War, war is still the cry, war even to the knife ! " 
 
 1829. Guerre a outrance. (fr.) War of extermination no 
 
 quarter given or taken. Similar to preceding quotation. 
 
 1830. Guerre aux chateaux, Paix aux chautnieres! (^'V.) War 
 
 to the Castles, Peace to the Cottages ! 
 
 This was a cry of the First French Revolution. Berchoux gave 
 the fierce denunciation a humorous turn by adding, 
 Attendu que dans ces dernieres 
 Le pillage serait sans prix. 
 
 Ep. Pol. et Galante a Euphrosine de N. 
 1831 FT-VCUKOS it'x/^ ~pe~ a 
 
 IIpo TOV <avevros X"P IV ^vvotvloui. (Gr.) ^rEsch. Ag. 
 483. It is natural to a icoman's spirit to praise a kind- 
 ness before it is shown. 
 
 1832. FWCUKOS oi-Se XPVP- a-vrjp Xr)ierai 
 
 'E<r^A^s a/itvov, orSc piyiov KOKT)?. (Gr.) Simonid. 
 Iamb. 7. A man cannot have a better possession than a 
 good wife, nor a more miserable than a lad one.
 
 HABEMITS. 203 
 
 1833. Gutes und Boses kommt unerwartet dem Menschen ; 
 
 Auch verkiindet, glauben wir's nicht. (G.) Goethe, 
 Paust. Good and evil come unexpected to man ; even if 
 foretold we believe it not. 
 
 1834. Gutes Gewissen ist ein sanftes Ruhekissen. (<?.) Prov. 
 
 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 
 
 1835. Gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur annulus usu 
 
 Et teritur pressa vomer aduncus humo. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 4, 10, 5. 
 All things decay with time. 
 Water will hollow stone ; rings wear with use : 
 And friction will the bent ploughshare reduce. Ed. 
 
 H. 
 
 1836. Habeas corpus. (L.) Law Term. You may have the 
 
 body. 
 
 Title of a writ directed by Courts of Law or Equity, to produce a 
 person illegally detained, and to state tho reasons for such deten- 
 tion, so that the Court may judge of their sufficiency. This pro- 
 tection of personal liberty was first enunciated in Magna Charta, 
 and afterwards established by the Habeas Corpus Act of Charles II. 
 There are several kinds of this writ. //. C. ad respondendum is 
 issued by a Common-law Court to bring up a prisoner in order to 
 charge him with a new action in a Court above. H. G. ad satis- 
 faciendum is a similar writ to take the prisoner in execution for 
 another cause of action. H. C. ad testificandum is the writ by 
 which a prisoner is brought up to give evidence in a Court of 
 Justice. 
 
 1837. Habeas, ut nactus : nota mala res optuma 'st. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Trin. 1, 2, 25. Keep what you've got. The evil that we 
 know is the better of the two. 
 So Shakesp. Haml. 3, 1, says : 
 
 Rather bear those ills we have, 
 Than fly to others that we know not of. 
 
 1838. Habemus luxuriam atque avaritiam, publice egestatem, 
 
 privatim opulentiam. (L.} Sail. C. 52, 22. We have 
 luocury and avarice, jjublic want, private opulence. De- 
 scription of Rome by the younger Cato in the last days 
 of the Republic. 
 
 1839. Habemus optimum fcestem confitentem reum, or Habemus 
 
 confitentem reum. (L.) Law Max. We have the best 
 possible imtness in the confession of t/ie accused, or We 
 Jiave his own confession of the act.
 
 204 HABEO. 
 
 " The pica of guilty by the party accused shuts out all further 
 inquiry. Hdbemus confitentem reum is demonstrative, unless 
 indirect motives can be assigned" (Lord Stowell, Mortimer v. 
 Mortimer, 2 Hagg. 315). 
 
 1840. Habeo senectuti magnam gratiam, quse nrihi sermonis 
 
 aviditatem auxit, potionis et cibi sustulit. (L.) Cic. de 
 Sen. 14, 46. I owe great thanks to old age for increasing 
 my avidity for conversation, and diminishing my appetite 
 for meat and drink. 
 
 1841. Habere et dispertire. (L.) To have and to give. Motto of 
 
 Lord Aveland. 
 
 1842. Habere facias possessionem. (Z.) Law Term. You are 
 
 to cause to take possession. Writ by which, a plaintiff, 
 who has recovered judgment in an action of ejectment, 
 is put in possession of his land or premises. 
 
 1843. Habet enim praeteriti doloris secura recordatio delecta- 
 
 tionem. (L.) Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4. It is pleasant to 
 recall in happier days the troubles of the past. 
 
 1844. Hac ibat Simois : haec est Sigeia tellus, 
 
 Hie steterat Priami regia celsa senis. (Z.) Ov. H. 1, 33. 
 Here Simois ran : this the Sigeian land, 
 Here Priam's lofty palace used to stand. Ed. 
 Applicable to Maps and Plans represented on the table or on paper 
 by conventional signs. See also Taming of the Shrew, 3, 1. 
 
 1845. Hac in re scilicet una 
 
 Multum dissimiles, at cetera psene gemelli, 
 Fraternis animis quidquid negat alter et alter 
 Annuimus pariter vetuli notique columbi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 2. 
 In this one thing unlike, in all beside 
 We might be twins, so nearly we're allied ; 
 Sharing each other's hates, each other's loves, 
 "We bill and coo like two familiar doves. Gonington. 
 
 1846. Hac sunt in fossa Bedse venerabilis ossa. (L.] In this 
 
 vault lie the bones of Venerable ede. Inscription on 
 Yen. Bede's tomb in Durham Cathedral. 
 
 1847. Hactenus invidise respondimus. (Z.) Ov. R. A. 397. 
 
 Thus far have I answered the accusation of envy. 
 
 1848. Hac urget lupus hac canis aiunt. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 64. 
 
 A wolf on one side, a dog on the other, as they say. 
 Between two fires. 
 
 Cf. Inter malleum et incudem. Prov. Between the hammer and 
 tJie anvil. Cf. Inter sacrum saxumque sto : nee quid faciam scio. 
 Plant. Capt. 3, 4, 84. / am between tlie victim and the knife. 
 'Twixt door and wall. In a fearful predicament.
 
 205 
 
 1849. Hsec a te non multum abludit imago. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 
 
 320. This picture bears no bad resemblance to yourself. 
 
 1850. Hsec brevis est nostrorum summa malorura. (L.) Ov. T. 
 
 5, 7, 7. This is the sliort sum total of our ills. 
 
 1851. Hrec ego mecum 
 
 Compressis agito labris ; ubi quid datur oti 
 
 Illudo ehartis. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 137. 
 
 So with closed lips I ruminate, and then 
 
 In leisure moments play with ink and pen. Conington. 
 
 1852. Hsec est condieio vivendi, aiebat, eoque 
 
 Responsura tuo nunquam est par fama labori. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 8, 65. 
 
 (Well) Such is life, capricious and severe, 
 
 And hence it comes that merit never gains 
 
 A meed of praise proportioned to its pains. Conington. 
 
 1853. Hsec faciant sane juvenes : deformius, Afer, 
 
 Omnino nihil est ardelione sene. (L.) Mart. 4, 79, 9. 
 
 Leave such pursuits to youths : for certainly 
 There's nought so odious as an old Paul Pry. Ed. 
 
 1854. Hsec generi incrementa fides. (Z-.) Ennobled for our 
 
 fidelity. Motto of the Marquess Townshend. 
 
 1855. Haec res et jungit, junctos et servat amicos. 
 
 At nos virtutes ipsas invertimus, atque 
 
 Sincerum cupimus vas incrustare. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 53. 
 
 This is the sovereign recipe, be sure, 
 
 To win men's hearts and, having won, secure. 
 
 But we put virtues down to vice's score, 
 
 And foul the vessel that was clean before. Conington. 
 
 1856. Hsec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, 
 
 secundas res ornant, adversis solatium ac perfugium prse- 
 bent, delectant dorni, non impediunt foris, pemoctant 
 nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur. (L.) Cic. Arch. 
 7, 16. These studies are the food of youth, and the solace 
 of old age; tliey adorn prosperity, and are the comfort 
 and refuge of adversity ; tliey amuse us at home, and are 
 no encumbrance abroad ; they accompany us at night, on 
 our travels, and in our rural retirement. 
 
 1857. Hsec studia oblectant. (L.) T/tese studies are our delight. 
 
 Motto of Clifton College. 
 
 1858. Hsec sunt jucundi causa cibusque mali. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 
 138. TJiese things are at once tlie cause and food of the 
 agreeable malady (Love).
 
 206 
 
 1859. Hose sunt qure nostra liceat te voce moneri 
 
 Vade, age ! (L.) Virg. A. 3, 461. So much am I per- 
 mitted to tell you : Now, begone ! 
 
 1860. HJG nugse seria ducent In mala. (Z.) Hor. A.. P. 451. 
 
 These trifles will lead to serious mischief. 
 
 1861. Hseredis fletus sub persona risus est. (L.) 1 The weeping 
 
 of an heir is laughter under a mask. 
 
 1862. H.ERES, ILEREDITAS. (L.) An Heir, Inheritance. Law 
 
 Maxims relating to : 
 
 (1.) Hseredi magis parcendura est. The rights of an heir must 
 be jealously guarded. (2.) Haereditas nihil aliud est quam suc- 
 cessio in universum jus quod defunctus habuerit. Inheritance 
 is nothing else tJian succession to the entire rights of the deceased. 
 (3.) Haereditas nunquam ascenclit. The right of inJieritance never 
 lineally ascends. This is now altered by Stat. 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
 c. 106, by which every lineal ancestor can be heir to any of his 
 issue. (4. ) Haeres est aut jure proprietatis aut jure reprsesentationis. 
 An heir succeeds either in his own right, or by right of represen- 
 tation : as in the case of a grandson representing his father de- 
 ceased. (5.) Hares est nonien juris, filius est nomen naturae. 
 Heir is the legal, son the natural title. (6.) Heeres legitimus est 
 quern nuptiae demonstrant. He is only held by law to be the heir 
 whom the marriage proves to be such. (7. ) Deus solus hseredem facere 
 potest non homo. A person is made heir by the act of God, and 
 not of man, because (8. ) Nemo est haeres viventis. No one can be 
 heir during the life of his ancestor. (9. ) Qui doit inheriter al pere 
 doit inheriter al fitz. (Fr. ) He who would have been heir to the 
 father shall be heir to the son. (10.) Non jus sed seisina facit 
 stipitem. (L. ) It is not the right or title, but the seisin (formal 
 possession) which makes a person the ancestor from which the inheri- 
 tance must descend. (11.) Linea recta semper praefertur trans- 
 versali. The right line of descent shall always be preferred to a 
 collateral one. 
 
 1863. Hseret later! lethalis arundo. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 73. 
 
 The fatal dart 
 Sticks in her side, and rankles in her heart. Dryden. 
 
 Said of the hapless Dido, in love with ./Eneas. The 
 passage may be applied also to any wounds inflicted by 
 calumny, censure, or remorse. 
 
 1864. Haltst du Natur getreu im Augenmerk, 
 
 Frornint jeder tiichtige Meister dir : 
 
 Doch klamrnerst du dich bios an Menschenwerk, 
 
 Wird alles, was du schaflst, Manier. (G.} Geibel. 
 
 Keep Nature faithfully in view, and you will appreciate 
 
 every thorough master ; but if you cling alone to human 
 
 work, all tliat you do will be maniere.
 
 HATEZ-VOUS. 207 
 
 1865. Hanc cupit, hanc optat, sola suspirat in ilia : 
 
 Signaque dat nutu, solicitatque notis. (L.) Ov. F. 1, 417. 
 
 For her he longs, for her he yearns, 
 
 He sighs for her alone : 
 By nods and becks and signs, in turns, 
 
 He makes his passion known. Ed. 
 
 1866. Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, 
 
 Hanc Remus et frater : sic fortis Eti'uria crevit ; 
 
 Scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 2, 582. 
 Such was the life the hardy Sabines led, 
 And Sylvia's twins ; thus stout Etruria throve, 
 And Rome became the fairest of all things. Ed. 
 
 1867. Hanc personam induisti, agenda est. (Z.) Sen, Ben. 2, 
 
 17, 2. Now that you have assumed this character, you 
 must go through with it. 
 
 1868. Has patitur poenas peccandi sola voluntas. 
 
 Nam scelus intra se taciturn qui cogitat ullum, 
 
 Facti crimen habet. (L.) Juv. 13, 208. 
 
 Sins of the intention. 
 Such pain the mere desire to sin incurs. 
 For he who inly plans some wicked act, 
 Has as much guilt, as though the thought were fact. Ed. 
 
 1869. Has poanas garrula lingua dedit. (L.)1 This is the 
 
 punishment a babbling tongue has incurred. 
 
 1870. Has tantas virtutes ingentia vitia sequabant; inhumana 
 
 crudelitas, perfidia plusquam Punica, nihil veri, nihil 
 sancti, nullus Deorum rnetus, nullum jus jurandum, 
 nulla religio. (L.) Liv. 21, 4. 
 
 Character of Hannibal. 
 
 Consummate as were the powers of this famous man, they were 
 balanced by vices equally great. An inhuman cruelty and a more 
 than Punic perfidy stained his reputation, leaving him without 
 regard for truth or honour, and without reverence either for tho 
 Gods, for the sanctity of an oath, or plighted faith. 
 
 1871. Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, 
 
 Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage : 
 Polissez-le sans cesse et le repolissez ; 
 Ajoutez quelquefois, et sou vent effacez. 
 
 (Fr.) Boil." A. P. 1, 171. 
 
 Hasten then, but full slowly : don't lose heart of grace ; 
 And your work twenty times on the easel replace. 
 Be continually polishing : polish again : 
 Add something to this part ; through that draw your pen. 
 
 Ed.
 
 208 HAUD. 
 
 1872. Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat 
 
 Res angusta domi. (L.) Juv. 3, 164. 
 
 Tis hard to rise, when straitened household means 
 Stand in the way of talent. Ed. 
 
 1873. Haut et bon. (Fr.) Great and good. Motto of Viscount 
 
 Doneraile. 
 
 1874. Hectora quis nosset, si felix Troja fuisset? 
 
 Publica virtuti per mala facta via est. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 4, 3, 75. 
 
 Had Ilium stood, who'd known of Hector's name ? 
 Misfortune is the royal road to fame. Ed. 
 
 1875. Hei mihi ! difficile est imitari gaudia falsa ! 
 
 Difficile est tristi fingere mente jocum. (L.) Tib. 3, 6, 33. 
 
 How hard to feign the joys one does not feel, 
 
 Or aching hearts 'neath show of mirth conceal \Ed. 
 
 1876. Hei mihi ! non magnas quod habent mea carmina vires, 
 
 Nostraque sunt meritis oi'a minora tuis. (L.) Ov. T. 
 1, 6, 30. Alas ! that my verses have so little force, and 
 that my tongue is so unequal to your deserts ! 
 
 1877. Hei mibi ! qualis erat ! quantum mutatus ab illo 
 
 Hectore, qui reclit, exuvias indutus Achilli. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 274. 
 
 Ah ! what a sight was there ! how changed from him 
 
 The Hector we remember, as he came 
 
 Back with Achilles' armour from the fray ! Ed. 
 
 1878. Hei mihi ! quam facile est, quamvis hie contigit omnes, 
 
 Alterius luctu fortia verba loqui. (L.) Ov. Liv. 9. 
 
 How easy 'tis, as all experience shows, 
 
 To give brave comfort for another's woes ! Ed. 
 
 1879. Hei mihi ! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis. (L.) 
 
 Ov. M. 1, 523. Woe's me/ that there are no herbs for 
 curing love / 
 
 1880. Helleborum frustra, quum jam cutis segra tumebit 
 
 Posceiites videas. Venienti occurrite morbo. (L.) 
 Pers. 3, 63. You may see persons asking for hellebore 
 when the diseased skin is already bloated with dropsy. 
 Anticipate the approach of the malady. 
 
 1881. Heroumfilii. (L.} Sons of Heroes. M. of Wellington Coll. 
 
 1882. Heu facinus ! non est hostis metuendus amanti, 
 
 Quos credis fidos, effuge ; tutus eris. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 751. 
 
 Strange, that the lover need not fear a foe ! 
 
 Beware of friends ! you'll then be safe, I know. Erf,.
 
 HIC. 209 
 
 1883. Heu melior quanto sors tua sorte inea. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 
 1, 6, 46. Alas ! how much superior is your lot to mine ? 
 
 1884. Heu mihi ! quod didici ! quod ine docuere parentes. 
 
 Literaque est oculos ulla morata meos ! (.Z/.) Ov. T. 2, 
 343. Woe's me that ever I had any learning / that my 
 parents taught me, or that letters ever troubled my eyes ! 
 
 1885. Heu pietas, heu prisca fides ! invictaque bello Dextera ! (L.) 
 
 Virg. 6, 879. 
 
 piety ! ancient faith ! 
 
 hand untam'd in battle scathe ! Conington. 
 
 1886. Heu ! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu ! (Z.) 
 
 Ov. M. 2, 447. Ah ! what a difficult thing it is not to 
 betray guilt by the countenance ! 
 
 1887. Heu ! quanto minus est cum reliquis versari, 
 
 Quam tui meminisse ! (L.) Alas! what little joy it is 
 to live with those that survive, compared with the recol- 
 lection of your presence ! Shenstone's epitaph on the 
 tomb of Miss Dollman. 
 
 Cf. Moore, I saw thy form: 
 
 To live with them is far less sweet 
 Than to remember thee ! 
 
 1888. Heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit ! (L.) Ov. F. 2, 
 
 408. Ah ! what destinies the little bark carries ! Of 
 the basket or ark in which Romulus and Remus were 
 exposed. 
 
 1889. Heureux qui," dans ses vers, sait d'une voix legere, 
 
 Passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au severe. 
 
 (Fr.) Boil. A. P. chant 1. 
 
 Happy who in his verse can gently steer 
 From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. 
 
 Dryden, Art of P. 1, 75. 
 
 Pope in his Ep. 4, 379, has : 
 
 Happily to steer 
 From grave to gay, from lively to severe. 
 
 1890. Hiatus maxime deflendus. (Z.) A blank much to be 
 
 deplored. Used to mark some blank in any literary 
 work. The expression is sometimes employed ironically. 
 
 1891. Hie, ait, hie pacem temerataque jura relinquo, 
 
 Te, Fortuna, sequor : procul hinc jam foedera sunto : 
 Credidimus fatis, utendum est judice bello. 
 
 (Z.) Lucan. 1, 225. 
 o
 
 210 HIC. 
 
 The Rubicon. 
 
 Here, here I bid all peace and law farewell ! 
 With treaties hence Fortune, I turn to thee 
 And Fate, and to th' arbitrament of war. Ed. 
 
 1892. Hie dies, vere mihi festus, atras 
 
 Eximet curas. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 14, 13. 
 
 This day, true holy day to me, 
 
 Shall banish care. Conington. 
 
 1893. Hie est aut nusqnam quod quoerirnus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 
 
 17, 39. Here or nowhere is ^vhat we are looking for. 
 
 1894. Hie est mucro defensionis tuae. (L.) Cic. Csecin. 29, 84. 
 
 This is the point of your defence. 
 
 1895. Hie et ubique. (L.) Here and everywhere. Ubiquitous. 
 
 Of. Shakesp. Kami. 1, 5 : 
 
 Ghost. (Beneath) Swear ! 
 
 Ham. Hie et ubique ? Then we'll shift our ground : 
 Come hither, gentlemen, etc. 
 
 1896. Hie gelidi fontes, hie mollia prata, Lycori, 
 
 Hie nemus, hie toto tecum consumerer aevo. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 10, 42. 
 
 Here are cool founts, Lycoris, mead and grove ; 
 Here could I live for aye with thee to love. Ed. 
 
 1897. Hie jacet hujus sententise primus author. 
 
 Disputandi pruritus Ecclesiarum scabies. 
 Nomen alias quaere. 
 
 (L.) Epit. of Sir H. Wotton, f 1639. 
 
 Here lies the original author of the saying, 
 "The itch for controversy is the scab of the Church." 
 Seek his name elsewhere. 
 
 1898. Hie locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas. (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 6, 540. This is the place where the road divides in 
 two. 
 
 1899. Hie murus ae'neus esto 
 
 Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 60. 
 
 A good conscience. 
 
 Be this your wall of brass, your coat of mail, 
 A guileless heart, a cheek no crime turns pale. Conington. 
 
 1900. Hie nigrae succus loliginis, haac est 
 
 mera. (Z.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 100. 
 
 Here is the poison-bag of malice, here 
 
 The gall of fell detraction, pure and sheer. Conington.
 
 HI MORES. 211 
 
 1901. Hie rogo, non furor est ne moriare, mori? (L.) Mart. 2, 
 
 80. (To an intending suicide) / ask, Is it not madness 
 to die, in order to escape death ? 
 
 1902. Hie situs est Phaethon currus auriga paterni, 
 
 Quern si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 2, 327. 
 
 Phaethon' s Epitaph. 
 
 Here Pliaetkon lies, who drove his father's steeds, 
 And, if he failed, he failed by gallant deeds. Ed. 
 
 1903. Hie tibi quaeratur socii sermonis origo : 
 
 Et moveant primes publica verba sonos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 143. 
 
 Conversation. 
 
 Here you should ply sweet conversation's art, 
 And with the usual topics make a start. Ed. 
 
 1904. Hie ubi nunc urbs est, turn locus urbis erat. (L.~) Ov. F. 
 
 2, 280. Where the city is now, was then only its future 
 site. 
 
 1905. Hie ver assiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas. . 
 
 Virg. G. 2, 149. Here it is one perpetual spring, and 
 summer extends to months not properly her own. The 
 climate of Italy. 
 
 1906. Hie victor caestus artemque repono. (L.) Virg. A. 5, 484. 
 
 I here renounce as conqueror may, 
 
 The gauntlets and the strife. Conington. 
 
 The successful artist, actor, pugilist, etc., retires from professional 
 life, laying down his profession and its accessories at once. 
 
 1907. Hie vigilans somniat. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, G8. lie is 
 
 dreaming wide-awake. Castle-building. A very absent 
 person. 
 
 1908. Hie vir, hie est, tibi quern promitti ssepius audi, 
 
 Augustus Caesar, divi genus. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 792. 
 This, this is he, so oft the theme 
 Of your prophetic fancy's dream, 
 
 Augustus Ctesar, Jove's own strain. Conington. 
 
 1909. Hi mores, hsec duri immota Catonis 
 
 Secta fuit, servare modum finemque tenere, 
 Naturamque sequi, patriseque irnpendere vitam : 
 Nee sibi, sed toti genitum se credere mundo. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 2, 380.
 
 212 HI MOTUS. 
 
 The younger Cato. 
 
 Such were the manners, such the plan 
 Of Cato, rugged as the man. 
 To shun excess, keep aims in view, 
 And aye to Nature to be true : 
 To shed his blood for fatherland 
 If so his country's cause demand, 
 And deem his usefulness designed 
 Not for himself but all mankind. Ed. 
 
 1910. Hi motus animorum atque hsec certamina tanta 
 
 Pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescent. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 4, 86. 
 
 These quivering passions and these deathly throes, 
 A handful of earth's dust will soon compose. Ed. 
 This is said of the battles of the bees, but has not been inaptly 
 applied both to the scattering of dust at funerals (the last scene in 
 the fitful fever of man's existence), and to the termination of the 
 frolics of the Carnival with the symbolic Ashes of the First day of 
 Lent. 
 
 1911. Hi narrata ferunt alio ; mensuraque ficti 
 
 Crescit, et auditis aliquid novus adjicit auctor. (.) 
 Ov. M. 12, 57. These carry the tale elsewhere ; the fiction 
 increases in size, and every fresh narrator adds something 
 to what he hears. 
 
 1912. Hinc illse lachryrnse. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 1, 99. Hence 
 
 those tears. This is the reason of all these complaints. 
 
 1913. Hinc lucem et pocula sacra. (L .) From hence we receive light 
 
 and draughts of sacred learning. Cambridge University. 
 
 1914. Hinc subitse mortes atque intestata senectus. (Z.) Juv. 
 
 1, 144. Hence sudden deaths, and intestate old age, viz., 
 from over indulgence in eating and drinking. 
 
 1915. Hinc tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno 
 
 Ruris honorum opulenta cornu. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 17, 14. 
 
 Come hither, and the fields and groves 
 Their horn shall empty at your feet. Conington. 
 
 1916. Hinc totam infelix vulgatur fama per urbem. (Z.) Virg. 
 
 A. 12, 608. Hence the sad news is propagated through 
 the whole city. 
 
 1917. Hinc usura vorax, avidumque in tempore faenus, 
 
 Et concussa fides, et multis utile bellum. (L.) Lucan. 
 1, 181. Hence (from Caesar's ambition) arise devouring 
 usury, grasping interest, shaken credit and war welcome 
 to many.
 
 HOC. 213 
 
 1918. Hinc venti deciles resono se carcere solvunt, 
 
 Et can turn accepta pro libertate rependunt. (L.) 1 
 
 On an Organ. 
 
 Forth from the sounding-board the winds go free 
 And with a tune repay their liberty. Ed. 
 
 1919. Hinc vos, Vos hinc mutatis discedite partibus. Eja ! 
 
 Quid statis t Nolint. Atqui licet esse beatis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 18. 
 
 Change your respective parts. You here ! you there ! 
 Why are you waiting ? Ah ! then, they refuse ! 
 And yet they may be happy if they chuse. Ed. 
 
 1920. His lacrymis vitam damus, et miserescimus ultro. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 145. 
 
 Moved by his tears we let him live, 
 
 And pity crowns the boon we give. Conington. 
 
 1921. His nunc prsemium est, qui recta prava faciunt. (L.) 
 
 Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 6. Nowadays those are rewarded who 
 can make right appear to be wrong. 
 
 1922. His saltern accumulem donis, et fungar inani 
 
 Munere. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 886. I will at least lay this 
 tribute upon his tomb, and discharge a duty, though it 
 avails him not now. 
 
 1923. Hoc age. (L.) Do this. Attend to the business in which 
 
 you are engaged. 
 
 1924. Hoc decet uxores: dos est uxoria lites. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 2, 155. This is wives' business: strife is their very 
 dowry. 
 
 1925. Hoc erat in more majorum. (L.) 1 This was the custom of 
 
 our forefathers. 
 
 1926. Hoc erat in votis; modus agri non ita magnus ; 
 
 Hortus ubi ; et tecto vicinus jugis aquse fons, 
 
 Et paullum silvae super his foret. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 6, 1. 
 
 This used to be my wish a bit of land, 
 A house and garden with a spring at hand, 
 And just a little wood. Conington. 
 
 1927. Hoc est quod palles? cur quis non prandeat, hoc est? (L.) 
 
 Pers. 3, 85. Is it for this you look so pale ? is this a 
 reason why one should not dine ? 
 
 Is it for this you gain those meagre looks, 
 And sacrifice your dinner for your books ?
 
 214 HOC. 
 
 1928. Hoc opus exegi, fessse date serta carinsc; 
 
 Contigimus portum quo mihi cursus erat. 
 
 (L.) Ov. K. A. 811. 
 
 My work is done : then wreathe my wearied bark : 
 
 I've reached the port, my journey's goal and mark. Ed. 
 
 1929. Hoc opus, hoc studium, parvi properemus et ampli 
 
 Si patrise volumus, si nobis vivere cari. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28, 
 
 Be this our task, whate'er our station, who 
 
 To country and to self would fain be true. Coningion. 
 
 1930. Hoc patrium est, potius consuefacere filium 
 
 Sua sponte recte facere, quam alieno metu. (L.) Ter. 
 Ad. 1, 1, 49. This is indeed a father's duty, to accustom 
 his son to do ivhat is right of his own, choice, rather than 
 from fear of the consequences. 
 
 1931. Hoc quoque quam volui plus est. Cane, Musa, receptus. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 4, 9, 31. This is even more than I wished 
 to say. Muse, sound the signal for retreat/ 
 
 1932. Hoc scito, nimio celerius 
 
 Venire quod molestum est, quam id quod cupide petis. 
 (L.) Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 69. Be sure of this, that what 
 is unpleasant travels much faster than what you eagerly 
 desire. 
 
 1933. Hoc Scitum est ; periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu 
 
 siet. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 35. It is a ivell-known 
 maxim that one should learn by the experience of otJiers 
 what may be of advantage to one's self. 
 
 1934. Hoc si crimen erit, crimen amoris erit. (L.) Prop. 2, 30, 
 
 24. If this be crime, it is the crime of love. 
 
 1935. Hoc virtutis opus. (L.) This is virtue's work. Motto of 
 
 Earl Lytton. 
 
 1936. Hoc volo; sicjubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas. (Z.) Juv. 
 
 6, 223. This is my will, thus I command, let my wisJies 
 be reason enough ! 
 
 1937. Hodie mihi, eras tibi. (L.) To-day for me, to-morrow for 
 
 thee. Epitaph of the elder Wyatt at Ditchley. 
 
 1938. Hodie non eras. (Z.) To-day, not to-morrow. Lord 
 
 Vaux. 
 
 1939. Hombre pobre todo es trazas. (S.) Prov. A poor man 
 
 is all scJwmes.
 
 HOMO. 215 
 
 1940. Homicidium quum admittunt siuguli, erinien est: virtus 
 
 vocatur qiium publice geritur. (L.) B. Cyprian. 1 
 Murder is a crime, wJien committed by individuals ; but 
 it is reckoned a fine deed when it is done wholesale. 
 
 Cf. Beilby Porteus, f 1808 (Death, 154) : 
 
 One murder made a villain, 
 Millions a hero. Princes were privileged 
 To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime. 
 
 1941. Homine imperito nunquam quiclquam injustius 
 
 Qui, nisi quod ipse fecit, nib.il rectum putat. (L.) Ter. 
 Ad. 1, 2, 18. Nothing so unreasonable as your ignorant 
 man, who thinks nothing right but what he lias done 
 himself. 
 
 1942. Hominem pagiiia nostra sapit. (L.) Mart. 10, 4, 10. 
 
 My pages treat of mankind. 
 
 1943. Homines enirn ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam 
 
 salutem hominibus dando. (L.) Cic. Lig. 12, 38. 
 In nothing do men approach so nearly to tlie gods, as in 
 giving health to men. 
 
 1944. Hominibus plenum, amicis vacuum. (L.) Sen. Ben. 6, 
 
 34. Crowded with men, and without a single friend. 
 Said of kings' courts. 
 
 1945. Homines plus in alieno negotio videre, quam in suo. (L.) 
 
 Sen. Ep. 109, 16. Men know more of other people's 
 business, than they do of their own. Lookers-on see 
 most of tbe game. 
 
 1946. Homo ad res perspicacior Lynceo vel Argo, et oculeus totus. 
 
 (L.) App. M. 2, p. 124, 38. A man clearer-sighted for 
 business than Lynceus or Argus, and eyes all over. 
 
 1947. Homo antiqua virtute ac fide. (Z.) Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 8. A 
 
 man of tJie old-fashioned virtue and integrity. 
 
 1948. Homo bomini aut deus aut lupus. (L.) Erasm. ? Man 
 
 is to man either a god or a wolf. Cf. Homo solus aut 
 deus aut daemon. Man in solitude is eitJier a god or a 
 devil. (2.) Homo bomini lupus. Man is to man a 
 wolf. Motto of Viscount Wolseley. 
 
 1949. Homo in medio luto est. Nomen nescit. (L.) Plant. Ps. 
 
 4, 2, 27. The man is sticking in t/te mud. He doesn't 
 even know his own name. 
 
 1950. Homo Latinissimus. (Z.) Hier. Ep. 50, 2. A most perfect 
 
 Latin scholar.
 
 216 HOMO. 
 
 1951. Homo multarum literarum. (Z/.) A man of many letters. 
 
 Literary, erudite. 
 
 1952. Homo nullius coloris. (L.) See Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99. .4 
 
 man of no colour. Neither flesh nor fowl. Belonging 
 to no party. 
 
 1953. Homo plantat, Homo irrigat, sed Deus dat incrementum. 
 
 (L.) Man plants and waters, but God gives tlie increase. 
 Merchant Taylors' School. 
 
 1954. Homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, 
 
 Quasi lumen de sno lumine accendat, facit, 
 Nihilominus ipsi lucet quum illi accenderit. (L.} Enn. 
 ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51. He who kindly shoivs the right 
 ^vay to one who has gone astray, is like one who lights 
 another's candle from his own, which both gives the man 
 light and shines also for himself. 
 
 1955. Homo trium literarum. (L.) Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46. A 
 
 man of three letters, i.e., Fur, a thief. 
 
 1956. Homo unius libri. (L.}1 A man of one book, taking his 
 
 ideas from one work or author only. 
 
 1957. Homunculi quanti sunt, cum recogito. (7/.) PJaut. Capt. 
 
 Prol. 51. What poor creatures we are, when I think 
 on't / 
 
 1958. Honesta mors turpi vita potior. (Z.) Tac. Agr. 33. An 
 
 lionourable death is preferable to an ignominious life. 
 
 1959. Honesta queedam scelera successns facit. (L.) Sen. Hipp. 
 
 598. /Success sometimes makes heinous actions honourable. 
 
 Treason does never prosper : what's the reason ? 
 That, if it prospers, none dare call it treason. 
 
 1960. Honesta quam splendida. (Z.) Honour rather than s/iow. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Barrington. 
 
 1961. Honestum non est semper quod licet. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 What is lawful is not always honourable. 
 
 1962. Honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium. (L.) Pub. 
 
 Syr. 217, Rib. A good name is a second patrimony. 
 
 1963. Honi soit qui mal y pense. (Fr.) Evil be to him who 
 
 evil thinks, sc. of the expedition to France then con- 
 templated by the King (Edward III.). Motto of the 
 Crown of England, and also of the Order of the Garter. 
 
 1964. Honneur et patrie. (Fr.) Honour and country. Motto 
 
 of the Order of the Legion of Honour.
 
 HORRIDUS. 217 
 
 1965. Honora medicum propter necessitatem : etenim ilium 
 
 creavit Altissimus. (L.) Ecclus. 38, 1. Honour a 
 physician with the honour due unto him for the uses 
 which ye may have of him : for the Lord hath created 
 him. 
 
 1966. Honorantes me honorabo. (L.) Them that honour me, I 
 
 will honour. Earl of Huntingdon. 
 
 1967. Honor Deo. (L.) Honour be to God. Motto of Mercers' 
 
 Company. (2.) Honor fidelitatis prsemium. Honour 
 is the reward of fidelity. Motto of Lord Boston. (3.) 
 Honor sequitur fugientem. Honour follows him who 
 flies from her. Marquess of Donegal. (4.) Honor 
 virtutis prsemium. Honour is the reward of virtue. 
 Motto of Earls Ferrers and Cork. 
 
 1968. Honos alit artes, omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria : 
 
 jacentque ea semper, quse apud quosque improbantur. 
 (L.) Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4. Honours encourage tJie Arts, 
 for all are incited towards studies by fame ; and their 
 pursuit has always flagged, wherever the nation lias held 
 them beneath their consideration. 
 
 1969. Honteux com me un renard qu'une poule aui-ait pris. (fr.) 
 
 La Font. 1, 18. As sheepish as a fox taken in by a 
 fowl. Any one outwitted by the person he was trying to 
 take in, would be said to be honteux comme un renard, etc. 
 
 1970. Horae quidem cedunt et dies et menses et anni : nee 
 
 prseteritum tempus unquaui revertitui-, nee, quid sequatur, 
 sciri potest (L.) Cic. Sen. 19, 69. Hours and days 
 and months and years pass away, and time when once it 
 is gone never returns, nor is it possible to know what -may 
 come after. 
 
 1971. Horas non numero nisi serenas. (L.) 7 only mark the 
 
 shining hours. Common inscription on sun-dials. 
 
 1972. Horresco referens. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 204. 7 shudder to 
 
 tell it. 
 
 1973. Horridus miles esse debet, non coelatus aui'o ai'gentoque, 
 
 sed ferro et animis fretus. Virtus est militis decus. 
 (Z.) Liv. 9, 40, 4. A soldier should be of fierce aspect, 
 not tricked out with gold and silver ornaments, but rely- 
 ing on his courage and his sword. Manliness is the 
 soldier's virtue.
 
 218 HORROR. 
 
 1974. Horror ubique animos, simul ipsa silentia terrent. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 755. 
 
 All things were full of terror and affright, 
 
 And dreadful e'en the silence of the night. Dryden. 
 
 1975. Hors de combat. (Fr.) Out of condition to fight. 
 
 1976. Hortus siccus. (L.) Lit. A dry garden. A collection 
 
 of specimens of the leaves of plants preserved in a dry 
 state. "Thehortus siccus of dissent." Burke. A col- 
 lection of the opinions of dissenters in all their varieties. 
 
 1977. Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores; 
 
 Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves ; 
 Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; 
 Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; 
 Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves. (L.) Virg. ap. Don. 
 Vit. Verg. 17. / wrote these lines; another got the 
 credit Thus do ye oxen bear the yoke for others; thus do 
 ye bees make honey for others ; thus do ye sheep grow 
 fleeces for others ; thus do ye birds build nests for 
 others. These lines are dignified with Virgil's name, and 
 supposed to have been his retaliation upon a scribbler, 
 Bathyllus, who had claimed some anonymous lines of 
 Virgil's composing. Sic vos non vobis applies in any 
 case where one person does the work and another gets 
 the credit or benefit of it. 
 
 1978. Hospes millus tarn in amici hospitium devorti potest, 
 
 Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit, jam odiosus siet, 
 Verum ubi dies decem continues immorabitur, 
 Tametsi dominus non invitus patitur, servi murmurant. 
 (L.) Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 146. No person can stay in a 
 friend's house for three whole days together, but what lie 
 must become a. nuisance : but if he go on stopping ten 
 days, even if his host is willing to allow it, the servants 
 grumble. 
 
 1979. Hos successus alit ; possunt quia posse videntur. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 5, 231. 
 
 Cheer'd by success they lead the van, 
 
 And win because they think they can. Ed. 
 
 1980. Hostis est uxor invita quse ad virum nuptum datur. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 53. The wife who is given in marriage 
 to a man against her ivill, becomes an enemy. 
 
 1980A. Hostis honori invidia. (L.) Envy is honour's foe. Lord 
 Sherard.
 
 HUMANUM. 219 
 
 1981. Hue propius me, 
 
 Dum doceo insanire, omnes vos ordine adite. (L.) Hor. 
 S. 2, 3, 81. Come hither near to me all of you in order, 
 while I prove to you that you are mad. 
 
 1982. Huic maxime putamus malo fuisse nimiam opinionem 
 
 ingenii atque virtutis. (L.) Nep. Ale. 7, 7. 
 
 Alcibiades. 
 
 This I imagine to have been the chief cause of his misfortunes, 
 namely, an overrated estimate of his own genius and valour. 
 
 1983. Hui ! Quantam fenestratn ad nequitiam patefeceris! 
 
 Tibi autem porro ut non sit suave vivere : 
 Nam deteriores omnes sumus licentia. 
 Quodcunque inciderit in mentem, volet ; neque id 
 Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet 
 
 (L.) Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 71. 
 
 Ah ! what a window to debauchery 
 
 You'll open, Menedernus ! Such an one 
 
 As will embitter even life itself : 
 
 For too much liberty corrupts us all. 
 
 Whatever comes into one's head, he'll have, 
 
 Nor ever think if his desire be right or wrong. Cohnan, 
 
 1984. Hujus (sc. Zenonis) sententia, neminem misericordem esse 
 
 nisi stultum et levem. (L.) Cic. Mursen. 29, 61. 
 Zeno (the Stoic's) opinion is that no one shows compassion 
 except he be a fool or feeble-minded. 
 
 1985. Humani nihil alienum. (L.) Ter. Nothing is foreign 
 
 to me that relates to man. Motto of Lord Dynevor (736). 
 
 1986. Humanitati qui se non accommodat, 
 
 Plerumque pO3nas oppetit supervise. (L.) Phsedr. 3, 
 16, 1. He who does not comply with the forms of polite- 
 ness, generally pays the penalty of his pride. 
 
 1987. Hurnanum amare est, humanum autem ignoscere est. (Z.) 
 
 Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 48. It is human to love, it is human 
 also to forgive. 
 
 1988. Humanum est errare. (Z-.) It is human nature to err. 
 
 All are liable to make mistakes. Cf. " To err is human, 
 to forgive divine " (Pope, Essay on Criticism, pt. 2, 325). 
 
 1989. Humanum f acinus factum est 
 
 Actutum Fortunes solent mutarier : varia est vita. (L.) 
 Plaut. True. 2, 1, 8. The customary thing has happened. 
 Fortunes are apt to cJiange in an instant. Life is full of 
 uncertainties.
 
 220 HUNG. 
 
 1990. Hunc servare modum nostri novere libelli 
 
 Parcere personis, dicere de vitiis. (L.) Mart. 10, 33, 9. 
 
 My writings keep to this restriction nice ; 
 
 To spare the man but lash his special vice. Ed. 
 
 I. 
 
 1991. Ibidem (ibid.) (L.) In the same place, book, passage of 
 
 any author referred to. 
 
 1992. Ibi omnis Effusus labor, atque immitis rupta tyranni 
 
 Fcedera. (L.) Virg. G. 4, 49. 
 
 Orpheus and Eurydicc. 
 There all his labour 's lost, and forfeited 
 His compact with th' inexorable king. Ed. 
 
 Orpheus, permitted by Pluto to lead Eurydice from the shades 
 below to the upper air on condition that he looked not behind 
 him on the way, just as he emerges from Orcus glances back and 
 loses her for ever. 
 
 1993. Ibo intro ad libros, et discam de dictis melioribus. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Stick 2, 2, 75. I'll go to my books and get some 
 of the best sayings (or bonmots). 
 
 1994. I bone, quo virtus tua te vocat, i pede fausto, 
 
 Grandia laturus meritorum praemia : quid stas ? 
 
 Post hsec ille catus, quantumvis rusticus, Ibit 
 
 Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit. (Z.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 37. 
 
 Go, my fine fellow ! go where valour calls ! 
 There's fame and money too inside those walls. 
 I'm not your man, replied the rustic wit ; 
 He makes a hero who has lost his kit. Conington. 
 
 The last line lit. is, He who has lost his purse will go 
 whithersoever you please. 
 
 1995. Ich bin ein Mensch gewesen 
 
 Und das heisst ein Kampfer sein. (G.) Goethe, West- 
 bstlicher Divan. / have been a man, and that is to be 
 a fighter. 
 
 1996. Ich dien. (.)/ serve. 
 
 Devise of the Prince of Wales, and adopted first by the Black 
 Prince, who took it, together with the crest of the Three Feathers, 
 from the King of Bohemia, after killing him with his own hand 
 on the field of Crecy, 1346. 
 
 1997. Ich habe genossen das irdische Gliick, 
 
 Ich habe gelebt und geliebet. (G.) Schill. Piccol. 
 (Thekla's song). / have tasted earthly happiness, I have 
 lived and I have loved.
 
 ID EST. 221 
 
 1998. Ich habe hier bios ein Amt und keine Meinung. (G.) 
 
 Schill. Wallenstein's Tod, 1, 5 (Wrangel loq.). / have 
 here an office only, and no opinion. 
 
 1999. Ich beisse der reichste Mann in der getauften Welt: 
 
 Die Sonne gent in meinem Staat nicht unter. ((?.) 
 Schill. D. Carlos, 1, 6. 
 (Philip II. of Spain loq.) : 
 
 I am the richest man in Christendom : 
 
 The sun ne'er sets in my dominions. Ed. 
 
 2000. I danari del comune sono come 1' acqua benedetta, ognun 
 
 ne piglia. (It.) Prov. Public -money is like holy water, 
 everybody helps himself. 
 
 2001. Id arbitror, Adprime in vita esse utile, ne quid nimis. (L.) 
 
 Ter. Andr. 1,1, 34. / consider it to be a leading maxim 
 through life, not to do anything to excess. Cf. the Greek 
 p-qStv ayav, Not too much of anything, saying of one 
 of the Seven Wise Men, and ascribed to Cleobulus ; and 
 Talleyrand's Surtout pas de zele, Above all, do not 
 manifest any zeal. 
 
 2002. Id cinerem, aut manes credia curare sepultos? (Z.) Virg. 
 
 A. 4, 34. Do you suppose that the ashes and spirits of 
 the departed concern themselves with such things ? 
 2002A. Id commune malum, semel insanivimus omnes. (L.)1 ft 
 is a common complaint, we have all been mad once. 
 
 2003. Id demum est homini turpe quod meruit pati. (L.) 
 
 Phsedr. 3, 11, 7. That after all only disgraces a man 
 which he has deserved to suffer. 
 
 2004. Idem, or id. (Z.) The same, sc. author already quoted. 
 
 (2.) Idem quod, or Lq. The same as. 
 
 2005. I demens ! et saevas curre per Alpes, 
 
 Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias. (L.) Juv. 10, 166. 
 
 Hannibal. 
 
 Haste ! madman, haste to cross the Alpine height, 
 And make a theme for schoolboys to recite. Ed. 
 
 2006. Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est. 
 
 (L.) Sail. C. 20. An identity of likes and dislikes is 
 after all the only basis of friendship. 
 
 2007. Id enim maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime 
 
 suum. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113. That will always 
 become a man best, which most faithfully reflects his own 
 character. 
 
 2008. Id est, or i.e. (L.)TJMt is to say.
 
 222 ID FACERE. 
 
 2009. Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet. (Z.) Sen. 
 
 Oct. 453. To do what is proper, not what is lawful, is 
 really meritorious. 
 
 2010. "ISfJLev if/evSea -rroXXa Aeyeiv ITU/XOKTIV 
 
 "ISfifv 8', fvr $eA<i>/iev, aXt^Ofa 
 
 (Gr.) Hes. Th. 27. 
 
 Oft do we make what's false th ' me i ppear : 
 Or, if we please, the naked trut.. declare. Ed. 
 
 2011. Id mutavit, quoniara me immutatum videt. (L.) Ter. 
 
 And. 1, 5, 7 (Pamphilus loq.). He has changed his 
 mind, because he sees that I am unchanged. 
 
 2012. I.H.2. (Gr.) JESUS. Abbrev. made by taking the first 
 
 three letters (or the first two and the last) of our Lord's 
 name in Greek, viz., I.E.S. Motto of the Order of the 
 Seraphim (Sweden). 
 
 2013. Ignavis semper feriae sunt. (L.) Prov. With the idle it 
 
 is always holiday. 
 
 2014. Ignavissimus quisque, et, tit res docuit, in periculo non 
 
 ausurus, nimii verbis et lingua feroces. (L.) Tac. H. 1, 
 35. The most cowardly of them all, men who, as the 
 event proved, would fly in the hour of danger, were the 
 loudest and most blustering in their language. 
 
 2015. Ignem gladio scrutare. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 276. Stir the 
 
 fire with a sword ! That's right, make bad worse ! 
 The phrase comes from the maxim of Pythagoras, irup /mxaipif. ^ 
 ffKo\evfiv. (Gr.) Diog. Laert. 8, 17. Don't po7;e fire with sword ! 
 Dou't provoke a passionate man. 
 
 2016. Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros. (L. ) Sen de Prov. ? 
 
 As fire tries gold, so is adversity the test of man's fortitude. 
 Cf. Beaumont and Fletcher, Triumph of Honour : 
 Calamity is man's true touchstone. 
 
 2017. Ignis fatuus. (L.) A false fire. Will o' the wisp. 
 
 A deceitful misleading light. Any pretended insight into occult 
 things, such as Spiritualism, or a flaming prospectus issued by a 
 bogus company, might be properly called an ignis fatuus 
 
 2018. Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat. (L.} 
 
 Law Max. Ignorance of fact excuses, ignorance of the 
 law does not excuse. " If the heir is ignorant of the 
 death of his ancestor, he is ignorant of a fact ; but if, 
 being aware of the fact, he is ignorant that certain rights 
 have thereby become vested in himself, he is ignorant of 
 the law" (Broom, 249), and Ignorantia juris, quod
 
 I GUADAGNI. 223 
 
 qnisque scire tenetur, neminera excusat. Ignorance of 
 the law, which every man is presumed to know, does not 
 afford excuse. 
 
 2019. Ignorant populi, si non in morte probaris, 
 
 An scieris ad versa pati. (L.) Luc. 8, 625. 
 
 Had you not shown in death, men would not know 
 How you could meet adversity's worst blow. Ed. 
 
 2020. Ignoratio elenchi. (L.) Log. Term. Ignorance of refuta- 
 
 tion. A rhetorical artifice resorted to for the apparent 
 refutation of an opponent when the proper contradictory 
 of his arguments is not forthcoming. 
 
 If, in answer to a charge of inaccuracy against this work, I were to 
 reply that other collections were more inaccurate, or that absolute 
 accuracy was impossible, or that the greater portion of it was 
 accurate, etc., etc., I should be employing the fallacy of ignoralio 
 elenchi in proving something "beside the question" (o> rod 
 irpdyfjMTos) instead of refuting the proposition requiring refutation. 
 
 2021. Ignoscas aliis multa, nil tibi. (L.) Auson. Sap. Sent. 3, 
 
 4. Pardon others much, yourself nothing. 
 
 2022. Ignoscent si quid peccaro stultus amici, 
 
 Inque vicem illorum patiar delicta libenter. (L.) Hor. 
 S. 1, 3, 140. If I, foolishly, should commit any offence, 
 my friends will pardon it, and I, in my turn, will 
 willingly bear with their failings. 
 
 2023. Ignoti nulla cupido. (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 397. There is 
 
 no desire for the unknown. 
 
 2024. Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre 
 
 Flumina gaudebat, studio ininuente laborem. (L.) Ov. 
 M. 4, 294. He loved to wander amid unknown places, to 
 visit unknown rivers, the pursuit lessening the fatigue. 
 
 He sought fresh fountains in a foreign soil, 
 
 The pleasure lessen'd the attending toil. Addison. 
 
 2025. Ignotuui argenti pondus et ami. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 363. 
 
 An unknown (enormous) weight of gold and silver. 
 
 2026. Ignotum per ignotius. (L.) What is unknown by wJiat 
 
 is even less known. An attempted illustration or ex- 
 planation which renders the case more obscure than it 
 was before. 
 
 2027. I gran dolori sono rnuti. (It.) Prov. Great sorrows are 
 
 dumb. The grief is " too deep for tears." 
 
 2028. I guadagni mediocri enipiono la borsa. (It.) Moderate 
 
 profits Jill the purse.
 
 224 IL A. 
 
 2029. II a invent^ 1'histoire. (Fr.) Mme. du Deffand. He has 
 
 invented history. 
 
 A friend defending Voltaire's historical accuracy in the presence of 
 Mme. du Deffand, and maintaining that he invented nothing, 
 "Rien," repliquait-elle, "et quo voulez-vous done de plus? II 
 a invents 1'histoire 1 " Fournier, L'Esprit dans 1'histoire, 191. 
 
 2030. 11 a la tete pres du bonnet. (Fr.] Prov. His head is 
 
 near his cap. Soon angry. 
 
 2031. II a le diable au corps. (Fr.) The deuce is in him. 
 
 2032. II a le verbe haut. (Fr.) He talks big. Assumes a high 
 
 tone. 
 
 2033. II a le vin mauvais. (Fr.) He is quarrelsome over his cups. 
 
 2034. II a mange* son pain blanc le premier. (Fr.) He has eaten 
 
 his white bread first. He had the best of his life first. 
 
 2035. 11 arrive comme Mars en Careme. (Fr.) Prov. He arrives 
 
 like March in Lent. An opportune arrival. 
 
 2036. II a travail!^, il a travaille' pour le roi de Prusse. (Fr.) 
 
 He has worked, he has worked for the King of Prussia. 
 Sung in Paris of Marshal Soubise, after the defeat of 
 Rossbach by Frederick the Great in 1757. Hence 
 travailler pour le roi de Prusse means to labour in vain. 
 
 2037. II buon mercato vuota la borsa. (It.) Great bargains 
 
 empty the purse. 
 
 2038. II buono e buono, ma il meglio vince. (It.) Prov. Good 
 
 is good, but better gains the day. 
 
 2039. II connait 1'univers et ne se connait pas. (Fr.) La Font. 
 
 8, 26. He knows the whole world yet does not know 
 himself. 
 
 Cf. II meurt connu de tous et ne se connait pas (Addition a la vie 
 et aux oeuvres de Vauquelain des Yvetaux, 1856, p. 12). He dies 
 known by all, and yet unknoioti to himself. But the source is older 
 still, see Sic quum transierint, etc. 
 
 2040. II coute peu a amasser beaucoup de richesse, 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. 
 The first thousand, it is said, is more difficult of collection 
 than the last hundred thousand. 
 
 2041. II dinoit de 1'autel et soupoit du the'atre 
 
 Le matin catholique et le soir idolatre. (Fr.) C. Remy 1 
 
 The Priest-Dramatist. 
 
 The altar finds dinner, and supper the theatre ; 
 A Catholick by day, and at night an idolater.
 
 IL EST. 225 
 
 2042. II dolce far niente. (It.) 1 The sweet occupation of doing 
 
 nothing. Cf. Illud jucundum nil agere. (L.) Plin. Sec. 
 Ep. 8, 9. That pleasant doing of nothing. 
 
 2043. II donne des entrailles a tons les mots. (Fr.) Said by 
 
 Joubert of Rousseau. He gives bowels of feeling to all 
 the words he uses. (Mr M. Arnold trans., Essay on 
 Criticism.} 
 
 2044. II en est pour les choses litteraii'es comme pour les choses 
 
 d'argent : on ne prete qu'aux riches. (-^V.) Ed. Four- 
 nier, L'Esprit des autres, p. 15. It is the same in literary 
 as in pecuniary matters : one only lends to the rich. A 
 fine line, unknown, is, e.g., immediately set down to 
 Shakespeare. 
 
 2045. II est aise* d'ajouter aux inventions des autres. (Fr.) 1 // 
 
 is easy to add to the inventions of others. 
 
 2046. II est avis a vieille vache quelle ne fut oncques veau. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. The old cow is under the impression that slw never 
 was a calf. People forget that they were once young 
 and foolish like the rest. 
 
 2047. II est beau qu'un mortel jusques aux cieux s'e'leve, 
 
 II est beau rnme d'en tomber. (Fr.) Quinault, Phae'ton, 
 4, 2. It is a fine thing for a mortal to lift himself 
 up into the skies, fine even to fall from thence. Thus 
 Phaethon speaks of his own disaster in terms which might 
 be applied to some of our modern aeronauts. 
 
 2048. II est bien aise' a ceux qui se portent bien de donner des 
 
 avis aux malades. (Fr.) Prov. It is easy enough for 
 those who are well to give advice to the sick. 
 
 2049. II est bien difficile de garder un tresor dont tons les hommes 
 
 ont la clef. (Fr.) Tresor du Monde, Paris, 1565. It 
 is very difficult to guard a treasure of which all men have 
 the key. Dictum quoddam de "Virginitate. Cf. Difficile 
 custoditur quod plures amant. (L.) Prov. It is diffi- 
 cult to guard what many are in love with. 
 
 2050. II est comme 1'oiseau sur la branche. (Fr.) He is like a bird 
 
 upon the branch. Unsettled, ever flitting and changing. 
 
 2051. II est des noeuds secrets, il est des sympathies 
 
 Dont, par le doux rapport, les ames assorties 
 S'attachent 1'une a 1'autre, et se laissent piquer 
 Par ce je-ne-sais quoi qti'on ne peut expliquer. 
 
 (Fr.) Corn. Rodogune, 1, 7.
 
 226 IL EST. 
 
 Ties are there, secret ties and sympathies 
 
 Uniting souls in sweet affinities 
 
 Each to each other, and strangely thrilling 
 
 With those emotions that are past the telling. Ed. 
 
 2052. II est difficile de decider si Pin-evolution rend Phomme plus 
 
 malheureux que mdprisable ; de meme s'il y a toujours 
 plus d'inconve'nient a prendre un mauvais parti, qu'a n'en 
 prendre aucun. (Fr.} La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 18. It is 
 difficult to say ivhether a want of decision renders a, man 
 the more unhappy or the more despicable ; also whether it 
 is productive of worse consequences to make a bad 
 decision, or none at all. 
 
 2053. II est plus aise d'etre sage pour les autres, que pour soi- 
 
 meme. (Fr.) La Kochef. Max. p. 47, 132. It is 
 easier to be wise for others, than for ourselves. 
 
 2054. II est plus honteux de se defier de ses amis que d'en etre 
 
 trompd (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 42, 84. It is 
 more discreditable to be suspicious of our friends, than to 
 be deceived by them. 
 
 2055. II est souvent plus court et plus utile de cadrer aux autres, 
 
 que de faire que les autres s'ajustent a nous. (Fr.) La 
 Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 91. It is often more easy and more 
 convenient to suit ourselves to otJiers, than to make others 
 adapt their opinions to our own. 
 
 2056. II fait un vent a de'corner les bceufs. (Fr.) Prov. It 
 
 blows hard enough to ivrench the horns ojf cattle. 
 
 2057. II faut attendre le boiteux. (Fr.) Prov. We must wait 
 
 for the lame. We must adapt our communications to the 
 level of those with whom we have to do. 
 
 2058. II faut avaler bien de la fume'e aux lampes avant que de 
 
 devenir bon orateur. (Fr.) A man must swallow much 
 lamp-smoke before he can be a good orator. 
 
 2059. II faut avoir pitie* des morts. (Fr.) V. Hugo, La Priere 
 
 pour tous. One must have pity on the dead. 
 
 2060. II faut craindre ses ennemis de loin pour ne plus les craindre 
 
 de pres, et se rejouir a leur approche. (Fr.) Bossuet, 
 Fun. or. of Louis de Bourbon. It is best to fear one's 
 enemies at a distance, so as not to have to fear them when 
 near, and to be able to rejoice at their approach. B. is 
 here quoting the Prince de Conde's own words.
 
 ILICET. 227 
 
 2061. II faut en affrontant 1'orage 
 
 Penser, vivre et mourir en roi. (Fr.) Fredeiic II. to 
 Volt. / must in the face of the storm think, live, and 
 die as becomes a king. Written three days before 
 the battle of Merseburg when the fate of Prussia was 
 trembling in the balance. 
 
 2062. II faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne 
 
 fortune que la mauvaise. (Fr.) Greater virtue is neces- 
 sary to support a turn of good fortune than of bad. 
 
 2063. II faut hurler avec les loups. (Fr.) Prov. You must 
 
 howl if you are in wolves 1 company. 
 
 2064. II faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermee. (Fr.) Brueis 
 
 and Palaprat, Grondeur. A door must either be open or 
 shut. Said on any occasion where there is only one 
 alternative. The thing must be one way or the 
 other. 
 
 In the play the servant (Lolive) says, " Oh ca, monsieur, qnand 
 vous serez sorti, voulez-vous que je laisse la porte ouverte ? 
 M. Grichard. Non. L. Voulez-vous que je la tienne ferme'e ? 
 M. 6. Non. L. Si faut-il monsieur . . . M. G. Te tairas-tu ? 
 L. Monsieur, je me ferais hacher : il faut qu'une porte soit 
 ouverte ou fermee, choisissez, comment la voulez-vous ?" 
 
 2065. II faut savoir s'ennuyer. (Fr.) One must learn to be 
 
 bored. V. Lady Bloomfield's Diplomatic Life of her 
 husband, vol. i. 
 
 2066. II fuoco non s'estingue con fuoco. (It.) Prov. Fire is 
 
 not extinguished by fire. 
 
 2067. II fut historien, pour rester orateur. (Fr.) H. Taine? 
 
 He turned historian, in order to remain an orator. 
 
 Said of Livy in reference to the political speeches which, as he 
 could not deliver them himself, he put into the mouths of person-, 
 ages of Roman history. Unable to get a seat in Parliament, Mr 
 Anthony Trollope uttered his political sentiments in his novels 
 (see his Autobiography and Phineas Finn). 
 
 2068. Ilicet infandum cuncti contra omina bellum, 
 
 Contra fata deum, perverse numine poscunt. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 7, 583. 
 'Gainst omens flashed before their eyes, 
 'Gainst warnings thundered from the skies, 
 They cry for war. Conington. 
 
 Applicable to any rash, ill-advised war, such as the 
 French attack on Prussia of 1870.
 
 228 ILL^ESO. 
 
 2069. Illseso lumine solem. (Z.) (To gaze at) the sun with 
 
 undimmed eye. Eagles are said to possess this quality. 
 Motto of the Earl of Rosslyn. 
 
 2070. Ilia est agricolae messis iniqua suo. (L.) Ov. Her. 12, 
 
 48. That is a harvest which pays the labourer badly. 
 A losing game : a bad trade. 
 
 2071. Ilia laus est, magno in genere et in divitiis maxumis, 
 
 Liberos hominem educare, generi monimentum et sibi. 
 (L.) Plant. Mil. 3, 1, 109. It is some honour to a man 
 of good birth and great wealth, to bring up his children 
 so as to be a credit both to his family and to himself. 
 
 2072. Illam, quicquid agit, quoquo vestigia flectit, 
 
 Componit furtim, subsequiturque decor. 
 
 (L.) Tibull. 4, 2, 8. 
 
 Sulpicia. 
 
 Whate'er she does, where'er her steps she bends, 
 Grace on each action silently attends. (?) 
 
 2073. Ilia placet tellus in qua res parva beatum 
 
 Me facit, et tenues luxuriantur opes. (L.) Mart. 10, 96, 
 5. That spot of earth pleases me, where small means pro- 
 duce happiness, and where moderate wealth abounds. 
 
 2074. Ilia vox vulgaris, Audivi. (L.) Cic. Plane. 23, 57.T/iat 
 
 common saying, " I heard " so and so. 
 
 2075. Ille dies primus leti primusque malorum 
 
 Causa fuit. (L,) Yirg. A. 4, 169. That day was t/te 
 beginning of death and disaster. 
 
 2076. Ille igitur nunquam direxit brachia contra 
 
 Torrentem ; nee civis erat qui libera posset 
 Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 4, 90. 
 
 The time-server. 
 
 He therefore never boldly tried 
 To swim against the current's tide ; 
 Nor he the man to give free vent 
 To his unfettered sentiment, 
 
 Or, throwing policy far hence, 
 
 To stake his life in truth's defence. Ed. 
 
 This is your safe man who is never guilty of indiscreet verities and 
 always contrives to be in with the winning side as, in fact, Crispus 
 did ; and, as Juvenal goes on to say, lived to see fourscore years 
 even at the Court of Domitian. Last three words of Latin adopted 
 as motto by J. J. Rousseau.
 
 ILLE. 229 
 
 2077. Ille mi par esse Deo videtur, 
 
 Ille (si fas est) superare Divos, 
 Qui, sedens adversus, identidem te 
 
 Spectat et audit 
 Dulce ridentem. (L.) Cat. 51, 1. 
 
 To Lesbia. 
 
 Blest as the immortal Gods is he, 
 
 Or (may I say it ?) still more blest, ' 
 Who sitting opposite to thee 
 
 Sees thee, and hears thy laugh and jest. Ed. 
 
 2078. Hie per extentum funem milii posse videtur 
 
 Ire poeta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit, 
 Irritat mulcet falsis terroribus irnplet 
 Ut magus : et modo me Thebis, modo ponit Athenis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210. 
 
 The true Poet. 
 
 That man I hold true master of his art 
 
 "Who with fictitious woes can wring my heart, 
 
 Can rouse me, soothe me, pierce me with a thrill 
 
 Of vain alarm, and, as by magic skill, 
 
 Bear me to Thebes, to Athens, where he will. Conington. 
 
 2079. Ille potens sui Lsetusque degit, cui licet in diem 
 
 Dixisse, Vixi : eras vel atra 
 
 Nube polum Pater occupato 
 Vel sole puro. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 29, 41. 
 
 Happy he, 
 Self-centred, who each night can say, 
 
 My life is lived : the morn may see 
 A clouded, or a sunny day : 
 
 That rests with Jove. Conington. 
 
 2080. Hie siuistrorsum, hie dextrorsum, abit : unus utrique 
 
 Error, sed variis illudit partibus. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 50. 
 
 This to the right, that to the left hand strays, 
 
 And all are wrong, but wrong in different ways. Conington. 
 
 2081. Ille terrarum mihi prseter orunes 
 
 Angulua ridet. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 6, 13. That little nook 
 of earth charms me more than any other place. 
 
 2082. Ille, velut pelagi rupes iminota, resistit ; 
 
 Qua? sese, multis circurnlatrantibus undis, 
 
 Mole tenet, scopuli nequidquam et spumea circum 
 
 Saxa frevnunt, laterique illisa refunditur alga, 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 7, 58G.
 
 230 ILLIC. 
 
 Latinus, 
 
 He stands just like some sea-girt rock, 
 Moveless against the ocean-shock, 
 And anchored by the ponderous form 
 Its mass opposes to the storm. 
 The wild waves bellow all around, 
 And spray-drenched cliffs give back the sound ; 
 But, nothing heeding, it flings back 
 The broken wreaths of floating wrack. Ed. 
 
 2083. lllic apposite narrabis multa Lyseo 
 
 Psene sit ut mediis obruta navis aquis. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 2, 11, 49. There with the wine in front of you, you will 
 tell at length how your vessel was nearly lost in mid- 
 ocean. 
 
 2084. lllic et cantant quicquid didicere theatris ; 
 
 Et jactant faciles ad sua verba manus. (L.) Ov. F. 3, 
 535. There too they sing snatches of the songs learnt at 
 the theatre, and accompany the words with ready gestures 
 of the hand. 
 
 2085. Illi inter sese multa vi brachia tollunt. (L.) Virg. A. 8, 
 
 452. They lift up their arms one after the other with 
 tremendous swing. Description of the Cyclops working 
 at their forges under Mount Etna. The series of spon- 
 dees in the Latin expresses the ponderous action de- 
 scribed. For another imitative line of an opposite kind, 
 cf. Virg. A. 8, 595 : Quadrupedante putrem sonitu 
 quatit ungula camptim, With galloping clatter the hoofs 
 of the horses the crumbling ground shake. 
 
 208G. Illi robur et ses triplex 
 
 Circa pectus erat, qui fragilem truci 
 Commisit pelago rateui 
 
 Primus. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 3, 9. 
 
 Oak and brass of triple fold 
 Encompass'd sure that heart, which first made bold 
 
 To the raging sea to trust 
 A fragile bark. Conington. 
 
 2087. II lit an front de ceux qu'un vain luxe environne 
 Que la fortune vend ce qu'on croit qu'elle donne. 
 
 (L.) La Font. (Phil, et Baucis). 
 
 He reads on the palace where luxury dwells, 
 That fortune in seeming to give, really sells. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Voiture (to the Comte du Guiche) : "Pour 1'ordinaire la for- 
 tune nous vend bien cheremeut, ce qu'on croit qu'elle nous 
 donne."
 
 IL N'APPARTIENT. 231 
 
 2088. Illud amicitise sanctum eb venerabile nomen 
 
 Nunc tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacefc. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 8, 15. 
 And Friendship's sacred, venerable name 
 Lies trodden 'neath your feet, a thing of shame. Ed. 
 
 2089. Illud quidquid est summum. (L.) Plin. 2, 7. That 
 
 thing, whatever it be, which is above all. Periphrasis for 
 the Deity. 
 
 2090. II lupo cambia il pelo, ma non il vizio. (It.) Prov. The 
 
 wolf changes his coat, but not his ferocity. 
 
 2091. II maestro di color che sanno. (It.) Dante, Inf. 4, 181. 
 
 The master of the wise. 
 
 Said of Aristotle ; Socrates and Plato being placed next below. 
 
 Petrarch, Triumph of Fame, C. 3, gives the first place to Plato. 
 
 2092. II mange son pain dans sa poche. (Fr.) Prov. He eats 
 
 his bread from his pocket. Said of any selfish person 
 who does not share his good things with others. 
 
 2093. II meglio e 1'inimico del bene. (It.) Prov. Better is the 
 
 enemy of well. 
 
 Of. Shakesp. Lear, 1, 4 : 
 
 Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. 
 
 2094. II me semble que qui sollicite pour les autres, a la con- 
 
 fiance d'un homme qui demande justice ; et qu'en par- 
 lant, ou en agissant pour soi-meme, on a 1'embarras et la 
 pudeur de celui qui demande grace. (Fr.) La Bruy. 
 Car. 1 It appears to me that he who asks favours for 
 another person has the confidence which a sense of justice 
 inspires ; while to urge a suit, or treat for one's own 
 benefit, produces all the embarrassment and feeling of 
 shame of any one appealing for mercy. 
 
 2095. II n'a pas froid aux yeux. (Fr,) Prov. He has no cold 
 
 in his eyes. He is not afraid. 
 
 2096. II n'a pas 1'air, mais la chanson. (Fr.) Prov. He has 
 
 not the tune, but the words. He has not the shadow, 
 but the reality. 
 
 2097. II n'appartient qu'a ceux qui n'esperent jamais tre cit^s 
 
 de ne citer personne. (Fr.) Naudd? It is the business 
 of those only who never hope to have their own writings 
 quoted, to refuse to quote others. 
 
 2098. II n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes, d'avoir de grands 
 
 deTauts. (Fr.) La Kochef. Max. p. 33, 195. It is 
 only great men who can afford to display great defects.
 
 232 IL N'APPARTIENT. 
 
 2099. II n'appartient qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en crainte. 
 
 La peur ne doit pas entrer dans une ame royale. Qui 
 craindra la mort n'entreprendra rien sur moi : qui 
 meprisera la vie sera toujours maitre de la mienne, etc. 
 (Fr.) Hardouin de Perefixe. Tyrants are the only men 
 who Jiave any business to be always afraid. Fear should 
 never enter into the breast of a king. The man who fears 
 death will never take any advantage of me : but he who 
 despises life will ever be master of my own, etc. Attri- 
 buted to Henry IV. of France. 
 
 2100. II n'attache pas ses chiens avec des saucisses. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 He doesn't fasten his dogs with sausages. He's no 
 fool. 
 
 2101. II n'avait pas precise'ment des vices, mais il e'tait ronge* 
 
 d'une vermin e de petits defauts, dont on ne pouvait 
 1'epurer. (Fr.) Chateaub. 1 He had not exactly any 
 vices about him, but he was tlie prey to a perfect vermin 
 of small defects of which it seemed hopeless to rid him. 
 
 2102. II ne fait rien, et nuit a qui veut faire. (Fr.) Pironl 
 
 He does nothing himself, and hinders those who would. 
 Said, originally, of Desfontaines, and applicable to those 
 who can criticise, without being able to create. 
 
 2103. II ne faut jamais hasarder la plaisanterie, m^me la plus 
 
 douce et la plus permise, qu'avec des gens polis, ou qui 
 ont de 1'esprit. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 92. It 
 never does to risk a joke even of the mildest and most un- 
 exceptionable character, except in the company of witty 
 and polished people. 
 
 2104. II ne faut jamais juger des despotes par les succes momen- 
 
 tands que 1'attention meme du pouvoir leur fait obtenir. 
 C'est I'e'tat dans lequel ils laissent le pays a leur mort, 
 ou a leur chute, qui revele ce qu'ils ont e'te'. (Fr.) Mad. 
 de Stael. 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 reveals what 
 they were. 
 
 2105. II ne faut pas parler Latin devant les Cordeliers. (Fr.) 
 
 It doesn't do to talk Latin before the Cordeliers (Franciscan 
 friars). Be careful not to speak too confidently before 
 those who are masters of the subject.
 
 IL N'EST. 233 
 
 2106. II ne faut point parler corde dans la famille d'un pendu. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. Do not talk rope in the family of one who 
 has been hanged. 
 
 2107. II ne s'agit pas de consuls, et je ne veux pas dtre votre 
 
 aide-de-camp. (Fr.) It is no question of consuls, and I 
 don't choose to be your aide-de-camp. Sieyes to Bonaparte 
 in 1800 on resigning the post of Second Consul. 
 
 2108. II ne sait sur quel pied danser. (Fr.) Prov. He knows 
 
 not on which foot to dance. He knows not how to act. 
 
 2109. II ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables, 
 
 Car qui peut s' assurer d'etre toujours heureux? 
 
 (Fr.) La Font. Eenard et L'EcureuiL 
 
 Of men in misfortune no ridicule make, 
 For who can be sure of good luck without break ? Ed. 
 In the end the bragging Fox is killed, the Squirrel looking on : 
 II le voit, mais il u'en rit pas, 
 Instruit par sa propre misere. 
 
 These last lines are often quoted in circumstances which, though 
 ridiculous in themselves, touch one too nearly to be made subjects 
 of joking. The Fable does not occur in La Fontaine, but will be 
 found in the Becueil de Conrart, vol. ii. p. 533 (Bibliothe'que de 
 L'Arsenal). 
 
 2110. II n'est bon bee que de Paris. (Fr.) Good talkers are only 
 
 found in Paris. From an old ballad of Villon, Femmes 
 de Paris. 
 
 2111. II n'est pas besoin de tenir les choses pour en raisonner. 
 
 (Fr.) Beaum. Mar. de Figaro, Act v. It is not neces- 
 sary to believe things, in order to argue about them. 
 
 2112. II n'est pas d'homme necessaire. (Fr.)1 There is no such 
 
 thing as a necessary man. The best servant of the state 
 can be replaced. 
 
 2113. II n'est pas e'chappe' qui traine son lien. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 The man is not escaped who still drags his chain after 
 him. 
 
 2114. II n'est pas encore temps de le dire, les ye" rite's sont des 
 
 fruits qui ne doivent etre cueillis que bien murs. (Fr.) 
 Voltaire 1 The time has not yet arrived for saying it : 
 truths are a fruit which ought not to be gathered until 
 they are full ripe. 
 
 2115. II n'est sauce que d'appe'tit. (Fr.) Prov. There is no 
 
 sauce like a good appetite. Hunger is the best sauce.
 
 234 IL N'Y A. 
 
 2116. II n'y a de nouveau que ce qui a vieilli. (Fr.) There is 
 
 nothing new except tJiat which has become antiquated. 
 Motto of the Revue Retrospective. 
 
 2117. II n'y a de nouveau que ce qui est oublie'. (Fr.) Tliere is 
 
 nothing new except what is forgotten. Attributed to 
 Mdlle. Bertin, Milliner to Marie- Antoinette. 
 
 2118. II n'y a de place dans 1'histoire que pour le vrai, et tout ce 
 
 qui n'est que vraisemblable doit etre renvoye* aux espaces 
 imaginaires des romans et des fictions poetiques. (Fr.) 
 Griffet 1 ? History can only admit ichat is true, and mere 
 probabilities must be relegated to t/ie imaginary field of 
 romance and poetical fiction. 
 
 2119. II n'y a pas a dire. (Fr.) There is nothing to be said. It 
 
 is not to be controverted. 
 
 2120. II n'y a pas de gens plus affaire's que ceux qui n'ont rien a 
 
 faire. (Fr.) Prov. There are no people so busy as those 
 who have nothing to do. 
 
 2121. II n'y a pas de heros pour son valet-de-chambre. (Fr.) 
 
 Mme. Cornuel (see Letters of Mdlle. Aisse, Dentu, Paris 
 1853, p. 166). No man is a hero to his valet de chambre. 
 
 Montaigne says (Essays 3, 2), Peu d'hommes ont este" admirez par 
 leurs domestiques. Few men have been admired by their servants; 
 and La Bruy. (Car. ?) Plus on approche des grands homines, plus 
 on trouve qu'ils sont hommes. Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis 
 de leurs valets-de-chambre. The nearer one approaches to great 
 persons, the more one sees that they are fait men. Rarely are they 
 great in the eyes of their valets. Heine says, somewhere, "No 
 author is a man of genius to his publisher." (See Buchmann, 
 Gefl. W. p. 372, 373.) 
 
 2122. II n'y a pas de mauvaise chaussure qui ne trouve sa pareille. 
 
 (Fr.) Breton Prov. The worst sJwe will find its 
 match. 
 
 2123. II n'y a pas de petit ennemi. (Fr.) Breton Prov. There 
 
 is no such thing as a little enemy. All are to be 
 dreaded. 
 
 2124. II n'y a pas moins d'invention 4 bien appliquer une pense*e 
 
 que Ton trouve dans un livre, qu'a etre le premier auteur 
 de cette pense*e. (Fr.) Bayle 1 ? There is as much 
 ingenuity in making a felicitous application of a senti- 
 ment discovered in some author, as in being the first to 
 conceive it. A happy application of a line of Virgil is, 
 according to the Cardinal du Perron, a talent in itself.
 
 IL N'Y A. 235 
 
 2125. H n'y a plus de Pyre'ne'es. (Fr.) The Pyrenees have ceased 
 to exist. 
 
 Hot with which Louis XIV. is credited on the departure of the D. of 
 Anjou from Paris in 1700, to assume the Crown of Spain. Accord- 
 ing to M. Fournier (L'esprit dans 1'histoire, p. 188), the phrase 
 seems to have originated not with Louis but with the Spanish 
 ambassador, who said on the occasion, that from that moment the 
 Pyrenees had melted away (fondues). 
 
 2126 II n'y a point au inonde un si pe*nible metier que celui de 
 se faire un grand nom. La vie s'acheve que Ton a a 
 peine e*bauch<$ son ouvrage. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. 
 cap. 2. There is not a more arduous task in the world 
 than that of making a great name: life comes to an end 
 before one has hardly sketched out one's work. 
 
 2127. II n'y a point de chemin trop long & qui marche lentement 
 
 et sans se presser, il n'y a point d'avantages trop e*loignes 
 4 qui s'y prepare par la patience. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 
 vol. ii. cap. 12. No road is too long for the man who 
 will travel slowly and without hurry, and no attainment 
 beyond his grasp if he will set himself about acquiring 
 it with patience. 
 
 2128. II n'y a point de patrie dans le despotique ; d'autres choses 
 
 y suppleent, 1'interet, la gloire, le service du prince. 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 186. Under a despotic 
 government the idea of country falls altogether out of 
 men's minds, and its place is supplied in other ways, by 
 private interests, public fame, and the service of the 
 sovereign. 
 
 2129. II n'y a point de prince en si mauvais e"tat, que celui qui 
 
 ne pouvant toujours faire par soi-meme les choses & quoi 
 il est oblige*, a de la peine & souffrir qu'elles soient faites 
 par autrui : et etre capable de se laisser servir n'est pas 
 une des moindres qualite*s que puisse avoir un grand roi. 
 (Fr.) Richelieu, Test. Politique. No prince is in so 
 miserable a position as he who, not having it in his power 
 to perform all the royal acts in his own person, is yet 
 unwilling that they should be done by any one else: and 
 it is far from being the least of the qualities distinguish- 
 ing a great monarch, that he has t/te ability to let others 
 serve him. 
 
 2130. II n'y a que le premier pas qui coute. (Fr.) Prov. It 
 
 is only the first step which costs anything.
 
 236 IL N'Y A. 
 
 Gibbon, vol. vii. cap. 39, appends a note referring to the account 
 of S. Dionysius walking from Montmartre to S. Denis with his 
 head in his hand, and adds that "a lady of his acquaintance" 
 (presumably Mme. Necker or Mme. de Stael) observed thereupon : 
 "La distance n'y fait rien ; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coute," 
 The distance is nothing, it is only the first step which signifies. 
 By Quitard (Dictionnaire des Proverbes) the remark is attributed 
 to Mme. du Deffant in reply to the Cardinal de Polignac on the 
 same subject (vide Biichmann, pp. 377, 378). 
 
 2131. II n'y a que les honteux qui perdent. (Fr.) Prov. None 
 
 but the bashful lose. 
 
 2132. II n'y a rien de change' en France : il n'y a qu'un Fra^ais 
 
 de plus. (Fr.) Nothing is changed in France, there is 
 only one Frenchman more than before. Celebrated mot 
 of the Comte d'Artois at the Restoration, and concocted 
 for him by Beugnot, the writer of the article in the 
 Moniteur of the day, describing the entry into Paris, etc. 
 
 2133. II n'y a rien que la crainte et 1'esperance ne persuadent 
 
 aux horumes. (Fr.) Vauvenargues. There is nothing 
 that fear and hope will not persuade men to. 
 
 2134. II parait qu'on n'apprend pas a mourir en tuant les autres. 
 
 (Fr.) Chateaub. Mdm. d'outre Tombe. It does not 
 appear that killing other people teaches one how to 
 die. 
 
 2135. II passa par la gloire, il passa par le crime, et n'est arrive' 
 
 qu'au malheur. (Fr.) V. Hugo? He passed through 
 glory, and then through crime, only to end in misfortune. 
 Said of Napoleon III. 
 
 2136. II plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire. (Fr.) Boil. 
 
 Sat. 2. He pleases all the world but cannot please him- 
 self. Said of Moliere, who himself acknowledged the 
 truth of the last half of the line. 
 
 2137. II porte le deuil de sa blanchisseuse. (Fr.) Prov. He 
 
 wears mourning for his laundress. His linen is dirty. 
 
 2138. II rit bien (or Rira bien) qui rit le dernier. (Fr.) He 
 
 laughs best who laughs the last. 
 
 2139. Us chantent, ils payeront. (Fr.) Mazarin. Let them 
 
 sing, they will have to pay. 
 
 " Le Cardinal Mazarin disoit: ' La nation franchise est la plus folle 
 du monde : ils orient et chantent centre moi, et me laissent faire : 
 moi, je les laisse crier et chanter et je fais ce que je veux.' " Nou- 
 velles Lettres de la Duchesse d'Orleans, 1853, p. 249.
 
 IL Y A. 237 
 
 2140. II se croit superieur & moi de toute la hauteur de sa btise. 
 
 (Fr.) 1 The towering height of his own natural folly 
 makes him think it the measure of his superiority to me. 
 Said of a conceited opponent. (The French is perfectly 
 untranslatable.) 
 
 2141. II se fait entendre, a force de se faire e'couter. (Fr.) Se 
 
 makes himself understood, by making men listen to him. 
 Said by M. Villenain of Andrieux, the Professor of Lite- 
 rature at the College de France, 1800 ; but Beaumarchais 
 had forestalled him in Deux amis, 1, 1 : " Une actrice 
 se fait toujours entendre, lorsqu'elle a ce talent de se 
 faire e'couter." 
 
 2142. II sent le fagot. (Fr.) Prov. He smells of the Jieretics 
 
 faggot. He is a fellow to be suspected. 
 
 2143. II s'est coupe le bras gauche avec le bras droit. (Fr.) 
 
 J. B. Say. He has cut off his left arm with his right. 
 Attributed to Queen Christina of Sweden a propos of the 
 revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. 
 
 2144. Us n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublid (Fr.) They have learnt 
 
 nothing, and forgotten nothing. 
 
 Said originally of the Emigres by Talleyrand (?), and since fre- 
 quently applied to the Bourbons. But it appears first in a letter 
 of the Chevalier de Panat to Mallet du Pan, written from London 
 1796, on the royalist refugees then in England. " Personne 
 n'est corrig ; personne n'a su ni rien oublier, ni rien apprendre." 
 (Memoirs of M. du Pan. 2, 197.) 
 
 2145. Us sont trop verts : et bons pour les goujats ! (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. 3, 11. They are too green, and only good for 
 fools. 
 
 2146. II trouverait a tondre sur un ceuf. (Fr.) Prov. He would 
 
 find something to shave on an egg. A skinflint. 
 
 2147. II vaut mieux etre fou avec tous, que sage tout seul. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. It is better to be mad in company with everybody, 
 than wise all alone. 
 
 2148. II vero punge, e la bugia unge. (It.) Prov. Truth stings 
 
 and falsehood heals. 
 
 2149. II volto sciolto, i pensieri stretti. (It.) The countenance 
 
 open, the thoughts reserved. 
 
 2150. II y a bien de gens qu'on estime, parce qu'on ne les connait 
 
 point. (Fr.) Many people are esteemed merely because 
 they are not known.
 
 238 IL Y A. 
 
 2151. II y a de bong inariages; mais il n'y en a point de de*- 
 
 licieux. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 45, 113. There 
 are good marriages, but there are no delicious ones. 
 
 2152. II y a des gens qui la vertu sied presqu' aussi mal que le 
 
 vice. (Fr.) Bouhours 1 There are some men on whom 
 virtue sits almost as awkwardly as vice. 
 
 2153. II y a des gens qui ressemblent aux vaudevilles, qu'on ne 
 
 chante qu'un certain temps. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. 
 p. 57, 216. Some men are like the ballads that are 
 only popular for a certain time. 
 
 2154. II y a des gens de'goiitants avec du rne'rite, et d'autres qui 
 
 plaisent avec des deTauts. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 50, 
 155. There are men who inspire disgust in spite of 
 their good qualities, and others who please us in spite of 
 their faults. 
 
 2155. II y a des reproches qui louent, et des louanges qui medisent. 
 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 49, 148. There are reproaches 
 which may be considered as so much praise, and there is 
 praise which is tantamount to obloquy. The censure of 
 some men is praise, and their praise is condemnation in 
 the eyes of the world. 
 
 2156. II y a des verites qui ne sont pas pour tous les hommes et 
 
 pour tous les temps. (Fr.) Volt. "? There are truths 
 which are not meant for every man, or for every genera- 
 tion (occasion). 
 
 2157. II y a encore de quoi glaner. (Fr.) Prov. There is still 
 
 something more to be gleaned. To nothing can this phrase 
 be more properly applied than to a collection of quota- 
 tions such as the present, to which additions might be 
 made almost indefinitely. 
 
 2158. II y a fagots et fagots. (Fr.) Moliere, Med. Emigre* lui, 
 
 1, 6. There is a difference even in faggots. The com- 
 monest articles of daily life may be made to have some- 
 thing uncommon about them, according to the taste and 
 choice of the person using them. 
 
 2159. II y a quelque chose dans les malheurs de nos meilleurs 
 
 amis qui ne nous deplait pas. (Fr.) Prov. There is 
 something in the misfortunes of our best friends which is 
 not altogether displeasing to us. Another form of this 
 quotation will be found in La Rochef. Max. p. 109, 
 26 : Dans I'adversite' de nos meilleurs amis, nous 
 trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous de'plait pas.
 
 IMMORTALIA. 239 
 
 2160. II y a une espece de.honte d'etre heureux a la vue de 
 
 certaines miseres. (Fr.) La Bruy. ? There is a kind 
 of shame in being happy in the presence of some forms of 
 suffering. 
 
 2161. II y en a peu qui gagnent a e"tre approfondis. (Fr.) Few 
 
 men rise in our estimation on a closer examination. 
 
 2162. II y va de la vie. (Fr.) Life is at stake. The matter is 
 
 of the last importance, the life of a fellow-creature hangs 
 upon the result. 
 
 2163. Im Becher ersaufen mehr als im Meer. (G.) Prov. The 
 
 bowl drowns more than the sea. 
 
 2164. Imbei'bus juvenis tandem custode remoto 
 
 Gaudet equis canibusque, et aprici gramine campi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 161. 
 
 The beardless youth, at last from tutor freed, 
 
 Loves playing field and tennis, dog and steed. C'onington. 
 
 2165. Immo id, quod aiunt, auribus teneo lupum 
 
 Nam neque quomodo a me amittam, invenio : neque, uti 
 retineam scio. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21. Indeed it 
 is as they say, I have got a wolf by the ears; How to 
 loose him from me I don't see, how to hold him I can't 
 tell. A fearful predicament. Catching a Tartar. 
 
 2166. Immoritur studiis, et amove senescit habendi. (L.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1, 7, 85. His struggles are killing him, and he is 
 getting an old man through his greed of more. 
 
 2167. Immortale odium, et nunquam sanabile vulnus 
 
 Ardet adhuc Ombos et Tentyra. Summus utrinque 
 Inde furor vulgo, qtiod numina vicinorum 
 Odit uterque locus : quum solos credat habendos 
 Esse Deos qnos ipse colit. (L.) Juv. 15, 34. 
 
 Religious controversies. 
 A deathless hatred and a fatal wound 
 Still rankles 'twixt Ombi and Tentyra. 
 The fiercest rage on both sides fills the mob, 
 Since each detests his neighbour's deities, 
 Convinced that only those are to be held 
 As Gods, whom they especially adore. Ed. 
 
 2168. Immortalia ne speres monet annus, et almum 
 
 Quse rapit hora diem. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 7, 7. 
 
 No escaping death, proclaims the year that speeds 
 This sweet spring day. Conington.
 
 240 IMPERAT. 
 
 2169. Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique. (L ) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1, 10, 48. A man's money is either his master or his 
 servant. 
 
 2170. Imperium et liberbas. (L.) Empire and freedom. 
 
 Quoted by Lord Beacon sfield at Lord Mayor's dinner, November 
 10, 1879. "One of the greatest of Romans, when asked what 
 were his politics, replied, Imperium et Libertas. That would not 
 make a bad programme for a British Ministry." Mr Gladstone a 
 fortnight later in Midlothian characterised the quotation as "an 
 unhappy and ominous allusion," and said that the words meant 
 simply this, " Liberty for ourselves, Empire over the rest of man- 
 kind " (see Times, November 11 and 28, 1879). Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 
 105, has, Hoc domicilio imperil et gloriae. In this home of empire 
 and glory ; and ibid. 44, 196, Una in omnibus terris domus est 
 virtntis, imperil, dignitatis. She (Rome) is the one home in the 
 world of valour, power, and dignity. 
 
 2171. Imperium in imperio. (L.) An empire (or government) 
 
 existing within an empire. 
 
 The Catholick Church from its extending to all countries inde- 
 pendently of national distinctions, presents everywhere the appear- 
 ance of an imp. in imperio, a spiritual kingdom subsisting within 
 temporal ones. " The Church, an imperium in imperio . . . was 
 aggressive as an institution, and was encroaching on the State with 
 organised system " (Froude, Life and Times of Thos. Becket). 
 
 2172. Impetrare oportet, quia sequum postulas. (Z.) Plaut. 
 
 Stich. 5, 4, 44. You ought to obtain your requests, since 
 you ask what is reasonable. 
 
 2173. Implacabiles plerumque laesae mulieres. (L.) Injured 
 
 females are generally implacable. 
 
 2174. Impossible est \in mot que je ne dis jamais. (fr.) Colin 
 
 d'Harley, Malice pour malice, 1, 8. "Impossible" is a 
 word which I never pronounce. The variety, Impossible 
 n'est pas un mot francais (Impossible is not a French 
 word), is ascribed to Napoleon I. 
 
 2175. Impotentia excusat logem. (L.) Law Max. Impossibility 
 
 of performance is excused by the law ; or, Lex non cogit 
 ad impossibilia, The law does not seek to compel a man 
 to do what he cannot possibly perform. 
 
 2176. Imprimatur. (Z.) Let it be printed. 
 
 In England all writings intended for the press were until 1693 
 (when complete freedom was established) examined by the Public 
 Licenser or Censor, who, if the MS. contained no objectionable 
 matter, granted the necessary permission by affixing Imprimatur 
 with his signature to the copy.
 
 INANIS. 241 
 
 2177. Imprimis venerare Deos. (L.) Virg. G. 1, 338. First 
 
 and foremost, reverence the Gods. 
 
 2178. Improbse Crescunt divitise, tamen 
 
 Curtse nescio quid semper abest rei. (Z.) Hor. 0. 3, 
 24, 62. Excessive wealth keeps increasing, and yet some- 
 thing or other is always lacking to complete our means. 
 
 2179. Improbe amor quid non mortalia pectora cogis ! (L.) 
 
 Virg. A. 4, 412. Cruel love/ to what lengths will you 
 not drive mortal breasts ? 
 
 2180. In sequali jure melior est conditio possidentis. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. Where the right is equal, the position of the party 
 in actual possession is the better of the two. 
 
 It is not enough to destroy my title, you must show that your own 
 is better. For, Non possesson incumbit necessitas probandi posses- 
 siones ad se pertinere, The party in possession is not bound to 
 produce proofs that the property belongs to him. And the rule 
 applies not only in cequali jure, but in pari delicto. Where either 
 party is equally at fault, the law still favours the man in possession. 
 
 2181. In aera succus 
 
 Corporis omnis abit : vox tantum atque ossa supersunt. 
 Vox manet. (L.) Ov. M. 3, 397. 
 
 Echo pining for Narcissw. 
 Into thin air her tender flesh dissolved ; 
 Her voice, and eke her bones are all that's left ; 
 Her voice, I say, remains. Ed. 
 
 2182. In amore hsec omnia insunt vitia, injurise, 
 
 Suspiciones, inimicitise, induciae, 
 
 Bellum, pax rursus. (L.) Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 14. In 
 love there are all these evils ; affronts, suspicions, quarrels, 
 negotiations, war, and then peace again. 
 
 2183. In amore haec sunt mala, bellum, 
 
 Pax rursum : hsec si quis tempestatis prope ritu 
 Mobilia et caeca fluitantia sorte laboret 
 Reddere certa sibi, nihilo plus explicet, ac si 
 Insanire paret certa ratione modoque. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 267. 
 
 Now love is such a thing, the more's the shame, 
 
 First war, then peace, 'tis never twice the same ; 
 
 For ever heaving like a sea in storm, 
 
 And taking every hour some different form. 
 
 You think to fix it ? Why, the job's as bad 
 
 As if you tried by method to be mad. Conington. 
 
 2184. Inanis verborum torrens. (L.) V. Quint 10, 7, 23. An 
 
 unmeaning torrent of words. 
 Q
 
 242 IN ARENA. 
 
 2185. In arena sedificas. (Z.) You are building on the sand 
 
 A work without foundation, or hope of permanence. 
 
 2186. In aurenvutramvis dormire. (Z.) To sleep on either ear, 
 
 i.e., soundly. Ademtum tibi jam faxo omnem metum 
 In aurem utranivis otiose ut dormias. Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 
 100. / will rid you of all your fears so that you may 
 sleep sound and undisturbed. V. 1252. 
 
 2187. In caelo nunquam spectatam impune cometam. (Z.) 1 ? A 
 
 comet never appears in the heavens without ominous 
 tneaning. 
 
 2188. In capite. (L.) In chief. Persons in the feudal system 
 
 enfeoffed of lands directly from the crown, were termed 
 tenants in capite. 
 
 2189. In casu extremae necessitatis omnia sunt communia. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. In cases of extreme emergency all things are 
 common. Thus a neighbouring house may be pulled 
 down to stay progress of fire. 
 
 2190. In causa facili, cuivis licet esse diserto, 
 
 Et minimse vires frangere quassa valent. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 3, 11, 21. 
 
 In easy matters every one can speak, 
 
 And little strength a bruised thing can break.. Dryden. 
 
 2191. Incaute factum pro non facto habetur. (Z.) Law Max. 
 
 What has been done incautiously is counted as if it had 
 never been done at all. 
 
 2192. Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis, 
 
 Purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter 
 Adsuitur pannus. (Z.) Hor. A. P. 14. 
 
 Purple patches. 
 
 When Poets would affect the lofty stave, 
 With pompous opening and with prelude brave, 
 It is a common trick, the eye to catch, 
 To sew on here and there a purple patch. Ed. 
 
 2193. Incerta haec si tu postules 
 
 Ratione certa facere, nihilo plus agas, 
 Quani si des operam ut cum ratione insanias. (Z.) Ter. 
 Eun. 1, 1, 18. If you think by help of reason to make 
 certain what is uncertain, you might as well attempt to 
 go mad by the rules of reason. 
 
 2194. Incerta pro nullis habetur. (Z.) Law Max. What is 
 
 uncertain must be treated as though it did not exist.
 
 IN DEO. 243 
 
 2195. Incivile est, nisi tota sententia inspecta de aliqua parte 
 
 judicare. (L.) Law Max. It is contrary to law to 
 judge of one part of a sentence unless the whole be 
 examined. 
 
 2196. Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 The mention or naming of the one implies the exclusion 
 of the other. 
 
 2197. Incoctum generoso pectus honesto. (L.) Pers. 2, 74. A 
 
 breast imbued with true nobleness of feeling. 
 
 2198. In commendam. (L.) Intrust. Term applied to benefices 
 
 held by bishops and other dignitaries, whose official 
 income being small, is supplemented in this manner. 
 
 2199. In consimili casu, consimile debet esse remedium. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. Where cases are similar, t/te remedy should 
 be similar. 
 
 2200. In contractis tacite insunt quse sunt moris et consuetudinis. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. Terms which are warranted by custom 
 and usage may, in some cases, be tacitly imported into 
 contracts. 
 
 2201. In conventionibus contrahentium voluntas potius quam 
 
 verba spectari placuit. (L.) Law Max. In contracts 
 and agreements the intentions of the parties, rather than 
 the words actually used by them, should be considered. 
 
 2202. In criminalibus sufficit generalis malitia intentionis cum 
 
 facto paris gradus. (L.) Law Max. In crimes a 
 general malicious intention is sufficient to convict, if the 
 particular fact ensuing be of equal degree. 
 
 2203. In crucifixo gloria mea. (L.) I glory in the Crucified. 
 
 Motto of Lord Brabourne. 
 
 2204. In curia. (L.) In the court. 
 
 2205. In cute curanda plus sequo operata juventus. (Z/.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1, 2, 29. A class of youth more given to beautifying 
 the outer man than is right. 
 
 2206. Inde datae leges ne fortior omnia posset. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Laws were made for this purpose, that the stronger 
 might not ahvays prevail. 
 
 2207 Inde irae et lacrimse. (L.) Juv. 1, 168. Hence this rage 
 and weeping. This is the cause of this resentment and 
 indignation. 
 
 2208. In Deo spero. (L.) In God I hope. Lord de Saumarez.
 
 244 INDEX. 
 
 2209. Index animi sermo. (L.) Law Max. Words are the 
 
 index or interpretation of the intention. The meaning 
 of an Act of Parliament is best explained by the direct 
 words of its framers. 
 
 2210. Index expurgatorius. (_.) An expurgatory index. A cata- 
 
 logue of books which the Catholic Church prohibits the 
 faithful from reading, published on the doors of one of 
 the churches at Rome. 
 
 2211. Indica tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem 
 
 Perpetuam : ssevis inter se convenit ursis. 
 
 Ast homini ferrum letale incude nefanda 
 
 Produxisse parum est. (L.) Juv. 15, 163. 
 
 The Indian tiger bears no hate, 
 
 But keeps truce with its savage mate : 
 
 E'en fiercely-ranging bears agree 
 
 To live in general amity : 
 
 But man on anvils all abhorred, 
 
 Is not afraid to forge the sword. Ed. 
 
 2212. In dictione, and Extra dictionem. (L.) Log. T. Falla- 
 
 cies contained in the words of a proposition, or in the 
 matter of it. 
 
 If you argue from the distressed state of a country that the govern- 
 ment is tyrannical, you assume, either that "every country under 
 a tyranny is distressed " a fallacy in dictione, being false in the 
 mere words of it ; or that ' ' every distressed country ia under a 
 tyranny," which would be referred to the head of extra dictionem 
 (Whately, Logic, 105). 
 
 2213. Indicturn sit. (L.) Let it be unsaid. I withdraw the 
 
 words ; an apology or retractation. 
 
 2214. In die Hb'lle kommt man mit grosserer Miihe, als in den 
 
 Himmel. ((?.) Prov. It is a greater toil to get to Hell, 
 than to Heaven. 
 
 2215. In diem. (L.) Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 48. To a future day. 
 
 Indefinitely : same as sine die, without any further day 
 being fixed. (2.) In diem vivere. Cic. de Or, 2, 40, 
 169. To live for the day. Regardless of the future; 
 hand to mouth. (3.) De die in diem. From day to 
 day; continuously. 
 
 2216. Indigna digna habenda sunt hseres quse facit. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Capt. 2, 1, 6. Unbecoming acts are to be accounted as 
 becoming if done by the master. 
 
 2217. Indigne vivit per quern non vivit alter. (L.) 1 He lives 
 
 an unworthy life, who does not help another to live.
 
 IN ESSE. 245 
 
 2218. Indignor quidqnam reprehend!, non quia crasse 
 
 Compositum, illepideve putettir, sed quia nuper. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76. 
 
 I cliafe to Lear a poem called third-rate 
 
 Not as ill-written, but as written late. Conington. 
 
 2219. Indocilis pauperiem patL (L.) Hor. C. 1, 1, 18. One 
 
 tliat cannot learn (has never learnt) to endure poverty. 
 Motto of the Merchants of Bristol. 
 
 2220. Indocilis privata loqui. (L.) Lucan. 5, 539. Incapable 
 
 of divulging secrets. 
 
 2221. Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti. (L.) Let the 
 
 ignorant learn, and the learned take pleasure in refreshing 
 their recollection. Trans, by President Hdnault (Abregd 
 Chronologique, 1749) of Pope (Essay on Criticism) : 
 
 Content, if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, 
 The learned reflect on what before they knew. 
 
 2222. Indole pro quanta juvenis, quantumque daturus 
 
 Ausonise populis ventura in ssecula civem ! 
 Ille super Gangen, super exauditus et Indos 
 Implebit terras voce, et furialia bella 
 Fulmine compescet linguae, nee deinde relinquet 
 Par decus eloquio cuiquam sperare nepotum. 
 
 (L.) SiL 8, 408. 
 Cicero. 
 
 What youthful genius, what a mighty name 
 To add t'Ausonia's crowded scroll of fame ! 
 He beyond Ind and Ganges shall be heard, 
 And fill the countries with his voice and word ; 
 Repressing wars of cruelty and wrong 
 By the mere lightning of his vivid tongue : 
 Nor may posterity hope in ages hence 
 To match the splendour of his eloquence. Ed. 
 
 The lines were quoted by Mr Burke (speech on the India Bill, 
 1783), applying them to Mr Fox, the minister in charge of the 
 measure. 
 
 2223. In dubiis benigniora semper sunt prseferenda. (//.) Law 
 
 Max. In doubtful cases we should always lean to the 
 side of mercy. 
 
 2224. In eo quod plus sit, semper inest et minus. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. That which contains the greater, always contains 
 the less. 
 
 2225. In esse. (L.) In being, actually existing. Opposed to in 
 
 posse, in possible being. Possible, but not actually the 
 case. Present, and future.
 
 246 INEST. 
 
 2226. Inest et formicse sua bills. (Z-.) 1 Even the ant has spleen 
 
 of its own. A worm will turn. 
 
 2227. Inest sua gratia parvis. ()' Even trifles Jiave their 
 
 peculiar charm. 
 
 2228. Inest virtus, et mens interrita lethi. (L.) Ov. M. 10, 
 
 616. A valiant soul, a heart unterrijied by death. 
 
 2229. Inexpiabilis culpa discordise nee passione purgatur. Esse 
 
 martyr non potest qui in ecclesia non est. . . . Occidi 
 talis potest, coronari non potest. (L.) S. Cyprian de 
 Unitate, 12. 
 
 No Martyrs out of the Church. 
 
 The inexpiable sin of schism is not done away with even by suffer- 
 ing. No one can be a martyr who is not in the Church. . . . 
 Such an one may be slain, but crowned he cannot be. 
 
 2230. In extenso. (L.) In full. Said of written or printed 
 
 records. B's speech was given in extenso in the Morning 
 Post. 
 
 2231. Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 3. 
 Too cruel, lady, is the pain 
 You bid me thus revive again. Conington. 
 
 Spoken by ^Eneas, when Dido desired him to relate to 
 her the history of the destruction of Troy. 
 
 2232. Infecta pace. (Z.) Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 8. Without Jiaving 
 
 effected a peace. The situation of the enemies (the 
 quarrel, etc.) remains as it was. 
 
 2233. Infelix operam perdas ; ut si quis asellum 
 
 In campo doceat parentem currere frsenis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 90. 
 
 'Twere but lost labour, as if one should train 
 
 A donkey for the course by bit and rein. Conington. 
 
 2234. In fermin pro libertate ruebant. (L.) To preserve their 
 
 liberty they rushed upon the sword. Motto of the Earl 
 of Leicester. 
 
 2235. Inflatuin plenumque Nerone Propinquo. (L.) Juv. 8, 72. 
 
 Full to bursting of his relation, Nero. Of any who 
 talk much of their smart relations. 
 
 2236. In flagranti delicto. (L.) In the very commission of tJie 
 
 offence. He was taken in flagranti delicto, in the act. 
 
 2237. In flammam flammas, in mare fundis aquas. (L.) Ov. 1 
 
 You are adding Jire to flames, and water to the sea.
 
 INGENIUM. 247 
 
 2238. In forma pauperis. (L.) In the condition of a poor man. 
 
 As a pauper. 
 
 2239. In foro conscientiae. (L.) In the court of conscience. Ac- 
 
 cording to the conviction of one's own conscience, as to 
 what is just and equitable. (2.) In foro domestico. 
 In the domestic court. In private : at home. Both being 
 opposed to (3.) In foro externo. In the external or 
 public court. 
 
 2240. Infra dignitatem, or infra dig. (L.) Beneath one's dignity. 
 
 2241. In furias ignemque ruunt; amor omnibus idem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 3, 244. 
 
 They rush into the flame, 
 For love is lord of all, and is in all the same. Dryden. 
 
 2242. In future. (L.) For a future time. 
 
 2243. Ingeminant curse, rui-susque resurgens 
 
 Ssevit amor, magnoque irarum fluctuat sestu. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 531. 
 
 Her cares redouble, blow on blow ; 
 Love storms, and tossing to and fro 
 
 With billowy passion heaves. Coninglon. 
 
 2244. Ingenii dotes corporis adde bonis. (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 112. 
 
 Add the endowments of the mind to the charms of your 
 person. 
 
 2245. Ingeniis patuit campus, certusque merenti 
 
 Stat favor : ornatur propriis industria donis. 
 
 (L.) Claud. Cons. Mall. 262. 
 Fair Field and iw Favour. 
 The field is free to talent ; merit's sure 
 Of its applause, and industry is crowned 
 With the reward that's due to its own pains. Ed. 
 
 2246. Ingenio facies conciliante placet. (L.) Ov. Med. Fac. 44. 
 
 The face pleases, if the disjtosition charms. 
 
 2247. Ingeniorum cos semulatio. (L.) Rivalry (or Competition) 
 
 is the whetstone of genius. 
 
 2248. Ingenium cui sit, cui mens divinior, atque os 
 
 Magna sonaturum, des nominis bujus honorem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 43. 
 The Pod. 
 
 No, keep that name for genius, for a soul 
 Of Heav'n's own fire, for words that grandly roll. Conington.
 
 248 INGENIUM. 
 
 2249. Ingenium mala ssepe movent. (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 43. 
 
 Misfortune often quickens genius. 
 
 Cf. Sed convivatoris, uti ducis, ingenium res 
 
 Adversse nudare solent, celare secundse. Hor. S. 2, 8, 73. 
 
 Good fortune hides, adversity brings forth 
 
 A host's resources, and a general's worth. Francis. 
 
 2250. Ingenium par materias. (L.) Juv. 1, 151. Talents equal 
 
 to the subject. 
 
 2251. Ingens telum necessitas. (L.) Sen. 1 Necessity is a 
 
 powerful weapon. 
 
 2252. Ingentem foribus domus alta superbis 
 
 Mane salu tan turn totis vomit sedibus undam. (L.) 
 Virg. G. 2, 461. The stately palace with its superb 
 portals pours forth from every part of the building an 
 immense stream of people, who have been paying their 
 morning homage. 
 
 2253. Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant. (L.) Virg. 
 
 G. 4, 83. A mighty spirit fills that little frame. True 
 of Alexander and Napoleon L, both men of short stature. 
 
 2254. Ingentes dominos, et clarse nomina famse, 
 
 Illustrique graves nobilitate domos 
 Devita, et longe cautus fuge : contrahe vela 
 
 Et te littoribus cymba propinqua vehat. (L.) 1 Avoid 
 and carefully eschew great lords, titles of great fame, and 
 the houses of the illustrious and dignified nobility. Shorten 
 sail, and let your bark keep nearer to the shore. 
 
 2255. Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes 
 
 Emollit mores, nee sinit esse feros. (L.} Ov. Ep. 2, 
 9, 47. A careful study of the liberal arts refines the 
 manners, and prevents their becoming rude. 
 
 2256. Inglese Italianizato, Diavolo incarnate. (It.) Prov. An 
 
 Italianised Englishman is a devil incarnate. 
 
 2257. Ingratus. (L.) Ungrateful. Sayings respecting Ingra- 
 
 titude : 
 
 (1.) Ingratus est qui beneficium accepisse se negat, quod accepit: 
 ingratus est qui dissimulat : ingratus, qui non reddit : ingratis- 
 simus omnium, qui oblitus est. Sen. Ben. 3, 1. He is ungrateful 
 who denies that he has received the kindness shown him : he is 
 ungrateful who hides the fact ; he is ungrateful who does not return 
 the favour : he, most of all, who has forgotten the whole matter. 
 (2.) Dixeris maledicta ctincta, quum ingratum hominem dixeris. 
 Pub. Syr. ? If you say a man is ungrateful, you, can call him no 
 worse name. (3.) Ingratus est qui remotis arbitris agit gratiam.
 
 IN LOCO. 249 
 
 Sen. Ben. 2, 23. He is an ungrateful man who returns thanks 
 when all witnesses are out of the way. (4.) Nil homine terra pejus 
 ingrato creat. Auson. Epigr. 140, 1. The earth does not produce 
 a worse thing than an ungrateful man. (5.) Pol quidem, meo 
 animo, ingrato homine nihil impensiu 'st. Plant. Bacch. 3, 2, 10. 
 Egad, to my mind there is nothing more ruinous than an un- 
 grateful man. (6.) Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet. Pub. 
 Syr. ? One ungrateful man does an injury to all poor people. 
 
 2258. In hoc signo spes mea. (L.) In this sign is my Jiope. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Taaffe. 
 
 2259. In hoc signo vinces. (L.\ or Iv rovrta V'LKO.. (Gr.) Cf. 
 
 Euseb. vit. Constantin. 1, 28. In this sign, i.e., of the 
 Cross, thou shalt conquer. Motto of Earl of Arran, Lord 
 Harlech, and of the Russian Order of St Constantine. 
 
 The words were assumed as motto by the Emperor Constantine 
 the Great, and attached to the Imperial Standard (Labarum), in 
 memorial of the luminous Cross which appeared to him in the 
 heavens on the eve of his defeat of Maxentius and victorious entry 
 into Rome, A.D. 312. 
 
 2260. Inimici famam non ita ut nata est, ferunt. (Z.) Plaut. 
 
 Pers. 3, 1, 23. Enemies circulate stories in another 
 form than that they originally had. 
 
 2261. Initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis in- 
 
 clinat. (L.) Tac. A. 15, 21. The discharge of our 
 official duties is usually more exemplary at their com- 
 mencement ; it is towards the end that it declines in 
 vigour. Great alacrity is shown by men in their en- 
 trance into office ; nothing can be more active than the 
 first few months of power. New brooms sweep clean. 
 
 2262. Initium est salutis, notitia peccati. (L.) Sen. Ep. 28. 
 
 The first step toioards the soul's recovery, is the knotvledge 
 of the sin committed. 
 
 2263. In judicando criminosa est celeritas. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Haste is criminal in a judge. 
 
 2264. Injuriarum remedium est oblivio. (L.) Prov. ap. Sen. 
 
 Ep. 94. Oblivion is the best remedy for injuries. 
 
 2265. Injusta ab justis impetrare non decet; 
 
 Justa autem ab injustis petere, insipientia 'st. (L.) 
 Plaut. Am. Prol. 35. To demand injustice from tJiejust 
 is not becoming : but to seek justice at tJie hands of the 
 unjust is simple folly. 
 
 2266. In limine. (L.) On the threshold. At the outset. 
 
 2267. In loco parentis. (L.) In the place of a parent.
 
 250 IN MEA. 
 
 2268. In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires : 
 
 Et valui pcenas fortis in ipse meas. (Z.) Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25. 
 
 I had a madman's strength to my undoing, 
 And proved most powerful to my own ruin. Ed. 
 
 2269. In medias res. (L.) Into the midst of the affair. With- 
 
 out losing time we plunged in medias res, and were soon 
 over head and ears in business. 
 
 2270. In inemoriam. (L.) In memory of. (2.) In perpetuam 
 
 rei memoriam. For the perpetual memory of the thing. 
 Words usually preceding some solemn record of events, 
 or authoritative declaration. 
 
 2271. In nocte consilium. (Z.) Prov. Take counsel in the night. 
 
 Let the night pass over your determination. Sleep 
 upon it. 
 
 2272. In nomine Domini incipit omne malum. (L.) Every 
 
 wickedness commences in the name of the Lord. Religious 
 persecution has in all ages been supposed to be doing 
 God service. 
 
 2273. In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas Corpora. (L.) 
 
 Ov. M. 1, 1. I am now led to speak of bodies changed 
 into other forms. 
 
 The opening words of the poet's celebrated Metamorphoses, or 
 Stories of the Changes wrought in the world of mythology upon 
 the persons of various fabulous individuals by the action of the 
 Gods. Thus, Narcissus is turned into a flower, Daphne into a 
 laurel. 
 
 2274. In nubibus. (Z.) In the clouds. Misty, vague, undefined, 
 
 without practical shape. Said also of absent persons, 
 who are frequently " in the clouds." 
 
 2275. In nuce. (L.) In a nut-shell. Any question or proposi- 
 
 tion stated in its shortest terms. 
 
 2276. Innuendo. (Z.) By intimating. An oblique, covert 
 
 hint or remark, generally reflecting upon the action of 
 another. 
 
 2277. In omnia paratus. (L.) Prepared for all emergencies. 
 
 Motto of Lord Dunally. 
 
 2278. In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen in jure, sequitas 
 
 spectanda sit. (L.) Law Max. In all things, but 
 especially in law, equity must be observed. 
 
 In applying the general provisions of the law to a particular case 
 (which may have been unforeseen), recourse is had to that power, 
 called Equity, which modifies and applies the strict rules of law.
 
 INQUINAT. 251 
 
 2279. In omni re vincit imitationem veritas. (L.) Cic. de Or. 
 
 3, 57, 215. In everything the truth is superior to the 
 imitation of it. 
 
 2280. Inopem me copia fecit. (L.} Ov. M. 3, 466. Plenty has 
 
 made me poor. Too great copiousness of ideas often 
 embarrasses and retards a due flow of language. 
 
 2281. Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit. (L.) Phsedr. 1, 
 
 24, 1. The poor, in attempting to imitate the great, 
 comes to ruin, as the frog did in aping the proportions of 
 the ox. 
 
 2282. In pace leones, in prselio cervi. (L.) Tert. Coron. Mil. 1. 
 
 Lions in time of peace, deer in time of war. A 
 courageous person. Of. In prsetoriis leones, in castris 
 lepores. Sid. Ep. 5, 7. Lions in barracks, /tares in 
 the field: and Domi leones, foris vulpes. Petr. 44, 4. 
 Lions at home, foxes abroad. 
 
 2283. In pari materia. (L ) In a similar matter. In a similar 
 
 or kindred matter, question, topic. 
 
 2284. In partibus (sc. infidelium). (L.) In the countries (of 
 
 unbelievers). Term applied to Bishops and clergy sent 
 into non-Catholick countries, as, e.g., the titular Prelates 
 acting in England before the restoration of the Catholick 
 Hierarchy in 1851. 
 
 2285. In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium. (L.) Plaut. Ps. 1, 
 
 3, 135. We are pouring our words into a leaky cask. 
 Advice thrown away. 
 
 2286. In petto. (It.)-. Within the breast. In reserve. Cardinals- 
 
 designate, but without churches assigned to them, are so 
 called. 
 
 2287. In pios usus. (L.) For objects of piety. For pious uses. 
 
 2288. In portu quies. (L.) Rest in port. M. of Earl of Lathom. 
 
 2289. In principatu commutando, civium 
 
 Nil prseter domini nomen mutant pauperes. (L.) Phsedr. 
 1, 15. In a change of rulers (government) the poorer 
 class change nothing except their master's name. 
 
 2290. In propria persona. (L.) In person. Opposed to appear- 
 
 ance or action by proxy. 
 
 2291. In puris natural ibus. (L.) In a state of nature. 
 
 2292. Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores. (L.) Claud. 
 
 Cons. Hon. 4, 305. The best manners are stained by tlie 
 presence of pride.
 
 252 IN RE. 
 
 2293. In re. (L.} In the matter of. Respecting, with regard to. 
 
 2294. In regno Franciae omnibus scribendi datur libertas, paucis 
 
 facultas : olim literse ob homines in pretio, nunc sordent 
 ob homines. (L.) Scaliger Ep. ad. Petas. In France 
 every man has liberty to write, few the ability to do so. 
 Formerly literature was in high esteem owing to the 
 learned men who made it their pursuit, now it is as much 
 depreciated by the pedants who have succeeded them. 
 Estimate of the school of letters in France in the 
 16th cent. 
 
 2295. In re mala animo si bono utare, adjuvat. (L.) Plant. 
 
 Capt. 2, 1, 8. To show a good spirit is of much help in 
 any difficulty. In Fr., A mauvais jeu, bonne mine. 
 
 2296. I.N.R.I. (Z.) Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jeios. 
 
 Abbrev. of lesus Nazarenus Rex ludseorum. 
 
 2297. In sanguine foedus. (L.) A covenant sealed with blood. 
 
 Motto of the Orders of the Two Sicilies, and of St 
 Januarius. 
 
 2298. Insanire putas sollennia me, neque rides. (L.) Hor. Ep. 
 
 1,1, 101. You think me bitten with the prevailing mad- 
 ness, and you do not laugh. 
 
 2299. Insani sapiens nomen ferat, sequus iniqui, 
 
 Ultra quod satis est virtu tern si petat ipsam. (L.) Hor. 
 Ep. 1, 6, 15. Let the wise man be called fool, and the 
 just unjust, if his pursuit even of Virtue herself be carried 
 beyond the bounds of prudence. 
 
 2300. In se magna ruunt : Isetis hunc numina rebus 
 
 Crescendi posuere modum ; nee gentibus ultra 
 Commodat in populum terrse pelagique potentem 
 Invidiam Fortuna suam. (L.) Lucan. 1, 81. 
 
 All that's too great 
 Tails crushed by its inherent weight. 
 Such righteous bounds the laws of Heaven 
 T' undue prosperity have given. 
 And Fortune, Rome to overthrow, 
 Called in no aid of foreign foe, 
 But wreaked herself the vengeance plann'd 
 Against the lords of sea and land. Ed. 
 
 T. May (1634) translates it thus : 
 
 Great things themselves oppresse, 
 The Gods this bound to groning states have set ; 
 But to no Forraine armes would Fortune yet 
 Lend her owne envy o're great Rome, that awes 
 Both land and sea ; shee's her owne ruines cause.
 
 INTAMINATIS. 253 
 
 2301. In serum rem trahere. (L.) See Liv. 32, 35, 4. To pro- 
 
 tract the discussion, or the sitting, to a late hour. 
 
 2302. Inservi Deo et laetare. (..) /Serve God and rejoice. Earl 
 
 of Wicklow. 
 
 2303. In silvam non ligna feras insanius. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 10, 
 
 34. It would be as silly as to carry sticks into the forest. 
 
 In silvam ligna ferre (to carry logs into the wood) = to labour in 
 vain, to ' ' carry coals to Newcastle. " The Greeks have a proverb 
 to the same effect, FXaC/c' 'Atf^afc Ar. Av. 301 (or y\avK eh 
 Ad-^vas, ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2), Owls to Athens, the owl being 
 Athene's bird ; so too i'x0Ds 's 'EXX^inrovrov, Fish to the Hellespont. 
 
 2304. Insita mortalibus natura, propere sequi quse piget inchoare. 
 
 (Z.) Tac. H. 1, 55. It is part of our nature to second 
 things readily enough, but to decline taking the first step. 
 
 2305. Insita mortalibus natura recentem aliorum felicitatem segris 
 
 oculis introspicere, modumque fortunse a nullis magis 
 exigere, quam quos in sequo videre. (L.) Tac. H. 2, 
 20. It is natural to scan the sudden promotion of new 
 men with jealous eyes, and to demand that those whom 
 we have known in a humble station should carry their 
 good fortune with especial humility. 
 
 2306. In situ. (L.) In position. In its place or position. 
 
 2307. In solo Deo salus. (L.) Salvation is in God alone. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Harewood. 
 
 2308. In solo vivendi causa palato est. (L.) Juv. Their palate 
 
 is the sole object of their existence. 
 
 Men whose sole bliss is eating, who can give 
 But that one brutal reason why they live. (?) 
 
 2309. Insperata accidunt magis sa3pe quam quae speres. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40. What is unexpected happens more 
 frequently than that which one is looking for. 
 
 2310. Inspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium 
 
 Jubeo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61. 
 
 In short, I bid him look into the lives 
 Of all, as in a mirror, and thence draw 
 From others an example for himself. Colman. 
 
 2311. Instar omnium. (L.) Like all the others. 
 
 2312. In stomacho . . . ridere. (L.) Cic. Farn. 2, 16, l.To 
 
 laugh in one's sleeve. 
 
 2313. Intaminatis fulget honor ibus. (L.) He shines with un- 
 
 spotted honours. Motto of Earl of Winton.
 
 254 IN TE. 
 
 2314. In te, Domine, speravi. (L.) "Vulg. Ps. Ixx. 1. In thee, 
 
 Lord, have I trusted. Motto of Earl of Strathmore. 
 
 2315. Integer vitse scelerisque purus 
 
 Non eget Mauri jaculis neque arcu. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 22, 1. 
 
 Pure lives and upright have no need 
 For Moorish arms of dart or bow. Ed. 
 
 2316. In tenui labor at tenuis non gloria. (L.) Virg. G. 4, 6. 
 
 Slight is the subject, bat the praise not small. Dryden. 
 Any humble, but beneficial undertaking. 
 
 2317. In te omnis domus inclinata recumbit. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 
 
 59. On thee repose all the hopes of your family. Speech 
 of Amata to her son Turnus, dissuading him from en- 
 gaging in single combat with .53neas. 
 
 Since on the safety of thy life alone 
 
 Depends Latinus, and the Latian throne. Dryden. 
 
 2318. Inter alia. (L.) Amongst olher things. 
 
 2319. Inter cetera mala, hoc quoque habet stultitia proprium, 
 
 semper incipit vivere. (L.) Sen. Ep. 13. Among other 
 evils, folly has this special peculiarity, it is always be- 
 ginning to live. 
 
 2320. Inter delicias semper aliquid ssevi nos strangulat. (Z.) 1 
 
 In the midst of pleasure there is always something bad 
 that torments us. 
 
 2321. Interdum lacrymse pondera vocis habent. (L.) Ov. Ep. 
 
 3, 1, 158. Sometimes tears have the force of words. 
 
 2322. Interdum speciosa locis morataque recte 
 
 Fabula, nullius Veneris, sine pondere et arte, 
 Valdius oblectat populum meliusque moratur 
 Quam versus inopes rerum nugseque canorse. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 319. 
 
 For when the sentiments and diction please, 
 And all the characters are drawn with ease, 
 Your play, though void of beauty, force, and art, 
 More strongly shall delight the people's heart, 
 Than where a lifeless pomp of verse appears, 
 And witli sonorous trifles charms our ears. Francis. 
 
 2323. Interdum vulgus rectum videt, est ubi peccat. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 63. 
 
 Sometimes the crowd a proper judgment makes, 
 But oft they labour under great mistakes. Francis.
 
 INTER NOS. 255 
 
 2324. Interca dulces pendent circum oscula nati, 
 
 Casta pudicitiam servat domus. (L.} Virg. G. 2, 524. 
 
 His little children, climbing for a kiss, 
 
 "Welcome their father's late return at night ; 
 
 His faithful bed is crown'd with chaste delight. Dryden. 
 
 2325. Interea gustus elementa per omnia quserunt, 
 
 Nunquam animo pretiis obstantibus ; interius si 
 Attendas, magis ilia juvant, quse pluris emuntur. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 11, 14. 
 
 The Gourmet. 
 
 Heaven and the earth are ransacked 
 For the most expensive dainties ; 
 lu his heart he likes the dish best 
 Which has cost the most. Shaw. 
 
 Cf. Dii boni ! quantum hominum unus venter exercet ! Sen. Ep. 
 95. Good God/ to think of the army of men that a single stomach 
 will keep to do its bidding/ 
 
 2326. Inter eos rursum si reventum in gratia est, 
 
 Bis tanto amici sunt inter se, quam prius. (L.) Plaut. 
 Am. 3, 2, 61. If they get reconciled to each other again, 
 they become twice the friends they were before. 
 
 2327. Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros. (L.) Hor. 
 
 A. P. 114. It is of much consequence whether Davus (a 
 servant) is speaking or a hero. Addressed to dramatic 
 authors, who should make their characters use language 
 suited to their station. 
 
 2328. Interest reipublicse ut sit finis litium. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 It is for the interest of the State that there be an end to 
 litigation. The public good is concerned in fixing a limit 
 to lawsuits, which in some cases might be almost in- 
 definitely prolonged. 
 
 2329. Inter Grsecos Grsecissimus, inter Latinos Latinissimus. 
 
 (.)"? In Greek he is the most thorough Grecian, and in 
 Latin the most perfect Roman. Said of a consummate 
 classical scholar. 
 
 2330. Inter nos. (L.) Between ourselves, i.e., confidentially, 
 
 privately. In French, entre nous. 
 
 2331. Inter nos sanctissima divitiarum 
 
 Majestas. Etsi, funesta pecunia, templo 
 
 Non dum habitas, nullas nummorum ereximus aras. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 1, 113.
 
 256 IN TERROREM. 
 
 The Almighty Dollar. 
 Riches among ourselves the reverence get 
 That's due to God : altho' thou hast not yet 
 Thy shrine, detested Money, nor have we 
 Erected altars, quite, to s. d. Ed. 
 
 2332. In terrorem. (L.) To terrify. As a warning or threat. 
 
 2333. Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, 
 
 Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum ; 
 Grata superveniet quse non sperabitur hora. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 12. 
 
 Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, 
 
 And think each day that dawns the last you'll see : 
 
 For so the hour that greets you unforeseen 
 
 Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen. Conington. 
 
 2334. Inter sylvas Academi quserere verum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 45. 
 
 To search for truth, if so she might be seen, 
 In Academic groves of blissful green. Ed. 
 
 The Academy where Plato taught still remained at Athens, although 
 the school no longer existed. Its name, however, still attracted 
 youths from Italy and elsewhere for purposes of study. 
 
 2335. In theatro ludus. (L.} -Like a scene at a play. 
 
 2336. Intolerabilius nihil est quam fcemina dives. (L.) Juv. 6, 
 
 460. There is nothing so intolerable as a rich woman. 
 
 2337. In toto et pars continetur. (L.) The part is contained in 
 
 the whole. (2.) In toto. Entirely, altogether. 
 
 2338. In transitu. (L.) Quint. 7, 3, 27. hi passing, by the 
 
 way (Fr. en passant) ; in transit. On the way to any 
 destination. 
 
 2339. Intus et in jecore aegro 
 
 Nascuntur domini. (L.) Pers. 5, 129. Masters spring 
 up in our own breasts, and from a morbid liver. 
 
 2340. Intus si recte, ne labora. (L.) If inwardly upright, be 
 
 not troubled. Shrewsbury School. 
 
 2341. Intuta quse indecora. (L.) Tac. H. 1, 33. What is un- 
 
 becoming, is unsafe. 
 
 2342. In utraque fortuna paratus. (L.) Prepared in any 
 
 emergency. Viscount Combermere. 
 
 2343. In utroque fidelis. (L.) Faithful in both. Motto of 
 
 Viscount Falkland.
 
 INVIDUS. 257 
 
 2344. Invendibili merci oportet ultro emptorem abducere, 
 
 Proba merx facile emptorem reperit, tametsi in abstruso 
 sita est. (L.) Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129. One must go out 
 of one's way to bring buyers to unsaleable articles : good 
 wares easily find a purchaser, although they may be hid 
 away in a corner. 
 
 2345. Inveni portum, Spes et Fortuna valete, 
 
 Sat me lusistis, ludite nunc alios. (Z.) ? 
 
 Fortune and Hope, farewell ! I've reached the port ; 
 Enough you've tricked me, now with others sport. Ed. 
 
 Lines inscribed by Gil Bias over the gate of the Castle of Lirias at 
 the conclusion of his wanderings and adventures. They occur (see 
 Notes and Queries, Series 3, 8, 199) in Janus Pannonius (f 1474, 
 Bishop of Funfkirchen, Hungary), op. 2 vols., Utrecht, 1784, 
 vol. i. p. 531, as a translation from the Greek anthology. They 
 Lave also been ascribed to Lilly, Prudentius, and others. 
 
 2346. Inventum medicina meum est : opiferque per orbern 
 
 Dicor, et herbarum subjecta potentia nobis. (L.) Ov. 
 M. 1, 521. Medicine is my invention, and I am cele- 
 brated all over the world as the Healer of mankind, and 
 the virtues of herbs obey my stvay. Words of Apollo 
 when complaining that lie could find nothing to cure his 
 passion for Daphne. 
 
 2347. In veritate religionis confido. (Z.) / confide in the truth 
 
 of Religion. Motto of 25th Foot. (2.) In veritate 
 victoria. Victory lies with tlie Truth. Motto of Earls 
 of Huntingdon and Loudoun. 
 
 2348. Invidiam ferre aiit fortis aut felix potest. (Z.) Pub. Syr. 1 
 
 It is only the brave or the Jiappy that can endure the 
 attacks of envy. 
 
 2349. Invidiam placare paras, virtute relicta? 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 13. 
 
 Think yon by turning lazy to exempt 
 
 Your life from envy ? No, you'll earn contempt. Conington. 
 
 2350. Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator 
 
 Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, 
 Si modo cultures patientem commodet aurem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 38. 
 
 Kun through the list of faults : whate'er you be, 
 Coward, pickthank, spitfire, drunkard, debauchee, 
 Submit to culture patiently, you'll find 
 Her charms can humanise the rudest mind. Conington. 
 
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 258 IN VINO. 
 
 2351. In vino veritas. (L.) People in liquor tell the truth. 
 
 Drink unlocks secrets. 
 
 2352. Invisa nunquam imperia retinentur diu. (L.) Sen. Theb. 
 
 660. Hated governments never last long. 
 
 2353. Invitat culpam qui peccatum prseterit. (L.) Pub. Syr. 1 
 
 He who passes over a crime encourages guilt. 
 
 2354. In vitium ducit culpae fuga. (L.) Hor. A. P. 31. Avoid- 
 
 ing one fault leads to another. 
 
 2355. Invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti. (L.) Hor. A. P. 
 
 467. If you save a man against his will, you as good as 
 kill him. 
 
 2356. Inviturn sequitur honos. (L.) Honour follows him un- 
 
 solicited. Motto of the Marquess of Donegal and Lords 
 Templemore and O'Neill. 
 
 2357. Ipsae rursum concedite sylvse. (L.) Virg. E. 10, 63. 
 
 Once more, ye woods, farewell ! 
 
 2358. Ipsa quidem virtus pretiurn sibi, solaque late 
 
 Fortunes secura nitet, nee fastibus ullis 
 Erigitur, plausuve petit clarescere vulgi. 
 
 (L.) Claud. Cons. Mall. 1, 1. 
 Virtue, her own reward. 
 
 Virtue's her own reward. Her star shines bright, 
 And her's alone, in Fortune's own despite : 
 Pomp cannot dazzle her, nor is her aim 
 To make the plaudits of the mob her fame. Ed. 
 
 2359. Ipsa quidem virtus sibimet pulcherrima merces ; 
 
 Dulce tamen venit ad manes, quum gratia vit 
 Durat apud superos, nee edunt oblivia laudem. 
 
 (L.) Sil. 83, 663. 
 
 Virtue herself is her own fairest boon : 
 Yet sweet 'tis to the dead, when those on earth 
 Retain some memory of departed worth 
 And all's not swallowed in oblivion. Ed. 
 
 2360. Ipsa quoque assiduo labuntur tenipora motu, 
 
 Nori secus ac flumen. Neque enim consistere flumen, 
 Nee levis hora potest : sed ut unda impellitur unda, 
 Urgeturque prior veniente, urgetque priorem ; 
 Tempora sic fugiunt pariter, pariterque sequuntur : 
 Et nova sunt semper : nam quod fuit ante relictum est, 
 Fitque quod baud fuerat, momentaque cuncta novantur. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 15, 179.
 
 IRA QTLE. 259 
 
 Time compared to a River. 
 Time glides along with constant motion 
 Just like a river to the ocean. 
 For neither may the waters stay, 
 Nor the wing'd hour its flight delay. 
 But wave by wave is urged along, 
 Down hurrying in tumultuous throng ; 
 This one by that behind it sped, 
 Itself impelling those ahead 
 So time pursues and is pursued, 
 And every instant is renewed. 
 "What was the future is the past, 
 And hours unborn are born at last : 
 And as they're distanced in the race, 
 Others succeed to take their place. Ed. 
 
 2361. Ipse dixit. (L.) He himself said it. Assertion without 
 
 proof. When asked the reason of their doctrines, the 
 disciples of Pythagoras used to reply, 'Avros e<a, He 
 said so. 
 
 2362. Ipse docet quid agam : fas est et ab hoste doceri. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 4, 428. 
 
 He teaches me himself what I should do : 
 And good are lessons even from a foe. Ed. 
 
 We should not be above taking a leaf even from an 
 antagonist's book. 
 
 2363. Ipse pavet ; nee qua commissas flectat habenas, 
 
 Nee scit qua sit iter, nee, si sciat, imperet illis. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 2, 1G9. 
 A Runaway Team. 
 
 Scared, he forgets which rein, which way the course is ; 
 Nor, if he knew, could he control his horses. Ed. 
 
 2364. Ipsissima verba. (Z.) The exact words. 
 
 2365. Ipso facto. (L.) By the fact itself. Thereby, consequently. 
 
 2366. Ipso jure. (L.) Gai. Inst. 2, 198. In strict law. By 
 
 the letter of the law. 
 
 2367. I.q., or idem quod. (L.) T/te same as. 
 
 2368. Ira furor brevis est : animum rege, qui, nisi paret, 
 
 Imperat : hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catena. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62. 
 Anger's a short-lived madness : curb and bit 
 Your mind : 'twill rule you if you rule not it. Conington. 
 
 2369. Ira quse tegitur nocet ; 
 
 Professa perduut odia vindictse locum. (L.) Sen. Med. 
 153. Concealed anger alone is dangerous ; hatred w/ien 
 declared loses its opportunity of revenge.
 
 260 IE ARUM. 
 
 2370. Irarum tantos volvis sub pectore fluctus? (L.) Virg. A. 
 
 12, 831. Stir you such waves of wrath beneath that 
 breast ? Jove to Juno, desiring to appease her rage 
 over the successes of the Trojans in Italy. 
 
 2371. Ire domum atque Pelliculam curare jube. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 5, 37. 
 Bid him go home and nurse himself. Conington. 
 
 2372. Ire tamen restat, Numa quo devenit et Ancus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 27. 
 At length the summons comes, and you must go 
 To Numa and to Ancus down below. Conington. 
 
 Motto of /Spectator (329) on Sir Roger's visit to the 
 Abbey. 
 
 2373. Irritabis crabrones. (L.) Plant. Am. 2, 2, 75. You will 
 
 irritate the hornets. You will bring a hornet's nest 
 about your ears. 
 
 2374. Is cadet ante senem, qui sapit ante diem. (L.) Prov. 
 
 He will die before he is old, ivho is wise before his time. 
 
 2375. Is maxime divitiis utitur, qui minime divitiis indiget. (Z.) 
 
 Sen. Ep. 14. He employs riches to tlie best purpose who 
 least needs them. Saying of Epicurus or Metrodorus, aut 
 alicujus ex ilia officina, or some one of that school, 
 quoted by Seneca in I. 
 
 2376. Is orator erit, mea sententia hoc tarn gravi dignus nomine, 
 
 qui qusecunque res incident, qua? sit dictione explicanda, 
 prudenter et composite et ornate et memoriter dicet cum 
 quadam actionis etiam dignitate. (Z.) Cic. de Or. 1, 
 15, 64. To be worthy of the proud title of an orator, 
 requires in my opinion an ability to put into words any 
 question that may occur, with good sense and a proper 
 arrangement of his subject : besides that his discourse, 
 which must be spoken from memory, should be ornate in 
 style, and accompanied by dignified action befitting the topic. 
 
 2377. Is ordo vitio vacato, cseteris specimen esto. (Z.) Let that 
 
 class be free from vice, and an example to the rest. Pre- 
 cept contained in the Twelve Tables, and addressed to 
 the Senatorial or Patrician order. 
 
 2378. Ista decens facies longis vitiabitur annis, 
 
 Rugaque in antiqua fronte senilis erit. 
 Injicietque manum formse damnosa senectus, 
 Qtire strepitum passu non faciente venit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 3, 7, 33.
 
 ITALIA. 261 
 
 Tu vieilliras, ma belief 
 That comely face will fade as years expand, 
 
 And wrinkles on thy brow their witness trace , 
 Age on thy beauty lay his ruthless hand, 
 
 As, step by step, he comes with noiseless pace. Ed. 
 
 2379. Istsec in me cudetur faba. (L.) Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89. / 
 
 sJiall have to smart for it. Lit. That bean will be 
 pounded on me. 
 
 2380. Istam Oro, (si quis adhuc precibus locus) exue mentem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 318. 
 (I pray) If prayer can touch you, change your will. Conington. 
 
 2381. Istius farinse homines sunt admodum gloriosi. (L.) Hier. 1 
 
 Gentlemen of that kidney are excessively self-confident. 
 
 2382. Ist's Gottes Werk, so wird's besteh'n, 
 
 Ist's Menschenwerk, wird's untergeh'n. (G.) Luther 1 ? 
 If it be God's work, it will endure : if man's, it will 
 come to nought. 
 
 2383. Istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est 
 
 Videre, sed etiam ilia qnae futura sunt 
 Prospicere. (L ) Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32. That is to be 
 wise, not merely to see what is before one's eyes, but to 
 forecast those things which are to come. 
 
 2384. Istuc est sapere, qui, ubicunqxie opus sit, animum possis 
 
 flectere. (L.) Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 2,T/tat is to be wise, to 
 be able to bring yourself to comply with whatever circum- 
 stances may require. 
 
 2385. Ita fugias, ne prseter casam. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3. 
 
 Do not run so far as to pass the safest hiding place. In 
 allusion to games of hide and seek. 
 
 2386. Ita lex scripta est. (L.) Thus tJie law is icritten. A 
 
 phrase used in controversies, to direct your opponent to 
 the letter of the text in dispute. 
 
 2387. Italia, Italia, O tu cui feo la sorte 
 
 Dono infelice di bellezza, ond' hai 
 Funesta dote d'infiniti guai 
 Che in fronte scritti per gran doglia porte : 
 Deh fossi tu men bella, o almen piu forte, 
 Onde assai piu ti paventasse, o assai 
 T'amasse men chi dal tuo bello a' rai 
 Par che si strugga, e pur ti sfitla a morte. 
 
 (It.) Vincenzo Filicaja.
 
 262 ITA ME. 
 
 Italy. 
 
 Italia ! oh Italia ! Thou who hast 
 The fatal gift of beauty, which became 
 A funeral dower of present woes and past, 
 On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame, 
 And annals graved in characters of flame. 
 Oh God ! That thou wert in thy nakedness 
 Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim 
 Thy right, and awe the robbers back who press 
 To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress. 
 
 Lord Byron, Ch. Harold, 4, 42. 
 
 2388. Ita me Dii ament, ubi sim, nescio. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 2, 
 
 3, 67. The Lord love me, if I know where I am! I am 
 lost, bewildered. 
 
 2389. Ita servum par videtur frugi sese instituere : 
 
 Proiude ut heri sint, ipse item sit ; voltum e voltu 
 
 comparet. 
 
 Tristis sit, si heri sint tristes : bilaris sit, si gaudeant. 
 (L.) Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5. A trusty servant, methinks, 
 should order himself in this way. Just as his masters 
 are, should he be too, and fashion his looks after tJieirs. 
 Be sad, if his masters are sad : gay, if they are jovial. 
 
 2390. Ita vita est hominum, quasi quum ludas tesseris ; 
 
 Si illud quod maxime opus est jactu non cadit, 
 Illud quod cecidit forte, id arte ut corrigas. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21. 
 
 The life of man is but a game of dice : 
 And, if the throw you most want does not fall, 
 You must then use your skill to make the best 
 Of whatsoever has by chance turned up. Ed. 
 
 2391. Ite rnissa est. (L.) Go, the service is finished. Words 
 
 with which the priest concludes Mass, and which give 
 the office (Missa) its distinctive name. 
 
 2392. Iterum ille earn rem judicatam judicat, 
 
 Majoreque multa multat. (Z/.) Plaut. Hud. Pro!. 19. 
 He is trying once again a case already tried, and fining 
 with a heavier fine than before. 
 
 J. 
 
 2393. Jacet ecce Tibullus 
 
 Vix manet e toto parva quod urna capit. 
 
 Here lies Tibullus : all that now remains 
 A little urn full easily contains. Ed.
 
 JAM PAUCA. 263 
 
 2394. J'ai bonne cause. (Fr.) I have good reason. Motto of 
 
 Marquess of Bath. 
 
 2395. J'ai failli attendre. (fr.) / was all but kept waiting. 
 
 Told of Louis XIV. upon some trifling unpunctuality 
 being shown him, but probably fabulous, and ill-suiting 
 the naturally restrained character of the King. 
 
 2396. J'aime mieux ma mie. (fr.) / love my sweetheart better. 
 
 Refrain of an old song, beginning " Je dirais au Hoi 
 Henri," and attributed to Antony de Bourbon, father of 
 Henry IV. 
 
 2397. J'ai ve'cu. (Fr.) I existed. Famous mot of Sieves when 
 
 asked what he did during the " Terror " of the Revolu- 
 tion (Mignet, Notices Hist. 1, 81). 
 
 2398. Jamais arriere. (Fr.) Never behind. 
 
 2399. Jamais la comemuse ne dit mot si elle n'a le ventre plein. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. TJie bagpipe will never utter a word unless 
 it has its belly full. A man wants his dinner before 
 he can sing or speak. 
 
 2400. Jamais 1'innocence et le mystere n'habiterent long terns 
 
 ensemble. (Fr.) ] Innocence and mystery never dwelt 
 long together. 
 
 2401. Jamais on ne vaincra les Romains que dans Rome. (Fr.)1 
 
 Never will the Romans be conquered but in Rome. 
 
 2402. Jam dudum animus est in patinis. (L.) Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 
 
 46. My thoughts have for some time been among the 
 stewpans. I am hungry. My stomach is crying cupboard. 
 
 2403. Jam non ad culmina rerum 
 
 Injustos crevisse queror : tolluntur in altuin 
 
 Ut lapsu graviore ruant. (L.) Claud. Ruf. 1, 21. 
 
 Prosperity oj the wicked. 
 I grieve no longer that ungodly men 
 Are raised to Fortune's highest pinnacle : 
 They're lifted high, on purpose, that they may 
 Be hurled, with crash more awful, to the ground. Ed. 
 
 2404. Jam pauca aratro jugera regise 
 
 Moles relinquent. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 15, 1 
 
 Few roods of ground the piles we raise 
 Will leave to plough. Conington. 
 
 Great tracts of land withdrawn from cultivation to form 
 extensive demesnes around the habitations of the rich.
 
 264 JAMQUE. 
 
 2405. Jamque opus exegi quod nee Jovis ira, nee ignis, 
 
 Nee poterit ferrum, nee edax abolere vetustas. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 15, 871. 
 Completion of the Metamorphoses. 
 
 And now I've finished a work that not Jove's rage 
 Nor fire nor sword can kill, nor cank'ring age. Ed. 
 
 2406. Jamque quiescebant voces hominumque canumque ; 
 
 Lunaque nocturnes alta regebat equos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 3, 27. 
 
 Midnight. 
 
 Now men and dogs were silent ; in the height 
 The Moon drove on the horses of the night. Ed. 
 
 2407. Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 4, 6. 
 Return of the Golden Age. 
 The Virgin now returns, and Saturn's blissful reign. Ed. 
 
 2408. Jam seges est ubi Troja fuit, resecandaque falce 
 
 Luxuriat Phrygio sanguine pinguis humus. 
 
 (L.) Ov. H. 1, 53. 
 The site of Troy. 
 
 The scythe now reaps the corn where Ilion stood, 
 And fields are fattened with the Trojan's blood. Ed. 
 
 2409. Januis clausis. (L.) With closed doors. The sitting was 
 
 heldjamvis clausis, with all secrecy. 
 
 2410. J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rolet un fripon. (Fr.} Boil. 
 
 S. 1, 57. / call a cat a cat, and Rolet a cheat. As we 
 say " Call a spade a spade." 
 
 Half afraid of the consequences (Rolet was an attorney whom it was 
 dangerous to provoke), B. appended a note to the name, " Inn- 
 keeper at Blois ; " but, oddly enough, there was an innkeeper at 
 Blois of the same name, who immediately threatened proceedings 
 against the poet. 
 
 2411. Jasper fert inyrrhum, thus Melchior, Balthazar aurum. 
 
 Hsec quicum secum portet tria nomina regum, 
 Solvitur a morbo, Domini pietate, caduco. (L.) 
 
 The Three Kings of Cologne. 
 
 Jasper brings myrrh, and Melchior incense brings, 
 And gold Balthazar to the King of Kings : 
 "Whoso the names of these three monarchs bears 
 Is safe, through grace, of Epilepsy's fears. Ed. 
 
 Mediaeval Latin verse. The names of the three Magi borne by any- 
 one, or worn as an amulet, were anciently believed to act as a 
 preservative against the falling sickness.
 
 JE N'AL 265 
 
 2412. Je allseitiger, je individueller. (G.) Mme. Varnhagen. 
 
 The more many-sided a man is, the greater his individu- 
 ality. The more a person extends his sympathies and 
 broadens his feelings, the more original does he become. 
 
 2413. Jean s'en alia comme il etait venu, 
 
 Mangeant le fonds avec le revenu. (Fr.) La Font. 1 
 
 John went home as he had come, 
 Spending capital and income. Ed. 
 
 2414. Je cognois tout, fors que moy-mesme. (Fr.) Yillon 1 ? / 
 
 know everything, except myself. 
 
 2415. Jede Periode des Lebens hat ihre Leidenschaften; das Alter, 
 
 das man fur die weiseste halten sollte, hat gewohnlich 
 die schmutzigsten. (G.) Seume? Every period of life 
 has its passions : old age, which one would imagine to be 
 t/ie wisest, has generally the nastiest. 
 
 2416. Jeder muss ein Paar Narrenschuhe zerreissen, zerreisst er 
 
 nicht mehr. (G.) Prov. Every one has to wear out one 
 pair offooTs shoes, if he wear out no more. 
 
 2417. JedesWeib will lieber schb'n als fromm sein. (G.) Prov. 
 
 Every woman would rather be pretty than pious. 
 
 2418. Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 
 
 2, 38. A hungry stomach does not often despise coarse food. 
 
 2419. Je le tiens. (Fr.)I hold it. Motto of Lord Audley. 
 
 2420. Je maintiendrai. (Fr.) / will maintain it. Motto of 
 
 William III. and the Earl of Malmesbury. 
 
 2421. Je m'estonne fort pourquoy 
 
 La mort osa songer a moy 
 Qui ne songeais jamais & elle. 
 
 (fr.) Regnier (his own epitaph). 
 
 I wonder Death should think of me 
 Who never thought of death. Ed. 
 
 2422. Je me fie en Dieu. (Fr.) I put my trust in God. Motto 
 
 of Lord Windsor. 
 
 2423. Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu 
 
 le loisir de la faire plus courte. (Fr.) Pasc. Prov. 16. 
 7 have made this letter longer than usual, only because 
 I had not the time to make it shorter. 
 
 2424. Je n'ai merite* 
 
 Ni cet exces d'honneur, ni cette indignite*. (Fr.) Kac. 
 Britann. 2, 3 (Junia loq.). 7 have deserved neither such 
 excessive honour, nor such excessive indignity.
 
 266 JE NE. 
 
 2425. Je ne cherche qu'un. (Fr.) 7 seek but one. Motto of 
 
 Marquess of Northampton. 
 
 2426. Je n'ai point d'ennemis que ceux de 1'Estat. (TV.) 
 
 Eichelieu, Test. Pol. / have no enemies but those of the 
 State. The reply of Richelieu on his death-bed, when 
 asked by the priest if he forgave his enemies. 
 
 2427. Je ne suis pas la rose mais j'ai vecu pres d'elle. (Fr.) ? 7 
 
 am not the rose, but I have lived near her. 
 
 2428. Je n'oublierai jamais. (Fr.) / will never forget. Motto 
 
 of Marquess of Bristol. 
 
 2429. Je pense. (Fr.) 7 think. Motto of Earl of Wemyss and 
 
 March. (2.) Je pense plus. / think more. Motto of 
 Earl of Mar. 
 
 2430. Je plie et ne romps pas. (Fr.) La Font. 1, 22. 7 bend, 
 
 but do not break. This may be said of a good steel blade, 
 or of a person who is obliging without being weak. 
 
 2431. Je sais & mon pot comment les autres bouillent. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. 7 can tell by my own pot how the others are 
 boiling. I know what others feel from my own feelings. 
 
 2432. Je suis assez semblable aux girouettes, qui ne se fixent que 
 
 quand elles sont rouillees. (Fr.) Yolt. to M. d'Albaret. 
 7 am very like the weathercocks which only stand in one 
 position when they get rusty. Versatility, variety are 
 essential to an author's well-being. Cf. Barthelemy's Ma 
 justification . " L'homme absurde est celui qui ne change 
 jamais," The absurd man is he who never changes. 
 
 2433. Je suis pret. (Fr.) 7 am ready. Motto of Lords Farn- 
 
 ham and Lovat. 
 
 2434. Je t'aime d'autant plus que je t'estime moins. (Fr.) Colle", 
 
 Cocatrix. 7 love you all the more that I respect you but 
 little. 
 
 2435. J'e'tais poe'te, historien, 
 
 Et maintenant je ne suis rien. (Fr.) Boudier (his own 
 epitaph). 7 once was poet and historian, and now I am 
 nothing at all. 
 
 2436. J'etais pour Ovide a quinze ans, 
 
 Mais je suis pour Horace a trente. (Fr.) Ducerceati. 
 7 wets all for Ovid at fifteen, but I am for Horace at 
 thirty.
 
 JTJCUNDA. 267 
 
 2437. Jeter le manche apres la cogne. (Fr.) Prov. To throw 
 
 the helve after the hatchet. To yield to despair and, after 
 one misfortune, to throw away all means of recovery. 
 
 2438. Jeu de mains, jeu de vilain. (Fr.) Horse-play is vulgar 
 
 play. (2.) Jeu de mots. Play upon words; pun, 
 quibble. (3.) Jeu d' esprit. A witticism. (4.) Jeu de 
 theatre. Stage effect ; clap-trap. 
 
 2439. Jeune, et dans 1'age henreux qui me'connait la crainte. 
 
 (Fr.) Young, and at that happy age which ignores fear. 
 
 2440. Jeune, on conserve pour sa vieillesse : vieux, on e"pargne 
 
 pour la niort. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 117. In 
 youth men save for the period of old age ; in age, they 
 hoard in prospect of death. 
 
 2441. Je vais queVir un grand peut-etre. (Fr.) / am going in 
 
 search of a great "may be." 
 
 Message of Rabelais on his deathbed to the Cardinal de Chatillon 
 (see Sketch of author prefixed to (Euvres de Rabelais, by M. Dupont, 
 18(55, vol. 1, p. xviL). The phrase is sometimes varied to Je m'en 
 vay chercher un grand peust-Stre. 
 
 2442. Je veux de bonne guerre. (Fr.) / desire fair fighting. 
 
 Motto of Lord Wenlock. 
 
 2443. Je veux que le dimanche chaque paysan ait sa poule au 
 
 pot. (Fr.) Henry IY. / desire that every French 
 peasant may be able to have his chicken in the pot for the 
 Sunday's dinner. 
 
 2444. J'evite d'etre long, et je deviens obscur. (Fr.) Boil. 
 
 A. P. In avoiding diffuseness, I become obscure (1004). 
 
 2445. Je vive en espoir. (Fr.) / live in hope. Motto of Earl 
 
 of Stradbroke. 
 
 2446. Joindre les mains, c'est bien : les ouvrir, c'est mieux. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. To close one's hands is well; to open them is 
 better. Prayer is good, alms are better. 
 
 2447. Jour de ma vie. (Fr.) The day of my life. Motto of 
 
 Lord Sackville. Used by the French as an oath, " By 
 my life ! " 
 
 2448. Jovis omnia plena. (L.) Virg. E. 3, 60. All is full of 
 
 Jove (God). The whole universe attests the power and 
 presence of the Most High. 
 
 2449. Jucunda memoria est prseteritorum malorum. (L.) Cic. 
 
 Fin. 2, 32, 105. The remembrance of past misery is 
 siveet. Cf. Jucundi acti labores. Id. ibid. Completed 
 toil is pleasant to look back upon.
 
 268 JUDEX. 
 
 2450. Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur. (Z.) Pub. Syr. 1 
 
 The judge is censured when the guilty are acquitted. 
 
 2451. Judicata res pro veritate accipitur. (L.) Law Max. A 
 
 case that has been tried, is to be received as true. 
 
 2452. Judicis est judicare secundum allegata et probata. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. It is a judge's business to frame his decisions 
 upon what is not merely alleged, but proved. 
 
 2453. Judicis est jus dicere non dai*e. (L.) Law Max. It is a 
 
 judge's duty to expound the law, not to make it. 
 
 2454. Judicis officium est, ut res, ita tempora rerum quserere. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 1, 37. It is a judge's (critic's) duty to 
 examine not only the facts, but the circumstances of the 
 case. 
 
 2455. Judicium a non suo judice datum nullius est momenti. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. Judgment given by one who is not 
 judge of the cause is of no legal force. 
 
 2456. Judicium Dei. (L.) The judgment of God. Name given 
 
 to the ancient form of Ordeal, of which there were 
 several kinds, by fire, water, blood, etc. 
 
 2457. Judicium parium aut leges terrse. (L.) The judgment of 
 
 our peers,' or the law of the land. By these alone, ac- 
 cording to our laws, can an Englishman be condemned. 
 A quotation from Magna Charta, and selected as his 
 motto by the great Lord Camden. 
 
 2458. Judicium subtile videndis artibus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 
 
 242. A discriminating taste (or judgment) in under- 
 standing the arts. 
 
 2159. Jugez xin hoinme par ses questions, plutot que par ses 
 reponses. (Fr.) Form your opinion of a man from 
 his questions, rather than from his answers. 
 
 2460. Jugulare mortuos. (L.) 1 To slay the slain. To exercise 
 
 wanton cruelty. To return to a subject already thrashed 
 out. 
 
 2461. Junge Faullenzer, Alte Bettler. (.) Prov. A young 
 
 sluggard makes an old beggar. 
 
 2462. Junius Aprilis Septemque Novemque tricenos, 
 
 Unum plus reliqui, Februs tenet octo vicenos, 
 At si bissextus fuerit, super additur unus. (L.) From 
 Harrison's Descript. of Britaine, prefixed to Holinshed'a 
 Chron. 1577.
 
 JUS. 269 
 
 Thirty days hath September, 
 April, June, and November, 
 February eight and twenty all alone, 
 And all the rest have thirty-one. 
 Unless that Leap-year doth combine 
 And give to February twenty-nine. 
 
 The Return from Parnassus, Lond. 1606. 
 
 2463. Jupiter tonans. (L.) Jove the thunderer. Applied to any 
 
 powerful political speaker (the Jupiter tonans of debate), 
 or to the leading Newspaper of the day. 
 
 2464. Jura neget sibi nata, nihil non arroget armis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 122. 
 
 All laws, all covenants let him still disown, 
 ,And test his quarrel by the sword alone. Conington. 
 
 2465. Jure divino. (L.) By divine right. (2.) Jure humano. 
 
 By human law. Thus, the Stuarts claimed to reign 
 jure divino, and William III. by a parliamentary title. 
 
 2466. Jurgia prsecipue vino stimulata caveto : 
 
 Aptior est dulci mensa merumque joco. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 591, 594. 
 
 All brawls and quarrels strictly shun, 
 And chiefly those in wine begun : 
 For harmless mirth and pleasant jest 
 Befit the board and bottle best. Ed. 
 
 2467. Jus. (L.) Law, Sight. 
 
 (1.) Jus Canonicum. Canon law. A collection of Ecclesiastical 
 Constitutions for the government of the Catholick Church, com- 
 piled from the Decrees of Gratian and the Decretals and Extrava- 
 gants of John XXII., and forming, together, the Corpus Juris 
 Canonici, or great Body of Canon Law. (2.) Jus Civile. Roman, 
 or Civil Law. The old Roman law, as expounded in the Pandects, 
 Code and Institutes of Justinian, forms what is known as the 
 Corpus Juris Civilis, or Body of Civil Law. Its rules still apply 
 to a limited extent in England, more especially in ecclesiastical 
 matters, in the Admiralty Court, and the Courts of the Univer- 
 sities. In Scotland, as on the Continent, the Civil Law is much 
 more generally followed and, on many subjects, is the leading 
 legal code. (3.) Jus Commune. Common Law. The ancient 
 customary law of the land, unwritten and traditional, as contra- 
 distinguished both from Civil Law or Equity, and the positive 
 enactments of the Statute. (4.) Jus Dehberandi. The right oj 
 deliberating. In Scotch law the heir was formerly allowed a year 
 (annus deliberandi), now six months, to "deliberate" whether he 
 would take the inheritance with the burden of his predecessor's 
 debts or no. (5.) Jus Devolutum. A right devolved. Used in 
 Scotch ecclesiastical law to denote the right devolving on the 
 Presbytery to appoint to a benefice if the patron failed to do so
 
 270 JUS ALIQUOD. 
 
 within six months of the vacancy. (6.) Jus Divinum. Divine 
 Right. (7.) Jus Gentium. The Law of Nations. System of law 
 comprising the principles of international relations in peace, war, 
 commerce, treaties, quarantine, and the like. (8.) Jus Postliminii. 
 Eight of Recovery on return to former rank and privileges, by which 
 persons and property taken in war return, respectively, to their 
 original freedom and original owners. (9.) Jus Primogeniture. 
 Might of Primogeniture, or Birthright. (10. ) Jus Proprietatis. Right, 
 of Property. (11.) Jus Eegium. Eight of the Crown or Sovereign. 
 (12.) Jus Relictae. (Scotch Law.) Right of a Widow to a share 
 in the property of her husband. (13.) Jus Repraesentationis. 
 Right of representation. In Scotland when one or inore of the 
 children of a deceased person have predeceased, the children of 
 such predeceasing persons "represent" their parent, and take his 
 or her share of the property of the deceased. (14.) Jus Sanguinis. 
 Right of blood, or consanguinity. 
 
 2468. Jus aliquod faciunt affinia vincula nobis, 
 
 Quse semper maneant illabefacta precor. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 4, 8, 9. 
 
 Our mutual ties a bond between us make 
 
 I pray may aye continue without break. Ed. 
 
 2469. Jus et fas multos faciunt, Ptolemsee, nocentes . 
 
 Dat pcenas laudata fides, quum sustinet, inquit, 
 Quos Fortuna premit. Fatis accede Deisque, 
 Et cole felices, miseros fuge. Sidera terra 
 Ut distant, et flam ma mari, sic utile recto. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 8, 484. 
 
 Justice and law make many criminals, Ptolemy. 
 
 Men of approved worth ere now have suffered 
 
 When Fortune frowned. Then, yield to fate and God ! 
 
 Honour the lucky, shun th' unfortunate ! 
 
 Not earth from heav'n more distant, fire to flood 
 
 More opposite, than expediency and right. Ed. 
 
 2470. Jus omnium in omnia, et consequenter bellum omnium 
 
 in omnes. (L.) Hobbes? All men claiming a right 
 to everything, the result is, that all make war against 
 all. 
 
 2471. Jusqu'ou les hommes ne se portent-ils point par I'inte'ret de 
 
 la religion, dont ils sont si peu persuades, et qu'ils 
 pratiquent si mal? (Fr.} La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 171. 
 To what excesses are not men carried by the interests of 
 religion, of which they have in fact little conviction, and 
 much less practice ? 
 
 2472. Jus summum ssepe summa est malitia. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 
 
 4, 4, 48. Extreme law is often extreme wrong.
 
 J'Y SUIS. 271 
 
 2473. Juste milieu. (^V.) A strict middle-course. 
 
 Reply of Louis Philippe to a deputation at the commencement of 
 his reign. " Nous chercherons a nous tenir dans un juste milieu, 
 egalement eloign6 des abus du pouvoir royal, et des exces du pouvoir 
 populaire." We shall endeavour to observe a strict middle-course, 
 equally removed from the past abuses of the royal power and from 
 the excesses of the power of the people. 
 
 2474. Justitia . . . erga Deos, religio, erga parentes pietas, creditis 
 
 in rebus fides . . . nominatur. (L.) Cic. Part. Or. 22, 
 78. The discharge of our duty towards God, is called 
 Jteligion, towards our parents, Piety, and in matters of 
 trust, Good Faith. 
 
 2475. Justitise soror fides. (L.) Faith the sister of justice. 
 
 Motto of Lord Thurlow. 
 
 2476. Justitia est constans et perpetua voluntas jus suum cuique 
 
 tribuendi. (Z.) Just. Inst. 1, 1, 1. Justice is the con- 
 stant and unvarying desire to render to every one their 
 proper rights. 
 
 2477. Justitiae tenax. (Z.) Tenacious of justice. Lord Hastings. 
 
 2478. Justitia et pax. (Z.) Justice and peace. Plumbers' 
 
 Company. 
 
 2479. Justitia non novit patrem nee matrem, solum veritatem 
 
 spectat. (L.) Law Max. Justice knows neither father 
 nor mother, but regards truth alone. 
 
 2480. Justitia virtu turn Regina. (L.) Justice is the Queen of 
 
 virtues. Motto of Goldsmiths' Company. 
 
 2481. Justum et tenacem propositi virum, 
 
 Non civium ardor prava jubentium, 
 Non vultus instantis tyranni 
 
 Mente quatit solida. (L.) Hor. 0. 3, 3, 1. 
 
 The man of firm and righteous will 
 
 No rabble, clamorous for the wrong, 
 No tyrant's brow, whose frown may kill, 
 
 Can shake the strength that makes him strong. Conington. 
 
 2482. Justus ut palma florebit. (L.) Vulg. Ps. xci. 2. The 
 
 righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree. Motto of the 
 Order of St George (Bavaria). 
 
 2483. J'y suis, et j'y reste. (Fr.) Here I am, and here I stay. 
 
 Reply of the French general MacMahon in the trenches before the 
 Malakoff (Crimean war), when informed by the commanding officer 
 of the expected undermining of the Fort by the enemy.
 
 272 KAAMEIA. 
 
 K. 
 
 2484. KaS/ieio VLKIJ. (Gr.) Herod. 1, 166, or (L.) Cadmsea 
 
 victoria. A Cadmcean victory, i.e., in which the con- 
 querors lose as much as the conquered. 
 
 The expression is borrowed either from the story of the Sparti (the 
 armed men who sprang up from the dragons' teeth sown by Cadmus, 
 see Ov. M. 3, 104 seqq. ), or from the history of Eteocles and 
 Polynices. Of. also Plat. Legg. 641 C. and Plut. 2, 488 A., Suid. 
 
 2485. Kcupov yvdOi. (Gr.) Know your opportunity. The 
 
 advice of Pittachus, one of the Seven Sages. 
 
 2186. KctKoG KopaKos Ka/cov wov. (Gr.) Prov. A bad crow lays 
 a bad egg. 
 
 2487. Kar' t^xty. (Gr.) Eminently, like the French par 
 excellence. 
 
 24S8. Kennst du das Land, wo die Citronen bliih'n 1 (G.) Goethe, 
 Mignon. Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees 
 bloom ? 
 
 2489. Kr^fjia. s cUt. (Gr.) Thuc. 1, 22. A perpetual treasure. 
 
 Cf. Keats, "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." 
 
 2490. K.r.A. Abbrev. for KM TO. Aonra or AeiTro/xeva. (Gr.) And 
 
 the rest, etcetera. 
 
 2491. Kwos ofjifjiar' !x<i>v. (Gr.) Horn. II. 1, 225. Having dog's 
 
 eyes. Motto of Spectator (20) on starers. 
 
 2492. Kurz ist der Schmerz, und ewig ist die Freude ! (G.) 
 
 Schiller, Maid of Orleans. Short is the pain and eternal 
 tlie joy / 
 
 2493. Labitur occulte, fallitque volubilis setas. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49. 
 Time glides away unnoticed, and eludes us in its flight. Ed. 
 
 2494. Labore. (L.)By labour. Lord Tenterden. (2.) Labore 
 
 et honore. By labour and honour. Motto of Lord 
 Rendlesham. (3.) Labore vinces. You will conquer by 
 toil. Motto of Lord St Leonards. 
 
 2495. Labor ipse voluptas. (L.) The toil itself is a pleasure. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Lovelace.
 
 LA CONFIANCE. 273 
 
 2496. Labor omiiia vincit 
 
 Improbus, et duris urgens in rebus egestas. (Z.) Virg. 
 G. 1, 146. Unremitting toil and the exigencies of want 
 and hardship conquer all things. 
 
 2497. Laborum Dulce lenimen, (L.) Hor. C. 1, 32, 15. Sweet 
 
 solace of toil. 
 
 2498. La bride sur le cou. (Fr.) The reins on the neck. At 
 
 full speed. " Je laisse trotter ma plume, la bride, sur le 
 cou." Mme. de Sevigne". (/ let my pen run along as 
 fast as it will go.} 
 
 2499. L'absence est a 1'amour ce qu'est au feu le vent. 
 
 II e'teint le petit, il allume le grand. (Fr.) Bussy Rabutin ? 
 
 Low in Absence. 
 
 Absence acts upon Love as wind acts upon fire ; 
 It quenches the faint, makes the ardent burn higher. Ed. 
 
 Cf. St F. de Sales, La vie devote, Introd. 3, 33 : Ce sont les grands 
 feux qui s'enflamment au vent, mais les petits s'eteignent si on ne 
 les porte a couvert. 
 
 2500. La carriere des lettres est plus dpineuse que celle de la 
 
 fortune. Si vous avez le malheur d'etre me'diocre, voila 
 des remords pour la vie ; si vous rdussissiez, voila des 
 ennemis ; vous marchez sur le bord d'un abime entre le 
 me'pris et la haine. (Fr.) Volt. 1 A literary career is 
 a more thorny path than that of fortune. If you are so 
 unfortunate as not to rise above mediocrity, remorse is 
 your portion for life ; and if you succeed in your object, 
 a host of enemies spring up around you. Thus you have 
 to walk on the brink of a precipice with contempt on the 
 one side, and hatred on the other. 
 
 2501. La Charte sera de'sormais une ve'rite'. (Fr.) The Charter 
 
 shall be henceforward a reality. 
 
 Closing words of the Proclamation of Louis Philippe, July 31, 
 1830. The effect of this announcement was all but ruined by the 
 substitution of the indefinite article for the definite in the Moniteur 
 two days after ("Une Charte," etc.) ; so true is it that, as says 
 Montaigne, "La plupart des troubles de. ce monde sont gram- 
 mairiens." Cf. the printer's error in making Sieyes say in a public 
 statement of his political principles, " J'ai abjurSla. Republique," 
 instead of "J'ai adjure;" a mistake sufficient at that time to bring 
 a man to the guillotine. 
 
 2502. La confiance fournit plus a la conversation que 1'esprit. 
 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 178, 1. Confidence contri- 
 butes more to conversation than wit. 
 s
 
 274 LA COUR 
 
 2503. La cour ne rend pas content, elle empe'che qu'on ne le soit 
 
 ailleurs. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. cap. 8, p. 138. 
 The court does not make a man contented, but it prevents 
 his being so elsewhere. 
 
 2504. La cre'dulite^ est plutdfc une erreur qu'une faute. (Fr.} 
 
 Credulity is rather an error than a fault. 
 
 2505. La criaillerie ordinair-e fait qu'on s'y accoutume et chacun 
 
 la me'prise. (Fr.) By continually scolding inferiors, 
 they at length become accustomed to it and despise your 
 reproof. 
 
 2506. Lacvimseque decoi-se 
 
 Gratior et pulcro veniens in corpore virtus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. 5, 343. 
 
 So well the tears beseem his face, 
 
 And worth appears with brighter shine 
 
 When lodged within a lovely shrine. Conington. 
 
 2507. La critique est aisde, et 1'art est difficile. (Fr.) Destouches, 
 
 Glorieux, 2, 5. Criticism is easy, art is difficult. The 
 passage is as follows : 
 
 L. Mais, on dit qu'aux auteurs la critique est utile. 
 P. La critique est aisee et I art est difficile : 
 
 C'est la ce qui produit ce peuple de censeurs, 
 
 Et ce qui retrecit le talent des auteurs. 
 
 2508. La curiosite est si voisine de la perfidie, qu'elle peut enlaidir 
 
 les plus beaux visages. (Fr.)1 Curiosity is so nearly 
 akin to craftiness, that it can disfigure the most handsome 
 faces. 
 
 2509. La de'cence est le teint naturel de la vertu, et le fard du 
 
 vice. (Fr.) Decency is the natural complexion of virtue, 
 and paint the mask of vice. 
 
 2510. La defense est un charme; on dit qu'elle assaisonne les 
 
 plaisirs, et surtout ceux que 1' amour nous donne. (Fr.) 
 La Font. ? Prohibition is a charm; it is said to give a 
 stimulus to pleasures, especially to those which love 
 imparts. Stolen waters are sweet. 
 
 2511. La derniere chose qu'on trouve en faisant un ouvrage est 
 
 de savoir celle qu'il faut mettre la premiere. (Fr.) Pasc. 
 Pens. 31, 42. In writing a book, the last thing that one 
 learns is to know what to put first. 
 
 2512. La diffidenza e la madre della sicurta. (It.} Diffidence 
 
 (caution} is the mother of safety.
 
 LA FEMME. 275 
 
 2513. La docte antiquite* eat to uj ours vdneYable, 
 
 Je ne la trouve pas cependant adorable. (Fr.) Boil. ? 
 Tke learning of antiquity is always venerable, but I do 
 not find it such an adorable object myself. 
 
 2514. La donna e mobile. (It.) Opera of Rigoletto, Verdi. 
 
 Woman is an inconstant thing. Of. Varium et mutabile 
 semper Femina. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 569. 
 
 2515. Le doute s'introduit dans Tame qui re"ve, la foi descend 
 
 dans Tame qui souffre. (Fr.) 1 Doubt insinuates itself 
 into a soul that dreams ; faith penetrates into the soul 
 that suffers. 
 
 2510. La dure*e de nos passions ne depend pas plus de nous que 
 la d ure"e de notre vie. (Fr.) La Kochef. Max. p. 31, 5. 
 The duration of our passions no more depends upon 
 our own will, than does the continuance of our lives. 
 
 2517. L'adversite' fait I'homme, et le bonheur les monstres. 
 
 (Fr.) ? Men are formed by misfortune, just as monsters 
 are the creations of prosperity. 
 
 2518. La^tus in praesens animus, quod ultra est 
 
 Oderit curare, et amara lento 
 
 Temperet risu, nihil est ab omni 
 
 Parte beatum. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 16, 25. Let 
 the mind enjoy the present, hate the thought of what is 
 beyond, and temper any bitterness with philosophic smile. 
 Unmixed happiness is not to be found in this world. 
 
 2519. Lsetus sum laudari a laudato viro. (L.) Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 
 
 7. / am pleased to be praised by a man whom every one 
 praises. 
 
 2520. La faute en est au dieux qui la firent si belle, 
 
 Et non pas a ines yeux. (Fr.) Lingendes. The Gods 
 are to blame who made her so fair, and not my poor eyes. 
 From a song of the 17th cent, beginning, Si c'est un 
 crime de V aimer. 
 
 2521. La faveur met I'homme au-dessus de ses e*gaux; et sa chute 
 
 au-dessous. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. cap. 8, p. 166. 
 Favour exalts a man above his equals, and his fall places 
 him below them. 
 
 2522. La femme est 1'element le plus moral de I'humanite*. (Fr.) 
 
 Comte ? Woman is tJie most moral element in all 
 humanity.
 
 276 LA FEUILLE. 
 
 2523. La feuille tombe a terre, ainsi tombe la beaute*. (Fr.) 
 
 Breton Prov. The leaf falls to earth, and so does beauty. 
 
 2524. L'affaire s'achemine. (Fr.) The affair is in progress. 
 
 2525. La finesse n'est ni une trop bonne ni une tres mauvaise 
 
 qualitd : elle flotte entre le vice et la vertu ; il n'y a 
 point de rencontre ou elle ne puisse, et peut-etre ou elle 
 lie doive tre suppl^ee par la prudence. (Fr.) La Bruy. 
 Car. 1, 8, p. 163. Finesse is neither a very good, nor 
 yet a very bad quality. It holds an intermediate place 
 between vice and virtue, and there are few occasions in 
 which its place cannot, and perhaps ought not to be 
 supplied by common prudence. 
 
 2526. La foiblesse de 1'ennemi fait notre propre force. (Fr.) 
 
 The weakness of one's enemy constitutes our chief strength. 
 
 2527. La foi qui n'agit point, est-ce une foi sincere? (Fr.) Kac. 
 
 Athalie. The faith that acts not, is it truly faith? 
 
 2528. La force, proprement dite, c'est-ce qui regit les actes, sans 
 
 regler les volontes. (Fr.) Comte 1 ? Force, properly 
 speaking, is that which rules the actions, without subduing 
 the will. 
 
 2529. La fortune passe partout. (Fr.) The influence of fortune 
 
 is felt everywhere. Motto of Lord Hollo. 
 
 2530. La France est un gouvernement absolu, temped par des 
 
 chansons. (Fr.) Chamfort? France is an absolute 
 government tempered by epigrams. 
 
 2531. La garde meurt et ne se rend pas. (Fr.) The guard dies 
 
 but does not surrender. Legendary speech of Cambronne 
 at Waterloo, invented by Rougemont (sifaiseur des mots) 
 on the night after the battle, and published next day in 
 the Independant. 
 
 2532. L'age insensiblement nous conduit a la mort. (Fr.) 
 
 Racan, Bergeries. Old age insensibly leads us towards 
 death. 
 
 2533. La gloire est le but ou j 'aspire, 
 
 On n'y va point par le bonheur. (Fr.) V. Hugo, Ode 1. 
 
 Glory's the goal that I aspire to reach, 
 But happiness will never lead me there. Ed. 
 
 2534. La grammaire qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois. (Fr.) Mol. 
 
 Femmes Sav. 3, 6. Grammar, that lords it even over 
 kings.
 
 LA JEUNESSE. 277 
 
 Suetonius (de 111. Gramm. 1, 22) says that AI. P. Marccllus the 
 grammarian rebuked even Tiberius himself for some solecism, and 
 that on one of the courtiers present, Ateius Capito, remarking that 
 if the word was not good Latin it would be so in future, he gave 
 Capito the lie, adding (to the Emperor) Tu enim Caesar civitatem 
 dare poles hominibus, verbis non poles. (L.) Caesar, you can grant 
 citizenship to men, to words you cannot. Hence the saying, Caesar 
 non supra fframmaticos, Caesar is not above the grammarians. A 
 later Emperor, however, Sigismund I. , disclaimed any such absurd 
 limitations and, at the Council of Constance 1414, replied, to a pre- 
 late who had objected to H.M.'s grammar, Ego sum Rex Romanus 
 et supra grammaticam, I am the Roman Emperor and am above 
 grammar. (See Menzel, Geschichte der DeutscJien, 3d ed. cap. 325 ; 
 Biichmann, Geft. W. p. 326 ; and Carlyle's Frederick the Great.) 
 
 2535. La grandeur a besoin d'etre quitte'e pour etre sentie. (Fr.) 
 
 Pasc. Pens. 31, 19. High station has to be resigned in 
 order to be properly appreciated. 
 
 2536. La guerre ou 1'amour. (Fr.) War or love. Motto of M. 
 
 le Roux de 1'Aunay (Brittany). 
 
 2537. L'aigle d'une maison, est un sot dans une autre. (Fr.) 
 
 Gresset. The eagle of one house is a fool in another. 
 One man's swan is another man's goose. 
 
 2538. L'aimable siecle, ou 1'homme dit a 1'homme : 
 
 Soyons freres, ou je t'assomme ! (Fr.) Lebrun? 
 
 What an amiable age when one says to another : 
 " I'll kill you if you won't own me for a brother ! " 
 
 A paraphrase of the famous Fraternite ou la Mort which 
 became the watchword of the first Revolution. 
 
 2539. Laisser dire le monde, et toujours bien faire, c'est une 
 
 maxime, qui e'tant bien observed assure notre repos, et 
 &ablit enfin notre reputation. (Fr.) To let the world 
 talk, and always to act correctly, is a maxim which, if 
 strictly adhered to, secures our quiet and, finally, estab- 
 lishes our reputation. 
 
 2540. Laissez dire les sots, le savoir a son prix. (Fr.) La Font. 
 
 8, 19 Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its 
 value. 
 
 2541. Laissez faire, laissez passer ! (Fr.) Let it be ! Let it pass! 
 
 Attributed to Gournay, Minister of Commerce at Paris, 1751, also 
 to Quesnay, the Political Economist. Adam Smith quotes the 
 words in his Wealth of Nations. 
 
 2542. La jeunesse devrait e~tre une caisse d'epargne. (Fr.) Mme. 
 
 Swetchine. Youth ought to be a saving's bank.
 
 278 . LA JEUNESSE. 
 
 2543. La jeunesse vit d'esperance, la vieillesse de souvenir. (Fr.) 
 
 Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance. 
 
 2544. La langne des femmes est leur epe'e, et elles ne la laissent 
 
 pas rouiller. (Fr.) Prov. The tongue of a woman is 
 her sword, and she does not let it rust. 
 
 2545. La le'galite' nous tue. (Fr.) We are being killed by legality. 
 
 M. Viennet in the Chamber of Deputies, 1833. 
 
 2546. La liberalite' consiste moins a donner beaucoup, qu'a donner 
 
 a-propos. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. cap. 4, p. 70. 
 Liberality consists less in giving profusely, than in giving 
 seasonably. 
 
 2547. La libertd, convive aimable, 
 
 Met les deux coudes sur la table. (Fr.) Yolt. ? Liberty, 
 amiable guest, places both her elbows upon the table. Free 
 and easy. 
 
 2548. La lingua batte dove la dente duole. (It.) Prov. The 
 
 tongue strikes where the tooth aches. 
 
 2549. L'Allegorie habite un palais diaphane. (Fr.) Lemierre, 
 
 Peinture, ch. 3. Allegory inhabits a transparent palace. 
 
 2550. La loi de 1'univers est : Malheur aux vaincus ! (Fr.) 
 
 Saurin, Spartacus. Woe to the conquer' d is the law of 
 the world. An expansion of the famous Vce victis (q.v.) 
 of Brennus. 
 
 2551. La maladie sans maladie. (Fr.) The disease without 
 
 disease. Hypochondria, vapours. 
 
 2552. La marque d'un me'rite extraordinaire est de voir que ceux 
 
 qui 1'envient le plus, sont contraints de le louer. (Fr.) 1 
 The sign of any extraordinary excellence is to observe 
 hoiv those who regard it with tJie most envious eyes, are 
 obliged to speak in its praise. 
 
 2553. La memoii'e est une muse, on plutdt, c'est la mere des 
 
 muses que Ronsard fait parler ainsi : 
 
 Grece est notre pays, rnemoire est notre mere. 
 (Fr.) Chateaubriand ? Memory is a Muse in herself, 
 or rather the mother of t/ie Muses whom Ronsard repre- 
 sents saying, 
 
 Greece is our couutry, Memory is our Mother. 
 
 2554. L'ame n'a pas de secret que la conduite ne reVele. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. There is no secret in the heart which our actions 
 do not disclose.
 
 LA MORT. 279 
 
 2555. L'ami des Tyrans est 1'ennemi du genre humain. (Fr.) 
 
 Linguet. The friend of tyrants is the common enemy of 
 mankind. The author was condemned to the guillotine 
 (1794), with this quotation, from his own writings 
 attached to his sentence. 
 
 2556. La mode est un Tyran dont rien nous delivre, 
 
 A son bizarre gout il faut s'accommoder, 
 Mais sous ses folles lois e"tant forcd de vivre, 
 Le sage n'est jainais le premier a la suivre, 
 
 Ni le dernier a la garder. (Fr.) Pavilion 7 
 
 The tyranny of fashion. 
 A tyrant is fashion whom none can escape, 
 To his whimsical fancies our tastes we must shape : 
 We are forced to conform to the mode, it is true, 
 But it's never the wise who first follow the new, 
 Nor the last who abandon the old. Ed. 
 
 2557. La moitie' du monde prend plaisir & me'dire, et 1'autre moiti^ 
 
 a croire les me'disances. (Fr.) Prov. One half of the 
 world take delight in uttering slander, and the other half 
 in believing it. 
 
 2558. La moltiplicita delle leggi e dei medici in un paese sono 
 
 egualmente segni di malore di quello. (It.) A multi- 
 plicity of laws and of physicians in any country are proofs 
 alike of its bad state. 
 
 2559. La monnoie de M. de Turenne. (Fr.) Mme. Cornuel. 
 
 Turenne's small change. Said of the ten generals who 
 vainly endeavoured to fill the place of the great French 
 commander after his death at Satzbach, 1675. 
 
 2560. La moquerie est souvent indigence d'esprit. (Fr.) La 
 
 Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 93. Derision is frequently a sign of 
 lack of int. 
 
 2561. La mort est plus aisde & supporter sans y penser, que la 
 
 pense'e de la mort sans pe"ril. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens. 31, 3. 
 Death itself is less painful to bear when it comes upon 
 us unawares, than the bare contemplation of it, even when 
 danger is far distant. 
 
 2562. La mort ne surprend point le sage ; 
 
 II est toujours pret partir, 
 
 S'dtant su lui-mtkue avertir 
 
 Du temps ou Ton se doit re'soudre a ce passage. (Fr. ) 
 La Font. 8, 1. Death never takes the wise unawares, since 
 he is always ready to depart ; having learnt to anticipate 
 the time when he must perforce make this last journey.
 
 280 LA MORT. 
 
 2563. La mort ravit tout sans pudeur. (Fr.) La Font. 8, 1. 
 
 Unblushing death ravishes everything. 
 
 2564. La mouche du coche. (Fr.) Prov. The fly of the coach. 
 
 Taken from La Fontaine's fable (7, 9), signifying a busy- 
 body, who thinks that fussing-about is the same thing 
 as being really useful. 
 
 2565. L'amour apprend aux anes a danser. (Fr.) Prov. Love 
 
 teaches even asses to dance. 
 
 2566. L'amour de la justice n'est, en la plus part des homines, 
 
 que la crainte de souffrir 1'injustice. (Fr.) La Rochef. 
 Max. 78, p. 41. T/ie love of justice in the majority of 
 mankind, is nothing else than the dread of suffering in- 
 justice from others. 
 
 2567. L'amour est le roman du coaur, 
 
 Et le plaisir en est 1'histoire. (Fr.) M. de Bievre. 
 Love is the heart's romance, pleasure is its history. 
 
 2568. L'amour et la fume'e ne peuvent se cacher. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Love and smoke cannot be hid. 
 
 2569. L'amour-propre est le plus grand de tous les flatteurs. 
 
 (Fr.) 1 Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. 
 
 2570. L'amour-propre offense" ne pardonne jamais. (Fr.) Vigde, 
 
 Aveux Diff. Wounded self-love never forgives. 
 
 2571. L'amour soumet la terre, assujetit les cieux, 
 
 Les rois sont a ses pieds, il gouverne les dieux. 
 
 (Fr.) Corn. 1 
 
 Love conquers the earth, and Love conquers the sky, 
 Kings lie at his feet, and the Gods own his sway. Ed. 
 
 2572. La moutarde apres le diner. (Fr.) Mustard when dinner 
 
 is over. A day after the fair. 
 
 2573. La moutarde lui monte au nez. (Fr.) Prov. The mustard 
 
 gets into his nose. A peppery fellow. 
 
 2574. La naissance n'est rien ou la vertu n'est pas. (Fr.) Mol. 
 
 Festin de Pierre, 4. Birth is nothing without virtue. 
 
 2575. La nation franQaise n'oublie pas ses enfants ce'lebres, meme 
 
 lorsqu'ils sonts morts a 1'^tranger. (Fr.) The French 
 nation does not forget its illustrious children, even when 
 they die in a foreign land. Inscription on Claude 
 Lorraine's tomb in the Church of Trinita dei Monti, in 
 Rome.
 
 LA PAROLE. 281 
 
 2576. La nation ne fait pas corps en France; elle reside toute 
 
 entiere dans la personne du roy. (Fr.) The nation, in 
 France, is not a body politic, being comprised complete 
 and entire in the person of the king, MS. composed 
 by the order of Louis XIV. for the instruction of the 
 Dauphin, Duke of Burgundy. 
 
 2577. Langage des halles. (Fr.) The slang of the fish-markets. 
 
 Anglice, " Billingsgate." 
 
 2578. L'anime triste di coloro 
 
 Che visser senza infamia, e senza lodo. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Inf. 3, 36. 
 
 The wretched souls of those, who lived 
 Without or praise or blame. Gary. 
 
 Dante places these characterless souls just within the 
 gate of Hell. 
 
 2579. L'antipode du bon sens. (Fr). The antipodes of good 
 
 sense. 
 
 2580. La nuit porte conseil. (Fr.) Prov. The night is a good 
 
 counsellor. Sleep upon it. 
 
 2581. La nuit tous les chats sont gris. (Fr.) Prov. At night 
 
 all cats are grey. The dark hides defects. 
 
 2582. La ou ailleurs. (Fr.) There or elsewhere. Motto of De 
 
 Kergariou (Brittany). 
 
 2583. La parole a etc* donne'e a 1'homme pour ddguiser sa pense'e. 
 
 (Fr.) Speech has been given to man to conceal his 
 thoughts. 
 
 Harel, in the Siecle of August 21, 1846, attributes the sentiment 
 to Talleyrand, but it occurs in Voltaire (Dial, xiv.): "Us ne se 
 servent de la pensee que pour autorizer leurs injustices, et n'em- 
 ployent les paroles que pour deguiser leurs pcnsies. " Cf. also Cam- 
 pistron, Pompeia, 2, 5 : Le cceur sent rarement ce que la bouche 
 exprime. It is rare for the mouth to utter the heart's true sentiments. 
 Young (t 1765) had still earlier (1725) written in his Satire, Uni- 
 versal Passion, The Love of Fame, 207 : 
 
 Where Nature's end of language is declined, 
 
 And men talk only to conceal the mind. 
 
 Buchmann (Gefl. W. p. 379) points out a distich from Dion. Cato, 
 4, 26: 
 
 Perspicito tecum tacitus quid quisque loquatur. 
 Sermo hominum mores et celat et indicat idem. (L. ) 
 Consider inwardly what each man says : 
 His talk both hides and shows man's secret ways. Ed.
 
 282 LA PATIENCE. 
 
 2584. La patience est am ere, mais le fruit en est doux. (Fr.) 
 
 J. J. Rouss. 1 Patience is bitter, but it yields sweet fruit. 
 Disappointment and suffering is the school of wisdom. 
 
 2585. La patience est le remede le plus sure contre les calomnies : 
 
 le temps, t6t ou tard, de"couvre la veritd (Fr.)1 
 Patience is the most sure remedy for calumny: time, 
 sooner or later, reveals the truth. 
 
 2586. La patrie veut etre servie, et non pas domine'e. (Fr.} 
 
 One's country requires to be served and not to be domineered 
 over. 
 
 Saying of Prince Bismarck in conference with Favre on the terms 
 of peace in 1871 (Moritz Busch. vol. ii. p. 279, Eng. tr.). Political 
 consistency often becomes blundering wrongheadedness : one must 
 take wider views and not force one's own private wishes upon the 
 country. 
 
 2587. La pauvrete* n'est pas un pe'che', 
 
 Mieux vaut cependant la cacher. (FT.) Breton Prov. 
 
 Poverty is not a sin ; 
 
 Still it is best to keep it in. Ed. 
 
 2588. La perfection marche lentement, il lui faut la main du 
 
 temps. (FT.) Volt. 1 Perfection is attained by sloiv 
 degrees, she requires the hand of time. 
 
 2589. La peur est un grand inventeur. (Fr.) Prov. Fear is a 
 
 great inventor. 
 
 2590. La philosophic triomphe aise"ment des maux passes, et des 
 
 rnaux a venir ; mais les maux pi'esents tiiomphent d'elle. 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 34, 22. Philosophy triumphs 
 easily enough over past and future misfortunes, but she is 
 \oorsted by the misfortunes of the moment. 
 
 2591. La plus belle victoire est de vaincre son coaur. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. Nymphes de Vaux. The finest victory is to conquer 
 ones own heart. 
 
 2592. La plus part des homines emploient la premiere partie de 
 
 leur vie a rendre 1'autre miserable. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 
 vol. ii. cap. 11, p. 48. The generality of men spend the 
 first part of their lives in contributing to render tfo latter 
 part miserable. 
 
 2593. La plus part des hommes n'ont pas le courage de corriger 
 
 les autres, parcequ'ils n'ont pas le courage de souflrir 
 qu'on les corrige. (Fr.) Most men have not the courage 
 to correct others, because they have not the courage to bear 
 correction themselves.
 
 LARGITIONEM. 283 
 
 2594. La popularity c'est la gloire en gros sous. (^V.) V. Hugo, 
 
 Ruy Bias, 3. Popularity is glory in copper coinage. 
 
 2595. L'app&it vient en mangeant, disoit Angeston, mais la soif 
 
 s'en va en beuvant. (Fr.) Rabelais, Gargantua. 1, 5. 
 The appetite increases with eating, said Angeston, but 
 thirst is quenched by drinking. The more one has, the 
 more one wishes for. Men grow to like pursuits by the 
 mere force of habitually engaging in them. 
 
 2596. La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature. (Fr.)1 
 
 Exclusive possession is a violation of nature's rights. 
 
 2597. Lapsus calami. (L.) A slip of the pen. A clerical error. 
 
 (2.) Lapsus linguae. A slip of the tongue. 
 
 2598. La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. (Fr.) 
 
 La Font. 1, 10. The opinion of the strongest is always 
 the best. Of. Le droit du plus fort, etc. The right of the 
 strongest, etc. 
 
 2599. La reconnaissance est la me'moire du cceur. (Fr.) Massieu] 
 
 Gratitude is the memory of the heart. Cicero calls it 
 animus memor, a mind that does not forget. 
 
 2600. La republique des loups. (Fr.) Beaum. 1 The republic of 
 
 wolves. Said of the republic of letters of the 18th cent. 
 
 2601. La reputation d'un homme est comme son ombre, qui tantofc 
 
 le suit, et tant6t le precede ; quelquefois elle est plus 
 longue, et quelquefois plus courte que lui. (Fr.) 1 A 
 man's reputation islike his shadoiv, which sometimes follow*, 
 sometimes precedes him, and which is occasionally longer, 
 occasionally shorter than he is. 
 
 2602. L'argent est un bon passe-partout. (Fr.) Prov. Money 
 
 is a good passport. 
 
 2603. Largior hie campos sether et lumine vestit 
 
 Purpureo : solemque suum, sua sidera norunt. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 6, 640. 
 The Elysian fields. 
 
 Around the champaign mantles bright 
 The fulness of purpureal light ; 
 Another sun and stars they know, 
 That shine like ours, but shine below. Conington. 
 
 2604. Largitionem fundum non habere. (L.) Prov. ap. Cic. 
 
 Off. 2, 15, 55. Giving has no bottom to its purse. There 
 is no end to giving when you once begin.
 
 284 LARGUS. 
 
 2605. Largus opum et lingua melior, sed frigida bello 
 
 Dextera, consiliis habitus non futilis auctor. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 11, 338. 
 
 Drances. 
 
 Wealthy, and dowered with wordy skill, 
 In battle spiritless and chill ; 
 At council-board a name of weight 
 Powerful in faction and debate. Conington. 
 
 2606. L'aristocratie a trois ages successifs ; I'age des supeViorites, 
 
 1'age des privileges, I'age des vanit^s : sortie du premier, 
 elle degenere dans le second, et s'e'teint dans le dernier. 
 (Fr.) Chateaub. ? Aristocracy passes through three suc- 
 cessive periods: the age of intrinsic merit, the age of 
 privilege, and the age of nonentity. It passes out of tlie 
 first stage to encounter its decay in the second, and its 
 extinction in the last. 
 
 2607. La roche Tarpeienne est pres du Capitole. (Fr.) The 
 
 Tarpeian rock is close to the Capitol. The seat of power 
 is close to the scene of execution. As we might say in 
 England It is no great distance from Westminster to 
 the Tower. 
 
 2608. L'art de faire des vers, dut-on s'en indigner, 
 
 Doit etre a plus haut prix que celui de regner. 
 Tous deux ^galement nous portons des couronnes : 
 Mais, roi, je les reois, et poe'te, tu les donnes. (Fr.) 
 
 Kings and Poets. 
 
 The art of verse-making (should one be complaining) 
 Is higher at least than the talent of reigning : 
 They each boast a crown, both the monarch and poet, 
 Yet kings but receive it, while authors bestow it. Ed. 
 
 2609. L'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort. (Fr.) M. 
 
 de Sivry] The art of conquering consists in despising 
 death. 
 
 2610. Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Inf. 3, 9. 
 The Gates of Hell. 
 All hope abandon, ye who enter here ! 
 
 2611. La science du gouvernement n'est qu'une science de com- 
 
 binaisons, d'applications et d'exceptions, selon le temps, 
 les lieux, les circonstances. (Fr.) Rouss. 1 TJie science 
 of government is nothing else than the science of combina- 
 tion, application and exception, adapted to meet the 
 requirements of time, place, and circumstance.
 
 LAUDATIS. 285 
 
 2612. Lascivi soboles gregis. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 13, 8. Offspring 
 
 of a wanton race. 
 
 2613. La seule vertu distingue les homines, des qu'ils sont morts. 
 
 (Fr.) L'Abbe* de Choisy. It is by their virtues alone 
 that one man differs from another after they are dead. 
 All distinctions, save those of moral excellence, are 
 merged in death. 
 
 2614. La simple curiositd nous ferait chercher avec soin ce que 
 
 nous deviendrons apres la mort. (Fr.) St Evreniond? 
 Curiosity of itself is enough to make us enquire anxiously 
 what becomes of man after death. 
 
 2615. L'asino che ha fame mangia d'ogni strame. (It.) Prov. 
 
 The ass that is hungry will eat any kind of litter. 
 
 2616. La speranza e 1'ultima ch'abbandona 1'infelice. (It.) Prov. 
 
 Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy. 
 
 2617. Lass dich nicht verbliiffen. (G.) Herder (to his son 
 
 Godfrey), Brief e von und an Goethe. Don't let yourself 
 be snubbed. Herder calls this the eleventh commandment. 
 
 2618. Lateat scintillula forsan. (L.)t Perdiance some little 
 
 spark may lie unseen. Motto of the Royal Humane 
 Society. 
 
 2619. Laterem lavem. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 9. / might as 
 
 well wash a brickbat white. In Gr. TrXivOov TrAwetv. 
 Washing a blackamoor white. Labour lost. 
 
 2620. Latet anguis in herba. (L.) Virg. E. 3, 93. A snake lies 
 
 hid in the grass. 
 
 2621. Latius regnes avidum domando 
 
 Spiritum, quam si Libyam remotis 
 Gadibus jungas, et uterque Poenus 
 
 Serviat uni (L.) Hor. C. 2, 2, 9. 
 
 Who curbs a greedy soul may boast 
 
 More power than if his broad-based throne 
 Bridged Libya's sea, and either coast 
 Were all his own. Conington. 
 
 2622. Laudamus veteres, sed nostris utimur annis, 
 
 Mos tamen est seque dignus uterque coli. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Fast. 1, 226. 
 We laud the old, but live in modern days : 
 Yet old or new, each fashion's worthy praise. Ed. 
 
 2623. Laudatis antiqua, sed nove de die vivitis. (L.) Tert. ap. 
 
 6. You praise the old ways, but you live every day in 
 the new fashion.
 
 286 LAUDATO. 
 
 2624. Laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito. (Z.) Virg. G. 2, 
 
 412. Bestow your praises on a large desmesne, but 
 occupy a small one. To a man, moderate in his desires, 
 the smaller estate is the most likely to produce happiness. 
 
 2625. Laudator temporis acti. (L.) Hor. A. P. 173. One who 
 
 praises former days. Description of the old fellow who 
 is always extolling the manners and fashions of his 
 youth over the degeneracy of modern days. 
 
 2626. Laudatur ab his, culpatur ab illis. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 2, 11. 
 
 He is praised by these, blamed by those. 
 
 2627. Laudat venales qui vult extrudere merces. (Z.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 2, 2, 11. The man who wants to get his wares off 
 his hands, praises their excellence. 
 
 2628. Laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6. 
 
 The praises heap'd by Homer on the bowl 
 
 At ouce convict him as a thirsty soul. Conington. 
 
 2629. Laudis arnore tumes? sunt certa piacula quse te 
 
 Ter pure lecto, poterunt recreare, libello. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36. 
 
 You're bloated by ambition ? take advice : 
 
 Yon book will ease you if you read it thrice. Conington. 
 
 2630. Laudo Deum verum, Plebem voco, congrego Clerum, 
 
 Defunctos ploro, Pesteni fugo, Festa decoro. (L.) 
 
 The Bells. 
 
 True God I praise, collect the flock, and call the Priests : 
 The dead I mourn, and banish plagues, and gladden feasts. Ed. 
 
 2631. Lando manentem ; si celeres quatit 
 
 Pennas, resigno quse dedit, et mea 
 Virtute me involvo probamque 
 
 Pauperiem sine dote qusero. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 29, 53. 
 
 Fortune. 
 
 She stays, 'tis well : but let her shake 
 Those wings, her presents I resign, 
 Cloak me in native worth and take 
 
 Chaste Poverty undowered for mine. Conington. 
 A fallen minister, at the time of the Restoration (1814), applied 
 the lines to himself. He said : 
 Je vais, victime de mon zele, 
 
 M'envelopper dans ma vertu. 
 To which it was instantly replied : 
 Voila, voila ce qui s'appelle 
 
 Etre legeremeut velu ! (fr.)
 
 LE BONHEUR. 287 
 
 A Martyr to my zeal, I fold 
 
 Me in my virtue, and retire. 
 Indeed, indeed ! That must be called 
 
 A very light and scant attire ! Ed. 
 
 2632. Laus Deo. (L.) Praise be to God. Motto of Viscount 
 
 Arbuthnot. 
 
 2633. La ve'rite' ne fait pas autant de bien dans le monde que ses 
 
 apparences y font de mal. (Fr.) Truth does not pro- 
 duce so much good in the world, as the semblance of it 
 does mischief. 
 
 2634. La vertu est la seule noblesse. (Fr.) Virtue is the only 
 
 true nobility. Motto of Earl of Guilford. 
 
 2635. La vertu n'iroit pas si loin, si la vanite ne lui tenoit 
 
 compagnie. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 56, 205. 
 Virtue would not go so far, if vanity did not go with Jier. 
 
 2636. La ville est le sejour de profanes humains, les dieux habitent 
 
 la campagne. (Fr.) J. J. Rouss. Town is the dwelling- 
 place of profane mortals, the gods inhabit rural retreats. 
 
 2637. La vraie ve'rite'. (Fr.) ? The real truth. 
 
 2638. La vraye science et le vray e"tude de I'hornme c'est 1'b.omme. 
 
 (Fr.) Charron (f 1603), De la Sagesse, Bk. i. cap. 1. 
 The real science and the real study for man is man himself. 
 
 Of. Pope, Ep. 2, 2 : 
 
 The proper study of mankind is man. 
 
 2639. Le beau monde. (Fr.) The fashionable world. 
 
 2640. Le bestemmie fanno come le processioni ; ritornano donde 
 
 partirono. (It.) Prov. Curses are like religious pro- 
 cessions, they come back whence they set out. 
 
 2641. Le bien de la fortune est un bien perissable ; 
 
 Quand on batit sur elle, on batit sur le sable. 
 
 (Fr.) Racau, Bergeries. 
 Fortune's gifts are a riches that never can stand ; 
 He who builds upon Fortune is building on sand. Ed. 
 
 2642. Le bien ne se fait jamais mieux que lorsqu'il opere lente- 
 
 ment. (Fr.) De Moy. 1 Good is never more effectually 
 performed than when it is produced by slow degrees. 
 
 2643. Le bonheur de 1'lionime en cette vie ne consiste pas a etre 
 
 sans passions, il consiste a en etre le maitre. (Fr.) 1 
 The Jtappiness of man in this world does not consist in 
 being devoid of passions, but in being able to master them.
 
 288 LE BONHEUR. 
 
 2644. Le bonheur des rne'chants comme un torrent s'ecoule. (Fr.) 
 
 Rac. Athalie. The happiness of the wicked runs dry 
 like a torrent. 
 
 2645. Le bonheur et lo malheur des homines ne dependent pas 
 
 moins de leur humeur que de la fortune. (Fr.) La 
 Rochef. Max. p. 39, 61. The happiness or misery of 
 men depends as much on their own dispositions as on the 
 turn of fortune. 
 
 2646. Le bonheur ne peut etre 
 
 Ou la vertu n'est pas. (Fr.) Quinault, Perse'e. W/tere 
 virtue is not, happiness cannot be. 
 
 2647. Le bonheur ou le malheur vont ordinairement a ceux qui 
 
 ont le plus de 1'un ou de 1'autre. (Fr.) La Rochef. 1 
 Good or bad fortune generally pursue those who have the 
 greatest share of either. 
 
 2648. Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage*. (Fr.) Rac. 
 
 Prose. Happiness seems made to be shared with others. 
 
 2649. Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte est pour le sot, 
 
 L'honnete homme trompe' s'e'loigne et ne dit mot. 
 
 (Fr.) Lanoue, La Coquette corrigJe, 1, 3 (1756). 
 
 The fop begins to bluster and the fool begins to whine ; 
 The man of sense, when taken-in, goes off and gives no sign. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 2650. Le but de mon ministere a e't^ celui-ci; re'tablir les limites 
 
 naturelles de la Gaule : identifier la Gaule avec la 
 France, et partout ou fut 1'ancienne Gaule constituer la 
 nouvelle. (Fr.) Richelieu, Test. Pol. The aim of my 
 ministry has been this : to re-establish the natural limits 
 of Gaul, identify Gaul with France, and everyw/tere re- 
 place Ancient Gaul with its modern counterpart. 
 
 2651. Le co3ur a ses raisons, que la raison ne connoist pas. (Fr.) 
 
 Pasc. Pens. 28, 58. The heart has its reasons, of which 
 the understanding knows nothing. 
 
 2652. Le coeur d'une femme est un vrai mii-oir qui reQoit toutes 
 
 sortes d'objets sans s'attacher a aucun. (Fr.) 1 The 
 heart of woman is a mirror, which reflects every object, 
 without attaching itself to any. 
 
 2653. Le congres ne marche pas, il danse. (Fr.) T/te Congress 
 
 does not go at foot's pace, it dances. Said by the Prince 
 de Ligne of the Vienna Congress.
 
 LE DIVORCE. 289 
 
 2654. Le conqueYant est craint, le sage est estim^, 
 
 Mais le bienfaiteur plait, et lui seul est aime*. (Fr.) ? 
 The conqueror is feared, the man of learning respected ; 
 but it is the benevolent man who wins our affections, and 
 he alone is beloved. 
 
 2655. Le conseil manque a 1'ame, 
 
 Et le guide au chemin. (Fr.) V. Hugo 1 
 
 The soul is 'reft of counsel, 
 And the path without a guide. Ed. 
 
 2656. Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires, ou des 
 
 personnes, est souvent la ve'rite'. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 
 vol. ii. p. 77. The converse of what is currently reported 
 is more often the real truth. 
 
 2657. Le courage est souvent un effet de la peur. (Fr.) 1 
 
 Courage is often the effect of fear. Cf. Corn. Theod. : 
 Son courage est peut etre un effet de la peur. 
 
 2658. Le coute en 6te le gout. (Fr.) 'Prov.T/ie cost of the 
 
 thing diminishes its flavour. I love the dainty, but I 
 hate the expense. 
 
 2659. Le cri d'un peuple heureux est la seule eloquence qui doit 
 
 parler des rois. (Fr.) 1 The shouts of a contented people 
 are the best eloquence which can be displayed in their 
 sovereign's behalf. 
 
 2660. Le ddsespoir comble non seulement notre misere, mais notre 
 
 faiblesse. (Fr.) Vauvenargues. Despair gives the 
 finishing blow not only to misery, but to weakness. 
 
 2661. Le d&espoir redouble les forces. (Fr.) Despair doubles 
 
 our powers. 
 
 2662. Le dessous des cartes. (Fr.) The underneath of the cards. 
 
 Connaitre, voir le , to be in the secret. 
 
 2663. Le devoir des juges est de rendre justice, leur me'tier est de 
 
 la diffe'rer ; quelques uns savent leur devoir, et font leur 
 me'tier. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. ? A judge's duty is to 
 grant justice, but his practice is to delay it : even those 
 judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice. 
 
 2664. Le diable dtait beau quand il e"tait jeune. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 The devil was good-looking when he was young. 
 
 2665. Le divorce est le sacrement de 1'adultere. (Fr.) Guichard 1 
 
 Divorce is tJie sacrament of adultery. 
 
 T
 
 290 LE DROIT. 
 
 2666. Le droit est au plus fort en amour comme en guerre, 
 
 Et la femme qu'on aime aura toujours raison. 
 
 (Fr.) A. de Musset, Idylle. 
 
 In love, as in war, 'tis the strongest that wins, 
 And the woman I worship will always be right. Ed. 
 
 2667. Legem brevem esse oportet, quo facilius ab imperitig 
 
 teneatur, velut emissa divinitus vox sit. (L.) Sen. Ep. 
 94. A law ought to be short to be the easier grasped by 
 the unlearned, as a kind of oracle. 
 
 2668. Le Genie c'est la patience. (Fr.) Prov. Genius means 
 
 patience. 
 
 2669. Le Ge'nie enfante, le Gout conserve. Le Gout est le bon 
 
 sens du Ge'nie. Sans le Gout, le Ge'nie n'est qu'une 
 sublime folie. Ce toucher svir par qui la lyre ne rend 
 que le son qu'elle doit rendre, est encore plus rare que 
 la facultd qui cre'e. (Fr.) Chateaub. Essai sur la 
 Litte'rat. Angl. Genius produces, Taste preserves. Good 
 Taste is Genius 1 common sense. Without it Genius is 
 only a sublime kind of folly. That perfect touch which 
 draws from the lyre the right note and nothing more, is 
 even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself. 
 
 2670. Le gdologue est un nouveau genre d'antiquaire. (Fr.) 
 
 Cuvier ? The geologist is a new kind of antiquarian. 
 
 2671. Leges bonse malis ex moribus procreantur. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Macr. S. 2, 13. Good laws are the product of bad morals. 
 
 2672. Leges niori serviunt. (L.) Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 36. Laws 
 
 are subservient to custom. Usage modifies the law. 
 
 2673. Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. Later statutes have the effect of repeating such 
 earlier statutes as are opposite to their provisions. 
 
 2674. Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. (Fr.) Prov. The game 
 
 is not worth the candle. It is not worth the while. 
 
 2675. Le jour viendra. (Fr.) The day will come. Earl of 
 
 Durham. 
 
 2676. Le mariage est comme une forteresse assie'ge'e : ceux qui 
 
 sont dehors veulent y entrer, et ceux qui sont dedans 
 veulent en sortir. (Fr.) Prov. Arabe, (Quitard). 
 Wedlock is like a besieged fortress ; those who are outside 
 wish to get in, and those who are inside ivish to get out.
 
 L'EMPIRE. 291 
 
 Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been 
 To publick feasts, where meet a publick rout : 
 
 When they that are without would fain go in, 
 And they that are within would fain go out. 
 
 SirJ. Davis (Davison's Poet. Rhapsody, Lond. 1826). 
 
 Cf. Le pays du mariage a cela de particulier, que les etrangers ont 
 envie de 1'habiter, et les habitans naturels voudroient en 6tre 
 exiles. Montaigne. 
 
 2677. Le mdchant n'est jamais comique. (Fr.) De Maistre 
 
 (Soirees 1273). A bad man is never comical. Said of 
 Voltaire. The converse is also true that Le comique 
 le vrai comique n'est jamais mediant. The really amus- 
 ing man cannot be a bad man. 
 
 2678. Le mieux est 1'ennemi du bien. (Fr.) Prov. Better is 
 
 the enemy of well. 
 
 2679. Le monde, chere Agnes, est une dtrange chose ! 
 
 (Fr.) Mol. 1'Ecole des fern. 2, 4. 
 The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair ! Ed. 
 
 2680. Le monde est le livre des femmes. (Fr.) Rouss. ] The 
 
 world is the book of women. 
 
 2681. Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir 
 
 Doit se tenir tout seul et casser son miroir. 
 
 (Fr.) Chariot de la Mere Folle. 
 
 The world is full of madmen, and who would not see one pass, 
 Must keep himself shut up at home, and break his looking- 
 glass. Ed. 
 
 2682. Le mot de I'dnigme. (Fr.) The answer to the riddle. 
 
 Key to the puzzle. Solution of the mystery. 
 
 2683. Le moyen le plus svir de se consoler de tout ce qui pent 
 
 arrive?, 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. 
 
 2684. Le moy est haissable. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens. 29, 27. "I" is 
 
 hateful. Egotism, selfishness. 
 
 2685. L'Empire c'est la Paix. (Fr.) The Empire is (the guarantee 
 
 of) Peace. 
 
 Celebrated apothegm of Napoleon III., summing up the benefits of 
 the Second Empire (Speech at Bordeaux, October 9, 1852). The 
 saying was parodied by Punch to signify L'Empire c'est la, "pay" 
 (with allusion to the excessive taxation under the new regime), and 
 by Kladderadatsch to " L'Empire c'est I'epee," The Empire means 
 the sword. 
 
 2686. L'empire des lettres. (Fr.) The republic of letters.
 
 292 I/EMPIRE. 
 
 2687. L'Empire est fait. (Fr.) The Empire is accomplished. 
 
 Said by Thiers, November 1851. 
 
 2688. Le navire qui n'obelt pas au gouvernail devra obe*ir aux 
 
 ecueils. (Fr.) Breton Prov. The vessel that will not 
 obey her helm, will have to obey the rocks. 
 
 2689. Lenis minimeque pertinax. (L.) Cic. ? Easy, and not 
 
 too violently insisting. Said of style. 
 
 2690. Leniter, ex merito quidquid patiare, ferendum est, 
 
 Quae venit indignae pcena, dolenda venit. (L.) Ov. H. 
 5, 7. Chastisements which we have deserved, we submit 
 to with resignation, but punishment that comes to one who 
 has not deserved it, comes with cruel pang. 
 
 2691. L'ennui du beau, amene le gout du singulier. (Fr.)1 
 
 A surfeit of the beautiful leads to a taste for singu- 
 larity. 
 
 2692. L'ennui naquit un jour de Puniformite'. (Fr.) Lamotte- 
 
 Houdard, Fables. Boredom was born one day of uni- 
 formity. Nothing is more tiresome than monotony. 
 The variation " de I'universite" is Madame de Chateau- 
 briand's, when the conversation in her salon, which was 
 at the moment attended by several professors, was run- 
 ning a little too exclusively on educational questions. 
 
 2693. Le nombre des e"lus au Parnasse est complet. (Fr.) Volt.? 
 
 The number of the elect for Mount Parnassus is com- 
 pleted. Addressed to an aspiring poetaster. 
 
 2694. L'enseigne fait la chalandise. (Fr.) La Font. 7, 15. 
 
 A good sign brings in customers. A reason for 
 advertising. 
 
 2695. Leonina societas. (L.) Dig. 17, 2, 29, 2. A lion's 
 
 partnership, in which one party gets all the profit, and 
 the others all the loss. Heads I win, tails you lose. 
 
 2696. Le parjure est une vertu, 
 
 Lorsque le serment fut un crime. (Fr.) Volt.? Perjury 
 is a virtue, when the oath was a crime. A man having 
 been induced to bind himself by an oath for a criminal 
 purpose, the violation of it is an act of virtue. 
 
 2697. Le plaisir le plus delicat, est de faire celui d'autrui. (Fr.) 
 
 La Bruy. Car. ? The most exquisite pleasure consists in 
 promoting the pleasures of others.
 
 LE PUBLIC! 293 
 
 2698. Le plus^beau livre qui soit sorti de la main, des homines, 
 
 car 1'Evangile n'en vient pas. (Fr.) Fontenelle, Life of 
 Corneille. The finest work which has ever issued from 
 the hands of man, for the Gospel is not a human 
 composition. Said of " The Imitation of Jesus Christ. 
 
 2699. Le plus lent a promettre est toujours le plus fidele a tenir. 
 
 (Fr.) Rouss. 1 He who is most slow in making a promise 
 will be the most faithful in performing it. 
 
 2700. Le plus sage est celui qui ne pense point 1'etre. (Fr.) 
 
 Boil. 1 The wisest man is the one who does not consider 
 himself such. 
 
 2701. Le plus semblable aux morts meurt le plus a regret. (Fr.) 
 
 La Font. 8, 1. He who most resembles the dead dies the 
 most reluctantly. 
 
 2702. Le premier qui fut roi fut un soldat heureux ; 
 
 Qui sert bien. son pays n'a pas besoin d'aieux. (Fr.) 
 Volt. Merope, 1, 3. The first who was a king, was a for- 
 tunate soldier ; he who serves his country well has no need 
 of ancestors. 
 
 This is borrowed from Lefranc de Pompignan's Didon ; Le premier 
 qui fut roi fut un usurpateur (The first man to be king was an 
 usurper), a line which the Censorship of the stage suppressed. 
 Cf. Sir W. Scott, Woodstock, 2, 37 : "What can they see in the 
 longest kingly line in Europe, save that it runs back to a successful 
 soldier ? " 
 
 2703. Le premier soupir de 1'amour est le dernier de la sagesse. 
 
 (Fr.) Charron, Sagesse. The first sigh of love is the last 
 sigh of wisdom. 
 
 Bret took Charron's words and cutting the sentence in two made 
 a distich of it, which he inserted in his play of L'Ecole Amoureuse, 
 sc. 7. 
 
 2704. Le present est gros de 1'avenir. (Fr.) Leibnitz 1 ? The 
 
 present moment is big with the events of the future. Ap- 
 plicable to any time threatening a disruption of the 
 peace of Europe, or to the eve of any expected political 
 crisis. 
 
 2705. Le present est pour ceux qui jouissent, 1'avenir pour ceux 
 
 qui souffrent. (Fr.) The present moment is for those 
 who enjoy, the future for those who suffer. 
 
 2706. Le public ! combien faut-il de sots pour faire un public? 
 
 (Fr.) Chamfort ? " The public / " How many fools does 
 it take to constitute the public ?
 
 294 LE REFUS. 
 
 2707. Le refus des louanges est souvent un de'sir d'etre loue deux 
 
 fois. (Fr.) The refusal of praise often proceeds from a 
 desire to have the compliment repeated. 
 
 2708. Le roi de France ne venge pas les injures du due d'Orldans. 
 
 (Fr.) The King of France does not avenge the wrongs of 
 the Duke of Orleans. Attributed to Louis XII. on his 
 accession to the throne. 
 
 The same sentiment had already been expressed by Philip, Count 
 of Bresse and afterwards Duke of Savoy : II serait honteux au due 
 de venger les injures faites au comte. It would be shameful for the 
 Duke to avenge the injuries done to the Count. 
 
 2709. Le roi le veut. (Fr.) The king wills it. Motto of Lord 
 
 De Clifford. 
 
 Formula by which the Clerk of Parliament announces the Royal 
 assent to public bills. In the case of private bills the words are, 
 Soit fait comme il est dcslrt, (Be it done as it is desired). If the 
 assent of the sovereign is withheld, it is said, Le Roi s'avisera 
 (The king will consider it). 
 
 2710. Le roi rdgne et ne gouverne pas. (Fr.) The King reigns 
 
 but does not govern. Mot of Thiers in the National 
 newspaper of July 1, 1830, relating to the accession of 
 Louis Philippe. Zamoyski (f 1605) had already said 
 in a speech in the Polish Diet : Rex regnat sed non 
 gubernat. 
 
 2711. Le roy et 1'estat. (Fr.) The King and the State. Earl of 
 
 Ashburnham. 
 
 2712. Les absents ont toujours tort. (Fr.) Prov. The absent 
 
 are alivays wrong. 
 
 2713. Les affaires? c'est bien simple: c'est 1'argent des autres. 
 
 (Fr.) Dumas fils, Question d'argent. What is business? 
 It is easily explained : it is other people's money. Of. 
 Bdroalde de Yerville, Moyen de parvenir : " Mais de quoi 
 sont composees les affaires du monde ? Du bien d'autnii." 
 
 2714. Le sage entend a demi mot. (Fr.) A hint is enough for 
 
 a wise man. 
 
 2715. Le sage veut bien qu'on travaille, mais il ne veut pas qu'on 
 
 travaille par avarice. (Fr.) Olivier Patru 1 The wise 
 man approves of work, but not of working from motives 
 of avarice. 
 
 2716. Les amis, ces parents que Ton se fait soi-meme. (Fr.) 
 
 Emile Deschamps 1 Friends, those relations that one 
 makes for one's self. Delille, Pitid, has
 
 LES COUPS. 295 
 
 Le sort fait les parents, le choix fait les amis. 
 
 Tis Fate gives us kindred, and choice gives us friends. Ed. 
 Of. the Greek No/zi' dSeA.<ovs rovs dA^ivovs <i'A.ovs. 
 Count your true friends as so many brothers. 
 
 2717. Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis. (fr.) Prov. My 
 
 friends' friends are my friends. Also : Les ennemis de 
 mes ennemis sont mes amis. The enemies of my enemies 
 are my friends. 
 
 2718. Le savoir faire. (Fr.} Skill, management, ability. (2.) 
 
 Le savoir vivre. A knowledge of the world. Good 
 manners. 
 
 2719. Les beaux esprits se rencontrent. (Fr.) Prov. Great 
 
 wits jump. 
 
 2720. Les belles actions cache'es sont les plus estimables. (Fr.) 
 
 Pasc. Pens. 29, 25. Good actions done in secret are the 
 most praiseworthy. 
 
 2721. Les biens mal acquis s'en vont a vau-1'eau. (Fr.) Wealth 
 
 ill acquired soon goes to pieces. 
 
 2722. Les biens viennent, les biens s'en vont, 
 
 Comme la fumee, comme toxite chose. (fr.) Breton 
 Prov. Hiches come, riches go, like the smoke, like every- 
 thing. 
 
 2723. Les cartes sont brouille'es. (Fr.) There is great dissension 
 
 (feud) between them. At daggers drawn. 
 
 2724. L'esclave n'a qu'un maitre ; 1'ambitieux en a autant qu'il y 
 
 a de gens utile a sa fortune, (fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. 
 p. 159. A slave has but one master, the ambitious man 
 has as many as there are persons necessary for the ad- 
 vancement of his fortune. 
 
 2725. Les cloches appellent a 1'dglise mais n'y entrent pas. (fr.) 
 
 Prov. The bells chime to church but do not enter them- 
 
 2726. Les consolations indiscretes ne font qu' aigrir les violentes 
 
 afflictions. (Fr.) Rouss. ? Consolation indiscreetly 
 pressed only serves to embitter excessive affliction. 
 
 2727. Les coups d'e'pe'e se gue"rissent aise'ment, mais il n'en est 
 
 pas de meme de ceux de la langue, particulierement de 
 celle des rois, dont 1'autoritd rend les coups presque sans 
 remede, s'il ne vient d'eux-memes. Plus une pierre est 
 jetee de haut, plus elle fait d'impression ou elle tombe. 
 (Fr.) Richelieu 1 Sword-wounds heal easily enough,
 
 296 LES DETTES. 
 
 but it is not the same with wounds inflicted by the tongue, 
 particularly by that of kings, whose authority renders the 
 blow almost incurable, except by him who dealt it. The 
 greater the height from which a stone is dropped, the 
 greater the impression upon the spot where it falls. 
 
 2728. Les dettes abregent la vie. (Fr.) Joubert 1 ? Debts shorten 
 
 life. 
 
 2729. Le secret de 1'existence, c'est le rapport de nos peines avec 
 
 nos fautes. (Fr.) Mme. de Stae'H The secret of our 
 existence is the connection between our faults and our 
 sufferings. 
 
 2730. Le secret d'ennuyer est celui de tout dire. (Fr.) Yolt. Disc. 
 
 6. The surest ivay of wearying your readers (or audience) 
 is to say everything that can be said on the subject. 
 
 2731. Le sentiment de la liberty est plus vif, plus il y entre de 
 
 malignit^. (Fr.) Fontenelle 1 The passion for liberty 
 is the keener, in proposition to the malignity combined 
 with the feeling. 
 
 2732. Les esprits me'diocres condamnent d'ordinaire tout ce qui 
 
 passe leur ported. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 78, 876. 
 Men of second-rate intelligence generally condemn every- 
 thing that is above the level of their understanding. 
 
 2733. Les extremes se touchent. (Fr.) Mercier (Tableau de 
 
 Paris, 1782, vol. iv., Title of cap. 348). Extremes meet. 
 
 Also found in Anquetil (Louis XIV., sa Cour et le Regent, Paris 
 1789, vol. i.). Pasc. Pens. 31, 27, comparing first principles with 
 their most widely extended effects, says Les extrtmitez se touchent 
 et se reunissent a force de s'estre eloignees, et se retrouvent en Dieu, 
 et en Dieu seulement. Cf. La Bruyere (Car. vol. ii. p. 76), Une 
 gravite* trop etudiee devient comique ; ce sont comrne des extremites 
 qui se touchent et dont le milieu est dignite. A too carefully 
 studied gravity becomes almost comic ; it is like extremities meeting, 
 the centre of which is dignity. (See Biichmann, p. 215.) 
 
 2734. Les femmes ont toujours quelque arriere-pensee. (Fr.) 
 
 Destouches, Dissipateur. Women always speak with 
 some mental reservation. 
 
 2735. Les femmes ont un instinct celeste pour le malheur. 
 
 (Fr.) Women have a divinely-implanted instinct for 
 misfortune. They are naturally compassionate. 
 
 2736. Les femmes peuvent tout, parcequ'elles gouvernent les per- 
 
 sonnes qui gouvernent tout. (Fr.) Prov. Women can 
 effect everything, because they govern those who govern 
 everything.
 
 LES HOMMES. 297 
 
 2737. Les femmes sont extremes : elles sont meilleures ou pires 
 
 que les hommes. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 58. 
 Women, ever in extremes, are always either better or worse 
 than men. 
 
 For men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, 
 But women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell. 
 
 Tennyson, Idylls, Merlin and Vivien-. 
 
 2738. Les foux font des festins, et les sages les mangent. (Fr.) 
 
 Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. Fools 
 build houses and wise men live in them. 
 
 2739. Les gens qui ont peu d'affaires, sont de tres grands parleurs. 
 
 Moins on pense'plus on parle. (Fr.) Montesquieu 1 ? 
 People who have little business are great talkers. The 
 less men think, the more they talk. 
 
 2740. Les girouettes qui sont place'es le plus haut, tournent le 
 
 mieux. (Fr.) Weathercocks placed on the most elevated 
 stations, turn the most freely. This has been sarcastically 
 applied to political turncoats. 
 
 2741. Les grands hommes sont non-seulement populaires : ils 
 
 donnent la popularity & tout ce qu'ils touchent. (Fr.) 
 Fournier, L'Esprit des autres. Great men are not only 
 popular themselves: they give popularity to everything 
 which they touch. Thus forgotten authors still live by 
 some line which a famous writer has embodied in his works. 
 
 2742. Les grands ne sont grands que parce que nous sommes & 
 
 genoux ; relevons-nous ! (Fr.) Prudhomme? The great 
 are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise ! 
 Adopted by Prudhomme as motto for his Journal des 
 Eevol. de Paris. 
 
 2743. Les grands noms abaissent, au lieu d'dlever ceux qui ne les 
 
 savent pas soutenir. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 43, 
 94. High titles degrade, instead of elevating, those who 
 know not how to carry them. 
 
 2744. Les haines sont si longues et si opiniatres, que le plus 
 
 grand signe de mort dans un homme malade, c'est la 
 reconciliation, (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 49. 
 Hatred is so long lived and inveterate a malady, that the 
 surest sign of approaching death, is a sick man's desire to 
 be reconciled. 
 
 2745. Les hommes font les lois, les femmes font les mceurs. 
 
 (Fr.) Guibert, Connetable de Bourbon, 1, 4. Men 
 make the laws, women make the morals.
 
 298 LES HOMMES. 
 
 2746. Les homines ne sont justes qu'envers ceux qu'ils aiment. 
 
 (Fr.) Joubert? Men are only just to those whom they 
 love. 
 
 2747. Les homines sont cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point. 
 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i p. 58. It is the men who 
 are the reason why women do not love each other. 
 
 2748. Les hommes sont rares. (Fr.) Prov. Men are rare. 
 
 2749. Les honneurs changent les mceurs. (Fr.) Prov. Honours 
 
 change manners. 
 
 2750. Les honneurs coutent a qui veut les posse'der. (Fr.) 
 
 Honours are dearly bought by whoever wishes to possess 
 tJiem. 
 
 2751. Le silence du peuple est la legon des rois. (Fr.) M. de 
 
 Beauvais, Oraison Fun. de Louis XY. A people's silence 
 is a lesson to their kings. 
 
 2752. Le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages. (Fr.) 
 
 Bouhours] Silence is the virtue of those who are not 
 clever. 
 
 2753. Le silence est le parti le plus sur pour celui qui se de'fie de 
 
 soi-rne'me. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 41, 79. Silence 
 is the best policy for the man who is diffident of his own 
 powers. 
 
 2754. Les jeunes gens, a cause des passions qui les amusent, 
 
 s'accommodent mieux de la solitude que les vieillards. 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 52. Young people, on 
 account of the amusement they derive from their feelings, 
 can put up with solitude more easily than the old. 
 
 2755. Les jeunes gens disent ce qu'ils font, les vieillards ce qu'ils 
 
 ont fait, et les sots ce qu'ils ont envie de faire. (Fr.) 1 
 Young people tell what they are doing, old people what 
 they have done, and fools what they would like to do. 
 
 2756. Les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. The days follow, but do not resemble' each other. 
 
 2757. Les larmes dans la voix. (Fr.)} Tears in the voice. Said 
 
 of some great singer, but (?) of whom and by whom 1 
 
 2758. Les moissons, pour murir, ont besoin de ros<fe, 
 
 Pour vivre et pour sentir, 1'homme a besoin des pleurs 
 (Fr.) A. de Musset, Nuit d'Octobre. 
 The corn needs the dewfall to ripen its ears, 
 And man too, to live and to feel, must have tears. Ed
 
 L'ESPRIT. 299 
 
 2759. Les mortels sont e*gaux : ce n'est point la naissance, 
 
 C'est la seule vertu qui fait leur difference. 
 
 (Fr.) Volt. Mahom. 3, 1. 
 
 All mortals are equal : it is not high birth 
 
 But virtue alone that can constitute worth. Ed. 
 
 2760. Le soleil ni la mort ne se peuvent regarder fixement. (Fr.) 
 
 La Rochef. Max. p. 34, 26. Neither the sun nor death 
 can be looked at fixedly. 
 
 2761. Les ouvrages accomplis sont rares : car il faut qu'ils soient 
 
 produits aux heureux jours de 1'union du gout et du 
 ge*nie. Or, cette grande rencontre, comme celle de quelques 
 astres, semble n'arriver qu'apres la revolution de plusieurs 
 siecles, et ne dure qu'un instant. (Fr.) Chateaub. 
 Essai sur la LitteYat. Angl. Perfect works are rare, 
 because they are only produced at the happy moment when 
 taste* and genius unite: and this supreme conjunction, 
 like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the 
 revolution of several cycles, and then only lasts for an 
 instant. 
 
 2762. Les passions sont les seuls orateurs qui persuadent toujours. 
 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 32, 8. The passions are 
 the only orators which never fail to convince us. 
 
 2763. L'espdrance est le songe d'un homme eVeilld. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Hope is the dream of a waking man. 
 
 2764. Les plus malheureux osent pleurer le moins. (Fr.) Rac.? 
 
 The most wretched are just those who dare weep t/ie 
 least. 
 
 2765. L'esprit a son ordre, qui est par principes et demonstrations, 
 
 le coaur en a tin autre. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens. 31, 31. The 
 mind has its system, proceeding on principles and demon- 
 strations : the heart has a different course of action. 
 
 2766. L'esprit de la conversation consiste bien moins a en montrer 
 
 beaucoup qu'a en faire trouver aux autres. (Fr.) La 
 Bruy. Car. vol. i p. 83. Wit in conversation consists 
 much less in being witty one's self than in supplying wit to 
 others. 
 
 2767. L'esprit est le dieu des instants, le ge*nie est le dieu des ages. 
 
 (Fr.) Lebrun 1 Wit is the god of the moment, but genius 
 is the god of time. Wit sparkles as a meteor, and is 
 transient; but genius shines like one of the stedtast 
 luminaries of heaven.
 
 300 L'ESPRIT. 
 
 2768. L'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur. (^V.) La Rochef. 
 
 Max. p. 44, 102. Our understanding is always the 
 dupe of the heart. 
 
 2769. L'esprit est une plante dont on ne sauroit arreter la ve'ge'ta- 
 
 tion sans la faire pdrir. (Fr.)1 Wit is a plant the 
 vegetation of which you cannot arrest without destroying 
 the stock. 
 
 2770. L'esprit qu'on veut avoir, gate celui qu'on a. (Fr.) 
 
 Gresset, Le Me'chant, 4, 7. The kind of wit one aims at 
 is apt to spoil the kind one naturally possesses. 
 
 2771. L'esprit ressemble aux coquettes; ceux qui courent apres 
 
 lui sont cenx qu'il favorise le moins. (Fr.) Wit is a 
 coquette ; those who run after it are the least favoured. 
 Wit must flow spontaneously, and unsolicited, to be 
 really effective. 
 
 2772. Les querelles ne dureraient pas longtemps, si le tort n'e'tait 
 
 que d'un c6te". (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 95, 520. 
 Quarrels would not last so long, if the fault lay all on 
 one side. 
 
 2773. Les races se fdminisent. (Fr.) Buffon 1 ? The races of the 
 
 earth are growing effeminate. The naturalist's judgment 
 on the progress of humanity. 
 
 2774. Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchent et qui portent 
 
 ou Ton veut aller. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens. Itivers are 
 moving roads, which carry one whither one would go. 
 " Oui," adds M. Havet in a note on this, " pourvu qu'on 
 veuille aller ou elles portent." 
 
 2775. Les soldats d'Alexandre e'riges tous en rois. (Fr.) Volt. 
 
 Olymp. 2, 2. Alexander's soldiers promoted to be so 
 many kings. Might have been said of the titles and 
 crowns, princely and royal, bestowed by the great 
 Napoleon on his generals. 
 
 2776. Les sots depuis Adam sont en majoritd (Fr.) Gas. 
 
 Delavigne, L'Epitre. /Since Adam's time fools have 
 always been in the majority : and, unfortunately, it is the 
 majority that governs. 
 
 2777. Le style est Phomme meme. (Fr.) Buffon, Discours de 
 
 Reception (Recueil de I'Acade'mie, 1753, pp. 337, 338). 
 An author's style is nothing less than the man himself, 
 His subject and materials may be drawn from other 
 sources, but in his treatment of them is seen the man 
 himself.
 
 LE TRfiPAS. 301 
 
 2778. Les vers sont enfants de la lyre, 
 
 II faut les chanter, non les lire. (Fr.) La Motte? 
 Verses are children of the lyre, they should be sung, not 
 read. 
 
 2779. Les vertus se perdent dans I'inte'rdt comme les fleuves se 
 
 perdent dans la mer. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 52, 
 171. Our virtues lose themselves in our interests, as 
 rivers lose tJiemselves in the ocean. 
 
 2780. Les vieilles coutumes sont les bonnes coutumes. (Fr.) 
 
 Breton Prov. The old customs are the good customs. 
 
 2781. L'Etat c'est moi. (Fr.) / am the State. 
 
 Reply attributed to Louis XIV., and addressed to the President 
 of the Parliament of Paris in 1655, when, in hunting-dress and whip 
 in hand, the king presented himself before the assembly to enforce 
 his royal wishes. The fact has more to warrant it than the mot. 
 . V. Chervel's ADMINISTRATION MON. EN FRANCE. 
 
 2782. Le temps est un grand maitre, il regie bien les choses. 
 
 (Fr.) Corneille, Sertorius, 2, 4. Time is a great master, 
 it disposes things well. 
 
 2783. Le temps n'e*pargne pas ce qu'on fait sans lui. (Fr.) 
 
 Fayolle, 1800. Time preserves nothing that has not taken 
 time to do. Said of any work that has been hurriedly 
 done. 
 
 2784. Le temps, qui change tout, change aussi nos humeurs ; 
 
 Chaque age a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses moeurs. 
 
 (Fr.) Boil. A. P. 3, 373. 
 
 All-changing time changes our fancies soon : 
 Each age has ways and feelings of its own. Ed. 
 
 2785. Le travail du corps ddlivre des peines de 1'esprit ; et c'est 
 
 ce qui rend les pauvres heureux. (Fr.) La Rochef. ] 
 Bodily labour alleviates the pains of the mind; and 
 hence arises the happiness of the poor. 
 
 2786. Le travail dloigne de nous trois grand maux, 1'ennui, le 
 
 vice, et le besoin. (Fr.) Volt. ? Labour relieves us 
 from three great evils, tediousness, vice, and want. 
 
 2787. Le tre"pas vient tout gue*rir ; 
 
 Mais ne bougeons d'ou nous sommes : 
 
 PLUT6T SOUFFRIB QUE MOURIR, 
 
 C'est la devise des hommes. (Fr.) La Font. 1, 16. 
 
 Death comes all things to cure, 
 
 Yet stir not if help it we can : 
 11 Sooner than die, endure " 
 
 Is the proper motto for man. Ed.
 
 302 LE TRIDENT. 
 
 2788. Le trident de Neptune est le sceptre du monde. (Fr.) 
 
 Lemierre, Commerce. The trident of Neptune is the 
 sceptre of the world. A good motto for a naval and com- 
 mercial power like Great Britain. 
 
 2789. Leurs ecrits sont des vols qu'ils nous ont faits d'avance. 
 
 (Fr.) Piron. Their writings are thoughts stolen from 
 us by anticipation. Said of the works of men of genius 
 that find their echo in every age. 
 
 2790. Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 2, 10. 
 
 The burden which is borne with cheerfulness becomes light. 
 Buoyancy of spirit greatly diminishes the pressure of 
 misfortune. 
 
 2791. Leve incommodum tolerandum est. (L.) A slight evil 
 
 must be endured. Maxim of ecclesiastical lawyers in 
 reference to a quarrelsome wife. 
 
 2792. Levia perpessi sumus, 
 
 Si flenda patimur. (L.) Sen. ? Our sufferings are 
 light, if they are merely such as we should weep for. 
 
 2793. Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Med. 155. That grief is light which is able to take advice. 
 
 2794. Le vrai est le sublime des sots. (Fr.) Griffet 1 Truth is 
 
 a fool's idea of the sublime. 
 
 2795. Le vrai moyen d'etre trompd, c'est de se croire plus fin que 
 
 les autres. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 47, 127. The 
 most sure way to be taken in, is to think one's self more 
 clever than other people. 
 
 2796. LEX. (L.) The law. Law Maxims depending on: 
 
 (1.) Lex aliquando sequitur sequitatem. The law sometimes gives 
 way to Equity. (2.) Lex Anglise sine parliamento nratari non 
 potest. The law of England cannot be altered except by Parliament. 
 (3.) Lex citius tolerare vult privatum damnum quam publicum 
 malum. The law will allow an individual to be injured rather than 
 the State should suffer hurt. (4.) Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu 
 inutilia. The law will not force any one to do a thing which will be 
 vain and fruitless. (5.) Lex neminem cogit ostendere quod nescire 
 praesumitur. The law forces no one to declare that which he is pre- 
 sumed to be ignorant of. (6.) Lex nil frustra facit. The law docs 
 iwt attempt an act which would be vain. (7.) Lex non cogit ad im- 
 possibilia (or Nemo tenetur ad imp.). The law does not compel a 
 man to do what he cannot possibly perform. (8.) Lex non requirit 
 verificari quod apparet curise. The law does not require verification 
 on a point which is clear to the court. (9. ) Lex plus laudatur quando 
 ratione probatur. The law is most worthy of approval, when it is 
 confii-med by reason. (10. ) Lex posterior derogat priori. An earlier
 
 L'HOMME. 303 
 
 statute must give place to a later one. (11.) Lex rejicit superflua, 
 pugnantia, incongrua. The law rejects all superfluities, contradic- 
 tions, and irrelevant matter. (12.) Lex semper dabit remedium. 
 The law always gives a remedy, i.e., for recovery of rights given. 
 (13.) Lex spectat naturae ordinem. The law respects the order of 
 nature. It will not compel any one to demand what he cannot 
 recover. 
 
 2797. Inexactitude de citer. C'est un talent plus rare que Ton ne 
 
 pense. (Fr.) Bayle, Diet. Art. SANCHEZ, Remarques. 
 Exactness of quotation is a rarer talent than is com- 
 monly supposed. 
 
 2798. L'exactitude est la politesse des rois. (Fr.) Punctuality 
 
 is the politeness of Icings. Maxim of Louis XVIIL 
 
 2799. Lex non scrip ta. (L.) The unwritten law, i.e., the 
 
 Common law established by precedent and custom, as 
 opposed to Equity and Canon law. (2.) Lex scripta, 
 Statute law, contained in the Statute Book. (3.) Lex 
 talionis. Tlie law of retaliation. An eye for an eye, 
 etc. 
 
 2800. L'experience de beaucoup d' opinions donne a 1'esprit beau- 
 
 coup de flexibility, et 1'affermit dans celles qu'il croit les 
 meilleures. (Fr.) Joubert? An acquaintance with a 
 wide range of opinions gives the mind great flexibility, 
 and confirms it in the view which it believes to be the 
 best. 
 
 2801. L'heure est a Dieu, 1'espe'rance a tous. (Fr.} The hour is 
 
 in God's hands, Hope is in the reach of all. Inscription 
 on sundial. 
 
 2802. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs. 
 
 (Fr.) Volt. L'Inge'nu, ch. 10. History is indeed little 
 else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes. 
 Gibbon (Decline and Fall, ch. 3) says : " . . . History, 
 which is, indeed, little more than the register of the 
 crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." 
 
 2803. L'homme est de glace aux ve'rite's, 
 
 II est de feu pour les mensonges. (Fr.) La Font. 9, 6. 
 
 Where truth's concerned men are as ice, 
 But fire, when they're telling lies. Ed. 
 
 2804. L'homme est toujours 1'enfant, et 1'enfant toujours 1'homme. 
 
 (Fr-) ? The man is always the child, and t/te child is 
 always tlie man.
 
 304 L'HOMME. 
 
 2805. L'homme est un apprenti, la douleur est son maitre ; 
 
 Et nul ne se connait, tant qu'il n'a pas souffert. (Fr.) 
 A. de Musset, Nuit d'Octobre. Man is <m apprentice, 
 sorrow is his master ; and none knows himself until he 
 has suffered. 
 
 2806. L'homme n'est jamais moins miserable, que quand il paroit 
 
 depourvu de tout. (Fr.) J. J. Rouss. 1 Man is never 
 less miserable than when he appears to Jtave lott every- 
 thing. 
 
 2807. L'homme n'est qu'un roseau le plus faible de la nature, 
 
 mais c'est un roseau pensant. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens. 23, 6. 
 Man is but a reed, the weakest thing in all nature, but 
 it is a reed that thinks. 
 
 2808. L'homme propose et Dieu dispose. (Fr.) Prov. Man 
 
 proposes and God disposes. Cf. Cor hominis disponit 
 viam suam, sed Domini est dirigere gressus ejus. (L.) 
 Vulg. Prov. xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way, but 
 the Lord directeth^ his steps ; and, Homo proponit, sed 
 Deus disponit. A Kempis, Imitat. J. C. 1, 19, 2. 
 
 2809. L'homme, sujet ondoyant et divers. (Fr.) Montaigne, 
 
 Essays, 1, 1. Man is a wavering and inconstant thing. 
 
 2810. L'honneur acquis est caution de celui qu'on doit acqueVir. 
 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 68, 278. Honours acquired 
 may be regarded as an earnest of those which are to 
 follow. 
 
 2811. L'honneur sans argent n'est qu'une maladie. (Fr.} Rac. 
 
 Plaid. 1, 1. Honour (or title) without money is nothing 
 else than a disease. 
 
 2812. L'hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend a la vertu. 
 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 60, 223. Hypocrisy is tlie 
 liomage which vice renders to virtue. 
 
 2813. Libera chiesa in libero stato. (It.) A free church in a 
 
 free State. The maxim of Cavour, and his last audible 
 words on his deathbed, June 6, 1861 
 
 2814. Libera Fortunse mors est : capit omnia tellus 
 
 Quse genuit : cselo tegitur qui non habet urnam. 
 
 (L.) Luc. 7, 8ia 
 
 Death's beyond Fortune's reach : the earth finds room 
 For all she bare : and he that has no urn 
 Has heav'n to cover him. Ed.
 
 LTBITO. 305 
 
 2815. Liberius si Dixero quid, si forte jocosius, hoc nrihi juris 
 
 Cum venia dabis. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 103. If I have been 
 too free or joking in my talk, you will, I trust, forgive me. 
 
 2816. Libertas. (L.) Liberty. Motto of Lord Carbery. 
 
 2817. Libertas est potestas faciendi id quod jure licet. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. Liberty consists in the power of doing that which 
 the law permits. 
 
 2818. Libertas in legibus. (L.) Liberty in the law. Motto of 
 
 Lord Wynford. 
 
 2819. Libertas inquit populi quern regna coercent 
 
 Libertate perit ; cujus servaveris umbram 
 
 Si, quicquid jubeare, velis. (L.) Lucan. ? 
 
 A people's liberty, where kings are strong, 
 
 Is lost through the abuse of it to wrong : 
 
 But you may keep the shadow of the word 
 
 By doing what's ordered of your own accord. Ed. 
 It will be the wisdom of the weaker party to save their dignity by 
 a willing compliance with commands which they will in any case 
 have to submit to. 
 
 2820. Libertas : quse, sera, tamen respexit inertem 
 
 Respexit tamen, et longo post tempore venit. (L.) 
 Virg. E. 1, 28, and 30. Liberty, which late in life, yet 
 at length regarded my helpless condition, and after a long 
 while came to me. 
 
 2821. Libertas scelerum est, quse regna invisa tuetur, 
 
 Sublatusque modus gladiis. (L.) Luc. 8, 491. 
 
 Full range of crime and daggers freely drawn, 
 These are the props of hated governments. Ed. 
 
 2822. Libertas sub rege pio. (L.) Liberty under a pious king. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Sidmouth. 
 
 2823. Libertas ultima mundi Quo steterit ferienda loco. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 7, 580. 
 
 Liberty. 
 
 Where liberty had made her final stand, 
 There must she be assailed with impious hand. Ed. 
 
 2824. Liberte* toute entiere. (Fr.) Complete liberty. Motto of 
 
 Earl of Lanesborough. 
 
 2825. Libito fe licito. (It.) Dante, Inf. 5, 56. What was 
 
 pleasing she made law. Like is law. Said of Semiramis. 
 
 She in vice 
 
 Of luxury was so shameless, that she made 
 Liking be lawful by promulged decree. Cary. 
 Cf. Chaucer, Monkes Tale : 
 
 His lustes were as a law in his degree;, 
 U
 
 306 LICEAT. 
 
 2826. Liceat concedere veris. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 365. Let us 
 
 confess the truth. 
 
 2827. Licet superbus ambules pecunia, 
 
 Fortuna non mutat genus. (L.) Hor. Epod. 4, 5. 
 Although you may strut about, proud of your money, 
 fortune does not change your low birth. 
 
 Fortune cannot change your blood, 
 
 Although you strut as if it could. (?) 
 
 " 2828. Liebe kennt der Allein, der ohne Hoffnung liebt. (G.) 
 Schiller, Don Carl. He only knows what love is, who 
 loves without hope. 
 
 2829. Liebe ohne Gegenliebe ist wie eine Frage ohne Antwort 
 
 (G.) Prov. Unrequited love is like a question without 
 an answer. 
 
 2830. Ligna crucis palmes cedrus cupressus oliva. (Z.) The 
 
 wood used in making the cross was vine, cedar, cypress, 
 and olive. 
 
 2831. Limse labor ac mora. (L.) Hor. A. P. 291. The labour 
 
 and tediousness of polishing (any work of art, poetry, 
 painting, etc.) as though with a file. 
 
 2832. L'imagination est la folle du logis. (Fr.) Malebranche. 
 
 Imagination is the mad creation of the brain. Lit. the 
 madwoman of the house. 
 
 2833. L'imagination galope, le jugement ne va que le pas. (Fr.)1 
 
 The imagination gallops, the judgment merely walks. 
 The former is impatient for the issue, which the latter 
 patiently awaits. 
 
 2834. L'impossibilite' ou nous sommes de prouver que Dieu n'est 
 
 pas, nous decouvre son existence. (Fr.)1 The utter im- 
 possibility which we feel of proving that there is not a 
 God, proclaims His existence. 
 
 2835. L'indnstrie des homines s'e'puise a briguer les charges, il ne 
 
 leur en reste plus pour en remplir les devoirs. (Fr.) 
 D'Alembert? The energies of men are so exhausted in 
 soliciting places, that they have none left to aid them in 
 performing the duties which belong to them. 
 
 2836. L'influence feminine devient 1'auxiliaire indispensable de 
 
 tout pouvoir spirituel, comme le moyen age 1'a tant 
 montrd (Fr.) Comte] The influence of woman is the 
 natural and indispensable auxiliary of all spiritual 
 power, as the middle ages have so abundantly testified.
 
 LITERS. 307 
 
 2837. Lingua mail pars pessima servi. (L.) Juv. 9, 120. The 
 
 tongue is the worst part of a bad servant. 
 
 2838. Lingua, sile; non est ultra narrabile quicquam. (L.) Ov. 
 
 Ep. 2, 2, 61. /Silence, my tongue/ not a word more 
 must be spoken. 
 
 2839. L'injure se grave en metal ; 
 
 Et le bienfait s'escrit en 1'onde. (Fr.) Jean Bertaut 
 (t 1611). -Wrongs are engraved in metal, and kindnesses 
 written in water. 
 Cf. Shakesp. Hen. VIII. 4, 2 : 
 
 Men's evil manners live in brass : their virtues 
 
 We write in water. 
 
 and Sir T. More, Richard III., For men use, if they have an evil 
 tourne, to write it in marble, and whoso doth us a good tourne we 
 write it in duste. 
 
 2840. Linquenda tellus, et domus, et placens 
 
 Uxor, neque harum, quas colis, arborum, 
 Te, prseter invisas cupressos, 
 Ulla brevem dominum sequetur. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 2, 14, 21. 
 
 Your land, your house, your lovely bride 
 
 Must lose you : of your cherished trees 
 None to its fleeting master's side 
 
 Will cleave, but those sad cypresses. Conington. 
 
 2841. L'institut des Jesuites est une e'pe'e dont la poigne'e est a 
 
 Rome et la pointe partout. (Fr.) Dupin (Proces de 
 tendance, 1825). The order of the Jesuits is a sword the 
 handle of which is at Rome and the point everywhere. 
 Cf. L'Anti-coton, p. 73, 1610, " La Socie'te de Je"sus est 
 une e'pe'e dont la lame est en France et la poigne'e a Rome." 
 
 2842. Lis litem generat. (L.} Strife genders strife. 
 
 2843. List geht iiber Gewalt. (6r.) Prov. Cunning outwits 
 
 strength. 
 
 2844. L'ltalia fara da se. (It.) Italy will act by herself. Motto 
 
 of the Italian Revolution of 1849, and attributed to 
 Charles Albert, Gioberti, Cola di Rienzi, and others. 
 (V. Buchmann, Gen. W. 358.) 
 
 2845. Literse Bellerophontis. (L.) Bellerophon' s letter. 
 
 Bellerophon was sent by Pratus, at the instigation of his wife 
 Sthenoboea, with a letter to lobates to put the bearer to death. 
 Hence the bearer of any missive unfavourable to himself (like 
 Uriah's letter to Joab) is called a Bellerophon, and the letter, litenx 
 Bellerophmvtis. Cf. Plaut. Bacsh. 4, 7, 12.
 
 308 LITERS. 
 
 2846. Liter* humaniores. (L.) The politer arts. Term used 
 
 to signify the Final Classical School at Oxford. 
 
 2847. Litera gesta docet : quid credas allegoria ; 
 
 Moralis quid agas : quo tendas anagogia. (L.) Monkish 
 distich. The letter of Scripture gives the facts: its 
 allegorical meaning gives what you are to believe; its 
 moral teaching furnishes a rule of life, and its heavenly 
 meaning shows whither you should aim. 
 
 2848. Litera occidit, spiritus autem vivificat. (L.) Vulg. Cor. 
 
 2, 3, 6. The letter killeth, the spirit giveth life. 
 
 2849. Litera scripta manet, verbum at inane perit. (L.) ? The 
 
 written word remains, but that which is spoken is lost in 
 the air. Another form with same meaning is Vox emissa 
 volat, litera scripta manet. A caution to be very careful 
 in what we write and put our names to in writing. 
 
 2850. Litus ama . . . Altum alii teneant. (L.) Virg. A. 5, 
 
 163, and 164. Hug thou the shore, let others hold the 
 deep. Be content with modest efforts. 
 
 2851. Locum tenens. (L.} A person acting for, or holding the 
 
 situation of another. A substitute or deputy. 
 
 2852. Locus est et pluribus umbris. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 28. 
 
 There's room enough, and each may bring his friend. Creech. 
 The umbra is the uninvited guest, brought to the feast 
 by one of the invites. 
 
 2853. Locus in quo. (L.) The place in which (anything is 
 
 situate). 
 
 2854. Locus sigilli. (L.) The place of the seal. Denoted on 
 
 documents by the initials L. S. 
 
 2855. Locus standi. (Z.) Standing-room, or place. A footing, 
 
 position, ground to go upon ; position in an argument. 
 Equivalent to the Greek TTOV O-TW, a place where I may 
 stand, as Archimedes is said to have demanded, declaring 
 that, given the necessary TTOV or*n3, he could with his 
 lever move the earth. 
 
 2856. L'on espere de vieillir et Ton craint la vieillesse ; c'est a 
 
 dire Ton aime la vie et Ton fuit la mort. (fr.) La 
 Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 32. 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.
 
 L'ON BE. 309 
 
 2857. Longse (canitis si cognita) vitse 
 
 Mors media est. (L.) Luc. 1, 457. 
 
 Death's not the end (if true your prophecies) 
 But meeting-point 'twixt two eternities. Ed. 
 
 2858. Longa est injuria, longae 
 
 Ambages, sed summa sequar fastigia rerum. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 341. 
 
 Long 
 
 And dark the story of her wrong : 
 To thread each tangle time would fail, 
 So learn the summits of the tale. Conington. 
 
 2859. Longa niora est quantum noxse sit ubique repertum 
 
 Enumerare : minor fuit ipsa infamia vero. (L.) Ov. 
 M. 1, 214. It were long to enumerate all the crime that 
 was perpetrated on either side ; even the report of it fell 
 short of the actual truth. 
 
 2860. Longe aberrat scopo. (.) He is very wide of tfie mark. 
 
 2861. Longe absit. (L.) Far be it! or quod absit (or absit 
 
 alone), meaning Heaven foref end / It is impossible. Cf. 
 Quod avertat Deus. God forbid I 
 
 2862. Longe mea discrepat istis 
 
 Et vox et ratio. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 6, 92. Both my words 
 and feelings differ widely from theirs. 
 
 2863. Longum iter est per prsecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. 
 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 6, 5. It is a long way of teaching by 
 precepts, short and efficacious by example. 
 
 2864. L'on ne peut aller loin dans I'amiti6, si Ton n'est pas dis- 
 
 pose' a se pardonner, les uns aux autres, les petits deTauts. 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 1 ? Friendship cannot be longlived, 
 if we are not disposed mutually to forgive each other's 
 venial faults. 
 
 2865. L'on ne vaut dans ce monde, que ce que Ton veut valoir. 
 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 1 A man's value in this world 
 will be precisely at the rate at which he desires to be valued. 
 
 2866. L'on se repent rarement de parler peu, tres souvent de trop 
 
 parler : maxime use'e et triviale que tout le monde sait, 
 et que tout le monde ne pratique pas. (Fr.) La Bruy. 
 Car. vol. ii. p. 63. We rarely repent of having spoken 
 too little, often of having said too much : a maxim which 
 is old and trivial, and which every one knows, but which 
 every one does not so generally practise.
 
 310 L'ORDRE. 
 
 2867. L'ordre regne & Varsovie. (Fr.) Order reigns at Warsaw. 
 
 In this form the quotation is usually repeated ; the wording, how- 
 ever, differs slightly in the original. General Seliastiani in an- 
 nouncing to the Chamber of Deputies, at Paris, the news of the 
 bloody occupation and fall of Warsaw (Sept. 16, 1831), said: Des 
 lettres queje reqois de Pologne m'annoncent que la tranquillity regne 
 A Varsovie, The letters which I have received from Poland an- 
 nounce that tranquillity is restored at Warsaw (vide Alex. Dumas, 
 Memoires, 2d series, vol. iv. chap. 3). 
 
 2868. L'oreille est le chemin du cceur. (Fr.) Yolt. Reponse au 
 
 roi de Prusse. The ear is the road to the heart. 
 
 2869. L'orgueil ne veut pas devoir, et 1'amour-propre ne veut pas 
 
 payer. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 61, 235. Pride 
 wishes not to owe, and self-love does not wish to pay. 
 
 2870. Lorsque sur cette mer on vogue a pleines voiles, 
 
 Qu'on croit avoir pour soi le vent et les e'toiles : 
 
 II est bien malais^ de rdgler ses desirs : 
 
 La plus sage s'en dort sur la foi des zephyrs. 
 
 (Fr.) La Font. Nymphes de Vaux. 
 While with full-spreading sails we speed over life's waters, 
 With the stars in our favour, the wind in right quarters, 
 'Tis not easy to stifle desires as one pleases, 
 The wisest will sleep with full trust in the breezes. Ed. 
 
 2871. Louer les princes des vertus qu'ils n'ont pas, c'est leur dire 
 
 impunement des injures. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 
 74, 327. To lavish on princes praises for virtues which 
 they do not possess, is to insult them with impunity. 
 
 2872. Louis ne sut qu'aimer, pardonner et mourir 
 
 II aurait su regner s'il avait su punir. (Fr.) Tilly. 
 Louis (XVI.) knew only how to love, for give, and die: had 
 he known how to punish, he would have known how to 
 reign. 
 
 2873. Loyal a la mort. (Fr.) Loyal unto death. Lord Rowton. 
 
 (2.) Loyal a mort. Loyal unto death. Marquess of 
 Ely. (3.) Loyal en tout. Loyal in all. Motto of the 
 Earl of Kenmare. (4.) Loyal je serai durant ma vie. 
 / will be loyal during my life. Motto of Lord 
 Mowbray and Stourton. 
 
 2874. Loyaute' m'oblige. (Fr.) Loyalty binds me. Motto of 
 
 the Earl of Lindsey and Lord Aveland. (2.) Loyaut^ 
 n'a honte. Loyalty feels no shame. Motto of the Duke 
 of Newcastle. 
 
 2875. Avx^ov a/>0evTos, yvvr) iraaa -fj avrf). (Gr.) T?rov.~When 
 
 the candle is removed, every woman is alike.
 
 LUGETE. 311 
 
 2876. Lucidus ordo. (L.} Hor. A. P. 41. Method. A clear 
 
 perspicuous arrangement of a subject. 
 
 2877. Lucri bonus est odor ex re 
 
 Qualibet Ilia tuo sententia semper in ore 
 Versetur, dis atque ipso Jove digna, poetse : 
 Unde habeas, quserit nemo, sed oportet habere. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 14, 204. 
 
 " Profit smells sweet from whatsoe'er it springs." 
 This golden sentence, which the powers of Heaven 
 Or Jove himself might glory to have given, 
 Will never, poets, from your thoughts, I trust ; 
 None question whence it comes, but come it must. Gifford. 
 The golden maxim, here referred to, came from Vespasian's lips 
 when his son Titus expostulated with him on the tax levied on 
 latrines. 
 
 2878. Lucus a non lucendo. (L.) A grove is called from its not 
 
 giving light. 
 
 Lucus is supposed to bo derived from luceo, i.e., the shining or open 
 spaces in a \vood through which light is seen. The phrase is, 
 however, generally used to denote any absurd or self-contradictory 
 etymology, like Bellum a nulla re bella, War, because there is 
 nothing beautiful about it ; ccelum a non celando, quia apertum 
 e$t, Heaven, because it does not conceal, but is open, etc. 
 
 2879. Ludere cum sacris. (L.} To jest on sacred subjects. 
 
 2880. Luget avarities Stygiis innexa catenis, 
 
 Cumque suo demens expellitur ambitus auro. 
 Non dominantur opes : non corrumpentia sensus 
 Dona valent : emitur sola virtute potestas. 
 
 (L.) Claud. 3 Cons. Hon. 185. 
 
 Purity of Election. 
 Foul avarice mourns in hellish chains confined, 
 
 And bribery with its gold is overthrown ; 
 Money is nought, nor gifts that sway the mind ; 
 
 Power is bought by virtue's worth alone. 
 
 2881. Lugete o Veneres Cupidinesque 
 
 Et quantum est hominum venustiorum ! 
 
 Passer mortuus est mea? puellse : 
 
 Quern plus ilia oculis amabat. (L.) Cat. 3, 1. 
 
 Lesbia's Sparrow. 
 Queens of Beauty, saucy Cupids, 
 Handsome folk all the world over, 
 Come and join me in my sorrow ; 
 My own darling's lost her sparrow ; 
 He was her pet, her own darling ; 
 Better than her eyes she loved him. Shaw.
 
 312 L'UNE. 
 
 2882. L'une des marques de la me'diocrite d'esprit, est de 
 
 touj GUI'S center. (Fr.) La Bruy. ? It is a proof of a 
 mediocrity of intellect to be always telling anecdotes. 
 
 2883. L'union fait la force. (Fr.) Union is strength. Motto 
 
 of the kingdom of Belgium. 
 
 2884. Lupo agnum eripere postulant. (L.) Plaut. Psen. 3, 5, 
 
 131. They wish to snatch the lamb out of the wolf 's jaws. 
 They are bent upon a difficult task. 
 
 2885. Lupus in fabula (or sermone). (L.) The wolf in the story. 
 
 Said of the appearance of any one who is the immediate 
 subject of conversation. Talk of the Devil, etc. 
 
 De Varrone loquebamur, lupus iu fabula : venit enim ad me. Cic. 
 Att. 13, 33, 4. We were talking about Varro, and (talk of the 
 Devil) in he came ! 
 
 2886. L'usage frequent des finesses est touj ours Peffet d'une grande 
 
 incapacity et la marque d'un petit esprit. (Fr.) 1 The 
 frequent recourse to Jinesse is always a proof of a want of 
 capacity and of a small mind. 
 
 2887. Lusisti satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti. 
 
 Tempus abire tibi est. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 214 
 
 You've frolick'd, eaten, drunk to the content 
 
 Of human appetite : 'tis time you went. Conington. 
 
 2888. Lusus naturae. (L.) A freak of nature. A five-legged 
 
 calf, spotted lady, two-headed nightingale, etc. 
 
 M. 
 
 2889. Mach 'e.s Wenigen recht : Yielen gefallen ist schlimm. (G.) 
 
 Schill. Yotivtafeln. Be content to satisfy a few, to please 
 many is bad. 
 
 2890. Macies et nova febrium 
 
 Terris incubuit cohors. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 3, 30. 
 
 Pale Fever's stranger host, and wan Decay 
 Swept o'er earth's polluted face. Conington. 
 
 2891. Macte nova virtu te, puer, sic itur ad astra. (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 9, 641. Increase in new deeds of valour, my son I 
 That is the road to immortality. 
 
 Go on, and raise your glories higher ! 
 
 "Tis thus that men to heaven aspire. Conington. 
 The first half of the line is sometimes said ironically, and the latter 
 has been applied to ballooning. Cf. Liv. 10, 40 : Macte virtute 
 diligentiaque esto. Persevere in virtue and diligence.
 
 MAGNA. 313 
 
 2892. Madame cependant a passe du matin au soir, ainsi que 
 
 1'herbe des champs. Le matin elle fleurissait; avec 
 quelle grace, vous le savez : le soir nous la vimes seche'e. 
 (Fr.) Bossuet, Or. Fun. de Madame Henr. d'Angleterre 
 (daughter of Charles I.). Her Highness passed from 
 morning to evening like the grass of the field. In the 
 morning she bloomed with a grace that you all remember. 
 In the evening we saw her withered. 
 
 2893. Madame fut douce envers la mort, comme elle I'e'tait envers 
 
 tout le monde. (Fr.) Id. ibid. She was gentle towards 
 death, as she was with every one. A. passage often quoted 
 in speaking of any person whose end was particularly 
 calm and resigned. 
 
 2894. Magalia quondam. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 421. Formerly 
 
 cottages. These splendid buildings occupy ground where 
 once mere hovels used to stand. 
 
 2895. Magis magnos clericos non sunt magis magnos sapientes. 
 
 (.) The greatest churchmen are not always the wisest 
 of men. (See Rabelais, 1, 39, and Montaigne, Essays, 
 1, 24.) Regnier has the same in a different shape : 
 " Pardieu ! les plus grands cleros ne sont pas les plus 
 fins." 
 
 2896. Magister alius casus. (L.) Prov. Misfortune is a second 
 
 master. 
 
 2897. Magister artis ingenique largitor 
 
 Venter, negatas artifex sequi voces. (L.) Pers. Prol. 10. 
 
 The stomach (hunger) is the true master of arts, skilled 
 
 as it is in acquiring an eloquence which nature had 
 
 denied. 
 
 The stomach, 
 
 That great master who supplies the 
 Wits that niggard nature grudges. Shaw. 
 
 2898. Magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum 
 
 magistratum. (L.) Cic. Leg. 3, 12. The magistrate 
 (judge) is the law speaking, the law is the magistrate 
 keeping silence. 
 
 2899. Magistratus indicat virum. (L.) Command (or office) 
 
 shows the man. Earl of Lonsdale. 
 
 2900. Magna Charta, (L.)The Great Charter. 
 
 Obtained by the Barons of England from King John at a conference 
 held at Runnymede, Windsor, 1215. This covenant, which has 
 always been considered the basis of English liberties, may be said, 
 in general terms, to assure the protection of the life, liberty, and
 
 314 MAGNA. 
 
 property of the subject from all arbitrary attack and spoliation. 
 Its provision that no one be imprisoned without trial by his peers, 
 furnished the principle of the later Habeas Corpus Act of 
 Charles II. 
 
 2901. Magna civitas, magna solitude. (L.) ? A great city is a 
 
 great solitude. Trans, of Greek l/3??/ua fj.eya.Xr) 'CTTIV f) 
 MeyaAv/TToAts. Megalepolis (or, the great city) is a great 
 desert. Of no city is, perhaps, this more true than of 
 London. 
 
 2902. Magna comitante caterva. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 40. A great 
 
 throng accompanying. 
 
 2903. Magna fuit quondam capitis reverentia cani, 
 
 Inque suo pretio ruga senilis erat. (L.) Ov. F. 5, 57. 
 
 The degeneracy of the age. 
 
 Great was the reverence once to grey hairs shown, 
 And wrinkled age had honours of its own. Ed. 
 
 2904. Magna moenis mcenia. (L.) Plant. Mil. 2, 2, 73. You 
 
 are building great ivalls. A great undertaking. 
 
 2905. Magna movet stomachum fastidia, si puer unctis 
 
 Tractavit calicem manibus. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 4, 78. 
 
 It turns the stomach 
 
 If the servant who behind you stands 
 
 Has fouled the beaker with his greasy hands. Conington. 
 
 2906. Magnanimiter crticem sustine. (L.) Bravely support the 
 
 cross. Motto of Lord Kenyon. 
 
 2907. Magnas inter opes inops. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 16, 28. Poor 
 
 in the midst of wealth. Description of a miser. 
 
 2908. Magna vis est, magnum nomen, unum et idem sentientis 
 
 senatus. (L.) Cic. 1 The power and prestige of a 
 senate which is unanimous in its opinions, is great 
 indeed. 
 
 2909. Magni animi est magna contemnere, ac mediocria malle 
 
 quam nimia. (L.) Sen. Ep. 39. It is a sign of a 
 great mind to despise greatness, and to prefer a modicum 
 of good things to a superfluity of them. 
 
 2910. Magni refert quibuscum vixeris. (L.) frov.It is of 
 
 much consequence with whom you live. The . Spanish 
 proverb says, Dime con quien andas, decirte he quien 
 eres, Tell me your company, and I'll tell you who you 
 are. Similar to Noscitur a sociis.
 
 MAGNUS. 315 
 
 2911. Magno de flumine mallem 
 
 Quam ex hoc fonticulo tantundem sumere. (L.) Hoi: 
 S. 1, 1, 56. I'd rather drink from the mighty river than 
 take as much from this little rivulet. Great sources 
 (authors, works) are to be preferred to small. It is 
 better to study an author in the original than to read 
 him in selections or elegant extracts. 
 
 2912. Magno jam conatu magnas nugas. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 4, 
 
 1, 8. An extraordinary effort for a mere trifle. 
 
 2913. Magnum hoc ego duco 
 
 Quod placui tibi qui turpi secernis honest/urn. (Z/.) 
 Hor. S. 1, 6, 62. / count it a great distinction to have 
 pleased you who know the difference between what is base 
 and honourable. 
 
 2914. Magnum hoc vitium vino est, 
 
 Pedes captat primum : luctator dolosu 'st. (L.) Plaut. 
 Ps. 5, 1, 5. 'Tis a great fault in wine; it first trips 
 up your feet: it is a crafty wrestler. 
 
 2915. Magnum iter ascendo, sed dat mihi gloria vires; 
 
 Non juvat ex facili lecta corona jugo. (Z.) Prop. 4, 10, 3. 
 
 The ambitious poet. 
 
 A dizzy path I climb : fame lends me wings ; 
 Not mine the bay on lower hills that spriugs. Ed. 
 
 2916. Magnum pauperies opprobrium jubet 
 
 Quidvis et facere et pati. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 24, 32. 
 
 Poverty. 
 
 No crime too great, no hardship too severe, 
 That poverty won't urge, or won't endure. Ed. 
 
 2917. Magnumque decus, ferroque petendum 
 
 Plus patria potuisse sua : mensuraque juris 
 
 Vis erat. (L.) Lucan. 1, 174. 
 
 'Twere a proud boast indeed and one to win 
 At the sword's point, to force one's private aims 
 On an unwilling country and to make 
 Violence the rule of law. Ed. 
 
 2918. Magnus ab integro sseclorum nascitur ordo. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. E. 4, 5. 
 A mighty age revisits earth 
 And fateful times renew their birth. Ed. 
 
 2919. Magnus sine viribus ignis Incassum furit. (L.) Virg. G. 
 
 3, 99. A great fire with little to feed it, expends its rage in 
 vain. Of. Shakesp. Rich. II. 2, 1 : His rash fierce blaze of 
 riot cannot last, For violent fires soon outburn themselves.
 
 316 MAI AGUgOSA. 
 
 2920. Mai agugosa, filha preguigosa. (P.) Prov. A busy mother 
 
 makes an idle daughter. 
 
 2921. Mais au moindre revers funeste 
 
 Le masque tombe, 1'homme reste 
 Et le hdros s'eVanouit. 
 
 (Fr.) J. B. Rouss. Ode a la Fortune. 
 
 Fortune. 
 
 But if perchance his fortune wanes, 
 The mask drops off, the man remains ; 
 The hero disappears. Ed. 
 
 Lines quoted when any one disappoints the expectations 
 formed of him. 
 
 2922. Mais elle e'tait du monde ou les plus belles choses 
 
 Ont le pire destin, 
 
 Et rose, elle a ve'cu ce que vivent les roses, 
 L'espace d'un matin. 
 
 (Fr.) Malherbe, Ode a Du Perrier. 
 An early death. 
 A world was hers where all that fairest blows 
 
 Meets with the cruellest doom : 
 The rose had but the lifetime of a rose 
 A single morning's bloom. Ed. 
 
 2923. Major e longinquo reverentia. (L.) Tac. A. 1, 47. Respect 
 
 is greater from a distance. Said of the majesty which 
 surrounds royalty. In this, as in many other cases, 
 distance lends enchantment to the view. 
 
 2924. Majore tumultu 
 
 Planguntur nummi quam funera, nemo dolorem 
 
 Fingit in hoc casu 
 
 Ploratur lacrimis amissa pecunia veris. (L.) Juv. 13, 130. 
 Money's bewailed with much more harrowing pains 
 Than a man's death : for that none sorrow feigns. 
 The loss of cash is mourned with genuine tears. Ed. 
 
 2925. Major private visus, dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu 
 
 capax imperii, nisi imperasset. (L.) Tac. H. 1, 49. 
 
 Galba. 
 
 As long as he remained a private individual he always seemed to be 
 more than one ; and had he never come to the throne, he would 
 have been deemed by common consent capable of the supreme 
 power. 
 
 Cf. Soph. Ant. 175 : 
 
 dfiyxavov d iravrbs avSpbs fKfj.aOeiv 
 \jsv)(JivTe Kai <ppbvrip.a. Kal yvufj.r)t', irplv &v 
 &PXO.IS re
 
 MALA. 317 
 
 But who can penetrate man's secret thought 
 The quality and temper of his soul, 
 Till by high office put to frequent proof, 
 And execution of the laws ? Potter. 
 
 Vide the saying of Bias, apx)} dvSpa 5e, Command will shew the man. 
 
 2926. Major rerum mihi nascitur ordo 
 
 Majus opus moveo. (L.) Virg. A. 7, 44. A more im- 
 portant series of events now rises before me ; I tmtch upon 
 a greater subject. ^Eneas' landing in Italy. Early 
 history of Latium. 
 
 2927. Major sum quam cui possit Fortuna nocere 
 
 Multaque ut eripiat, multo mihi plura relinquet. 
 Excessere metum mea jam bona. (L.) Ov. M. 6, 195. 
 
 Niobe's boast to Latona. 
 
 I am too great for fortune's injuries : 
 
 Though she take much, yet must she leave me more. 
 
 The blessings I enjoy can smile at fears. Ed. 
 
 2928. Majus ab hac acie, quam quod sua saecula ferrent, 
 
 Vulnus habent populi : plus est quam vita salusque 
 Quod perit : in totum mundi prosternimur sevum. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 7, 638. 
 
 Pharsalia. 
 
 Rome has received from this day's fight 
 A deeper wound than meets the sight. 
 A century would not have dealt 
 One half the ruin we have felt : 
 'Tis more than loss of life and limb, 
 We're crushed unto the end of time. Ed. 
 
 2929. Mala causa silenda est. (L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 1, 147. A bad 
 
 cause is best kept silent. 
 
 2930. Mala fides. (L.) Bad faith. Dishonesty. Deception. 
 
 2931. Mala gallina, malum ovum. (L.) Bad hen, bad eggs. 
 
 2932. Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 False grammar does not make a deed void. 
 
 2933. Mala inens, malus animus. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 1, 137. 
 
 Bad mind, bad heart. 
 
 2934. Mala rnerx hsec, et callida est. (L.) Plant. Cist. 4, 2, 61. 
 
 She's a bad lot and a cunning one. 
 
 2935. Mala ultro adsunt. (L.) Prov. Misfortunes come with- 
 
 out our seeking them.
 
 318 MALBROUCK. 
 
 2936. Alalbvouck s'en va-t-en guerre 
 
 Mi ron ton, ton ton, mirontaine ! 
 Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre, 
 
 Ne sgait quand reviendra, etc. (Fr.) HarTbormigh is 
 off to the wars, mi ron ton, ton ton, mirontaine, Marl- 
 borough is off to the wars and no one knows when lie tvill 
 return. Old French song of the 18th cent 
 
 2937. Maledicus a malefico non distat nisi occasione. (L.) Quint.? 
 
 An evil-speaker differs only from an evil-doer in the 
 want of opportunity. Willing to wound, and yet afraid 
 to strike. 
 
 2938. Male secum agit seger, medicurn qui haeredem facit (L.) 
 
 Pub. Syr. ? A sick man does badly for himself tcho makes 
 his doctor his heir. 
 
 2939. Male verum examinat omnis 
 
 Corruptus Judex. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 8. 
 
 The judge who soils his fingers by a gift 
 
 Is scarce the man a doubtful case to sift. C&nington. 
 
 2940. Malhenreuse France, malheureux roi ! (Fr.) Unhappy 
 
 France, unhappy king ! Etienne Bequet in the Debats 
 shortly before the " Ordinances " of July 1830. 
 
 2941. Malim equidem indisertam prudentiam, quam stultitiam 
 
 loquacem. (L.) Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 142. 7 prefer com- 
 mon sense thcnigh it may be at a loss for words, to fluent 
 folly. 
 
 2942. Mali principii malus finis. (.)? A bad end of a bad 
 
 beginning. Ill begun, ill finished. 
 
 2943. Malo mori quam foedari. (L.) I had rather die than be 
 
 disgraced. Motto of Lor-ds de Freyne and Trimleston. 
 
 2944. Malorum facinorum ministri quasi exprobrantes aspiciuntur. 
 
 (L.) Tac. A. 14, 62. Accomplices in crime always 
 appear to reproach their 2 jr ^ nc ^P a ^ s with the deed 
 done. 
 
 2945. Malo Venusinam quam te, Cornelia mater 
 
 Gracchorum, si cum magnis virtutibus afters 
 Grande snpercilium, et numeras in dote triumphos. 
 
 - (L.) Juv. 6, 166. 
 
 Rather some poor Apnlian girl, 
 
 The Gracchi's mother though yon be : 
 You vaunt your high descent, and curl 
 
 Your lip too haughtily for me. Ed.
 
 MAN. 319 
 
 2946. Malum consilium consultori est pessimum. (L.) Annal. 
 
 Max. ap. Gell. 4, 5 (trans, of Hes. Op. et D. 264 : >} Se 
 KaKrj fiovXrj T /SovXfixravTi KaKtcrrrj). (Gr.) Bad counsel 
 is worst for the counsellor. Like Hainan's advice to 
 Ahasuerus. 
 
 2947. Malum est consilium, quod inutari non potest. (L.) Gell. 
 
 Noct. Attic. 18. It is bad advice that cannot be 
 altered. 
 
 2948. Malum est mulier, sed necessarium malum. (L.) Woman 
 
 is an evil, but a necessary one. 
 
 2949. Malum in se. (L.) A thing evil in itself. Bad in itself, 
 
 and in all its stages. 
 
 2950. Malus clandestinus est amor ; damnum 'st merum. (L.) 
 
 Plant. Cure. 1, 1, 49. Clandestine love is bad; it is 
 simple ruin. 
 
 2951. Malus usus est abolendus. (L.) Law Max. An evil 
 
 custom ought to be abolished. Notwithstanding that 
 long usage gives the force of law, yet, when it is proved 
 to be prejudicial, it should be abolished. 
 
 2952. Mandamus. (L.) Law Term. We enjoin. Writ in form of 
 
 command from the Court of King's Bench requiring any 
 person, corporation, or inferior Court of Judicature to 
 perform certain duties. 
 
 2953. Man darf nur sterbeii um gelobt zu werden. (.) Prov. 
 
 Man has only to die to be praised. 
 
 2954. Manet alta mente repostum 
 
 Judicium Paridis spretaeque injuria formse. (L.) Virg. 
 A.I, 26. Deep-seated in her heart remains the decision 
 of Paris, and the affront shewn to her slighted beauty. 
 Juno resenting the judgment of Paris in awarding the 
 golden apple to "Venus as most fair. 
 
 2955. Manibus victoria dextris. (Z.) Victory by my right- 
 
 hand. Lord Waveney. 
 
 2956. Man lebt nur einmal in der Welt. (G.) Goethe, Clavigo, 
 
 1, 1 (Carlos loq.). Man lives but once in the world. Cf . 
 Schiller's (Resignation) Des Leben's Mai bluht einmal 
 und nicht wieder. The May of life blooms once and not 
 again.
 
 320 MANLIANA. 
 
 2957. Manliana* (L.) A Manlian command. A severe order. 
 
 Called after L. Manlius Torquatus Imperiosus, who ordered his son 
 to be scourged and executed for fighting against orders. Cf. Vide, 
 ne ista siut Manliana vestra aut majora etiam, si imperes quod 
 facere non possim. Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105. Are not your commands 
 very Manlian, or even more than Manlian, if you command me to 
 do what I cannot possibly perform ? 
 
 2958. Man schont die Alten, wie man die Kinder schont. (6-'.) 
 
 Goethe, Spriiche. We bear with age, as with children. 
 
 2959. Man sieht sich, lernt sich kennen, 
 
 Liebt sich, muss sich trennen. (G.) 1 We meet, we learn 
 to know and to love each other, and then we have to 
 part ! 
 
 2960. Man spricht vergebens viel, nur zu versagen, 
 
 Der And're hort von Allem nur das Nein ! (G.) Goethe, 
 Iphigenia, 1, 3. In vain one adds words only to refuse, 
 the other, first and last, only hears the " No ! " 
 
 2961. Man steigt den griinen Berg des. Lebens hinauf, um oben 
 
 auf dem Eisberge zu sterben. (G.) Jean Paul 1 We 
 climb up the green mountain of life in order to die upon 
 the glaciers. 
 
 2962. Mavns S'apio-Tos 6o-ns eiKaei KaAws. (Gr.) Eurip. Fr. 944, 
 
 Dind. He is the best divine who best divines. He is 
 the best prophet who guesses best. Motto of " Guesses 
 at Truth." 
 
 2963. Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc 
 
 Parthenope. Cecini pascua, rura, duces. (L.) Donat. 
 Vit. Virg. 1 Mantua was my birth-place, the Calabrian 
 winds carried me off, Naples holds me now. I sang pas- 
 tures, fields, heroes. Virgil's epitaph. 
 
 2964. Mantua, vse ! miserse nimium vicina Cremonae. (L.) Yirg. 
 
 E. 9, 28. Ah I Mantua ! too near the unhappy Crempna. 
 Said to have been quoted by Dean Swift on seeing a 
 lady whisk a violin off a table with the edge of her 
 mantle. 
 
 2965. Manu forti. (L.) With a strong hand. M. of Lord Reay. 
 
 2966. Manum de tabula. (L.) Cic. Fam. 7, 25, I. Hands off 
 
 the picture ! Add no more to your work ! Enough ! 
 
 2967. Manum non vertei'e (ne manum quidem vertere). (L.) 
 
 Not to move a hand, make no effort. Cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 
 93. Ne digitum quidem ejus causa porrigendum. Id. 
 ibid. 3, 17, 57. It is not worth while moving a finger 
 for the sake of it.
 
 MAKMOBEO. 321 
 
 2968. Manus hsec inimica tyrannis 
 
 Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem. (L.) Alg. 
 Sidney 1 My hand is hostile to tyrants alone, and draws 
 the sword only to obtain peaceful retirement combined 
 with liberty. First line is motto of Earl of Carysfort. 
 John Quincy Adams (t 1848) in his Album has thus rendered it : 
 This hand, to tyrants ever s\vorn the foe, 
 For freedom only deals the deadly blow : 
 Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful- blade 
 For gentle peace in freedom's hallowed shade. 
 
 2969. Manus manuui lavat. (L.) Sen. Apoc. 9. One hand 
 
 washes the other. One helps the other. Cf. La Font. 8, 
 17: II se faut entr'aider, c'est la loi de nature. It is 
 our duty to assist each other ; it is the law of nature. 
 
 2970. Marchand qui perd, ne peut rire. (Fr.) Mol. G. Dandin, 
 
 2, 9. The dealer who loses cannot afford to laugh. Let 
 those laugh who win. 
 
 2971. Mare apertum. (L.) An open sea. Mare clatisum. A 
 
 closed sea, viz., to general commerce and navigation. 
 
 2972. Mare caelo miscere. (L.) To mingle sea and ski/ together. 
 
 Raise heaven and earth, make a terrific bluster. 
 
 Cf. Cselum ac terras miscere. Liv. 4, 3, 6. To confound heaven 
 and earth, throw all into confusion. Clames licet et mare caelo 
 Confundas, homo sum. Juv. 6, 282. Though you may shout and 
 make such a bluster, I am a poor mortal, like the rest; and id. 
 2, 25. 
 
 2973. Mare ditat, rosa decorat. (Z.) The sea enriches, the rose 
 
 adorns. Motto of the town of Montrose. 
 
 2974. Maria montesque polliceri caepit. (L.) Sail. C. 23. He 
 
 began to promise seas and mountains. To make extra- 
 vagant promises. 
 
 2975. Marie ton fils quand tu voudras, mais ta fille quand tu 
 
 pourras. (Fr.) Prov. Marry your son when you please, 
 your daughter when you can. 
 
 2976. Marmoreo Licinus tumulo jacet, at Cato parvo; 
 
 Pompeius nullo. Quis putet esse Deos ? 
 Saxa premunt Licinum, levat altum fama Catonem, 
 
 Pompeium tituli. Credimus esse Deos. (L.) See 
 Varr. Atac. in Anthol. Lat. Tom. i. p. 205. Licinus 
 (barber and freedman of Augustus) lies in a splendid 
 marble tomb, Cato in a poor one, Pompey in none. Who 
 would believe that God existed ? Reply (by a later
 
 322 MARS. 
 
 hand) : Licinus is buried in oblivion, while fame exalts tJie 
 noble Cato, and Pompey lives by his renown. We believe 
 that God does exist. 
 
 2977. Mars gravior sub pace latet. (L.) Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 
 
 307. A graver warfare lies concealed under a semblance 
 of peace. 
 
 2978. Martem accendere cantu. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 165. To 
 
 incite to battle by martial music. Thus in the Highland 
 regiments, the sound of the pibroch rouses the men 
 almost to madness, and nothing can resist the impetus 
 of their charge. 
 
 2979. Mater artium necessitas. (L.) Prov. Necessity is tlie 
 
 mother of invention (lit. arts). 
 
 Cf. The Greek xpela- SiddffKei, K&V ppadvs ns rj, <ro(j>6v. Eur. Fr. 709. 
 Necessity will teach a man, however slow he be, to be wise ; and X/>eta 
 diSaaKei, K&V dfjLovffos fj. Menand. Carchedon. 6. Necessity teaches, 
 however unpolished she may be; and HoXXwc 6 Xt/uds yiyverai 
 diddffKaXos. Hunger teaclies a man many things (in Latin, Multa 
 docet fames). 
 
 2980. Mater familias. (L.) The mother of a family. 
 
 2981. Materiem, qua sis ingeniosus, habes. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 2, 34. You have materials in which to show your 
 ingenuity. 
 
 2982. Materiem superabat opus. (L.) Ov. M. 2, 5. Th# work- 
 
 manship surpassed in value the material. Description 
 of the Palace of the Sun, the silver doors of which were 
 enriched with embossed work by Vulcan. This may be 
 said of any object of art where the material falls out of 
 sight and the workmanship is everything. 
 
 2983. fj-aOovo-iv ai58o>, KOV fj.a6ovcri Av^o/icu. (Gr.) .^Esch. A^. 39. 
 
 / speak to those wlio understand, those who do not I 
 purposely pass over. Like Verbum sap. 
 
 2984. Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esse senex. (L.} Prov. 
 
 ap. Cic. Sen. 10, 32. (The proverb says) You must be 
 an old man young, if you would be an old man long. 
 
 2985. Maulesel treiben viel Parlaren 
 
 Dass ihre Voreltern Pferde waren. (G.) Prov. 
 
 Mules deliver big discourses, 
 
 Because their ancestors were horses. Ed. 
 
 2986. Mauvaise honte. (Fr.) False s/tame.
 
 ME FOCUS. 323 
 
 2987. Maxima quseque domus servis est plena superbis. (L.) 
 
 Juv. 5, 66. Every great house is crowded with insolent 
 servants. 
 
 Every big house has a crowd of 
 Supercilious servants. Shaw. 
 
 2988. Maximus in minimis. (L.) Very great in very little things. 
 
 A. person who gives great attention to trifling objects. 
 
 2989. Mea culpa ! (L.) My fault/ I am to blame. 
 
 2990. Mecum facile redeo in gratiam. (L.) Phsedr. 5, 3, 6. 7 
 
 easily effect a reconciliation with myself. 
 
 2991. Medice, cura te ipsum. (L.) Prov. Vulg. Luc. 4, 33. 
 
 Physician, heal thyself. 
 
 2992. Medicus dedit qui temporis morbo curam, 
 
 Is plus remedii quam cutis sector dedit. (-)? The 
 physician who allows time for the cure of a disease, gives 
 a^better remedy than if he used the knife. 
 
 2993. Mediocria firma. (L.) The middle station is the most 
 
 secure. Motto of Earl of Verulam, and inscribed over 
 his door at Gorhambury by Sir N". Bacon. 
 
 2994. Mediocre et rampant, et 1'on arrive a tout. (Fr.) Beaum. 
 
 Mar. de Figaro. Be second-rate, cringe, and you may 
 attain to anything. Cf. Omnia serviliter pro dominatione. 
 (L.) Tac. H. 1, 36. Servile in all things so it might 
 lead him to power. Said of the Emperor Otho. 
 
 2995. Mediocribus esse poetis 
 
 Non Dii, non homines, non concessere columnse. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 372. 
 But gods and men and booksellers agree 
 To place their ban on middling poetry. Conington. 
 
 2996. Mediocritatem illam tenere, quse est inter nimium et parum. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89. To observe that mediocrity 
 which is the mean between too much and too little. 
 
 2997. Medio tutissimus ibis. (L.) Ov. M. 2, 137. You will be 
 
 safer to go in the middle. And id. ibid., Inter utrumque 
 tene. Hold your course between the two. Avoid ex- 
 tremes. Phreb'us' directions to Phaethon for guiding the 
 chariot of the Sun. 
 
 2998. Me focus et nigros non iudignantia fumos 
 
 Tecta juvant, et fons vivus et herba rudis. 
 Sit niihi verna satur : sit non doctissima conjux, 
 Sit nox cum somno, sit sine lite dies. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 2, 90, 7.
 
 324 MELA. 
 
 Earthly bliss. 
 
 Give me my hearth, my roof-tree well-defiled 
 With welcome reek, a spring and herbage wild, 
 A well-fed slave, and not too learn'd a wife, 
 Sound sleep by night, and days devoid of strife. Ed. 
 
 2999. Meya (3i/3Xiov fieya KO.KOV. (Gr.) Callim. A great book 
 
 is a great evil. 
 
 3000. Meglio amici da lontano che nemici d'appresso. (It.) It 
 
 is better to be friends at a distance, than enemies near to 
 each other. 
 
 3001. Meglio e un magro accordo che una grassa sentenza. (It.) 
 
 Prov. Better a lean agreement than a fat judgment. 
 
 Esto consentiens adversario tuo cito dum es in via cum eo. (L.) 
 Vulg. Matt. v. 25. Agree with thine adversary quickly whilst thou 
 art in the way with him. 
 
 3002. Meglio solo che mal accompagnato. (It.) Prov. It is 
 
 better to be alone than in bad company. 
 
 3003. Meglio tardi che mai. (72.) Prov. Setter late than never. 
 
 3004. Mehr Licht 1 (G.) Goethe. More light/ His last words. 
 
 3005. Mi) Ka/ca KepSaivew /ca/ca /cepSea tcr' aryo-tv- (Gr.) Hes. 
 
 Op. 352. Do not make evil gains: they are equal to 
 losses. 
 
 3006. Mr) Kivei Ka/j.apivav. (Gr.) Prov. Do not stir Camarina. 
 
 Let well alone. 
 
 3007. MeA.T7y TO Trav. (Gr.) Practice is everything. 
 
 Saj'ing of Periancler, one of the seven wise men of Greece. The 
 
 word also includes the notion of attention and application. T4 
 
 vav=the whole; all that can be conceived or expressed ; the 
 universe. 
 
 3008. Me liceat casus misereri insontis amici. (L.) Virg. A. 5, 350. 
 
 Let me be suffered to extend 
 
 Compassion to a helpless friend. Conington. 
 
 3009. Mel in ore, verba lactis, 
 
 Fel in corde, fraus in factis. (L.) 
 
 Words of milk, and honied tongue : 
 Heart of gall and deeds of wrong. Ed. 
 
 3010. Melior (or Potior) est conditio possidentis. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. The claim of the party in possession is tlie better 
 of the two. Of. Favorabiliores rei potius quam actores 
 habentur, The case of the defendant shall be favoured 
 rattier than that of the plaintiff] Where it appears that 
 the plaintiff has no cause of action, the Court will never 
 favour his suit.
 
 ME, ME. 325 
 
 3011. Melioribus auspiciis. (Z.) Under better auspices. 
 
 3012. Melius est cavere semper, quam pati semel. (L.) Prov. 
 
 It is better to be always on one's guard, than once to 
 suffer. This saying Julius Csesar used to reverse, holding 
 that it was better to suffer once than to live in continual 
 apprehension. Melius est pati semel, quam, cavere semper. 
 
 3013. Melius omnibus quam singulis creditur. Singuli enim 
 
 decipere et deoipi possunt : nemo omnes, neminem omnes 
 fefellerunt. (L.) Plin. Sec. Pan. More credence is 
 reposed on united than on particular testimony. Indi- 
 viduals can both mislead and be misled : but no one man 
 ever yet succeeded in imposing on the whole world, nor 
 has the whole world ever combined to deceive one man. 
 The universal consent of mankind must be taken as the 
 final decision on any given point. 
 
 3014. Melius, pejus, prosit, obsit, nil vident nisi quod lubet. (L.} 
 
 Ter. Heaufc. 4, 1, 30. Better or worse, help or hurt, they 
 see nothing but what suits their humour. 
 
 3015. Melius te posse negates 
 
 Bis terque expertum frustra : delere jubebat 
 Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 439. 
 
 Verse-making. 
 
 Tell him you found it hopeless to correct : 
 
 You've tried it twice and thrice without effect ; 
 
 He'd calmly bid you make the three times four, 
 
 And take the unlicked cub in hand once more. Conington. 
 
 3016. Membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum : 
 
 Vanaque sollicitis incutit umbra metum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 7, 13. 
 
 Of the least touch a wounded limb's afraid : 
 
 And timorous souls are frightened at a shade. Ed. 
 
 3017. Me, me (adsum, qui feci) in me convertite ferrum 
 
 O Rutuli : mea fraus omnis : nihil iste nee ausus, 
 Nee potuit; caelurn hoc et conscia sidera tester. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 9, 427. 
 
 Nisus and Euryalus. 
 
 Me ! me, he cried, turn all your swords alone 
 
 On me ! The fact confess'd, the fault my own ! 
 
 He neither could nor durst, the guiltless youth : 
 
 Yon heaven and stars bear witness to the truth. Dryden.
 
 326 MEMENTO. 
 
 3018. Memento mori (L.) Remember you must die. Motto of 
 
 the Order of the Death's Head. 
 
 A reminder of our latter end. The Egyptians passed round a skull 
 at their feasts for this purpose : and behind the Roman general in 
 his triumphal chariot stood a slave whispering in his ear, Respice 
 post te, hominem memento te, Look behind you, remember that you 
 are but a man. The Russian Tsars used to be presented with 
 specimens of marble at their Coronation, from which to select one 
 for their tombs. 
 
 3019. Meminerunt omnia amantes. (L.) Ov. Her. 15, 43. 
 
 Lovers remember everything. 
 
 3020. Memini etiam quse nolo : oblivisci non possum quse volo. 
 
 (L.) Themist. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 104. / remember 
 things I had rather not: and I am unable to forget those 
 I would. 
 
 3021. Memorabilia. (Z.) Things to be remembered. Things 
 
 worthy of record. 
 
 3022. Memorem immemorem facit, qui monet quod memor 
 
 meminit. (_Z/.) Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30. Who is for ever 
 reminding a man of good memory of what he remembers, 
 makes him forget. 
 
 3023. Memoria pii in seterna. (L.) The remembrance of the just 
 
 is eternal. Motto of Lord Sudeley. 
 
 3024. Memoria technica. (L.) Artificial memory. Lines or 
 
 sentences so composed as to contain any series of things 
 necessary to be remembered, such as dates and principal 
 events. 
 
 3025. Meriace-moy de vivre et non pas de mourir. (Fr.) Salle- 
 
 bray (1640), Troade. Threaten me with life and not with 
 death. Andromache, Hector's wife, thus retorts on 
 Ulysses in words that might well have been hurled in 
 the face of Fouquier Tinville by the last survivor of 
 some aristocratic house during the Reign of Terror. 
 
 3026. Mendacem memorem esse oportet. (L.) Quint. 4, 2, 91. 
 
 A liar should have a good memory. Corneille borrows 
 the line for his Menteur, 4, 5 : II faut bonne memoire, 
 apres qu'on a menti. 
 
 3027. Mendici, mimi, balatrones, hoc genus omne. (L.) Hor. S. 
 
 1, 2, 2. -Beggars, buffoons, and jesters, all this class. 
 Id genus omne, All that class, is often used in the 
 same way to denote ' in a comprehensive manner any 
 category or description of people or things.
 
 MENS. 327 
 
 3028. Mene fugis 1 per ego has lachrymas, dextramque tuam te 
 
 (Quando aliud mihi jam miserse nihil ipsa reliqui) 
 Per connubia nostra, per inceptos Hyruenseos ; 
 Si bene quid d.e te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam 
 Dulce meum, miserere domus labentis, et istam 
 Oro, siquis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 314. 
 
 Dido's appeal to ASneas. 
 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, 
 
 3029. Me nemo ministro Fur erib. (L.) Juv. 3, 46. No man 
 
 shall have my help to play the thief. 
 
 3030. Me non solum piget stultitise mea3, sed etiatn pudet. (L.) 
 
 Cic. ? / am more than annoyed, I am ashamed at my 
 folly. 
 
 3031. Mens sequa rebus in arcluis. (L.) Self-controlled in diffi- 
 
 culties. Motto of Viscount Hardinge aud, omitting 
 rebus, of Warren Hastings. 
 
 3032. Mens agitat molem. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 727.^! mind 
 
 moves the mass. Said of the celestial principle of life 
 supposed to animate the universe in all its parts. The 
 disciples of St Simon adopted the words as motto for 
 their scheme of regeneration of the masses by the lights 
 of the " New Christianity." 
 
 3033. Mens conscia recti. (L.) A mind conscious of rectitude. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Ashbrook. 
 
 3034. Mens cujusque is est quisque : non ea figura quse digito 
 
 demonstrari potest. (L.) Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26. The 
 mind is the man, not the human body which can be 
 pointed out with the finger. First five words, Motto of 
 Earl of Cottenham. 
 
 3035. Mens immota manet, lacrimse volvuntur inanes. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 449. 
 
 Unchanged his heart's resolves remain, 
 And falling tears are idle rain. Conington.
 
 328 MENS. 
 
 3036. Mens regnum bona possidet. (L.) Sen. Thyest. 380. A 
 
 good conscience is a kingdom. 
 
 My mind to me a kingdom is 
 Such perfect joy therein I find. 
 
 Byrd, Psalmes and Sonnets, 1588. 
 
 3037. Mens soluta qusedam et libera, segregata ab omni concre- 
 
 tione mortali, omniaque sentiens et movens, ipsaque 
 prsedita motu sempiterno. (L.) Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66. 
 
 Conception of the Divine Being. 
 
 A mind, acting freely and independently, entirely separated from 
 all earthly matter, conscious of all and moving all ; itself being 
 endowed with a perpetual motion of its own. 
 
 3038. Mentem peccare, non corpus; et, unde consilium abfuerit, 
 
 culpam abesse. (L.) Liv. 1, 58, 9. The mind sins, not 
 t/ie body, and where there is no criminal intention, there 
 is no guilt. 
 
 3039. Mentis penetralia. (L.) Ambros. in Luc. Lib. 9, p. 240 
 
 (Ed. Paris, 1586). The inmost recesses of the mind. The 
 secrets of the heart. 
 
 3040. Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises 
 
 Quum ridere voles, Epicuri de grege porcum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15. 
 Ask you of me ? you'll laugh to see me grown 
 A hog of Epicurus, full twelve stone. Conington. 
 
 3041. Me quoque Musarum studimn sub nocte silenti 
 
 Artibus assuetis sollicitare solet. 
 
 (L.) Claud. Pnef. in Sext. Con. 11. 
 Me too the study of the Muse invites 
 With wonted charm upon the silent nights. Ed. 
 
 3042. Merses profundo pulcrior evenit ; 
 
 Luctere, multa proruet integrum 
 
 Cum laude victorem. (Z.) Hor. C. 4, 4, 65. 
 
 Plunged in the deep, it mounts to sight 
 More splendid ; grappled, it will quell 
 
 Unbroken powers. Conington. 
 
 Pliny says of the crocus (H.N. 21, 6, 17, 34), Gaudet calcari et 
 atteri, pereundoque melius provenit. It loves to be trodden and 
 bruised underfoot, and the more it is destroyed, the better it thrives. 
 
 3043. Mes jours s'en sont allez errant. (Fr.) Villon, Grand 
 
 Testament. My days are gone a wandering. Cf. Vulg. 
 lob. vii. 6. 
 
 3044. Messe tenus propria vive. (L.) Pers. 6, 25. Live within 
 
 your proper means, lit. harvest.
 
 MIHL 329 
 
 3045. Messieurs les gardes frangaises, tirez ! (Fr.) Gentlemen 
 
 of the French guard, fire I 
 
 Speech of Lord C. Hay at the battle of Fontenoy, 1745 ; to which 
 the Comte d'Anteroches, Lieutenant of the French Grenadiers, 
 replies, "Monsieur, nous ne tirons jamais les premiers, tirez vous- 
 me'mes " (Sir, we never fire first, please to fire yourselves). This, 
 which M. Fournier (L'Esprit dans 1'histoire) gives as the authentic 
 account and as redounding to the chivalrous spirit of the French, 
 tells equally, it seems to me, for the courtesy of the English officer. 
 
 3046. Me'tier d'auteur, me'tier d'oseur. (Fr.) Beaum. 1 ? The man 
 
 who writes much, must dare much. 
 
 3047. Mettre les pieds dans le plat. (Fr.) Prov. To put one's 
 
 foot in it. 
 
 3048. Metuenda corolla draconis. (L.) The dragon's crest is to 
 
 be feared. Marquess of Londonderry and Earl Yane. 
 
 3049. Meum et tuum. (L.) Mine and thine. The rights of 
 
 personal property. 
 
 3050. Meus mihi, suus cuique est carus. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 2, 
 
 3, 40. What is mine is dear to me, and so is his own to 
 every man. 
 
 3051. Micat inter omnea (L.) Hor. C. 1, 12, 46. It shines 
 
 amongst all. Jeu-de-mot, affixed as an inscription under 
 the picture of a favourite cat. 
 
 3052. Mieulx serra. (Fr.) Setter times are coming. Lord 
 
 Beaumont. 
 
 3053. Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur entered. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. Matrone d'Eph. A fool on his legs is better than 
 a buried emperor. Of. Eccles. ix. 4. 
 
 3054. Mieux vaut un bon renom, que du bien plein la maison. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. Setter a good name than a house full of 
 riches. 
 
 3055. Mieux vaut un Tiens, que deux Tu 1'auras. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 
 
 3056. Mieux vaut voir un chien enrage", qu'un soleil chaud en 
 
 Janvier. (Fr.) Breton Prov. Setter see a mad dog 
 than a hot sun in January. 
 
 3057. Mihi cura Non mediocris inest, fontes ut adire remotos 
 
 Atque haurire queam vitae precepta beatse. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 4, 93. 
 As for myself, I feel a thirst inbred 
 To drink these maxims at the fountain-head. Conington.
 
 330 MIHL 
 
 3058. Milii est propositum in taberna mori. (L.)1 I purpose 
 
 dying in an inn. 
 
 3059. Mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, 
 
 Porriget hora. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 16, 32. Time may, 
 perhaps, extend to me what it has denied to you. 
 
 3060. Mihi istic nee seritur nee metitur. (L.) Plaut. Epid. 2, 
 
 2, 80. There is neither sowing nor reaping in this affair 
 for me. It will not redound to my profit any way. 
 
 3061. Mihi misero cerebrum excutiunt 
 
 Tua dicta, soror : lapides loqueris. (L.) Plaut. Aul. 2, 
 1, 29. Your words, sister, are battering my poor brains 
 out. You speak stones. 
 
 3062. Mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 
 
 1, 23. The time goes by slowly and tediously to me. 
 
 3063. Militat omnis amans. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 9, 1. Every 
 
 lover is engaged in warfare. 
 
 Of. Militiae species amor est : discedite segues 
 
 Non sunt haec timidis signa tuenda viris. Gv. A. A. 2, 233. 
 
 Love is a kind of war : sluggards, depart ! 
 
 Its ranks cannot be kept by craven heart. Ed. 
 
 3064. Mille hominum species et rerum discolor usus ; 
 
 Velle suum cuique est, nee voto vivitur uno. 
 
 (L.) Pers. 5, 52. 
 
 Countless the kinds of men of countless hues : 
 With each his own, and not another's views. Ed. 
 
 3065. Mille verisimili non fanno un vero. (It.) Prov. A 
 
 tlwusand probabilities do not make one truth. 
 
 3066. Millia frumenti tua triverit area centum, 
 
 Non tuus hinc capiet venter plus ac meus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 45. 
 
 Say you've a million quarters on your floor, 
 
 Your stomach is like mine ; it holds no more. Conington. 
 
 3067. Minima de mails. (L.) Prov. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 29, 105. 
 
 Of two evils choose the least. 
 
 3068. Minus aptus acutis Naribus horum hominum. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 1, 3, 29. Hardly fitted for the society of persons of 
 such fastidious tastes. Not up to the level of very select 
 society. Description of an honest country fellow. 
 
 3069. Minutiae. (L.) Trifles. To enter into minutiae, means to 
 
 discuss the most minute details and particulars of any- 
 thing.
 
 MISERUM. 331 
 
 3070. Minuti Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas 
 
 Ultio. (L.} Juv. 13, 189. Revenge is ahcays the 
 delight of a weak and small mind. 
 
 3071. Mirabile dictu ! (L.} Wonderful to be told. (2.) Mirabile 
 
 visu. Wonderful to behold! 
 
 3072. Mirantur taciti, et dubio pro fulmine pendent. 
 
 (L.) Stat. T. 10, 920. 
 Suspense. 
 
 Amazement and suspense strike all men dumb, 
 Fearing which way the thunderbolt may come. Ed. 
 
 3073. Miremur te non tua. (Z.) Juv. 8, 68. Give us something 
 
 to admire in yourself, not in your belongings. To one 
 who boasts of his fine relations. 
 
 3074. Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem, 
 
 Dulce est desipere in loco. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 12, 27. 
 
 And be for once unwise. While time allows, 
 'Tis sweet the fool to play. Conington. 
 
 3075. Misera est magna custodia census. (Z.) Juv. 14, 304. 
 
 The charge of a great estate is a miserable thing. 
 
 3076. Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam 
 
 tuam. (Z.) Vulg. Ps. 1. 1. Have mercy on me, God, 
 after thy great goodness. Legend round the rim of the 
 coronet of Garter King-at-Arms. 
 
 3077. Miser est qui se beatissimum non judicat, licet imperet 
 
 mundo. . . . Non est beatus, esse se qui non putat ; quid 
 enim refert qualis status tuus sit, si tibi videtur mains? 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 9. 
 
 He is wretched who does not think himself most happy, though he 
 be master of the world. . . . 
 
 " Not blest is he who thinks himself uriblest," 
 
 For what does it matter what your condition is, if it seem a bad 
 one in your own eyes ? 
 
 3078. Misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontem. (L.) 1 St. 
 
 August. The Lord's mercy may be found betioeen bridge 
 and stream. " Between the saddle and the ground, I 
 mercy sought and mercy found." 
 
 3079. Miserum est aliorum incumbere farnse 
 
 Ne collapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 8, 76. 
 
 Don't support yourself on others ; 
 
 If the column falls, where are you ? Shaw.
 
 332 MISERUM. 
 
 3080. Miserum est opus, 
 
 Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tenet. 
 (L.) Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32. It is wretched work to be 
 beginning to dig a well when thirst has got you by the 
 weasand ! 
 
 3081. Miserum istuc verbum et pessumum 'st, habuisse et nihil 
 
 habere. (L.) Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 34. A miserable and 
 hateful expression that, "I had, but have not." 
 
 3082. Mio-w nvijfjLova a-vfjLTTOTrjv. (Gr.) Mart. 1, 28. I hate a 
 
 boon companion with a good memory. One should not 
 tell tales out of school. 
 
 3083. Mwrw (roffrurTrjv GOTIS ov^ avrw <ro<os. (Gr.) 1 / hate the 
 
 sophist who is not wise in his own affairs. 
 
 3084. Mit der Duminheit kampfen Gb'tter selbst vergebens. (G.) 
 
 Schill. Jungfrau von Orleans, 3, 6 (Talbot loq.). With 
 stupidity the Gods themselves battle in vain. 
 
 3085. Mitis depone colla, Sicamber ! incende quod adorasti ; 
 
 adora quod incendisti ! (L.) Greg. Turon. 1 Sow thy 
 neck, gentle Sicambrian I Bum what thou hast adored 
 (idols), and adore what thou hast burnt (the Cross) ! 
 Speech of St Remigius to Clovis, King of the Franks, at 
 his baptism at Reims, 496. 
 
 3086. Mitte hanc de pectore curam. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 85. 
 
 Dismiss this anxiety from your mind. 
 
 3087. Mittimus. (L.) Law Term. We send. (1.) A writ for 
 
 transferring records from one court to another. (2.) A 
 precept under the hand and seal of a Justice of Peace 
 committing an offender. 
 
 3088. M. 1'ambassadeur, j'ai toujours e'te' le maitre chez moi, quel- 
 
 quefois chez les autres ; ne m'en faites pas souvenir. 
 (Fr.) Louis XIV. to Lord Stair. Mr Ambassador, I 
 have always been master in my own affairs, and some- 
 times in those of other people. I beg your Lordship not 
 to remind me of these things. 
 
 3089. Mobiliuin turba Quiritium. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 1, 7. A 
 
 crowd of fickle citizens. 
 
 3090. Modeste tamen et circumspecto judicio de tantis viris pro- 
 
 nuncianclum est, ne, quod plerisque accidit, damnent quse 
 non intelligunt. (L.) Quint. 10, 1, 26. One ought 
 in the case of such eminent men to speak with due deference 
 and discretion, lest, like many persons, one should con-
 
 MOLLITER. 833 
 
 demn what one does not understand. Maxim to be re- 
 membered by would-be critics who can always find fault 
 when they can do nothing else. Damnant quce non 
 intelligunt, They damn what is above their comprehen- 
 sion. 
 
 3091. Modo vir, modo foemina. (L.) Ov. M. 4, 280. Now as a 
 
 man, now as a woman. A person assuming either shape 
 at will. 
 
 3092. Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu. 
 
 Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex 
 se. (L.) Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 29. In everything, sister, 
 moderation is the best principle : any excess of itself 
 causes men excessive trouble. 
 
 3093. Modus operandi. (L.) The way to do it. (2.) Modus 
 
 vivendi. A way of living. An arrangement between 
 two parties enabling them to live and act harmoniously 
 either together or independently. 
 
 3094. Moi ! dis-je, et c'est assez. (Fr.) Corn. Medde, 1, 5. 
 
 Me ! I replied, and is not that enough ? Apart from all 
 egotism, most of us, like Medea herself, find our own 
 personality to be a tolerably important role in the drama 
 of life. 
 
 3095. Molle meum levibusque cor est violabile telis, 
 
 Et semper causa est, cur ego semper amem. 
 
 (L.) Ov. H. 15, 79. 
 Cupid's light darts my tender bosom move, 
 And that's the reason why I always love. Pope. 
 
 3096. Mollissima corda 
 
 Humano generi dare se natura fatetur, 
 Quse lachrymas dedit : haec nostri pars optima sensus. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 15, 131. 
 
 When tears to man Dame Nature did impart, 
 It was to prove she'd given a feeling heart ; 
 It is our noblest gift. Ed. 
 
 3097. Mollissima fandi Tempora. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 293. The 
 
 most favourable opportunity for speaking. An opportune 
 moment for pressing a request, or mentioning any deli- 
 cate subject. This must be carefully watched for, since 
 everything may depend upon securing the mollissima 
 tempora fandi. 
 
 3098. Molliter austerum studio fallente laborem. (L.) Hor. S. 
 
 2, 2, 12. The pursuit agreeably lightening the arduous- 
 ness of the labour.
 
 334 MOLLITER. 
 
 3099. Molliter ossa cubent. (L.) Ov. T. 3, 3, 76. Light rest 
 
 his bones / 
 
 3100. Mon ame a son secret, ma vie a son mystere. (Fr.) 
 
 Arvers, Heures Perdues, 1833. My soul has its secret, 
 my life its mystery. 
 
 3101. Mon ami, le temps de la commandite va passer, mais les 
 
 badauds ne passeront pas occupons nous de ce qui est 
 e'ternel. (Fr.) Philipon. My friend, the age of chivalry 
 is passing away, but the age of loafers will never, end 
 let us occupy ourselves with the eternal. 
 
 3102. Mon Dieu est ma roche. (Fr.) God is my rock. Lord 
 
 Fermoy. 
 
 3103. Mone sale. (Z.) Advise with salt. Lord Emly. 
 
 3104. Moniti meliora sequamur. (L.) Virg. A. 3, 188. Being 
 
 admonished (or warned), let us pursue a better course. 
 
 3105. Monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare : semita certe 
 
 Tranquillse per virtutem, patet unica vitse. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 10, 363. 
 
 I but teach 
 
 The blessings man by his own powers may reach. 
 The path to peace is virtue. Gifford. 
 
 3106. Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademp- 
 
 tum. (Z.) Virg. A. 3, 657. An awful, hideous, huge, 
 sightless monster. Description of Polyphemus, the 
 Cyclops, after his one eye had been put out by Ulysses. 
 
 3107. Montis insignia Calpe. (L.) The insignia of Mount 
 
 Calpe (Gibraltar). Motto of 39th, 56th, and 58th Foot. 
 
 3108. Morbus signa cibus blasphemia dogma fuere 
 
 Causse cur Dominum turba secuta fuit. (Z.) St Albert? 
 
 Sickness, food, miracles, blasphemy, the "Word, 
 Are reasons five why crowds pursued our Lord. Ed. 
 
 3109. More meo or suo, etc. (L.) As is my or his wont. (2.) 
 
 More majorum. After the manner of our ancestors. 
 (3.) Sicut meus est ruos. Hor. S. 1, 9, 1. As is my 
 wont. (4.) Suus cuique mos. Every one has his own 
 habits. 
 
 3110. Morgen-Stunde hat Gold im Munde. (.) Prov. Tlie 
 
 morning hour has gold in its mouth. Early to bed, etc. 
 
 3111. Moriamur, et in media arma ruamus, 
 
 Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 353.
 
 MORS. 335 
 
 Come, rush we on our fate ! 
 
 No safety may the vanquished find 
 
 Till hope of safety be resigned. Conington. 
 
 An instance of iVrepov Tr/oorepoi/, or inversion of order of 
 ideas (let us die, and rush into the field). 
 
 3112. Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque. 
 
 (L.) Enn. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei. 2, 21. 
 
 It is her simple, hardy ancestry 
 
 That gives to Rome her greatness of to-day. Ed. 
 
 3113. Moriemur inultse ? 
 
 Sed moriamur, ait. Sic, sic juvat ire sub umbras. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 659. 
 Death of Dido. 
 
 To die, and unrcvenged ! she cried, 
 Yet let me die ! thus, thus I'll go 
 Rejoicing to the shades below. Conington. 
 
 Cf. Horace's Parody (S. 2, 8, 34) : 
 
 Nos nisi damnose bibimus, moriemur inulti. 
 
 Except we drink his cellar dry 
 
 'Tis plain that unavenged we die. Ed. 
 
 3114. MORS. (L.) MORT, LA. (Fr.) Death. 
 
 (2.) Pallida mors sequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas 
 
 Regumque turres. beate Sexti, 
 Vitse summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 1, 4, 12. 
 
 Pale death, impartial, walks his rounds: he knocks at cottage- 
 gate 
 
 And palace-portal. Sestius, child of bliss ! 
 
 How should a mortal's hopes be long, when short his being's 
 date ? Conington. 
 
 (3.) Sub tua purpurei venient vestigia reges 
 Deposito luxu, turba cum paupere mixti. 
 Omnia mors sequat. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 300. 
 
 Kings in thy train shall come (their purple robes 
 And state laid down) mixed with the common herd : 
 Death levels all. Ed. 
 
 (4.) Tendimus hue omnes : metam properamus ad unam 
 
 Omnia sub leges mors vocat atra suas. Ov. Liv. 359. 
 
 Here tend we all : all hasten to one goal, 
 Beneath its sway death summons every soul. . 
 
 (5. ) Nee forma aeternum, aut cuiquam est fortnna perennis : 
 Longius aut propius, mors sua quemque manet. 
 
 Prop. 2, 28, 57. 
 
 Beauty must fade ; fortune has but its day : 
 
 Death, soon or late, claims each one as its prey. Ed.
 
 336 MORS. 
 
 (6. ) Tibi crescit omne 
 
 Et quod occasus videt, et quod ortus ; 
 
 Sis licet segnis, properamus ipsi : 
 
 Prima quse vitam dedit, carpsit hora. Sen. Here. Fur. ? 
 
 Thine, death, is all that lives and grows, 
 
 Thiue both its blossom and decay : 
 
 We hasten fast though thou delay, 
 
 And life's first hour portends its close. Ed. 
 
 (7.) Scilicet omne sacrum Mors importuna profanat, 
 
 Omnibus obscuras injicit ilia manus. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19. 
 
 Death of Tibullus. 
 
 Death lays his impious touch on all things rare : 
 His shadowy hands no sacred office spare. Ed. 
 
 (8.) Miremur periisse homines ? monumenta fatiscunt : 
 
 Mors etiam saxis nominibusque venit. Auson. Epig. 35, 9. 
 Can you wonder that men perish, when even their monuments crumble 
 to pieces ? Death visits even marbles, and stone inscriptions. 
 
 (9.) Frange toros : pete vina : rosas cape : tingere nardo. 
 
 Ipse jubet mortis te meminisse Deus. Mart. 2, 59, 3. 
 
 Fill the couches, call for wine-cups, unguents bring and rosy 
 
 wreath ! 
 
 In the midst of your carousing God bids you remember death. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 (10.) Moriendum enim certe est, et id incertum, an eo ipso die. 
 Cic. Sen. 20, 74. It is certain we must die, and we know not if it 
 may not be this very day. (11.) Mors . . . quasi saxum Tantalo, 
 semper impendet. Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60. Death, like Tantalus' rock, 
 is always hanging over us. (12.) Mors ultima linea rerum est. 
 Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79. Death is the furthest limit of human vicissitude. 
 (13.) Mors sola fatetur Quantula sint hominum corpuscula. Juv. 
 10, 172. Death alone proves how very puny are the bodies of mortal 
 men. Originally said of Alexander the Great. Macaulay quotes 
 the line of Louis XIV., whose stature, reputed tall during his life- 
 time, was discovered on the exhumation of his body (in the First 
 Revolution) not to have exceeded 5 ft. 8 in. (Essay on Mirabeau.) 
 (14.) Nil melius aeterna lex fecit, quam quod unum introitum nobis 
 ad vitam dedit, exitus multos. Sen. Ep. 70. The fixed law of our 
 existence has done nothing better than in ordering one mode of enter- 
 ing life, and many modes of departing out of it. (15.) Dulce et 
 decorum est pro patria mori. Hor. C. 3, 2, 13. It is sweet and 
 honourable to die for one's country. Cf. fortunata mors, quse 
 naturae debita, pro patria est potissimum reddita ! Cic. Phil. 14, 
 112, 31. Happy is the death which, though due to nature, is cheer- 
 fully surrendered for the sake of one's country. (16.) Optima mors 
 parca quae venit apta die. Prop. 3, 3, 40. That death is best 
 which arrives opportunely and soon. (17.) Quern di diligunt, 
 Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 
 18. Wham the gods love dies young while his strength and senses 
 and faculties are in their full vigour. Byron says, "God gives his 
 favourites early death." (18.) Optanda mors eft, sine metu mortis
 
 MORTALIA. 337 
 
 mori. Sen. Troad. 869. That death is to be desired which is free 
 from all fear of death. (19.) Mortem optare, malum ; timere 
 pejus. Sen. (Ed. ? To wish for death is bad, to fear it, worse. 
 (20.) C'est ici que j'attend la mort, 
 
 Sans la desirer, ni la craindre. (Fr.) Maynard ? 
 
 The hour of death I wait for here : 
 Without desire, and without fear. Ed. 
 (21.) Et metus ille foras prseceps Acherontis agendas 
 Funditus humanam qui vitam turbat ab imo, 
 Omnia suffuscans mortis nigrore, neque ullam 
 Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 3, 39. 
 
 Drive headlong out of doors that fear of death 
 That troubles human life from top to base, 
 And clouds all things in inky gloom, nor leaves 
 One single joy to be completely pure. Ed. 
 
 (22.) Scire mori sors prima viris, sed proxima cogi. Lucan. 9, 
 211. To die of one's own free choice is man's best fortune, the next 
 best to be slain. 
 (23. ) Eripere vitam nemo non homini potest 
 
 At nemo mortem. Sen. Theb. ? 
 
 Any - an take from me the right to live, 
 But none the right to die. Ed. 
 
 ^24.) Nihil sic revocat a peccato, quam frequens mortis meditatio. 
 S. Aug. lib. exhort. ? Nothing is so efficacious in preserving a, man 
 from sin, as constant meditation on death. (25.) Mourir n'est rien, 
 c'est notre derniere heure. (Fr.) Palisse, Deserteurs. To die is 
 nothing, 'tis but our last hour. 
 (26. ) Hsureux 1'inconnu qui s'est bien su connaitre 
 II ne voit pas de mal k mourir plus qu'k naitre : 
 
 II s'en va comme il est venu. Renault ? Happy the man 
 who though unknown to others has learnt to know himself well. 
 He thinks no more harm in dying than in being born. He departs 
 as he came. (27. ) Mors janua vitae. (L. ) Death is the entrance 
 into life. (28. ) Mortem aliquid ultra est ? Vita, si cupias mori. 
 Sen. Ag. 996. Electra. Is there anything after death 1 .ffigistheus. 
 Yes, life, if you desire to die. (29.) Acerba semper et immatura 
 mors eorum, qui immortale aliquid parant. Plin. Min. 5, 5. The 
 deatJis of those men who haw some immortal work in hand, always 
 seem cruelly premature. 
 
 3115. Mors potius macula. (Z-.) Death rather than dishonour. 
 
 Lord Ffrench. 
 
 3116. Mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias. (L.) Cic. 
 
 Rab. Post. 12, 32. Let our enmities be short-lived, our 
 friendships immortal. 
 
 3117. Mortalia facta peribunt, 
 
 Nedum sermonum stet honos et gratia vivax. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 68. 
 , Man's works must perish : how should words evade 
 
 The general doom, and flourish undecayed ? Conington. 
 Y
 
 338 MORTALIUM. 
 
 3118. Mortalium rertim misera beatitude. (L.) Boeth. Cons. 
 
 Ph. 2, 4. T/te miserable blessedness attending human 
 affairs. 
 
 3119. Mos pro lege. (Z.) Usage for law. Long established 
 
 custom has the force of law. 
 
 3120. Mot a mot. (Fr.) Word for word. Literally. (2.) Mot 
 
 du guet. A watch-word. (3.) Mots d'usage. Words in 
 common use. 
 
 3121. Moveo et profiteer. (L.J I move and prosper. Earl of 
 
 Ranfurly. 
 
 3122. Mugitus labyrinthi (L.) Juv. 1, 53. The roaring of 
 
 the labyrinth. 
 
 The monster, Minotaur, half man, half bull, was imprisoned in the 
 Labyrinth in Crete, and fed on human flesh. Theseus slew him 
 and escaped by the clew furnished by Ariadne. Juvenal mentions 
 it as a hackneyed topic of fourth-rate Roman poets. 
 
 3123. Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, 
 
 In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua. (L.) Catull. 
 70, 3. What a woman says to her ardent lover, ought to 
 be written on t/te winds, or on running water. Transient, 
 fleeting vows and professions. 
 Cf. Keats' epitaph : 
 
 Here lies one whose name was writ in water. 
 
 3124. Mulier profecto nata est ex ipsa mora. (L.) Plaut. Mil. 
 
 4, 7, 9. Woman certainly is the offspring of tardiness 
 itself. 
 
 3125. Mulier quae sola cogitat male cogitat. (L.) Prov. A 
 
 woman who thinks alone, thinks of mischief. 
 
 3126. Mulier recte olet, ubi nihil olet. (L.) Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 
 
 141. A woman smells sweetest, when she smells of 
 nothing. 
 
 3127. Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra. (L.) ? Aul. 
 
 Gell. There s many a slip 'twixt cup and lip. 
 
 3128. Multa dies, variique labor mutabilis sevi, 
 
 Rettulit in melius, multos alterna revisens 
 Lusit, et in solido rursus fortuna locavit. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A, 11, 425. 
 Vicissitude. 
 
 Time, toil, and circumstance full oft 
 A humbled cause has raised aloft, 
 And fortune whom she mocked before 
 Has placed on solid ground once more. Conington.
 
 MULTA, 339 
 
 3129. Multse terricolis linguae, coelestibup una. (-.), or IIoAAat 
 [lev 8v))Toi<s yAwTTCu, /*ia S'a0avaTOnv. (Gr.) H. Carey ? 
 The inhabitants of earth have many languages, those of 
 heaven have but one. 
 
 SI 30. Multa fero ut placeam genus irritabile vatum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102. 
 
 Much I endure indeed (perhaps you know it) 
 To please the irritable genus poet. Ed. 
 
 3131. Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum ; 
 
 Multa recedentes adimunt. (L.) Hor. A. P. 175. 
 
 Years, as they come, bring blessings in their train : 
 Years, as they go, take blessings back again. Conington. 
 
 3132. Multa petentibus 
 
 Desunt multa. Bene est cui Deus obtulit 
 
 Parca, quod satis est, manu. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 16, 42. 
 
 Who much require are much in want ; 
 'Tis best if, just what life demands, 
 God furnish us with sparing hands. Ed. 
 
 3133. Multa quidem scripsi : sed quse vitiosa putavi 
 
 Emendaturis ignibus ipse dedi. (L.) Ov. T. 4, 10, 61. 
 / have written much, but what I thought faulty I threw 
 myself into the corrective flames. 
 
 3134. Mnlta renascentur quse jam cecidere, cadentque 
 
 Quse nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, 
 Quern penes arbitrium est, et jus, et norrua loquendi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 71. 
 
 Yes, words long faded may again revive ; 
 
 And words may fade now blooming and alive, 
 
 If usage wills it so, to whom belongs 
 
 The rule and law, the government of tongues. Conington. 
 
 3135. Multa rogant utenda dari; data reddere nolunt. (L.) 
 
 Ov. A. A. 1, 433. They (women) are always asking you 
 to lend them money ; but they never repay the loan. 
 
 3136. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda ; vel quod 
 
 Quserit, et inventis miser abstinet, ac timet uti ; 
 Fel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 169. 
 
 Drawbacks of old age. 
 Grey hairs have many evils : without end 
 The old man gathers what he dares not spend. 
 While, as for action, do he what he will, 
 'Tis all half-hearted, spiritless, and chill. Conington.
 
 340 MULTI. 
 
 3137. Multi adorantur in ara qui cremantur in igne. (L.) 
 
 Augustin. 1 Many are worshipped at the altar who are 
 burning inflames. Said of the worship paid to heathen 
 deities, the emperor, etc. 
 
 3138. Multi Committunt eadem diverse crimina fato, 
 
 . Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hie diadema. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 13, 103. 
 
 Men the same crimes commit with varying end ; 
 And some a scaffold, some a throne ascend. Ed. 
 
 3139. Multi, inquam, sunt, Lucili, qui non donant, sed projiciunt; 
 
 nor voco ego liberal em, pecunise suse iratum. (L.) Sen. 
 Ep. 120. There are 'many, Lucilius, who do not give, 
 but throw away ; and I do not call a man liberal because 
 he is angry with his money. 
 
 3140. Multi multa, nemo omnia novit. (L.) 1 Many men have 
 
 knoivn much, no one has ever known everything. 
 
 3141. Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit; 
 
 Nulli flebilior quam tibi, Virgili. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 24, 9. 
 
 By many a good man wept, Quintilius dies ; 
 By none than you, my Virgil, trulier wept. Conington. 
 
 3142. Multitudinem decem faciunt. (L.) Coke 1 ? Ten persons 
 
 make a crowd. 
 
 3143. Multo plures satietas quam fames perdidit viros. (L.) 
 
 Many more men die of surfeit than of hunger. Of. 
 Multos morbos multa fercula fecerunt. Sen. Ep. 95. 
 Many maladies are the result of dinners of many courses. 
 
 3144. Multorum manibus grande levatur opus. (L.) Many 
 
 hands make light work. 
 
 3145. Multos experimur iiigratos, plures facimus. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Ben. 1, init. We find many men who are ungrateful ; 
 we make more. 
 
 3146. Multos in summa pericula misit 
 
 Venturi timor ipse mali. Fortissimus ille est 
 
 Qui promtus metuenda pati, si cominus instent, 
 
 Et difterre potest. (L.) Lucan. 7, 104. 
 
 True courage. 
 
 Many's the mortal whom the very dread 
 Of coming ill has into danger sped. 
 But bravest he who, prompt to meet his fate, 
 Can face the shock, or can with patience wait. Ed.
 
 MURTtANUM. 341 
 
 3147. Multos modios sails simul edendos esse, ut amicitiae munus 
 
 expletum sit. (L.} Cic. Am. 19, 67. (As the saying 
 goes) We must eat many bushels of salt together, before 
 we can achieve a real friendship, 
 
 3148. Multum est demissus homo. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 57. He 
 
 is a very unassuming man. 
 
 3149. Multum in parvo. (L.) Much in little. Much in a little 
 
 compass. 
 
 3150. Multum sapit qui non diu desipit. (L.) He is wise who 
 
 does not persist in folly long. 
 
 3151. Mundseque parvo sub lare pauperum 
 
 Ccense,sine aulaeiset ostro, 
 
 Sollicitam explicuere frontem. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 29, 14. 
 
 The poor man's supper, neat but spare, 
 With no gay couch to seat the guest, 
 Has smooth 'd the rugged brow of care. Conington. 
 
 3152. Munditiis capimur. (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 133. We are 
 
 attracted by neatness. 
 
 3153. Mundus scena, vita transitus, venisti, vidisti, abiisti. (.)? 
 
 The world is a stage, and life your passage across it ; 
 you enter, you look around you, you make your exit. 
 
 3154. Mundus universus exercet histrioniain. (L.) Petron. Fr. 
 
 10. All the world plays the actor's part. 
 
 3155. Munit haec, et altera vincit. (L.) This defends, and the 
 
 other conquers. Nova Scotia Knights. 
 
 3156. Munus et officium nil scribens ipse docebo, 
 
 Unde parentur opes, quid alat formetque poetam ; 
 Quid deceat, quid non : quo virtus, quo ferat error. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 306. 
 
 Although no writer, I may yet impart 
 
 To writing folk the precepts of their art. 
 
 Whence come its stores, what trains and forms the bard, 
 
 And how a work is made, and how 'tis marred. Conington. 
 
 3157. Munus nostrum ornato verbis quod poteris. (L.) Ter. 
 
 Eun. 2, 1, 8. Set off my present with all the eloquence 
 you can. 
 
 3158. Murranum hie, atavos et avorum antiqua sonantem 
 
 Nornina, per regesque actum genus omne Latinos. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A, 12, 529. 
 Murranus too, whose boastful tongue 
 With high-born sires and grandsires rung, 
 And pedigrees of long renown 
 Through Latian monarchs handed down. Conington.
 
 342 MURUS. 
 
 3159. Murus seneus conscientia sana. (L.) A healthy conscience 
 
 is a wall of brass. Motto of the Earl of Scarborough. 
 
 3160. Mutare vel timere sperno. (L.) I scorn either to change 
 
 or to fear. M. of the Duke of Beaufort and Lord Raglan. 
 
 3161. Mutatis mutandis. (Law L.) Tlie necessary changes being 
 
 made. If the persons, places, dates, events, circumstances 
 (or what not) be changed, the same remark will apply. 
 
 3162. Mutum est pictura poema. (L.) 
 
 A picture is a poem without worda. 
 
 N. 
 
 3163. Nach Canossa gehen wir nicht. (Gf.) We are not going to 
 
 Canossa. Bismarck in Parliament, May 1872. 
 
 Canossa is a town near Reggio in Northern Italy, where Emperor 
 Henry IV. (1077) obtained absolution from Pope Gregory VII. 
 (Hildebrand) after three days' humiliation. Bismarck's phrase 
 implied that the present German Empire was not going to sur- 
 render so abjectly to the Papal claims. 
 
 3164. Nse amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam 
 
 Immune est facinus. (L.) Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1. Truly, 
 it is a thankless office enough to reprove a, friend for a 
 fault, when he deserves it. 
 
 3165. Nam de mille fabse modiis dum surripis unum, 
 
 Damnum est, non facinus mihi pacto lenius isto. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 55. 
 
 Steal but one bean, although the loss be small, 
 
 The crime's as great as if you stole them all. Conington. 
 
 3166. Nam dives qui fieri vult, Et cito vult fieri 
 
 (L.) Juv. 14, 176. 
 Who'd be rich would be so quickly. Shaw. 
 
 3167. Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. (L.) Bacon, Medit. 
 
 Sacr. de Haeresibus. For knowledge itself is power. 
 
 Cf. Vir sapiens, fortis est : et vir doctus robustus et validus. 
 Vulg. Prov. 24, 5. A wise man is strong, and a learned man is 
 powerful and mighty. 
 
 3168. Nam genus, et proavos, et quse non fecimus ipsi, 
 
 Yix ea nostra voco. (L.) Ov. M. 13, 140. 
 
 For birth and lineage and all such renown, 
 
 Bequeathed not made, can scarce be called our own. Ed. 
 
 Last four words, Motto of Earl of Warwick and Lord 
 Greville.
 
 NAM. 343 
 
 3169. Nam jam non domus accipiet te Iseta, neque uxor 
 
 Optuma, nee dulces occurrent oscula nati 
 Prseripere, et tacita pectus dulcedine tangent. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 3, 907. 
 A father's death. 
 
 No more shall thy family welcome thee home, 
 Nor around thee thy wife and sweet little ones come, 
 All clamouring joyous to snatch the first kiss, 
 Transporting thy bosom with exquisite bliss. Ed. 
 
 3170. Nam neque divitibus contingunt gaudia soils, 
 
 Nee vixit male qui natus moriensque fefellit. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 9. 
 
 Joys do not happen to the rich alone, 
 
 Nor he liv'd ill, that lived and died unknown. Ed. 
 
 3171. Nam mine mores nihil faciunt quod licet, nisi quod lubet. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 25. Nowadays it is the custom 
 to make no account of what is correct, but only what is 
 pleasant. 
 
 3172. Nam quse inscitia est Adversum stimulum calces. (L.) Ter. 
 
 Phorm. 1, 2, 27. What folly 'tis to kick against the 
 goad I Cf. Si stimulos pugnis csedis, manibus plus dolet. 
 Plaut. True. 4, 2, 55. If you fight the goad with your 
 fists, so much the worse for your knuckles. An evil is 
 often only aggravated by useless opposition. 
 
 3173. Namque adserit urbes 
 
 Sola fames, emiturque metus quum segne potentes 
 Vulgus alunt : nescit plebes jejuna timere. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 3, 56. 
 
 How to stifle panic. 
 
 Hunger's enough to set whole cities free. 
 Then buy your fears, like some commodity, 
 And let the rich supply the poor with bread ; 
 A famished mob has lost all sense of dread. Ed. 
 
 3174. Nam quum magna malse superest audacia causse, 
 
 Creditur a multis fiducia. (L.) Juv. 13, 109. 
 
 Urge a bad cause with boundless impudence 
 And 'twill be thought by many innocence. Ed. 
 
 3175. Nam timor unus erat, facies non una timoris. (L.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 1, 121. One and the same fear possessed them all, 
 but they did not all show it in the same way. The atti- 
 tude of the Sabine women when seized by the soldiers of 
 Romulus.
 
 344 NAM. 
 
 3176. Nam tua res agitur paries quum proximus ardet : 
 
 Et neglecta solent incendia sumere vires. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84. 
 
 No time for sleeping TV ith a fire next door ; 
 
 Neglect such things, they only blaze the more. Conington. 
 
 3177. Nascentes moriinur, finisque ab origine pendet. (L.) 
 
 Manil. Astr. 4, 16. We are born but to die, and the end 
 joins on to the beginning. Cf. Chaque instant de la vie 
 est un pas vers la mort. (Fr.) Corn. Tite et Berdn. 1, 
 5. Each moment of life is a step towards the grave. 
 
 3178. Natales grate numeras ? ignoscis amicis ? 
 
 Lenior et melior fis accedente senecta ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210. 
 Signs of improvement. 
 
 D'ye keep your birth-days thankfully, forgive, 
 Grow gentler, better, every day you live ? Ed. 
 
 3179. Natio comceda est. Rides? meliore caclnnno 
 
 Concutitur : net, si lacrymas conspexit amici, 
 Nee dolet. Igniculum brumse si tempore poscas 
 Accipit endromidem : si dixeris, ^3Estuo, sudat, 
 Non sumus ergo pares. (L.) Juv. 3, 100. 
 
 Greeks. 
 
 The race are actors born. Smile, and your Greek 
 
 Will laugh until the tears run down his cheek. 
 
 He'll weep as soon, if he observe a friend 
 
 In tears, but feels no grief. For fire you send 
 
 In winter ; straight his overcoat he gets : 
 
 And, if you cry, How hot it is, he sweats. 
 
 We are not therefore equal. Ed. 
 
 3180. Natura abhorret vacuum. (L.) Nature abhors a vacuum. 
 
 Dictum of Descartes, borrowed from the Peripatetic (Aristotle) 
 School, and originally employed to account for the rise of water in 
 a pump. As far as is known, there is no vacuum in the material 
 universe, i.e., no part of its containing space is devoid of matter; 
 everything which is not a solid body being filled with the atmo- 
 sphere, beyond which exists a medium sufficient to disturb sensibly 
 the motion of the planets. 
 
 3181. Natura in operationibus suis non facit saltum. (Z.) Nature 
 
 in her operations does not proceed by leaps. All is gradual, 
 progressive. 
 
 This is quoted in La Vie et Mort du giant Theutolocus, 1613 (v. 
 Fournier, Variitis hist, et litteraires) : Cf. Linnaeus, Philosoph. 
 botan. 77 (1751), Natura non facit saltus. Nature does not make 
 leaps ; and Leibnitz, Nouveaux Essais iv. 16 (1765), says : Tout va 
 par degres dans la nature, et rien par saut. (Fr. ) Everything pro- 
 ceeds gradually in nature, and never by leaps.
 
 NEC ASPERA. 345 
 
 3182. Natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa. 
 
 (It.} Ariost. Orl. Fur. 10, 79. 
 
 Nature broke the mould 
 
 In which she cast him, after fashioning 
 
 Her work. Rose. 
 
 Said originally of II duca di Eoscia (? Duke of Rothesay), it has 
 been applied to Raphael and others, as, e.g., by Lord Byron in his 
 Monody on the Death of Sheridan, 117 : 
 
 Sighing that nature formed but one such man, 
 
 And broke the die in moulding Sheridan. 
 
 3183. Naturalia non sunt turpia. (L.) What is natural is never 
 
 shameful. Trans, of Eurip. (Fr. 863, p. 542, Dindorf), 
 OVK alcr^pov ovSev TWV dvay/catwv /3/3OTOts. 
 
 3184. Naturam expellas furca tarn en usque recurret. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24. 
 
 Drive Nature out with might and main, 
 She's certain to return again. Ed. 
 Destouches imitates it in his Glorieiix, 3, 5 : 
 
 Je ne le sais que trop : 
 
 Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop. (Fr. ) 
 
 If you drive nature out, I know well to my pain, 
 She's sure to conie back at full gallop agaiu. Ed. 
 Frederick the Great (to Voltaire, 1771) applies the saying to pre- 
 judices : "Chassez les prejuges par la porte, ils rentreront par la 
 fenetre." 
 
 3185. Natus nemo. (L.) Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 55. Not a living 
 
 soul. 
 
 3186. Naufragium in portu facere. (L.) Quint. Decl. 12, 23. 
 
 To make shipwreck in port. To fail on the verge of 
 success. 
 
 3187. Naufragium rerum est mulier malefida marito. (-.)? An 
 
 unfaithful wife is the shipwreck of her husband's fortunes. 
 
 3188. Naviget Anticyrarn. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 166. Let him 
 
 make a cruise to Anticyra. He's mad ! to Bedlam with 
 him ! Hellebore, supposed to be good for hypochondria 
 and insanity, was found at Anticyra, a town on the gulf 
 of Corinth. 
 
 3189. Ne j9sopum quidem trivit. (L.) Prov. He has not 
 
 begun to thumb his jfflsop yet. He has not begun the 
 most elementary manuals. A backward scholar. 
 
 3190. Nee aspera terrent. (L.) Not even difficulties alarm us. 
 
 Motto of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order : 3d Hussars : 
 8th, 14th, 23d (Welsh Fusiliers), 25th, and 27th Foot.
 
 346 NEC CAPUT. 
 
 3191. Nee caput nee pedes. (L.) Prov. Neither head nor tail. 
 
 All confusion. 
 
 3192. Nee conjugis unquam 
 
 Praetendi tsedas : aut hsec in foadera veni. (L.) Virg. 
 A. 4, 338. / never pretended to be your husband, nor 
 entered I into any such covenant as this. 
 
 Quoted in the form Non hcec in f. v. (in law and elsewhere), the 
 words are used to repudiate alleged non-fulfilment of contracts, and 
 to assert one's freedom from agreements never actually entered 
 into. In reply to the propositions to which X. wishes me to accede, 
 I can only say, non hcec in fcedera veni, These were no part of the 
 original engagement. 
 
 3193. Nee cupias, nee metuas. (L.) NeitJier desire nor fear. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Hardwicke. 
 
 3194. Nee deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodns. (L.} Hor. 
 
 A. P. 191. Never bring in a god unless there be a knotty 
 point absolutely requiring such a solution. 
 
 Advice to dramatic authors. Such an introduction was called a 
 Deus ex machina (A god in a machine), i.e., some one who inter- 
 poses at the last moment, to lend effective help at a critical juncture. 
 
 3195. Nee duo sunt, at forma duplex, nee femina dici 
 
 Nee puer ut possint, neutrumque et utrumque videntur. 
 (L.) Ov. M. 4, 378. Nor are they two individuals, but 
 one with double shape: so that you can neither call it 
 man or woman, but they seem something of both. Motto 
 of Spectator 435 on ladies' masculine attire. 
 
 Both bodies in a single body mix, 
 
 A single body with a double sex. Addison. 
 
 3196. Ne cede malis sed contra. (Z.) Do not yield to misfortune 
 
 but oppose it. Motto of Lord Garvagh and (first three 
 words) Earl of Albemarle. 
 
 3197. Necesse est cum insanientibus furere, nisi solus relinqueris. 
 
 (L.) Petr. Arb. 1 With mad people you must be mad 
 unless you wish to be left alone. 
 
 3198. Necessitas non habet legem. (L.) Necessity has no law. 
 
 3199. Nee facile invenias multis e millibus unum 
 
 Virtutem pretium qui putet esse sui. 
 Ipse decor, recte facti si prsemia desint, 
 Non movet, et gratis poenitet esse probum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 3, 11. 
 
 To find one in a thousand it is hard 
 
 Who reckons virtue as its own reward : 
 
 E'en honour fails unless it's dearly bought, 
 
 For people grudge to be upright for naught. Ed.
 
 NEC MULTO. 347 
 
 3200. Nee habeo, nee careo, nee euro. / have not, want not, care 
 
 not. Bowstring-makers' Company. 
 
 3201. Nee loquor hsec, quia sit major prudentia nobis; 
 
 Sed sim, quam medico, iiotior ipse mihi. (L.) Ov. Ep. 
 1, 3, 91. / do not say this because I have any great 
 powers of foresight, but because I know myself better than 
 my doctor does. 
 
 3202. Nee lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36. 
 
 Wild oats. 
 
 No shame I count it to have had my sport, 
 The shame is not to cut such follies short. Ed. 
 
 3203. Nee male notus eques. (L.) A knight of good repute. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Southwell. 
 
 3204. Nee meus audet 
 
 Rem tentare pudor, quam vires ferre recusent. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. G. 3, 78. 
 
 Nor will my modesty the effort dare 
 
 Which my unaided powers decline to bear. Ed. 
 
 3205. Nee meus hie sermo est, sed quse prsecepit Ofella. (L.) 
 
 Hor. S. 2, 2, 2. These ideas are not mine, but what Ofella 
 told me. 
 
 3206. Nee minor est virtus, quam quserere, parta tueri : 
 
 Casus inest illic, hie erit artis opus. (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 13. 
 
 "Pis no small art to keep what you've acquired : 
 Chance lies in one, for th' other skill's required. Ed. 
 
 3207. Nee mora, nee requies. (L.) Virg. G. 3, 110. No delay, 
 
 no rest. No intermission was allowed, the matter was 
 urged on with all possible dispatch. 
 
 3208. Nee morti esse locum. (L.) Virg. 1 There is no place for 
 
 death. The poet here expresses his belief, that after 
 their dissolution in this world, all things revert to God. 
 Cf. Longfellow, Resignation, " There is no death : what 
 seems so is transition." 
 
 3209. Nee multo opus est nee diu. (L.) Sen. Q. N. 3, Praef. 
 
 Man wants but little, nor that little long. Young, 
 Night Thoughts, 14, 118. Cf. Goldsmith's Hermit, 
 st 8: 
 
 Man wants but little here below 
 Nor wants that little long.
 
 348 NEC NOS. 
 
 3210. Nee nos obniti contra, nee tendere tantum 
 
 Sufficimus ; superat quoniam fortuna sequamur, 
 Quoque vocat vertaraus iter. (L.) Virg. A. 5, 21. 
 
 Nor can we struggle or resist ; 
 
 Come, let us bow to fortune's sway, 
 
 And, as she beckons, shape our way. Conington. 
 
 3211. Nee pietas ulla est velatum saape videri 
 
 Vortier ad lapidem, atque omnes accedere ad aras. (Z.) 
 Lucret. 5, 1198. That is not piety, to be often seen bending 
 with veiled head before the statue of the god, and to visit 
 all the altars. 
 
 3212. Nee pluribus impar. (L.) Sufficient for many. 
 
 Assumed as his motto by Louis XIV. (or rather invented for him 
 by Douvrier the herald), with the Sun for emblem ; but the words 
 had already been adopted more than a century before by Philip II., 
 who as King of Spain and the Indies had a better right to speak 
 in the character of the sun shining equally over more realms than 
 one. 
 
 3213. Nee pluteum credit, nee demorsos sapit ungues. (L.) Pers. 
 
 1, 106. It does not smack of the desk, or bitten nails. 
 Said of insipid poetry, composed without care and labour. 
 
 3214. Nee prece nee pretio. (L.) Neither by entreaty nor by 
 
 bribe. Motto of Lord Bateman and Lord Cottesloe. 
 
 3215. Nee, quse prseteriit, iterum revocabitur unda, 
 
 Nee, quse prseteriit, hora redire potest. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 63. 
 Irrevocable Time. 
 
 The wave that's passed you, is recalled in vain : 
 And time once vanished ne'er returns again. Ed. 
 
 3216. Nee quserere nee spernere honorem. (L.} Neither to seek 
 
 nor to despise honours. Motto of Viscount Bolingbroke. 
 
 3217. Nee requies erat ulla mali : defessa jacebant 
 
 Corpora : ruussabat tacito medicina timore. (L.) Lucret. 
 vi. 1177. No respite was there of ill: their bodies would 
 lie quite spent. The healing art muttered low in voiceless 
 fear. Said of the plague in Egypt which baffled all 
 medical skill. 
 
 3218. Nee scire fas est omnia. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 4, 22. It is not 
 
 permitted us to know all things. 
 
 3219. Nee sibi coenarum quivis temere arroget artem 
 
 Non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 4, 35.
 
 NEC VERBUM. 349 
 
 Let no man fancy be knows how to dine 
 
 Till he has learnt how taste and taste combine. Conington. 
 Lit. No one can pretend to know the art of giving good dinners, until 
 he has mastered the subtle law of flavours. 
 
 3220. Nee, si forte roges, possim tibi dicere quot sint. 
 
 Pauperis est numerare pecus. (L.) Ov. M. 13, 823. 
 
 Polyphemus. 
 
 Nor can I tell how many more I keep ; 
 Tis a poor man that always counts his sheep. Ed. 
 
 3221. Nee si me subito videas agnoscere possis, 
 
 ^Etatis facta est tanta ruina mese. (Z.) Ov. Ep. 1, 4, 
 5. Were you to come across me suddenly, you would not 
 know me. I am such a wreck of what I used to be. 
 
 3222. Nee teinere, nee timide. (..) Neither rashly nor timidly. 
 
 Duke of Cleveland and Earls of Bradford and Minister. 
 
 3223. Nee tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit 
 
 Occurrat; mentemque domet respectus honesti. (L.) 
 Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 267. Consider not what you may 
 do but ivhat you ought, and let your sense of what is right 
 govern your conduct. 
 
 Cf. Quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis. 
 Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 11. You ought to consider what is becoming, not 
 how far a thing may be lawful ; and, Omnia mihi licent, sed omnia 
 non expediunt. Vulg. Ep. Cor. 1, 10, 23. All things are lawful 
 to me, but all things are not expedient. 
 
 3224. Nee timeo, nee sperno. (L.) / neither fear nor despise. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Boyne. 
 
 3225. Nee tu divinam ^neida tenta 
 
 Sed longe sequere, et vestigia semper adora. (L.) Statins. 
 Theb. 12, 816. Do not compete with the dimne ^Eneid, 
 but follow far behind, reverencing Virgil's footsteps at a 
 distance. Poet to his own Muse. 
 
 3226. Nee Veneris pharetris macer est, aut lampade fervet : 
 
 Inde faces ardent ; veniunt a dote sagittse. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 6, 137. 
 The mercenary lover. 
 Not Venus' quiver makes him lean, 
 
 Nor Cupid's flambeaux scorch : 
 It is her money-bags, I ween, 
 Thence come both darts and torch. Ed. 
 
 3227. Nee verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus 
 
 Interpres ; nee desilies imitator in avctum, 
 
 Unde pedem proferre pudor vetet aut operis lex. (L.) 
 
 Hor. A. P. 133. Even in a faithful translation it will
 
 350 NEC VERO. 
 
 not be necessary to give word for word : nor to plunge, as 
 a mere imitator, into chains from which shame and the 
 requirements of your work will afterwards not allow you 
 to escape. 
 
 3228. Nee vero ilia parva vis naturae est rationisque, quod, tmum 
 
 hoc animal sentit quid sit ordo, quid sit, quod deceat, in 
 factis dictisque qui modus. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14. It is 
 no slight characteristic of the nature of perceptive faculties 
 of man, that he alone of all living creatures goes feeling 
 after tlie discovery of an order, a law of good taste, a measure 
 for his words and actions. (Mr Matthew Arnold, tr.) 
 
 3229. Nee vidisse semel satis est, juvat usque morari 
 
 Et conferre gradum, et veniendi discere causas. (L.) 
 Virg. A. 6, 487. Nor are they satisfied to have merely 
 seen him (JEneas), they were delighted to prolong the inter- 
 mew, and to approach nearer, and to learn the cause of 
 his coming. The ghosts of departed Trojans crowd 
 round ^Eneas when he visits the infernal regions. 
 
 3230. Nee vultu destrue dicta tuo. (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 3, 12. 
 
 Take care not to belie your words by your looks. 
 
 3231. Ne depugnes in alieno negotio. (-)? Do not fight in 
 
 another man's business. 
 
 3232. Ne exeat regno. (L.) Law Term. Let him not go out of 
 
 the kingdom. Name of a writ issued to prevent a person 
 leaving the country without the sovereign's licence. 
 
 3233. Ne faut-il que delibe"rer 1 
 
 La cour en conseillers foisonne : 
 Est-il besoin d'exe'cuter ? 
 
 L'on ne rencontre personne. (fr.) La Font. 2, 2. 
 
 Have plans to be discussed ? Of course, 
 
 Then counsellors abound. 
 Should plans resolved be put in force ? 
 
 Then no one's to be found. Ed. 
 
 3234. Ne forc,ons point notre talent, 
 
 Nous lie ferions rien avec grace. (Fr.) La Font. 4, 
 5, 1. Do not let us force our powers unduly, we shall 
 else never do anything with good effect. 
 
 3235. Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis 
 
 est, sed omnino dissoluti. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99. 
 To be unconcerned at what persons may think of you, is 
 not merely a mark of presumption, but of an utterly 
 abandoned character.
 
 NEMO. 351 
 
 3236. Negotii sibi qui volet vim parare 
 
 Navem et mulierem, hsec duo comparato. 
 
 Nam nullse magis res duse plus negotii 
 
 Habent, forte si obceperis exornare. (L.) Plaut. Paen. 
 
 1, 2, 1. Let the man who wants to make himself a 
 
 world of business, get a vessel and a wife. No two things are 
 
 so troublesome, if you by chance undertake to Jit them out. 
 
 3237. Ne Hercules quidem contra duos. (L.) Aul. Gel. ? Even 
 
 Hercules himself cannot contend against two at once. 
 
 3238. Ne*/)ds ov SaKvet. (Gfr.) Plutarch, Pomp. 78. Dead men 
 
 don't bite. 
 
 3239. Nem. con. Abbrev. of Nemine contradicente. (L.) No- 
 
 body opposing ; unanimously. (2.) Nem. diss. (Nemine 
 dissentiente) means the same. 
 
 3240. Nemo allegans suam turpitudinem audiendus est. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. No one bearing testimony of his own turpi- 
 tude ought to be heard. 
 
 3241. Nemo dat quod non habet. (L.) Law Max. Nobody can 
 
 give what he does not possess. 
 
 In the transfer of a property, Nemo plus juris ad alium iransferre 
 potest quam ipse haberet, No one can transfer to another a better 
 title than he himself had. 
 
 3242. Nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 No man shall be punished more than once for the same 
 offence. 
 
 3243. Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. No one shall be twice vexed for one and the same 
 cause. 
 
 " If he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead autrefois 
 acquit, and it will be a good bar to the indictment." Broom, Leg. 
 Max. p. 340. 
 
 3244. Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 No one should be judge in his own cause, i.e., where 
 he is a party interested in the case. 
 
 3245. Nemo doctus unquam . . . mutationem consilii incon- 
 
 stantiam dixit esse. (L.) Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3. No wise 
 man ever imputed a charge of unsteadiness to another for 
 having changed his opinion. 
 
 3246. Nemo est tarn senex qui se annum non putat posse vivere. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Sen. 7, 24. No man is so old as not to think 
 he can live one year more.
 
 352 NEMO. 
 
 3247. Nemo ex proprio dolo consequitur actionem. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. No man can found any claim upon his own 
 fraud ; and, Nullus commodum capere potest de injuria 
 sua propria, No one can take advantage of his own 
 wrongful act. 
 
 These two maxims state the same general principle, viz., that a 
 man's wrongful act, much more his wrong intention not expressed, 
 shall not be allowed to gain him the favourable interpretation of the 
 law. Thus, a deed or gift of goods to a third party, to escape an 
 action for debt brought by a second party, would be held fraudulent 
 and of no effect in restraining the process, for Nemo ex suo delicto 
 meliorem suam eonditionem facere potest, No man can be allowed to 
 make his case better by his own wrong-doing. 
 
 3248. Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo afflatu divino unquam 
 
 fuit. (L.) Cic. N. D. 2, 66. There never has been any 
 really great man who had not some divine inspiration. 
 
 3249. Nemo ita pauper vivit, quam pauper natus est. (L.) Prov. 
 
 No one is so poor as he was when he came into the 
 world. 
 
 3250. Nemo laeditur nisi a seipso. (L.) Prov. No man is hurt 
 
 but by himself. 
 
 3251. Nemo malus felix, minime corruptor. (Z.) Juv. 4, 5. 
 
 No wicked man can be happy, least of all one who corrupts 
 others. 
 
 3252. Nemo mathematicus genium indemnatus habebit. (L.) 
 
 Juv. 6, 561. No mathematician is tlwught a genius 
 until he is condemned. A saying which would apply both 
 to Galileo and to Dr Colenso. 
 
 3253. Nemo me impune lacessit. (L.) No one provokes me with 
 
 impunity. Motto of the Order of the Thistle, 21st 
 Fusiliers, and 42nd (Black Watch). A Scotch maxim. 
 
 3254. Nemo me lacrumis decoret, nee funera fletu 
 
 Faxit. Cur? Volito vivu' per ora virom. 
 
 (L.) Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34. 
 
 Weep not for me, nor mourn when I am gone. 
 On lips of men I live, and flutter on. Ed. 
 Cf. Virg. G. 3, 8 : 
 
 Tentanda via est, qua me quoque possim 
 
 Tollere humo, victorque vironi volitare per ora. (L. ) 
 
 The Poet's ambition. 
 
 By me, too, must a way be dared 
 To rise above the common herd : 
 And, winged with the poetic pen, 
 Soar conqueror on the lips of men. Ed,
 
 NE MUSCA. 353 
 
 3255. Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit. (L.) Plin. 1 No 
 
 man is wise at all times. 
 
 3256. Nemo patriam in qua natus est exuere nee ligeantiae debitum 
 
 ejurare possit. (L.) Law Max. No one can abjure his 
 native country or the allegiance which he owes to his 
 sovereign. 
 
 3257. Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuviam. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. No one may change his mind to the 
 prejudice of another. 
 
 A rule of legislative policy, restraining the law-giver from altering 
 the law to the damage of any vested rights ; and accordingly it is 
 laid down, Novaconstitutiofuturisformamimponere debet, nonprce- 
 teritis, A new statute ought to be prospective, not retrospective, in 
 its operation. 
 
 3258. Nemo potest nudo vestimenta detrahere. (Z.) Prov. 
 
 You cannot strip a naked man of his clothes. 
 
 3259. Nemo praesumitur alienam posteritatem suse prsetulisse. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. No one is presumed to /tave preferred 
 another man's offspring to his own. 
 
 3260. Nemo propheta acceptus est in patria sua. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Vulg. S. Luc. 4, 24. No prophet is accepted in his own 
 country. 
 
 3261. Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto. (L.) Law Max. No 
 
 one must be punished for another man's fault. 
 
 3262. Nemo quam bene vivat, sed quamdiu, curat : quum 
 
 omnibus possit contingere ut bene vivat, ut diu nulli. 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 22. No one cares how well he may live, 
 but how long he may do so : a thing which it is impossible 
 for any to count upon, while the other is within every 
 one's reach. 
 
 3263. Neino solus sapit. (L.) Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 12. No man is 
 
 sufficiently wise by himself. We all stand in need of 
 friendly advice. 
 
 3264. Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare. (L.) Law Max. No 
 
 *one is bound to criminate himself. A magistrate cautions 
 the accused before receiving any statement from him : 
 and a witness may decline to answer where his answer 
 would criminate, or even indirectly tend to criminate 
 him. 
 
 3265. Ne musca quidem. (L.) Prov. Not even a fly. Not a 
 
 living creature. Perfect solitude. 
 z
 
 354 NE NIMIUM. 
 
 3266. Ne nimium. (L.) Not too much. Earl of Aberdeen. 
 
 3267. Ne obliviscaris. (L.)Do not forget. Duke of Argyll. 
 
 3268. N^TTIOI, ovS' uracriv ocro) irXeov rj/j-ia-v TTCIVTOS, 
 
 OvS' ocrov Iv fjM-Xdx'd T 8e acn^oSe Ao> /ity' oveiap. (Gr.) 
 Hes. Op. 40. Fools, they know not how much more the 
 half is than the whole, nor how much nourishment there 
 is in mallow and asphodel. 
 
 3269. Ne plus ultra. (L.) No farther can be done. The highest 
 
 possible degree, perfection, greatest attainment. 
 
 3270. Ne, pueri, ne tanta animis assuescite bella; 
 
 Neu patrise validas in viscera vertite vires. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A 6, 833. 
 
 Nay, children, nay, your hate unlearn, 
 Nor 'gainst your country's vitals turn 
 The valour of her sons. Conington. 
 
 3271. Nequam illud verbum 'st, Bene volt, nisi qui bene facit. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 38. That expression, " He means 
 well" is worth nothing except the man " does well." 
 
 3272. Nequaquam satis in re una consumere curam. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 2, 4, 48. It is foolish to devote all your care to one 
 object. 
 
 3273. Neque enim concludere versum 
 
 Dixeris esse satis : neque, si quis scribat, uti nos, 
 Sermoni propiora, putes hunc esse poetam. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 40. 
 
 Tis not enough to turn out lines complete 
 Each with its proper quantum of ten feet ; 
 Colloquial verse a man may write like me, 
 But (trust an author) 'tis not poetry. Conington. 
 
 3274. Neque enim lex sequior ulla est 
 
 Quani necis artifices arte perire sua, 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 600. 
 
 This is the justest law that Heaven imparts 
 
 That murderers should die by their own arts. Ed. 
 
 3275. Neque foemina, amissa pudicitia, alia abnuerit (L.) Tac 
 
 A. 4, 3. When once a woman has lost her chastity, she 
 witt refuse nothing. 
 
 3276. Neque mala vel bona quse vulgus putet. (L.) Tac. A. 6, 
 
 22. Things are neither to be pronounced good or bad 
 merely upon public opinion.
 
 NESCIA. 355 
 
 3277. Neque quies gentium sine armis neque arma sine stipeiuliis 
 
 ueque stipendia sine tributis haberi queunt. (L.) Tac. 
 H. 4, 74. International peace cannot be maintained 
 toithout armies; armies must be paid; and tlw pay 
 requires taxation. 
 
 3278. Nequicquam exornata est bene, si morata est male ; 
 
 Pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus coeno colliuunt. 
 (L.) Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 132. It is no good her being 
 well dressed, if sht's badly mannered : ill breeding mars 
 a fine dress worse than dirt. 
 
 3279. Nequicquain populo bibulas donaveris aures; 
 
 Respue quod non es. Tollat sua munera cerdo. 
 Tecuai habita et noris, quam sit tibi curta supellex. 
 
 (Z.) Pers. 4, 51. 
 
 Tis labour lost, trust me, with thirsting ears 
 
 To listen to the flattery of the town : 
 
 Disown your acted part, and let the clown 
 
 Take back his gifts. Look close at home and know 
 
 How small a stock of virtue you've to show. Ed. 
 
 3280. Ne quid hiet, ne quid protuberet, angulus sequis 
 
 Partibus ut coeat, ne quid deliret amussis. (L.) Auson. 
 Id. 16. Avoiding all gaps and all excrescences, so that 
 the angle shall have its sides equal, and the plumb-line 
 wander neither hither nor thither. 
 
 Said of a man making a strict examination of conscience (Cf. the 
 passage) ; but, applicable also to the final touches or polish given 
 to any composition in poetry, letters, or art. 
 
 3281. Ne quid nimis. (L.) Ter. And. 1, 1, 35. Avoid excess. 
 
 Viscount Sherbrooke. 
 
 3282. Nervos belli pecuniam infinitam. (L.) Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 5. 
 
 Endless money makes the sinews of war. 
 
 Cf. Libanius, orat. 4, 6 (vol. ii. p. 477, Ed. Reiske), rb. veupa TOU 
 TroX^/uou. (Or.) The sinews of war ; and Rabelais, Gargautua, 
 1, 46, LCS nerfs des batailles sont les pecunes. (Pr.) Cash is 
 the sineu-s of battles. Diogenes Laert. (Vit. Bionis, 4, 7 k 3) 
 
 ascribes to Bion the saying, -rbv TT\OVTOV elvai ret vevpa vpayfjuiTw. 
 
 (Gr.) Money is the sinews of affairs. See also JEschin. adv. Ctes. 
 
 cap. 53. 
 
 3283. Nescia uiens hominum fati sortisque futurae, 
 
 Et servare modum, rebus sublata secundis. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 10, 501. 
 
 impotence of man's frail mind, 
 To fate and to the future blind, 
 Presumptuous and o'erweeuing still 
 When fortune follows at its will ! Conington.
 
 356 NESCIO. 
 
 3284. Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos 
 
 Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui. 
 
 (L.) Ov. ap. Ep. 1, 3, 25. 
 
 Home, sweet home. 
 
 There's a magical charm in the land of our birth, 
 That entrances beyond every region of earth : 
 Its spell is upon us where'er we may roam, 
 And forbids us to dim the sweet image of home. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Super flumina Babylonia, illic sedimus et flevimus, 
 quum recordaremur Sion, etc. Vulg. Ps. 137, 1 seqq. 
 
 3285. Nescio qua prseter solitum dulcedine Iseti. (L.) Virg. G. 
 
 1, 412. Their spirits excited by some secret and umvonted 
 delight. 
 
 3286. Nescire autem quid antea quam natus sis acciderit, id est 
 
 semper esse puerum. Quid enim est setas hominis, nisi 
 memoria rerum veterum cum superioribus contexitur? 
 (L.) Oic. Or. 34, 120. To be unacquainted with events 
 which took place before you were born, is always to be a 
 child; for where is the value of human life, unless memory 
 enables us to carry back earlier events to the times which 
 went before ? 
 
 3287. Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 52. You do not know what a frightful 
 thing it is to go to law. 
 
 3288. Nescit vox missa reverti. (L.) Hor. A. P. 390. The 
 
 word which has once gone forth can never be recalled. 
 
 3289. Nessun maggior dolore 
 
 Che ricordarsi del tempo felice 
 
 Nella miseria. (It.) Dante, Inf. 5, 12, 1. 
 
 There is no greater woe 
 
 Than in the hour of misery to recall 
 
 The happy days of yore. Ed. 
 
 The words form the Motto of Byron's Corsair, and are referred to 
 in Locksley Hall : 
 
 ' ' This is truth the poet sings, 
 
 That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier 
 
 things. " 
 
 Cf. Boethius (De Consol. Phil. lib. 2), In omni adversitate, etc.; and 
 Vulg. Jer. Thren. 1, 7, Recordata est Jerusalem, etc. 
 Chaucer, Troilus and Cressida, 3, 1625, has: 
 
 For of fortune's sharpe adversite, 
 
 The worst kind of inibrtune is this, 
 
 A man that has been in prosperite, 
 
 And it remember when it passed is.
 
 NIGHTS WtJRDIG. 357 
 
 3290. N'est on jamais tyran qu'avec un diademe ? (Fr.) Chenier, 
 
 Caius Gracchus. Cannot a man be a tyrant except he 
 wear a crown ? This line lost none of its point, recited 
 as it was in the presence of Robespierre. 
 
 3291. Ne sutor supra crepidam (judicaret). (L.) Plin. 35, 10, 
 
 36. A cobbler should stick to his last. 
 
 When a cobbler, not content with pointing out defects in a shoe of 
 Apelles' painting, presumed to criticise the drawing of the leg, the 
 artist checked him with the rebuke here quoted. It is often said of 
 those who offer opinions on subjects with which they are not pro- 
 fessionally acquainted. 
 
 3292. Ne te longis ambagibus ultra 
 
 Quam satis est morer. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82. To 
 make a long story short. 
 
 3293. Ne tentes, aut perfice. (L.) Either attempt not, or accom- 
 
 plish it. Marquess of Downshire. 
 
 3294. Neu regio foret ulla suis animantibus orba, 
 
 Astra tenent cseleste solum, formseque deorum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 72. 
 
 Creation nowhere lacks inhabitants : 
 
 Heaven has the stars, and moving shapes of gods. .Ed. 
 
 3295. Ne vile fano. (L). Bring nothing base to the shrine, or 
 
 fane. Motto of the Earl of Westmoreland (Fane). (2.) 
 Ne vile velis. Desire nothing vile. ,. Motto of the Mar- 
 quess of Abergavenny and Lord Brajbrooke (Nevile). 
 
 3296. Nicht grosseren "Vortheil wiisst' ich zu nennen 
 
 Als des Feindes Verdienst erkennen. (G.) Goethe, 
 Spriiche. / know no greater advantage than to recognise 
 the worth of an enemy. 
 
 3297. Niehts halb zu thun ist edler Geister Art. (G.) Wieland, 
 
 Oberon, 1, 1. To do nothing by halves is the way of 
 noble souls. 
 
 3298. Niehts ist holier zu schatzen, als der Werth des Tages. 
 
 (G.) Goethe, Reflex, u. Max. Nothing should be valued 
 more highly than the value of a single day. Cf. Was 
 aber ist deine Pflicht ] Die Forderung des Tages. Id. 
 ibid. What is thy duty? The claims of each day. 
 
 3299. Nichtswiirdig ist die Nation, die nicht 
 
 Ihr Alles freudig setzt an ihre Ehre. (G.) Schill. 
 Jungfr. v. Orleans, 1, 5. Unworthy is the nation that 
 does not gladly stake its all for its honour.
 
 358 NIE ERWIRBT. 
 
 3300. Nie erwirbt man sich Hochachtung, 
 
 Wo man Alles von sich wissen, 
 
 Alles iibersehen lasst. (.) Herder ? No one ever earns 
 veneration who allows everything about him to be known. 
 
 3301. Nihil ad Andromachen. (L.) Tert. de Pudic, cap. 8, n. 
 
 65. This is nothing to Andromache, i.e., nothing to 
 the purpose. Beside the question. Similar to Nihil ad 
 versum, nihil ad rem (see Cic. Caecin. 58). It is not 
 to the point. Cf. Lucret. 3, 830, Nil est ad nos. It is 
 nothing to us. It concerns us not. 
 
 3302. Nihil agit qui diffidentem verb-is solatur suis : 
 
 Is est amicus qui in re dubia re juvat, ubi re est opus. 
 (L.) Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 9. It is no good comforting a 
 downhearted man with words ; a true friend in misfor- 
 tune helps a man with deeds, where deeds are required. 
 
 3303. Nihil aliud necessarium ut sis miser, quam ut te miserum 
 
 credas. (L-)1 Nothing else is necessary to make you 
 miserable, than to imagine that you are so. 
 
 3304. Nihil aliud potest Rex quam quod de jure potest. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. The king can do nothing but what the law 
 allows him to do. 
 
 3305. Nihil apud hunc lautum, nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum. 
 
 (L.) Cic. in Pis. 27, 67. There was nothing about the 
 man to indicate any feeling of taste, elegance, or refine- 
 ment. Said of a coarse meal, or rude appointments of a 
 house or table. A man of no taste. 
 
 3306. Nihil cum ficlibus graculo. (L.} Gell. N. A. prsef. 19. 
 
 Jackdaws have no business with a lute. Ignoramuses 
 must not meddle with poetry. 
 
 3307. Nihil difficile est naturae, utique ubi in finem sui properat. 
 
 . . . TJrbes constituit aetas : hora dissolvit. Momento 
 fit cinis : diu sylva. (L.) Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3. Nothing 
 is difficult for Nature, particularly when she is advancing 
 to a given end. It takes an age to build cities, but an 
 hour brings them to nothing. A forest is long in growing, 
 but a moment reduces it to ashes. 
 
 3308. Nihil enim legit, quod non excerperet. Dicere etiam 
 
 solebat, nullum esse libruin tarn malum, ut non aliqua 
 parte prodesset. (L.) Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10. He never read 
 a book without making extracts from it. He also used to 
 say, No book was so bad, but wJiat some part of it might 
 be found of use. Said of the elder Pliny.
 
 NIHIL. 359 
 
 3309. Nihil est aliud magnum quam multa minuta. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Every great thing is nothing more than an assemblage 
 of many minute particles. 
 
 Sands form the mountains, moments make the year. Young. 
 
 3310. Nihil est, Antipho, 
 
 Quin male narrando possit depravarier. (L.} Ter. 
 Phonn. 4, 4, 15. No tale so good, my Antipho, but can 
 be spoilt i' the telling. 
 
 3311. Nihil est furacius illo : 
 
 Kon fuit Autolyci tarn piceata manus. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 8, 59, 3. 
 
 It is the greatest thief the world e'er knew ; 
 Autolycus had not such hands of glue. Ed. 
 
 3312. Nihil est hirsutius illis. (L.) Ov. T. 2, 259. Nothing 
 
 more rugged than they are to read. Of the annals of 
 Rome, as a piece of reading. 
 
 3313. Nihil est quod credere de se Non possit. (L.) Juv. 4, 70. 
 
 There is nothing which he would not believe of himself . 
 
 3314. Nihil est sub sole novum. (L.) Yulg. Eccles. i. 9. There 
 
 is nothing new under the sun. 
 
 3315. Nihil est toto quod perstet in orbe. 
 
 Cuncta fluunt, omnisque vagans formatur imago. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 15, 177. 
 
 There's nothing in this world that can remain : 
 All fades and flits, like pictures of the brain. Ed. 
 
 3316. Nihil hie nisi carmina desunt. (L.) Virg. E. 8, 67. 
 
 Nothing is wanting here but a song. 
 
 3317. Nihil morosius hominum judiciis. (L.) Erasmus. 
 
 Nothing so embittered as men's criticism of one another. 
 Peevish and sour criticism. 
 
 3318. Nihil perfectum est dum aliquid restat agendum. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. Nothing is perfect while there still remain 
 something to be done. 
 
 3319. Nih.il quod est inconveniens est licitum. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Nothing that is productive of inconvenience is allowed 
 by law. Where a construction of a statute would pro- 
 duce great inconvenience it becomes a forcible argument 
 against its adoption. 
 
 3320. Nihil simul est inventum et perfectum. (.) Law Max. 
 
 Nothing can be invented and brought to perfection at 
 Hie same time.
 
 360 NIHIL. 
 
 3321. Nihil tarn absurdum dici potest ut non dicatur a philosopho. 
 
 (L.) Cic. ? There is nothing too absurd for a philosopher 
 to utter. 
 
 3322. Nihil tarn conveniens est natural! sequitati quam unum- 
 
 quodque dissolvi eo ligamine quo ligatum est. (L.) Law 
 Max. Nothing is more consonant with natural equity 
 than that every contract should be dissolved by the same 
 means which made it binding ; and, Naturale est quid- 
 libet dissolvi eo modo quo ligatur, Every contract or 
 agreement ought to be dissolved by matter of as high a 
 nature as that which originally made it obligatory. 
 
 Hence a deed is made void by a deed ; a record by a record, and an 
 Aft of Parliament by an Act of Parliament, upon tbe principle tbat 
 Eodem modo quo quid constituitur, eodem modo dissolvitur, A thing 
 can only be cancelled by tbe same means which first made it valid. 
 (See Broom, Leg. Max. p. 843.) 
 
 3323. Nihil tarn difficile 'st, quin quserendo investigari possit. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 8. 
 
 Nothing so hard but search will find it out. 
 
 Herrick (t 1674), Seek and Find. 
 
 3324. Nihil tarn munituin, quod non expugnaii pecunia possit. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Yerr. 1, 2, 4. Nothing so strongly fortified 
 but what money can capture it. 
 
 3325. Nihil turpius est quam grandis natu senex, qui nullum 
 
 aliud habet argumentum, quo se probet diu vixisse, prseter 
 setatem. (L.) Sen. Tranq. 3. Nothing can be more 
 despicable than an old man, who has no other proof to 
 produce, except his years, of having lived long in tlie world. 
 Cf. Non setate verum ingenio adipiscitur sapientia. 
 Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 88. Wisdom does not come with years, 
 but by natural abilities. 
 
 3326. Nihil unquam peccavit, nisi quod mortua est. (L.) 1 The 
 
 only wrong she ever did was to die. Inscription on a 
 wife's tomb. 
 
 3327. Nil admirari prope est res una, Numici, 
 
 Solaque, quse possit facere et servare beatum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1. 
 
 Not to admire, Numicius, is the best, 
 
 The only way to make and keep men blest. Conington. 
 
 First two words are the motto of Lord Carew. 
 
 3328. Nil sequale homini fuit illi. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 9. There 
 
 was nothing consistent in that man. Cf. id. ibid. 18,
 
 NIL ERIT. 361 
 
 Nil fuit unquam Sic impar sibi. /So strange a jumble 
 ne'er was seen before (Conington). A mass of incon- 
 sistencies and contradictions. 
 
 3329. Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resolvit. (L.) Hor. S. 
 
 2, 3, 103. An instance, which solves one difficulty by in- 
 volving us in another, is not to the purpose. 
 
 3330. Nil conscire sibi. (Z.) To be conscious of no guilt. 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham. 
 
 3331. Nil consuetudine majus. (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 345. 
 
 Nothing so strong as custom, or, nothing is greater than 
 habit. 
 
 3332. Nil debet. (L.) Law Term. He owes nothing. The 
 
 common plea in resisting an action for debt. 
 
 3333. Nil desperandum Teucro duce, et auspice Teucro. (L.) 
 
 Hor. C. 1, 7, 27. There is nothing to be despaired of 
 when we are under Teucer's leadership and auspices. 
 First two words Motto of Earl of Lichfield. 
 
 3334. Nil dictu foedum visuque hsec limina tangat, 
 
 Intra quae puer est. 
 
 Maxima debetur puero reverentia, si quid 
 
 Turpe paras, ne tu pueri contemseris annos : 
 
 Sed peccaturo obsistat tibi filius infans. (L.) Juv. 14, 44. 
 
 The training of youth. 
 
 Let no immodest sights or sounds e'er come 
 Within the precincts of a young boy's home ! 
 The greatest reverence to a child is due ; 
 And, if some shameful course you would pursue, 
 Slight not his weakness, and your foul intent 
 Let a consideration of his youth prevent. Ed. 
 
 3335. Nil dictum quod non dictum prius : methodus sola artificem 
 
 ostendit. (Z.) Wecker ? There can be nothing said 
 now which has not been said before, the form only in 
 which it is cast ivill display a master s hand. 
 
 3336. Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 
 
 5, 44. There is nothing in the world which I, while I 
 have my senses, would prefer to an agreeable friend. 
 
 3337. Nil erit ulterius quod nostris moribus addat 
 
 Posteritas ; eadem cupient facientque minores, 
 
 Omne in pracipiti vitium stetit. (L.) Juv. 1, 147.
 
 362 NIL HABET. 
 
 Nothing is left, nothing, for future times, 
 To add to the full catalogue of crimes. 
 Our children needs must feel the same desires, 
 And act the same mad follies as their sires : 
 Vice has attained its zenith. Gifford. 
 
 3338. Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, 
 
 Quam quod ridicules homines facit. (2/.) Juv. 3, 152. 
 
 Unhappy poverty has no sting more cruel 
 Than that it turns a man to ridicule. Ed. 
 
 The Russian proverb says, Poverty is not a sin, it is 
 something worse. 
 
 3339. Nil illi larva aut tragicis opus esse cothurnis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 5, 64. 
 
 No buskin, mask, or other aid of art 
 
 Would be required to make him look his part. Conington. 
 
 Said of a hideous actor, and motto of Spectator (32) on 
 the Ugly Club. 
 
 3340. Nil mi officit unquam, 
 
 Ditior hie, aut est quia doctior ; est locus uni- 
 Cuique suus. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 9, 50. 
 
 I'm never distanced in my friend's good grace 
 
 By wealth or talent ; each man finds his place. Conington. 
 
 3341. Nil mortalibus arduum est 
 
 Cselum ipsum petimus stultitia. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 3, 37. 
 
 Ballooning. 
 
 Nothing for mortal aims too high, 
 Our madness e'en would scale the sky. Ed. 
 
 3342. Nil nisi cruce. (L.) No hope save in the Cross. Motto 
 
 of Marquess of Waterford and Lord Decies. 
 
 3343. Nil nisi turpe juvat : curse est sua cuique voluptas, 
 
 Hsec quoque ab alterius grata do! ore venit. (L.) Ov. 
 A. A. 1, 749. Nothing but what is shameful pleases: 
 each one cares only for his own enjoyment, and if it can 
 be procured at another's cost, it is all the more agreeable. 
 
 3344. Nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 17. 
 Augustus Caesar. 
 
 Like whom to mortal eyes 
 None e'er has risen, and none e'er shall rise. Pope. 
 
 3345. Ni 1'or ni la grandeur ne nous rendent heureux. (Fr.) 
 
 La Font. Phil, et Baucis. Neither wealth nor honours 
 can confer happiness.
 
 NI POSCES. 363 
 
 3346. Nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt. (L.) Hor. Ep. 
 
 2, 1, 83. They think nothing right except what meets 
 with their approval. 
 
 3347. Nil sine magno Vita labore dedit mortalibus. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 1, 9, 59. Nothing is granted to mortals in this world 
 without great labour. 
 
 3348. Nil sine te mei Prosunt honores. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 26, 9. 
 
 My honours as a poet are nothing without thee. The 
 poet's address to his muse. 
 
 3349. Nil spernat auris, nee tamen credat statim. (L.) Phsedr. 
 
 3, 10, 51. The ear should neither despise what it hears, 
 nor yet believe too readily. 
 
 3350. Nil temere novandum. (Z.) Let us make no rash in- 
 
 novations. 
 
 3351. Nil unquam longum est, quod sine fine placet. (L.} 
 
 Rutilius 1 Nothing is too long which continues to afford 
 endless gratification. 
 
 3352. Nimia est voluptas, si diu abfueris a domo 
 
 Domum si redieris, si tibi nulla est aegritudo animo 
 obviam. (Z.) Plaut. ? It is a great happiness, if after 
 being absent from home for a time you return and find 
 no sickening anxieties awaiting you. 
 
 3353. Nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur, et talis certitude 
 
 certitudinem confundit. (L.) Law Max. An excessive 
 subtlety in pleading is not allowed by law, and such 
 affected certainty destroys true and legal certainty. 
 
 3354. Nimirum insanus paucis videatur, eo quod 
 
 Maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 120. 
 
 Few men can see much madness in his whim, 
 
 Because the mass of mortals ail like him. Conington. . 
 
 3355. Nimis acer et ultra Legein tendere opus. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 
 
 1, 1. Exercising the work (of a satirist) too keenly, and 
 beyond legitimate bounds. 
 
 3356. Nimis uncis Naribus indulges. (L.) Pers. 1, 40. You 
 
 sneer too palpably. 
 
 3357. Ni Posces ante diem librum cum lumine, si non 
 
 Intendes animurn studiis et rebus honestis, 
 Invidia vel amore vigil torquebere. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 34.
 
 364 NISI. 
 
 Unless you light your lamp ere dawn and read 
 Some wholesome book that high resolves may breed, 
 You'll find your sleep go from you, and will toss 
 Upon your pillow, envious, lovesick, cross. Conington. 
 
 3358. Nisi caste saltern caute. (L.) If not chastely, at least 
 
 cautiously. 
 
 3359. Nisi Dominus, frustra. (L.) Without the Lord all is in 
 
 vain. Motto of the City of Edinburgh. 
 
 3360. Nisi prius. (L.) Law Term. Unless before. 
 
 Legal proviso by which judges try causes on circuit, the condition 
 being that the case be heard at Westminster, unless before the day 
 appointed, the judges of assize come to the county in question, 
 which, in practice, they always do. Since 1852 this proviso has 
 been disused, the trial taking place on circuit as a matter of course. 
 Causes triable at Nisi prius in London or Middlesex, are tried at 
 the London and "Westminster sittings, held in and after every term. 
 
 3361. Nitiraur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata. (L.) 
 
 Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17. We are always striving after things 
 which are forbidden, and coveting what is prohibited. 
 Cf. id. ibid. 25 : 
 
 Quicquid servatur, cupimus magis, ipsaque furem 
 
 Cura vocat. Pauci, quod sinit alter, amaut. Whatever is 
 carefully guarded we covet all the more, and the very care employed 
 invites a thief. Few long for what others leave alone. Quod licet 
 ingratum est : quod non licet acrius urit. Ov. Am. 2, 193. 
 What is lawful is unattractive, what is unlawful excites all the 
 more keenly. Permissum fit vile nefas. Gallus. El. 3, 77. Crime 
 loses its price when once it becomes lawful. 
 
 3362. Nitor in adversum, nee me, qui csetera vincit 
 
 Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 2, 72. 
 I forge ahead, nor can the opposing rush, 
 That sways all else, my onward progress check, 
 But bears me on against a whirling world. Ed. 
 
 Macaulay applies the lines to the poetic powers of 
 Milton. 
 
 3363. Ni trop haut, ni trop bas; c'est le souverain style. (Fr.) 
 
 Ronsard 1 Not too high nor too low is the sovereign 
 mode. Applicable to an age when, like that of Addison 
 and Pope, poetry had become an art with fixed rules, in 
 which smoothly-flowing rhymes and elegant antitheses 
 took the place of real poetic genius. 
 
 3364. Nobis non licet esse tarn disertis, 
 
 Qui musas colimus severiores. (Z.) Mart. 9, 12, 16. 
 
 We who court a graver muse 
 May not be quite so diffuse. Ed.
 
 NON ADEO. 365 
 
 3365. Noblesse oblige. (-^V.) Nobility compels. Motto of the 
 
 Dukes of L^vis (France). 
 
 3366. Noctem illam tecti sylvis immania monstra 
 
 Perf erimus ; nee, quse sonitum det causa videmus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 3, 583. 
 Midnight marauders. 
 All night, by forest branches screened 
 We writhe as 'neath some torturing fiend, 
 Nor know the horror's cause. Conington. 
 
 3367. Noduin in scirpo quseris. (L.) Prov. Ter. 5, 4, 38. 
 
 You are looking for a difficulty where there is none (lit. a 
 knot in a bulrush). 
 
 3368. No hay tal razon como la del baston. (S.) Prov. There 
 
 is no argument equal to that of a stick. Argumentum 
 baculinum q. v. 
 
 3369. Nolens Yolens. (L.) Whether I will or no. Willy Nilly. 
 
 3370. Noli affectare quod tibi non est datum, 
 
 Delusa ne spes ad querelam recidat. (L.) Phsodr. 3, 
 18, 14. Do not aspire to gifts which have not been vouch- 
 safed to you, lest disappointed hopes end in vain repinings. 
 Juno to the peacock desiring the voice of the nightingale. 
 
 3371. Noli irritare leones. (Z.) Don't irritate lions. Lord Lyons. 
 
 3372. Noli me tangere. (L.) Vulg. S. Joan. 20, 17. Touch 
 
 me not. 
 
 3373. Noli pugnare duobus. (L.) Catull. 62, 64. Do notfght 
 
 against two opponents at once. 
 
 3374. Nolle prosequi. (L.) Law Term. To be unwilling to 
 
 prosecute. 
 
 3375. Nolo episcopari. (L.) / do not wish to be a bishop. 
 
 Reply made, as matter of form, by any person to whom a bishoprick 
 is offered ; also applied to those who affect indifference about a thing 
 which it is the great object of their ambition to obtain. 
 
 3376. Nom de guerre, (ff-) A nickname ; sobriquet. (2.) Noin 
 
 de plume. An author's alias, or pseudonym. 
 
 3377. Nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 1, 740. Friendship, fidelity are but empty names. 
 
 3378. Non adeo cecidi, quamvis abjectus, ut infra 
 
 Te quoque sim ; iuferius quo nihil esse potest. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 5, 8, 1. 
 I have not sunk so low, though great my fall, 
 As to reach thee, the lowest depth of all. Ed.
 
 366 NON AGITUR. 
 
 3379. Non agitur de vectigalibus, non de sociorum injuriis : 
 
 libertas et anima nostra in. dubio est. (L.) Sail. C. 52. 
 It is no question now of state revenues, or of the honour 
 of our allies : our own lives and liberty are at stake. 
 
 3380. Noil amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare ; 
 
 Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te. (L.) Mart. 1, 33. 
 
 I do not love thee, doctor Fell, 
 The reason why I cannot tell ; 
 But this alone I know full well, 
 I do not love thee, doctor Fell. (?) 
 
 3381. Non Angli sed angeli. (L.) Bed. 2, I. Not Angles but 
 
 angels. 
 
 Traditional exclamation of Gregory the Great, then (c. 578, A.D.) 
 Abbot of St Andrea, on seeing some fair-haired British captives 
 exposed for sale in the slave-market in Rome. Take it all round, 
 this venerable jeu-de-mots is as well-known and well-worn a tale as 
 any that could be mentioned. In the beautiful language of 
 America, it takes the cake. 
 
 3382. Non bene conveniunt, nee in una sede morantur 
 
 Majestas et amor. (L.) Ov. M. 2, 846. 
 
 Ill-matched are love and majesty, the throne 
 Is not love's dwelling-place. Ed. 
 
 Line 1 is quotable of any two conflicting things. 
 
 3383. Non bene junctarum discordia semina rerum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 9. 
 The jarring seeds of ill-assorted things. 
 
 3384. Non bene olet qui bene semper olet. (L.) Mart. Ep. 2, 
 
 12. That smells not sweet, that always sweetly smells. 
 May be applied, morally, to those faultless people, who 
 from their very perfection pall upon one like too strong 
 perfumes. 
 
 3385. Non constat. (Z.) Law Term. It does not appear. It is 
 
 not confirmed in evidence before the court. 
 
 3386. Non convivere, nee videre saltern, 
 
 Non audire licet : nee Urbe tota 
 
 Quisquam est tarn prope, tarn proculque nobis. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 1, 87. 
 An unsociable neighbour. 
 He will not live with me, nor can 
 I get a glimpse of him, or hear : 
 Search all Rome through, there's not a man 
 So far from me, and yet so near. 
 
 3387. Non credo tempori. (L.) / trust not to time. Order of 
 
 St Nicholas (Russian).
 
 NON EGO. 367 
 
 3388. Non cuicunque datura est habere nasum. (L.) Mart 1, 
 
 42, 18. It is not every man that has a nose. All men 
 are not equally sharp, acute. 
 
 3389. Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum. 
 
 Sedit, qui timuit ne non succederet : esto : 
 Quid ] qui pervenit, fecit ne viriliter ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36. 
 
 You know the proverb, " Corinth town is fair, 
 
 But 'tis not every man that can get there." 
 
 One man sits still, not hoping to succeed 
 
 One makes the journey ; he's a man indeed ! Conington. 
 
 The proverb, Non cuivis, etc., is quoted of any rare or 
 difficult attainment which only energy or good fortune 
 can achieve. In Greek it is, ov TTCIVTOS dvSpos et's K6piv6ov 
 fo-0' 6 TrAovs. Tlie voyage to Corinth is not within every 
 man's means. 
 
 3390. Non decipitur qui scit se decip't. (L.) Law Max. He is 
 
 not deceived who is deceived with his own knowledge. 
 
 3391. Non eadem est setas, non rnens. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 4. 
 
 My age, my tastes, no longer are the same. 
 
 3392. Non. eadem ratio est, sentire et demere morbos : 
 
 Sensus inest cunctis : tollitur arte malum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 9, 16. 
 
 "Tis not the same to feel and heal a smart : 
 All men can feel : disease is cured by art. Ed. 
 
 3393. Non ebur neque aureum 
 
 Mea renidet in domo lacunar. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 18, 1. 
 
 Carven ivory have I none ; 
 No golden cornice in my dwelling shines. Conington. 
 
 3394. Non ego avarum 
 
 Quum te veto fieri, vappam iubeo ac nebulonem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 103. 
 Est modus in rebus. 
 In bidding you a miser's life forsake, 
 I say not, Be a spendthrift or a rake ! Ed. 
 
 3395. Non ego mordaci distrinxi carmine quenquam, 
 
 Nee meus ullius crimina versus habet. 
 Candidus a salibus suffusis felle refugi : 
 
 Nullavenenatolitterarhixtajocoest. (L.~) Ov. T. 2,563. 
 
 I never wounded soul with verse of mine, 
 Nor do my works a single charge contain : 
 
 My pen is free of gall, and not a line 
 
 Breathes poison, tho' conveyed in joking strain. Ed.
 
 368 NON EGO. 
 
 Crebillon says, Aucun fiel n'a jamais empoisonne* ma 
 plume. (Fr.) My pen was never dipped in gall. 
 
 3396. Non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existimo. 
 
 Scio ego, multos. jam lucrum luculentos homines reddidit; 
 Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum prsestet facere, quam 
 lucrum. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 75. (Hegio loq.) For 
 my part I don't altogether reckon all gains to be service- 
 able to a man. I know that gain has made many a man 
 distinguished; and again there are times when it is better 
 to lose than win. 
 
 3397. Non. ego sum stultus, tit ante fui. (L.} Ov. Am. 3, 11, 
 
 32. / am no longer the fool I was. I have learned by 
 experience. 
 
 3398. Non enim si malum dolor est, carere eo malo satis est ad 
 
 bene vivendum. Hoc diceret potius Ennius, " Nimiuin 
 boni est, cui nihil est mali." (L.) Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41.- 
 Granted that physical pain is an evil, yet the absence of 
 it does not necessarily constitute a happy life. Ennius 
 will tell you rather, 
 
 "He lives too well who has no ill." 
 
 3399. Non equidem invideo, miror magis. (L.) Yirg. E. 1, 11. 
 
 / do not, indeed, envy you, I am only the rather 
 surprised. 
 
 3400. Non equidem studeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis 
 
 Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea furno. 
 
 (L.) Pers. 5, 19. 
 It is not my intent my book to choke 
 With vapid bombast, so much food for smoke. Ed. 
 
 3401. Non est de sacco tanta farina tuo. (Z.) Prov. So much 
 
 meal cannot all have come from your own sack. Don't 
 palm off other men's work as your own. 
 
 3402. Non est in medico semper relevetur ut seger; 
 
 Interdum docta plus valet arte malum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 3, 17. 
 
 Doctors can't always cure a man that's ill ; 
 Sickness sometimes defeats all human skill. Ed. 
 
 3403. Non est inventus. (7/.) Law Term. He is not to be 
 
 found. Formal Latin words anciently used in the 
 sheriff's return to a writ of capias, that the defendant 
 was not to be found within his bailiwick. It is also used 
 to imply any one's sudden disappearance.
 
 NON ILLA. 369 
 
 3404. Non est nostri ingenii. (L.) Cic. Clu. 1, 4. It is not 
 
 within my powers. Such an undertaking demands other 
 capacities than mine. 
 
 3405. Non est quod multa loquamur ; 
 
 Nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce duri. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 30. 
 
 Is this their reasoning ? They may prove as well 
 An olive has no stone, a nut no shell. Conington. 
 
 3406. Non exstinguar. (L.) / shall not be extinguished. The 
 
 (London) Antiquarian Society. 
 
 3407. Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 143. 
 
 Not smoke from fire his object is to bring, 
 
 But fire from smoke, a very different thing. Conington. 
 
 Horace compares the inflated style of the mere verse- 
 writer with the ease and lucidity of the true poet : the 
 one is all smoke, the other all fire. 
 
 3408. Non generant aquilse columbas. (L.) Eagles do not beget 
 
 doves. Motto of Lord Rodney. 
 
 3409. Non hsec sine numine. (L.) These things are not without 
 
 the Deity s ordering. Viscount Clifden. 
 
 3410. Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit. (Z.) Virg. 
 
 A. 6, 37. The present moment is not one for such 
 exhibitions as those. 
 
 3411. Non hominis culpa, sed ista loci. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 7, 60. 
 
 Not the man's fault, but that of the place. Circumstances 
 were too strong for him. 
 
 3412. Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 630. 
 
 Myself not ignorant of woe 
 
 Compassion I have learned to show. Conington. 
 Cf. Garrick, 1779, Prol. on quitting the stage : 
 
 A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind. 
 
 Cardinal Newman, speaking of those he had left behind him in the 
 Anglican Communion, says, " I am now in the position of the 
 fugitive Queen in the well-known passage, who hand ignara mali 
 herself, had learned to sympathise with those who were inheritors 
 of her wanderings. " Letter to Dr Pusey, p. 6. 
 
 3413. Non ilia colo calathisve Minervae 
 
 Fcemineas assueta manus. (L.) Virg. A. 7, 805. Her 
 hands were not accustomed to the distaff' and work-basket. 
 
 2A
 
 370 NON IMMEMOR. 
 
 Said of Camilla, the "Volscian heroine. Motto of a 
 delightful paper (37) in the Spectator, on a visit to 
 Leonora, a learned lady. 
 
 3414. Non immemor beneficii. (L.) Not unmindful of kindness. 
 
 Duke of Leinster's motto assumed in memory of the 
 saving of the infant heir of the FitzGeralds by an ape, 
 which carried the child to the battlements of the castle 
 during the fight at Callan. 
 
 3415. Non in caro nidore voluptas 
 
 Summa, sed in teipso est, tu pulmentaria quaere 
 Sudando. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 19. 
 
 What gives you appetite ? 'Tis not the meat 
 Contains the relish : 'tis in you that eat. 
 Get condiments by work. Conington. 
 
 3416. Non liquet. (L.) It is not clear. 
 
 3417. Non lubet enim mihi deplorare vitam quod multi, et ii 
 
 docti, ssepe fecerunt : neque me vixisse pcenitet ; quoniam 
 ita vixi, ut non frustra me natum existimem : et ex vita 
 ita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo : 
 commorandi enim natura diversorium nobis, non habi- 
 tandi locum dedit. (L.) Cic. de Sen. 23, 84. (Cato 
 loq.) / do not like to deplore the termination of life, as 
 many, and even learned men, have done. Nor do I regret 
 my days, since I have ordered my life upon the belief that 
 I did not come into the world for nothing ; and I leave 
 it, as I should leave an inn, rather than a home ; nature 
 having given it us more as a sort of hostelry to stop at, 
 than as an abiding dwelling-place. 
 
 (2.) Vixi, et quern dederat cursum fortuna peregi, 
 
 Et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. Virg. A. 4, 653. 
 
 My life is lived, and I have played 
 
 The part that fortune gave. 
 And now I pass, a queenly shade, 
 
 Majestic to the grave. Conington. 
 
 (3.) Exacto contentus tempore vita 
 
 Cedat uti conviva satur. Hor. S. 1, 1, 118. 
 
 And, thankful for past blessings, with good will 
 Retires, like one who has enjoyed his fill. Conington. 
 
 (4.) Quur non, ut plenus vitae conviva recedis 
 
 JEquo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem ? 
 
 Lucret. 3, 951. 
 
 Fool ! not to leave as life's replenished guest, 
 And calmly take thine undisturbed rest ! Ed.
 
 NON OPUS. 371 
 
 3418. Non magni pendis, quia contigit. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 4, 93. 
 You do not value it highly, because it is part of your 
 general good fortune. 
 
 \ 3419. Non mihi mille placent : non sum desultor amoris. 
 Tu mihi, si qua fides, cura perennis eris. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15. 
 I do not care for every girl, I'm not a fickle rover, 
 If constancy not perish'd be, my choice thou art for ever. Ed. 
 
 3420. Non mihi si linguse centum sint oraque centum, 
 
 Ferrea vox, omnes scelerum comprendere formas 
 Omnia paenarum percurrere nomina possim. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 625. 
 The punishments of the Inferno. 
 No ; had I e'en a hundred tongues 
 A hundred mouths and iron lungs, 
 Those types of guilt I could not show 
 Nor tell the forms of penal woe. Conington. 
 
 3421. Non missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo. (L.) Hor. 
 
 A. P. 47G. A leech that does not quit the skin until it is 
 gorged with blood. 
 
 3422. Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. 
 
 (L.) Vulg. Ps. cxiv. 1. Not unto 'Us, Lord, not 
 unto us, but unto Thy name give the praise. Often sung 
 as a grace before meals. 
 
 3423. Nou nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites. (L.) Virg. 
 
 E. 3, 108. It is not our business to settle such disputes 
 between you. 
 
 3424. Non obstante. (-.) Notwithstanding. Law Phrase. A 
 
 license from the Crown conveyed by a clause in letters 
 patent, to do something which by common law might be 
 done, but was restrained by Act of Parliament. (2.) Non 
 obstante veredicto. Law Term. Notwithstanding the 
 verdict. When the defendant obtains a verdict (in case 
 the defence appear not to be legal to the cause of action), 
 the plaintiff may sometimes be allowed to sign judgment 
 notwithstanding the verdict. 
 
 3425. Non omnia possumus omnes. (Z.) Virg. E. 8, 63. We 
 
 cannot all do everything. 
 
 3426. Non opus est magnis placido lectore poetis ; 
 
 Quam libet invitum difficilemque tenent. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 4, 9. 
 
 Great bards indulgent readers do not need. 
 Whether we will or no, they make us heed. Ed.
 
 372 NON PLACET. 
 
 3427. Non placet quern scurrse laudant, manipulares mussitant. 
 
 (-Z/.) Plaut. True. 2, 6, 10. / do not like the man whom 
 the town wits cry up, but his 'mates say nothing about. 
 
 3428. Non possidentem multa vocaveris 
 
 Eecte beatum. Rectius occupat 
 Noinen beati, qui Deorum 
 Muiieribus sapienter uti, 
 Duramque callet pauperiem pati, 
 Pejusque leto flagitium timet; 
 Non ille pro caris amicis 
 
 Aut patria timidus perire. (Z.) Hor. C. 4, 9, 45. 
 
 The happy man. 
 Say not that happily he lives 
 
 Because of boundless wealth possesst : 
 More truly his the name of blest 
 Who wisely uses what God gives ; 
 Who can bear poverty's hard hand, 
 Who reckons sin as worse than death ; 
 He will not shirk to yield his breath 
 For loving friends or fatherland. Ed. 
 
 3429. Non possum ferre, Quirites, Grsecam urbem. (Z.) Juv. 
 
 3, 60. / cannot endure, citizens, a Greekified Home, or, 
 as we should say, a Germanized London. 
 
 3430. Non potes in nugas dicere plura meas 
 
 Ipse ego quam dixi. (L.) Mart. 13, 2, 4. You cannot 
 say harder things of my trifles than I have said myself of 
 them. A humble author deprecating criticism. 
 
 3431. Non progredi est regredi. (Z.) Prov. Not to make pro- 
 
 gress is to go back. 
 
 3432. Non pronuba Juno 
 
 Non Hymenseus adest, non illi Gratia lecto. 
 Eumenides tenuere faces de funere raptas : 
 Eumenides stravere torum. (L.) Ov. M. 6, 428. 
 
 Marriage of Tereus and Procne. 
 No Juno, patroness of bridal rites, 
 
 Hymen nor Grace their genial presence shed : 
 But Furies held the torches, funeral lights 
 
 Suatch'd from the pyre, and strewed the marriage-bed. Ed. 
 
 3433. Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam, 
 
 Sed vitio cseci propter patrimonia vivunt. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 12, 50. 
 
 Men get estates not to live happily, 
 
 But, blind in vice, live for their property. Ed.
 
 NON SINE. 373 
 
 3434. Non qui soletur, non qui labentia tarde 
 
 Tempora narrando fallat, amicus adest (L.) Ov. T. 3, 3, 1 1 . 
 
 I have no friend to solace and to baulk 
 
 Time's tedious slowness with his cheerful talk. Ed. 
 
 3435. Non quo sed quomodo. (L.) Not by whom but how. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Suffolk and Lord Howard de Walden. 
 
 3436. Non ragioniam di lor, nia guarda, e passa. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Inf. 3, 51. 
 Speak not of them, but look, and pass them by. Cary. 
 
 3437. Non refert quam multos, sed quam bonos habeas (sc. libros). 
 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 45. It does not matter how many books 
 you may have, but whetJier they are good or no. 
 
 3438. Non revertar inultus. (L.) / will not return unrevenged. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Lisburne. 
 
 3439. Non satis est pulcra esse poemata ; dulcia sunto, 
 
 Et quocumque volent auimum auditoris agunto. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 99. 
 
 Mere grace is not enough : a play should thrill 
 
 The hearer's soul, and move it at its will. Conington. 
 
 3440. Non scribit, cujus carmina nemo legit. (Z/.) Mart. 3, 9, 
 
 2. He does not write, whose verses no man reads. 
 
 3441. Non semper ea sunt, quae videntur : decipit 
 
 Frons prima multos ; rara mens intelligit 
 Quod interiore condidit cura angulo. (L.) Phsedr. 4, 2, 
 16. Things are not always what they seem: the first 
 appearance deceives many, and it takes a clever mind to 
 discern what is carefully hidden vnthin the inmost recesses 
 of anot/ter's heart. 
 
 3442. Non semper erunt Saturnalia. (L.) The holidays will not 
 
 last for ever. 
 
 3443. Non sequitur. (L.) It dws not follow. Not a necessary 
 
 conclusion. A conclusion that is not warranted by its 
 premisses. 
 
 3444. Non sibi sed patrise. (L.) Not for himself, but for his 
 
 country. Motto of the Earl of Romney. 
 
 3445. Non si male mine et olim Sic erit. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 10, 17. 
 
 Nor, if affairs look ill to-day 
 Shall it be always so. Ed. 
 
 3446. Non sine numine. (L.) Not without the Deity. Lord 
 
 Gifford.
 
 374 NON SOLES. 
 
 3447. Non soles respicere te, quom dicas injuste alter! 1 (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18. Are you not wont to consider your 
 own faults, when you speak unjustly of another? 
 
 3448. Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis. (-Z/.) Not only 
 
 talent, but virtue. Liverpool College. 
 
 3449. Non sum qualis eram bonse 
 
 Sub regno Cinarae. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 1, 3. I am not 
 what I was in the days of kind Cinara. 
 
 3450. Non tali auxilio, nee defensoribus istis 
 
 Tempus eget. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 521. The times require 
 other aid and other defenders than these. 
 
 3451. Non tanien id circo crimen liber omnis habebit, 
 
 Nil prodest, quod non laedere possit idem. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 2, 265. 
 
 You will not say all books must be refused : 
 There's nothing good but it may be abused. Ed. 
 
 3452. Non tu corpus eras sine pectore. Di tibi forruam, 
 
 Di tibi divitias dederant, artemque fruendi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6. 
 
 No brainless trunk is yours ; a form to please, 
 
 Wealth, wit to use it, Heav'n vouchsafes you these. Conington. 
 
 3453. Noris quam elegans formarum spectator siem. (L.) Ter. 
 
 Eun. 3, 0, 18. You know what a nice judge of beauty 
 I am. 
 
 3454. Noscenda est mensura sui spectandaque rebus 
 
 In summis minimisque. (7/.) Juv. 11, 35. A man 
 should know his own measure and keep it in view in all 
 affairs, great or small. 
 
 3455. Nosce tempus. (Z.) Know your time. Hit on the right 
 
 moment. 
 
 3456. Noscitur a sociis. (L.) Prov. A man is known by his 
 
 companions. Show me a man's company, and I'll show 
 you what kind of man he is. (2.) As a Law Maxim 
 in the interpretation of written instruments, the phrase 
 signifies that the meaning of a word may be ascertained 
 by referring to the meaning of the words associated with it. 
 
 3457. Nos duo turba sumus. (L.) Ov. M. 1, 355. We two are 
 
 a multitude. Deucalion to Pyrrha, the pair who re- 
 peopled the earth after the deluge according to the 
 mythological tradition. According to Lord Coke it 
 takes ten to make a crowd.
 
 NOTANDI. 375 
 
 3458. Nos hsec novimus esse nihil. (L.) Mart. 13, 2, 8. We 
 
 know that these things are of no consequence. Mere trifles. 
 
 3459. Nos nostraque Deo. (L.) Both we and ours come from 
 
 God. Lord Blachford. 
 
 3460. Nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati 
 
 Sponsi Penelopse, nebulones, Alcinoique, 
 In cute curanda plus aequo opera ta juventus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27. 
 La Jeunesse doree. 
 
 But what are we ? a mere consuming class, 
 Just fit for counting roughly in the mass : 
 Like to the suitors, or Alcinous' clan 
 Who spread vast pains upon the husk of man. Conington. 
 
 Fruges consumere natus (plur. nati) is often applied to those spoilt 
 children of Fortune, who come into the world with their bread 
 ready buttered. 
 
 3461. Nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva 
 
 Nos pati-iam fugimus. (L.) Virg. E. 1, 3. 
 
 The Emigrants. 
 We leave familiar scenes behind, 
 
 Sweet fields of home, and native land. Ed. 
 
 3462. Nosse omnia hsec salus est adolescentulis. (L.) Ter. Eun. 
 
 5, 4. It is salvation to a young man to know all these 
 matters (sc. the abominable home-life of women of the 
 town). 
 
 3463. Nosse volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo. (L.) Juv. 
 
 7, 157. All wish to know, but none to pay the price. 
 
 3464. Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona, carpite florern, 
 
 Qui nisi carptus erit, turpiter ipse cadet. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 79. 
 
 Pleasures fly without our helping ; cull the blossom of to-day : 
 Left upon its stalk, to-morrow of itself 'twill fade away. Ed. 
 
 3465. Nos ubi decidimus 
 
 Quo pius ^Eneas, quo dives Tullus et Ancus, 
 
 Pulvis et umbra sumus. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 7, 14. 
 
 When we depart to that bleak shore 
 Where good JSneas went before, 
 Ancus, and Tullus of great store, 
 
 We are but dust and shade. Ed. 
 
 3466. Nota bene, or N.B. (L.) Note well. Observe. 
 
 3467. Notandi sunt tibi mores. (L.) Hor. A. P.. 156. Study 
 
 the manners of men.
 
 376 KOTH. 
 
 3468. Noth bricht Eisen. (G.) Prov. Necessity breaks iron. 
 
 All must yield to it. 
 
 3469. Notre defiance justifie la tromperie d'autrui. (Fr.) La 
 
 Rochef. Max. p. 42, 86. A want of confidence on our 
 part justifies the deceitful action of others. 
 
 3470. Notre vie est du vent tissu. (Fr.) Joubert ? Our life is 
 
 woven wind. (Mr M. Arnold trans.) 
 
 3471. N'oubliez. (Fr.) Do not forget. M. of Duke of Montrose. 
 
 3472. Nous avons change" tout cela. (Fr.) Mol. He'd. Malgre* 
 
 lui, 2, 6. We have changed all that. 
 
 Sganarelle, the pretended physician, declaring that the liver was 
 on the left side, the heart on the right, is asked by Geronte to 
 account for such an inversion of the usual arrangement, to which 
 he replies, " Oui, cela tait awtrefois ainsi ; mais nous avons changi 
 tout cela, et nous faisons maintenant la medicine d'une methode 
 toute nouvelle." The phrase is often used in speaking of changes 
 or departures from old and usual customs. 
 
 3473. Nous avons tous assez de force pour supporter les maux 
 
 d'autrui. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 34, 19. We all 
 have sufficient strength to bear the misfortunes of others. 
 
 3474. Nous dansons sur un volcan. (Fr.) We are dancing on a 
 
 volcano. 
 
 M. de Salvandy to the Duke of Orleans, at the file given by the 
 latter to the King of Naples in the Palais Royal, not long before 
 the insurrection of 1830. " Ceci est une fete toute Napolitaine 1 " 
 Quite a Neapolitan festa, your Royal Highness, we are dancing, etc. 
 
 3475. Nous de'sirerions peu de choses avec ardeur, si nous con- 
 
 naissions parfaitement ce que nous de'sirons. (Fr.) La 
 Rochef. Max. p. 88, 461. We should desire few things 
 with anxiety, if we could justly appreciate the value of the 
 objects we have wished for. 
 
 3476. Nous maintiendrons. (Fr.) We will maintain. Motto 
 
 of the Earl of Suffolk. 
 
 3477. Nous n'dcoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les ndtres, 
 
 Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu. 
 
 (Fr.) La Font. 1, 8. 
 
 We list to no instincts but what are our own, 
 Nor credit misfortune until it has come. Ed. 
 
 3478. Nous ne savons ce que c'est que le bonheur ou le malhenr 
 
 absolu. (Fr.) Rousseau? We do not know in what 
 unmixed good or unmixed evil consists.
 
 NOVUS. 377 
 
 3479. Nous ne sommes hornmes, et nous tenons les uns aux autres, 
 
 que par la parole, (fr.) Montaigne] We are men, and 
 our only medium of mutual communication is human 
 speech, 
 
 3480. Nous ne trouvons guere de gens de bon sens que ceux qui 
 
 sont de notre avis, (fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 76, 354. 
 We seldom find any persons possessed of good sense, 
 except those who are of our way of thinking. 
 
 3481. Nous sommes assembles par la volonte' nationale, nous ne 
 
 sortirons que par la force. (Fr.) We are here by the 
 will of the nation, and we shall not leave except we are 
 driven out by force. Speech of Mirabeau to the Marquess 
 de Brdze" (sent by Louis XVI. to dismiss the National 
 Assembly of 1789), according to the version given by 
 the Marquess' son in the French House of Peers, 1833. 
 (See Foumier, L'Esprit dans I'histoire, 227-230.) 
 
 I cannot, however, find these words in the Proceedings of the 
 National Assembly of 1789. Hugon (Memoires Hist, etc., de la 
 Eevol., Paris, 1790, vol. ii. p. 88) reports Mirabeau as concluding 
 his speech to M. de Breze as follows : " Je vous declare que, si Ton 
 vous a charge de nous faire sortir d'ici, vous devez demander des 
 ordres pour employer la force, car nous ne quitterons nos places 
 que par la puissance de la bai'onette. " Words which were received 
 with the unanimous acclamation of the Assembly, Tel est le rosu de 
 I' Assembled. This was the 23d June 1789. 
 
 3482. Novi ego hoc sseculum, moribus quibus siet, malus bonum 
 
 malum 
 Esse volt, ut sit sui similis ; turbant, miscent mores mali ; 
 
 rapax, 
 Avarus, invidens, sacrum profanum, publicum privatum 
 
 habent, 
 
 Hiulca gens. (L.) Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 6. 7 know the 
 age and its manners. Bad men would have a good man 
 bad, so as to be like themselves. Our evil manners con- 
 found, and disorder everything. The greedy, covetous 
 and envious, turn what's sacred to profane, and what's of 
 public good, to private interest. A grasping race ! 
 
 3483. Novi ingenium mulieruna 
 
 Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro. (L.) Ter. 
 Eun. 4, 7, 43. / know what a woman's temper is : when 
 you will, they won't : and when you won't, t/ten they are 
 in a perfect fever the other way. 
 
 3t84. Novus homo. (L.) A new man. The first man of a 
 family to obtain curule office (prsetor, consul, or sedile) at
 
 378 NOX ERAT. 
 
 Rome. Any one recently ennobled ; a parvenu, upstart, 
 man of yesterday. 
 
 3485. Nox erat, et cselo fulgebat luna sereno 
 
 Inter minora sidera. (L.) Hor. Epod. 15, 1. 'Twas 
 night, and the moon was shining in the cloudless heaven 
 among the lesser constellations. 
 
 3486. Nox erat, et placiduru carpebant fessa soporem 
 
 Corpora per terras, sylvseque et sseva quierunt 
 ^Equora : quum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu : 
 Quum tacet omnis ager, pecudes, pictseque volucres, 
 Quaeque lacus late liquidos, quseque aspera dumis 
 Rura tenent, somno positse sub nocte silenti 
 Lenibunt curas, et corda oblita labornm. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 4, 522. 
 
 'Tis night : earth's tired ones taste the balm, 
 
 The precious balm of sleep, 
 And in the forest there is calm, 
 
 And on the savage deep : 
 The stars are in their middle flight : 
 
 The fields are hushed : each bird or beast 
 That dwells beside the silver lake 
 Or haunts the tangles of the brake 
 
 In placid slumber lies, released 
 From trouble by the touch of night. Conington. 
 
 3487. Nugis addere pondus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 42. To give 
 
 consequence to trifles. 
 
 3488. Nulla setas ad perdiscendum est. (L.)1 There is no age 
 
 at which we are beyond learning anything. We may 
 always learn something. 
 
 3489. Nulla dies sine linea. (L.) Prov. No day without a 
 
 line. Cf. Plin. 35, 10, 36, 84, who relates that Apelles 
 never let a day go by without drawing something. 
 
 3490. Nulla fere causa est, in qua non foemina litem 
 
 Moverit. (L.) Juv. 6, 242. There's hardly a lawsuit 
 but what a woman is at the bottom of it. 
 
 3491. Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas 
 
 Iinpatiens consortis erit. (L.) Lucan. 1, 92. 
 
 Trust 'twixt associate kings does not reside : 
 No chief will brook a colleague at his side. Ed. 
 
 3492. Nulla pallescere culpa. (Z.) Not to grow pale at guilt. 
 
 Lord Winmarleigh.
 
 NTJLLI. . 379 
 
 3493. Nulla placere diu, vel vivere carmina possunt 
 
 Quae scribuntur aquae potoribus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 2. 
 
 No poetry can please or hope to live 
 
 That water-drinkers to the public give. Ed. 
 
 3494. Nulla recordanti lux est ingrata gravisque, 
 
 Nulla fuit cujus non meminisse velit. 
 Ampliat setatis spatium sibi vir bonus, hoc est 
 
 Vivere bis, vita posse priore frui. (Z.) Mart. 10, 33, 5. 
 
 A good life. 
 
 No day's remembrance shall the good regret ; 
 Nothing there is he fain would now forget : 
 He makes his time allotted doubly last, 
 And lives again as he recalls the past. Ed. 
 
 3495. Nulla reparabilis arte 
 
 Lsesa pudicitia est : deperit ilia semel. 
 
 (L.) Ov. H. 5, 103. 
 
 CJui-stiiy. 
 
 'When once a woman's virtue's gone 
 No art tha damage can atone, 
 'Tis ruined once for all. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield, 34 chap. : 
 
 When lovely woman stoops to folly 
 
 And finds, too late, that men betray, 
 What charm can soothe her melancholy, 
 
 What art can wash her guilt away ? 
 
 3496. Nulla res tantum ad discendum profuit quantum scriptio. 
 
 (L.) Nothing so much aids its in learning, as making 
 extracts from our reading. 
 
 3497. Nulla sancta societas, Nee fides regni est. (L.) Enn. ap. 
 
 Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26. Tfie sacred rights of human society 
 and mutual confidence are endangered by a monarchy. 
 
 3498. Nulla unquam de vita hominis cunctatio longa est (L.} 
 
 Jxiv. 6, 220. No delay can be too long where a man's 
 life is at stake. Cf. In j udicando criminosa est celeritas. 
 Pub. Syr. ] In trying a man, /taste is criminal. 
 
 3499. Nulla venustas, Nulla in tarn magno corpore mica salis. 
 
 (L.) Cat. 86, 3. There is no grace, no grain of salt 
 (wit) in all that large body. Applicable to a ponderous 
 dull work. 
 
 3500. Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum. (L.) Plant. Cur. 1, 
 
 3, 32. Perpetual enjoyment can be assured to no man.
 
 380 NULLT. 
 
 3501. Nulli jactantius mcei-ent, quam qui maxime laetantur. (Z.) 
 
 Tac. A. 2, 77. None are so demonstrative in their sorrow 
 as those who are in reality the most delighted. 
 
 3502. Nulli secundus. (Z.) Second to none. 
 
 3503. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri, 
 
 Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. (Z.) 
 Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14. Unforced to swear by the opinions of 
 any master I present myself a guest at the door of any 
 house to which tJie storm may carry me. Imitated by 
 Pope : 
 
 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. 
 
 3504. Nullius boni sine socio jucunda possessio. (Z.) Sen. Ep. 
 
 6. No earthly blessing can be enjoyed agreeably without 
 a friend shares it. 
 
 3505. Nullius in verba. (Z.) At no man's dictation. Motto of 
 
 the Royal Society. (2.) Nullius non mater discipline. 
 The mother of all learning. Leeds Grammar School. 
 
 3506. Nullum ab labore me reclinat otium. (Z.) Hor. Epod. 
 
 17, 24. No ease releases me from my work. 
 
 3507. Nullum est jam dictum, quod non dictum sit prius. (L.) 
 
 Ter. Eun. Prol. 10. Nothing is said now, that has not 
 been said before. 
 
 3508. Nullum est sine nomine saxum. (Z.) Lucan. 9, 973. 
 
 Not a stone but has its history. Said of the ruins of Troy. 
 
 3509. Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementias fuit. 
 
 (Z.) Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. No great genius is free from 
 some tincture of madness. Dryden (Abs. and Ach. 1) 
 
 Great wit to madness sure is near allied, 
 And thin partitions do their bounds divide. 
 
 Seneca quotes Aristotle (Problem 30), as also does Cicero (Tusc. 1, 
 33, 80), to the effect that Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos, All clever 
 men (or great wits) are more or less tinctured with melancholy. 
 
 3510. Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia; nos te 
 
 Nos facimus, Fortuna, deam cseloque locamus. 
 
 (Z.) Juv. 10, 365. 
 To Fortune. 
 
 No godship hadst thou, Fortune, were we wise, 
 We make thee god, and raise thee to the skies. Ed.
 
 NUNC. 381 
 
 3511. Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit. (Z.) Dr Johnson. He 
 
 touched nothing that he did not adorn. Epitaph on Dr 
 Goldsmith in Westminster Abbey. 
 The inscription runs as follows : 
 
 Olivarii Goldsmith 
 
 Poetse, Physici, Historic!, 
 
 Qui uullum fere scribendi genus 
 
 non tetigit, 
 
 Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit 
 etc.. etc. 
 
 3512. Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit. (L.) Prov. ? No 
 
 simile ever yet ran on all fours. No comparison was ever 
 yet absolutely perfect in all its parts. 
 
 3513. Nullum tempus occurrit regi. (L.) Law Max. Lapse of 
 
 time does not bar the right of the crown. 
 
 3514. Nul n'aura de 1'esprit, Hors nous et nos amis. (Fr.} 
 
 Moliere, Femmes Savantes, 2, 2. No man shall be witty 
 save we and our friends. 
 
 3515. Nul n'est content de sa fortune, 
 
 Ni me'content de son esprit. (Fr-) Mme. Deshoulieres. 
 No one is satisfied with his fortune or dissatisfied with 
 his talents. 
 
 3516. Numero Deus impare gaudet. (L.) Yirg. E. 8, 75. The 
 
 god delights in uneven numbers. 
 
 3517. Nunc animis opus, ^Enea, nunc pectore firmo. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 261. 
 
 Now for a heart that scorns dismay, 
 Now for a soul prepared ! Conington. 
 
 3518. Nunc aut nunquam. (L.") Now or never. Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Kilmorey. 
 
 3519. Nunc est profecto interfici quum perpeti me possum 
 
 Ne hoc gaudium contaminet vita segritudine aliqua. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 3. 
 
 Now sure's the moment when I ought to die, 
 Lest some hereafter bitterness in life 
 Impair this joy. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Shakesp. Oth. 2, 1 : 
 
 If it were now to die 
 
 'Twere now to be most happy ; for, I fear, 
 My soul hath her content so absolute 
 That not another comfort like to this 
 Succeeds in unknown fate.
 
 382 NUNC. 
 
 3520. Nunc, o nunc liceat crudelem abrumpere vitam, 
 
 Dum curse ambiguse, dum spes incerta futuri ! 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 8, 579. 
 
 (Evander loq.) This, ! this very moment let me die ! 
 
 While hopes and fears in equal balance lie. Ed. 
 
 3521. Nunc patimur longse pacis mala ; saevior armis 
 
 Luxuria incubuit, victumque ulciscitur orbem. 
 Nullum crimen abest facinusque libidinis ex quo 
 Paupertas Romana perit. (L.) Juv. 6, 292. 
 
 The evils of a long peace. 
 We reap the evils of protracted peace. 
 Luxury, more fell than arms, oppresses us 
 And has avenged a subjugated world. 
 There lacks no crime, nor villainy of lust 
 Since Rome her pristine poverty forsook. Ed. 
 
 3522. Nunc positis novus exuviis nitidusque juventa. (Z.) Virg. 
 
 A. 2, 473. Now that he has cast his slough he comes 
 forth new and blooming with youth. 
 
 3523. Nunquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 14, 321. 
 Wisdom and nature always speak the same. (?) 
 
 3524. Nunquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem. 
 
 (L.) Plant. Trin. 3, 2, 58. That man will never be un- 
 welcome to others, who makes himself agreeable to his 
 own family. 
 
 3525. Nunquam ita qiiisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit, 
 
 Quin res, setas, xisus, semper ajiquid apportet novi, 
 Aliquid moneat ; ut ilia, quse te scire credas, nescias ; 
 Et quse tibi putaris prima, in exercendo ut repudies. 
 (L.) Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1. (Demea loq.) Never man yet 
 calculated his scheme of life so well, but what circum- 
 stances, years, and experience brought him something new, 
 taught him some fresh lesson: so that things you fancied 
 you knew, you were really ignorant of, and what you 
 imagined to be unexceptionable, you had to reject when 
 put on trial. 
 
 3526. Nunquam nimis dicitur, quod nunquam satis dicitur. (L.) 
 
 Sen. 1 Nothing can be too often repeated, which is not 
 effectually repeated. 
 
 3527. Nunquam non paratus. (L.) Always ready. Motto of 
 
 Lord Derwent.
 
 OBITER. 383 
 
 3528. Nunquam se plus agere, quam nihil quum ageret ; nunquam. 
 
 minus solum esse, quam quum solus esset. (L.) Cic. 
 
 Rep. 1, 17, 27. He never had more to do than when 
 
 he had nothing to do, and never was less alone than when 
 
 he was alone. 
 
 Saying of P. Scipio Africanus quoted by Cato, to whom also is 
 attributed Nunquam, minus otiosum esse, quam, quum otiosus esset. 
 Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1. He never had less leisure than when free from 
 official business. 
 
 3529. Nunquam vacat lascivisse districtis : nihilque tarn certum 
 
 est vitia otii negotio discuti. (L.) Sen. Ep. 56. 
 Business prevents a man having the time to go wrong, 
 and nothing is more certain, than that the vices engendered 
 by leisure can be shaken off by work. 
 
 3530. Nur das Leben hasst, der Tod versohnt. (G.) Tiedge? 
 
 Life alone hates, death reconciles. 
 
 3531. Nur der Irrthum 1st das Leben 
 
 Und das Wissen 1st der Tod. (G.) Schiller, KassanJra. 
 Life is only error, and knowledge comes with death. 
 
 3532. Nur wer vor Gott sich fiihlet klein 
 
 Kann vor den Menschen machtig sein. (G.) Arndt 1 ? 
 He only who feels himself little in sight of God, can hope 
 to be mighty in the eyes of men. 
 
 3533. Nusquam tuta fides. (L.) Yirg. A. 4, 373. 
 
 No faith on earth, in heaven no trust. Conington. 
 No one is to be trusted. Dido upbraiding ^Eneas for his 
 desertion of her. 
 
 3534. Nympha pudica Deum vidit, et erubuit. 
 
 (L.) Epigr. Sac. p. 299. 
 The miracle at Cana. 
 The conscious water saw its God, and blushed. 
 
 R. Crashaw (t 1650). 
 
 O, including the Greek Q. 
 
 3535. Obiter cantabant. (L.) Petr. 31. They sang by the way. 
 
 (2.) Obiter cantare (cantans). To sing (singing) as one 
 goes along. 
 
 3536. Obiter dictum. (L.) A thing said incidentally, or by the 
 
 way. (2.) Obiter dicta. Passing remarks ; opposed to 
 judicial, or authoritative statements.
 
 384 OBSCURIS. 
 
 3537. Obscuris vera involvens. (L.) Yirg. A. 6, 100. Involving 
 truth in obscurity. The response of the Cumsean Sibyl 
 to ^Eneas. 
 
 Applied to disputants, who, seeing the weight of troth against 
 them, encumber it with verbiage and circumlocution, not having 
 any fair argument by which to rebut it. 
 
 3538 Obscurum per obscurius. (Z.) [To explain] a thing that 
 is obscure, by something still more so. 
 
 This accords with a definition (given by I forget whom) of Meta- 
 physics. It is to the effect that when one man is attempting to 
 explain a point, which he does not himself understand, to another 
 who does not comprehend what he is saying, that is " Meta- 
 physics." 
 
 3539. Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit. (L.) Ter. And. 
 
 1, 1, 41. Obsequiousness begets friends, truth hatred. 
 
 3540. Obstupui, steteruntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 774. 
 
 I stood appalled, my hair erect, 
 
 And fear my tongue-tied utterance checked. Conington. 
 
 3541. O caeca nocentum 
 
 Consilia, semper timidum scelus ! ! 
 
 (L.) Statius, Theb. 2, 489. 
 
 How blind the counsels of the guilty breast ! 
 How timid always crime ! Ed. 
 
 3542. Occasio facit furem. (Z.) Prov. Opportunity makes the 
 
 thief. 
 
 3543. Occasionem cognosce. (L.) Know your opportunity. 
 
 Cf. Shakesp. Julius Caesar, Act 4, sc. 3, 18 : 
 
 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. 
 
 3544. Occasio prima sui parte comosa, posteriore calva; quam si 
 
 occuparis teneas, elapsam sernel non Jupiter ipse potest 
 reprehendere. (L.) 1 Opportunity has hair on her fore- 
 head, but is bald behind ; if you meet lier, seize her, for 
 once let slip Jove himself cannot catch her again. 
 
 Cf. Rem tibi quam nosces aptam, dimittere noli ; 
 Fronte capellata est, post est occasio calva. 
 
 Dion. Cato, Distich, de Moribus. 
 
 Don't let escape what's suited to your mind ; 
 Occasion has locks before, is bald behind. Ed.
 
 O CURAS. 385 
 
 3545. Occidit miseros crambe repetita magistros. (L.) Juv. 7, 154. 
 
 Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, 
 The repetition kills the wretch at last. Gifford. 
 
 Said of recitations which masters had to endure in school. 
 
 First they read the essay sitting, 
 Then recite it standing, lastly 
 Sing it : sure this everlasting 
 Cabbage is enough to kill him. Shaw. 
 
 The phrase is something akin to the French toujours 
 perdrix, q. v. 
 
 3546. Occidit una dornus, sed non domus una perire 
 
 Digna fuit. (L.) Ov. M. 1, 240. One house fell, but 
 it was not tlie only house that deserved to perish. 
 
 3547. Occupet extremum scabies ! mihi turpe relinqui est. (L.) 
 
 Hor. A. P. 417. The devil take the hindmost/ I'm 
 ashamed to be left behind. 
 
 35 i8. O certe necessarium Adse peccatum, quod Christi morte 
 deletum est ! felix culpa, quse talem et tantum meruit 
 Redemptorem ! (L.) St Augustine ? sin of Adam, 
 certainly necessary as procuring its atonement by the 
 death of Christ I Blessed transgression, that didst merit 
 such a Redeemer and so mighty a one ! Recited in the 
 office for Easter Eve at the Benediction of the Lights. 
 Cf. G. Ercolani, In lode di Maria ; 
 
 Adam, quasi lodar ti del 
 
 Del tuo folle desio, se per lui solo 
 
 Bella cagion della gran Donna sei. (It. ) Adam, thy mad 
 desire is almost worthy of praise, since by it thou art the happy cause 
 of the great Lady. 
 
 35 i9. Corydon, Corydon, secretum divitis ulluni 
 
 Esse putas 1 Servi ut taceant, jumenta loquentur, 
 Et canis, et postes, et marmora. (Z.) Juv. 9, 102. 
 
 Poor simple Corydon ! do you suppose 
 
 Aught is kept secret that a rich man does ? 
 
 If servants hold their tongues, the beasts will blab, 
 
 The dog, the door-posts, and the marble slab. Ed. 
 
 3550. Oculis magis habenda fides quam auribus. (Z.) It is 
 
 better to trust our eyes than our ears. 
 
 3551. O curas hominum ! quantum est in rebus inane ! 
 
 (L.) Pers. 1, 1. 
 
 Alas for man ! how vain are all his cares ! 
 And oh ! what bubbles his most grave affairs ! Gifford,. 
 2B
 
 386 CTJRV^L 
 
 3552. O curvse in terris animse, et ccelestium inanes ! (L.) Pers. 
 
 2, 61. souls/ always bowed to earth, without a spark 
 of heavenly aspiration! 
 
 souls, in whom no heav'nly fire is found, 
 Flat minds, and ever grov'lling on the ground ! 
 
 3553. O dea certe. (L.~) Virg. A. 1, 328. A goddess surely / 
 
 goddess, for no less you seem. 
 
 3554. O der Einfall war kindisch, aber gb'ttlich schon. (G.) 
 
 Schill. Don Carlos, 1, 2. (Don C. loq.) the simplicity 
 was childish, but divinely beautiful ! 
 
 3555. Oderint dum metuant. (L.) Accius, Atreus, ap. Cic. Off. 
 
 1, 28, 97. Let them hate me, so they fear me. 
 
 3556. Odero, si potero : si non, invitus amabo. (Z/.) Ov. Am. 
 
 3, 11, 35. If I could I would hate: if I cannot I must 
 love against my will. 
 
 3557. Oderunt hilarem tristes, tristemque jocosi, 
 
 Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 89. 
 
 The grave dislike the gay, the staid the pert, 
 
 The quick the slow, the lazy the aleit. Conington. 
 
 3558. Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore : 
 
 Tu nihil admittes in te formidine psenae. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52. 
 
 'Tis love of right that keeps the good from wrong, 
 
 You do no harm because you fear the thong. Conington. 
 To the first line (above) has been added by a later hand (see Orelli, 
 Horace, Turin, 1852 in L), thus making an antithetical couplet : 
 
 Oderunt peccare mali formidine psenae. 
 
 The wicked dare not sin from fear of pain. 
 
 3559. Odia in longum jaciens, quse reconderet, auctaque promeret. 
 
 (L.) Tac. A. 1, 69. Storing up resentment a long time, 
 in order to bring it forward with increased acrimony. 
 
 3560. Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. 
 
 Nescio ! sed fieri sentio, et excmcior. (L.) Cat. 85. 
 
 1 love and hate : why so, you may inquire: 
 I know not : but 'tis so, I am on fire. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Reynard's " On aime sans raison et sans raison Ton hait " 
 (Folies amoureuses). One loves without reason, and without reason 
 one hates. 
 
 3561. O dii immortales ! non intelligunt homines, quam magnum 
 
 vectigal sit parsimonia ! (L.) Cic. Parad. 6, 3, 49. 7e 
 immortal gods I If men could only understand ivhat a 
 wonderful revenue lies in thrift !
 
 O FORMOSE. 387 
 
 8562. dii quam ineptus ! quam se ipse amans sine rival! ! (L.) 
 Cic. Q. F. 3, 84. Good heavens / was there ever anything 
 so foolish as a man to be in love with himself without a 
 rival to dispute his claims ! Said of Pompey. 
 
 3563. Odiums accipitrein quia semper vivit in armis. (L.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 2, 147. / hate the hawk that always lives in arms. 
 Applied before now to the first Napoleon. 
 
 3564. Odimus immodicos (experto credite) fastus. (L.) Ov. A. 
 
 A. 3, 511. Excessive haughtiness, you may take my word 
 for it, is an hateful thing. 
 
 3565. Odiosa 'st oratio, quom rem agas, longinquom loqui. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 25. It is an odious style, when you 
 have work in hand, to be speaking continually. 
 
 3566. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. 
 
 Favete linguis. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 1. 
 
 I bid the unhallowed crowd avaunt ! 
 Keep holy silence. Conington. 
 
 Cf. Prop. 4, 6, 1, Sacra facit vates, sint ora faventia sacris. The 
 bard engages in holy offices, let your silence reverence the holy rites. 
 Odi profanum (/ hate what is profane), Motto of Earl of Listowell. 
 
 3567. Odium theologicum. (L.) Theological hatred. Mutual 
 
 aversion of rival schools of divines ; doctrinal disputes. 
 
 3568. O domus antiqua, heu quam dispari 
 
 Dominare domino ! (L.) Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139. 
 ancient Jtouse, alas how unsuitable is the lord that 
 owns thee now ! 
 
 3569. O dulces comitum valete coetus, 
 
 Longe quos simul a domo profectos 
 
 Diversae variae viae reportant. (L.) Cat. 46, 9. 
 
 And you, ye band of comrades tried and true, 
 Who side by side went forth from home, farewell ! 
 
 How far apart the paths shall carry you 
 
 Back to your native shore, ah, who can tell ? Sir T. Martin. 
 
 3570. O faciles dare summa Deos, eademque tueri 
 
 Difficiles. (Z.) Lucan. 1, 510. 
 
 Freely they grant, the blessed gods, 
 But grudge the tenure of our goods. Ed. 
 
 3571. O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori. (Z.) Virg. E. 
 
 2, 17. pretty boy, trust not too much to your rosy 
 looks /
 
 388 O FORTUNATAM. 
 
 3572. O fortunatam natam me consule Romam ! 
 
 (Z.) Cic. Poet. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 41. 
 How fortunate a natal day was thine 
 In that late consulate, Rome, of mine ! Ed. 
 Juvenal who quotes (10, 123) the wretched jingle, remarks that 
 Cicero might have laughed at Antony's wrath, si sic omnia dixisset, 
 if all that the great orator has said, had been in this style. 
 
 3573. O fortunati mercatores ! gravis annis 
 
 Miles ait, multo jam fractus membra labore. 
 Contra mercator, navim jactantibus austiis, 
 Militia est potior. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 4. 
 
 Thou lucky merchants ! cries the soldier stout, 
 
 When years of toil have well-nigh worn him out ; 
 
 What says the merchant, tossing o'er the brine ? 
 
 Yon soldier's lot is happier, sure, than mine. Conington. 
 
 3574. fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint 
 
 Agricolas, quibus ipsa, procul discordibus armis, 
 Fundit humo facilem victum justissima tellns. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 2, 458. 
 The country labourer. 
 Too happy swains, did ye but know 
 Your bliss, on whom your fields bestow, 
 Far from war's din and scenes of blood, 
 A measure just of kindly food. Ed. 
 
 3575. Ogni medaglia ha il suo riverso. (It.} Prov. Every 
 
 medal has its reverse. There are two sides to every story. 
 
 3576. Oh, Bone Gustos, salve, columen vero familise, 
 
 Cui commendavi tilium hinc abiens meurn. (L.} Ter. 
 Phor. 1, 5, 56. my good guardian, I salute thee ! 
 A trusty prop, indeed, of my establishment art tJiou, into 
 whose hands I committed my son when I left home ! 
 Said ironically by Demipho to his servant, Geta, for palpably 
 neglecting his trust during the former's absence ; and applied by 
 Cardinal Newman to the Anglican Church for her careless custody 
 of the Holy Eucharist (Letter to Rev. H. J. Coleridge in Essays, 
 Hist, and Critical, vol. ii. p. 110. London, 1871). 
 
 3577. Oh ! c'e'tait le bon temps, j'dtais bien malheureuse ! (Fr.) 
 
 Rulhiere 1 Oh it was so nice then, I was so unhappy I 
 The exciting interest attaching to days of struggle and 
 poverty, especially in the recollection of them. The 
 original saying is Sophie Arnould's, the actress, which 
 Rulhiere turned into poetry. 
 
 3578. Ohe! Jam satis est. (Z.) Hor. S, 1, 5, 12. Hold, that 
 
 is enough.
 
 OLET. 389 
 
 3579. O Herz, versuch' es nur ! BO leicht ist's gut zu sein : 
 
 Und es zu scheinen 1st so eine schwere Pein. (G.) 
 Rueckert ] heart, only try ! it is so easy to be good, 
 and to appear so is such a heavy burden ! 
 
 3580. Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. (G.) Without haste, yet with- 
 
 out rest. Said of the sun. Goethe's motto. 
 
 3581. O homines ad servitutem paratos ! (L.) Tac. A. 3, 65. 
 
 Alas / that men should so lay themselves out for slavery ! 
 Common exclamation of the Emperor Tiberius on leaving 
 the senate-house. 
 
 3582. oirj TTC/a <f>vX\wv yevei), roiiJSe KCU dv8p<av. (Gr.) Horn. II. 
 
 6, 146. Like the life of leaves so is that of men. 
 
 3583. imitatores, servum pecus, ut mihi ssepe 
 
 Bilem, ssepe jocum vestri movere tumultus? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19. 
 
 Poetical plagiarists. 
 
 Ye wretched mimics, whose fond heats have been 
 How oft ! the objects of my mirth and spleen ! Francis. 
 
 3584. oi/^oi- rt S'ofyioi ; OvrjTa yap ireir6vdaiJ.ev. (Gr.) ? Alas I but 
 
 why alas ? We have only suffered what befits mortals to 
 bear. 
 
 3585. ofvos rot -^apievTi /ieyas TreXei TTTTTOS aoiS$. (Gr.) Cratinus? 
 
 Wine truly is a grand steed for the accomplished bard. 
 
 3586. ot irAetoves KO.KOL. (Gr.) The greater part of mankind is 
 bad. Saying of Bias, one of the seven sages. 
 
 3587. 01 TToAAoi. (Gr.) The multitude. The crowd, mass, public. 
 
 3588. 1'amour d'une Mere ! amour que nul n'oublie ! 
 
 Pain merveilleux, que Dieu partage et multiptie ! 
 Table toujours servie au paternel foyer ! 
 Chacun en a sa part, et tous 1'ont tout entier. 
 
 (Fr.) V. Hugo, Feuilles d'Automne. 
 A mother's love. 
 
 Love of a mother, love that never dies ! 
 Miraculous bread God gives and multiplies ! 
 Board always spread in the paternal hall, 
 Where each partakes, and each enjoys it all. Ed. 
 
 3589. Olet lucernam. (L.) It smells of the lamp. 
 
 Said of literary productions that bear the marks of midnight study. 
 Cf. Et oleum et operam perdidi. Plant. Psen. 1, 2, 119. I have 
 lost both my time and trouble (lit. my oil and my labour). I 
 have laboured in vain.
 
 390 OLEUM. 
 
 3590. Oleum adde camino. (L.) HOT. S. 2, 3, 321. Add fuel 
 
 to the flame. Aggravate the evil. 
 
 3591. Liberte, Liberte, que de crimes ont commet en ton nom ! 
 
 (Fr.) Mme. Roland. Liberty ! Liberty! what crimes 
 are committed in thy name ! Speech of Mme. Roland at 
 the guillotine, close to the colossal statue of Liberty. 
 
 3592. Olla male fervet. (L.) Prov. Petr. 38, 15. The pot boils 
 
 poorly. The affair looks ill. 
 
 3593. 6 Aoyos tvrjvdputTrrja-ev, iva f]p.eis BeoTroiffBtafJiev. (@ r -) 
 
 Athan. de Incarnat. c. 54. The Word was made man, 
 that we (man) might become gods. 
 
 3594. magna vis veritatis, quse . . . facile se per se ipsa 
 
 defendit. (L.) Cic. Ca?!. 26, 63. mighty force of 
 truth that can unaided so easily defend itself/ 
 
 3595. major tandem, parcas, insane, minorl 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 325. 
 mighty senior, spare a junior fool ! Conington. 
 
 3596. 6 p.ri 8a/3ets av$/DW7ros ov Tra (.Several. (Gr.) Menand. ? The 
 
 man who mil not be flogged will never be educated. 
 
 3597. mihi prseteritos referet si Jupiter annos ! (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 8. 560. Oh / if Jove would but give me back my past 
 years ! 
 
 3598. Omina sunt aliquid. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 12, 3. There is 
 
 something in omens. 
 
 3599. O miseras hominum mentes, pectora cseca ! 
 
 Qualibus in tenebris vita?, quantisque periclis 
 
 Degitur hocc'sevi quodquomqu'est. (L.) Lucret. 2, 14. 
 
 Blind, wretched man ! in what dark paths of strife, 
 We walk this little journey of our life ! Creech. 
 
 3600. miseri quorum gaudia crimen habent ! 
 
 (L.) Pseudo-Gallus, 1, 180. 
 Woe, woe to those whose joys are fraught with guilt ! Ed. 
 
 3601. ofjifjuj, yap 86n<j)v vofj.i(a SCO-TTOTOV Trapovaiav. (Gr.) ./Eschyl. 
 
 Pers. 169. I consider the master's presence to be the eye 
 of an house. 
 
 3602. Omne sevurn curaa : cunctis sua displicet setas. (L.) Auson. 
 
 Id. 15, 11. Every age has its cares: each one thinks his 
 own time of life disagreeable. 
 
 3603. Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se 
 
 Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur. (L.)
 
 OMNES. 39] 
 
 Juv. 8, 140. Every offence is the more marked and 
 culpable, in proportion to the rank of the person who 
 commits it. 
 
 3604. Omne Epigramma sit instar apis, sit aculeus illi, 
 
 Sint sua mella, sit et corporis exigui. (L.) 1 
 
 Bees and epigrams should, if they are not to fail. 
 Have honey, small frames, and a sting in the tail. Ed. 
 
 3605. Omne ignotum pro magnifico. (L.~) Tac. Agr. 30. Every- 
 
 thing unknown is supposed to be magnificent. 
 
 3606. Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur : inveteratuin fit 
 
 plurumque robustius. (L.) Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 31. Every 
 evil is easily checked at its beginning, but if allowed to 
 grow old it generally gathers in strength. 
 
 3607. Omnes composui. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 9, 28. I /tave buried 
 
 them all. I am the last of my line. 
 
 3608. Omnes eodem cogimur ; omnium 
 
 Versatur urna ; scrius, ocyus, 
 
 Sors exitura, et nos in seter- 
 
 Num exsilium impoaitura cymbae. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 3, 25. 
 
 All one way travel : the dark urn 
 
 Shakes each man's lot, that soon or late 
 Will force him, hopeless of return 
 
 On board the exile-ship of fate. Conington. 
 
 3609. Omne solum forti patria est tit piscibus aequor. (L.) Ov. 
 
 F. 1, 493. The brave can make every clime their country, 
 as fish are at home in every sea. First four words, motto 
 of Lord Balfour of Burleigh. 
 
 3610. Omnes, quibus res sunt minus secundse, magis sunt, nescio 
 
 quomodo, 
 
 Suspiciosi : ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis ; 
 Propter suatn impotentiam se credunt negligi. (Z/.) Ter. 
 Ad. 4, 3, 13. All those whose affairs are not in a pro- 
 sperous condition, are, I know not why, extremely sus- 
 picious ; they take almost everything as an affront, and 
 fancy they are treated with neglect on account of their 
 humble position. 
 
 3611. Omnes, quum secundae res sunt max time, turn maxume 
 
 Meditari secum oportet, quo pacto advorsum serumnam 
 
 ferant ; 
 
 Pericla, damna, peregre rediens semper secum cogitet, 
 Aut filii peccatum, aut uxoris mortem, aut morbuin filiae:
 
 392 OMNES. 
 
 Communia hsec, ne quid horum unquam accidat animo 
 
 novum : 
 Quidquid prseter spem eveniat, omne id deputare esse in 
 
 lucro. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 10 (Demipho loq.) : 
 
 Every man, when things are prosp'ring specially, then 
 
 specially 
 
 Should consider in himself how he may hear adversity. 
 Home returning after absence let him, as he goes along, 
 Think of dangers, losses, wife dead, daughter ill, or son gone 
 
 wrong. 
 
 Tis the common lot, and no one should he taken by surprise: 
 It is so much gain if it be better than he may surmise. Ed. 
 
 3612. Omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Paid. 2, 3, 8. All wise people ought to consult and hold 
 confabulations together. 
 
 3613. Omnes una manet nox 
 
 Et calcanda semel via lethi. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 28, 15. 
 
 Yes, all await the inevitable hour, 
 The downward journey all one day must tread. Gonington. 
 
 3614. Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci 
 
 Lectorem delectando, pariterque monendo. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 343. 
 
 All votes he gains who can unite 
 
 Profit witli pleasure, and delight 
 
 His reader's fancy, all the time 
 
 He gives instruction couched in rhyme. Ed. 
 
 3615. Omne vovemus 
 
 Hoc tibi; nee tanto careat mihi nomine charta. (L.) 
 Tib. 4, 26. All this work I dedicate to you, and may my 
 poem not lack the sanction of so distinguished a name. 
 
 3616. Ornnia Castor emis, sic fiet ut omnia vendas. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 7, 98. 
 
 You're buying everything, and it may well 
 
 Be that you'll soon have everything to sell. Ed. 
 
 3617. Omnia conando docilis solertia vicit. (L.) Manil. 1, 95. 
 
 /Skill combined with docility can, by trying, overcome 
 all things. 
 
 3618. Omnia debemur vobis; paullumque morati 
 
 Serius aut citius, sedem properamus ad unara. 
 Tendinitis hue omnes : hsec est domus ultima, vosque 
 Humani generis longissima regna tenetis. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 10, 132.
 
 OMNIA. 393 
 
 King Death. 
 
 Thine are we all : after a little space, 
 Sooner or late, all hasten to one place. 
 We all tend hitherwards ; 'tis our last home ; 
 Man's last dominions 'neath thy sceptre come. Ed. 
 
 3619. Omnia desuper. (Z.) All things are from above. Motto 
 
 of Embroiderers' Company. 
 
 3620. Omnia fanda nefanda, malo permista furore, 
 
 Justificam nobis mentem avertere Deorum. 
 Quare nee tales dignantur visere csetus, 
 Nee se contingi patiuntur lumine claro. 
 
 (L.) Cat. 64, 406. 
 
 Thus right and wrong in mad confusion tost, 
 
 To us the favour of the Gods have lost : 
 
 Such foul disorder they disdained to view. 
 
 And from the light of day to heav'n withdrew. Ed. 
 
 3621. Omnia fert setas, animum quoque. (L.) Virg. E. 9, 51. 
 
 Time bears away all things, even tJie memory. 
 
 3622. Omnia Grace ! 
 
 Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine. (L.) Juv. ? 
 
 All must be Greek ! Indeed ! 'Twere greater wrong 
 (One'd think it) not to know one's mother tongue. Ed. 
 
 3623. Omnia homini, dum vivit, speranda sunt. (L.) Telesph. 
 
 ap. Sen. Ep. 70. While there is life in a man, every- 
 thing may be hoped for him. While there is life, there 
 is hope. 
 
 3624. Omnia inconsulti impetus ccepta initiis valida spatio lan- 
 
 guescunt (L.} Tac. H. 3, 58. All enterprise entered 
 
 upon with more eagerness than discretion, is apt to be 
 
 vigorous enough at starting, and languid toward the 
 close. 
 
 3625. Omnia jam fient, fieri quse posse negabam : 
 
 Et nihil est de quo non sit habenda fides. (L.) Ov. 
 T. 1, 8, 37. Everything that I used to think impossible, 
 will now take place, and there is nothing now that may 
 not be expected. 
 
 3626. Omnia mea mecum porto. (L.) Bias, ap. Cic. Par. 1, 8. 
 
 All my goods I carry with me. 
 
 Saying of Bias ; and also of Simonides, when refusing to encumber 
 himself in his escape from a sinking ship (see Phredr. 4, 21, 14). 
 Seneca (Ep. 9) quotes Omnia mea mecum sunt of Stilpo, the 
 Epicurean.
 
 394 OMNIA. 
 
 3627. Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 15, 165 (see passage). 
 Transmigration of souls. 
 Thus all things are but altered, nothing dies. Dryden. 
 
 3628. Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. (L.) Bor- 
 
 bonius (16th cent.). All things change, and we change 
 amongst them. Generally quoted as Tempora mutantur, 
 etc. 
 
 3629. Omnia non paviter rerum sunt omnibus apta. (L.) Prop. 
 
 3, 9, 7. All things are not alike suitable to all men. 
 
 3630. Omnia P. C. quse nunc vetustissima creduntur, nova fuere 
 
 . . . et quod hodie exemplis tuemur, inter exempla erit. 
 (Z/.) Tac. A. 11, 24. Everything, Conscript Fathers, 
 which is now considered to belong to remote antiquity was 
 once new, and what we are to-day defending by precedent, 
 will rank hereafter as a precedent itself. Cf. Tertull. 
 Marc. 1, 9 : Omnis res anterior posteriori normam prse- 
 ministravit. Every previous event has supplied the rule 
 for dealing with a subsequent one of the kind. 
 
 3631. Omnia perdidimus, tantummodo vita relicta est. (L.) Ov. 
 
 Ep. 4, 16, 49. I have lost everything, life only remains. 
 
 3632. Omnia perversas possunt corrumpere mentes. (L.) Ov. 
 
 T. 2, 301. Anything is sufficient to corrupt a perverted 
 mind. 
 
 3633. Omnia praesumuntur rite et solenniter esse acta. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. All acts are presumed to have been rightly 
 and regularly done. 
 
 Cf. Ex diuturnitate temporis omnia prsesumuntur rite et solenniter 
 esse acta, Whatsoever has been established for a long time is pre- 
 sumed to have been done of right and not of wrong. This applies to 
 matters of dispute, either public or private. Again, where acts are of 
 an official nature, requiring the concurrence of official persons, a pre- 
 sumption arises in favour of their due execution, since Omnia prce- 
 sumuntur rite et solenniter esse acta, donee probetur in contrarium, 
 Everything is presumed to be rightly and regularly performed, until 
 the contrary is shown (see Broom, Legal Max. pp. 907 seqq.). 
 
 3634. Omnia prius experiri, quani armis, sapientem decet. (L.) 
 
 Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 19. A wise man will try all methods 
 before having recourse to arms. 
 
 3635. Omnia subjecisti sub pedibus Ejus, oves et boves. (L.) 
 
 Vulg. Ps. viii. 8. Thou Jiast placed all things in sub- 
 jection under His feet : both sheep and oxen. Motto of 
 the Butchers' Company.
 
 OMNIS. 395 
 
 3636. Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo : 
 
 Et subito casu, quse valuere ruunt. (L.) Ov. Ep. 4, 3, 
 35. All human things hang by a slender thread, and a 
 sudden fall will bring to the ground things that before 
 seemed secure. 
 
 3637. Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa 
 
 sub cselo. (L.) Yulg. Eccles. iii. 1. To every thing there 
 is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. 
 
 3638. Omnia tuta tiinens. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 298. Distrusting 
 
 all things, even what seemed safe. 
 
 [She feels each stirring of the air] 
 
 And e'en in safety dreads a snare. Conington. 
 
 Said of poor Dido. 
 
 3639. Omnia vincit amor, nos et cedainus amori. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 10, 69. 
 Love conquers all, and we must yield to love. Drydcn. 
 
 3640. Omnibus hoc vitium est cantoribus, inter amicos 
 
 Ut nunquam inducant animum cantare rogati, 
 Injussi nunquam desistant. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 1. 
 
 Drawing-room singers. 
 All singers have this fault : if asked to sing 
 In friendly circle, they can never bring 
 Themselves to yield consent : yet, if unasked, 
 They'll sing and sing, till patience' self is tasked. Ed. 
 
 3641. Omnibus hostes 
 
 Reddite nos populis, civile avertite bellum. (L.) Lucan. 
 2, 53. Commit us to hostility with every other nation, 
 but avert from us civil war. 
 
 3642. Omnibus in terris, quse sunt a Gadibus usque 
 
 Auroram et Gangem, pauci dignoscere possunt 
 Vera bona, atque illis multum diversa, remota 
 Erroris nebula. (L.) Juv. 10, 1. 
 
 In every clime, from Ganges distant stream 
 To Cadiz, gilded by the western beam, 
 Few, from the clouds of mental error free, 
 In its true light, or good or evil see. Gifford. 
 
 3643. Omnis ars imitatio est naturae. (L.) Sen. Ep. 65. Alt 
 
 art is an imitation of nature. 
 
 3644. Omnis enim res 
 
 Virtus, fama, decus, divina humanaque pulcris 
 
 Divitiis parent ; quas qui construxerit, ille 
 
 Clarus erit, fortis, Justus. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 94.
 
 396 OMNIS. 
 
 Tlie magic of wealth. 
 
 For all tilings, human and divine, renown, 
 Honour and worth at money's shrine bow down ; 
 And he who has made money, fool or knave, 
 Becomes that moment noble, just, and brave. Conington. 
 
 3645. Omnis homo mendax. (Z.) Vulg. Ps. 115, 2. All men are 
 
 liars. This is what the Psalmist said "in. his haste." 
 
 3646. Omnis Minervse homo. (L.) Petr. 43, 8. A Jack of all 
 
 trades. 
 
 3647. Omnis ratihabitio retrotrahitur et mandate priori sequi- 
 
 paratur. (L.) Law Max. A subsequent ratification 
 has a retrospective effect, and is equivalent to a prior 
 command. Thus the title of an administrator dates 
 back to the time of the death of the intestate, and entitles 
 him to sue for goods sold by any one pretending to act 
 as agent for the administrator (see Broom, p. 835). 
 
 3648. Omnium autem rerum, ex quibus aliquid acquiritur, nihil 
 
 est agricultura melius, nihil uberius, nihil dulcius, nihil 
 homine libero dignius. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151. Of 
 all profitable pursuits, nothing is preferable to agriculture, 
 nothing more productive, nothing more pleasant, nothing 
 more worthy of the attention of a gentleman. 
 
 3649. Omnium horarum homo. (Z.) Quint. 6, 3, 110. A man 
 
 ready for every emergency. 
 
 3650. Omniumque quae diceret atque ageret, arte quadam osten- 
 
 tator. (Z.) Tac. H. 2, 80. A man who set off any- 
 thing he said or did with a peculiar skill of his own. 
 
 3651. Omnium rerum, heus, vicissitudo est. (L.) Ter. Eun. 2, 
 
 2, 44. There are changes, hark ye, in all things. 
 
 3652. On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere. (Fr.) La 
 
 Harpe, Melanie, 1, 1. To exaggerate invariably weakens 
 the point of everything ice have to say. 
 
 3653. On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. 2, 11. One has often need of the help of one smaller 
 than one's self. 
 
 3654. On a toujours assez de force pour supporter les malheurs 
 
 de ses amis. (Fr.}1 We are always strong enough to 
 bear the misfortunes of our friends. 
 
 3655. On commence par etre dupe, 
 
 On finit par tre fripon. (Fr.) Mme. Deshoulieres, 
 Reflex, sur le jeu. One begins by being a dupe, and one 
 ends by being a swindler. On gambling.
 
 ON N'A. 397 
 
 3656. On dit. (Fr.) They say. Report says. It is merely one 
 
 of the on dits of the day. 
 
 3657. On dit, est souvent un grand menteur. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 " They say " is often a great liar. 
 
 3658. On entre et on crie, 
 
 Et voila la vie ! 
 
 On crie et on sort, 
 
 Et voila la mort ! (Fr.) 1 We enter and cry, and such 
 
 is life I We cry and depart, and such is death 1 
 
 3659. On est, quand on le veut, le maitre de son sort. (Fr.) Ferrier, 
 
 Adraste. Man is, when he wishes, his destiny's lord. 
 
 3660. On fait souvent tort a la vdrit^ par la maniere dont on se 
 
 sert pour la deTendre. (Fr.) 1 'The cause of truth is often 
 prejudiced by the means employed in its defence. 
 
 3661. On gagne peu de choses par habiletd (Fr.) Vauvenarguesl 
 
 One gains but little in this world by cleverness. 
 
 3662. O nimium faciles ! o toto pectore captse. (L.) Ov. F. 6, 
 
 509. Too simple souls / Demented creatures ! 
 
 3663. O nimium nimiumque oblite tuorum. (L.) Ov. H. 1, 41. 
 
 Too, too forgetful of thy kindred art thou! 
 
 3664. On jette enfin de la terre sur la tete, et en voila pour 
 
 jamais. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens^es, 29, 55. A little earth 
 cast upon the head, and there is an end of it. The long 
 farewell to the departed, " until the day dawn and the 
 shadows flee away." 
 
 3665. On met tout en ceuvre pour assortir les fortunes, on ne se 
 
 met point en peine pour assortir les cceurs. (Fr.) Mas- 
 sillon 1 No stone is left unturned to match the respective 
 fortunes (of the nance's), while no pains are taken to match 
 their affections. Such marriages are called mariages de 
 convenance, marriages of expediency, in which rank, or 
 money (or both), takes the place of real attachment. 
 
 3666. On n'aime plus comme on aimait jadis. (Fr.) Mme. 
 
 Deshoulieres 1 No one loves now as they used to do. 
 
 3667. On n'a jamais bon marche* de ruauvaise marchandise. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. Bad wares are never cheap. 
 
 3668. On n'a point pour la mort de dispense de Rome. (Fr.) 
 
 Mol. L'Etourdi, 2, 4. There is no dispensation at Rome 
 to be had against death ; translated from the Latin (] De 
 Imitat. Christ!) Nemo impetrare potest a papa bullam 
 nunquam moriendi.
 
 398 ON N'A. 
 
 3669. On n'a rien pour rien. (Fr.) Prov. Nothing is to be had 
 
 for nothing. 
 
 3670. On n'auroit guere de plaisir, si Ton ne se flattoit point. 
 
 (Fr.)1 We should en joy little pleasure, if we did not 
 sometimes flatter ourselves a little. 
 
 3671. On ne considers pas assez les paroles comme des faits. 
 
 (Fr.) One does not sufficiently consider words in the 
 light of deeds. 
 
 3672. On ne donne rien si liberalement que ses conseils. (Fr.) 
 
 La Rochef. Max. p. 45, 110. There is nothing which 
 men give so freely as their advice. 
 
 3673. On ne jette des pierres qu'a 1'arbre charge* de fruits, (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. People throw stones only at trees which have fruit 
 on them. To be abused is no sign of want of capacity. 
 
 3674. On ne loue d'ordinaire que pour etre loue. (Fr.) La 
 
 Rochef. Max. p. 49, 146. Praise is commonly bestowed 
 in the expectation that it will be repaid with interest. 
 
 3675. On ne lui fait pas prendre des vessies pour des lanternes. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. You won't make him take bladders for 
 lanterns. He is wide awake. 
 
 3676. On ne perd les e'tats que par timidit^. (Fr.) Volt. 
 
 Mahomet, 1, 1. 'Tis timidity only that throws states 
 away. 
 
 3677. On ne pent contenter tout le monde et son pere. (Fr.) 1 
 
 It is impossible to please all the world and one's father too. 
 
 Saying of 15th cent., and borrowed by La Fontaine to point the 
 moral to his fable of the Miller and his Son (3, 1) : 
 
 Est bien fou de cerveau 
 Qui pretend contenter tout le monde et son pere. 
 
 3678. On ne ramene guere un traitre par I'lmpunite", au lieu que 
 
 par la punition Ton en rend mille autres sages. (Fr.) 
 Richelieu 1 No man ever yet converted a single traitor 
 by letting him off, whereas punishment will show a 
 thousand others the error of their ways. Doubtless the 
 Cardinal was thinking of Cinq-Mars. 
 
 3679. On ne se blame que pour etre loud. (Fr.) La Rochef. 
 
 Max, ] Persons only blame themselves for t/ie purpose of 
 being praised. In imputing to ourselves any fault, we 
 always expect that a compliment will be paid us in 
 reply.
 
 ON PERD. 399 
 
 3680. On n'est jamais si heureux, ni si malheureux qu'on 
 
 se I'imagine. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 37, 49. 
 One is never either so happy or so miserable as one 
 imagines. 
 
 3681. On n'est jamais si riche que quand on de'menage. (Fr.) 
 
 Prov. One is never so rich as wJten one moves house. 
 Such a collection of things ! 
 
 3682. On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que Ton a que 
 
 par celles que Ton affecte d' avoir. (Fr.} La Rochef. 
 Max. p. 47, 134. We are never rendered so ridiculous 
 by the qualities we possess, as by those which we affect to 
 have. 
 
 3683. On n'est jamais trahi que' par ses siens. (Fr.) One is 
 
 never betrayed except by one's own friends. 
 
 3684. On ne trouve jamais 1'expression d'un sentiment que Ton 
 
 n'a pas; 1'esprit grimace et le style aussi. (Fr.) Lam- 
 ennais, CEuv. Posth. It is impossible to give proper 
 expression to a sentiment which the writer does not share ; 
 both idea and words have an unnatural look. 
 
 3685. On ne vaut dans ce monde que ce qu'on veut valoir. 
 
 (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. 1 A man's worth in this world is 
 estimated according to the worth he wishes to be placed 
 upon himself. 
 
 3686. On ne vit dans la me'moire du monde que par des travaux 
 
 pour le monde. (Fr.) Chateaubriand? Those only live 
 in the world's memory wJio Jiave laboured on the world's 
 behalf. Said of Joubert. 
 
 3687. O noctes ccenseque deum ! quibus ipse, meique, 
 
 Ante larem proprium vescor, vernasque procaces 
 Pasco libatis dapibus. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 6, 65. 
 
 nights and suppers, most divine ! 
 When met together, I and mine, 
 Round my own hearth have bite and sup : 
 What's left my merry slaves eat up. Ed. 
 
 3688. "Ov 01 Ofol <$>iXowriv a.iroQvrprK(.i. veos. (@ r -) Menand. ex 
 
 bis Fallente, p. 46. Whom the gods love dies young. 
 
 3689. On pardonne aise'ment un tort que 1'on partage. (Fr.) 
 
 Jouy. W. Tell. We easily pardon faults which we our- 
 selves share. 
 
 3690. On perd tout le temps qu'on peut mieux employer. (Fr.) 
 
 Rouss. ? Time is so much lost which might be better 
 employed.
 
 400 OX PEUT. 
 
 3691. On pent attirer les coeurs par les qualite's qu'on montre, 
 
 mais on ne les fixe que par celles qu'on a. (Fr.) De 
 Moy. 1 Assumed qualities may catch the affections of 
 some, but one can only win the heart by those which we 
 really possess. 
 
 3692. On peut dire que son esprit brille aux depens de sa me'moire. 
 
 (Fr.) Le Sage, Gil Bias, 3, 11. It may be said that his 
 wit shines at the expense of his memory. His jokes are 
 at second-hand. Borrowed from Joe Miller. Of. R. B. 
 Sheridan (Reply to Mr Dundas) : " The Right Hon. 
 Gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and 
 to his imagination for his facts." 
 
 3693. On peut dominer par la force, mais jamais par la seule 
 
 adresse. (Fr.) Vauvenargues ? One can govern by 
 force, but never by craft alone. 
 
 3694. On prend le peuple par les oreilles, comme on fait un pot 
 
 par les anses. (Fr.) Prov. The common people are to 
 be caught by the ears, as one catches a pitcher by the 
 handles. 
 
 3695. On revient toujours a ses premiers amours. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 We always return to our first love. 
 
 3696. On se persuade mieux pour 1'ordinaire par les raisons qu'on 
 
 a trouvees soi-meme, que par celles qui sont venues dans 
 1'esprit des autres. (Fr.) Pascal, Pense'es, 29, 36. 
 We are in general more easily convinced by reasons that 
 we have discovered ourselves, than by those suggested to us 
 by others. 
 
 3697. On s'eVeille, on se leve, on s'habille et Ton sort ; 
 
 On rentre, on dine, on soupe, on se couche et Ton dort 
 (Fr.) Piis, L'Harmonie imitative. 
 
 "Woke, rose, dress'd myself and then out o' doors stept ; 
 
 Came home again, dined, supp'd, to bed and then slept. 
 This may recal the style of the diaries of our youth (see 
 M. Twain's Innocents Abroad, p. 637). 
 
 3698. On spe'cule sur tout, meme sur la famine. (Fr.) Armand 
 
 Charlemagne, Agioteur. Men speculate on everything, 
 even on famine. 
 
 3699. On termine de longs proces 
 
 Par un peu de guerre civile. (Fr.) Marignyl We 
 bring tedious law-suits to an end by a little civil war. 
 "Written with reference to the Fronde, it applies equally 
 well to the Revolution (200 years after) of 1848.
 
 O PR^ECLARUM. 401 
 
 3700. O nuit desastreuse ! O nuit effroyable, ou retentit tout a coup 
 
 comme un dclat de tonnerre cette dtonnante nouvelle : 
 Madame se ineurt ! Madame est morte ! (Fr.) Bossuet, 
 Or. Fun. de Mme. Heni'iette d'Angleterre. Oh disastrous 
 night ! dreadful night ! when, like a thunder-clap, re- 
 sounded these fearful tidings : Her Highness is dying ! 
 Her Highness is dead ! 
 
 3701. Onus probandi. (L.) The burden of proving. The onus 
 
 probandi lies always on the person making the charge. 
 
 3702. On voit mourir et renaitre les roses ; il n'en est pas ainsi 
 
 de nos beaux jours. (Fr.) Charleval, 17th cent. Roses 
 die and bloom, again, not so ivith the spring-time of our 
 days. 
 
 3703. S> TTCU, yevoio Trarpos fVTV\t(TTepos 
 
 TO. 8' aAA' o/xoios* Kal ykvoi av ov KdKos. (Gr.) Soph. Aj. 
 550. My son, resemble thy father in all things, except in 
 a happier fortune, and thou wilt not be amiss. 
 
 3704. Opera illius mea sunt. (L.) His works are mine. Motto 
 
 of Earl Brownlow. 
 
 3705. Opes regum, corda subditorum. (L.) T/te hearts of his 
 
 subjects are a king's riches. M. of the Order of Leopold. 
 
 3706. $ <i'A.oi ovSets <i'Aos. (Gr.) Diog. Laert. 5, 21. The 
 
 man who has many friends (patrons) has no friend. As 
 Gray says, Death of a Favourite Cat : 
 A favourite has no friends. 
 
 3707. Opiferque per orbem Dicor. (L.) Ov. M. 1, 521. I am 
 
 known all over the world as tlw Healer. Motto of 
 Apothecary's Company. 
 
 3708. Opinionum enim commenta delet dies, naturae judicia con- 
 
 firmat. (L.) Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5. Time effaces all 
 
 fancies and delusions, and confirms the judgments of 
 nature. 
 
 3709. "OTTOU TIS aAyei, Kewre KCU rrjv X V ^X el> (Gr.)1 Where 
 
 any one suffers pain, there he is sure to place his hand. 
 
 3710. Opprobrium medicorum. (L.) T/ie disgrace of physicians. 
 
 Said of incurable diseases. 
 
 3711. O prseclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum ! (L.) Cic. 
 
 Phil. 3, 11, 27. The wolf makes a truly fine shepherd, 
 as the saying is! Cf. Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16 : Lupo ovem 
 commisisti, You have put tlie slieep in the care of the wolf. 
 2c
 
 402 OE. 
 
 3712. oif/e Oewv dXeovvi fivXoi, dXeovcrt 8f XeirTa. (Gr.) Paroe- 
 
 miogr. p. 154. Gaisf. Prov. The mills of the gods grind 
 slowly, but they grind small. Retribution though deferred 
 overtakes the offender. Another form (Orac. Sibyll. 
 8, 14) is, 'Oi/'e 6eov fj,vXoi dXeoixri TO ACTTTOV aXevpov. 
 
 3713. Optat ephippia bos : piger optat arare caballus. (L.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1, 14, 43. The ox covets the horse's trappings, the 
 lazy horse wishes to plough. Man is never contented 
 in the station in which Providence has placed him. 
 
 3714. Optima Graiorum sententia, quippe homini aiunt, 
 
 Non nasci esse bonum, natum aut cito morte potiri. 
 
 (L.) Auson. Id. 15. 
 
 Wise Greeks, who said of man's mortality, 
 Not to be born is best, or quick to die. Ed. 
 
 3715. Optima quaeque dies miseris mortalibus sevi 
 
 Prima fugit ; subeunt morbi tristisque senectus, 
 Et labor, et durse rapit inclementia mortis. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 3, 66. 
 
 Life's happiest days are first to take their flight, 
 Poor mortals that we are ! Sickness and age, 
 Labour and sorrow come apace, till Death, 
 Stern and relentless, snatches us away. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Delille's, He'las ! nos beaux jours s'envolent les 
 premiers. 
 
 3716. Optimum obsonium labor. (Z.) Prov. Labour gives the 
 
 best relish. 
 
 3717. O pudor ! pietas! (L.) Mart. 8, 78, 4. Oh/ modesty! 
 
 Oh ! piety ! 
 
 3718. Opum furiata cupido. (L.) Ov. F. 1, 211. A fierce thirst 
 
 after wealth. 
 
 3719. qualis facies et quali digna tabella ! (L.) Juv. 10, 157, 
 
 What a face for a fine picture ! May be said either 
 satirically or seriously. 
 
 3720. O quanta species, inquit, cerebrum non habet. (L.) 
 
 Phsedr. 1, 7, 2. Pity so fine a face should have no brains ! 
 The fox and the mask. 
 
 3721. O quid solutis beatius curis 
 
 Quum mens onus reponit, ac peregrine 
 Labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum ! 
 Desideratoque acquiescimus lecto, 
 Hoc est, quod unum est pro laboribus tantis. 
 
 (L.) Cat. 31, 7.
 
 ORIENTIS 403 
 
 . No place like home. 
 Hew sweet to cast care to the wind, 
 And of its burden ease the mind : 
 And, tired with work abroad, to come 
 All weary to my own dear home, 
 
 And rest my head 
 
 On my own bed 
 This, this alone repays such toil accomplished ! Ed. 
 
 3722. Ora et labora. (L.) Pray and work. Motto of the Earl 
 
 of Dalhousie. The old maxim of the Benedictine Monks 
 was Laborare est orare, To work is to pray. 
 
 3723. Orando laborando. (L.) By prayer and labour. Motto 
 
 of Rugby School. 
 
 3724. Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. (L.) Juv. 
 
 10, 356. -~We should pray for a sound mind in a sound 
 body. 
 
 3725. Orate pro anima, etc. (L.) Pray for the soul of, etc. 
 
 Form of inscription on tombs. 
 
 3726. Ore tenus. (L.) Merely from t/te mouth. Verbal 
 
 3727. O Richard ! O mon roy, Punivers t'abandonne ! 
 
 Sur la terre il n'est que rnoy qui s'interesse de tes affaires, 
 etc. (Fr.) 1 RicJiard / my king ! the world for- 
 sakes thee ! and on tJie earth I am the only one that cares 
 for thy interests, etc. Old Royalist song, notably sung 
 at the dinner given to the soldiers in the Opera Salon 
 at Versailles, October 1, 1789. The king and Marie 
 Antoinette appeared after dinner, the band striking up 
 the air of the song quoted above. See Carlyle, French 
 Revol. vol. i. 239 [Boston, 8vo, 1838]. 
 
 3728. Orientis partibus 
 
 Adventavit asinus, 
 
 Pulcher et fortissimus, 
 
 Sarcinis aptissimus, 
 
 He, Sire Ane, he 1 ! etc. (L.) 
 
 From the regions of the East 
 
 (Blessings on the bonny beast !) 
 
 Came the donkey, stout and strong, 
 
 With our packs to pace along. 
 
 Hee haw ! Sir Ass, Hee haw ! etc. (?) 
 
 Mediseval hymn of nine stanzas, of which this is the first, sung 
 formerly at Beauvais at the Feast of Fools (called also Festum 
 asinorum, The Feast of Asses), when a donkey was led up to the 
 altar of the cathedral and greeted with the above lines. At the 
 conclusion of the hymn the priest was, by rubric, directed to bray 
 three times, and the people to respond in the same way.
 
 404 ORNANDA. 
 
 3729. Ornanda est enim dignitas domo, noa ex domo tota quae- 
 
 renda ; nee domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda 
 est. (L.} Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139. It is fit that the style 
 of a man's residence should enhance the dignity of his 
 station, but not that it should entirely constitute it. The 
 mansion should be graced by its master, not the master 
 by the mansion. 
 
 3730. Ornari res ipsa negat, contenta docere. (L.) Manil. Astr. 
 
 3, 39. The subject of itself is incompatible with an orna- 
 mental style, content if it is able to instruct. Scientific 
 treatises. 
 
 3731. Ornata hoc ipso, quod ornamenta neglexerunt. (L.) Cic. 
 
 Att. 2, 1, 1. Ornate for the very reason that ornament 
 Jiad been neglected. Of poems, writings, etc. 
 
 3732. O rus quando te aspiciam ? quandoque licebit 
 
 Nunc veterum libris, nunc somno et inertibus horis 
 Ducere sollicitse jucunda oblivia vitse ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 6, 60. 
 Country pleasures. 
 
 O my dear homestead in the country ! when 
 Shall I behold your pleasant face again ? 
 And, studying now, now dozing and at ease, 
 Imbibe forgetfulness of all this tease. Conington. 
 
 3733. O sseclum insipiens et inficetum ! (L.) Cat. 43, 8. the 
 
 dull witless age ! 
 
 3734. O sancta damnatio ! (L.) S. Aug. contra Ep. Parrnen. 
 
 3, 21. holy condemnation ! 
 
 3735. O sancta simplicitas ! (L.) What divine simplicity ! Ex- 
 
 clamation of John Huss at the stake, on seeing an old 
 woman bringing her fagot to throw on the pile. 
 
 3736. 6's 6"' dv avev /xavtas Movcrwv lirl TTOI^TIKCIS Ovpas CM^I/OJTCU, 
 
 7rer#ets a>S ap' IK rex v7 ?s iKavos TroirjTrjS lo-d/^evos, areA^s 
 auras re KCU fj TTOi^o-ts . . . r)(f)avi<rdr]. (Gr.) Plat. Phsedr. 
 245 A. The man wJw, destitute of all poetic frenzy, 
 knocks at the doors of the Muses, under the notion that his 
 art will be enough to make him a poet, both he and his 
 poetry are hopelessly thrown away. 
 
 3737. Os hebes est, positseque mo vent fastidia mensse, 
 
 Et queror, invisi quum venit hora cibi. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 10, 7. 
 The invalid. 
 
 Jaded my appetite, I loathe my food, 
 And curse each hateful meal in peevish mood. Ed.
 
 O TENEBRIS. 405 
 
 3738. O si sic omnia ! (L.) Oh I that he had always acted 
 
 (spoken, written) thus I 
 
 3739. O socii, neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum ; 
 
 O passi graviora, dabit Deus his quoque finem. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 198. 
 
 My comrades, for I speak to those 
 
 "Who are not ignorant of woes, 
 
 Worse have ye suffered, and from these 
 
 God will in time grant due release. Conington. 
 
 3740. Ostendent terris hunc tan turn fata, neque ultra 
 
 Esse sinent. Nimium vobis Romana propago 
 Visa potens, superi, propria h<ec si dona fuissent. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 870. 
 
 The young Marcdlus. 
 
 That youth the Fates but just display 
 
 To earth, nor let him longer stay : 
 
 With gifts like these for aye to hold 
 
 Rome's heart had e'en been over bold. Conington, 
 
 3741. Ostroque insignis et auro 
 
 Stat sonipes, ac frsena ferox spumantia mandit. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 134. 
 
 With gold and purple housings fit 
 Stands her proud steed, and champs the bit 
 His foaming jaws between. Conington. 
 
 3742. O suavis anima, qualem in te dicam bonam 
 
 Antehac fuisse, tales quum sint relliquiae ! 
 
 (L.) Phsedr. 3, 1, 5. 
 
 The Crone and the Empty Wine Cask. 
 Sweet spirit ! you must have been divine, 
 Since what is left of you's so fine. Ed. 
 
 3743. O tempora, O Mores! (L.) Cic. Deiot. 11, 31. Alack, 
 
 the degeneracy of our times / Alack, the low standard of 
 our morals ! 
 
 3744. O tenebris tantis tam clarum extollere lumen 
 
 Qui primus potuisti, illustrans cornmoda vitse. (L.) 
 Lucret. 3, 1. thou that wert the first to let in daylight 
 on all this darkness, elucidating all that contributes to 
 man's convenience in life. 
 
 The whole passage is addressed to Epicurus, but, according to 
 Macaulay (Essays), is more applicable to Lord Bacon. Illustrans 
 commoda vita: is the Motto of the R. Institution of Great Britain.
 
 406 OTIA. 
 
 3745. Otia si tollas, periere Cupidinis arcus, 
 
 Contemptseque jacent et sine luce faces. 
 
 (L.) Ov. K. A. 139. 
 
 A cure for love. 
 
 Bid ease begone, and Cupid's darts will fail : 
 His torch unlit, thrown by, of no avail. Ed. 
 
 3746. Otio qui nescit uti, plus negoti habet, 
 
 Quam cum est negotium in negotio. (L.) Enn. Iphi- 
 genia. He who does not know how to employ his leisure 
 will have more work to do than there is in work itself. 
 
 3747. Otium cum dignitate, abbrev. otium cum dig. (L.)1 
 
 Leisure with dignity. Dignified retirement earned by 
 personal exertion. 
 
 3748. Otium sine literis mors est, et hominis vivi sepultura. (L.) 
 
 Sen. Ep. 82. Leisure without literary occupation is as 
 bad as being dead and buried alive. 
 
 3749. Oublier ne puis. (Fr.) I can never forget. Motto of Lord 
 
 Colville. 
 
 3750. ov XPV vuvvvxiov cv'Setv /JovA^opov avSpa. (Gr.) Horn. II. 
 
 2, 24. It ill bejits a councillor to sleep all night. 
 
 3751. Oui et Non sont bien courts a dire, mais avant que de lea 
 
 dire, il y faut penser long-temps. (Fr.) Yes and no are 
 very soon said, but we should reflect for some time before 
 saying them. A precipitate assent, or a hasty negative, 
 should, in matters of consequence, be maturely weighed 
 before either is decided on. 
 
 3752. OVK dyadbv TroXyKoipavir)' eis KOipavos e'oro), 
 
 Efs /3ao-tAevs. (Gr.) Horn. II. 2, 204. 
 
 A multitude of rulers bodes but ill, 
 Be one our lord, our king. Calverley. 
 
 3753. OVK eoriv ovBev \(apl<s dvBpwTrois 6tu>v. 
 
 OTrovSa^o/tev Se TroAA' VTT' lATTiScov fj,a.TYjv 
 TTOVOVS e^ovTes ouSev etSores o-a^)?. (Gr.) Eurip. Thyestes, 
 Fr. Poet. So. Gr. Dindorf, p. 516. Nothing happens to 
 man without the permission of God; and we make much 
 exertion led on by hopes, and give ourselves useless trouble, 
 all the time knowing nothing clearly. 
 
 3754. Ov Aeyeiv Seivos, aAAa crtyav aSwaros. (Gr.) Epicharm. 1 
 
 Not great at speaking, but unable to hold his tongue. 
 
 3755. Ou ne monterai-je pas ] (Fr.) Whither shall I not climb ? 
 
 M. of the Surintendant Fouquet, with crest of a squirrel.
 
 PALAM. 407 
 
 3756. Ou vas-tu, petit nain? Je vais faire la guerre. 
 
 Et a qui, petit nain ] Aux maitres de la terre. 
 Que veux-tu leur 6ter? L'impure vanitd 
 Quelles armes as-tu 1 La pure ve'rite'. 
 Le monde te haira ! Centre lui je secoue 
 Sa terre, son ne"ant, sa poussiere et sa boue. 
 
 (Fr.) 1 Le Petit Nain combattant le monde, 1606. 
 The Author to his book. 
 
 Where away, little imp ? I am off to the fight. 
 
 And with whom, little imp? With the world's men of might. 
 
 What would you take from them ? Their foul vanity ? 
 
 What arms do you carry ? The pure verity. 
 
 The world will detest you ! In its face I will flirt 
 
 Its earthiness, emptiness, dustiness, dirt ! Ed. 
 
 3757. Ouvrez : c'est la fortune de la France! (Fr.) Open/ the 
 
 fortune of France stands at the door I Romantic speech 
 put into the mouth of Philip VI. on his retreat from the 
 field of Crecy to the Castle of Broye. The chatelain 
 demanded who knocked so loud at night-time. The king 
 replied, " Ouvrez, ouvrez, chatelain, c'est Vinfortune roy 
 de France, 1 ' Open ! open, the unfortunate King of France 
 stands at the door ! (see Froissart in I.). 
 
 3758. O was miissen wir der Kirche Gottes halber leiden, rief der 
 
 Abt, als ihm das gebratene Huhn die Finger versengte. 
 (6?.) Prov. What must ive not suffer for Holy Church's 
 sake! exclaimed the Abbot, when the roast fowl burnt his 
 Jingers. 
 
 P and the Greek $ (Ph). 
 
 3759. Pacem hominibus habe, bellum cum vitiis. (L.)1 Beat 
 
 peace with men, at war with their vices. 
 
 3760. Pace tanti viri. (L.) 1 Begging pardon of so great a man. 
 
 Sometimes said ironically. 
 
 3761. Pacta conventa. (Z.) Conditions agreed on, e.g., between 
 
 any two European powers, or the terms of a covenant 
 between two consenting parties. 
 
 3762. Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est. (L.) Enn. in Teleph. 
 
 Paul, ex Fest. p. 145, Mull., quoted by Phsedr. (3, Epilog. 
 34). It is a parlous thing for a common man to speak 
 his mind openly. Cf. Plurima sunt quse Non audent 
 homines pertusa dicere laena. Juv. 5, 130. There are 
 many things that a man in a tattered cloak dare not say.
 
 408 PALINODIAM. 
 
 3763. Palinodiam canere. (L.) Macr. 7, 5. To make a recanta- 
 
 tion. To apologize. 
 
 3764. Pallentes radere mores 
 
 Doctus, et ingenuo culpam defigere ludo. 
 
 (L.) Pers. 5, 15. 
 The satirist. 
 
 Skilful to scourge men's morals when they're wrong, 
 And bring faults home by clever skit or song. Ed. 
 
 3765. Pallor in ore sedet : macies in corpore toto : 
 
 Nusquam recta acies : liven fc rubigine denies : 
 Pectora felle virent ; lingua est suffusa veneno : 
 Eisus abest : nisi quern visi movere dolores. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 2, 775. 
 Descripcioun of Envie. 
 On Envie's cheek an asshy palenesse sate, 
 And pyning honger all her flesh devore : 
 Her grudgeful eies wold never looke you strayt, 
 And in her mouth her teethe were cankred ore ; 
 Her breast was greene with gall's malicious store, 
 "Whyle spightfull poison did her tongue suffuse. 
 Ne smyle ne gladnesse wonne within her dore, 
 Save when the hurt of other folke she vues, etc. Ed. 
 
 3766. Palmam qui meruit ferat. (L.) Jortin, Lusus Poetici 
 
 (Ad ventos), st. 4. Let him bear the palm who has 
 deserved it. Motto of the great Nelson and of the Royal 
 Nav. School. 
 The whole stanza runs as follows : 
 
 Et nobis faciles parcite et hostibus ; 
 Concurrant parlous cum ratibus rates, 
 Spectent iiumina ponti, et 
 Palmam qui meruit, ferat. 
 
 To the winds. 
 On friend and foe breathe soft and calm, 
 
 As ship with ship in battle meets ; 
 
 And while the sea-gods watch the fleets 
 Let him who merits, bear the palm. Ed. 
 
 3767. Palma virtuti. (L.) The palm to virtue. Earl Selborne. 
 
 3768. Panem et circenses. (L.) Juv. 10, 81. Bread and. horse 
 
 (circus) racing, the only two objects, according to Juvenal, 
 that really interested the Roman people. 
 
 Voltaire says to Mme. Necker, 1770, " II ne fallait aux Remains 
 que panem et circenses, nous avons retranche panem, il nous suffit 
 de circenses, c'est-a-dire de 1'opera-comique. " Had Voltaire lived 
 to witness the march of the women of Paris to Versailles (Oct. 
 1789) shouting for bread, he would have found a parallel for both 
 parts of the quotation.
 
 PARCUS. 409 
 
 3769. Trav irpayfia Svas e^ei \df3as. (Gr.) Prov. Everything 
 
 has two handles: and man generally takes hold of the 
 wrong one. 
 
 3770. irdvra Ka.0a.pa rots /ca0a/>ots. (Gr.) N. T. Tit. i. 10. To 
 
 the pure all things are pure. 
 
 3771. irdvra Kivr}<rai irerpov. (Gr.) Eurip. Herac. 1002. To 
 
 leave no stone unturned. 
 
 3772. Paques mouille', et Carnaval crottd, et le cofL-e sera comble'. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. A wet Easter and a muddy Carnival, and 
 the money-box will be full. 
 
 3773. Par bene comparatum. (-.)? A well-matched pair. 
 
 3774. Parcite, mortales, dapibus temerare nefandis 
 
 Corpora : sunt fruges, sunt deducentia ramos 
 Pondere poma suo, tumidseque in vitibus uvse : 
 Sunt herbae dulces : sunt quse mitescere flamma 
 Mollirique queant : nee vobis lacteus humor 
 Eripitur, nee mella thymi redolentia florem. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 15, 75. 
 
 Vegetarianism. 
 
 Stain not your bodies with forbidden feasts ! 
 Fruits have ye, apples dragging down the boughs 
 With their own weight : grapes bursting on the vines, 
 And juicy herbs that fire can mollify 
 And tender make : and milk is not denied, 
 Nor honey redolent of the thymey flowers. Ed. 
 
 See also id. ibid. 81 seqq. as bearing on the same subject. 
 
 3775. Parcite paucarum diffundere crimen in omnes, 
 
 Spectetur meritis quaeque puella suis. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 3, 9. Do not visit the faults of a few on all: let every 
 girl be considered on her own merits. 
 
 3776. Parcus Deorum cultor et infrequens 
 
 Insanientis dum sapientiae 
 
 Consultus erro : nunc retrorsum 
 Vela dare atque iterare cursus 
 Cogor relictos. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 34, 1. 
 
 The poet's conversion. 
 My prayers were scant, my offerings few, 
 
 While witless wisdom fooled my mind, 
 But now I trim my sails anew 
 
 And trace the course I left behind. Coninyton.
 
 410 PARDON. 
 
 3777. Pardon, Messieurs, si je m'e'gare, 
 
 C'est que j'imite un peu Pindare. (Fr.) ' 
 
 I've got a fault I cannot hinder, 
 
 A knack of imitating Pindar. (P. Prout, tr.) 
 
 3778. Par droit de conquete et par droit de naissance. (Fr.) 
 
 L'Abbe Cassagne, Henry le Gd. Roy. By right of con- 
 quest and by right of birth. 
 
 (Henry IV. loq.) Lorsqu'apres cent combats, je posseday la France 
 Et par droit de conquete, et par droit de naissance. 
 
 3779. Pares autem cum paribus, vetere proverbio, facillirae 
 
 congregantur. (L.) Cic. Sen. 3, 7. Like goes naturally 
 with like, according to the old proverb. Birds of a 
 feather, etc. 
 
 3780. Parfois, elus maudits de la fureur supreme, 
 
 Ces envoy^s du ciel sont apparus au monde 
 
 Comme s'ils venaient de 1'enfer. (Fr.) V. Hugo, 
 Buonaparte. Sometimes these messengers of heaven, the 
 accursed elect of the divine wrath, have appeared on earth 
 as though they came from hell. 
 
 3781. Pari passu. (L.) With equal steps. Co-ordinately; in 
 
 parallel lines. (2.) Pari ratio ne. By parity of reason- 
 ing. By the same argument. 
 
 3782. Paris (or La couronne) vaut bien une messe. (Fr.) Paris 
 
 (or the crown) is well worth a mass. 
 
 Famous saying of Henry IV., though, in point of fact, not so 
 much his as Sully's. M. de Rosny asked the king why he did not 
 go to mass as he (Sully) did, adding, Sire, Sire, la couronne vaut 
 bien une messe. 
 
 3783. Par le droit du plus fort. (Fr.) Prov. By the right of 
 
 the strongest. Might is right 
 
 3784. Parlez du loup et vous en verrez la queue. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Speak of the wolf and you will see his tail. Talk of the 
 devil, etc. 
 
 3785. Parlez peu et bien, si vous voulez qu'on vous regarde comme 
 
 un homme de merite. (Fr.) Speak little and well if you 
 wish to be considered as possessing merit. Never tire 
 others by your talkativeness, nor disgust by vulgarity of 
 expression. 
 
 3786. Par maniere d'acquit. (Fr.) For form's sake.
 
 PAR TERNIS. 411 
 
 3787. Par negotiis neque supra erat. (L.) Tac. A. 6, 39. 
 
 Equal to, but not above his business. 
 
 Said of Poppaeus Sabinus, who had held in succession several im- 
 portant proconsular appointments in the reign of Tiberius, nullam 
 ob eximiam virtutem, sed quod par negotiis, etc., " not on account of 
 any special excellence, but because he was equal to," etc., ut supra. 
 
 3788. Par nobile fratrum. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 243.^ noble pair 
 
 of brothers. 
 
 3789. Parole di sera il vento se le mena. (It.) Prov. Evening 
 
 words tlie wind carries away. 
 
 3790. Par pari referto. (L.) Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55. Give him 
 
 back tit for tat. 
 
 3791. Pars beneficii est quod petitur si belle neges : 
 
 Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges. (Z.) Pub. 
 Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14, 10. It is all but granting a favour 
 to refuse it graciously : it is all but granting a favour to 
 refuse it without delay. 
 
 3792. Pars hominum vitas gaudet constanter, et urget 
 
 Propositum ; pars multa natat, modo recta capescens, 
 Interdum pravis obnoxia. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 6. 
 
 (Davus, the Slave, loq.) : 
 
 Some men there are take pleasure in what's ill 
 
 Persistently, and do it with a will : 
 
 The greater part keep wavering to and fro 
 
 And now all right, and now all wrong they go. Conington. 
 
 3793. Parsimonia est scientia vitandi sumptus supervacuos : aut 
 
 ars re familiari moderate utendi. (L.) Sen. Ben. 2, 34. 
 Thrift is. the science of avoiding superfluous expenses, 
 or the art of using one's income with moderation. 
 
 3794. Pars sanitatis velle sanari fuit. (L.) Sen. Hipp. 249. 
 
 'Tis half the cure to be willing to be cured. 
 
 3795. Parfcage de Montgomerie : tout d'un cdte*, rien de 1'autre. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. A Montgomery division, all on one side, 
 and none on the other. 
 
 3796. Parta tueri. (L.) To defend what I have won. Motto of 
 
 Lord Lilford. 
 
 3797. Partem divinse mentis, et haustus ^Ethereos. (L.) Virg. 
 
 G. 4, 220. A particle (communication) of the Divine 
 mind, and inspirations from heaven. 
 
 3798. Par ternis suppar. (L.) The two are equal to the three. 
 
 Motto of Lord Northwick.
 
 412 PARTHIS. 
 
 3799. Parthis mendacior. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112. More lying 
 
 than the Parthians. 
 
 So also Punica fides, Sail. J. 108, 3, The faith of a Carthaginian, 
 i.e., perfidy; and Kpijres dei \f/evffrat. (Gfr.) Epimenid. (XpTjffjMl), 
 The Cretans are always liars, quoted by St Paul, Tit. 1, 12. 
 See 1870. 
 
 3800. Particeps criminis. (L.J A partaker in a crime. An 
 
 accessory either before or after the fact. 
 
 3801. Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. (L.) Hor. A. 
 
 P. 139. The mountain is in labour, and a ridiculous 
 mouse will be born. A grand nourish ending in a 
 ridiculous bathos. 
 
 The allusion is, of course, to .ZEsop's fable of the Mountain in 
 Labour, which Phsedrus (4, 22) renders : 
 
 Mons parturibat, gemitus immanes ciens ; 
 
 Eratque in terris maxima expectatio. 
 
 At ille murem peperit. 
 
 The mountain groaned, in pangs of birth : 
 
 Great expectation fill'd the earth ; 
 And lo ! a mouse was born ! Ed. 
 
 3802. Parva leves capiunt animos. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 159. 
 
 Small minds are affected by trifles. 
 
 3803. Parva sunt haec : sed parva ista non contemnendo majores 
 
 nostri maximam hanc rem fecerunt. (L.) Liv. 6, 41. 
 These are small matters, it is true: but it was by not 
 despising these small things that our forefathers raised 
 their country to her present great position. 
 
 3804. Parvis componere magna. (L.) Yirg. E. 1, 24. To com- 
 
 pare great things with small. 
 
 3805. Parvola, pumilio, x a / 3t/TWV A" 01 * t* a merum sal. (L.) 
 
 Lucret. 4, 1155. If she's a dwarf or hunchbacked, then 
 straightway address her as one of the Graces, a perfect 
 incarnation of wit. 
 
 3806. Parvula (nam exemplo est) magni formica laboris 
 
 Ore trahit, quodcunque potest, atque addit acervo, 
 Quern struit, haud ignara ac non incauta futuri. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 32. 
 
 E'en so the ant (for no bad pattern she), 
 
 That tiny type of giant industry, 
 
 Drags grain by grain, and adds it to the sum 
 
 Of her full heap, foreseeing cold to come. Conington. 
 
 3807. Parvum, non parvse amicitiae, pignus. (L.) A slight 
 
 pledge of a friendship which is not slight. Inscription on 
 a gift to a friend.
 
 PATIENCE. 413 
 
 3808. Pavvum parva decent (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 44. 
 
 Small things become small folks. Conington. 
 
 3809. Pas a pas on va bien loin. (Fr.) Slow and sure goes far 
 
 in a day. 
 
 3810. Pascitur in vivis livor, post fata quiescit; 
 
 Tune suus, ex merito, quemque tuetur honos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 15, 39. 
 
 Envy feeds on the living, by death she's checked ; 
 Then, each one's merits will his fame protect. Ed. 
 
 3811. Trcuriv yap ev (j>povov<ri (rv/i/xaxet TV\rj. (Gr.) Critias 13. 
 
 Fortune always fights on the side of those wJio are prudent. 
 
 3812. Passato il pericolo gabbato il santo. (It.) Prov. T/ie 
 
 danger being past, the saint is clteated. The vow made 
 to the saint in the hour of peril is forgotten when the 
 danger has been safely past. 
 
 3813. Passe avant. (Fr.) Pass forward. Earl Waldegrave. 
 
 3814. Passe par tout. (Fr.) A pass-key. 
 
 3815. Pas un pouce de notre territoire, ni une pierre de nos 
 
 forteresses ! (Fr.) Jules Favre. Not an inch of our 
 territory, nor a stone of our fortresses/ Celebrated 
 declaration of Favre in the name of the French Republic 
 of September 1870, when the terms of peace with Ger- 
 many were under discussion. 
 
 3816. Patellae dignum operculum. (L.) Prov. Hier. Ep. 1, 7. 
 
 A cover worthy of the pot. Like suits like. 
 
 3817. Paterfamilias. (L.) The father of a family. 
 
 3818. Pater noster. (L.) Vulg. S. Matt. vL 9. Our Father. 
 
 The Lord's prayer. 
 
 3819. Pater patrise. (L.) Cic. Pis. 3, 6. The father of his 
 
 country. Title conferred on Cicero. 
 
 3820. ira.Brifjja.Ta. pa.6rnw.Ta. (Gr.) 1 Sufferings are lessons. We 
 
 learn wisdom by bitter experience. In Latin the saw 
 runs, Nocumentum documentum, Harming is teaming. 
 
 3821. Patience et longueur de temps 
 
 Font plus que force ni que rage. (Fr.) La Font. 2, 11. 
 Patience and length of time do more than violence and 
 rage. 
 
 3822. Patience passe science. (Fr.) Patience surpasses science, 
 
 Motto of Viscount Fal mouth.
 
 414 PATRES. 
 
 3823. Patres Conscript! took a boat and went to Philippi : 
 
 Stormum surgebat, et boatum overturnebat. 
 Omnes drownderunt, qui swim-away non potuerunt, 
 Excipe John Periwig, who was tied to the tail of a dead 
 
 Pig- 
 
 School-boy's mock-Latin verse of unknown origin. The variety of 
 the third and fourth lines is, 
 
 Trumpeter unus erat qui coatum scarlet habebat 
 
 Et magnum periwig, tied about with the tail of a dead pig. 
 Cf. in Halliwell and Wright's Reliquiae Antiques, p. 91 : 
 
 Fratres Carmeli navigant in a bothe about Eli, 
 
 Non sunt in cseli, quia . . . 
 
 Omnes drencherunt, quia steersman non habuerunt, etc. 
 
 3824. Patria cara, carior libertas. (Z.) Dear is my country, but 
 
 liberty is dearer. Motto of the Earl of Radnor. 
 
 3825. Patrise infelici fidelis. (L.) Faithful to my unhappy 
 
 country. Motto of the Earl of Courtown. 
 
 3826. Patrise pietatis imago. (L.) Virg. 10, 824. The picture 
 
 of paternal affection. 
 
 3827. Patriis virtu tibus. (L.) By hereditary virtues. Motto of 
 
 the Earl of Leitrirn. 
 
 3828. Pauca Catonis Verba, sed a pleno venientia pectore veri. 
 
 (L.) Luc. 9, 188. 
 
 Few were the words of Cato, but they came 
 
 Straight from the heart, with earnest truth aflame. Ed. 
 
 3829. Pauca verba. (L.) A few words. 
 
 3830. Paullatim. (L.) By degrees. M. of Univ. College School 
 
 3831. Paulum sepultee distat inertias 
 
 Celata virtus. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 9, 29. 
 
 Small odds between the coward and the brave. 
 Without a bard the hero's deeds to save. Ed. 
 
 3832. Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetit usus, 
 
 Si ventri bene, si lateri pedibusque tuis, nil 
 Divitise poterint regales addere majus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 3. 
 
 He is not poor whose means, though small, suffice. 
 If stomach, lungs and feet are in good health, 
 You could procure no more with royal wealth. Ed. 
 
 3833. Pauper sum, fateor, patior : quod Di dant fero. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 10. 7 am poor, I own, but I bear it. 
 I put up ivith what the Gods send me.
 
 PEDIBUS. 415 
 
 3834. Paupei'tas est, non quse pauca possidet, sed quse multa non 
 
 possidet. (7/.) Sen. Ep. 87, 35. A poor man (poverty) 
 is not one w/to possesses few things, but who lacks many 
 things. 
 
 3835. Paupertas fugitur, totoque arcessitur orbe. (L.) Lucan. 
 
 1, 166. Poverty is avoided and accused througlwut the 
 world. 
 
 3836. Paupertatis pudor et fuga. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 24. 
 
 Tlie shame and dread of poverty. 
 
 3837. Pauperum solatio. (L.) For the consolation of the poor. 
 
 Order of St Elizabeth (Brazil). 
 
 3838. Pavor est utrobique molestus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10. 
 
 Either way there is trouble to be feared. 
 
 3839. Pax in bello. (L.) Peace in war. A feeble, ineffectual 
 
 system of warfare. Motto of the Duke of Leeds. 
 
 3840. Pax majora decet. Peragit tranquilla potestas 
 
 Quod violenta nequit, mandataque fortius urget 
 Imperiosa quies. (L.) Claud. Cons. Mall. 239. Great 
 works require peace. Power, employed quietly, effects 
 what violence cannot accomplish: and calmness is all 
 puissant in enforcing commands with success. 
 
 3841. Pax vobiscum. (/>.) Peace be with you. Ordinary form 
 
 of greeting or blessing in Church service. 
 
 3842. Peccare docentes Fallax historias movet. (L.) Hor. C. 
 
 3, 7, 19. TJie deceitful man relates tales that teach per- 
 sons to go astray. 
 
 3843. Peccavi. (L.) Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12. 7 have sinned. To 
 
 cry peccavi = to acknowledge one's fault. 
 
 3844. Pectoribus inhians spirantia consulit exta. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 64. 
 
 And in the heart's yet quivering strings 
 
 Spells out the lore of hidden things. Conington. 
 
 Motto of Spectator No. 281, on the Dissection of a 
 coquet's heart. 
 
 3845. Pecuniam in loco negligere maximum 'st interdum lucrum. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 8. To slight money on some occa- 
 sions, is often a great gain. 
 
 3846. Pedibus timor addidit alas. (L.) Virg. A. IFear gave 
 
 wings to his feet.
 
 416 PEGASE. 
 
 3847. Pe*gase est un cheval qui porte 
 
 Les grands homines a 1'hopital. (Fr.) Maynard ? 
 Pegasus (the winged horse of the Muses) is a steed that 
 carries distinguished men to the workhouse. 
 
 3848. Peine forte et dure. (Fr.) Heavy and severe punishment. 
 
 In old English law, the term used for the barbarous practice of 
 pressing (with heavy weights) prisoners who refused to plead, and 
 last employed temp. Elizabeth, when the cruelty was put in force 
 against recusant Catholicks. 
 
 3849. Pendente lite. (L.) While the suit is pending. While 
 
 the case is still going on. 
 
 3850. Pendent opera interrupta minaeque 
 
 Murorum ingentes aequataque machina caeli. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 4, 88. 
 
 The strike. 
 
 The works all slack and aimless lie, 
 
 Grim bastions looming from on high, 
 
 And monster cranes that mate the sky. Conington. 
 
 3851. Pendre la cremaillere. (Fr.} To hang tJie pothook. 
 
 Repas pour pendre , A Jiouse-warming. Nous allons 
 pendre , We are going to give a Jiouse-warming. 
 
 3852. Penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos. (L.) Virg. E. 1, 67. 
 
 The Britons, a race entirely cut off from the rest of the 
 world. 
 
 3853. Pense moult, parle peu, e"cris moins. (Fr.) Prov. Think 
 
 much, speak little, write less. 
 
 3854. Pensez a bien. (Fr.} Think of good. Motto of the Earl 
 
 of Lovelace and Lord Wentworth. 
 
 3855. Per accidens. (L.) By accident. Logical term. Term 
 
 used to denote an effect not following from the nature or 
 essence of the thing, but from some accidental quality. 
 It is opposed to per se. Thus, fire burns per se, of itself : 
 heated iron burns per accidens (Diet. Sc. Lit. and Art). 
 
 3856. Per angusta ad augusta. (L.) Through difficulties to 
 
 greatness. Motto of Viscount Masserene. 
 
 3857. Per annum or an. (L.) By the year. Yearly. 
 
 3858. Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas ; 
 
 Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit. 
 Alienis ante pectus suspendit gravem. 
 
 (L.) Fhaedr. 4, 10, 1.
 
 PEREUNT. 417 
 
 The mote and the beam. 
 With wallets twain almighty Jove 
 
 Has saddled all mankind : 
 Our neighbours' failings hang before, 
 
 Our own faults hang behind. Ed. 
 
 3859. Per contra. (L.) On tJie ot/ier hand. 
 
 3860. Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est, 
 
 Nee retinent patulse comniissa fideliter aures. 
 Et semel eraissum volat irrevocabile verburn. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 69. 
 Chatterboxes. 
 
 Avoid a ceaseless questioner : he burns 
 To tell the next he talks with what he learns. 
 Wide ears retain no secrets, and you know 
 You can't get back a word you once let go. Conington. 
 
 3861. Per damna per credes, ab ipso 
 
 Ducit opes animunique ferro. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 4, 59. 
 Through ruin and slaughter, it draws fresh strength and 
 spirit from the cliastening sword. Applicable to the 
 unquenchable spirit of martyrs under persecution. 
 
 3862. Per Deum et ferrum obtinui. (L.) / have obtained it by 
 
 God and my sword. M. of the Marquess of Downshire. 
 
 3863. Perdidit arma, locum virtutis deseruit, qui 
 
 Semper in augenda festinat et obruitur re. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 17. 
 
 The wretch whose thoughts by gain are all engrossed 
 Has flung away his sword, betrayed his post. Conington. 
 
 3864. Perdis, et in damno gratia nulla tuo. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 
 
 434. You lose and get no tJtanksfor it. 
 
 3865. Perditur inter haec misero lux, non sine votis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 6, 59. 
 
 And so my day between my fingers slips 
 
 While fond regrets keep rising to my lips. Conington. 
 
 3866. Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Deiot. 9, 25. 
 Perish our friends, if with them fall our foes ! 
 Translated from the Greek, and quoted by Cicero, who 
 calls it versus immanis, a horrible line. 
 
 3867. Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. (L.) 1 Sad luck to 
 
 the fellows who Jiave said our good things before us ! 
 
 3868. Pereunt et imputantur. (L.) Mart. 5, 20, 13. Tfay 
 
 (days, hours, etc.) pass by, and are placed to our account. 
 Common inscription on clocks and dials.
 
 418 PERFER,. 
 
 3869. Perfer et obdura : dolor hie tibi proderit olim : 
 
 Ssepe tulit lassis succus amarus opem. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 3, 11, 7. Bear and endure: this trouble will one day 
 prove to have been for your good. Bitter draughts often 
 restore strength to the weary. Of. Perfer et obdura : 
 multo graviora tulisti. Ov. T. 5, 11, 7. Bear and 
 endure : you have borne much harder things than this. 
 
 3870. Perfida, sed quamvis perfida, cara tamen. (L.) Tib. 3, 
 
 6, 56. Faithless one, yet faithless though you are, you 
 are dear to me still. 
 
 3871. Pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 102. You are attempting to com- 
 bine things essentially opposite to each other. 
 
 3872. Periculosse plenum opus alese 
 
 Tractas, et incedis per ignes 
 
 Suppositos cineri doloso. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 1, 6. 
 
 To an historian. 
 You've got in hand a ticklish task, 
 
 A risky game of chance to play : 
 
 O'er treacherous ashes lies your way 
 That underlying fires mask. Ed. 
 
 3873. Periculosum est credere et non credere ; 
 
 Ergo exploranda est veritas multum prius 
 
 Quam stulta prave judicet sententia. (L.) Phsedr. 3, 10 
 
 (1, 5, and 6). It is dangerous to believe too readily, 
 
 equally so to refuse credence altogether. Therefore one 
 
 should carefully examine into the truth of any matter, 
 
 rather than allow ourselves to form a wrong estimate in 
 
 haste. 
 
 3874. Perierunt tempora longi Servitii. (L.) Juv. 3, 124. 
 
 All my long hours of service thrown away. Ed. 
 Said of a client, who had been long waiting for advance- 
 ment. 
 
 3876. Per il suo contrario. (It.) By its opposite. Motto of the 
 Marquess of Anglesey. 
 
 3876. Perimus licitis. (L.) We perish through indulging in what 
 
 is lawful, but not expedient. M. of Lord Teignmouth. 
 
 3877. Per incuriarn. (L.) Through carelessness. 
 
 3878. 7re/H 6Vov cnaas [/iaxecr&xi]. (GV.) Ar. "Vesp. 191. [To 
 
 fight] for an ass's shadow. To dispute about trifles. 
 See No. 995. 
 
 \
 
 PERTURBABANTUR. 
 
 419 
 
 3879. Perisse 1'univers pourvu que je me venge ! (Fr.) Cyrano, 
 
 Agrippine. Perish the universe provided I may be 
 revenged ! 
 
 3880. Perissons en resistant ! (Fr.} Obermann 1 Let us die 
 
 or 
 
 98 of 
 
 con- 
 ned 
 sual 
 
 lof 
 
 3893. Perturbabantur~ConstantinopoIitani 
 
 Innumerabilibus sollicitudinibus. (L.) The inhabitants 
 of Constantinople were disturbed by countless anxieties.
 
 418 
 
 PERFER. 
 
 3869. Perfer et obdura : dolor Me tibi proderit olim : 
 
 Saepe tulit lassis succus amarus opem. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 3, 11, 7. Bear and endure: this trouble will one day 
 prove to have been for your good. Bitter draughts often 
 
 ~ 
 
 31 
 
 3873. 
 
 3874. 
 
 3876. 
 3876 
 
 MagEUEjv aqj o} uoneonddE uo tuopSuiji 
 til [EjidsoH jEjuaa AUE o) papaEAUoj aq 
 
 m* SHvf aiawvs aana 
 
 '3*3 'NOONOl 'aVOH T13AV 
 -N3MH31O 'II 0} 6 'S}SIUI311O 
 
 aiEsaioij^ "03 % sinaaoa 
 'AVN "sissSj^ jo : 'M.'N 'avaxs 
 -diVH 'S 'P^OH xcjjiej 'L,g Uaf B 
 -UBJV 'Aania *-N 'ssajppv 
 
 '6/S J } saujunoo jaq)o 
 H o} pue '9'e Joj 'o'd P 
 ;Ji3oa.i uodn 'iuop3ui^ pa}!un 
 
 at)) jo psd XUE o} pgpjEA\Joj aq \\\iA aef ajduiEg 
 JEf qotja HJTM paqsiujnj aaE suoipa.up ^sannj 
 
 ai[} pug 'a[diuis Xpiuajjxa si uoiicondde sji 
 
 S.IJUUHU M3J E UI 
 
 paA\ausj pue p3AOiu9j aq HBO puB 'uiEjaDJod ci.in.iv 
 
 }I JI SB J3)BM pUE dEOS H}!A\ paiJSEA\ 3q UCO 51 
 
 pUE 'Sjluuds pUE SUSE[O HE m!A\ AEA\E S3Op '. UOI} 
 
 -E[tioipB PUB uoipns pajaad saanoas : suin3 aq} JQJ 
 jajjnq jo umipaiu oi}SE[a UE sapiAOJd : asoo[ jaAa 
 -A\oq 'sa}E[d jEjuap \\v saxij-gj puB sAvauaa iloiqM 
 
 13WVN3 
 
 lN31Vd M3N 
 
 aqj 
 
 Sui}ua.\ui ui papaaoons SEq UEiotsXqd qsjigug UE 
 'sjuauiuadxa .SJBB^ aAtj J3}jB ')uqi UJEBJ o; . . 
 P3jq3nap aq HIM qp.ix JEioijipV jo SMSaVa A\ 
 
 SlN3IAIia3dX3 
 
 3Ald 
 
 3877. 
 
 3878. irepi. ovov o-Kias [pa.\l<TVai\. (Gr.) Ar. Vesp. 191. [To 
 
 fight} for an ass's shadow. To dispute about trifles. 
 See No. 995.
 
 PERTURBABANTUR. 419 
 
 3879. Perisse 1'univers pourvu que je me venge ! (Fr.) Cyrano, 
 
 Agrippine. Perish the universe provided I may be 
 revenged ! 
 
 3880. Perissons en resistant ! (Fr.) Obermann 1 Let, us die 
 
 rather than yield! A glorious minority. 
 
 3881. Perjuria ridet amantum Jupiter. (L.) Tib. 3, 6, 49. 
 
 At lovers' perjuries, they say, Jove laughs. 
 
 Shakesp. Romeo and Juliet, 2, 2. 
 
 3882. Per mare per terram. (L.)By sea and land. Royal 
 
 Marine Forces. (2.) P. m. p. terras. Motto of Earl of 
 Caledon and Lord Macdonald. 
 
 3883. Perniissu supeiiorum. (L.) By permission of the superiors. 
 
 Sanction given by the heads of religious orders to any 
 work composed by a member of the body. 
 
 3884. Permitte divis caetera. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 9, 9. Leave the 
 
 rest to the gods. 
 
 3885. Per omne fas et nefas. (L.) Liv. 6, 14, 10. Right or 
 
 wrong. By every means possible. 
 
 3886. Perpetui fructum donavi nominis : idque 
 
 Quo dare nil potui munere majus, habes. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 5, 14, 13. 
 T/is poet to his wife. 
 A name that shall for ever shine, 
 The greatest I could give, is thine. Ed. 
 
 3887. Per quod servitium amisit (L.) Law Term. For loss of 
 
 services. The injury sustained by the plaintiff, in con- 
 sequence of the seduction of his daughter. 
 
 3888. Per saltum. (L.) By a leap. Such an one has attained 
 
 high rank or honours per saltum, skipping over the xisual 
 intermediate steps. 
 
 3889. Perseverando. (L.) By perseverance. Motto of Earl of 
 
 Ducie and Viscount Halifax. 
 
 3890. Perseverantia. (L.) By perseverance. Leamington College. 
 
 3891. Persicos odi, puer, apparatus. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 38, 1. 
 
 No Persian cumber, boy, for me. Conington. 
 
 3392. Personse mutae. (L.) Mute characters (in a play) that 
 have no parts to speak. 
 
 3893. Perturbabantur Constantinopolitani 
 
 Innumerabilibus sollicitudinibus. (L.) The inhabitants 
 of Constantinople were disturbed by countless anxieties.
 
 420 PER TJNDAS. 
 
 3894. Per undas et ignes fluctuat nee mergitur. (Z.) Through 
 
 water and fire she tosses but is not submerged. Motto of 
 the City of Paris. 
 
 3895. Per varies casus, per tot discrimina rerum 
 
 Tendimus in Latium : sedes ubi fata quietas 
 Ostendunt. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 204. 
 
 Through chance, though peril lies our way 
 
 To Latium, where the fates display 
 
 A mansion of abiding stay. Conington. 
 
 The Bishop of Manchester (Fraser) cleverly applied the above to 
 those who sought a solution of their religious disquietude in the 
 peace of the Roman Church. 
 
 3896. Per vias rectas. (Z/.) By direct ways. Motto of Marquess 
 
 of Dufferin and Ava. 
 
 3897. Petite hinc, juvenesque senesque, 
 
 Finem animse certum, miserisque viatica canis. (L.) 
 Pers. 5, 64. Hence (sc. in the Stoic philosophy) seek ye, 
 young and old, a definite aim for the mind, and a pro- 
 vision for the sad days of old age. 
 
 3898. Petitio principii. (L.) Logical Term. Begging the ques- 
 
 tion. A fallacy in argument by which you assume as 
 true that which has to be proved : one of the premises 
 being the same as the conclusion, or dependent upon it. 
 E.g., " It is true, because I saw it in the paper," where 
 it is assumed that the newspaper is correctly informed. 
 
 3899. Peu de chose nous console, parce que peu de chose nous 
 
 afflige. (Fr.) Pasc. Pens. 24, 11. Little consoles us 
 because so little afflicts us. 
 
 3900. Peu de gens savent etre vieux. (Fr.) La Eochef. Max. 
 
 p. 86, 445. Few people know how to be old. 
 
 3901. Peu de gens sont assez sages pour preTerer le blame qui 
 
 leur est utile, & la louange qui les trahit. (Fr.} La 
 Rochef. Max. p. 49, 147. Few people are wise enough 
 to prefer honest blame to treacherous praise. 
 
 3902. 3?aya>/zev KCU TTIW/XCV avpiov yap diroOvrjo-KOfiev. (Gr.} 1 
 
 Ap. N. T. Cor. 1, 15, 32. Let us eat and drink, for 
 to-morroiv we die. 
 
 3903. Pharmaca das segroto, aurum tibi porrigit seger, 
 
 Tu morbum curas illius, ille tuum. (L.) 1 You prescribe 
 for the sick man, he reaches you your fee, you cure his 
 disease, he cures yours. Addressed to a doctor. 
 
 3904. &fidfo TWV KTtdvwv. (Gr.) ? Husband your resources.
 
 PICTORIBUS. 421 
 
 3905. &Y)/j,r) yap re KaKr/ TreAerai- Kov<f>r) pev deipat 
 
 Peia fj,a\', dpyaXen) 8e <c/ov, xaAeirr) S'd.7ro6f(r0ai. (Gr.) 
 Hes. Op. 760. There is evil report: light and easy to 
 raise, but hard to bear, and most difficult to get rid of. 
 
 3906. 3>r)(u TroXvxpovirjv /xeAer^v /i/xevcu, <t'Ae, /cat 817 
 
 Tavrrjv dvOpWTrouri reAevrwcrav </>wriv etvat. (Gr.) ? 7 
 say that habit is a very persistent thing, and at last be- 
 comes to men a nature. Custom is second nature. 
 
 3907. 3>o/3ov TO yypas, ov yap ep^erai povov. (Gr.) ? Fear old 
 
 age, for it does not come alone. 
 
 3908. Phcenices primi, famse si creditur, ausi 
 
 Mansuram rudibus vocem signare figuris. 
 
 (.) Lucan. 3, 220. 
 The invention of writing. 
 Phoenicia first, if fame be truly heard, 
 Fixed in rude characters the fleeting word. Ed. 
 
 Bre"bo3ufs paraphrase of the above, which Corneille thought so 
 
 good that he would have given one of his plays to have written 
 
 it, is : 
 
 C'est de lui que nous vient cet art ingenious 
 De peindre la parole et de parler aux yeux, 
 Et par les traits divers de figures tracees 
 Donner de la couleur et du corps aux pense*es. 
 
 3909. <&0tpov<rLv rjOrj \pr)crO' o/uAi'cu Ka/cou. (Gr.) Menand. Thaid. 
 
 p. 78. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 
 Quoted by St Paul, Cor. 1, 15, 33. 
 
 3910. Pia fraus. (L.) A pious fraud, either in a good sense 
 
 as a kind deception, or with the idea of veiling rascality 
 under the cloak of religion. 
 
 A certain banking firm, some years ago, enjoyed the confidence of 
 the public, and, particularly, of Low Churchmen on account of the 
 religious tone said to pervade the establishment. Business com- 
 menced with prayer. After a time the bank ceased payment, and 
 the principals were convicted of fraudulent misappropriation of 
 their customers' money. The religious pretensions of the firm 
 were not forgotten, and a wit declared that the words with which 
 each day's business commenced, were, " Let us prey ! " 
 
 3911. Pictoribus atque poetis 
 
 Quidlibet audendi semper fuit sequa potestas, 
 Scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim. 
 
 (Z.) Hor. A, P. 9. 
 
 Poets and painters (sure you know the plea) 
 
 Have always been allowed their fancy free. 
 
 I own it : 'tis a fair excuse to plead : 
 
 By turns we claim it, and by turns concede. Coninglon.
 
 422 PIE REPONE. 
 
 3912. Pie repone te. (L.) Repose in pious confidence. Punning 
 
 Motto of the Earl Manvers (Pierrepont). 
 
 3913. Piger scribendi ferre laborem, 
 
 Scribendi recte ; nam, ut multum, nil moror. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 12. 
 
 Fluent, yet indolent, he would rebel 
 
 Against the toil of writing, writing well, 
 
 Not writing much, for that I grant you. Conington. 
 
 3914. Pigmsei gigantum humeris impositi plusquam ipsi gigantes 
 
 vident. (L.) Didacus Stella in Luc. 10, torn. 2. A 
 dwarf on a giant's back sees more than the giant himself. 
 An apology for borrowing the thoughts, or improving 
 upon the ideas of older writers. 
 
 3915. Piu vale il fumo di casa mia, che il fuoco dell'altrui. (A) 
 
 Prov. The smoke of my own house is better than the 
 fire of another's. 
 
 3916. Plato enim mihi unus est instar omnium. (L.) Anti- 
 
 machus ap. Cic. Brut. 51, 190. To my mind Plato alone 
 is worth them all. 
 
 3917. Plausibus ex ipsis populi, Isetoque favore 
 
 Ingenium quod vis incaluisse potest. (Z/.) Ov. Ep. 3, 
 4, 39. The applause of the public and their genuine 
 favour are enough to kindle the fire in any author's breast. 
 
 3918. Plausus tune arte carebat. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 113. In 
 
 those days applause was genuine and unaffected. Said of 
 the games held by Romulus. Cf. id. ibid. 106, Scena 
 sine arte fuit, The stage then was devoid of art. 
 
 3919. Plebs venit, ac virides passim disjecta per herbas 
 
 Potat, et accumbit cum pare quisque sua. (L.) Ov. F. 
 3, 525. Tlie people assemble and stretch themselves here 
 and there on the green sward, and drink, each swain 
 reclining by his sweethearfs side. 
 
 3920. Plena fuit vobis omni concordia vita, 
 
 Et stetit ad finem longa tenaxque fides. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 2, 6, 13. There has been perfect harmony bettveen you all 
 your life, and your attachment has remained long and 
 lasting to the end. 
 
 3921. Plerumque modestus 
 
 Occupat obscuri speciem, taciturnus acerbi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94. 
 
 The silent man is sure 
 To pass for crabbed, the modest for obscure. Conington.
 
 PLUS ET. 423 
 
 3922. Plerumque stulti risum dum captant leveni 
 
 Gravi distringunt alios contumelia, 
 
 Et sibi nocivum concitant periculurn. (Z.) Phsedr. 1, 
 29, 1. Fools, generally, in trying to raise a silly laugh 
 wound others with gross affronts and cause grave danger 
 to themselves. 
 
 3923. Ploravere suis non respondere favorem 
 
 Speratum meritis. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 9. They (the 
 benefactors of their country) lamented that tJie favour 
 they expected did not come up to their real deserts. 
 Closed their long glories with a sigh to find 
 Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind. Pope. 
 
 3924. Pluma haud interest. (L.) Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60. There 
 
 is not the odds of a feather. Not a pin to choose between 
 them. 
 
 3925. Plumbeo gladio jugulare aliquem. (Z.) Ap. Cic. Att. 1, 
 
 16, 2. To worst any one with a sword of had, i.e., with- 
 out difficulty. 
 
 392G. Plura sunt, Lucili, quae nos terrent, quam quse premunt ; et 
 ssepius opinione quam re laboramus. (L.) Sen. Ep. 13. 
 We are often more frightened than hurt ; and suffer often 
 more in apprehension than in reality. 
 
 3927. Plures crapula quam gladius. (L.) Prov. Drunkenness 
 
 kills more than the sword. 
 
 3928. Pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem. 
 
 Qui audiunt, audita dicunt : qui vident, plane sciunt. 
 (L.) Plaut True. 2, 6, 8. One eye-witness is better than 
 ten who speak from hearsay. Hearers can only tell what 
 tJiey heard. Those who see, know the fact positively. 
 
 3929. Plus aloes quam mellis habet. (L.) Juv. 6, 181. He lias 
 
 in him more aloes than honey. Descriptive of a writer 
 whose strength lies in sarcasm. 
 
 3930. Plus dolet quam necesse est, qui ante dolet quam necesse 
 
 est (L.) Sen. ? He who grieves before he need, grieves 
 more than lie need. 
 
 3931. Plus et enim fati valet hora benigni 
 
 Quam si nos Veneris commendet epistola Marti. (L.) 
 Juv. 16, 4. A single hour of good fortune is of more 
 avail (to a soldier) than if he bore a letter of recommenda- 
 tion from Venus to Mars.
 
 424 PLUS FAIT. 
 
 3932. Plus fait douceur que violence. (Fr.) La Font. 6, 3. 
 
 Gentleness does more than violence. 
 
 3933. Plus in posse quam in actu. (L.) More possible, than 
 
 actual power. 
 
 3934. Plus je vis I'e'tranger, plus j'aimai ma patrie. (Fr.) De 
 
 Belloy, Siege de Calais. The more I saw of foreign lands, 
 the more I loved my own country. 
 
 3935. Plus ne m'est rien, rien ne m'est plus. (Fr.) Everything 
 
 to me now is nothing. Motto adopted by Valentine 
 Visconti (daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of 
 Milan) after the death of her husband Louis de Bourbon, 
 son of Charles V. of France, in 1425. 
 
 3936. Plus salis quam sumptus. (L.) Nep. Att 13, 2. More 
 
 taste than expense. 
 
 3937. Plus vetustis nam favet 
 
 Invidia mordax, quam bonis praesentibus. 
 
 (L.) Phsedr. 5, ProL 8. 
 
 For carping envy always spares 
 
 Old things, much more than modern wares. Ed. 
 
 Old works of art, authors, and maxims are less liable to 
 exception than the productions of a new man. 
 
 3938. Poco dano espanta, y mucho amansa. (S.) Prov. A 
 
 slight loss alarms, a heavy loss quiets. 
 
 3939. Poema . . . ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil 
 
 ut fieri possit argutius. (L.) Cic. Pison. 29, 70. A 
 poem so gay, neat, and elegant, that nothing could be more 
 brilliant in its way. 
 
 3940. Poeta nascitur, non fit. (-.)? A man is born a poet, not 
 
 made one. Cf. Nascimur poetse, fimus oratores. We are 
 born poets, we are made orators. The poetic gift is 
 Nature's inspiration, and cannot be acquired as oratory. 
 
 3941. Poetica surgit Tempestas. (L.) Juv. 12, 23. A poetical 
 
 storm is gathering. 
 
 3942. Point d'argent, point de Suisse. (Fr.) Prov. Rac. Plaideurs. 
 
 No money, no Swiss. Originally meant as a hit at the 
 Swiss Guards, the proverb is used to signify that if you 
 want a thing, you must pay for it. Nothing for nothing. 
 
 3943. Pol, hie quidem fungino genere est, capite se totum tegit 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 9. 'Gad, the man's a kind of 
 mushroom, his head covers him all round. Said of a man 
 wearing a petasus or very broad-brimmed hat.
 
 POKRO. 425 
 
 3944. IIoAAa ficragv ireXfi KV\IKO<S KO.I \fi\eos a/c/oov. (Gr.) 1 
 
 There's many a slip 
 'Twixt cup and lip. 
 
 3945. Pol ! me occidistis, amici, 
 
 Non servastis, ait : cui sit extorta voluptas, 
 Et demtus per vim mentis gratissimus error. 
 
 (Z.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 138. 
 
 Good friends, quoth he, 
 
 Call you this saving ? Why, 'tis murdering me ! 
 Your stupid zeal has spoilt my golden days, 
 And robbed me of a most delicious craze. Conington. 
 
 3946. Potnpa mortis magis terret quam mors ipsa. (L.) 1 The 
 
 trappings of death frighten more than death itself. 
 
 3947. Ponamus nimios gemitus ; flagrantior sequo 
 
 Non debet dolor esse viri, nee vulnere major. 
 
 (Z.) Juv. 13, 11. 
 
 Then moderate thy grief: 'tis mean to show 
 
 An anguish disproportioned to the blow. Gifford. 
 
 3948. Pone seram, cohibe ; sed quis custodiet ipsos 
 
 Custodes? (L.) Juv. 6, 346. 
 
 Clap on a lock, keep watch and ward ! 
 
 But who the guards themselves shall guard ? Ed. 
 
 3949. Pons Asinorum. (L.) The asses' bridge. Name given to 
 
 the Fifth Proposition of Euclid (Bk. I.). 
 
 3950. Ponto nox incubat atra 
 
 Intonuere poli et crebris micat ignibus sether. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 89. 
 A storm at sea. 
 
 Clouds black as night brood on the deep 
 And, pall-like, o'er the surges sweep : 
 Loiul peals the shaking thunder-crash ; 
 The lightning leaps in vivid flash. Ed. 
 
 3951. Populus me sibilat; at mihi plaudo 
 
 Jpse domi, simul ac numrnos contemplor in area. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 66. 
 
 The Miser. 
 
 Folks hiss me, said he, but myself I clap 
 When I tell o'er my treasures on my lap. Conington. 
 
 3952. Populus vult decipi, decipiatur. (L.) ? The people wish to 
 
 be deceived, then let them. 
 
 3953. Porro unum est necessarium. (L.) Yulg. Luc. 10, 42. 
 
 But one thing is needful. Motto of Earl Cowley.
 
 426 POSSE. 
 
 3954. Posse comitatus. (L.) Law Term. The power of t/te 
 
 county, which the sheriff has the power to raise in case 
 of riot, opposition shown to the king's writ, or the exe- 
 cution of justice. 
 
 3955. Post bellum auxilium. (L.) Aid after the war. Assist- 
 
 ance when it is useless. 
 
 3956. Postea. (L.) Law Term. Afterwards. The endorsement 
 
 of the judge on the back of the Nisi Prius record of 
 what was done in any cause tried before him. 
 
 3957. Post epulas stabis vel passus mille meabis. (L.) 1 After 
 
 meals you should either stand, or walk a mile ; also, Post 
 prandium stabis, post ccenam ambulabis, After dinner 
 rest a while, after supper walk a mile. 
 
 3958. Posthabui tamen illorum mea seria ludo. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E 7, 17. 
 I postponed my own business to their sport. Dryden. 
 
 3959. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. (L.) Log. After this, there- 
 
 fore on account of this. 
 
 Fallacy in argument by which a mere precedence of circumstance 
 is put forward as the cause of certain effects following. " He died 
 immediately after eating his dinner, therefore, post hoc ergo propter 
 hoc, the dinner was the cause of death." This falsity is also re- 
 ferrible to the head of non causa pro causa, a wrong cause for the 
 true cause ; as when Whitfield attributed his being overtaken by 
 a hailstorm to his not having preached at the last town. In 
 arguing from cause to effect, two things are necessary : (1) The 
 sufficiency of the cause ; (2) its establishment : if either of these be 
 unduly assumed, no conclusion can be proved as to the matter in 
 hand (see Whateley, Logic, p. 135). 
 
 3960. Post mediam noctem visus quum somnia vera. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 1, 10, 33. He appeared to me after midnight, when 
 dreams are true. 
 
 3961. Post mortem medicina (or medicus). (L.) Prov. Medi- 
 
 cine (or the doctor) after death, i.e., when it is too late. 
 
 3962. Post prselia praemia. (L.) After battle rewards. Motto 
 
 of Lord Rossmore. 
 
 3963. Post tenebras lux. (L.) 1 After darkness light. 
 
 3964. Post tot naufragia portum. (L.) After so many ship- 
 
 wrecks we reach a port. Motto of the Earl of Sandwich. 
 
 3965. Postulata. (L.) Things assumed, or taken for granted. 
 
 Points in any argument mutually admitted by either 
 . aide, and called postulates.
 
 POUR QUI. 427 
 
 3966. Pour bien connaitre un homme il faut avoir mange* un 
 
 boisseau de sel avec lui. (Fr.) Prov. One must have 
 eaten a bushel of salt with a man in order to know him 
 thoroughly. 
 
 3967. Pour bien de'sirer. (Fr.) To desire good. Motto of 
 
 Lord Dacre. 
 
 3968. Pour comble de bonheur. (Fr.) As the climax of happi- 
 
 ness. To complete your enjoyment. 
 
 3969. Pour connaitre le prix de 1'argent, il faut etre oblige' d'en 
 
 emprunter. (Fr.) To know the value of money, you 
 must be obliged to borrow it. 
 
 3970. Pour couper court. (Fr.) To cut the matter short. In 
 
 short. 
 
 3971. Pour dompter les Anglais, 
 
 II faut batir un pont 
 
 Sur le Pas-de-Calais. (Fr.) To conquer the English one 
 must build a bridge from Calais to Dover. From a song 
 in a farce sung at one of the French theatres some fifty 
 years since. 
 
 3972. Pour encourager les autres. (Fr.) To encourage the rest. 
 
 Witty remark of Voltaire, A propos of the execution of Admiral 
 Byng for losing Minorca to the French in 1756. The phrase is 
 often used with reference to any harsh or unjust treatment of any 
 one, particularly in a matter of general interest. 
 
 3973. Pour etre assez bon, il faut 1'etre trop. (Fr.) Prov. In 
 
 order to be. good enough, one must (often) be too good. 
 It is best to err on the side of benevolence. 
 
 3974. Pour obtenir un bien si grand, si precieux, 
 
 J'ai fait la guerre aux rois, je 1'aurais fait aux dieux. 
 (Fr.) Du Roger, Alcyone. 
 
 To win such a treasure of price, I have even 
 Taken arms against kings, and I would against Heaven. Ed. 
 When his love for Mine, de Longueville had driven La Rochefou- 
 cauld to join the Fronde (1649), he used to quote this couplet in 
 apology for the course he had taken. 
 
 3975. Pour parvenir a bonne foy. (Fr.) To succeed honourably. 
 
 Motto of Cutlers' Company. 
 
 3976. Pour qui ne les croit pas, il n'est pas de prodiges. (Fr.) 
 
 Volt.? There are no miracles for those who do not believe 
 in them.
 
 428 POURQUOI. 
 
 3977. Pourquoi vis-tu ? 
 
 Je vis par curiosite*. 
 
 (Fr.) Victor Hugo, Marion Delorme. 
 
 King. Why do you live ? 
 
 VAngely. I live from curiosity. 
 
 A line which should belong to the Reign of Terror. 
 
 3978. Pour ranger le loup, il faut le marier. (Fr.) Breton 
 
 Prov. To keep a wolf quiet, marry him. If you would 
 keep a troublesome son quiet, get him a wife. 
 
 3979. Pour se faire valoir. (Fr.) To push one's self forward. 
 
 To give one's self importance in the opinions of others. 
 
 3980. Pour tromper un rival 1'artifice est permis : 
 
 On peut tout employer contre ses ennemis. 
 
 (Fr.) Richelieu, Thuileries. 
 To outwit a rival use all artifice : 
 All means are permitted against enemies. Ed. 
 
 3981. Pour y parvenir. (Fr.) To succeed. To gain your point. 
 
 Motto of the Duke of Rutland and Lords Canterbury 
 and Manners. 
 
 3982. TTOV O-TW. (Gr.) Where I may stand. A basis. (See 
 
 locus standi.) 
 
 Phrase connected with the name of Archimedes, who is reported to 
 have said, Aos /tot ira /3w Kal KIV& rty yav. Simplicius in Phys. 
 424a ed. Brandis. Only give me a place where I may stand and I 
 mil move the earth, sc. with the lever. His well-known exclama- 
 tion, Etf/>ij;ca (Vitruv. IX. init.), 1 have found it, is said to have 
 escaped his lips in the bath on solving the problem proposed to 
 him by King Hiero, viz. , the amount of alloy fraudulently used 
 by the goldsmith in making the crown of pure gold ordered by the 
 King. 
 
 3983. P. P. C. (pour prendre conge"). (Fr.) To take one's leave. 
 
 Formula of bidding adieu generally notified to friends 
 on quitting a place. 
 
 3984. Prsecedentibus insta. (L.) Follow on those who precede 
 
 you. Motto of the Earl of St Germans. 
 
 3985. Pnecepto monitus, scepe te considera. (L.) Phsedr. 3, 8, 
 
 1. Warned by the lesson, often consider your own case. 
 
 3986. Prsecipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, 
 
 utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamia 
 metus sit. (L.) Tac. A. 3, 65. 
 History. 
 
 This I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous 
 actions from oblivion, and to make men fear the infamy which 
 posterity will surely attach to vile words and deeds.
 
 PRECES. 429 
 
 3987. Praemia virtutis honores. (Z.) Honours are the reward 
 
 of virtue. Motto of Norwich Grammar School. 
 
 3988. Prsemitti, non amitti. (L.) B. Cyprian. ? Not lost, but 
 
 gone before. 
 
 3989. Prsemonitus, praemunitus. (L.) Forewarned is forearmed. 
 
 3990. Praemunire (sub. facias). (L.) Law Term. Cause to be 
 
 warned. 
 
 Name given to a species of offence against the king and his govern- 
 ment, and originally arising out of the invasion of the rights of 
 private patrons by the Popes of the 14th and 15th centuries. It 
 has subsequently been extended to other offences, more particularly 
 those impugning the rights of the reigning family to the Crown of 
 England. 
 
 3991. Prsesens, absens ut sies. (L.) Ter. Eun. 1, 1. Though 
 
 present, you are to be as if absent. 
 
 3992. Prsesertim ut nunc sunt mores ; adeo res redit ; 
 
 Si quis quid reddit, magna habenda'st gratia. (L.) Ter. 
 Phorm. 1, 2, 5. (Davus loq.) Especially as times are 
 now. The world is come to such a pass, that a man must 
 be thanked extremely if he only pay his debts. 
 
 3993. Prsesis ut prosis. (Z.) Be foremost that you may be of 
 
 service. Motto of Lancaster Grammar School. 
 
 3994. Prsesto et persto. (L.} I press on and persevere. Motto 
 
 of the Earl of Haddington. 
 
 3995. Prsetulit arma togse, sed pacem armatus amavit. 
 
 Juvit sumta ducem, juvit dimissa potestas. 
 
 Casta domus, luxuque carens, corruptaque nunquam 
 
 Fortuna domini : clarum et venerabile nomen. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 9, 199. 
 
 Pompey. 
 
 Arms he preferred to peaceful civic dress, 
 Yet, e'en in arms, was Peace his true mistress. 
 Pleas'd was he to resign, or to retain 
 The helm of power : his household, chaste and plain, 
 And ne'er corrupted by its master's fame 
 He leaves a proud and venerable name. Ed. 
 
 3996. Pre'cepte commence, exemple acheve. (fr.) Prov. 
 
 Precept begins, example perfects. 
 
 3997. Preces annatae. ()' Armed prayers. Commands in 
 
 the disguise of a request.
 
 430 PRENDRE. 
 
 3998. Prendi'e le chemin des e'coliers. (Fr.) Prov. To go to 
 
 work like a schoolboy. To take the longest way to do 
 anything, or reach any place. J'ai pris le chemin, etc., I 
 went the longest way about. 
 
 3999. Prendre les choses au pis. (Fr.) To look at matters in the 
 
 worst light. 
 
 4000. Prendre sur les anciens, c'est pirater au del& de la Ligne ; 
 
 mais piller les modernes, c'est filouter au coin des rues. 
 (Fr.) _Chamfort? Sorrowing from ancient writers is 
 privateering on the high seas; but doing the same by 
 modern authors is like picking pockets at the street-corner. 
 
 4001. Prends le premier conseil d'une femme et non le second. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. Take a woman's first opinion and not her 
 second. 
 
 4002. Prends moi tel que je suis. (Fr.) Take me as I am. 
 
 Motto of Marquess of Ely. 
 
 4003. Pres du moustier, a messe le dernier. (Fr.) Prov. The 
 
 nearer the minster, the last at mass. 
 
 4004. Prt d'accomplir. (Fr.) Heady to accomplish. Earl of 
 
 Shrewsbury. (2.) Prt pour m on pays. Heady for my 
 country. Viscount Oxenbridge. 
 
 4005. Prima et maxima peccantium pcena est, peccasse . . . nee 
 
 ullum scelus, licet illud fortuna exornet muneribus suis, 
 licet tueatur ac vindicet, impunitum est : quoniam 
 sceleris in scelere supplicium est. (L.) Sen. Ep. 97. The 
 first and greatest punishment of sinners, is the sin itself. 
 No crime that is committed goes unpunished, though for- 
 tune adorn it with her gifts, and shield and even vindi- 
 cate the offence, since the penalty of crime lies in its first 
 commission. 
 
 4006. Prima facie. (L.) At first sight. On the first aspect of 
 
 the statement, or on a superficial consideration of the 
 case. 
 
 4007. Primo avulso non deficit alter Aureus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 143. 
 
 The golden branch. 
 One plucked, another fills its room, 
 And burgeons with like precious bloom. Conington. 
 Altered to Uno avulso, etc., the line was put up by a Parisian 
 dentist over his door, to signify that if it were necessary to remove 
 a patient's tooth, another was forthcoming to supply its place.
 
 PRINCIPIBUS. 431 
 
 4008. Primum Graius homo mortaleis tollere contra 
 
 Est oculos ausus, primusque obsistere contra : 
 Quern neque fama deum, nee fulmina, nee minitanti 
 Murmure compressit cselum : sed eo magis acrem 
 Irritat animi virtutem, effringere ut arta 
 Naturae primus portarum claustra cupiret. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 1,.67. 
 
 Eiricurus. 
 
 A Greek was he who first dared lift his eyes, 
 
 And lodge his daring challenge to the skies : 
 
 Nor could the thought of Gods, or muttered thunder 
 
 Or angry lightning keep th' inquirer under ; 
 
 But rather gave his mind a keener zest 
 
 Urging him on in the mysterious quest, 
 
 So that he longed to burst in Nature's portals 
 
 That harred the secret from the eyes of mortals. Ed. 
 
 4009. Primum mobile. (L.) The primary motive power. 
 
 In the Ptolemaic Astronomy, the primum mobile was believed to 
 reside in the outermost sphere of the universe, which moved all the 
 rest, its centre being the centre of the earth. 
 
 4010. Primum, quod magneis doceo de rebus, et arteis 
 
 Religionuin animos nodis exsolvere pergo ; 
 Deinde, quod obscura de re tarn lucida pango 
 Carolina, Alusseo contingens cuncta lepore. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 1, 930. 
 
 First, then, in treating questions so sublime, 
 My object is to liberate men's minds 
 From superstition's thrice entangled web. 
 Next, to explain an obscure theme in verse, 
 So clear and lucid all can understand, 
 Touching each point with true poetic grace. Ed. 
 
 4011. Primus in Indis. (L.) First in India. 39th Foot. 
 
 4012. Primus in orbe Deos fecit tiinor. (L.) Statius, Theb. 3, 
 
 661. It was fear that originally established a belief in 
 tJte gods. 
 
 4013. Primus inter pares. (L.) The first among equals. 
 
 4014. Prinoipes mortales, rempublicam seternam. (L.) Tac. A. 
 
 3, 6. Princes are mortal, tlie republic (the state) is 
 eternal. 
 
 4015. Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est. (L.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 1, 17, 35. To have gained the applause of t/ie great 
 is no slight praise.
 
 432 PRINCIPIIS. 
 
 4016. Principiis obsta : sero medicina paratur 
 
 Quum mala per longas convaluere moras. 
 
 (L.) Ov. R. A. 91. 
 
 Check the beginnings : medicine's thrown away 
 When sickness has grown stronger by delay. Ed. 
 
 4017. Pristinae virtutis memores. (L.) Mindful of ancient 
 
 valour. 8th Hussars. 
 
 4018. Priusquam incipias, consul to; et, ubi consulueris, mature 
 
 facto opus est. (L.) Sail. C. 1. Before you begin, de- 
 liberation is necessary, but, after counsel taken, speedy 
 execution is required. 
 
 4019. Privatorum conventio juri publico non derogat. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. .ZTo private agreement between individuals will be 
 allowed to render valid any direct contravention of the 
 law. 
 
 4020. Privilegium est quasi privata lex. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Privilege is a kind of private law. An exemption framed 
 for individuals. 
 
 4021. Pro aris et focis. (L.) Cic. Rose. Am. 5. For altars and 
 
 hearths. For hearth and home. A common saying, 
 meaning the defence of one's nearest and dearest ; as in 
 Sail. C. 59, 5 : Pro patria, pro liberis, pro aris atque 
 focis cernere, To fight for tlieir country, their children, 
 their hearth and home. 
 
 Amongst the Romans, the family or household-gods (Penates) had 
 their altars (<arce) in the open court, and the tutelar deities of each 
 dwelling (Lares) their niches round the hearth or ingle-nook (foci) 
 of every house. 
 
 4022. Probatum est. (L.) It has been settled. 
 
 4023. Probitas verus honos. (L.) Honesty is true honour. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Chetwynd. 
 
 4024. Probitate et labore. (L.) By honesty and labour. Earl 
 
 of Northbrook. 
 
 4025. Pro bono publico. (L.) For the public good. For the 
 
 benefit of the community. 
 
 4026. Probum non poenitet. (L.) The honest man does not repent. 
 
 Motto of Lord Sandys. 
 
 4027. Pro captu lectoris habent sua fata libelli. (L.) Terent. 
 
 Maurus. Carm. Heroic. 250. The fortune of a book de- 
 pends upon the pleasure it affords the reader. 
 
 4028. Pro Christo et patria. (L.) For Christ and country, 
 
 Motto of the Duke of Roxburghe.
 
 PROMITTAS. 433 
 
 4029. Pro confesso. (L.} Confessed. Admitted. 
 
 4030. Procul ! procul este, profani, 
 
 Conclamat vates, totoque absistite luco. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 258. 
 Begone ! Begone (the priestess cries), remove 
 Far hence, ye uninitiate, from the grove ! Ed. 
 
 4031. Pro Deo et Rege. (L.}For God and King. Motto of 
 
 the Earl of Rosse. 
 
 4032. Prodesse quam conspici. (L.) To be of service rather than 
 
 to be conspicuous. Motto of Lord Somers. 
 
 4033. Prodigus et stultus donat quae spernit et odit. 
 
 Haec seges ingratos tulit, et feret omnibus annis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 20. 
 Tis silly prodigality to throw 
 Those gifts broad-cast whose value you don't know ; 
 Such tillage yields ingratitude, and will, 
 While human nature is the soil you till. Conington. 
 
 4034. Pro et con. (contra). For and against. The arguments 
 
 pro and con, on both sides of the question. 
 
 4035. Pro forma. (L.) For form's sake. 
 
 4036. Pro hac vice. (L.) For this turn ; on this occasion. 
 
 4037. Prohibetur ne quis faciat in suo, quod nocere potest in 
 
 alieno. (Z.) Law Max. The law prohibits any person 
 to do even on his own premises, what may injure his 
 neighbour. 
 
 4038. Proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi. (L.) Virg. A. 11, 383. 
 
 Then roll your thunders, 'tis your way. Conington. 
 
 4039. Pro liber tate patrise. (L.) For the liberty of my country. 
 
 Motto of Lords Massey and Clarina. 
 
 4040. Promessi sposi. (It.) Affianced lovers. Title of a novel 
 
 of Manzoni. 
 
 4041. Promettre c'est donner, espe'rer c'est jouir. . (Fr.) Delille, 
 
 Jardins. Promising is giving, and hoping is realising. 
 To this M. de Chazet in the time of the " Terror " replied : 
 
 Ah ! s'il est vrai que I'esperance 
 
 Au sein des plus affreux tourmens, 
 
 Soit pour nous une jouissance, 
 
 Nous jouissons depuis longtemps. 
 
 4042. Promittas facito : quid enim promittere Isedit 1 
 
 Pollicitis dives quilibet esse potest. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 443. 
 Promise at large ! what harm in promises ? 
 All may be rich in such commodities. Ed, 
 2E
 
 434 PRONAQUE. 
 
 4043. Pronaque quum spectent animalia csetera terrain, 
 
 Os homini sublime dedit, cselumque tueri 
 Jussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 84. 
 
 The creation of Mail. 
 
 Thus while the brute creation downward bend 
 Their sight, and to their earthy mother tend, 
 Man looks aloft, and with uplifted eyes 
 Beholds his own hereditary skies. Dryden. 
 
 4044. Pro patria et rege. (L.) For king and country. Lord 
 
 Crofton. 
 
 4045. Prope ad summum, prope ad exitum. (L.) Prov. The 
 
 nearer the summit the nearer the end. 
 
 4046. Pro pelle cutem. (L.) The skin for the fur. Hudson's 
 
 Bay Company. 
 
 4047. Propositi tenax. (L.) Tenacious of one's purpose. Lord 
 
 Belper. 
 
 4048. Proprise telluris herum natura, neque ilium, 
 
 Nee me, nee quemquam statuit. Nos expulit ille ; 
 Ilium aut nequities, aut vafri inscitia juris, 
 Postremo expellet certe vivacior hseres. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 129. 
 
 For nature has given, nor to him, nor to me 
 
 Nor to any one else, of these acres the fee. 
 
 He has driven us out. Well ! unscrupulous crime, 
 
 Or some quirk of the law will drive him out in time : 
 
 Or, if not, be his hold of them never so fast, 
 
 His heir will most certainly oust him at last. Sir T. Martin. 
 
 4049. Proprio vigore. (L.) Of one's own strength. 
 
 4050. Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quern Igeseris. (L.) 
 
 Tac. Agr. 42. It is the nature of the human mind to hate 
 
 those whom you have injured. 
 
 Cf. Hoc habent pessimum animi fortuna insolentes ; quos Iseserunt, 
 
 et oderunt. Sen. de Ira. 2, 33. This is the worst characteristic of 
 
 those who are puffed up with an excess of good fortune, they ha(g 
 
 those whom they have injured. 
 
 Cf. Dryden, Conquest of Granada, 2, 3, 2 : 
 Forgiveness to the injured does belong, 
 For they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. 
 
 4051. Pro quibus ut meritis referatur gratia, jurat 
 
 Se fore mancipium tempus in omne tuum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep, 4, 5, 39. 
 Thanks for such favours that he may repay, 
 Your faithful slave he vows to be for aye, jy.
 
 PROTINUS. 435 
 
 4052. Pro rata parte, or pro rata. (L.) In proportion, propor- 
 
 tionally. Also (in same sense), Secundum ratam partem. 
 Vitr. 3, 3 med. 
 
 4053. Pro rege et patria. (L.) For king and country. Motto 
 
 of Earl of Leven and Melville. (2.) Pro rege lege, et 
 grege. For the king, the law, and the people. Motto 
 of Earl of Bessborough and Lords Brougham and De 
 Mauley. 
 
 4054. Pro re nata. (L.) Cic. Att. 7, 14, 3. For present cir- 
 
 cumstances. 
 
 4055. Pro re nitorem, et gloriam pro copia : 
 
 Qui habent, meminerint sese unde oriundi sient. (L.) 
 Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 5. Show for substance, and bragging 
 for abundance : those who have, should remember their 
 origin. 
 
 4056. Prospera lux oritur, linguisque animisque favete : 
 
 Nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die. (L.) Ov. F. 
 1, 71. An happy day is dawning, let your words and 
 thoughts be propitious. On so auspicious a day nought 
 but auspicious words should be spoken. 
 
 4057. Prosperum et felix scelus Virtus vocatur. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Here. Fur. 251. Crime when it speeds and prospers, 
 virtue's called. 
 
 Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason ? 
 Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason. 
 
 Sir John Harrington (+ 1612), Epigr. 4, 5. 
 
 4058. Pro tanto. (L.) For so much. So far. 
 
 4059. Protectio trahit subjectionem, et subjectio protectionem. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. Protection carries with it allegiance, 
 and allegiance implies protection. Every resident in a 
 country can claim the protection of the sovereign of that 
 country and, in return, owes allegiance to the crown 
 whilst in that country. 
 
 4060. Pro tern pore, or pro tern. (L.) For the time. A temporary 
 
 measure. 
 
 4061. Protinus ad censum, de moribus ultima fiet 
 
 Quaestio : quot pascit servos, quot possidet agri 
 Jugera, quam multa magnaque paropside crenat, 
 Quantum quisque sua nummorum servat in area, 
 Tantum habet et fidei. (L.) Juv. 3, 140.
 
 436 PRO VIRTUTE. 
 
 First to compute his wealth his judges haste : 
 His honour, and his honesty, the last. 
 What does his table cost him ? Can you guess ? 
 "What servants, what domains does he possess ? 
 These weighty matters known, his faith they rate 
 And square his probity to his estate. Gifford. 
 
 4062. Pro virtute bellica. (L.} For valour in war. Motto of 
 
 the Order of Military Merit, and of the Legion of 
 Honour (France). 
 
 4063. Pro virtute erat felix temeritas. (L.) Sen. Ben. 1, 13. 
 
 He displayed a successful recklessness, which took the place 
 of valour. Said of Alexander the Great. 
 
 4064. Provocarem ad Philippum, inquit, sed sobrium. (L.) Val. 
 
 Max. 6, Ext. 1. / will appeal to Philip, she said, but to 
 Philip sober. 
 
 Appeal of a woman and a foreigner against judgment pronounced 
 by Philip, King of Macedon, when he was tipsy. The appeal was 
 allowed and, on the King's recovering his sobriety, the sentence 
 reversed. Hence the common saying of appealing from Philip 
 drunk to Philip sober, when your opponent, or judge, is so led 
 away by passion, excitement, or what not, as to be unable to take 
 a reasonable view of the case. 
 
 4065. Proximus ardet Ucalegon. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 311. The 
 
 house of your neighbour Ucalegon is on fire. Danger 
 threatens you. Applicable to the spread of war, or 
 pestilence throughout Europe. 
 
 4066. Proximus a tectis ignis defenditur segre. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 
 625. It is difficult to keep off afire when next house is 
 inflames. 
 
 4067. Proximus huic gradus est, bene desperare salutem, 
 
 Seque semel vera scii-e perisse fide. (L.} Ov. Ep. 3, 7, 
 23. The next best thing is to despair of safety altogether, 
 and to feel assured at once that one is ruined completely. 
 
 4068. Proximus sum egomet mihi. (L.) Ter. And. 4, 1, 12. 
 
 / am my own nearest kin. Charity begins at home. 
 Take care of number one. 
 
 4069. Prudens interrogatio quasi dimidium sapientiae. (L.) Bacon? 
 
 A clever question is half-way towards knowledge. 
 
 4070. Prudens qui patiens. (L.) He is prudent who endures. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Leicester. 
 
 4071. Prudens simplicitas. (L.) A prudent simplicity. Motto 
 
 of Amicable Life Insurance Society.
 
 QTLffl. 437 
 
 4072. Prudentia et constantia. (L.) By prudence and firmness. 
 
 Motto of the kingdom of Denmark, and of Lord Denman. 
 
 4073. Prudentis est mutare consilium ; stultus sicut luna mutatur. 
 
 (L.) 1 A prudent man will change his opinion with cir- 
 cumstances, but the fool changes as often as the moon. 
 
 4074. Publicum bonum private est preferendum. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. The public good must be preferred to private 
 advantage. 
 
 4075. Publicum meritorum premium. (L.) The public reward 
 
 for meritorious achievements. Order of St Stephen 
 (Austrian). 
 
 4076. Pudet et hsec opprobria nobis 
 
 Et dici potuisse, et non potuisse refelli. (L.) Ov. M. 
 1, 758. It is disgraceful that such slander should have 
 been able to be said against us, and not be able to be refuted. 
 
 To hear an open slander is a curse ; 
 
 But not to find an answer is a worse. Dryden. 
 
 4077. Pulchre ! Bene ! Recte ! (L.) Hor. A. P. 428. Fine ! 
 
 good ! well done ! 
 
 4078. Puras Deus non plenas adspicit manus. (L.) Pub. Syr.? 
 
 God looks to clean hands, not to full ones. 
 
 4079. Puridad de dos, puridad de Dios ; puridad de tres, de todos 
 
 es. (S.) Prov. A secret known to two persons is God's 
 own secret ; but a secret between three is all men's properly. 
 
 4080. Purpureus veluti quum flos succisus aratro 
 
 Languescit moriens : lasso ve papavera collo 
 Demisere caput, pluvia quum forte gravantur. 
 
 (.) Virg. A. 9, 435. 
 The death of Nisus. 
 Thus severed by the ruthless plough 
 
 Dim fades a purple flower ; 
 Their weary necks so poppies bow, 
 O'erladen by the shower. Conington. 
 
 Q. 
 
 4081. Quse accessionum locum obtinent exstinguuntur quum prin- 
 cipales res peremptse fuerint. (L.) Law Max. That 
 which is only accessory is extinguished by the disc/large 
 of the principal. Thus, an easement to take water from 
 a river to fill a canal ceases when the canal no longer 
 exists (see Broom, Law Maxims, p. 474).
 
 438 QUJE. 
 
 4082. Quae amissa salva. (L.) Those things which were lost are 
 
 safe. Motto of the Earl of Kintore. 
 
 4083. Quae arguuntur, a lumine inanifestantur. (L.) Vulg. Eph. 
 
 5, 13. Things that are reproved are made manifest by 
 the light. Motto of Tallow Chandlers' Company. 
 
 4084. Quae caret ora cruore nostro? (L.) Hor. C. 2, 1, 36. 
 
 What shore is not watered with our blood ? Motto of 1 
 
 4085. Quae dubitationis tollendse causa contractibus inseruntur 
 
 jus commune non laedunt. (L.) Law Max. Clauses 
 inserted in contracts for the sake of removing all obscurity 
 are most consonant to common law. 
 
 4086. Quse in testamento ita sunt scripta, ut intelligi non possint, 
 
 perinde sunt ac si scripta non essent. (L.) Law Max. 
 What is written in a will so as not to be intelligible, is 
 all one as if it were not written. 
 
 4087. Quae legi communi derogant stricte interpretantur. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. Where the provisions of a statute appear to 
 run counter to the practice of common law, it is incumbent 
 to give them a strict construction. 
 
 4088. Quaelibet concessio fortissime contra donatorem interpre- 
 
 tanda est. (L.) Law Max. Any and every grant shall 
 be interpreted most strongly against the grantor. 
 
 The terms of a lease on this principle are always to be construed 
 most beneficially to the lessee, and not lessor, for Verba chartarum 
 fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem, The words of an instrument 
 shall be taken most strongly against the party employing them. 
 
 4089. Quae lucis miseris tarn dira cupido ? (L.) Virg. A. 6, 
 
 721. How is it that the wretched have so direful a long- 
 ing for life? 
 
 4090. Quse non valeant singula, juncta juvant. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 Words which are inoperative when taken by themselves, 
 become effective when taken conjointly, in interpreting 
 deeds and instruments. 
 
 4091. Quae peccamus juvenes, luimus senes. (L.) Prov. We 
 
 pay in old age the penalty of excesses in youth. 
 
 4092. Quae prosunt omnibus artes. (L.) Arts that are of service 
 
 to all. Surgeons' Company. 
 
 4093. Quaeque ipse miserrima vidi Et quorum pars magna fui 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 5. Scenes of misery which I myself 
 witnessed, and in which I took a principal part.
 
 QUALEM. 439 
 
 4094. Quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris? 
 
 En Priamus : sunt hie etiam sua praemia laudi. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A, 1, 460 (First line, M. of Royal Engineers). 
 
 Is there, friend, he cries, a spot 
 That knows not Troy's unhappy lot ? 
 See Priam ! aye, praise waits on worth 
 E'en in this corner of the earth. Conington. 
 
 4095. Quaerere ut absumant, absumta requirere certant, 
 
 Atque ipsae vitiis sunt alimenta vices. (L.) Ov. F. 1, 
 213. Men struggle to acquire in order to spend, and 
 when it is spent they commence the struggle again, the 
 very vicissitudes of life serving to feed human vices. 
 
 4096. Quaeris Alcidae parem ? Nemo est nisi ipse. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Here. Fur. 1, 1. Do you seek Alcides' (Hercules) equal? 
 None but himself can be his match. 
 Of. Louis Theobald (f 1744), Double Falsehood: 
 None but himself can be his parallel. 
 
 4097. Quae sint, quae fuerint, quae mox ventura trahantur. (L.) 
 
 Virg. G. 4, 393. What is, w/iat has been, and w/iat shall 
 be in time to come. Past, present, and future. 
 
 4098. Quae sursum volo videre. (L.) / desire to see those things 
 
 which are above. Motto of Earl of Dunraven. 
 
 4099. Quae te dementia cepiU (L.) Virg. E. 2, 69. What mad- 
 
 ness has seized you ? 
 
 4100. Quse venit ex tuto, minus est accepta voluptas. (L.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 3, 603. Pleasure that is indulged in without risk, 
 loses half its attraction. Stolen waters are sweet, and 
 bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 
 
 4101. Quae virtus et quanta, boni, sit vivere parvo. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 1. 
 
 What and how great the virtue, friends, to live 
 
 On what the gods with frugal bounty give. Francis. 
 
 4102. Quae volumus et credimus libenter, et quae sentimus ipsi 
 
 reliquos sentire putamus. (L.) Caes. B. G. 3, 18. What 
 we wish we readily believe, and w/iatever we think, we 
 suppose that others think also. 
 
 4103. Qualem corninendes etiam atque etiam aspice, ne mox 
 
 Incutiant aliena tibi peccata pudorem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76. 
 Testimonials to character. 
 
 Look round and round the man you recommend, 
 For yours will be the shame should he offend. Conington.
 
 440 QUALE PER. 
 
 4104. Quale per incertam lunain sub luce inaligna 
 
 Est iter in sylvis. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 270. 
 
 So travellers in a forest move 
 With but the uncertain moon above 
 Beneath her niggard light. Oonington. 
 
 4105. Qualts ab incepto. (L.) As from the beginning. Marquess 
 
 of Ripon. 
 
 4106. Qualis artifex pereo. (L.) Suet. Neron. 49. I am an 
 
 artist even in dying. 
 
 Said by Nero shortly before his death, while giving directions as 
 to his funeral. He then stabbed himself, and, as he lay dying, his 
 actual last words, to the Praetorian Guards who came in to dispatch 
 him, were, Sero (It is too late), and, with reference to their oath of 
 allegiance, Hoec est fides ? (Is this your fidelity to me ?) 
 
 4107. Qualis populea moerens Philomela sub umbra 
 
 Met noctem, ramoque sedens miserabile carmen 
 Integrat, et ma?stis late loca quaestibus implet. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 4,511. 
 The Nightingale. 
 
 So 'mid the poplar's shade sad Philomel 
 All night doth weep, and sitting on the bough 
 Her dirge renews, while the surrounding air 
 Is vocal with the lovelorn dolorous lay. Ed. 
 
 4108. Qualis vita, finis ita. (L.) As the life, so the end. Lord 
 
 Coleridge. 
 
 4109. Quam continuis et quantis longa senectus 
 
 Plena malis ! (L.) Juv. 10, 190. What constant and 
 grievous maladies surround old age ! 
 
 4110. Quam inique comparatum est ! hi qui minus habent 
 
 Ut semper aliquid addant divitioribus. (L.} Ter. Phorm. 
 1, 1, 7. How unjust is fate! that they who have but 
 little should be always adding to the abundance of tJte 
 rich ! 
 
 4111. Quam veterrumu 'st tarn optumu 'st amicus. (L.) Plant. 
 
 True. 1, 2, 71. A man's oldest friend is his best friend. 
 
 4112. Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici 
 
 Laudo tamen. (L.) Juv. 3, 1. 
 
 I am loth to lose an old friend 
 But he's wise to go. Shaw. 
 
 4113. Quand 1'aveugle destin aurait fait une loi 
 
 Pour me faire vivre sans cesse, 
 J'y renoncerais par tendresse, 
 Si ines amis n'etaient immortels comme moi. 
 
 (Fr.) Mdlle. de Scudery
 
 QTJAND. 441 
 
 Were blinded fate a law to make 
 
 Requiring me to live for ever : 
 I'd spurn the gift for friendship's sake 
 
 If from my friends I had to sever. Ed. 
 
 4114. Quand les vices nous quittent, nous nous nations que c'est 
 
 nous qui les quittons. (Fr.)1 When vices forsake us, 
 we flatter ourselves that it is we who abandon them. 
 
 4115. Quand nous serons & dix nous ferons une croix. (Fr.) 
 
 Mol. Etourdi 1 ? When we arrive at ten we will make a 
 cross. We will simplify matters, clear the ground as we 
 proceed. 
 
 4116. Quando aliquid prohibetur, prohibetur et omne per quod 
 
 devenitur ad illud. (L.) Law Max. When the law 
 prohibits any act, it prohibits also everything which may 
 contribute to its being effected. 
 
 4117. Quando el Espanol canta, 6 rabia, 6 no tiene blanca. (S.) 
 
 Prov. If a Spaniard sing, he's either mad or penniless. 
 
 4118. Quando jus domini regis et subditi (ioncurrunt, jus regis 
 
 praeferri debet. (L.) Law Max. When the title of the 
 king and the title of a subject concur, the king's title shall 
 be preferred. 
 
 4119. Quando lex aliquid alicui concedit, conceditur et id sine 
 
 quo res ipsa non potest. (L.) Law Max. Whenever the 
 law authorises a man to do anything, it also authorises 
 that without which the matter in hand cannot be effected. 
 
 4120. Quand on a tout perdu, quand on n'a plus d'espoir, 
 
 La vie est une opprobre, et la mort un devoir. 
 
 (Fr.) Volt. Merope, 2, 7. 
 
 When everything's lost, and hope gone utterly, 
 Life becomes a reproach, and a duty to die. Ed. 
 
 4121. Quand on est jeune, on se soigne pour plaire, et quand on 
 
 est vieille, on se soigne pour ne pas de"plaire. (Fr.) 
 Mme. de L. When we are young we keep neat in order 
 to please, and when we are old we do the same so as to 
 avoid displeasing. 
 
 4122. Quand on est mort, c'est pour longtemps. (Fr.} Prov. 
 
 When one is dead, it is for a long time. 
 
 4123. Quand on n'a pas ce que Ton aime, 
 
 II faut aimer ce que Ton a. (Fr.) 1 When we have not 
 what we like, we must like what we have. Inserted by T. 
 Corneille in the new Prologue to his Inconnu.
 
 442 QUAND. 
 
 4124. Quand on ne trouve pas son repos en soi-meme, il est inutile 
 
 de le chercher ailleurs. (Fr.) ? When we do not possess 
 the source of repose in ourselves, it is in vain to look for 
 it elsewhere. 
 
 4125. Quando non c'e, perde la chiesa. (It.) When there is 
 
 nothing, the church loses. 
 
 4126. Quando plus fit quam fieri debet, videtur etiam illud fieri 
 
 quod faciendum est. (L.) Law Max. Where more 
 is done than ought to be done, that portion for which 
 there was authority shall stand good, and the rest be 
 void. 
 
 4127. Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus ! 
 
 Verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum. (L.) 
 Hor. A. P. 359. Sometimes even good Homer himself 
 nods. But in so long a work it is allowable if there should 
 be a drowsy interval or so. 
 
 4128. Quando res non valet ut ago, valeat quantum valere potest. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. When a deed cannot operate according 
 to the intention of the parties, it shall operate in the form 
 which will make the intention legally good. 
 
 4129. Quando ullum inveniet parem 1 ? (L.) Hor. C. 1, 24, 8. 
 
 When shall we look upon his like again ? 
 
 4130. Quand sur une personne on pretend se re'gler 
 
 C'est par les beaux cdte's qu'il lui faut ressembler. 
 
 (Fr.) Mol. Fern. Savantes. 
 
 If the style of some friend you would fain emulate, 
 
 His good points are the features you should imitate. Ed. 
 
 4131. Quand une fois j'ai pris ma resolution, je vais droit a mon 
 
 but, et je renverse tout de ma soutane rouge. (Fr.) 
 Richelieu? When once I have made up my mind, I go 
 straight to the point, and sweep everything out of my way 
 with my red soutane. 
 
 4132. Quanta est gula, quae sibi totos 
 
 Ponit apros, animal propter con vi via natum. (L.) Juv. 
 1, 140. WJiat a stomach the man must have who has 
 whole boars served for dinner, an animal intended by 
 nature for convivial feasts. 
 
 4133. Quanti est sapere ! (L.) Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 21. What a 
 
 jine thing it is to be clever /
 
 QUEL CATTTVO. 443 
 
 4134. Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, 
 
 A Diis plura feret. Nil cupientium 
 Nudus custra peto, et transfuga divitum 
 
 Partes linquere gestio. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 16, 21. 
 
 He that denies himself shall gain the more 
 
 From bounteous heaven. I strip me of my pride, 
 Desert the rich man's standard, and pass o'er 
 To bare contentment's side. Conington. 
 
 4135. Quantum. (.) How much. His quantum, his proper 
 
 allowance or quantity, his due proportion. (2.) Q. sufficit 
 or suff. As much is sufficient, a dose. (3.) Q. valeat. 
 As much as it is worth. (4.) Q. meruit. Law Phrase. 
 As much as he deserved. An action founded on an 
 engagement that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff 
 as much as his services should deserve. 
 
 4136. Quare impedit ? (L.) Law Term. Why does he hinder? 
 
 The ordinary action to establish the right of a patron to 
 present to an ecclesiastical benefice, when his title to do 
 so is disputed. 
 
 4137. Quare relligio pedibus subjecta vicissim 
 
 Obteritur, nos exsequat victoria cselo. (L.) Lucret. 1, 79. 
 
 Thus in its turn is superstition crushed, 
 
 The victory makes us equal to the gods. C. F. Johnson. 
 
 4138. Que diable allait-il faire dans cette galere 1 (Fr.) Moliere, 
 
 Fourberies de Scapin, 2, 11. Wliat the deuce was he 
 going to do in that galley ? Said of any one who mixes 
 himself up in a business in which he is clearly out of 
 place. Moliere took the line from the Pedant jou6 of 
 Cyrano de Bergerac, 2, 4, Que diable aller faire dans la 
 galere d'un Turc ] 
 
 4139. Que la Suisse soit libre, et que nos noms peVissent ! (Fr.) 
 
 W. Tell in Lemierre's tragedy. Let our names perish 
 provided Switzerland be free I 
 
 4140. Quel cattivo coro 
 
 Degli Angeli, che non furon ribelli 
 Ne fur fedeli a Dio, ma per se foro. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Inf. 3, 37. 
 That ill band 
 
 Of angels mix'd, who nor rebellious proved, 
 Nor yet were true to God, but for themselves. Gary. 
 Had Cranmer's memory been left to find its own place, says 
 Macaulay (Essay on Hallam), he would have soon been lost 
 amongst the band that Dante describes above.
 
 444 QU'ELLE. 
 
 Cf. Milton, Paradise Lost, 6, 380 : 
 
 Cancelled from heaven and sacred memory, 
 Nameless in dark oblivion let them dwell. 
 
 4141. Qu'elle pdrisse, pourvu qu'elle s'eleve ! (Fr.) or Che pera 
 
 pur clie s'innalzi. (It.) Let her die so long as she rises. 
 Devise of the Chevalier de Grignan with crest of a flying 
 rocket. 
 
 4142. Quelque parti que je prenne je sais bien que je serai blame*. 
 
 (Fr.) Louis XIV. Whatever side I take, I know very 
 ^ve^ that I shall be blamed. 
 
 4143. Quern damnosa Yenus, quern prseceps alea nudat, 
 
 Gloria quern supra vires et vestit et ungit, 
 Quern tenet argenti sitis importuna famesque. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 21. 
 He that gives in to dice, or lewd excess, 
 Who apes rich folks in equipage or dress, 
 Who meanly covets to increase his store. Conington. 
 
 4144. Quern recitas, meus est, Fidentine, libellus : 
 
 Sed male quum recitas, incipit esse tuus. (L.) Mart. 1, 39. 
 
 The lines you recite, Fidentinus, are mine : 
 But recited so ill they begin to be thine. Ed. 
 
 4145. Quern res plus nimio delectavere secundse, 
 
 Mutatse quatient. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30, 
 
 Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel 
 
 The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel. Conington. 
 
 4146. Quern te Deus esse jussit. (L.) What God commanded 
 
 you to be. Motto of the Earl of Sheffield. 
 
 4147. Qu'est-ce que le Tiers-Etat? Rien ! Que veut-il etre? 
 
 Tout! (Fr.)What is the Third Estate? Nothing. 
 What does it intend to become ? Everything. Speech of 
 the Abbe" Sieves. (Lauraguais' letters, An X.) 
 
 4148. Que votre ame et vos moeurs peintes dans vos ouvrages. 
 
 (Fr.) Boil. 1 Let your mind and your tastes show them- 
 selves in your writings. Let your works be an index of 
 your real sentiments. 
 
 4149. Que vouliez-vous qu'il fit centre trois? Qu'il mourut ! 
 
 (Fr.) P. Corneille, Horace, 3. What would you have 
 him do, one against three ? I'd have him die. Delavigne 
 in his Come"diens wittily reproduces the line in a scene 
 between a sick man and his three physicians. The 
 words have become proverbial (What is one against 
 BO many 1) to express that circumstances are too strong 
 against the person in question.
 
 QUI CAVET. 445 
 
 4150. Qui a bon cceur a toujours temps a propos. (Fr.) A 
 
 good heart has all occasions at its command.. 
 
 Reply supposed to have been given to Philip VI., on taking 
 counsel as to the fitting moment for the invasion of Flanders. To 
 this the king is said to have rejoined, Qui m'aime, suive (Who loves 
 me, follow !). 
 
 4151. Qui aime bien, chatie bien. (Fr.} Prov. Who loves well, 
 
 chastises well. Spare the rod, etc. 
 
 4152. Qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri oportet. 
 
 (L.) Plaut True. 1, 2, 58. Those who are fond of 
 accusing others, should first look at home. 
 
 4153. Qui araant, ipsi sibi somnia fingunt. (L.) "Virg. E. 8, 108. 
 
 People in love imagine dreams of their own. 
 
 4154. Quia me vestigia terrent 
 
 Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum. 
 
 (Z.)' Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 74. 
 
 I'm frightened at those footsteps : every track 
 Leads to your home, but ne'er a one leads back. Conington. 
 Reply of the fox to the sick lion who invited him into his den. 
 From the above has been formed the phrase Vestigia nulla retror- 
 sum (No stepping back again ; retreat is impossible), Motto of Earl 
 of Buckinghamshire ; 5th Dragoon Guards. It was also the motto 
 of Hampden, and of his Buckinghamshire regiment of infantry in 
 the Great Rebellion. 
 
 4155. Qui a nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Cure. 1, 1, 55. He who would eat the kernel must first 
 break the shell. Cf. French Prov. : II n'y a pas d'ome- 
 lette sans casser des ceufs. You cannot make omelets 
 without breaking eggs. Nothing is to be done without 
 trouble. 
 
 4156. Qui asinum non potest, stratum csedit. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Petron. 45, 8. He who cannot touch the ass, beats the 
 housings. If you cannot find the real culprit, avenge 
 yourself on the object nearest to you, and generally 
 unoffending. 
 
 4157. Qui Bavium non odit, amat tua carmina, Maevi. 
 
 Atque idem jungat vulpes, et mulgeat hircos. 
 
 (L.) Virg. E. 3, 90. 
 
 Who hates not Bavins' odes, loves Maevius' notes : 
 And let the same yoke wolves and milk he -goats. Ed. 
 
 4158. Qui cavet, ne decipiatur, vix cavet, quum etiam cavet. 
 
 Etiam quum cavisse ratus est, ssepe is cautor captus est. 
 (L.) Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5. He who is on his guard
 
 446 QUI CONDUCIT. 
 
 against trickery, is scarce wary enough, wary tho' he be. 
 Even when he thinks he's taken all precautions, he is not 
 so clever but what he's often caught. 
 
 4159. Qui conducit. (L.) He who leads. Lord Borthwick. 
 
 4160. Quiconque s'imagine la pouvoir mieux e'crire, ne 1'entend 
 
 pas. (Fr.) Fleury? Whoever thinks he can write it 
 (the Gospels) in a letter way than the original, shows that 
 he does not understand it. 
 
 4161. Quicquid agas, prudenter agas, et respice finem. (L.)1 
 
 Whatever you may be doing, do it with care, and bear the 
 end in view. 
 
 4162. Quicquid ages igitur, magna spectabere scena. (L.} Ov. 
 
 Ep. 3, 1, 59. Whatever therefore you do, will be dis- 
 played upon an extensive stage. You will have a grand 
 field for your talents, and be seen to advantage. 
 
 4163. Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, 
 
 Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 1, 85. 
 
 All that men do, their wishes, fear, and rage, 
 Pleasure, joy, bustle, crowd my motley page. Ed. 
 
 4164. Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 14. 
 
 Let kings go mad and blunder as they may, 
 
 The people in the end are sure to pay. Conington. 
 
 Of. Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident. (L.) 
 Phsedr. 1, 30, 1. Humble folk are in danger when great 
 ones fall out. 
 
 4165. Quicquid excessit modum Pendet instabili loco. (L.) Sen. 
 
 (Ed. 910. Everything that has overstepped the bounds 
 of moderation, is on the verge of falling. 
 
 4166. Quicquid gerimus, fortuna vocatur. (L.) Lucan. 5, 292. 
 
 All our exploits are put down to luck. 
 
 4167. Quicquid in his igitur vitii rude carmen habebit, 
 
 Emendaturus, si licuisset, erat. (L.) Ov. M. 1, Epigr. 
 6. Whatever faults, therefore, may be found in this 
 unpolished poem, the author would have corrected had 
 time allowed. 
 
 4168. Quicquid multis peccatur, inultum est. (L.) Lucan. 5, 
 
 260. Crime, when many are involved in it, goes un- 
 punished. 
 
 For laws in great rebellious lose their end, 
 And all go free when multitudes offend. Howe.
 
 QUID DOMINI. 447 
 
 4169. Quicunque turpi fraude semel innotuit, 
 
 . Etiamsi verum dicit, amittit fidem. (L.) Phgedr. 1, 10, 
 1. T/te man who has once been caught out in a shameful 
 falsehood is not believed even if he tell the truth. 
 
 4170. Qui Curios simulant, et Bacchanalia vivunt. (L.) Juv. 2, 
 
 3. Who affect the principles of the Curii, and live like 
 Bacchanals. M. C. Dentatus (Conqueror of Pyrrhus) 
 was noted for the simplicity of his life. 
 
 4171. Quid seternis minorem 
 
 Consiliis animum fatigas? (L.} Hor. C. 2, 11, 11. 
 Why, with thoughts too deep 
 O'ertask a mind of mortal frame ? Conington. 
 
 4172. Quid brevi fortes jaculamur sevo 
 
 Multa ] quid terras alio calentes 
 Sole mutamus 1 patrise quis exsul 
 
 Se quoque fugiU (L.) Hor. C. 2, 16, 17. 
 
 Why aim we with our puny force 
 At marks so far beyond our range ? 
 Or why desire our home to change 
 For climes warra'd by another sun ? 
 What exile from his native shores 
 Himself can shun ? Ed. 
 
 4173. Quid clarius astris? (L.) What brighter than the stars? 
 
 Lord Lamington. 
 
 4174. Quid crastina volveret setas 
 
 Scire nefas homini. (L.) Stat. T. 3, 562. 
 
 What coming ages may unfold, 
 
 To mortal man may not be told. Ed. 
 
 4175. Quid datur a Divis felici optatius hora? (L.) Cat. 62, 
 
 30. What better boon can Heaven bestow than the happy 
 nick of time ? 
 
 4176. Quid deceat, quid non obliti. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 62. 
 
 Lost to all self-respect, all sense of shame. Conington. 
 
 4177. Quid de quoque viro, et cui dicaa, ssepe caveto. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 68. 
 
 Beware, if there is room 
 For warning, what you mention, and to whom. Conington. 
 
 4178. Quid dignum tanto feret hie promissor hiatu 1 (L.) Hor. 
 
 A. P. 138. What will this promiser of great things pro- 
 duce, to follow such a pompous opening ? 
 
 4179. Quid domini facient audent quum talia f ures 1 (L.) Virg. 
 
 E. 3, 16. What can the masters do, when their own 
 servants take to thieving?
 
 448 QUID ENIM. 
 
 4180. Quid enim contendat hirondo 
 
 Cycneis 1 ? (L.) Lucret. 3, 6. 
 
 For how should swallows with the swan contend ? 
 Of. Virg. E. 8, 55 : Certent et cycnis ululse. Let owls 
 contend with sivans. 
 
 4181. Quid enim ratione timemus 
 
 Aut ciipimus ] quid tarn dextro pede concipis, ut te 
 Conatus non poeniteat, votique peracti 1 (L.) Juv. 10, 4. 
 
 For what, with reason, do we seek or shun ? 
 What plan, how happily soe'er begun, 
 But, finished, we our own success lament, 
 And rue the pains so fatally misspent ? Gifford. 
 
 4182. Quid enim salvis infamia nummis 1 ? (L.) Juv. 1, 48. 
 
 What matters disgrace provided the money is safe ? 
 
 4183. Quid est somnus gelidse nisi mortis imago 1 (L.) Ov. Am. 
 
 2, 9, 41. What is sleep but the image of cold death? 
 
 4184. Quid faciunt pauci contra tot millia fortes 1 (Z>.) Ov. F. 
 
 2, 229. What can a few gallant fellows do against so 
 many thousand ? 
 
 4185. Quid furor est census corpore ferre suo ! (L.) Ov, A. A. 
 
 3, 172. What madness it is to carry all one's income on 
 one's back ! Extravagant dress. 
 
 4186. Quid leges sine moribus Vanse proficiunt 1 ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 3, 24, 35. 
 
 And what are laws, unless obeyed 
 
 By the same virtues they were made ? Francis. 
 
 4187. Quid, mea quum puguat sententia secum 1 ? 
 
 Quod petiit, spernit; repetit, quod nuper omisit? 
 ^Estuat et vitse disconvenit ordine toto ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 97. 
 
 How, if my mind's inconsequent ? Rejects 
 What late it longed for, what it loath'd affects ? 
 Shifts every moment, with itself at strife, 
 And makes a chaos of an ordered life ? Conington. 
 
 4188. Quid men tern traxisse polo, quid profuit altum 
 
 Erexisse caput, pecudum si more pererrat ? (L.) Claud? 
 What is man the better for deriving a soul from heaven, 
 and for being able to raise his countenance aloft, if he go 
 astray after the manner of brute beasts ? 
 
 4189. Quid minuat curas, quid te tibi reddat amicutn, 
 
 Quid pure tran quillet, honos, an dulce lucellum, 
 
 An secretum iter et fallentis semita vitse 1 (L.) Hor.
 
 QUIDQUID. 449 
 
 Ep. 1, 18, 101. (Ascertain) the secret which ivill lessen 
 your cares, and put you on good terms with yourself. 
 What is it that shall give you real peace of mind? Fame, 
 or pleasant gains? Or is it to be found in a retired 
 career, and in the path of an unnoticed life ? 
 
 4190. Quid non ebrietas designat? operta recludit, 
 
 Spes jubet esse ratas, in prselia trudit inertem, 
 Sollicitis aninris onus eximit : addocet artes. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16. 
 Drink. 
 
 Oh ! drink is mighty ! secrets it unlocks, 
 Turns hope to fact, sets cowards on to box, 
 Takes burden from the careworn, finds out parts 
 In stupid folks, and teaches unknown arts. Conington. 
 
 4191. Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, 
 
 Aiiri sacra fames? (Z/.) Virg. A. 3, 56. 
 
 Fell lust of gold ! abhorred, accurst ! 
 
 What will not man to slake such thirst ? Conington. 
 
 4192. Quid nos dura refugimus ^Etas 1 quid intactum nefasti 
 
 Liquimus 1 (Z.) Hor. C. 1, 35, 34. 
 
 Oh ! Iron Time, 
 
 What horror have we left undone ? 
 Has conscience shrunk from aught of crime ? Conington. 
 
 4193. Quid numeras annos ? vixi maturior annis. 
 
 Acta senem faciunt ; hsec numeranda tibi. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Liv. 447. 
 
 Why number years ? His years man oft outstrips. 
 "Tis deeds give age : let these be on your lips. Ed. 
 
 4194. Quid nunc? (L.)What nowl What news? Name 
 
 given to people who are always gaping for news. 
 
 4195. Quid obseratis auribus fundis preces? (L.) Hor. Epod. 
 
 17, 53. Why do you pour your prayers into ears that 
 are sealed against your petition ? 
 
 4196. Quid oportet Nos facere, a vulgo longe lateque remotes'? 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 6, 17. 
 
 Say, how shall we, who differ far and wide 
 
 From the mere vulgar, this great point decide ? Francis. 
 
 4197. Quid pro quo. (L.) An equivalent. 
 
 4198. Quidquid dicunt, laudo : id rursum si negant, laudo id quoque. 
 
 Negat quis ? Nego. Ait ? Aio. Postremo impetravi 
 
 egomet mibi 
 
 Omnia assentari, is qusestus nunc est multo uberrimus. 
 
 (L.) Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 20. 
 2 F
 
 450 QTJIDQITID. 
 
 The Parasite. 
 
 (Gnatho loq. ) Whatever they affirm, I praise it. If again 
 They contradict the same, I praise that too. 
 If they deny, why so do I ! Do they affirm ? 
 My affirmation's ready. In a word, 
 I've schooled myself to yield assent on every head. 
 This is, by far, the best of all professions. Ed. 
 
 4199. Quidquid prsecipies, esto brevis, ut cito dicta 
 
 Perci plant animi dociles, teneaiitque fideles. 
 Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 335. 
 
 Whene'er you lecture, be concise : the soul 
 Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole, 
 But pour in water when the vessel's filled, 
 It simply dribbles over and is spilled. Canington. 
 
 4200. Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis 
 
 Cautum est in horas. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 13, 13. Man 
 never takes sufficient precaution to shun the dangers of 
 the hour. 
 
 4201. Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te 
 
 Fabula narratur. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 69. 
 
 Wherefore do you laugh ? 
 Change but the name, of thee the tale is told. Francis. 
 
 4202. Quid Romse faciam 1 mentiri nescio : librum 
 
 Si mains est, nequeo laudare et poscere. (Z.) Juv. 3, 41. 
 
 What should I do at Rome ? I cannot lie. 
 
 If a book's bad, I'll neither praise, nor buy. Ed. 
 
 4203. Quid si nunc ccelum ruat? (L.) Prov. Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 
 
 41. What if the sky were to fall now? Improbabilities. 
 
 4204. Quid sit futurum eras fuge quaerere, et 
 
 Quern sors dierum cunque dabit, lucro 
 
 Appone. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 9, 13. 
 
 Oh ! ask not what the morn will bring, 
 
 But count as gain each day that chance 
 May give you. Conington. 
 
 4205. Quid tarn difficile quam in controversiis plurimonim dijudi- 
 
 candis, ab omnibus diligi ] Consequeris tamen, ut etiam 
 ipsos quos contra statuas, sequos placatosque dimittas : 
 itaque efficis ut, quum nihil gratiae causa facias, tamen 
 omnia sint grata quse facis. (L.) Cic. Or. 10, 34. 
 What could be more difficult than that the judge who has 
 to decide a multitude of cases should be universally loved ? 
 You, however, succeed in leaving a sense of justice and 
 satisfaction even with those against whom judgment w
 
 QUID VERUM. 451 
 
 given ; and so it comes about that tJiough you do nothing 
 by favour, all that you do is favourably received. A high 
 encomium for a judge and, as happily as deservedly, 
 applied to Baron Bramwell on his retirement by Lord 
 Chief Justice Coleridge. 
 
 4206. Quid te exempta juvat spinis de pluribus una? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212. 
 
 Where is the gain in pulling from the mind 
 
 One thorn, if all the rest remain behind ? Conington. 
 
 If you only substitute one vice for another, how are you 
 the better for the change ? 
 
 4207. Quid te vana juvant miser* ludibria chartse 1 ? 
 
 Hoc lege, quod possit dicere vita, Meum est. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 10, 4, 7. 
 
 Why with such silly trash your mind debase ? 
 
 Read what your conscience echoes, Just my case ! Ed. 
 
 4208. Quid tibi cum pelago 1 Terra contenta fuisses. (L.) Ov. 
 
 Am. 3, 8, 49. What business have you with the sea? 
 You might have been content with the land. 
 
 4209. Quid tibi tantopere est, mortalis, quod nimis aegreis 
 
 Luctibus indulges 1 quid mortem congemis ac fles 1 
 Nam gratum fuerit tibi vita anteacta priorque, 
 Et non omnia, pertusum congesta quasi in vas, 
 Commoda perfluxere atque ingrata interfere ; 
 Quur non, ut plenus vitae conviva, recedis 
 ^Equo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem ? 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 3, 946. 
 
 Why this deep grief, poor child of mortal breath, 
 Why this sad weeping at the thought of death ? 
 If life has had its joys, and has not all 
 Run thro' a sieve, but can some sweets recall ; 
 Why dost thou not like a replenished guest 
 Rise, foolish one, and calmly take thy rest ? Ed. 
 
 4210. Quid tristes querimonise 
 
 Si non supplicio culpa reciditur ] (L.) Hor. C. 3, 24, 33. 
 
 What can sad complaints avail 
 Unless sharp justice kill the taint of sin ? Conington. 
 
 4211. Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo et omnis in hoc sum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1,1, 11. Truth, and taste, this is what 
 occupies me, what I am in search of and wholly absorbed 
 in. First four words, motto of Viscount Dungannon.
 
 452 QUID VICTOR. 
 
 4212. Quid victor gaudes ? Hsec te victoria perdet ! 
 
 Heu quanto regnis nox stetit una tuis. 
 
 (L.) Ov. F. 2, 811. 
 
 The Rape of Lucrece. 
 
 Why, conqueror, boast ? this victory all has lost : 
 How much a single night thy realm has cost ! Ed. 
 
 4213. Quid voveat dulci matricula majus alumno, 
 
 Quam sapere, et fari ut possit quse sentiat, et cui 
 Gratia, fama, valetudo contingat abunde, 
 Et mundus victus, non deficiente crumena? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8. 
 
 What could fond nurse wish more for her sweet pet 
 Than friends, good looks, and health without a let, 
 A shrewd clear head, a tongue to speak his mind 
 A seemly household, and a purse well lined. Conington. 
 
 4214. Qui ebriurn ludificat, Isedit absentem. (L.) Pub. Syr. ? 
 
 Who makes game of a drunken man, injures one who is 
 absent. 
 
 4215. Quien sabe? (S.) Who knows ? 
 
 4216. Qui est maitre de sa soif est maitre de sa santd. (Fr.) 
 
 Breton Prov. He ivho is master of his thirst, is master 
 of his health. 
 
 4217. Qui est plus esclave qu'un courtisan assidu si ce n'est un 
 
 courtisan plus assidu? (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. p. 
 159. Who can be more of a slave than an assiduous 
 courtier, unless it be another courtier, who is even still 
 more assiduous in paying his court ? 
 
 4218. Quieta non movere. (L.) Not to disturb things which are 
 
 at rest. 
 
 4219. Qui facit per alium facit per se. (L.) Law Max. Any 
 
 act which a man procures to be done by the agency of 
 another, he is in law considered to have done himself. 
 
 4220. Qui finem quseris amoris, 
 
 (Cedit amor rebus) res age, tutus eris. (Z.) Ov. R. A. 
 143. You seek to bring your love-making to an end. 
 Then, since love and business don't agree, be occupied and 
 you will be safe. 
 
 4221. Qui fingit sacros auro vel marmore vultus, 
 
 Non facit ille deos : qui rogat, ille facit. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 8, 24, 5. 
 
 He makes no gods who carves in gold or stone, 
 The man who worships makes the gods alone. Ed.
 
 QUI LIBET. 453 
 
 4222. Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem 
 
 Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, ilia 
 Contentus vivat ; laudet diversa sequentes 1 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 1. 
 
 How comes it, say, Maecenas, if you can 
 
 That none will live like a contented man 
 
 Where chance or choice directs, but each must praise 
 
 The folk who pass through life by other ways *Coninglon. 
 
 4223. Qui genus jactat suum Aliena laudat. (L.) Sen. Here. 
 
 Fur. 340. Who boasts of his descent, praises another's 
 worth. 
 
 4224. Qui haeret in litera hseret in cortice. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 He who only considers the letter of a document goes but 
 skin-deep into its meaning. Where the intention is 
 evident, too great a stress ought not to be laid upon the 
 strict signification of words, which degenerates into 
 word-splitting. 
 
 4225. Qui homo mature quaesivit pecuniam 
 
 Nisi earn mature parcit, mature esurit. (L.) Plaut. 
 Cure. 3, 1, 10. He who has got wealth betimes, unless he 
 save betimes, will come to want betimes. 
 
 4226. Qui invidet minor est. (L.) He who envies another proves 
 
 himself his inferior. Motto of Earl Cadogan. 
 
 4227. Qui jacet in terra non habet unde cadat. (L.) Alain de 
 
 Lille, lib. Parab. c. 2. Who lies upon the ground can 
 fall no lower. 
 
 This line being quoted by Charles I. to M. de Bellievre (the French 
 minister), who was for the king's flying, the ambassador replied, 
 "Sire, on peut lui faire tomber la tete." 
 
 Cf. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, Pt. 2 : " He that is down needs fear 
 no fall ;" and Butler, Hudibras, 1, 3, 877 : " He that is down can 
 fall no lower." 
 
 4228. Qui jure suo utitur, neminem Isedit. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 He who uses his own proper rights, injures no man. 
 
 4229. Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo 
 
 fecisse, quia parere necesse est. (L.) Law Max. When 
 any one does an act by order of a judge, he will not be 
 held in law to have acted from any wrongful motive, 
 because he had no choice but to obey. 
 
 4230. Qui libet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto. (L.) 
 
 Law Max. Any man is at liberty to renounce tJie benefit 
 of rights introduced entirely in his own favour.
 
 454 QUI ME. 
 
 4231. Qui me commorit, melius non tangere, clamo, 
 
 Flebit, et insignis tota cantabitur urbe. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 1, 45. 
 
 But should one seek 
 
 To quarrel with me, you shall hear him shriek. 
 Don't say I gave no warning : up and down 
 He shall be trolled and chorussed thro' the town. Conington. 
 
 4232. Qui medice vivit, rnisere vivit. (L.) Prov. He who lives 
 
 by medical prescription, leads a miserable life. 
 
 4233. Qui mores hominum multorum vidit, et urbes. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 142. 
 Ulysses. 
 Who towns and men and many manners saw. 
 
 4234. Qui n'a pas 1'esprit de son age 
 
 De son age a tout le malheur. 
 
 (Fr.) Volt, (to Cideville, 1741). 
 
 Who lacks the spirit of his age 
 
 Has nought but its unhappiness. Ed. 
 
 4235. Qui n'a plus qu'un moment a vivre 
 
 N'a plus rien a dissimuler. (Fr.) Quinault, Atys. He 
 who has but a moment more to live, IMS no cause for dis- 
 sembling. 
 
 4236. Qui n'a point d'amour n'a pas de beaux jours. (Fr.) He 
 
 who loves not, has no happy days. 
 
 4237. Quin corpus onustum 
 
 Hesternis vitiis animurn quoque praegravat una, 
 Atque affigit humo divinse particulam aurse. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 77. 
 
 Aye, and the body, clogged with the excess 
 
 Of yesterday, drags down the mind no less, 
 
 And fastens to the ground in living death 
 
 That fiery particle of heaven's own breath. Conington. 
 
 4238. Qui ne sait obeir, ne sait commander. (Fr.) Breton Prov. 
 
 Wlio knows not how to obey, knows not how to command. 
 
 4239. Qui ne sait pas, trouvera a apprendre. (Fr.) Breton 
 
 Prov. He that is ignorant, can learn. 
 
 4240. Qui ne sait se borner, ne sut jamais e*crire. (Fr.) Boil. 
 
 A. P. He who cannot keep himself within bounds, will 
 never write anything. 
 
 4241. Qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum 
 
 Postulat, ignoscat verrucis illius. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 73. 
 
 He that has fears his blotches may offend 
 
 Speaks gently of the pimples of his friend. Conington.
 
 QUI PKETE. 455 
 
 4242. Qui nil molitur inepte. (L.) Hor. A. P. 140. One who 
 
 never turns out foolish work. Said of a good poet. 
 
 4243. Qui nil potest sperare, desperet nihil. (L.) Sen. Med. 
 
 163. Who nought can hope, should nought despair. 
 
 4244. Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 9, 46. 
 
 If any man wish to escape idleness, let him fall in love. 
 
 4245. Qui non est hodie, eras minus aptus exit. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 
 94. He who is not ready to-day, will be less ready to- 
 morrow. 
 
 4246. Qui non laborat, non manducet. (L.) Vulg. Thess. 2, 3, 
 
 10. If any will not work, neither let him eat. 
 
 4247. Qui non moderabitur irse 
 
 Infectum volet esse, dolor quod suaserit et uiens 
 Dum psenas odio per vim festinat inulto. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59. 
 
 Who governs not his wrath will wish undone 
 
 The deeds he did when the rash mood was on. Conington. 
 
 4248. Qui non prohibet quod prohibere potest assentire videtur. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. He who does not hinder that which he 
 can hinder is held to assent. 
 
 4249. Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum 
 
 Illuc unde negant redire quemquam. (L.) Cat. 3, 11. 
 
 Who now is travelling to that darksome bourn, 
 From which they say no traveller may return. Ed. 
 
 4250. Qui parcit virgae odit filium. (L.) Vulg. Prov. xiii. 24. 
 
 He that spareth his rod, hateth his son. Motto of Loutb 
 Grammar School. 
 
 4251. Qui patitur vincit. (L.) Who suffers, conquers. Lord 
 
 Kinnaird. 
 
 4252. Qui peccat ebrius luat sobiius. (L.) Law Max. He that 
 
 is guilty of an offence when he is drunk, shall pay the 
 penalty thereof when he is sober. 
 
 4253. Qui pense. (Fr.)-Who thinks. M. of the Earl of Howth. 
 
 4254. Qui perd pe*che. (Fr.) Prov. He tvho loses sins. 
 
 4255. Qui potest mulieres vitare vitet : nt quotidie 
 
 Pridie caveat, ne faciat, quod pigeat postridie. (L.) 
 Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 64. He that can avoid women, let 
 him do so, so as to take care each day not to do what he 
 may regret on the morrow. 
 
 4256. Qui prete a 1'ami perd an double. (Fr.) Prov. He wlio 
 
 lends money to a friend, loses both.
 
 456 QUI PRIOR. 
 
 4257. Qui prior est tempore, potior est jure. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 The man who is first in point of time has the better right 
 (title) of the two. 
 
 4258. Quique sacerdotes casti dum vita manebat, 
 
 Quique pii vates, et Phcebo digna locuti, 
 Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes ; 
 Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo ; 
 Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 661. 
 
 The Blessed in Elysium. 
 
 Priests, who while earthly life remained 
 
 Preserved that life unsoiled unstained ; 
 
 Blest bards, transparent souls and clear, 
 
 Whose song was worthy Phoebus' ear ; 
 
 Inventors, who by arts refined 
 
 The common life of human kind, 
 
 With all who grateful memory won 
 
 By services to others done : 
 
 A goodly brotherhood bedight 
 
 "With coronals of virgin white. Conington. 
 
 4259. Qui que tu sois, voici ton maitre ; 
 
 II 1'est, le fut, ou le doit 6tre. (Fr.) Volt. ? 
 
 Inscription for a bust of Cupid. 
 
 See here your master, be you who you maj r , 
 He is, or was, or shall be your's one day. Ed. 
 
 4260. Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam 
 
 Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis, at ille 
 Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis sevum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40. 
 
 Procrastination. 
 
 He who puts off the time for mending, stands 
 
 A clodpoll by the stream with folded hands 
 
 Waiting till all the water be gone past, 
 
 But it will run and run while time shall last. Conington. 
 
 4261. Qui rit Yendredi, Dimanche pleurera. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Racine, Plaideurs (Monologue du petit Jean). He who 
 laughs Friday, will weep Sunday. His good fortune is 
 too lucky to last long. 
 
 4262. Qui sait dissimuler, sait re"gner. (Fr.) Prov. The man 
 
 that knows how to dissemble, knows how to reign. 
 [? Whether the devise, according to Philip de Comines, 
 of Louis XL, or derived from Machiavelli's Prince.]
 
 QUISNAM. 457 
 
 4263. Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus 
 
 Tarn cari capitis 1 (L.) Hor. C. 1, 24, 1. 
 
 Why blush to let our tears unmeasured fall 
 For one so dear ? Conington. 
 
 4264. Qui semel aspexit quantum dimissa petitis 
 
 Prsestent, mature redeat repetatque relicta. 
 Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 96. 
 
 He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse 
 
 Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse ; 
 
 For still when all is said the rule stands fast, 
 
 That each man's shoe be made on his own last. Conington. 
 
 4265. Qui sentit commodum, sentire debet et onus. (Z/.) Law 
 
 Max. He who derives t/ie advantage ought to sustain 
 the burthen. 
 
 4266. Qui se sent galeux se grate. (Fr.) Prov. Whom the cap 
 
 Jits, let him wear it. 
 
 4267. Quis est enim, qui totum diem jaculans, non aliquando 
 
 collineat? (L.) Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121. Who is there 
 who is shooting all day long but will sometimes hit the 
 mark ? Of happy guesses, lucky prophecies. 
 
 4268. Quis fallere possit amantem? (L.) Yirg. A. 4, 296. Who 
 
 can deceive a heart that loves ? 
 
 4269. Qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam. 
 
 Quibu' divitias pollicentur, ab iis drachmam ipsi petunt. 
 De his divitiis sibi deducant drachmam, reddant caetera. 
 (L.) Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132. They don't know 
 the way themselves, and pretend to show it to others. 
 They promise wealth to those they are glad enough to get 
 a shilling from. I say, let them take the shilling out of 
 this promised wealth, and hand over the balance I On 
 astrologers, fortune-tellers, quacks. 
 
 4270. Qui sic jocatur, tractantem ut seria vincat, 
 
 Seria quum faciet, die rogo, quantus erit? (L.) Theod. 
 Beza. He who in jest has surpassed all writers of sober 
 facts, tell me, I pray, how great he would be if he kept to 
 serious topics only I Eulogium of Beza upon Rabelais. 
 
 4271. Quisnam igitur liber? Sapiens qui sibi imperiosus ; 
 
 Quern neque pauperies neque mors neque vincula terrent; 
 Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores 
 Fortis, et in seipso totus teres atque rotundus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 83.
 
 458 QUIS NESCIT. 
 
 Who then is free ? The sage who self restrains ; 
 \Vlio fears nor poverty, nor death, nor chains. 
 "Who can control his passions, can despise 
 Firmly the honours dangled 'fore his eyes, 
 And, free from crotchets, on himself relies. Ed. 
 
 4272. Quis nescit, primam esse historise legem, ne quid falsi 
 
 dicere audeat 1 } Deinde ne quid veri non audeatl ne 
 qua suspicio gratise sit in scribendo ? ne qua simultatis 1 
 (L.) Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 62. Who does not know that it 
 in the first duty of a historian not to dare to say anything 
 that is false, and the second not to suppress anything that 
 is true ? To guard at once against all suspicion of 
 partiality in his writings, and against all feelings of 
 resentment. 
 
 4273. Quisque suos patimur Manes : exinde per amplum 
 
 Mittimur Elysium, et pauci Iseta arva tenemus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 743. 
 
 Purgatory. 
 
 Each for himself, we all sustain 
 The durance of our ghostly pain ; 
 Then to Elysium we repair 
 The few, and breathe the blissful air. Coninglon. 
 
 4274. Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? 
 
 (L.) Who, what, where, by what means, why, how, when ? 
 A doggerel memoria technica containing all the possible 
 parts into which any subject may be divided for analysis. 
 
 4275. Quisquis amat dictis absentem rodere vitam, 
 
 Hanc mensam vetitam noverit esse sibi. 
 
 (L.) S. August. Paraphr. Ps. 15, 3. 
 
 He that is wont to slander absent men, 
 Shall never at this table sit again. Dr Neale. 
 
 4276. Quis scit an adjiciant hodiernse crastina sunirnae 
 
 Tempora Di super! 1 (L.) Hor. C. 4, 7, 17. WJio 
 Jcnoivs if God will add a morrow to the total of to-day ? 
 
 4277. Quis separabitl (L.) W/io shall separate? scil. Great 
 
 Britain and Ireland. Motto of the Order of St Patrick, 
 and 86th and 88th Eegiments. 
 
 4278. Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes? 
 
 Quis caelum terris non misceat, ac mare caelo, 
 Si fur displiceat Yerri, homicida Miloni, 
 Clodius accuset moechos, Catilina Cethegum 1 
 
 (L.) Juv." 2, 24.
 
 QUI VETJT. 459 
 
 Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi blame sedition ? 
 Who would not think things in a strange condition 
 If Verres thought a thief s a vile profession, 
 Or Milo shunn'd the touch of an assassin ? 
 If Clodius took adulterers to task 
 Or Catiline should conspiracy unmask ? Ed. 
 The Gracchi (Tiberius and Caius Gracchus) were tribunes of Rome, 
 and mixed up in almost every seditious plot of their time. Their 
 names were synonymous for rebellion, just as those of Verres, 
 Milo, and Clodius were identified with theft, murder, and adultery. 
 
 4279. Qui stultus honores 
 
 Ssepe dat indignis, et famae servit ineptus. 
 
 Qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 6, 15. 
 
 Flunkeyism. 
 
 The people who, you know, bestow the prize 
 On men most worthless, and, like slaves to fame 
 Bow to the ground before a titled name, 
 And, wrapt with awestruck admiration, gaze 
 If the great man a coronet displays. Qifford. 
 
 4280. Qui tacet consentire videtur. (L.) Law Max. Silence 
 
 gives consent. 
 
 4281. Qui tarn. (L.) Law Term. Who as well. 
 
 A penal action, in which half the penalty goes to the Crown, and 
 the other half to the informer. The plaintiff in the Latin form of 
 the writ is described as one, qui tarn pro domino rege quam pro se 
 ipso, etc., i.e., suing as well for the king as for himself. 
 
 4282. Qui terret plus ipse timet : sors ista tyrannis 
 
 Convenit. (L.) Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 290. 
 
 Who causes fear, himself shall suffer worse : 
 Such ever is the tyrant's fitting curse. Ed. 
 
 4283. Qui timide rogat, docet negare. (L.) Sen. Hipp. 594. 
 
 He who asks timidly, courts a refusal to his request. 
 Claims urged with a certain degree of confidence, are the 
 most likely to be successful. 
 
 4284. Qui trop embrasse, mal e'treint. (Fr.) Prov. lie who 
 
 embraces too much, will hold but ill. He who attempts 
 too much, as a rule fails. A man allowed to take as 
 many sovereigns out of a bag as he could hold, would 
 grasp more than he could grip. 
 
 4285. Qui uti scit, ei bona. Ter. Heaut. 1, 3. (Fortune) is good to 
 
 him who knows how to make good use of her. Lord Berwick. 
 
 4286. Qui veut la fin, veut les moyens. (fr.) Prov. Who 
 
 wishes the end, wishes the means.
 
 460 QUI VIT. 
 
 4287. Qui vit sans folie, n'est pas si sage qu'il croit. (fr.) Prov. 
 
 Talleyrand IHe who is never guilty of folly (nonsense, 
 foolery) is not as wise as he fancies. Solemnity and 
 stupidity often go together. 
 
 4288. Qui vult decipi, decipiatur. (Z.) Law Max. He who 
 
 chooses to be deceived, let him be deceived. If a man buy 
 a horse without a warranty on the mere assertion of its 
 good qualities by the vendor, it is his own fault if he is 
 jockeyed. 
 
 4289. Quoad hoc. (Z.) As to this. So far Quoad hoc, I agree 
 
 with you. 
 
 4290. Quo animo. (L.} With what intention. The criminality 
 
 of an act is aggravated, or extenuated, by the animus 
 (intention) with which it appears to have been committed. 
 
 4291. Quocirca vivite fortes 
 
 Fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 2, 135. 
 
 Why then, my lads, don't let your courage fail, 
 But show a gallant front against the gale ! Ed. 
 
 4292. Quocunque aspicio, nihil est nisi mortis imago. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 11, 23. 
 
 Turn where I may, look where I will 
 Pictures of death confront me still. Ed. 
 
 4293. Quod ab initio non valet in tractu temporis non convalescit. 
 
 (L.) Law Max. That which was void from the beginning 
 does not become valid by lapse of time. Thus a marriage 
 illegally contracted (e.g., with a deceased wife's sister) 
 does not become legal because the parties have lived as 
 man and wife for several years. 
 
 4294. Quod avertat Deus ! (L.) God forbid. 
 
 4295. Quod commune cum alio est, desinit esse proprium. (L.) 
 
 Quint. 7, 3, 24. What one has to share with another, 
 ceases to be any longer one's own. 
 
 4296. Quodcunque attigerit si qua est studiosa sinistri, 
 
 Ad vitium mores instruct inde suos. (L.) Ov. T. 2, 257. 
 
 What women read, if they've a vicious leaning, 
 They're sure t' interpret with immoral meaning. Ed. 
 
 4297. Quodcunque ostendis mihi sic, incredulus odi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 5. 
 
 If scenes like these before my eyes be thrust, 
 
 They shock belief and generate disgust. Conington.
 
 QUOD SEMPER. 461 
 
 4298. Quod eorum minimis mihi. (L.) Whatsoever [ye shall do] 
 
 to the least of these, [ye do] to Me. Motto of the Corpora- 
 tion of the Sons of the Clergy. 
 
 4299. Quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.), and Quod erat facien- 
 
 dum (Q.E.F.). (L.) Which was to be proved, and Which 
 was to be done, formulae with which the Tfieorems and 
 the Problems of Euclid severally terminate. 
 
 4300. Quod est absurdum (or Q.E.A.). (L.) Which is absurd. 
 
 Argument in logic or in mathematics, in which the 
 opposite view is refuted by demonstration of its absurdity, 
 and termed therefore a Reductio ad absurdutn, 
 
 4301. Quod medicorum est 
 
 Promittunt medici, tractant fabrilia fabi-i. 
 Scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 115. 
 
 Doctors prescribe, who understand the rules, 
 
 And only workmen handle workmen's tools : 
 
 But literate and illiterate, those who can, 
 
 And those who can't, write verses to a man. Sir T. Martin. 
 
 4302. Quod nimis miseri volunt, hoc facile credunt. (Z.) Sen. 
 
 Here. Fur. 313. Whatever the wretched anxiously wish 
 for, they are only too ready to believe. 
 
 4303. Quod non es, simula, (L.) Ov. R. A. 497. Feign to be 
 
 that which you are not. 
 
 4304. Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Troad. 3, 2. Honour often forbids what the law itself 
 allows. 
 
 4305. Quod nunc ratio' est, impetus ante fuit. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 
 10. WJiat is now a science (viz., the art of loving) icas 
 originally mere impulse. 
 
 4306. Quod potui perfeci. (L.) / have done what I could. 
 
 Motto of Viscount Melville. 
 
 4307. Quod satis est cui contingit, nihil amplius optet. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46. 
 
 Having got 
 What will suffice you, seek no happier lot. Conington. 
 
 4308. Quod semper, quod ubique, et quod ab omnibus. (Z.) 
 
 Vine. Lerin. 1 WJiat has always, everywhere, and by all 
 [been believed]. 
 
 Definition of the Catholick Faith or Tradition. To require the 
 literal application of this theological axiom to every point of tho 
 received Faith, would be to destroy its force. No doctrine, not
 
 462 QUOD SI. 
 
 excepting that of the Holy Trinity itself, could stand such a test. 
 It would imply, rather, the general concurrence of the Church's 
 teaching with what has been taught from the beginning and, 
 negatively, the absence of all conflicting statements the other way. 
 
 4309. Quod si deficiant vires audacia eerte 
 
 Laus erit ; in magnis et voluisse sat est. 
 
 (L.) Prop. 2, 10, 5. 
 
 Though you should fail, I'll praise your courage still, 
 In great attempts enough to show the will. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Tibullus 4, 1, 7 : 
 
 Est nobis voluisse satis ; nee munera parva 
 
 Eespueris. Let the will stand for the deed, and despise not 
 
 gifts though small. 
 
 and Ov. Ep. 3, 4, 79 : 
 
 Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas. Though the 
 
 power be wanting, yet the will deserves praise. 
 
 and 
 
 Ut jam nil prsestes, animi sum factus amici 
 
 Debitor, et meritum velle juvare voco. Ov. Ep. 4, 8, 5. 
 
 Though you cannot give me any assistance, lam still indebted for 
 
 your friendly disposition, and I consider the willingness to help a 
 
 merit. 
 
 4310. Quod si in hoc erro, quod animos hominum immortales esse 
 
 ci'edarn, lubenter erro ; nee mihi hunc errorem quo 
 delector, dum vivo, extorqueri volo. (L.) Cic. Sen. 23, 
 85. But if I am mistaken in my belief in the immortality 
 of the soul, I am glad to be so deceived, nor would I part 
 with the pleasing delusion as long as I live. 
 
 4311. Quod si mea numina non sunt 
 
 Magna satis, dubitem baud equidem implorare quod 
 
 usquam est. 
 Flectere si nequeo superos Acberonta movebo. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 7, 310. . 
 
 If strength like mine be yet too weak, 
 
 I care not whose the aid I seek : 
 
 What choice 'twixt under and above ? 
 
 If heaven be firm, the shades shall move. Conington, 
 If the gods of Elysium will not help me, I must have recourse to 
 the powers of the lower world. This is the speech of Juno, when 
 she turned to the Furies to stay the onward progress of ./Eneas. 
 The words have been applied to any appeal from a higher to a 
 lower tribunal ; from the Crown to the nation, from the Upper 
 House to the Lower, from Parliament to the people, from ministers 
 to the mob. 
 
 4312. Quod sis esse velis, nibilque malis : 
 
 Summum nee metuas diem, nee optes. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 10, 47, 12.
 
 QUO JURE. 463 
 
 Choose what you are, no other state prefer ; 
 And your last day neither desire nor fear. Ed. 
 Cf. Milton, Paradise Lost, 11, 553 : 
 
 Nor love thy life, nor hate ; but what thou liv'st 
 Live well ; how long or short permit to heaven. 
 
 4313. Quod'st ante pedes nemo spectat : cteli 
 
 Scrutantur plagas. (L.) Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30. 
 What is lying before one's feet no one looks at, they 
 examine the tracts of heaven. Veiy often the objects 
 nearest the eye are overlooked for others more distant. 
 
 4314. Quod sursum volo videre. (L.) I wish to see t/tat which 
 
 is above. Motto of Earl of Dunraven. 
 
 4315. Quod verum est, meum est. Perse verabo Epicuvum tibi 
 
 ingerere, ut isti qui in verba jurant, nee quid dicatur 
 sestimant sed a quo, sciant quae optima sunt esse coin- 
 munia. (Z.) Sen. Ep. 12. What is true, is my property. 
 I shall go on quoting Epicurus to you, in order that 
 those who swear by particular authors, never considering 
 what is said, but only who says it, may know that all the 
 best maxims are common property. 
 
 4316. Quod verum, tutum. (L.) What is true, is safe. Earl of 
 
 Devon. 
 
 4317. Quod vide (videas) or q.v. (L.) Which see. Refer to 
 
 such or such a passage. 
 
 4318. Quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur; 
 
 Quicquid erit, superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 5, 709. 
 
 My chief, let fate cry on or back 
 
 Tis ours to follow, nothing slack : 
 
 Whate'er betide, he only cures 
 
 The stroke of Fortune who endures. Conington. 
 
 4319. Quo fata vocant. (L.) -Wliither itie Fates call. Motto of 
 
 5th Regiment of Foot, Lords Thuiiow and De Lisle and 
 Dudley. 
 
 4320. Quoiqu'en dise Aristote et sa digne cabale, 
 
 Le tabac est divin, il n'est rien qui n'e'gale. 
 
 (Fr.) Corneille (T.) Festin de P. 
 
 For all that Aristotle and his crew may state, 
 Tobacco is divine, and it has not its mate. Ed. 
 
 4321. Quo jure. (L.) By what right. (2.) Quo jure quaque 
 
 injuria. Ter. And. 1, 3, 9. Right or wrong.
 
 464 QUO MTHI. 
 
 4322. Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12. 
 
 Why should the gods have put me at my ease, 
 
 If I mayn't use my fortune as I please ? Conington. 
 
 4323. Quondam his vicimus armis. (L.) We formerly conquered 
 
 with these arms. Motto of Lord Dorchester. 
 
 4324. Qu'on me donne six lignes e'crites de la main du plus 
 
 bonne 1 te honune, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre. 
 (Fr.) Let any one give me half a dozen lines written by 
 the most honest of men, and I will find in them enough to 
 hang him for it. A brutal saying falsely ascribed to 
 Richelieu and more fit for Jeffreys. Fournier (L'Esprit 
 dans PHistoire) thinks it probable that the saying is 
 either that of Laffe'mas or Laubardemont. 
 
 4325. Quo non ars penetrat? Discunt lacrymare decenter : 
 
 Quoque volunt plorant tempore, quoque modo. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 291. 
 
 What will not art ? They learn to weep with grace : 
 And tears well forth to suit the time and place. Ed. 
 
 4326. Qu'on parle bien ou mal du fameux 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. 
 
 (Fr.) Corneille. 
 
 Richelieu. 
 
 Of this Cardinal great let men speak as they will, 
 In verse or in prose I'll not mention his name : 
 Too much good did he to me, to speak of him ill, 
 Too much ill, to uphold his good fame. Ed. 
 
 4327. Quo res cunque cadent, unum et commune periclum, 
 
 Una salus ambobus erit. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 709. 
 
 Now, whether fortune smiles or lowers, 
 
 One risk, one safety shall be ours. Conington. 
 
 4328. Quo ruitis generx>sa domus ? male creditur hosti : 
 
 Simplex nobilitas, perfida tela cave ! 
 
 (L.) Ov. F. 2, 225. 
 
 Whither, high-born house ? 'Tis ill to trust the foe : 
 Ye guileless chiefs beware a traitor's blow ! Ed. 
 
 Addressed to the Fabii who, entrapped in ambuscade by 
 the Yeientes, were exterminated to a man.
 
 QUO TENEAM. 465 
 
 4329. Quos (or quern) Deus vult perdere prius dementat. (L.) 
 
 Those (or he) whom God would ruin He first deprives 
 of reason. Trans, by Barnes of a fragment of Euripides : 
 
 6rav d dai/j.uv avdpl Tro/xriVjj K.O.K.O., 
 
 rbv vovv ?/3\oi/'e wpGrrov. (Or.) When the Deity would prepare 
 evil for a man, he first perverts his reason. 
 
 4330. Quos ego . (L.) Virg. A. 1, 135. Whom I (sc. 
 
 will punish). Instance of aposiopesis, or break in the 
 middle of a speech. 
 
 4331. Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorein 
 
 Testa diu. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 69. 
 
 The smell that's first imparted will adhere 
 
 To seasoned jars through many an after year. Conington. 
 
 4332. Quosque ego fraterno dilexi more sodales, 
 
 O mihi Thesea pectora juncta fide ! 
 Dura licet, amplectar : nunquam fortasse licebit 
 Amplius. In lucro, quae datur hora, mihi est. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 3, 65. 
 Parting. 
 And the comrades I loved with fraternal affection 
 
 (Hearts twined in a friendship that never can wane !) 
 While I may, I embrace them, in deepest dejection : 
 
 E'eu the moment allowed must be reckoned as gain. Ed. 
 
 4333. Quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum 
 
 Millia. (L.} Hor. S. 2, 1, 27. 
 
 Count all the folks in all the world, you'll find 
 
 A separate fancy for each separate mind. Conington. 
 
 4334. Quo tendis inertem 
 
 Rex periture f ugarn 1 Nescis, heu, perdite nescis 
 Quern fugias : hostes incurris, dum fugis hostem. 
 Incidis in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim. 
 
 (L.) Gautier, Alexandr. 5, 301. 
 
 Whither, doomed monarch, dost thou fly 
 
 With useless haste ? Oh misery ! 
 
 Thou know'st not whom t'avoid, and foes 
 
 Behind, before, around thee close : 
 
 Trying t' escape Charybdis' claws 
 
 Thou fallest into Scylla's jaws. Ed. 
 
 These lines are all that remain of a once favourite author of the 
 14th cent. Cf. Shakesp. Merchant of Venice, 3, 5: "Thus when I 
 shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother." 
 
 4335. Quo teneam vultus mutantem Protea nodo 1 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90. 
 
 How shall I hold this Proteus in my gripe, 
 How fix him down to cue enduring type 1 - Conington. 
 2o
 
 466 QUOT HOMINES. 
 
 4336. Quot homines, tot sententise ; suus cuique mos. (Z.) Ter. 
 
 Phorm. 2, 4, 14. Many men, many minds; every one 
 has his own humour. As many opinions as there are 
 persons to give them, and no two precisely alike. 
 
 4337. Quot paene verba tot sententise; qnot sensus, tot victoriae. 
 
 (L.) S. Yincent Lerin. Almost every word is a sentence 
 in itself, and every thought amounts to a demonstration. 
 Said of Tertullian's writings. 
 
 4338. Quot servi, tot hostes. (L.) Festus? So many servants, 
 
 so many enemies. Cf. Sen. Ep. 47 : Totidem esse hostes, 
 quot servos. You will have as many enemies as you keep 
 servants. 
 
 4339. Quo tua non possunt offendi pectora facto ; 
 
 Forsitan hoc alio judice crimen erit. (L.) Ov. R. A. 
 427. The action which does not offend your feelings, 
 perhaps in another's judgment will be deemed a grave 
 fault. 
 
 4340. Quonsque, tandem, Catilina, abutere patientia nostra ? (L.) 
 
 Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1. How long, Catiline, pray, ivill you 
 abuse our patience ? Opening words of Cicero's famous 
 invective against Catiline. 
 
 4341. Quum duo inter se pugnantia reperiuntur in testamento, 
 
 ultimum ratum est. (L.) Law Max. When there are 
 two clauses in a will that cannot both stand together, the 
 latter of the two shall prevail. The great object is, how- 
 ever, to ascertain the last intention of the testator, and 
 " to that we must sacrifice the inconsistent clause, 
 whether standing first or last, indifferently." Justice 
 Coleridge, Morrallv. Sutton, 1 Phill. 545, 546 (see Broom, 
 L. Max. p. 561). 
 
 4342. Quum furor in cursu est, currenti cede furori, 
 
 Difficiles aditus impetus omnis habet. 
 
 (L.) Ov. R. A. 119. 
 
 While the fit's on you, give the fever vent : 
 Access is hard until its force be spent. Ed. 
 
 4343. Quumque superba foret Babylon spolianda tropaeis, 
 
 Bella geri placuit nullos habitura triumphos. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 1, 10, 12. 
 Civil War. 
 
 And when proud Babylon might have been despoiled 
 By our victorious arms, it was resolved 
 To wage, instead, a war that never could 
 Be crowned with such triumphal consequence. Ed.
 
 RAISONNER, 467 
 
 Lord Macaulay (Essay on Rarike's History of the Popes) quotes the 
 lines in reference to the fruitless theological hostilities which the 
 various Protestant sects chose to wage against each other, in the 
 early history of the Reformation, instead of uniting their forces 
 against the unswerving front of the Catholick Church. 
 
 4344. Quum relego, scripsisse pudet : quia plurima cerno 
 
 Me qnoque qui feci judice, digna lini. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 5, 15. 
 
 When I read what I've written, I'm often abased ; 
 
 There's so much, in my judgment, that should be erased. Ed. 
 
 4345. Quum Romse fueris, Romano vivite more. (L.) When 
 
 you are at Rome, live as Home does. 
 
 On the question of fasting or no on Saturday, S. Ambrose replied 
 to S. Augustine, Quando hie (Milan) sum non jejuno Saboato; 
 quando Romas sum jejuno Sabbato: et ad quam cunquc ecddm 
 veneritis ejus morem servate, etc, S. Aug. Vol. ii. Bened. Ed. Ep. 
 36, p. 62. 
 
 4346. Quum sunt partiuni jura obscura, reo potius favendum est 
 
 quam actori. (L.) Law Max. When the claims of both 
 parties to a suit are doubtful, the defendant's case must 
 be favoured rather than that of the prosecutor. 
 
 4347. Quum talis sis, utinam noster esses! (L.) Would tJiat 
 
 you were one of us, since you display so admirable a 
 spirit ! Recognition of an opponent's worth. 
 
 4348. Qu'une nuit parait longue a la douleur qui veille ! (Fr.) 
 
 Saurin, Blanche et Guiscard. How long does the night 
 seem which is passed in wakeful grief. 
 
 R. 
 
 4349. Racine passera comme le cafe*. (Fr.) Racine will go out 
 
 of fashion like coffee. An absurdity laid to 'the door of 
 Mme. de SeVigne, by the process of dovetailing parts of 
 two letters, on Racine, and on coffee, written four years 
 apart. Yet "Voltaire seriously repeats the phrase in his 
 preface to Irene. 
 
 4350. Raison d'etre. (Fr.) The reason for anything being. 
 
 Ground, or justification of its existence. 
 
 4351. Raisonner sur 1'amour, c'est perdre la raison. (Fr.) 
 
 Boumers, Le Coeur. To reason about love is to lose one's 
 reason. Cf. La logique du cosur est absurde. Mile. 
 Lespinasse, Letter, Aug. 27, 1775. It is absurd to 
 bring logic to bear on affairs of the heart.
 
 468 RAPIAMUS. 
 
 4352. Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die. (L.) Hor. Epod. 13, 
 
 2. Friends, let us take advantage of the day. 
 
 4353. Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno. (L.) Juv. 
 
 6, 165. A bird rarely seen on the earth, and very like a 
 black swan. Anything extraordinary or unique is called 
 a rara avis. 
 
 4354. Rara est adeo concordia formse 
 
 Atque pudicitise. (L.) Juv. 10, 297. 
 
 So rare a thing is it to find 
 
 Beauty and modesty combined. Ed. 
 
 4355. Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quse velis, et quae 
 
 sentias dicere licet. (L.) Tac. H. 1, 1. A period, as 
 rare as it, was liappy ; when it was allowable not only to 
 think as we chose, but to give free utterance to one's 
 opinions, viz., the reigns of Nerva and Trajan, 96- 
 
 117A.D. 
 
 The character of Trajan's government is testified to by the senti- 
 ment, afterwards proverbial, with which each new successor to the 
 throne of the Caesars was greeted. The wish expressed was that 
 he might be Felicior Augusta, melior Trajano, As happy as 
 Augustus, as good as Trajan. 
 
 4356. Rarement a courir le monde on devient plus homme de bien. 
 
 (Fr.) 1 Seldom does he who is always running about the 
 world turn out a more honest man. 
 
 Last couplet of lines on the Danube, which rising in a Protestant 
 country flows into a Catholick one and, finally, empties itself 
 amongst the infidels. 
 
 4357. Rari quippe boni ; numero vix sunt totidem quot 
 
 Thebarum portae, vel divitis ostia Nili. (L.) Juv. 13, 26. 
 Few are the good : their numbers scarce compile 
 As many gates as Thebes, or mouths as Nile. Ed. 
 
 4358. Raro antecedentem scelestum 
 
 Deseruit pede poana claudo. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 2, 31. 
 
 Though vengeance halt, she seldom leaves 
 The wretch whose flying steps she hounds. Conington. 
 
 4359. Raro serrno illis, et magna libido tacendi. (L.) Juv. 2, 14. 
 
 Quakers. 
 Seldom they speak and silence much prefer. Ed. 
 
 4360. Rarus enim fere sensus communis in ilia 
 
 Fortuna. (L.) Juv. 8, 73. 
 
 With such a fortune, it were rare 
 
 If common -sense were also there. Ed.
 
 RECTIUS. 469 
 
 4361. Ratio justifica. (L.) The reason which justifies. (2.) 
 
 Ratio suasoria. The reason which persuades. (3.) Ratio 
 decidendi. The reason upon -which any decision is 
 grounded; the reason for so deciding. 
 
 4362. Rebus angustis animosus atque 
 
 Fortis appare, sapienter idem 
 Contrahes vento nimium secundo 
 
 Turgida vela. (Z.) Hor. C. 2, 10, 21. 
 
 Be brave in trouble ; meet distress 
 With dauntless front : but when the gale 
 Too prosperous blows, be wise no less 
 
 And shorten sail. Conington. 
 
 4363. Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam ; 
 
 Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 11, 56, 15. 
 True courage. 
 
 The coward flies to death his woes to cure : 
 The brave is he who can his woes endure. Ed. 
 
 4364. Receditur a placitis juris potius quam injuriae et delicta 
 
 maneant impunita. (L.) Law Max. (Bacon). The law 
 will dispense with legal technicalities rather than tliat 
 crimes and lorongs should go unpunished. 
 
 4365. Recepto Dulce mihi furere est amico. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 7, 27. 
 
 Oh ! 'tis sweet to fool, when friends come home again. 
 
 Conington. 
 
 4366. Recherche*. (-^V.) Sought for. R rHy a rien de plus 
 
 'recherche 1 , There is nothing more esteemed, more in 
 request. 
 
 4367. Recipiunt fceminse sustentacula a nobis. (Z.) Women 
 
 receive support from us. Motto of the Patten-makers' 
 Company. 
 
 4368. Recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc 
 
 Fecisti unquam. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7. (Hegio to 
 Stalagmus, loq.) You speak right and true enough, but 
 you have never acted rightly 'or truly yet. 
 
 4369. Recte et suaviter. (L.) Uprightly and mildfy. Motto of 
 
 Lord Scarsdale. 
 
 4370. Rectius vives, Licini, neque altum 
 
 Semper urgendo, neque dum procellas 
 Cautus horrescis, nimium premendo 
 
 Litus iniquum. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 10, 1.
 
 470 RECTJLER. 
 
 Avoid extremes. 
 Licinius, trust a seaman's lore ; 
 
 Steer not too boldly to the deep, 
 Nor fearing storms, by treacherous shore 
 Too closely creep. Conington. 
 
 4371. Reculer pour mieux sauter. (Fr.) '? To go back a step in 
 
 order to make a better leap. 
 
 This is said of any change of tactics, attitude, or position adopted 
 preparatory to taking some decided step. 
 
 4372. Reddere persona? scit convenientia cuique. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 316. 
 
 A good dramatist. 
 
 He can assign with nicely judging art 
 The sentiments peculiar to each part. Ed. 
 
 4373. Reddere qui voces jam scit puer, et pede certo 
 
 Signat humum, gestit paribus colludere, et iram 
 Colligit, ac ponit temere, et mutatur in horas. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 158. 
 The boy who just knows how to talk, 
 And feels his feet beneath him in his walk : 
 He, like his young companions, loves a game, 
 Soon vexed, soon soothed, and not two hours the same. 
 
 Conington. 
 
 4374. Redit agricolis labor actus in oi-bem, 
 
 Atque in se sua per vestigia volvitur annus. (L.) Virg. 
 G. 2, 401. The husbandman's work runs its round 
 again, and the circling year revolves in its former foot- 
 steps. 
 
 4375. Refricare obductam reipublicae cicatricem. (L.) Cic. Agr. 
 
 3, 2, 4. To open afresh a wound in the State which had 
 healed over. 
 
 4376. Reges dicuntur multis urgere culullis, 
 
 Et torquere mero, quern perspexisse laborent 
 
 An sit amicitia dignus. (Z.) Hor. A. P. 434. 
 
 'Tis said when kings a would-be friend will try, 
 
 With wine they rack him and with bumpers ply. Conington. 
 
 4377. Regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis. (L.) Ov. Ep. 
 
 2, 9, 11. Relieve me it is an act worthy of a king to 
 succour t/te fallen. 
 
 4378. Regibus hie mos est, ubi equos mercantur, opertos 
 
 Inspiciunt ; ne si facies (ut ssepe) decora 
 
 Molli fulta pede est, emptorem inducat hiantem ; 
 
 Quod pulchrse chines, breve quod caput, ardua cervix.
 
 RELATA. 471 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 2, 8G. When great men buy a horse, it is 
 their custom to look at it with its cloths off'; so that if, as 
 often happens, a fine forehand is supported by a soft hoof, 
 the buyer may not be taken in, who is gaping in admira- 
 tion because the animal has handsome hind quarters, a 
 small head, and arching neck. 
 
 4379. Regi et patriae fidelis. (L.) Loyal to king and country. 
 
 Motto of Earl of Norbury. 
 
 4380. Regium donum. (L.) A royal gift. An annual grant of 
 
 public money for the maintenance of the Presbyterian 
 clergy in Ireland. 
 
 4381. Regnare nolo, liber ut non aim mihi. (L.) Phgedr. 3, 7, 27. 
 
 The Dog and the Wolf. 
 
 I would not care to be a king 
 
 To lose my liberty. Ed. 
 
 4382. Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam cuiquam nocere, facti 
 
 vero ignorantiam non nocere. (L.) Law Max. The 
 rule in civil law is that ignorance of the law does not 
 excuse a man from the consequences of his actions, but 
 ignorance of a fact will stand him in such excuse. 
 
 4383. Regum sequabat opes animis, seraque revertens 
 
 Nocte domum, dapibus mensas onerabat inemptis. (L.) 
 Virg. G. 4, 132. His contented spirit equalled the wealth 
 of kings, and returning home late at night he would load 
 his table with unbought dainties. . 
 
 Late returning home, he supp'd at ease, 
 
 And wisely deem'd the wealth of monarchs less ; 
 
 The little of his own, because his own did please. Dryden. 
 
 4384. Re infecta. (L.) Cses. B. G. 7, 17, 5. The business being 
 
 unfinished. Without accomplishing the object desired. 
 
 4385. Re ipsa repperi, 
 
 Facilitate nihil esse homini melius, neque dementia. (Z.) 
 Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 6. Experience has taught me, that nothing 
 is more advantageous to a man than mildness and com- 
 plaisance. 
 
 4386. Reipublicse forma, laudari facilius quam evenire, vel si 
 
 evenit, baud diuturna esse potest. (L.) Tac. A. 4, 33. 
 To praise a republican form of government is more easy 
 than to establish it, and even if established, it cannot be 
 of long duration. 
 
 4387. Relata refero. (Z.) / tell the tale as told to me. I do not 
 
 vouch for its truth.
 
 472 RELEVER. 
 
 4388. Relever des bagatelles. (fr.) To give consequence to 
 
 trifles ; corresp. with the Lat. Nugis addere pondus, q. v. 
 
 4389. Religentem esse oportet, religiosum !st nefas. (L.) Poet. 
 
 ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1. A man should be devout but not a 
 devotee. Religious, without being superstitious. 
 
 4390. Rem facias : rem, 
 
 Si possis, recte, si non quocunque modo rem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 65. 
 
 Make money, money, man ; 
 Well, if so be, if not, which way you can. Conington. 
 
 4391. Remis velisque. (L.) Sil. 1, 568. With oar and sail, 
 
 i.e., with might and main ; so also, Remis ventisque, 
 Virg. A. 3, 563, With oars and wind. Of. Avmis et 
 castris, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84 ( With arms and camps), and 
 Eqiiis virisque, Liv. 5, 37 (With horse and foot), in same 
 sense, i.e., with vigour, tooth and nail. 
 
 4392. Rem tu strenuus auge. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 71. Do your 
 
 utmost to yet on. 
 
 4393. Renascentur. (L.) They will rise again. Motto of 
 
 Viscount Avonmoi'e. 
 
 4394. Renovate animos. (L.) Renew your spirits. Motto of 
 
 Earl of Kinnoull. 
 
 4395. Re opitulandum non verbis. (L.) Prov. Assistance 
 
 should be given in deeds, not in words. 
 
 4396. Repperit Deus nocentem. (L.) God finds out the guilty. 
 
 4397. Requiem seternam dona iis, Domine, et lux tua perpetua 
 
 illuceat iis. (L.) Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and 
 let thy perpetual light shine upon them. From the office 
 for the dead, and short customary form of prayer for the 
 rest of departed souls. 
 
 4398. Requiescat in pace, or R.I. P. (L.) Let him rest in peace. 
 
 Inscription on tombstones. 
 
 4399. Res dura, et regni novitas me talia cogunt 
 
 Moliri, et late fines custode tueri. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 563. 
 
 An infant realm and fortune hard 
 
 Compel me thus my shores to guard. Conington. 
 
 4400. Res est blanda can or, discant cantare puellse. (Z.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 3, 315. Singing is a charming accomplishment, 
 and girls should learn to acquire it. 
 
 4401. Res est magna tacere, Mathon. (L.) Mart. Ep. 4, 81. 
 
 Silence is an admirable thing, Matho.
 
 REVOCATE. 473 
 
 4402. Res est sacra miser. (Z.) Sen. Ep. 4. A man in misfor- 
 
 tune is a sacred object. 
 
 4403. Res in cardine est. (L.) The affair is on the hinge, i.e., 
 
 turning-point. It must soon be decided one way or the 
 other. Of. Tanto cardine rerum. Vii-g. A. 1, 672. At 
 such a turn or conjuncture of events. 
 
 4404. Resjudicata. (L.) A matter decided. 
 
 4405. Respondeat superior. (L.) Law Max. Let the principal 
 
 be held responsible, e.g., a master must answer for the 
 trespass of his servant though the servant is not thereby 
 excused, all persons directly concerned in the commis- 
 sion of a fraud being regarded by the law as principals. 
 
 4406. Restat iter coelo : coelo tentabimus ire ; 
 
 Da veniam coapto, Jupiter alte, meo. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 2, 37. There is only left a way through the air, and 
 through the air we will attempt to go. High Jove pardon 
 my bold attempt ! Speech of Daedalus on escaping, by 
 flying, from the Cretan labyrinth. When Gambetta left 
 Paris by balloon to join his colleagues at Tours during 
 the siege of '70 he might have employed the same 
 language. 
 
 4407. Res urget me nulla ; meo sum pauper in sere. (L.) Hor. 
 
 Ep. 2, 2, 12. / am not in any way constrained in the 
 matter-; though poor I am out of debt. Poor but honest. 
 
 4408. Retinens vestigia famse. (L.) Keeping to the footsteps of 
 
 fame. Motto of Lord Ribblesdale. 
 
 4409. Revenons a nos moutons. (fr.) Pierre Blanchet, 
 
 L'avocat Pathelin (1519). Let us come back to our sheep. 
 
 In the farce a cloth merchant suing his shepherd for stolen mutton 
 discovers in the attorney on the other side the man who had 
 already robbed him of cloth ; upon which dropping the charge 
 against the shepherd he begins accusing the lawyer of his offence, 
 and to recall him to the point the judge says the words quoted 
 above. They are commonly used to bring back the conversation 
 to the original subject (pour en revenir d, nos moutons) after a digres- 
 sion. Buchmann (Geflugelte Worte) thinks Martial (Ep. 6, 19) 
 on his stolen goats the original of Blanchet's story. 
 
 4410. Revocate animos, mcestumque timorem 
 
 Mittite. Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 202. 
 Come, cheer your souls, your fears forget ; 
 This suffering will yield us yet 
 A pleasant tale to telL Conington.
 
 474 REX DATUR. 
 
 4411. Rex datur propter regnum, non regnum propter regem. 
 
 Potentia non est nisi ad bonum. (L.) Law Max. 
 Kings are appointed for the sake of their kingdoms, not 
 kingdoms for the sake of kings. Power is confided to 
 them solely for the public good. 
 
 (2.) Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege, quia lex 
 facit regem. Bracton. lib. 1, f.s. The king is under no man, yet 
 he is in subjection to God and to the law, for the law makes the 
 king. (3.) Rex non potest fallere, nee falli. The king cannot be 
 deceived, neither can he deceive. (4.) Rex non potest peccare. 
 The king can do no urrong. The king is not amenable to any 
 other earthly jurisdiction : and whatever be amiss in the con- 
 dition of public affairs is not to be imputed to him personally. 
 (5.) Rex nunquam moritur. The king never dies. In Anglia non 
 est interregnum, There is no interregnum in England. "The 
 demise (of the sovereign) is immediately followed by the succession, 
 there is no interval ; the sovereign always exists, the person only 
 is changed." Lord Lyndhurst. 
 
 4412. Rex est qui metuit nihil, 
 
 Rex est quique cupit nihil ; 
 
 Hoc regnum sibi quisque dat. (L.) Sen. Thyest. 388. 
 
 He is a king that fears not aught, 
 He is a king that covets naught : 
 A kingdom, that each soul alive 
 May to himself at pleasure give. Ed. 
 
 4413. Rhipeus justissimus unus 
 
 Qui fuit in Teucris, et servantissimus sequi. (L.) Virg. 
 A. 2, 426. Rhipeus by far the most honourable and 
 faithful son of Troy. 
 
 4414. Ridentem dicere verum 
 
 Quid vetat ? Ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi 
 Doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima. 
 
 (L.} Hor. S. 1, 1, 24. 
 
 Why truth may not be gay I cannot see. 
 
 Just as, we know judicious teachers coax 
 
 With sugar-plum or cake their little folks 
 
 To learn their alphabet. Conington. 
 
 4415. Ride si sapis. (L.) Mart. 2, 41, 1. Laugh if you are 
 
 wise. Be merry and wise. 
 
 4416. Ridet argento domus. (L.} Hor. C. 4, 11, 6. The house 
 
 shines with silver plate. 
 
 4417. Ridiculum acri 
 
 Fortius ac melius magnas plerumque secat res. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 10, 14. 
 
 And pleasantry will often clean cut through 
 
 Hard knots that gravity would scarce undo. Conington.
 
 RINASCE. 475 
 
 4418. Ridiculus seque null us est, quam quando esurit. (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 64. No man is so amusing as when 
 he is hungry. 
 
 4419. Rien ne manque a sa gloire, il manquait a la n6tre. (fr.} 
 
 Saurin. Nothing is wanting to his fame, he was wanting 
 to our own. 
 
 Inscription beneath the bust of Moliere, when, a hundred years 
 after his death, it was placed in the Academy to which in his life- 
 time he was refused admission. 
 
 4420. Rien ne m'est sur que la chose incertaine. (Fr.) Villon? 
 
 There is nothing certain except the unforeseen. 
 
 4421. Rien n'empeche tant d'etre naturel, que 1'envie de la paraitre. 
 
 (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 87, 453. Nothing so much 
 prevents our being natural, as the desire to seem so. 
 
 4422. Rien ne s'ane'antit ; non, rien, et la matiere, 
 
 Comme un fleuve dternel, roule toujours entiere. (Fr.) 
 Boucher 1 Nothing is annihilated; matter, like an ever- 
 Jlowing stream, rolls on undiminished. 
 
 4423. Rien n'est beau que le vrai, le vrai seul est aimable. (Fr.) 
 
 Boil. Ep. 9. Nothing is beautiful but truth ; truth alone 
 is lovely. 
 
 4424. Rien n'est plus estimable que la civilite* ; mais rien de plus 
 
 ridicule, et de plus a charge, que la ce're'monie. (Fr.) 
 Nothing is more excellent than politeness, and nothing 
 more ridiculous or tiresome than ceremoniousness. 
 
 4425. Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un indiscret ami ; 
 
 Mieux vaudroit un sage ennemi. (Fr.) La Font. ? 
 Nothing more dangerous than an indiscreet friend ; even 
 a clever enemy would be better. 
 
 4426. Rien ne trouble sa fin : c'est le soir d'un beau jour. (Fr.) 
 
 La Font. Philemon et Baucis. Nothing disturbs his last 
 moments ; it is the evening of a fine day. 
 
 4427. Rien ne vaut poulain s'il ne rompt son lien. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 A colt is worth nothing unless he breaks his halter. 
 " No man is ever good for much who has not been 
 carried off his feet by enthusiasm between twenty and 
 thirty." Froude, Short Studies (Tractarians), 4th Series, 
 1882, p. 175. 
 
 4428. Rinasce piu gloriosa. (It.) It rises again more glorious, 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Rosslyn.
 
 476 RIRA. 
 
 4429. Rira bien qui rira le dernier. (Fr.) Prov. He laughs 
 
 best who laughs last. 
 
 4430. Eire a gorge de'ploye'e. (Fr.) Prov. To laugh very heartily. 
 
 (2.) Eire dans sa barbe. To laugh in one's sleeve. Cf. 
 the Latin (vide 2312). 
 
 4431. Risorgerb nemico ognor piu crudo, 
 
 Cenere anco sepolto e spirto ignudo. 
 
 (It.) Tasso, Ger. Lib. Cant. 9, fin. 
 
 Still will I rise a more inveterate foe 
 
 And, dead, pursue them from the shades below. Boole. 
 These lines were whispered in the ear of his counsel, Jules Favre, 
 by Orsini, when sentence of death was pronounced on him for the 
 attentat of January 14, 1858 (vide Nassau Senior's Conversations). 
 
 4432. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est. (L.) Cat. 39, 16. 
 
 Nothing can be more silly than silly laughter. 
 
 4433. Rivalem patienter habe : victoria tecum 
 
 Stabit : eris magni victor in arce Jovis. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 2, 539. Put up patiently with a rival ; the victory will 
 be with you, arid you will come forth as conqueror in the 
 temple of mighty Jove. 
 
 4434. Rogner les ailes a quelqu'un. (Fr.) To clip one's wings. 
 
 To make a person moderate his pretensions. 
 
 4435. Romse rus optas, absentem rusticus Urbem 
 
 Tollis ad astra levis. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 28. 
 
 Give me the country, is at Rome your cry : 
 When there, you laud the city to the sky. Ed. 
 
 Cf. id. Ep. 1, 8, 12 : Romae Tibur am em, ventosus, Tibure Romam. 
 
 Changeful as the icind I love Tivoli when I am at Rome, and 
 
 Rome when I am at Tivoli. 
 
 4436. Roma locuta est, causa finita est. (L.) Rome has spoken, 
 
 the case is concluded. 
 
 This is founded upon the following passage from St Augustine 
 (Serm. 131, 10) : Jam enim de hoe causa duo concilia missa sunt 
 ad sedem Apostolicam. Inde etiam rescripla venerunt ; causa finita 
 est; utinam aliquando error finiatur I Already the results of two 
 councils on this (Pelagian) question have been sent to the Apostolic 
 See, and rescripts have been returned from thence. The case is 
 finished ; would that some time or other the heresy might come 
 to an end as well ! 
 
 4437. Romulus et Liber pater et cum Castore Pollux 
 
 Post ingentia facta deorum in templa recepti. (L.) Hor. 
 Ep. 2, 1, 5. fiomulus and Bacchus, Castor and Pollux, 
 were received into the temples of the Gods after the per- 
 formance of noble deeds.
 
 S^EPE. 477 
 
 No such prowess or accomplishments seem nowadays demanded of 
 candidates for public honours, peerages, and decorations, which are 
 merely assigned as the appendages of wealth, or the rewards of 
 party. 
 
 4438. Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus ainnes, 
 
 Flumina amem sylvasque inglorius. (L.) Virg. G. 2, 485. 
 
 Let field and grove, let babbling brook and stream 
 Be my delightful tho' inglorious theme. Ed. 
 
 4439. Ruse centre ruse. (Fr.) Trick against trick. Diamond 
 
 cut diamond. (2.) Ruse de guerre. A stratagem of 
 war. A trick, a piece of scheming, dodge, foil, feint, 
 blind, etc., resorted to in order to cover the real object 
 in hand. 
 
 4440. Rus in urbe. (L.) Country in the town. A villa in 
 
 the vicinity of some great city. 
 
 4441. Rustica veritas. (L.) Mart. 10, 72, 11. Rustic integrity. 
 
 Unadorned truth. (2.) Res rustica. Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 
 69. Rural affairs. Husbandry. (3.) Mores rustici. 
 Cic. Rose. Am. 27, 75. Rustic manners (in a good or 
 bad sense). Provincial, awkward, boorish. (4.) Rus- 
 ticius tonso toga defluit, et male laxus In pede calceus 
 hseret. Hor. S. 1, 3, 31. His ill-trimmed beard, his 
 dress of uncouth style, His shoes ill-fitting, may provoke a 
 smile. Conington. (5.) Rusticus es, Corydon. Virg. 
 E. 2, 56. You are but a rustic, Corydon. You are very 
 simple, green. 
 
 S. 
 
 4442. Sacco pieno rizza 1'orecchio. (It.) Prov. A full sack 
 
 cocks its ear. 
 
 4443. Sache qu'on ne prend jamais le roi, pas rne'me aux echecs. 
 
 (Fr.) Dreux de Radier, Tabl. Historiques. Understand 
 that the king is never taken, not even at chess. 
 
 Anecdote ol Louis VI. at the battle of Brenneville, 1111. An 
 English horseman had seized the king's reins, exclaiming, "the 
 king is taken," whereupon Louis is supposed to have made the mot 
 given above. 
 
 4444. Saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia. (L.) Prov. 
 
 Csecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56. Wisdom is often to be 
 found under a poor man's coat.
 
 478 S^IPE. 
 
 4445. Saepe Faunorum voces exauditae, 
 
 Ssepe visas formae . Deorum. (L.)1 The voices of the 
 Fauns are often heard, and godlike shapes often seen. 
 
 Applicable to the spirit of nature pervading beautiful sceiiery with 
 its manifold life. Here and there by fountain or grove one 
 imagines glimpses of the fabled gods. 
 
 4446. Saepe in conjugiis fit noxia, quum nimia est dos. (L.) 
 
 Auson. Idyll. 12, Inconn. 1. Quarrels are often the 
 result of marriage where the dowry is unduly large. 
 
 4447. Saepe miM dubiam traxit sententia mentem, 
 
 Curarent superi terras, an nullus inesset 
 Hector, et incerto fluerent mortalia casu. 
 
 (L.) Claud. Rufin. 1, 1. 
 
 Oft has the thought perplexed my wondering mind, 
 If the gods minded earth ; or, if there were 
 No sovereign guidance, and all mortal things 
 Were left to go their way by chance and change. Ed. 
 
 4448. Saepe premente Deo fert Deus alter opem. (L.) Ov. T. 1, 
 
 2, 4. When we are assailed by one deity, another often 
 comes to our assistance. 
 
 4449. Saepe rogare soles qualis sim, Prisce, futurus 
 
 Si fiam locuples siraque repente potens. 
 Quemquam posse putas mores narrare futures 1 
 
 Die mihi, si fias tu leo, qualis eris 1 ? (L.) Mart. 12, 93. 
 
 Foolish questions. 
 Priscus, you often ask what sort of man 
 
 I'd be, if rich and suddenly grown great. 
 Forecast such possibilities who can ? 
 
 Were you a lion what would be your state ? Ed. 
 Addison takes the last line for his paper (Spectator 13) on Nicolini's 
 combat with the lion at H.M. Theatre in 1710 ; the part of lion 
 being acted, successively, by a tailor, a candle-snuffer, and an 
 amateur. 
 
 4450. Saepe stylum vertas, iterum quse digna legi sint 
 
 Scripturus ; neque, te ut miretur turba, labores 
 Contentus paucis lectoribus. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 10, 72. 
 
 Oh yes ! believe me, you must draw your pen 
 
 Not once or twice but o'er and o'er again 
 
 Through what you've written, if you would entice 
 
 The man that reads you once to read you twice, 
 
 Not making popular applause your cue 
 
 But looking to fit audience, although few. Conington. 
 
 4451. Saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent. (L.) Plant. Capt. 
 
 1, 2, 62. The most brilliant talents often lie concealed in 
 obscurity.
 
 SALVTTM. 479 
 
 
 
 4452. Ssepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet. (L.) Ov. A. 
 
 A. 1, 574. Often a silent countenance conveys words and 
 meaning of its own. 
 
 4453. Sseva paupertas, et avitus apto Cum lare fundus. (L.) 
 
 Hor. C. 1, 12, 43. Stern poverty, and a piece of land 
 bequeathed from sire to son, together with its humble 
 dwelling, reared the great heroes of the Latin name, the 
 Curii, Camilli, and the rest. 
 
 4454. Sal atticum. (L.) Plin. 31, 7, 41, 87. Attic salt (wit). 
 
 4455. Sal sapit omnia, (L.) Salt seasons all things. Salters' 
 
 Company motto. 
 
 4456. Saltare elegantius, quam necesse est probse. (L.) Sail. 
 
 C. 25. She danced with greater skill than it was suitable 
 for a modest woman to do. Or, as we should say, she 
 danced more like an opera-girl than a lady. Said of 
 Sempronia, mother of D. Jun. Brutus, Caesar's assassin : 
 an accomplished, but unprincipled woman. 
 
 4457. Salus per Christum redemptorem. (Z.) Salvation through 
 
 Christ our Redeemer. Motto of the Earl of Moray. 
 
 4458. Salus populi suprema lex. (L.) Law Max. Cic. Leg. 3, 
 
 3, 8. The public welfare is the highest law, and therefore, 
 Privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur, Personal 
 inconvenience must give way to the accommodation of 
 the public. 
 
 4459. Salus ubi multa consilia. (L.) Prov. Vulg. Prov. 24, 
 
 6. In a multitude of counsellors there is safety. 
 
 4460. Salva conscientia. (L.) Sen. Ep. 117, 1. With a safe 
 
 conscience. (2.) Salva fide. Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44. With- 
 out breaking one's word. (3.) Salva dignitate. Saving 
 one's dignity. (4.) Sal vis auspiciis. Cic. Prov. Cons. 
 19, 45. With safe auspices. (5.) Salvo jure nostra 
 veteris aniicitiae. Cic. Fain. 13, 77, 1. Without damage 
 to the claims of our old friendship. (6.) Salvo ordine. 
 Stat. S. 5, 1, 181. Saving our order. (7.) Salvo poetee 
 sensu. Quint. 1, 9, 2. /Reserving the poet's meaning. 
 (8.) Salvo pudore. Ov. Ep. 1, 2, 68. With a proper 
 regard to decency. 
 
 4461. Salve, magna parens ! (L.) Hail, mighty parent ! or 
 
 mother. 
 
 4462. Salvum (salvam) fac regem (reginam). (L.) God save the 
 
 king (queen) I
 
 480 SANCTIUS. 
 
 
 
 4463. Sanctius his animal, mentisque capacius altse 
 
 Deerat adhuc, et quod dominari in csetera posset. 
 Natus homo est. (L.) Ov. M. 1, 76. 
 
 A creature of a more exalted kind 
 
 Was wanting yet, and then was man designed ; 
 
 Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast 
 
 For empire formed, and fit to rule the rest. Dry den. 
 
 4464. Sanctum sanctorum. (L.) Holy of holies. Cf. Vulg. 
 
 Heb. 9, 3. Often applied to a study, or other private 
 retreat. 
 
 4465. Sanctus haberi Justitiseque tenax, factis dictisque mereris 1 
 
 Aguosco procerem. (L.) Juv. 8, 24. 
 
 Dare to be just, 
 
 Firm to your word, and faithful to your trust : 
 These praises hear, at least deserve to hear, 
 I grant your claim, and recognise the peer. Giffbrd. 
 
 4466. Sane Baro. (L.) A baron indeed. Motto of the Lord 
 
 Prior of St John of Jerusalem. E. P. 
 
 4467. Sang froid. (Fr.) Cold blood. Indifference, coolness. 
 
 4468. Sans changer. (Fr.) Without changing. Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Derby, Viscount Eversley, and Lord Stanley of 
 Alderley. (2.) Sans Dieu rien. Nothing without God. 
 Motto of Lord Petre. 
 
 4469. Sans les femmes les deux extre'mite's de la vie seroient sans 
 
 secours, et le milieu sans plaisir. (Fr.)1 Without 
 woman the two extremities of life would be destitute of 
 succour, and the middle devoid of pleasure. 
 
 4470. Sans phrase.' (Fr.) Without phrases. Without circumlocu- 
 
 tion or equivocation, simply. 
 
 The words have become notorious in connection with the famous 
 La mort sans phrase, attributed to Sieyes on the occasion of the 
 voting of the sentence on Louis XVI. It does not appear from 
 the Moniteur of the day (Jan. 20, 1793) that Sieye's used any 
 such expression. Being asked afterwards how he had voted, he 
 answered, La Mort, sans phrase, meaning that the only words 
 uttered by him on the occasion were these two, " La Mort 1 " See 
 Fournier, L' Esprit dans I'histoire, in 1. 
 
 4471. Sans tasche. (Old Fr.} Without stain. Motto of Viscount 
 
 Gormanston and Lord Napier. 
 
 4472. Sapere aude. (L.) Hor. ? Dare to be wise. Motto of 
 
 Earl of Macclesfield and Manchester School. 
 
 4473. Sapiens qui prospicit. (Z.) He is wise who looks ahead. 
 
 Motto of Malvern College.
 
 SCANDALUM. 481 
 
 Sapientem pascere barbam. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 35. To 
 grow a wise man's beard. To study philosophy. 
 
 Sapientissirnus in septem. (Z.) Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26. The 
 wisest of the seven (wise men), i.e., Thales. 
 
 Sardonius risus. (L.) A sardonic laugh. A grim ironical 
 laugh. 
 
 Sat cito si sat bene. (//.) Cato ap. Hier. Ep. 16, n. 9. 
 Quick enough, if good enough. 
 
 Satis diu hoc jam saxum volvo. (L.} Prov. Ter. Eun. 
 5, 8, 55. / have now been rotting this stone sufficiently 
 long. Figure borrowed from the story of Sisyphus. 
 
 Satis diu vel naturae vel glorise. (L.) Cic. Marcell. 8, 25. 
 / have lived long enough to satisfy the claims both of 
 nature and of military glory. Reputed saying of C. 
 Julius Caesar. 
 
 Satis superque est. (L.) Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74. Enough, 
 and more than enough. Generally applied to writers or 
 speakers who are prolix and diffuse. 
 
 Satis superque me benignitas tua Ditavit. (L.) Hor. Epod. 
 1, 31. Your bounty lias enriched me enough and more 
 than enough. Written by the poet to his patron, 
 Maecenas. 
 
 Satis quod sufficit. (L.) Enough is as good as a feast. 
 
 Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem 
 
 Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit. (L.) Ov. 1 
 The wounded gladiator forswears fighting, and yet for- 
 getting his old wound he takes up arms again. 
 
 Sauter du coq a 1'ane ! (Fr.) To jump from the cock to 
 the ass. To change the conversation suddenly by turning 
 to a different subject. To talk at cross purposes. 
 
 Sauter le pas. (Fr.) To die. 
 
 Sauve qui peut. (Fr.) Let him save himself who can. A 
 
 general rout. 
 Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois. (Fr.} Richelieu, 
 
 Moraine. Dissimulation is the art of kings. 
 
 Savoir-faire. (Fr.) Skill, management. 
 
 Scandalum magnatum. (Law L.) An offence against the 
 nobility. An action lying for words spoken in dero- 
 gation of a peer, judge, or great officer of state. 
 
 2 11
 
 482 SCHERZA. 
 
 4490. Scherza coi fanti, e lascia star i santi. (It.) Prov. Jest 
 
 with the servants and let the saints alone. Don't jest on 
 sacred subjects. 
 
 4491. Scientia et potentia humanse in idem coincidunt. (L.) 
 
 Bacon, Nov. Org. 2, 3. Human knowledge and power 
 amount to the same thing. We have condensed the 
 aphorism into still shorter space, " Knowledge is Power." 
 
 4492. Scientia popinse. (L.) Sen. 1 The knowledge of tlie cook- 
 
 shops. The art of cookery. 
 
 4493. Scilicet expectas, ut tradat mater honestos 
 
 Atque alios mores, quam quos habet 1 ? (L.) Juv. 6, 238. 
 Can you expect that a mother will teach good principles 
 or any other than she practises herself? 
 
 4494. Scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim. 
 
 (Z.) Hor. A. P. 11. 
 I own it : 'tis a fair excuse to plead ; 
 By turns we claim it, and by turns concede. Conington. 
 
 4495. Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 2, 39. 
 In wild confusion sways the crowd, 
 Each takes his side, and all are loud. Conington. 
 
 4496. Scio cui credidi. (Z.) / know whom I have believed. 
 
 Lord Houghton. 
 
 4497. Scio : tu coactus tua voluntate es. (L.) Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 
 
 34. I know it: you are forced by your own consent. 
 
 4498. Scire facias. (L.) Law Term. You are to let know. 
 
 Writ calling on a party to show cause why letters-patent 
 should not be repealed. 
 
 4499. Scire potestates herbarum usumque medendL (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 12, 396. To know the virtues of herbs, and their 
 healing properties. 
 
 4500. Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter. (L.) Per. 
 
 1, 27. Your knowledge is of no account unless others 
 know that you know. 
 
 4501. Scire volunt secreta domus, atque inde timeri. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 3, 113. 
 
 They wish to know the secrets of each house, 
 That men may fear their power to disclose. Ed. 
 
 4502. Scis etenim justum gemina suspendere lance 
 
 Ancipitis librae. (L.) Pers. 4, 10. 
 
 With the twin scales and wavering balance, you 
 Know how to mete out justice, right and true. Ed.
 
 SCRIPT CJR A. 483 
 
 4503. Scisti' uti foro. (L.} Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29. You knew 
 
 how to make your market. How to act for your advan- 
 tage. 
 
 On Forum as a court of justice, cf. Egomet video rem vorti in meo 
 foro. Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 10. / see that the matter is pending in 
 my own court (affects me nearly) ; Videor mihi in alieno foro liti- 
 gare. Mart. 12, Praef. I do not know which way to turn. 
 
 4504. Scit genius, natale comes qui temperet astrum 
 
 Naturae deus humanae, mortalis in unum- 
 Qnodque caput, vultu mutabilis, albus et ater. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187. 
 
 And none but he who watches them from birth, 
 
 The genius, guardian of each child of earth, 
 
 Born when we're born and dying when we die, 
 
 Now storm, now sunshine, knows the reason why. Conington. 
 
 4505. Scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 7, 21. 
 
 Deafer than Icarian seas he hears. Conington. 
 
 4506. Scribendi recte, sapere est et principium et fons. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 309. 
 
 Of writing well be sure the secret lies 
 
 In wisdom : therefore study to be wise. Conington. 
 
 4507. Scribentem juvat ipse favor, minuitque laborem, 
 
 Cumque suo crescens pectore fervet opus. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 9, 21. 
 
 Favour assists and cheers the author's art, 
 
 And, as it grows, his work comes from the heart. Ed. 
 
 4508. Scribere scientes. (Z.) Skilled in writing. Motto of 
 
 Scriveners' Company. 
 
 4509. Scribimus, et scriptos absumimus igne libellos ; 
 
 Exitus est studii parva fa villa mei. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 12, 61. 
 
 I write, and throw into the flame what's writ, 
 A little ash is all that comes of it. Ed. 
 
 4510. Scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemus et fugit urbes, 
 
 Rite cliens Bacchi sonmo gaudentis et umbra. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 77. 
 
 Bards fly from town and haunt the wood and glade : 
 Bacchus, their chief, likes sleeping in the shade. Conington. 
 
 4511. Scriptura non tradit definitiones, ut nee etiam Natura. 
 
 (L.) Spinoza, Tract. Theol. Polit Scripture, any more 
 than Nature, does not lay down a set of definitions.
 
 484 SE A. 
 
 4512. Se a ciascuno 1'interno affanno 
 
 Si leggesse in fronte scritto, 
 
 Quanti mai che invidia fanuo 
 
 Ci farebbero pieta ! (It.) Metast. ? If the secret troubles 
 
 of every one were written on his forehead for all to read, 
 
 how many loJio now excite envy, would excite our pity ! 
 
 4513. Se Charles fust en France encore y fust Roland. (Fr.) 
 
 Adam de la Halle, La vie du Monde. If Charlemagne 
 were once more in France, he would find his Roland. 
 
 4514. S'echauffer au depens du bon Dieu. (Fr.) To warm one's . 
 
 self in the sun. 
 
 4515. Secreta hsec ruurmura vulgi. (L.) Juv. 10, 89. These 
 
 sullen murmurings of the people. 
 
 4516. Secret et hardi. (Fr.) Secret and bold. M. of Ld. Dy never. 
 
 4517. Secundis dubiisque rectus. (L.) Upright, whether in pro- 
 
 sperous or in adverse fortune. Motto of Duke of Cleve- 
 land and Earl of Camperdown. 
 
 4518. Secundum artem. (L.) According to the rules of art. 
 
 (2.) Secundum genera. According to classes. (3.) Se- 
 cundum naturam vivere. Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26. To live in 
 accordance with nature. (4.) Secundum usum. Accord- 
 ing to use. 
 
 4519. Secundum subjectam materiem. (L.) According to the 
 
 subject matter in hand. In the interpretation of deeds 
 words have often to be understood in their popular 
 rather than technical sense, and the language interpreted 
 secundum subjectam materiem, particular expressions 
 being referred to the particular subject matter of the 
 argument. 
 
 4520. Securitas regni. (L.) The security of the State. Order of 
 
 Cyprus (or Silence). 
 
 4521. Securus judicat orbis terrarum. (L.) S. Aug. c. Epist. 
 
 Parmen. 3, 24, fin. The verdict of the world is free from 
 intimidation. 
 
 Respecting the Donatist schism, the world (says S. Augustine) is 
 of opinion that their separation cannot be defended on its own 
 grounds, much less when referred to the principles of Christian 
 charity and Catholick unity ; and the world's judgment in this 
 matter is free from all suspicion of partiality or compulsion. It 
 judges freely, fearlessly. The weight which this single sentence 
 had in undermining Cardinal Newman's faith in the Anglican 
 position, very analogous to the Donatist, will he remembered by 
 all who have read his Apologia.
 
 SEDITIONS. 485 
 
 4522. Sed Caesar in omnia praeceps 
 
 Nil actum credens, si quid superesset agendum, 
 Instat atrox. (L.) Lucan. 2, 657. 
 
 But Caesar in his headlong course, 
 
 Counting nought done if aught remained 
 
 Of enterprise to be attained, 
 
 Furious and fierce pursues his way 
 
 To death or else to victory. Ed. 
 
 4523. Sed de hoc tu videris. De me possum idem, quod Plautinus 
 
 pater in Trinummo : 
 
 Miki quidem (etas actaferme est : tua istuc refert maxime. 
 (L.) Cic. Ep. Brut. 1, 2, fin. But that question con- 
 cerns you more than me. For, as regards myself, I may 
 say with the Father in the Trinummus: 
 " My life is all but spent : that question specially concerns you." 
 
 4524. Sed de me ut sileam. (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 2, 147. But, not 
 
 to speak of myself. 
 
 4525. Sed difficulter continetur spiritus, 
 
 Integritatis qui sincerae conscius 
 
 A noxiorum premitur insolentiis. (Z.) Phsedr. 3, Epil. 
 
 39. The spirit of conscious integrity is with difficulty 
 
 restrained, when offended by the insolent attacks of guilty 
 
 men. 
 
 4526. Sedet aeternumque sedebit.Infelix Theseus. (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 6, 617. There sits the unhappy Theseus, and will 
 ever sit. Impiisoned in the lower world for his attempt 
 to rescue Proserpine, Theseus remained until rescued by 
 Hercules. 
 
 4527. Sed fugit, interea, fugit irreparabile tempus 
 
 Singula dum capti circumvectamur am ore. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 3, 284. 
 But time irrevocably flies away 
 As, charm'd with each fresh object, we delay. Ed. 
 
 4528. Sed fulgente trahit constrictos gloria curru 
 
 Non minus ignotos generosis. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 6, 23. 
 But glory like a conqueror drags behind 
 Her glittering car the souls of all mankind : 
 Nor less the lowly than the noble feels 
 The onward roll of those victorious wheels. Coninylon. 
 
 4529. Seditione dolis scelere atque libidine et ira, 
 
 Iliacos intra niuros peccatur-, et extra. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 15. 
 Strife, treachery, crime, lust, rage, 'tis error all, 
 One mass of faults within, without the wall. Conington.
 
 486 SED JAM. 
 
 4530. Sed jam serpentum major concordia : parcit 
 
 Cognatis maculis similis fera. Quando leoni 
 
 Fortior eripuit vitam leo? (L.) Juv. 15, 159. 
 
 But serpents live in greater peace 
 Together nowadays than these. 
 The wild beast notes the kindred spot 
 Upon his like, and harms him not, 
 And when did stronger lion, pray, 
 A weaker lion rend and slay ? Ed. 
 
 4531. Sed nee mihi dicere prom turn, Nee facere est illi. 
 
 Ov. M. 13, 10. As little skill have I in speech, as he in 
 action. Ajax' reply, when contending with Ulysses for 
 the arms of Achilles. 
 
 4532. Sed nisi peccassem, quid tu concedere posses 1 
 
 Materiam venise sors tibi nostra dedit. (//.) Ov. T. 2, 31. 
 
 But what could you forgive, had I not erred ? 
 
 The grounds for pardon my misdeeds conferred. Ed. 
 
 4533. Sed non in Csesare tantum 
 
 Nomen erat, nee fama ducis : sed nescia virtus 
 
 Stare loco : solusque pudor non vincere bello. (//.) Lucan. 
 
 But more there was in Caesar's fame 
 
 Than titled leadership and name : 
 
 His was the keen, unsated breast 
 
 That never knew repose or rest ; 
 
 His only shame, in battle fray, 
 
 To fight and not to gain the day. Ed. 
 
 4534. Sed nunc non erat his locus. (L.) Hor. A. P. 19. 
 
 All in their way good things, but not just now. Conington. 
 
 4535. Sed quid poetas ? Opifices post mortem nobilitari volunt. 
 
 Quid enim Phidias sui similem speciem inclusit in clypeo 
 Minervse, quum inscribere non liceret ? Quid ? Nostri 
 Philosophi nonne in his ipsis libris, quos scribunt de 
 contemnenda gloria, sua nomina inscribunt? (L.) Cic. 
 Tusc. 1, 15, 34. But not poets only ; artists also desire 
 their fame to be extended after death. Else, how is it 
 that Phidias, when he was not allowed to engrave his 
 name upon the sculpture, included a portrait of himself 
 among the figures on the shield of Minerva ? I might say 
 the same of our philosophers also. Have they not, even in 
 the very works they have written to advocate a contempt 
 for human glory, inscribed their own names upon the 
 title page ? 
 
 It will be remembered how Sir J. Reynolds inscribed his name 
 upon the hem of Mrs Siddon's robe, in his portrait of her as the 
 Tragic Muse. The letters are now (1886) barely legible.
 
 SED VATEM. 487 
 
 4536. Sed quum res botninum tanta caligine volvi 
 
 Adspicerem, laetosque diu florei'e nocentes, 
 
 Vexarique pios : rursus labefacta cadebat 
 
 Religio. (L.) Claud. Ruf. 1, 12. 
 
 The prosperity of the wicked. 
 But, when I saw men's lives to be 
 Involved in such obscurity ; 
 And marked the wicked flourish long, 
 While pious souls were suffering wrong, 
 Then my religion, shattered sore, 
 Fell tottering to the ground once more. Ed. 
 
 4537. Sed tamen amoto quseramus seria ludo. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 
 
 1, 27. But, joking apart, let us devote ourselves to more 
 serious matters. 
 
 4538. Sed te, mihi crede, memento 
 
 Nunc in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tua. (L.) Mart 3, 16, 5. 
 
 Stick to your last. 
 
 But, trust me, good cobbler, and pray recollect 
 Henceforward to stick to your last. Ed. 
 
 4539. Sed Timor et Minse 
 
 Scandunt eodem quo dominus ; neque 
 Decedit serata triremi, et 
 
 Post equitem sedet atra Cura. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 37. 
 
 Fierce alarm 
 
 Can clamber to the master's side, 
 Black cares can up the galley swarm, 
 And close behind the horseman ride. Conington. 
 
 4540. Sed tu ingenio verbis concipe plura meis. (L.) Ov. R. 
 
 A. 360. But you must, of your own wit, understand 
 more is merely expressed by my words. The reader is, aa 
 the phrase goes, to read between the lines. 
 
 4541. Sed vatem egregium cui non sit publica vena, 
 
 Qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, nee qui 
 Communi feriat carmen triviale moneta, 
 Hunc qualem nequeo monstrare, et sentio tantum, 
 Anxietate carens animus facit. (Z/.) Juv. 7, 53. 
 
 The ideal poet. 
 
 The perfect poet, of no vulgar vein, 
 Who will produce no trite and hackneyed strain, 
 Nor mint you trivial verse of common ore, 
 He, whom I cannot paint but feel the more, 
 Must have a mind by hardship undistressed, 
 And with no sad anxieties opprest. Ed.
 
 488 SE GENNAIO. 
 
 4542. Se Gennaio sta in camicia 
 
 Marzo scoppia dal riso. (It.) Prov. If January stay 
 in his shirt-sleeves (is mild), March will explode with 
 laughing (will mock you with rough weather). 
 
 4543. Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurem, 
 
 Quam quse sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et quae 
 
 Ipse sibi tradit spectator. (L.) Hor. A. P. 180. 
 
 A thing when heard, remember, strikes less keen 
 
 On the spectator's mind than when 'tis seen. Conington. 
 
 4544. Sei im Besitze, und du wohnst iui Recht. (G.) Schill. 
 
 Wallenstein's death. Be in possession and you are in 
 the right. Cf. ibid. (" An die Freunde "), Der Lebende 
 hat Recht. The living is in the right. 
 
 4545. Se la moglia pecca, non e il marito innocente. (It.) Prov. 
 
 If tJie wife sins, the husband is not innocent. 
 
 4546. Semen est sanguis Christianorum. (L.) Tert. Apol. 50. 
 
 The blood of Christians is seed. 
 
 Don't think, says Tertullian (addressing the pagan persecutors of 
 his day), that persecution will have any effect in diminishing the 
 number of Christians. Plures efficimur quoties metimur a vobis, 
 The more you mow us down, the more we grow. The blood of her 
 martyrs is the seed of the Church. 
 
 4547. Semper avarus eget : certura voto pete finem : 
 
 Invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis. 
 
 Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni 
 
 Majus tormentum. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 56. 
 
 The miser's always needy : draw a line 
 Within whose bound your wishes to confine. 
 His neighbour's fatness makes the envious lean : 
 No tyrant e'er devised a pang so keen. Conington. 
 
 4548. Semper eadem. (L.) Always the same. Motto of Queen 
 
 Elizabeth and Lord Forester. 
 
 Thou sun, shine on her joyously ! Ye breezes, wa'ft her wide ! 
 Our glorious Semper eadem ! the banner of our pride ! 
 
 Macaulay (Armada). 
 
 4549. Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, 
 
 Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus. (L.) Mar. 5, 81. 
 
 If poor, Emilian, you'll be poor always ; 
 Wealth is but given to rich men nowadays. Ed. 
 
 4550. Semper fidelis. (L.) Always faithful. Motto of Earl of 
 
 Onslow.
 
 SEPTEM. 489 
 
 4551. Semper flamma fumo est proxima: 
 
 Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest. (Z.) Plaut. 
 Cure. 1, 1, 53. Where there is smoke there is always fire 
 handy: smoke can burn naught, but fire can. The 
 slightest approach to wrong-doing leads to vice (Lewis 
 and Short Diet.). 
 
 4552. Semper habet lites alternaque jurgia lectus 
 
 In quo nupta jacet; minimum dormitur in illo. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 6, 268. 
 
 A married woman's bed 's a scene of strife : 
 
 You can't get peace or sleep there for your life. Ed. 
 
 4553. Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 609. 
 Always shall live your honour, name, and praise. Conington. 
 
 4554. Semper idem. (L.) Always the same. 
 
 4555. Semper inops, quicunque cupit. (L.) Claud. Rufin. 1, 
 
 200. He wlio is ever wishing for more, is always poor. 
 
 4556. Semper paratus. (L.) Always ready. M. of Lord Clifford. 
 
 4557. Senile illud facinus. (L.) App. M. 4, p. 148, 9. That 
 
 wicked old thing. Said of an old woman. 
 
 4558. Senilis stultitia, quse deliratio appellari solet, senum levium 
 
 est, non omnium. (L.) Cic. Sen. 11, 36. That foolish- 
 ness of old age, which is called dotage, is the fruit of a 
 frivolous life, and is not universal. Cf. Seuex delirans. 
 Ter. Ad. 7, 4, 43. A doting old man. 
 
 4559. Seniores priores. (L.) Elders first. 
 
 4560. Se non e vero, e ben trovato. (It.) Prov. If it is not 
 
 true, it is a happy invention. 
 
 Source unknown : apparently a common saying in the 16th cent. ; 
 occurs iu Italian translation of Don Quixote : and before that in 
 Pasquier's (1600) Eecherches, 7, 41, " Si cela n'est vray, il est bien 
 trouve. " 
 
 4561. S'entendre com me larron en foire. (-#V.) Prov. To come 
 
 to an understanding (act in concert) like thieves at a fair. 
 
 4562. Septem convivium, novem convitium. (L.) Prov. 
 
 " Seven's a banquet, nine's a brawl." Mr Kiley's Diet, 
 of Class. Quotations. 
 
 4563. Septem horas dormire sat est juvenique, senique. (L.) 
 
 Prov. Seven hours' sleep is enough for young or old.
 
 490 SEPTEM. 
 
 4564. Septem urbs alta jugis, toti quse prsesidet orbi. 
 
 (L.) Prop. 3, 11, 57. 
 The city V>uilt on seven hills, that governs all the world. Ed. 
 
 4565. Ssquestrari facias. (L.) Law Term. Cause to be seques- 
 
 trated. A. writ from the Bishop of a diocese ordering 
 the payment of a clergyman's debts out of the profits of 
 his benefice. 
 
 4566. Sequiturque patrem non passibus sequis. (L.) Virg. A. 
 
 2, 724. He follows his father with unequal steps. He 
 follows in his father's steps, but without the vigour and 
 firmness of purpose which the latter was wont to display. 
 
 4567. Sequor, nee inferior. (//.) I follow, but am not inferior. 
 
 Motto of Lord Crewe. 
 
 4568. Sera parsimonia in fundo est. (L.) Prov. Sen. Ep. 1, 5. 
 
 It is too late to save when all is spent (lit. at the 
 bottom of the purse). Of. the Greek Seivr) S'evi Trvdfifvi 
 <eiSw. Hes. Op. 369. It is hard saving when you come 
 to the bottom of the cup. 
 
 4569. Seria quum possim, quod delectantia malim 
 
 Scribere, tu causa es, lector. (L.) Mar. 5, 16, 1. 
 
 Header, it is for you this pleasing strain, 
 
 When I might write in a more serious vein. Ed. 
 
 4570. Seriatim. (L.) In regular order. In due course. Ac- 
 
 cording to rank or place. 
 
 4571. Series implexa causarum. (L.) Sen. 1 An involved chain 
 
 of causes. 
 
 4572. Serit Avbores quae alteri sseculp prosint. (Z.) Caecil. 
 
 Sympheb. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31. He is planting 
 trees which will benejit a future age. English Prov. : 
 He that plants pears, plants for his heirs. 
 
 4573. Sero clypeum post vulnera sumo. (L.) Prov. Ov. ] / 
 
 am rather late in taking the shield after I am wounded. 
 
 4574. Sero respicitur tellus, ubi fune soluto, 
 
 Currit in immensum panda carina salum. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 2, 11, 23. 
 It is too late to look back to the land, 
 With moorings loosed, and keel slipped from the strand. Ed. 
 
 4575. Sero sapiunt Phryges. (L.) Test. p. 343, Mull. The 
 
 Trojans are wise when it's too late. In the tenth year of 
 the siege of Troy they begin to think of restoring Helen. 
 Cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.
 
 SEVERE. 491 
 
 4576. Sero sed serio. (L.) Late, but seriously. Motto of the 
 
 Marquesses of Lothian and Salisbury. 
 
 4577. Sero venientibus ossa. (L.) Prov. The bones for those 
 
 who come late. Some persons are habitually too late, 
 especially for dinner appointments. 
 
 4578. Serum auxilium post praelium. (L.) Prov. Liv. 3, 5. 
 
 Help is late when the fight is over. 
 
 4579. Serus in ccelum redeas, diuque 
 
 Laetus intersis populo Quirini. (Z.) Hor. 1, 2, 45. 
 
 Late be thy journey home, and long 
 Thy sojourn with Rome's family. Conington. 
 
 4580. Servabo fidem. (L.) I will keep faith. Motto of Lord 
 
 Sherborne. 
 
 4581. Serva jugum. (L.) Keep the yoke. M. of Earl of Errol. 
 
 4582. Servata fides cineri. (L.) Faithful to the memory of my 
 
 ancestors. Motto of Earl of Harrowby. 
 
 4583. Servetur ad inium 
 
 Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 126. 
 See it be wrought on one consistent plan, 
 And end the same creation it began. Conington. 
 
 Advice to an author on introducing some original topic, 
 which if begun should go on with consistency and with- 
 out break of metaphor, throughout. 
 
 4584. Servi peregrini, ut primum Gallise fines penetraverint, 
 
 eodem mom en to liberi sunt. (L.) Bodinus, Lib. 1, c. 5. 
 Foreign slaves, as soon as they set foot in Gaul, become 
 that moment free men. 
 Cf. Cowper, Timepiece, 40 : 
 
 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs 
 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; 
 They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 
 
 4585. Servitus crescit nova. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 8, 18. A new 
 
 band of slaves (lovers) keeps increasing. 
 
 4586. Seul roi de qui le pauvre ait garde" la memoire. 
 
 (Fr.) Gudin ? 
 
 The only king 
 
 Whose memory is cherished by the poor. Ed. 
 Said of Henry IV. with reference to his celebrated saying about 
 the peasant's "chicken for dinner." 
 
 4587. Severse Musa tragcedise. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 1, 9. 
 
 Tragedy's stern Muse. Conington.
 
 492 SEX HORAS. 
 
 4588. Sex boras somno, totidera des legibus sequis : 
 
 Quatuor orabis, des epulisque duas. 
 
 Quod superest ultra, sacris largire Camenis. (L.) Coke. 
 Six hours for sleep, six for the study of law ; four 
 hours you will give to prayer, two to your meals, and 
 what is over devote to the worship of the Muses. 
 
 Of. Six hours to sleep, in law's grave study six : 
 Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. 
 
 Quoted by Sir E. Coke. 
 
 4589. Sexu foemina, ingenio vir. (Z.) In sex a woman, in spirit 
 
 a man. Epitaph of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria. 
 
 4590. Si antiquitatem spectes, est vetustissima, si dignitatem est 
 
 honoratissima, si jurisdictionem est capacissima. (L.) 
 Coke. If you consider its antiquity, it is most ancient; 
 its dignity, it is most honourable ; its jurisdiction, it is 
 most unbounded. Description of the House of Commons. 
 
 4591. Si bene commemini causje sunt quinque bibendi; 
 
 Hospitis adventus, prsesens sitis, atque futura, 
 Et vini bonitas, et quaelibet altera causa. 
 
 (L.) Pere Sismond (cf. Menage, 1, 172). 
 
 If on my theme I rightly think 
 
 There are five reasons why men drink ; 
 
 Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, 
 
 Or lest I should be by and bye, 
 
 Or any other reason why. Dean Aldrich, 1710. 
 
 4592. Sibi quisque ruri metit. (Z.) Prov. Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 
 
 112. Every man reaps his own field. Every one looks 
 out for himself. 
 
 4593. Sic agitur censura et sic exempla parantur : 
 
 Quum vindex alios quod monet ipse facit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. F. 6, 647. 
 
 Censors are just, and good examples teach 
 
 "When worthy censors practise what they preach. Ed. 
 
 4594. Sic animum tempusque traho : meque ipse reduco 
 
 A contemplatu summoveoque mali. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 7, 65. 
 
 Thus time and thoughts are spent : they give relief, 
 And wean from contemplation of my grief. Ed. 
 
 4595. Siccis omnia nam dura Deus proposuit ; neque 
 
 Mordaces aliter diffugiunt solicitudines. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 1, 18, 3. 
 
 Life is all one path of troubles 
 
 To the water-drinker's soul : 
 Carking cares will fly like bubbles 
 
 If you drown them in the bowl. Ed.
 
 SIC OMNIA. 493 
 
 4596. Sic donee. (L.) Thus until. Lord Egerton of Tatton. 
 
 4597. Sic fac omnia . . . tanquam spectet aliquis. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Ep. 25. Do everything as though some one were looking 
 at you. Saying of Epicurus. Of. id. ibid, {infra}, 
 Omnia nobis mala persuadet solitude, Solitude suggests 
 all manner of wickedness to the mind. 
 
 4598. Sic igitur carmen, recta si niente legatur, 
 
 Constabit nulli posse nocere meum. 
 At quiddam vitii quicunque bine concipit, errat : 
 Et nimium scriptis abrogat ille meis. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 2, 275. 
 
 So, then, my verse, if it be fairly read, 
 Can, on the face on't, hurt none, live or dead : 
 And who smells mischief there is much mistook, 
 Too ready to discredit my poor book. Ed. 
 
 4599. Si claudo cobabites, subclaudicare disces. (L.) Prov. 
 
 If you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp. We 
 contract tbe babits and manners of tbose witb wbom we 
 associate. 
 
 4600. Sic mibi contigerit vivere, sicque mori. (L.) ? Thus may 
 
 it be my lot to live, and thus to die ! 
 
 4601. Sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora quse spem 
 
 Coiisiliumque morantur agendi gnaviter id, quod 
 pauperibus prodest, locupletibus seque, 
 neglectum pueris senibusque nocebit. (L.) 
 
 So long, so slow the moments that prevent 
 
 The execution of my high intent 
 
 Of studying truths that rich and poor concern, 
 
 Which old and young are lost unless they learn. Conington. 
 
 4602. Sic noctem patera, sic ducam carmine, donee 
 
 Injiciat radios in mea vina dies. (L.) Prop. 4, 6, 85. 
 
 The convivial toper. 
 
 With songs and toasts I'll pass the night away, 
 Till on my wine-glass morning sheds its ray. Ed. 
 
 4603. Sic omnia fatis 
 
 In pejus ruere et retro sublapsa referri. 
 
 Non aliter quam qui adverse vix flumine lembum 
 
 Remigiis subigit, si brachia forte remisit 
 
 Atque ilium in prseceps prono rapit alveus amni. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 1, 199.
 
 494 SI CONSILIUM. 
 
 Thus all below, whether by Nature's curse 
 
 Or fate's decree, degenerate still to worse : 
 
 So the boat's brawny crew the current stem 
 
 And, slow advancing, struggle with the stream : 
 
 But if they slack their arms, or cease to strive, 
 
 Then down the flood with headlong haste they drive. Dry den. 
 
 4604. Si consilium vis, 
 
 Permittes ipsis expendere nurainibus quid 
 Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris. 
 Nam pro jucundis aptissima quseque dabunt Di. 
 Carior est illis homo quam sibi. (Z.) Juv. 10, 346. 
 
 If you take my advice, you will allow 
 
 The gods themselves their blessings to bestow, 
 
 Such as they deem are most appropriate 
 
 And serviceable to our several state. 
 
 They'll give what's fit, 'stead of some fancied whim : 
 
 Han loves himself not half as they love him. Ed. 
 
 4605. Sic passim. (L.) So everywhere, throughout the work. 
 
 Implying that any particular words or sentiment are to 
 be found repeated in various parts of the same work. 
 
 4606. Sic qui pauperiem veritus, potiore metallis 
 
 Libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus, atque 
 Serviet seternum, quia parvo nesciet uti. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39. 
 
 So he who fearing penury loses hold 
 
 Of independence, better far than gold, 
 
 Will toil, a hopeless drudge, till life is spent 
 
 Because he'll never, never learn content. Conington. 
 
 4607. Sic quum transierint mei 
 
 Nullo cum strepitu dies, 
 
 Plebeius moriar senex : 
 
 Illi mors gravis incubat, 
 
 Qui notus nimis omnibus, 
 
 Ignotus moritur sibi. (L.) Sen. Thy est. 398. 
 
 So when my days, in quiet passed, 
 Have reached their span, I'll die at last, 
 
 Both name and fame unsought : 
 Who to the world is fully known, 
 A stranger to himself alone, 
 
 Finds death a dreadful thought. Ed. 
 
 4608. Sic ruit ad celebres cultissima fcemina ludos. (L.) Ov. A. 
 
 A. 1, 97. Thus the most fashionable lady flocks to the 
 celebrated sports. 
 
 4609. Sic sedit : sic culta fuit : sic stamina nevit : 
 
 Neglectse collo sic jacuere comae. (L.) Ov. F. 2, 771.
 
 SI DIBIT. 495 
 
 Lucrece. 
 
 Thus sate she : thus attired : her thread thus spun : 
 Thus on her neck her hair lay all undone. Ed. 
 
 4610. Sic, sic se habere rem necesse prorsus est : 
 
 Ratione vincis, do lubens manus, Plato. (L.) Trans, 
 by Dean Bland (Prov. of Eton Coll.) of Addison's Cato : 
 It must be so Plato, thou reasonest well. 
 
 4611. Sic transit gloria mundi. (L.) Thus t/te glory of this 
 
 world passes away. 
 
 Sequence sung at the enthronisation of a new pope, and accom- 
 panied with the burning of tow to signify the transitoriness of 
 earthly grandeur. Cf. quam cito transit gloria mundi ! Imit. 
 J. C. 1, 3, 6. Oh! how quickly the glory of this world passes away! 
 
 4612. Sicut ante. (L.) As before. As before mentioned. 
 
 4613. Sicut columba. (L.) As a dove. Radley College. (2.) 
 
 Sicut lilium. As a lily. Magdalene College School. 
 
 4614. Sic utere tuo, ut alienum non laedas. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 You must so use your own property as not to injure that 
 of your neighbour. 
 
 4615. Sicut meus est mos 
 
 Nescio quid ineditans nugarum, totus in illis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 9, 1. 
 
 Deep in some bagatelle, you know my way. Conington. 
 Cf. Ut mos est. Juv. 6, 392. As the custom is. 
 
 4616. Sicut populus, sic sacerdos. (L.) Prov. Vulg. Os. 4, 9. 
 
 As the people, so the priest. 
 
 4617. Sic visum Veneri ; cui placet impares 
 
 Formas atque animos sub juga ahenea 
 
 Ssevo mittere cum joco. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 33, 10. 
 
 So Venus wills it : 'neath her brazen yoke, 
 She loves to couple forms and minds unlike, 
 All for a heartless joke. Conington. 
 
 4618. Si damnosa senem juvat alea, ludit et haeres. (L.) Juv. 
 
 1 4, 4. If t/ie father loves the ruinous dice-box, t/ie heir 
 will play too. Force of bad example. 
 
 4619. Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos? (L.) Vulg. Rom. 8, 
 
 31. If God is for us, wfio shall be against us? (2.) S. 
 D. nobiscum, etc. Motto of Viscount Mountmorres. 
 
 4620. Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait 1'inventer. (Fr.) Volt 
 
 Ep. a 1'auteur des Trois Imposteurs. If God did not 
 exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
 
 496 SI EGO. 
 
 The whole passage is as follows : 
 
 Consulte Zoroastrc, et Minos et Solon, 
 
 Et le sage Socrate, et le grand Ciceron, 
 
 Us ont adore tous un maitre, un juge, un pdre. 
 
 Ce systeme sublime a rhomme est necessaire. 
 
 C'est le sacre lien de la societe, 
 
 Le premier fondement de la sainte equite, 
 
 Le frein au scelerat, 1'esperance du juste, 
 
 Si les cieux depouilles de leur empreinte auguste 
 
 Pouvaient cesser jamais de la manifester 
 
 Si Dieu riexistait pas, ilfaudrait I'inventer. 
 
 Tillotson, 1 1712, Sermon 1694, had already said, " If God were not 
 a necessary Being of Himself, he might almost seem to be made for 
 the use and benefit of men." 
 
 4621. Si ego tuum ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres. 
 
 (L.) Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1. If I had read your book first, 
 you would have said I had stolen from you. 
 
 4622. Si foret in terris, rideret Democritus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 194. 
 could Democritus return to earth 
 In truth 'twould wake his wildest peals of mirth. Conington. 
 
 4623. Si for tuna juvat, caveto tolli ; 
 
 Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi. (L.) Auson. Sap. Sent. 
 4, 6. If fortune smiles upon you, be not elated ; and if 
 she frowns, be not cast down. In all circumstances en- 
 deavour to preserve an equal mind. Saying of Periander, 
 one of the Seven. 
 
 4624. Si fuit errandum, causas habet error honestas. (L.) Ov. 
 
 H. 7, 109. If I sinned, the sin has fair excuse. Dido 
 to ^Eneas. If she did go astray she might be excused, 
 seeing that the gods had thrown a lover in her way. 
 
 4625. Si genus humanum, et mortalia temnitis arma ; 
 
 At sperate Deos memores fandi atque nefandi. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 1, 542. 
 If men and mortal arms ye slight, 
 Know there are gods who guard the right. Conington. 
 
 4626. Si je ne pardonne point a mes ennemis, je ne leur fais 
 
 aucun mal : je suis rancunier, et ne suis point vindicatif. 
 (Fr.) Chateaub. If it is not my custom to forgive my 
 enemies, at least I do them no harm : I am relentless 
 without being revengeful. 
 
 4627. Sijepuis. (Fr.) If I can, M. of the Earl of Newburgh. 
 
 4628. Si jeunesse savait ! si vieillesse pouvait ! (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 If youth only knew ! If age only could /
 
 SI LEONINA. 497 
 
 4629. Si judicas, cognosce ; si regnas, jube. (L.) Sen. Med. 194. 
 
 If you sit in judgment, investigate; if you possess 
 supreme power, command. Difference between judicial 
 and executive offices. 
 
 4630. Si la bonne foi est bannie du reste du monde, il faut qu'on 
 
 la trouvat dans la bouche des rois. (Fr.) Biograph. 
 Univ. If good faith is banished from the rest of man- 
 kind it must at least be found upon the lips of kings. 
 
 A fine sentiment attributed to John II. (France), expressing his 
 determination to surrender himself to the King of England when 
 informed that his son the Duke of Anjou, whom he had left there 
 as hostage, had escaped to France. Froissart, who mentions the 
 wish of the king, omits all reference to the speech here quoted. 
 
 4631. Si I'adversite' te trouve toujours sur tes pieds, la prosperity 
 
 ne te fait pas aller plus vite. (Fr.) Prov. If adver- 
 sity finds you always standing still, prosperity will not 
 make you move more quickly. 
 
 4632. Si 1'amour porte des ailes 
 
 N'est-ce pas pour voltiger? (Fr.) Beaum. Mar. de 
 Figaro. (Basile loq.) If Cupid lias wings is it not that 
 he may Jlutter hitJier and thitJier ? An apology for the 
 inconstancy of Love. The lines are taken from a 
 romance of Mme. Viot Of. the French Prov. : L'amitie 
 est 1'amour sans ailes, Friendship is love witJwut wings. 
 
 4633. Si la vie est miserable, elle est penible a supporter; si elle 
 
 est heureuse, il est horrible de la perdre. L'un revient a 
 1'autre. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. ii. p. 31. If life is 
 miserable, it is painful to endure, and if it is happy, it is 
 horrible to lose it. Thus, either way, it amounts pretty 
 much to the same thing. 
 
 4634. Silent enim leges inter anna. (L.) Cic. Mil. 4, 10. The 
 
 laws are silent in time of tear. Martial law prevails. 
 
 4635. S'il fait beau, prends ton manteau ; s'il pleut, prends-Ie si 
 
 tu veux. (Fr.) Prov. If if s fine, take your cloak ; if 
 
 it rains, you can please yourself. 
 Cf. Ingrediare viam cjelo licet usque sereno, 
 
 Ad subitas nunquam scortea desit aquas. (L.) Mart. 14, 130. 
 
 However fine it be when you go out 
 
 In case of showers take your overcoat. Ed. 
 
 4636. Si leonina pellis non satis est, assuenda vulpina. (L.) 
 
 Prov. If the lion's skin is not enough we must sew on 
 the fox's. Where force fails cunning must step in. 
 2 I
 
 498 SI L'OK 
 
 4637. Si Ton chasse les eVeques de leurs palais, ils se retirerom; 
 
 dans la cabane du pauvre qu'ils out nourri. Si on leur 
 6te leur croix d'or, ils prendront une croix de bois ; c'est 
 une croix de bois qui a sauve* le monde. (Fr-) Mont- 
 losier, Me'm. sur la Rev. Franc. 1, 379. If the bishops 
 are driven from their palaces, they will retire to the huts 
 of the poor whom they have fed : if you take from them 
 their crosses of gold, they will find one of wood. It was 
 a wooden cross which saved the world. 
 
 4638. S'il pleut a la Madeleine, 
 
 On voit pourrir noix et chataignes. (Fr.) Breton Prov. 
 If it rains on St Magdalene's day (July 22), walnuts 
 and chestnuts will rot away. 
 Also, S'il pleut le jour de S. Medard 
 
 II pleuvra quarante jours plus tard. 
 
 If it rains the day of St Medard (June 8), 
 
 'Twill rain for forty afterward. 
 And, S'il pleut le jour de S. Gervais et S. Protais 
 
 II pleuvra quarante jours apres. If it rains on SS. Gervasius 
 and Protasius day (June 19), it urill rain for forty days afterwards. 
 
 4639. S'il y a beaucoup d'art a savoir parler a propos, il n'y en a 
 
 pas moins a savoir se taire. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max p. 
 147. If there is great art in knowing how to speak to 
 the purpose, there is not less in knouring when to be silent. 
 
 4640. S'il y a des autels domestiques et sacres, c'est le tombeau et 
 
 le berceau ; la ou 1'homme acheve sa carriere, la ou 
 rhomme la commence. (Fr.) S. Marc Girardin, If 
 there are such things as sacred family altars, they are the 
 grave and the cradle : the one where man finishes hit 
 career, the other where he begins it. 
 
 4641. Simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis ! (L.) Enn. 
 
 ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97. The ape, how like tlie ugly 
 beast to man ! 
 
 4642. Simia simia est, etiamsi aurea gestet insignia. (L.) Prov. 
 
 An ape is an ape for all he wear golden trappings. 
 
 4643. Si mihi pergit, quse volt, dicere, ea, quse non volt, audiet. 
 
 (L.) Ter. And. 5, 4, 17. If he persists in saying to me 
 what he likes, he shall hear things lie will not like. 
 
 4644. Similem habent labra lactucam. (L.) Prov. Hier. Ep. 7, 5. 
 
 Like lips, like lettuce. Like has met its like : saying 
 of M. Crassus on seeing an ass eating thistles. 
 
 4645. Similia similibus curantur. (Z.) Like diseases are cured 
 
 by like remedies. The homoaopathic raison d'etre
 
 SINCERUM. 499 
 
 4646. Si (Mimnermus uti censet) sine amore jocisque 
 
 Nil est j ucundum, vivas in amore jocisque. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 65. 
 
 If nothing, as Mimnermus strives to prove, 
 Can e'er be pleasant without wanton love, 
 Then live in wanton love, thy sports pursue. (?) 
 
 4647. Si monumentum requiris, circumspice. (L.) If you seek 
 
 his monument, look around you. 
 
 Inscription on Sir C. Wren, on the north door of S. Paul's Cathe- 
 dral. Applicable to any great man whose best monument consists 
 in the beneficial results which he has produced. 
 
 4648. Si mora pro culpa est, ego sum inaturior illo. (L.) Ov. 
 
 M. 13, 300. If lateness is a fault, I am at least earlier 
 than lie. 
 
 4649. Simplex munditiis. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 5, 5. So trim so 
 
 simple. Conington. Plain in thy neatness. Francis. 
 Neat but not gaudy. 
 
 4650. Simulac duraverit setas 
 
 Membra animumque tuum, nabis sine cortice. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 120. 
 
 "When riper years have seasoned brain and limb, 
 
 You'll drop your corks, and like a Triton swim. Conington. 
 
 4651. Simul flare sorbereque baud factu facile 'st. 
 
 Ego hie esse et illic simul baud potui. (L.) Plaut. 
 Most. 3, 2, 104. It is not easy to whistle and drink at 
 one breath; I could not be here and tliere at the same 
 time. 
 
 4652. Si mutabile pectus 
 
 Est tibi, consiliis, non curribus, utere nostris, 
 Dum potes, et solidis etiamnum sedibus adstas. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 2, 145. 
 
 Phaibus to Phaethon. 
 To change your mind if yet yon choose, 
 Mv counsel, not my chariot, use 
 While yet you may, and solid ground 
 'Neath your aspiring feet be found. Ed. 
 
 4653. Si natura negat, facit indignatio versum. (L.) Juv. 1, 79. 
 
 Though Nature grudge poetic fire, 
 Just indignation will inspire. Ed. 
 
 4654. Sincerum et nisi vas, quodcunque infundis acescit. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54. 
 
 Unless the vessel whence we drink is pure, 
 
 Whate'er is poured therein turns foul, be sure. Conington.
 
 500 SINE. 
 
 4655. Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus. (L.) Prov. Ter. Eun. 
 
 4, 6. Without Ceres (bread) and Liber (wine) Venus 
 (love) starves. 
 
 Of. Love in a cottage, love upon a crust 
 
 Is, God forgive me, misery, ashes, dust. (?) 
 
 4656. Sine cura. (Z.) Without a care. A sinecure, an ap- 
 
 pointment where the only duty consists in receiving the 
 salary. 
 
 4657. Sine fuco et fallaciis homo. (Z.) Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1. A 
 
 man devoid of circumlocution or prevarication. Of. the 
 French, Sans phrase. 
 
 4658. Sine labe monstrum. (Z.) Scalig. 1 A faultless monster. 
 
 Said of Virgil. 
 
 4659. Sine nervis. (Z.) Hoi*. S. 2, 1, 2. Nerveless, emasculated. 
 
 Said of tame, frigid poetry. 
 
 4660. Sine prole, abbrev. s. p. (Z.) Without offspring ; as, e.g., 
 
 ob. (obiit) s. p. He died without leaving any issue. 
 
 4661. Sine qua non. (Z.) Without which not. An indispensable 
 
 or absolutely necessary condition. He made a sine qua 
 non of being allowed to bring his daughter with him. 
 
 4662. Sine rivali teque et tua solus amares. (Z.) Hor. A. P. 444. 
 
 You live, untroubled by advice 
 
 Sole tenant of your own fool's paradise. Conington. 
 Cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63 : In hoc euim genere nescio quo pacto 
 magis quam in aJiis suum cuique pulcrum est : adhuc nemiuem 
 cognovi poetain, qui sibi non optimus videretur. I don't know 
 why, but in this class of men more than in any other, each man's 
 own goose is a swan. I never yet knew a poet that did not think 
 himself the best writer of his day. 
 
 4663. Singula de nobis anni prsedantur euntes. 
 
 Eripuere jocos, Venerem, convivia, ludum : 
 
 Tendunt extorquere poernata. (Z.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 55. 
 
 Years as they roll cut all our pleasures short ; 
 Our pleasant mirth, our loves, our wine, our sport, 
 And then they stretch their power, and crush at last 
 Even the power of singing of the past. Anth. Trollope. 
 
 1:664. Singula quseque locum teneant sortita decenter. (Z.) 
 
 Hor. A. P. 92. Let each subject keep its allotted place in 
 
 language suiting its position. 
 4665. Si nimis est legisse duos, tibi charta plicetur 
 
 Altera : divisum sic breve net opus. (L.) Mart. 4, 83. 
 . If it be too much labour to read both volumes, close one 
 
 of them : thus divided, the task will become a short one.
 
 SI POEM A. 501 
 
 4666. Si noles sanus, curres hydropicus. (L.) HOT. Ep. 1, 2, 
 
 34. If you won't run (take exercise) when in health, 
 you'll be running fast enough wlten the dropsy has got 
 hold of you, 
 
 4667. Si non errasset, fecerat ilia minus. (L.) Mart. 1, 22, 8. 
 
 Had she not erred, her history had been less. Said of the 
 hand which M. Scsevola thrust into the flames, after his 
 fruitless attempt to assassinate Lars Porsena, 
 
 4668. Si nos servaremus in necessariis unitatem, in non neces- 
 
 sariis libertatem, in utrisque charitatem, optimo certe 
 loco essent res nostrae. (L.) Rup. Meldenius, Paraenesis 
 votiva, etc., ad Theol. August Corif., 17th cent. Ij 
 we would only observe unity on necessary points of 
 doctrine, liberty on non-necessary ones, and charity in 
 both, our prospects would certainly be in the best possible 
 condition. 
 
 4669. Si nous n'avions point de defauts, nous ne prendrions 
 
 pas tant de plaisir a en remarquer dans les autres. (Fr.) 
 La Piochef. Max. p. 35, 31. If we had not ourselves so 
 many faults, we should not feel so much pleasure in 
 remarking on those of other people. 
 
 4670. Si nous ne nous flattions pas nous memes, la flatterie des 
 
 autres ne nous pourroit nuire. (fr.) ? If we did not 
 entertain a too flattering opinion of ourselves, the flattery 
 of others could not injure us. 
 
 4671. Sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones. 
 
 Virgiliumque tibi vel tua rura dabunt. (L.} Mart. 8, 
 56, 5. Let there only be Af&cenases, Flaccus, and Maros 
 will be fortficoming : your own fields, even, will produce 
 a Virgil. Let there only be plenty of good patrons, and 
 poets will not be wanting. 
 
 4672. Si numeres anno soles et nubila toto, 
 
 Invenies nitidum ssepius isse diem. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 8, 31. 
 
 If yon count cloud and sunshine thro' the year, 
 You'll find the total less of foul than fair. Ed. 
 
 4673. Si parva licet componere magnis. (L.) Virg. G. 4, 176. 
 
 If one may compare small things with great. 
 
 4674. Si poema loquens pictura est, pictura taciturn poema debet 
 
 esse. (L.) Auct. Her. 4, 28, 39. If a poem is a 
 speaking picture, a picture ought to be a silent poem.
 
 502 SI POSSEM. 
 
 4675. Si possem, sanior essem, 
 
 Sed trahit invitam nova vis, aliudque cupido 
 Mens aliud suadet : video meliora proboque, 
 Deteriora sequor. (L.) Ov. M. 7, 18. 
 
 I would be saner if I could, 
 But a strange force impels me "gainst my wilL 
 This passion urges, judgment that : I see 
 The better way, and I approve, and yet 
 I follow what is worse. Ed. 
 
 4676. Si possis, suaviter, si non, quocunque modo. (Z.) By 
 
 gentle means, if you can, if not, some how or other. 
 
 4677. Si qua, metu dempto, casta est, ea denique casta est. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Am. 3, 4, 3. If a woman preserves her 
 chastity when she has nothing to fear, then she is chaste 
 indeed. 
 
 4678. Si qua recordanti benefacta priora voluptas 
 
 Est homini, quum se cogitat esse pium, 
 Nee sanctam violasse fidem, nee fcedere in ullo 
 
 Divom ad fallendos numine abusum homines ; 
 Multa parata manent in longa setate, Catulle, 
 
 Ex hoc ingrato gaudia amore tibi. (Z.) Cat. 76, 1. 
 
 If there's a joy to muse on days of yore, 
 
 To think that one's been generous, true, and kind ; 
 
 That plighted faith has ne'er been broken, nor 
 Oaths falsely sworn to other's hurt designed 
 
 Then you've, Catullus, joys enough in store 
 
 To blot this misplaced passion from your mind. Ed. 
 
 4679. Si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari. (L.) Ov. H. 9, 32. 
 
 If you wish to marry suitably, marry your equal. 
 
 4680. Si quid aliud est in philosophia boni, hoc est, quod stemma 
 
 non inspicit : omnes, si ad primam originem revocentur, 
 a Diis sunt. (L.) Sen. Ep. 44. If there be one good 
 thing in philosophy it is this, that it takes no account of 
 descent : all men, if you trace them back to their original 
 source, sprung from the gods. 
 
 4681. Si quid novisti rectius istis 
 
 Candidus imperti ; si non, his utere mecum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67. 
 If you can mend these precepts, do : 
 If not, what serves for me may serve for you. Conitigton. 
 
 4682. Si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convertere. (Z.) 
 
 Plant. Poan. 5, 5, 42. If I have said anything in joke, 
 don't take it all seriously (literally).
 
 SI TIBI. 503 
 
 4683. Si quis. (Z.) If any one. A formula read in church on 
 
 behalf of a candidate for ordination in the Church of 
 England, requiring any opposer to state reasons why the 
 candidate should not be ordained. 
 
 4684. Si quis Deus mihi largiatur, ut ex hac setate repuerescam 
 
 et in cunnis vagiam, valde recusem. (Z.) Cic. Sen. 23, 
 83. If a god were to offer me at my present age to become 
 a child again and cry in a cradle, I should certainly 
 decline. 
 
 4685. Si sit prudentia. (Z.) Juv. 10, 365. If you are biU 
 
 guided by prudence. M. of Lords Auckland and Henley. 
 
 4686. Si sol splendescat Maria purificante 
 
 Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante. (Z.) 
 
 If Candlemas day be fair and bright 
 Winter will have another flight. 
 
 4687. Siste moduni, dixit, neque enim fortuna querenda 
 
 Sola tua est : similes aliorum respice casus, 
 
 Mitius ista feres. (Z.) Ov. M. 15, 493. 
 
 Hippolytvs consoling Egeria. 
 Control yourself, he said, for your sad lot 
 Is not the only sad one : look at other's woes 
 Resembling yours, or worse, and then you'll bear 
 This grief of yours more patiently. Ed. 
 
 4688. Sit anima mea cum illo (or illis). (Z.) May my soul 
 
 hereafter be in his or their company ! Kindred spiiits. 
 
 4689. Sit bona librorum et provisse frugis in annum 
 
 Copia, neu fluitem dubise spe pendulus horse. 
 
 (Z.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 107. 
 
 Let me have books and stores for one year hence, 
 Nor make my life one flutter of suspense. Conington. 
 
 4690. Si te propositi nondum pudet, atque eadem est rnens 
 
 Ut bona summa putes aliena vivere quadra. 
 
 (Z.) Juv. 5, 1. 
 Trebius, if you still retain that 
 Shameless notion that true bliss is 
 Eating crumbs from other men's tables. STutw. 
 
 Line 1 is lit. If you are not ashamed of the idea, and are 
 still of the same way of thinking, etc. 
 
 4691. Si tibi deficiant medici, medici tibi fiant 
 
 Hsec tria ; rnens hilai-is, requies, moderata diaeta. 
 
 (Z.) Schola Salern. 
 
 If doctors fail, here's my prescription ; try it : 
 
 These three ; good spirits, rest, and moderate diet. Ed.
 
 504 SIT MIHI. 
 
 4692. Sit mihi quod nunc est : etiam minus ; et mihi vivam 
 
 Quod superest sevi, si quid superesse volunt Di. 
 
 (L.) ROT. Ep. 1, 18, 107. 
 O may I yet possess 
 
 The goods I have, or, if Heaven pleases, less ! 
 Let the few years that fate may grant me still 
 Be all my own, not held at other's will. C&nington. 
 
 4693. Sit modus lasso maris, et viarum Militiaeque. (L.) Hor. 
 
 C. 2, 6, 7. / would have an end of weary wandering by 
 sea and land and military service. 
 
 4694. Sit piger ad paenas princeps, ad prsemia velox. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 2, 123. 
 
 Kings should be slow to punish, swift to praise. Ed. 
 
 4695. Sit sine labe decus. (L.) Let my honour be without stain. 
 
 Earl of Eldon. 
 
 4696. Sit tibi terra levis, abbrev. s.t.t.l. (L.) May earth lie light 
 
 upon thee. Common funeral inscription. 
 
 4697. Sit tua cura sequi : me duce tutus eris. (L.) Ov. A. A. 
 
 2, 58. You have only to follow : under my guidance you 
 will be safe. 
 
 4698. Sit venia verbis. (L.) Pardon the words, or the expression. 
 
 4699. Sive pium vis hoc, sive hoc muliebre vocari, 
 
 Confiteor misero molle cor esse mihi. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 3, 31. 
 
 Whether 'tis friendship, or a woman's part, 
 One way or t'other, I've a tender heart. Ed. 
 
 4700. Sive quod in tenebris numerosos ponere gressus, 
 
 Quodque legas nulli carmina scribere, idem est. 
 Excitat auditor studium : laudataque virtus 
 Crescit, et immensum gloria calcar habet. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 4, 2, 33. 
 
 "With circling footsteps in the dark to pace, 
 Or write what no one listens to, 's the same : 
 
 Hearers inspire, talents expand with praise, 
 
 A wondrous stimulus, the thought of fame. Ed* 
 
 4701. Si veut le roi, si veut la loi. (Fr.) Law Term. So wills 
 
 the king, so wills the law. 
 
 4702. Si vox est, canta ; si mollia brachia, salta. (L.) Ov. A. 
 
 A. 1, 595. If you've got a voice, sing ; if you have 
 supple arms, dance / Do all you can to make yourself 
 agreeable.
 
 SOLAMEN. 505 
 
 4703. ^Ktas ovap avOpuiroi. (Gr.) Find. Pyth. 8, 136. A 
 
 shadow's dream are men. 
 
 4704. Socci et cothurni musicam. (L.) Aus. Ep. 10, 43. Comic 
 
 and dramatic poetry. 
 
 4705. Socordiam eorum inridere libet, qui praesenti potentia 
 
 credunt exstingui posse etiaui sequentis aevi memoriam. 
 Nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas : neque 
 aliud extern! reges, aut qui eadem saevitia usi sunt, nisi 
 dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere. (L.) Tac. A. 
 4, 35. It is difficult not to smile at the folly of those, 
 toko by an act of arbitrary poiver imagine it possible to 
 crush out t/ie investigations of future generations. On 
 the contrary genius thrives under oppression, and all that 
 foreign tyrants, or such as have adopted their barbarous 
 policy have effected, has been to procure obloquy for tliem- 
 selves, and to enhance the fame of t/ie author wJiom they 
 proscribed. 
 
 4706. Socrates quidem quum rogaretur cujatem se esse diceret, 
 
 Mundanum, inquit. Totius enim mundi se incolain et 
 civem arbitrabatur. (L.) Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108. When 
 Socrates was asked what countryman he was, OftJie world, 
 said he ; for he considered himself an inhabitant and 
 citizen of the universe. 
 
 4707. Sogno d'infermi, e fola di romanzi. (It.) Petrarch. Trionf. 
 
 d'Amor. 4, 66. A sick man's dream, a fable of romance. 
 Description of human life. Nonentities, unrealities, res 
 vanissimce. 
 
 4708. Soi-disant. (Fr.) Self-stykd. 
 
 4709. Sola Deo salus. (L.) Safety is from God alone. Motto 
 
 of Lord Rokeby. (2.) Sola juvat virtus. Virtue alone 
 assists. Motto of Lord Blantyre. 
 
 4710. Solamen miseris, socios habuisse malorum : 
 
 Solamen miserum sed tamen istud idem. (L.) Dion. 
 Cato 1 It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades 
 in misfortune, but it is but poor comfort after all. Cf. 
 Seneca, Consol. ad Marc. 12, 5, Malevoli solatii genus 
 est turba miserorum. A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a 
 miserable kind of comfort; and la-ofj.oi.pia. rwv KOLKMV 
 \ova-(i TIVO. o/xws TO /xera TroAAwv Kovfacriv. (Gr.) 
 Thucyd. 7, 75. The universality of t/teir sufferings being 
 alleviated to a certain extent by being borne in company.
 
 506 SOLA. 
 
 4711. Sola nobilitas virtus. (L.) Virtue is the only nobility. 
 
 Motto of the Duke of Abercorn. 
 
 4712. Sola salus servire Deo, sunt caetera fraudes. (L.) Salva- 
 
 tion is alone found in the service of God, other ways are 
 deceitful. Inscription over a fire-place in the old palace 
 of the Dukes of Lancaster, at Enfield, Middlesex. Four 
 first words are the motto of Earl of Rosse. 
 
 4713. Sola virtus invicta. (L.) Virtue alone is invincible. 
 
 M. of the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Howard of Glossop. 
 
 4714. Soldats ! si les cornettes vous manquent, vous trouverez 
 
 toujours mon panache blanc au chemin de 1'honneur et 
 de la gloire. (Fr.) Soldiers ! if you cannot hear the 
 bugles, you will always see my white plume in the path of 
 honour and glory ! Speech of Henry I Y. at Ivr y. 
 
 4715. Solebamus consumere longa loquendo 
 
 Tempora, sermonem deficiente die. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 13, 
 28. We used to spend long hours in talk, daylight failing 
 before our conversation came to an end. 
 
 4716. Solem quis dicere falsum Audeat? (L.) Virg. G. 1, 463. 
 
 Who will dare to call the sun a deceiver? Applied by 
 Theophile Gautier to the art of photography. 
 
 4717. Soli cantare periti Arcades. (L.) Yirg. E. 10, 32. The 
 
 Arcadians alone are skilled in song. 
 
 4718. Soli Deo Gloria. (L.) To God alone be glory. Glovers' 
 
 and Skinners' Company. (2.) Soli Deo Honor et Gloria. 
 To God alone be honour and glory. Leathersellers' 
 Company. 
 
 4719. Solis nosse Deos et cseli numina vobis, 
 
 Aut solis nescii'e datum. (L.) Lucan. 1, 452. 
 
 The Druids. 
 
 To understand the Gods and things of heaven, 
 To you alone by revelation's given ; 
 Or else to be alone in ignorance. Ed. 
 
 4720. Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. (L.) Tac. Agr. 30. 
 
 They make a solitude and they call it peace. 
 
 4721. Sollicitaut alii remis freta cseca, ruuntque 
 
 In ferrurn : penetrant aulas, et limina regum. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 2, 503. 
 
 Some to the seas, and some to camps resort, 
 
 And some with impudence invade the court. Dryden.
 
 SOMNIA. 507 
 
 4722. Sol, mi, re, fa. (ft.) Motto with arms granted (temp. 
 
 Elizabeth) to Dr John Bull, the reputed author of God 
 Save the Queen. 
 
 4723. Sol occubuit nox nulla secuta est. (L.) Giraldus 1 ? TJie 
 
 sun went down, but no night ensued. A. flattering 
 enlogium upon the heir to the throne on the demise of 
 the sovereign. According to Camden the line referred 
 to the accession of Richard I. 
 
 4724. Solo cedit, quicquid solo plantatur. (L.) Law Max. 
 
 What is planted in the ground goes wth the land. The 
 purchaser of land takes all timber, etc., standing upon it. 
 
 4725. Solo Deo salus. (L.) Salvation in God alone. 
 
 4726. Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne 
 
 Peccet ad extremum ridendus, et ilia ducat. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8. 
 Give rest in time to that old horse, for fear 
 At last he founder 'mid the general jeer. Conington. 
 
 Solvit ad diem. (L.) Law Term. He paid to the day. 
 Plea to a prosecution for debt. 
 
 Solvitur ambulando. (L.) The difficulty is solved by 
 walking. 
 
 Said of the Achilles and Tortoise puzzle, in which though accord- 
 ing to mathematics A. is never able to pass the T. iu the race, the 
 apparent impossibility is solved by allowing the two competitors 
 to make the trial. The phrase is thus used of any fallacy or un- 
 founded notion, which can be disproved by putting the matter to 
 a practical test. 
 
 4729. Solvuntur risu tabulae ; tu missus abibis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 1, 86. 
 
 0, then a laugh will cut the matter short : 
 
 The case breaks down, defendant leaves the court. Conington. 
 
 Solvuntur risu tabulae is said of any question which only 
 succeeds in raising general laughter, and is so dismissed. 
 The matter or case is " laughed out of court." 
 
 4730. ZiopxTa TrdXXa T/)<eiv, Kai 8w/xara TroAA' dveycipeiv 
 
 'ArpaTTos eis Trevirjv rriv Toi/zoTxTr/. (Gr.)1 To feed 
 many moutJis and to build many houses is the surest road 
 to poverty. 
 
 4731. Somnia terrores magicos miracula sagas 
 
 Nocturnes lemures portentaque Thessala rides 1 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 208. 
 
 Can you make sport of portents, gipsy crones, 
 
 Hobgoblins, dreams, raw head and bloody bones ? Conington.
 
 508 SOMNUM. 
 
 4732. Somnurn humanum quievi. (L.) App. 9, p. 218, 14. 
 
 / slept like a human being. I had a mortal good sleep. 
 
 4733. Somnus agrestium 
 
 Lenis virorum non humiles domos 
 
 Fastidit, umbrosamque ripam. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 21. 
 
 Sleep knows no pride, 
 It scorns not cots of village hinds, 
 Nor shadow-trembling river side. Conington. 
 
 4734. 2o^>7jv 8e ^ttcro)' fj.rj yap fv y'l/Mois Sojiois 
 
 177 <f>povovcra irXeiov 17 JVVO.IKO. XP*i Vf (@ r -) Eurip. 1 
 / hate a clever woman. Let there be no woman in my 
 house that knows more than a woman should. 
 
 4735. Sorex suo perit indicio. (L.) Prov. The mouse perishes 
 
 by disclosing his retreat. His revelations proved his ruin. 
 Don't speak to your own undoing. 
 
 4736. Sors tua mortalis ; non est inortale quod optas. 
 
 Plus etiam quam quod superis contingere fas sit, 
 Nescius affectas. (L.) Ov. M. 2, 56. 
 
 Mortal thy lot, but more than mortal may 
 Is that thou covetest : e'en the celestials 
 Dare not to handle with impunity 
 What thou aspirest to in ignorance. Ed. 
 
 Speech of Apollo to Phaethon, on the petition of the 
 latter to guide the chariot of the sun. 
 
 4737. Sortes Virgili, or Virgilianse. (L.) Lampr. Alex. Sever. 
 
 14, 5. Virgilian oracles, or chances. 
 
 Divination of one's fortune ascertained by the words first lit upon 
 at the opening of some book (Virgil or other) selected for the pur- 
 pose. Charles I. is said to have opened the jEneid at Bk. 2, line 
 557. The Gospels were also frequently used for this purpose. 
 
 4738. Sortilegis egeant dubii, semperque futuris 
 
 Casibus ancipites : me non oracula certum 
 
 Sed mors certa facit : pavido fortique cadendum est. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 9, 581. 
 
 Let those oppressed with constant doubts and fears 
 About their fate, consult the soothsayers : 
 To me no seer save death th' assurance gave ; 
 All men must fall, the coward and the brave. Ed. 
 
 4739. Sospetto licenzia fede. (It.) Prov. Suspicion renders 
 
 belief optional. If you have a suspicion of a person's 
 veracity, you must use your own judgment as to the 
 truth of his statements.
 
 SPEM. 509 
 
 4740. Sou vent femme varie, 
 
 Bien fol qui s'y fie. (Fr.) Woman often varies, fool is 
 he who trusts her. 
 
 According to the story, the lines were written by Francis I. on a 
 window in the castle of Chambord. Brant6me, however, who had 
 seen the writing, says that the words were Toute femme varie, and 
 not a distich as is commonly supposed. 
 
 4741. Souvent la perfidie retourne sur son auteur. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. 1 ? Treachery very often comes back on the head of its 
 instigator. 
 
 4742. Soyez ferine. (Fr.) Be firm. M. of the Earl of Carrick. 
 
 4743. Soyons doux, si nous voulons etre regrette's. La hauteur 
 
 du ge'nie et les qualites superieures ne sont pleurees que 
 des anges. (Fr.) Chateaub. ? Be gentle, if you wish to 
 be regretted. Great genius and talents have none but the 
 angels to lament t/teir loss. 
 
 4744. Spargere voces in vulgum ambiguas. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 98. 
 
 With chance-dropt words the people fired. Conington. 
 
 4745. 'Zirdp-n^v IXax^s, Ketvrjv KOCT/WI. (Gr.) Eurip. Fr. 695. 
 
 You have the honour to be a Spartan, be an honour to 
 your country. Quoted by Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2, with ravrav 
 for Kf.Lvr]v, in which form it is usually cited. Often also 
 in the Lat. " Spartam nactus es, hanc orna." 
 
 4746. Spectatum admissi, risum teneatis, amici? (L.) Hor. A, 
 
 P. 5. Being admitted to the sight, could you, my friends, 
 restrain your laughter? Was there ever anything so 
 preposterous 1 
 
 4747. Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae. (L.) Ov. 
 
 A. A. 1, 99. TJie ladies come to see, and to be seen. 
 
 Chaucer, Wyf of Bath, Prol. has 
 
 And for to see, and eke for to be seye. 
 
 4748. Spectemur agendo. (L.} Let us be regarded by our actions. 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Shannon and Viscount Clifden, 1st 
 Royal Dragoons, 102nd Foot. 
 
 4749. Spem gregis. (L.) Yirg. E. 1, 15. The hope of the flock. 
 
 The flower of the family. 
 
 4750. Spem pretio non emo. (L.) Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11. / do not 
 
 wish to purchase mere hopes. I do not barter gold for 
 fallacious expectations.
 
 510 SPEKAT. 
 
 4751. Sperat infestis, metuit secundis, 
 
 Alteram ad sortem bene prseparatum 
 
 Pectus. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 10, 13 (First two words motto 
 
 of Lord Seaton). 
 
 A heart prepared for change of fate 
 Will hope in trouble, fear in joy. Ed. 
 
 4752. Speravi. (L.) I have hoped. Motto of Lord Lyons. 
 
 4753. Speravimus ista Dum fortuna fuit. (L.) Yirg. A. 10, 42. 
 
 Such hopes I had indeed while Heaven was kind. Dryden. 
 
 4754. Sperne voluptates, nocet empta dolore voluptas. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 55. 
 
 Make light of pleasure : pleasure bought with pain 
 Yields little profit, but much more of bane. Conington. 
 
 4755. Spei-o meliora. (L.) Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3. / hope for better 
 
 things. Motto of Lord Torphichen. 
 
 4756. Spes bona dat vires, aninmrn quoque spes bona firmat : 
 
 Vivere spe vidi qui moriturus erat. (L.) Ov. I 
 
 Hope. 
 
 Good hope both strength and confidence will give : 
 I've known through hope the dying to revive. Ed. 
 
 4757. Spes et fortuna. (L.) Hope and fortune. Lord Chelmsford. 
 
 (2.) Spes mea Christus. Christ is my hope. Motto of 
 the Earl of Lucan and Lord Clanmorris. (3.) Spes mea 
 in Deo. My hope is in God. Motto of Lord Teynham. 
 (4.) Spes nostra Deus. God is our hope. Curriers' 
 Company. (5.) Spes sibi quisque. Yirg. A. 11, 309. 
 Each man must rely upon himself. Each man for him- 
 self. (6.) Spes tutissima ccelis. The most safe hope is 
 in heaven. Motto of the Earl of Kingston. 
 
 4758. Spirat tragicum satis, et feliciter audet. (L.) Hor. Ep. 
 
 2, 1, 166. It breathes the traffic vein well enough, and is 
 happy in its attempts. Said of the Roman, drama. 
 
 4759. Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro vero infirma. (L.) 
 
 Vulg. Marc. 14, 38. The spirit indeed is willing, but 
 the flesh is weak. 
 
 4760. Splendida vitia. (L.) Tertull. 1 /Splendid vices. Ter- 
 
 tullian says of the virtues of the heathen, that being 
 devoid of grace, they can only be looked upon at the 
 best as so many " splendid vices."
 
 STATUS. 511 
 
 4761. Splendide mendax. (L.) Hor. 0. 3, 11, 35. Gloriously 
 
 false. "That splendid falsehood." Conington. Hyperm- 
 nestra alone of the daughters of Danaus, preserved her 
 husband's life when ordered by her father to slay him. 
 
 4762. S. R. E. (Sancta Romana Ecclesia). (Z.) The holy Roman 
 
 Church. 
 
 4763. Stabat mater dolorosa 
 
 Juxta crucem lacrymosa 
 
 Qua pendebat Filius. (L.) 1 
 
 At the cross her station keeping 
 Stood the mournful mother weeping, 
 Where He hung, the dying Lord. Dr Irons. 
 
 4764. Stabit quocunque jeceris, (L.~) It will stand, whichever 
 
 way you throw it. Motto of Isle of Man, in allusion to 
 the arms of the island, viz., a three-legged man. 
 
 4765. Stant caetera tigno. (Z.) The rest stand on a beam. 
 
 Motto of the Marquess of Huntly. 
 
 4766. Stare putes, adeo procedunt tempora tarde. (L.) Ov. T. 
 
 5, 10, 5. The time goes so slowly that you would think 
 it stood still. Ovid in exile. 
 
 4767. Stare super vias antiquas. (L.) 1 To stand on the old 
 
 ways. To resist novelties, innovations. 
 
 4768. Static bene fida carinis. (L.) A safe liaven for vessels. 
 
 Motto of the town of Cork (Harbour of Queenstown). 
 
 4769. Stat magni nominis umbra. (L.) Lucan. 1, 135. 
 
 Pompcy. 
 He stands, the shadow of a mighty name. Ed. 
 
 4770. Stat sua cuique dies ; breve et irreparabile tern pus 
 
 Omnibus est vitse ; sed famam extendere factis, 
 
 Hoc virtutis opus. (L.) Virg. A. 10, 467. 
 
 Each has his destined time : a span 
 
 Is all the heritage of man : 
 
 Tis virtue's part by deeds of praise 
 
 To lengthen fame through after days. Conington. 
 
 4771. Statua taciturnius exit. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 83. As 
 
 stupid (dumb) as a statue. Cf. Pallidior statua. Cat. 
 81, 4. Paler than a (marble) statue. 
 
 ill 2. Status quo, in statu quo, or statu quo. (L.) The state in 
 which (or in the state in which) anything originally was 
 situate. E.g., Status quo ante bellum, The state in which 
 belligerents stood before the tear. The opposite is Uii
 
 512 STEMMATA. 
 
 possithtis (As you now possess), signifying the respective 
 positions occupied by the belligerents, according to the 
 territory or points gained or lost at the close of the war. 
 
 4773. Stemmata quid faciunt? Quid prodest, Pontice, longo 
 
 Sanguine censeri ] pictosque ostendere vultus 
 Majorum? (L.) Juv. 8, 1. 
 
 'Tis only noble to be good. 
 
 What use in pedigrees ? what boots 
 
 Your family tree with noble roots ? 
 
 Or to display in corridors 
 
 A gallery of ancestors ? Ed. 
 
 4774. Sternitur infelix alieno vulnere, cselumque 
 
 Adspicit, et dulces moriens reminiscitur Argos. 
 
 (L.) Yirg. A. 10, 782. 
 
 Now, prostrate by an unmeant wound, 
 
 In death he welters on the ground, 
 
 And gazing on Italian skies 
 
 Of his loved Argos dreams, and dies. Conington. 
 
 4775. Stet fortuna domus. (L.) May the fortunes of the house 
 
 stand sure. Harrow School. 
 
 4776. Stet quicunque volet potens 
 
 Aulse culnrine lubrico. 
 Me dulcis saturet quies : 
 Obscuro positus loco, 
 
 Leni perfruar otio. (L.} Sen. Thyest. 391. 
 
 Anxious for power, let him who will 
 
 Climb to the palace' slippery heights : 
 But rather let me take my fill 
 
 Of sweet retirement's delights ; 
 And, buried in my humble nest, 
 Enjoy the fruits of ease and rest. Ed. 
 
 4777. Stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac 
 
 magister. (L.) Cic. de Or. 33, 150. The pen is the 
 best and most efficacious help and master in the art of 
 speaking. 
 
 4778. Stimulos dedit semula virtus. (L.) Lucan. 1, 120. 
 
 Rivalry of valour spurred him on. 
 
 4779. Sto pro veritate. (Z>.) / take my stand in the defence oj 
 
 truth. Lord Oranmore and Browne. 
 
 4780. Strenua nos exercet inertia ; navibus atque 
 
 Quadrigis petimus bene vivere ; quod petis hie est, 
 Est Ulubris, animus si non te deficit sequus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 28
 
 STULTITIA. 513 
 
 Anxious through seas and land to search for rest 
 
 Is but laborious idleness at best. Francis. 
 
 No : what you seek at Ulubrae you'll find, 
 
 If to the quest you bring a balanced mind. Conington. 
 
 4781. Studiis et rebus honestis. (L.) By honest studies and 
 
 pursuits. Motto of Lord Ashburton. 
 
 4782. Studiis florentem ignobilis otl (L.) Virg. G. 4, 564. 
 
 Indulging in the studies of inglorious leisure. 
 Affecting studies of less noisy praise. Dryden. 
 
 Said of the author's composition of his Georgics. The poet inti- 
 mates, that while Caesar was pursuing his high destiny in arms, he 
 (Virgil) was passing his time at Naples, in the pleasing but in- 
 glorious pursuit of his own peculiar studies. 
 
 4783. Studio minuente laborem. (L.) Ov. M. 4, 295. T/te 
 
 pursuit (occupation) lessening the fatigue. 
 
 4784. Stulta est dementia, quum tot ubique 
 
 Vatibus occurras, periturae parcere chartse. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 1, 17. 
 
 Since I'm ever meeting poets 
 
 It's sheer nonsense to grudge paper, 
 
 For they'll spoil it if I do not. Sfutw. 
 
 4785. Stulta ruaritali jam porrigit ora capistro. (L.) Juv. 6, 
 
 43. He is already stretching out his silly head for the 
 matrimonial halter. He is going to sacrifice his liberty 
 for the bonds of marriage. 
 
 4786. Stulte, quid o frustra votis puerilibus optas, 
 
 Quae non ulla tulit, fertque feretque dies 1 (L.) Ov. T. 
 3, 8, 11. Fool, why do you vainly wish with childish 
 desire for things which time past has never produced, nor 
 does, nor ever will bring about ? 
 
 4787. Stultissimum in luctu capillum sibi avellere, 
 
 Quasi calvitio maeror levaretur. (L.) Bion. ap. Cic. 
 Tusc. 3, 26, 62. It is worse than foolish to tear one's 
 hair in grief, as if sorrow could be relieved by baldness. 
 Witty remark of Bion on the rage of Agamemnon. 
 
 4788. Stulti stolidi fatui fungi bardi blenni buccones ! (L.) 
 
 Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2. Fools, stupids, simpletons, chuckle- 
 heads, idiots, dolts, gawkies ! 
 
 4789. Stultitia est, quoi bene esse licet, euru prsevorti litibus. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 20. It is mere folly for a man 
 who might be well off, to prefer to involve himself in 
 litigation. 
 
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 514 STULTITIAM. 
 
 4790. Stultitiam patiuntur opes. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 29. 
 
 Hiches can afford to be foolish. 
 
 4791. Still torum incurata pudor malus iilcera celat. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 24. 
 
 O, 'tis a false, false shame that would conceal 
 
 From doctors' eyes the sores it cannot heal. Coninglon. 
 
 4792. Stultum me fateor (liceat concedere veris) 
 
 Atque etiam insanum. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 305. 
 
 I own I'm foolish (let the truth be told), 
 Nay, even mad. Ed. 
 
 4793. Stultus ab obliquo qui quum descendere possit, 
 
 Pugnat in adversas ire natator aquas. (.) Ov. R. A. 121. 
 
 He's mad to buffet with the current's force 
 
 Who can descend the flood with slanting course. Ed. 
 
 4794. Stultus es, rem actam agis. (L.) Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 28. 
 
 You fool, you are doing work twice over. 
 
 4795. Stultus et impvobus hie amor est, dignusque notari, 
 
 Quum tua pervideas oculis male lippus inunctis, 
 Cur in amicorum vitiis tarn cernis acutum ? 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 21. 
 
 Self-love like this is knavish, and absurd, 
 
 And well deserves a damnatory word : 
 
 You glance at your own faults, your eyes are blear ; 
 
 You eye your neighbour's, straightway you are clear. 
 
 Conington. 
 
 4796. Stylus virum arguit. (L.) The style shows the man. 
 
 4797. Sua confessione induatur ac juguletur necesse est. (//.) 
 
 Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, 166. He must entangle himself and 
 cut his throat with his own confession. Cf. Suo sibi 
 gladio hunc jugulo. Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 35. / stab him 
 with his own weapon. 
 
 4798. Sua cuique Deus fit dira cupido. (L.) Virg. A. 9, 185. 
 
 Each man's fierce passion becomes his god. 
 
 Passion surging past control 
 
 Plays the god to each one's soul. Conington. 
 
 4799. Sua cuique quum sit anirni cogitatio 
 
 Colorque proprius. (L.} Phsedr. 4, Prol. 7. Each man 
 has his own fancy and colour which he gives to his pro- 
 ductions. 
 
 4800. Suam cuique sponsam, mihi meam : suum cuique ainorem, 
 
 inihi meum. (L.) Attilius, ap. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3.
 
 SUBLIME. 515 
 
 Each man his wife, but give me mine : 
 Each man his love, but mine for me. Ed. 
 
 A line of M. Attilius the dramatist, poeta durissimus (a most rugged 
 
 poet) as Cicero calls him in I. 
 
 4801. Suave est ex magno tollere acervo. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 51. 
 
 The Miser. 
 
 But there's a pleasure, spite of all you say, 
 In a large heap from which to take away. Coningion. 
 
 4802. Suave, mari magno turbantibus sequora ventis, 
 
 E terra magnum alterius spectare laborem. 
 
 Non quia vexari quemquam est jocunda voluptas 
 
 Sed quibus ipse mails careas, quia cernere suave est. 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 2, 1. 
 Suave mari magno. 
 
 'Tis sweet to stand upon the shore 
 
 And hear the mighty ocean roar, 
 
 And watch some swimmer on the wave 
 
 Battling to 'scape a watery grave : 
 
 Not that to see another's pain 
 
 Brings any pleasurable gain, 
 
 But there's a certain charm to see 
 
 The ills from which one's self is free. Ed. 
 
 4803. Suaviter et fortiter. (L.) Mildly and firmly. Motto of 
 
 Earl Minto. 
 
 4804. SjMjviter in inodo, fortiter in re. (L.) Gentle in manner, 
 
 vigorous in performance. Motto of Lord Newborough. 
 Aquaviva, General of the Jesuits (1606), says in a treatise (Indus- 
 trise ad curandos animae morbos) : Fortes in fine assequendo, et suaves 
 in modo assequendi simus, Let us be vigorous in attaining our 
 object, and mild in the means thereto. 
 
 4805. Sub cruce Candida. (Z.) Under the white cross. Motto 
 
 of Earl of Egmont. (2.) Sub cruce salus. (L.) Salva- 
 tion by the cross. Motto of Viscount Bangor. 
 
 4806. Sub fine. (L.) At the end. (2.) Sub initio. At the be- 
 
 ginning. (3.) Sub Jove. In the open air, out of doors. 
 (4.) Sub rosa. Under tlie rose, confidentially. (5.) Sub 
 silentio. In silence, unnoticed. 
 
 4807. Sub hoc signo vinces. (L.) Under this sign thou shall 
 
 conquer. Motto of Viscount De Vesci. 
 
 4808. Sublata causa tollitur effectus. (L.) Law Max. The 
 
 cause being removed, t/te effect must cease. 
 
 4809. Sublime, familier, solide, enjoue", tendre, 
 
 Aise", profond, naif et fin. 
 
 Vive, Horace, avant tout 1'univers pour t'entendre 
 Aime a redevenir Latin. (Fr.) LaMotte,Poes.Le*geres.
 
 516 SUB PCENA. 
 
 Horace. 
 Sublime yet familiar, real, gay, full of feeling, 
 
 Easy, deep, artless, shrewd is his vein. 
 Hail ! Horace, to hear thee the world would be willing 
 
 To become Latin-speaking again. Ed. 
 
 Petron. Arb. cap. 118, speaks of Horatii curiosa felicitas, Horace's 
 "curious felicity" of expression: and Dr Johnson, Boswell, vol. 
 vii. p. 219, says, " The lyrical parts of Horace can never be per- 
 fectly translated." See also Quint. Inst. Or. 1, 8, to same effect. 
 
 4810. Sub poena (ad testificandum). (L.) Law Term. You are 
 
 to attend to give evidence under penalty. The ordinary 
 process, both, in equity and common law, to compel the 
 attendance of a witness. (2.) Sub pcena duces tecum. 
 Under a penalty you are to bring with you : similar 
 writ requiring witness to produce books or papers, etc. 
 In either case the person cited is said to be subpoenaed, or 
 to have a sub poena served on him, requiring his attend- 
 ance as witness in court. 
 
 4811. Subtilis veterum judex et callidus audis. (L.) Hor. S. 
 
 2, 7, 101. You are considered a fine and knowing judge 
 of the old masters. A clever judge and connoisseur of 
 ancient works of art. 
 
 4812. Succedaneum. (L.) A substitute. A medicine or remedy 
 
 substituted for another. 
 
 4813. Suche die Wissenschaft als wiirdest ewig du hier sein, 
 
 Tugend, als hielte der Tod dich schon am straubenden 
 Haar. (G.) Herder 1 Seek knowledge, as if thou 
 would 'st always be here ; virtue, as if death already held 
 tJiee by the stiffened hair. 
 
 4814. Sufficit diei malitia sua. (L.) Vulg. Matt. 6, 34. Suffi- 
 
 cient unto the day is the evil thereof. 
 
 4815. Suggestio falsi. (L.) The suggestion of what is false. (2.) 
 
 Suppressio veri. The suppression of what is true. The 
 latter of these two modes of equivocation is very com- 
 monly employed in testimonials to character. 
 
 4816. Sui cuique mores fingunt fortunam. (L.) Nep. 1 Manners 
 
 make the man. Every man's fortune is shaped more or 
 less by his manners. 
 
 4817. Sui generis. (L.)-Of a kind of its own. Something by 
 
 itself. 
 
 4818. Sui juris. (L.) Of his or in his own right.
 
 SUMMUM. 517 
 
 4819. Suis ea (sc. Fortuna) cuique fingitur moribus. (L.) Cic. 
 
 Par. 5, 1, 34. A man's abilities determine his fortune. 
 
 4820. Suis stat viribus. (L.) He stands by his own strength. 
 
 Motto of Lord Abinger. 
 
 4821. Suivez raison. (Fr.) Follow reason. Motto of the 
 
 Marquess of Sligo and Lord Kilmaine. 
 
 4822. Sume superbiam Qusesitam meritis. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 30, 14. 
 
 Put glory on, by virtue won. Conington. 
 
 4823. Sumite materiara vestris qui scribitis sequam 
 
 Viribus, et versate diu quid ferre recusent, 
 
 Quid valeant humeri. (L.) Hor. A. P. 38. 
 
 Good authors, take a brother bard's advice : 
 
 Ponder your subject o'er not once or twice, 
 
 And oft and oft consider if the weight 
 
 You hope to lift be or be not too great. Conington. 
 
 4824. Summa igitur et perfecta gloria constat ex tribus his, si 
 
 diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, si cum admiratione 
 quadam honore dignos putat. (Z.) Cic. Off. 2, 9, 3. 
 The perfect ideal of human glory is based upon these three 
 points : a people's love, their confidence, and a feeling of 
 admiration founded upon a sense of worth. 
 
 4825. Summa petit livor : perflant altissima venti. 
 
 (L.) Ov. R, A. 369. 
 Envy aims high : great summits feel the wind. Ed. 
 
 4826. Summum bonum. (L.) The chief good. The object the 
 
 most desirable to be obtained. Thus amongst the ancient 
 philosophers, the Epicureans placed the summum bonum 
 of life in Happiness (an untroubled calm), while the 
 Stoics made Virtue (the close imitation of Nature), and 
 the superiority of the Will to all circumstances and 
 changes of human existence, the s. b. to be desired. 
 
 4827. Summum crede nefas animam prseferre pudori, 
 
 Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas. (L.) Juv. 8, 83. 
 
 Think it a crime to purchase breath with shame, 
 And for the sake of life to lose life's aim. Ed. 
 
 4828. Summum jus summa injuria. (L.) Law Max. The 
 
 extremity of the law is the extremity of injustice. 
 
 Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33, quotes the maxim as, jam tritum sermone pro- 
 verbium, a trite and proverbial expression. Cf. Col. 1, 7, 2 : Sum- 
 mum jus antiqui summam putabant crucem. Our ancestors used to 
 consider extreme law as extreme punishment (lit. an extreme cross).
 
 518 SUMQTJE. 
 
 4829. Sumque argument! conditor ipse mei. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 1, 
 
 10. / am myself the subject of my own poems. 
 
 4830. Sunt aliquid Manes : letura non omnia finit, 
 
 Luridaque exstinctos effugit umbra rogos. 
 
 (L.) Prop. 4, 7,1. 
 To Cynthia's shade. 
 
 There is an after life : death ends not all : 
 Nor can the grave th' sethereal soul enthrall. Ed. 
 
 4831. Sunt bona, sunt qusedam mediocria, sunt mala plura 
 
 Quse legis hie : aliter non fit, Avite, liber. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 1, 17, 1. 
 
 Some good, some middling, and much more that's bad 
 You'll find : but otherwise a book's not made. Ed. 
 
 4832. Sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 347. 
 
 Some faults may claim forgiveness. Conington. 
 
 4833. Sunt Jovis omnia plena. (L.) Virg. E. 3, 60. All things 
 
 are full of, permeated by, the Deity. 
 
 4834. Sunt lachrymse rerum, et mentem mortalia tangunt. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 462. 
 
 Our history has its tears, and human hearts 
 Are touched by scenes of human suffering. Ed. 
 
 4835. Sunt nisi praemissi quos periisse putas. (L.) "Weavers' 
 
 Fun. Mon. Motto of Frontisp. Those whom you think 
 dead are only gone before. 
 
 4836. Sunt superis sua jura. (L.) Ov. M. 9, 499. Even the 
 
 gods themselves are bound by law. 
 
 4837. Sunt tamen in se communia sacra poetis 
 
 Diversum quamvis quisque sequamur iter. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 10, 17. 
 
 Poet with poet a common art combines, 
 
 Though each strike out their own respective lines. Ed. 
 
 4838. Suo Marte. (L.) Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95.% his own 
 
 valour (eocertions). 
 
 4839. Superat quoniam fortuna, sequamur, 
 
 Quoque vocat vertamus iter. (L.) Virg. A. 5, 22. 
 
 Since fate constrains let us obey 
 
 And follow where it leads the way. Ed. 
 
 4840. Super et Garamantas et Indos Proferet imperium. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 795.
 
 SURSUM. 519 
 
 O'er Ind and Garamant extreme 
 
 Shall stretch his boundless reign. Conington. 
 
 Said of Augustus Caesar, and applicable to England's Indian 
 
 possessions. 
 
 4841. Supersedeas. (Law L.} You may supersede. A writ to 
 
 stay proceedings in any case, or to abrogate the authority 
 of an inferior court. 
 
 Thus, the writ and warrant issuing out of a county court to the 
 sheriff to seize the goods of any one for rents, etc., will be rendered 
 inoperative by a writ of supersedeas, which has the effect of staying 
 all further proceedings in the matter. 
 
 4842. Superstitionem ... in qua inest inanis timor Dei . . . 
 
 religionem, quse Deoruru cultu pio continetur. (L.) 
 Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 117. /Superstition, which is an un- 
 founded fear of God, Religion, ivhich consists in the pious 
 worship of the Gods. 
 
 4843. Super subjectam materiam and Secundum subjectam 
 
 materiam. (L.) Law Phrase. Upon or according to 
 the particular subject-matter of the agreement, or other 
 point under discussion. 
 
 Thus, a speaker will be requested to confine his remarks and speak 
 only super subjectam materiam, upon the particular subject under 
 discussion ; and the language of parties in any written instrument 
 shall be interpreted secundum subjectam materiam, in conformity 
 with the particular subject-matter of the agreement. 
 
 4844. Supra vires. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22, or Ultra vires. 
 
 Virg. A. 6, 114. Beyond any one's powers. Exceeding 
 his capacities ; beyond the terms of his commission ; out- 
 side his province. 
 
 4845. Supremum vale. (L.) Ov. M. 10, 62. A last farewell 
 
 Cf. Virg. A. 11, 97 : 
 
 Salve ajternum mihi, maxime Pall a, 
 .ffitermimque vale. 
 Hail mighty firstling of the dead, 
 Hail and farewell for aye ! Conington. 
 
 4846. Sur Esperance. (fr.) In hope. Lord Moncrieff. 
 
 4847. Surgit post nubila Phoebus. (L.) The sun rises after the 
 
 clouds. Motto of Coachmakers' Company. 
 
 4848. Surgunt indocti et caelum capiunt. (//.) S. Aug. Conf. 8, 
 
 8. The unlearned arise and take heaven by force. Said 
 of S. Anthony (the Illiterate). 
 
 4849. Sursuni corda. (Z/.) Lift up your hearts. Versicle in the 
 
 Mass, with Response " Habemus ad Dominum," We lift 
 them up unto the Lord. Motto of Haileybury College.
 
 520 SUS MINERVAM. 
 
 4850. Sus Minervam, or Ne sus Minervam. (L.) Prov. A pig 
 
 teaching Minerva, or A pig should not teach Minerva. 
 Sus Minervam (sc. docet) in proverbio est, ubi quis id 
 docet alterum, cujus ipse inscius est. Fest. p. 310, 
 Miill. "A sow teaching Minerva," has passed into a 
 proverb for any one who attempts to instruct another upon 
 a subject of which he himself is ignorant. (See Cic. Ac. 
 1, 5, 18.) 
 
 4851. Suspectum semper invisurnque dominantibus, qui proximus 
 
 destinaretur. (L.) Tac. H. 1, 21. Those who are in 
 supreme power always suspect and hate the man who is 
 the heir to their fortunes. 
 
 4852. Suspendens omnia naso. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 8, 64. Turning 
 
 up one's nose at everything. Sneering, carping at every 
 one, everything. 
 
 4853. Suum cuique. (L.) To every man his due. Motto of the 
 
 Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia. 
 
 4854. Suum cuique decus posteritas rependunt. (L.) Tac. A. 
 
 4, 35. Posterity grants every one his due honour. Thus 
 Lord Bacon left his works to be judged by after gene- 
 rations. 
 
 4855. Suus rex reginse placet. (L.) Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 76. 
 
 Every queen is pleased with her own king. 
 
 T and the Greek 9 (Th). 
 
 4856. Ta a/>x a ' a &? Kpa.TeiT<a. (Gr.) Let the old customs prevail. 
 
 Beginning of Canon 6 of the Council of Nice on the 
 jurisdiction of the greater Sees, Rome, Antioch, Alex- 
 andria, etc. 
 
 4857. Tabesne cadavera solvat 
 
 An rogus haud refert. (L.) Luc. 7, 809. It matters 
 little whether the body be destroyed by corruption or by 
 the funeral flames, by burial or cremation. 
 
 4858. Tabula ex naufragio. (L.) Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3.^ plank 
 
 in a shipivreck. The last means of escape. 
 
 4859. Tabula rasa. (L.) A smooth tablet, i.e., not yet written 
 
 upon. A blank sheet of paper. 
 
 The mind when unable to collect itself, or remember any given 
 circumstance, is called a tabula rasa. Vide Pauli (Sclrimpf und 
 Ernst, p. 314) : Mea anima est tanquam tabula rasa, My mind is 
 like a blank sheet of pnper.
 
 TALENT. 521 
 
 4860. Tacent, satis laudant. (L.) Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23. They are 
 
 silent, which is sufficient praise. 
 
 4861. Tache sans tache. (Fr.) A task performed without a 
 
 stain. Motto of Lord Northesk. 
 
 4862. Taciturn vivit sub pectore vulnus. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 67. 
 
 The secret wound rankles still in her heart. 
 
 4863. To. 8'aA.A.a (riyw, /3ovs ITTI yXttxrcry /aeyas 
 
 Be/fy/cev. (Gr.) JEsch. Ag. 3Q.The rest I do not 
 divulge, a great ox has got upon my tongue. Prov. of 
 those who keep silence for weighty reasons, perhaps 
 with reference to the stamp of an ox upon a coin, the 
 price of silence. Of. Icrrt Ka.fj.ol *<A.ys ITTI yAwcrcrgi Id. 
 Fr. 293. / too have a key upon my tongue. I may not 
 speak. 
 
 4864. Tacleln kb'nnen zwar die Thoren, 
 
 Aber kliiger handeln nicht. (G.) Langbein, The New 
 Eve. Fools can certainly find fault, but they cannot act 
 more wisely themselves. Often quoted in the second line 
 as Aber besser machen nicht. 
 
 4865. Tsedet cseli convexa tueri. (L.) Virg. A. 4, 571. 
 
 Tis weary to look up and see 
 The over-arching sky. Conington. 
 
 4866. Tsedium vitae. (L.) Gell. 7, 18, II. Weariness of life. 
 
 French, Ennui. Boredom ; listlessness. 
 
 4867. Tages Arbeit, Abends Gaste, 
 
 Saure Wochen, frohe Feste, 
 Sei dein kiinftig Zauberwort. 
 
 (G.) Goethe, Der Schatzgraber. 
 
 Work by day, at evening guests, 
 Weeks of toil, and happy feasts, 
 Be thy future's magic spell ! Ed. 
 
 4868. Talent, gout, esprit, bon sens, choses diffe'rentes non incom- 
 
 patibles. Entre le bon sens et le bon gout il y a la 
 difference de la cause a son effet. Entre esprit et talent 
 il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie. (Fr.) La Bruy. 
 Car. vol. ii. p. 80. Talent, taste, wit, good sense, are 
 very different things, but by no means incompatible. Be- 
 tween good sense and good taste, there is all the difference 
 between cause and effect; while wit and talent stand in 
 the relation of a whole to its part.
 
 522 TALE TUUM. 
 
 4869. Tale tuum carmen nobis, divine poeta, 
 
 Quale sopor fessis. (L.) Virg. E. 5, 45. 
 
 Sweet are thy strains, singer inspired, 
 As sleep to men with labour tired. Ed. 
 
 The above is also sometimes used ironically in speaking 
 of poets and songsters whose strains have the effect of a 
 narcotic. 
 
 4870. Tarn diu discendum est, quum diu nescias, et, si proverbio 
 
 credimus, quam diu vivas. (L.) Sen. Ep. 76. We have 
 to go on learning, as long as we are ignorant, and if the 
 proverb is to be believed, as long as life lasts. Of. r^pao-xo) 
 S'dei 7roA/\a SiSao-Ko/ievos. ('?') As / grow old I am 
 always learning more and more. Saying of Solon, and 
 quoted by Plato (Amatoribus). 
 
 4871. Tamen ad mores natura recurrit 
 
 Damnatos, fixa et mutari nescia. Nam quia 
 Peccandi finem posuit sibi 1 quando recepit 
 Ejectum semel attrita de fronte ruborem 1 
 
 (L.) Juv. 13, 239. 
 
 Back to its cursed ways will nature range, 
 Fixed and incapable of any change. 
 For who says to himself, Thus far I'll go 
 In this particular sin, but further no ? 
 Or, can the forehead, hard as brass or stone, 
 Eegain the power of blushing, once it's gone ? Ed. 
 
 4872. Tamen hoc tolerabile si non Et furere incipias. (L.) Juv. 
 
 6, 613. However, this would be bearable enough if you 
 did not begin to rave. 
 
 4873. Tamen me Cum magnis vixisse invita fatebitur usqxie 
 
 Invidia, et fragili quserens illidere dentem 
 
 Offendet solido. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 1, 75. 
 
 Envy herself shall own that to the end 
 
 I've lived with men of mark, as friend with friend, 
 
 And, when she fain on living flesh and bone 
 
 Would try her teeth, shall close upon a stone. Conington. 
 
 4874. Tarn frictum ego ilium reddam, quam frictum est cicer. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 7. I'll roast him as well as 
 ever pea was roasted. 
 
 4875. Tarn Marte quam Minerva. (L.) As much by the help of 
 
 Mars, as Minerva. He has gained his object, as much 
 by his courage, as by his prudence.
 
 TANTO. 623 
 
 4876. Tarn ssepe nostrum decipi Fabullum, quid 
 
 Miraris, Aule ? Semper bonus homo tiro est. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 12, 51. 
 
 What wonder if Fabullus should have been 
 
 So oft deceived ? A good man's always green. Ed. 
 
 4877. Tandem fit surculus arbor. (L.) A twig in time becomes 
 
 a tree. Motto of the Marquess of Waterford. 
 
 4878. Tanquam hsec sint nostri medicina furoris. (L.) Virg. E. 
 
 10, 60. -4s if these things (hunting, sports of any kind) 
 would be a cure for my complaint (love) ! 
 
 4879. Tanquam in speculo. (L.) Cic. Pis. 29, 71. As in a 
 
 mirror. 
 
 4880. Tanquam ungues digitosque suos. (L.) As well known as 
 
 the nails and fingers on his hands. (To have) at one's 
 fingers' ends. Thoroughly known and mastered. 
 
 4881. Tantse molis erat Romanse condere gen tern. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 33. 
 
 So vast the labour to create 
 
 The fabric of the Roman state. Conington. 
 
 4882. Tantsene animis coelestibus irse 1 (L.) Virg. A. 1, 11. 
 
 Can heavenly natures nourish hate, 
 
 So fierce, so blindly passionate? Conington. 
 
 Cf. Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans 1'arae des devdts? (Fr.) Boil. 
 
 Lutrin. Can so much gall (spite) find place in godly souls ? 
 
 4883. Tanta est quserendi cura decoris. (L.) Juv. 6, 507. So 
 
 great is the pains spent in adorning t/te person. 
 
 4884. Tanti non es, ais 1 Sapis Luperce. (L.) Mart. 1, 118. 
 
 The author trying to sell his book. 
 "Four and sixpence ! He's not worth it." 
 Eight you are again, Lupercus. Shaw. 
 
 4885. Tanti non est ingenium tuum 
 
 Momentum ut horae pereat officiis meis. 
 
 (L.) Phsedr. 3, Prol. 4. 
 
 I do not rate so high your mental powers 
 
 That I should waste thereon my business hours. Ed. 
 
 4886. Tant mieux. (Fr.)So much the better. (2.) Tant pis. 
 
 So much the worse. 
 
 4887. Tanto buon, che val niente. (It.) Prov. So good as to 
 
 be good for nothing. 
 
 4888. Tanto fortior, tanto felicior ! (L.) Sen. Tranq. 15. The 
 
 braver, the better luck ! Go in and win ! Words of 
 encouragement.
 
 524 TANTO. 
 
 4889. Tanto major fatnse sitis est, quam 
 
 Yirtutis. Quis enim virtutem amplectifcur ipsam, 
 Prsemia si tollas 1 (L.) Juv. 10, 140. 
 
 By so much you may see how thirst for fame 
 Exceeds the thirst for virtue's honoured name. 
 For who runs after virtue, pure and plain, 
 If you withhold all hope of making gain ? Ed. 
 
 4890. Tanto vale la Messa detta quanto la cantata. (It.) Prov. 
 
 A mass is as good whether it be sung or said. Never 
 mind how, so long as the matter is accomplished. 
 
 4891. Tantum quantum. (L.) Just as much as. 
 
 4892. Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum ! 
 
 (L.) Lucret. 1, 102. 
 The sacrifice of Iphigenia. 
 Alas that wickedness so great 
 Could in religion's name be perpetrate ! Ed. 
 
 4893. Tantum series juncturaque pollet, 
 
 Tantum de medio sumptis accedit honoris. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 242. 
 
 So much may order and arrangement do 
 
 To make the cheap seem choice, the threadbare new. 
 
 Conington. 
 
 4894. Tantus amor laudum, tantse est victoria curee. (L.) Virg. 
 
 G. 3, 112. Such is the love of praise, so great the eager- 
 ness for victory. 
 
 4895. Tarda sit ilia dies, et nostro serior sevo. (L.) Ov. M. 15, 
 
 867. Far may that day be yet, and after our time. A 
 wish expressed by the poet for the prolongation of the 
 life of Augustus. 
 
 4896. Tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides. (L.) Ov. H. 17, 
 
 130. Confidence is sloio in reposing itself in undertakings 
 of any magnitude. 
 
 4897. Tarde, quse credita laedunt, Credimus. (L.) Ov. H. 2, 7. 
 
 We are slow to believe things which, if believed, must 
 wound us. 
 
 4898. Tardiora sunt remedia quam mala. (L.) Tac. Agr. 3. 
 
 Remedies are slower than the ills they cure. 
 
 4899. Ta crvKa crv/ca, rrjv ovca^v Se cncac^T/v ovopaljav. (Gr.) Plut. 
 
 2, 178 B. Calling a fig a fig, and a spade a spade. To 
 speak of things by their right names without affected 
 delicacy.
 
 TEMPERATE. 525 
 
 4900. Tecum prius ergo voluta 
 
 Haec animo ante tubas. Galeatum sero duelli 
 Poenitet. (L.) Juv. 1, 168. 
 
 Then by yourself think over this before 
 The bugle sound. The helmed and belted knight 
 Is late repenting of the bloody fight. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Gladiatorem in arena capere consilium. Prov. Sen. Ep. 22, 
 1. The gladiator is making his plans after having entered the 
 arena. Taking counsel too late. 
 
 4901. Te digna sequere. (L.) Follow wliat is worthy of thee. 
 
 Lord Congleton. 
 
 4902. Tel brille an second rang, qui s' eclipse au premier. (Fr.) 
 
 Yolt. Henriade. Some will shine in the second rank who 
 are lost in the first. 
 
 4903. Tel, en vous lisant, admire chaque trait, 
 
 Qui dans le fond de Tame et vous craint et vous halt. 
 (Fr.) Boil. 1 Such an one, in reading your work, 
 admires every line, but, at the bottom of his soul, he fears 
 and detests you. 
 
 4904. Tel excelle a rimer qui juge sotteinent. (Fr.) Boil. Art 
 
 P. Some can rhyme very well who reason foolishly 
 enough. No ideas in their heads. 
 
 4905. Tel maitre, tel valet. (Fr.) Prov. Like master, like 
 
 man. A saying, according to M. Cimber (Bibliotheque 
 
 Royale), of the Chev. Bayard. 
 
 Cf. April's abstract (Thos. Tusser, f 1580) : 
 
 Such mistress, such Nan, 
 
 Such master, such man. 
 
 4906. Tel pere, tel fils. (Fr.) Breton Prov. As the father is, 
 
 the son will be. 
 
 4907. Telumque irnbelle sine ictu. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 544. 
 
 A feeble dart, no blood that drew. Oonington. 
 May be applied to any feeble or pointless argument. 
 
 4908. Tel vous semble applaudir, qui vous raille et vous joue ; 
 
 Aimez qu'on vous conseille, et non pas qu'on vous loue. 
 (Fr.) Boil. 1 Such an one seems to applaud, while he 
 is really making game of you : prefer those who advise 
 you to those who praise. 
 
 4909. Temperatae suaves stint argutise, 
 
 Immodicse offendunt. (L.) Phsedr. 4, Epil. 3. Witticisms 
 please as long as they keep within bounds, but puslied to 
 excess t/tey cause offence.
 
 526 TEMPI. 
 
 4910. Tempi passati ! (It.) Bygone days ! Exclamation of the 
 
 Emperor Joseph II. on seeing at Venice Zuccaro's 
 picture of the Emperor Frederick I. doing penance at 
 the feet of the Pope. 
 
 4911. Templa quam dilecta ! (L.) How dear are thy temples! 
 
 Punning motto of the Duke of Buckingham (Temple). 
 
 4912. Tempora labuntur, tacitisque senescimus annis : 
 
 Et fugiunt fraeno non remorante dies. (L.) Ov. F. 6, 771. 
 
 Time slips away, and noiselessly with years we older grow, 
 And days rush on without a rein to check or curb their flow. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 4913. Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix; 
 
 Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus. (L.) Ov. Ep. 
 1, 3, 15. With time per/taps the wounds will heal into a 
 scar, but while fresh they shrink from too near a touch. 
 
 4914. Tempori parendum. (L.) We must yield to circumstances. 
 
 4915. Temporis ars medicina fere est; data tempore prosunt 
 
 Et data non apto tempore vina nocent. 
 
 (L.) Ov. B. A. 131. 
 
 Medicine must have its times : a glass of port 
 Does good at proper times, but else does hurt. Ed. 
 
 4916. Temporis illius colui fovuique poetas, 
 
 Quotque aderant vates rebar adesse deos. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 4, 10, 41. 
 
 I loved, revered the poets of that day, 
 
 Each bard a perfect god seemed in his way. Ed. 
 
 4917. Temporum conscius et totius mundi philoistor ('? polyhistor). 
 
 (L.) Hier. Ep. 103. Knowing the times and a general 
 historian of the whole world. Said of the prophet Daniel. 
 
 4918. Tempus edax rerum, tuque invidiosa vetustas 
 
 Omnia destruitis, vitiataque dentibus sevi 
 Paullatim lenta consumitis omnia morte. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 15, 234. 
 
 Devouring time and envious age 
 
 All falls to ruin 'neath your rage ; 
 
 All by degrees ye wear away 
 
 With gnawing tooth and slow decay. Ed. 
 
 4919. Tempus erit quo vos speculum vidisse pigebit. (L.) Ov. 
 
 Med. Fac. 47. The time will come when it will pain you 
 to look in the glass. 
 
 4920. Tempus fugit. (L.) Time flies.
 
 TENIA. 527 
 
 4921. Tempus rerum imperator. (L.) Time is the governor of 
 
 all things. Motto of Clockmakers' Company. 
 
 4922. Tenax et fidelis. (L.) Firm and faithful. Lord Carring- 
 
 ton. (2.) Tenax propositi. Tenacious of his purpose. 
 Lord Rayleigh. 
 
 4923. Tr)v Se fidXicrra ya/^etv, rjns o-edev eyyvdt valet. (6V.) Hes. 
 
 Op. 1, 698. Above all choose a wife from your own 
 neighbourhood. 
 
 4924. Tenebo. (L.}I will hold. Lord de Tabley. 
 
 4925. Tenerorum lusor amorum. (L.) Ov. T. 3, 3, 73. The 
 
 singer of tender loves. The epitaph which Ovid begged 
 might be writ on his tomb. 
 
 4926. Teneros animos aliena opprobria saepe 
 
 Absterrent vitiis. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 4, 128. 
 
 A neighbour's scandal many a time 
 Has kept young minds from running into crime. Conington. 
 
 4927. Tenet insanabile multos Scribendi cacoethes. (L.) Juv. 
 
 7, 52. The incurable itch for scribbling infects many. 
 
 Cacoethes = any bad habit, a passion, itch: as c. carpendi, love of 
 fault-finding ; c. loqiwndi, an itching to be always speaking, etc. 
 
 4928. Tene, ut ego accipiar laute, torquerier oinni 
 
 Sollicitudine districtum, ne panis adustus, 
 Ne male conditum jus apponatur, ut omnes 
 Prsecincti recte pueri comitique ministrent. 
 
 (L.) Hor S. 2, 8, 67. 
 A Hosfs anxieties. 
 
 What gross injustice ! Just that I may get 
 A handsome dinner, you must fume and pet, 
 See that the bread's not burned, the sauce not spoiled, 
 The servants in their places, curled and oiled. Conington. 
 
 4929. Tenez, voila (dit-elle) a chacun une ecaille, 
 
 Des sottises d'autrui nous vivons au Palais ; 
 Messieurs, 1'huitre dtait bonne. Adieu ! vivez en paix. 
 (Fr.) Boil. Ep. 2, & M. L'Abbe des Roches. 
 
 The Lawyers and the Oyster. 
 Then take (says Justice) each of you a shell : 
 We live at Westminster on folks like you : 
 'Twas a fat oyster live in peace. Adieu ! Pope. 
 
 4930. Tenia una cara como una bendicion. (S.) Cervantes, 
 
 Don Quijote, 1, 2, 4. He had a face like a benediction.
 
 528 TENTANDA. 
 
 4931. Ten tan da via est qua me quoquc possim 
 
 Tollere humo, victorque virum volitare per ora. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 3, 8. 
 
 The poet's ambition. 
 
 I'll lift my head and get my verses heard, 
 And fly from mouth to mouth a household word. Ed. 
 
 4932. Ter conatus ibi collo dare brachia circum, 
 
 Ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago. (L.) Virg.? 
 
 Thrice did I try her neck to clasp ; 
 
 And thrice the shade elude my grasp. Ed. 
 
 Applicable to one trying to grasp an unreality, or confused and 
 involved statement. 
 
 4933. Terminus a quo. (L.) The point from which anything 
 
 starts, moving towards the other extreme, called terminus 
 ad quern, the point or goal to which it progresses. 
 
 4934. Terra antiqua potens armis atque ubere glebse. (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 1, 531. An ancient land powerful in arms and 
 fertile in soil, i.e., Italy. 
 
 4935. Terrae films. (L.) Pers. 6, 59. A son of mother earth. 
 
 A child of nature ; a man of unknown origin. Of. Huic 
 terrse filio nescio cui. Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4. This son of 
 mother earth I know not whom. It was formerly the 
 title borne by the undergraduate appointed to recite the 
 satirical Latin oration then delivered annually at the 
 Oxford Commemoration. 
 
 4936. Terra firma. (L.) Dry land. (2.) Term incognita. An 
 
 unknown country. 
 
 4937. Terra innanzi, e terra poi. (It.) Prov. Earth to begin 
 
 with, and earth to end with. Man's history. 
 
 4938. Tertium quid. (L.) A third something. Produced by the 
 
 union, or collision of any two opposite forces. The term 
 was applied by his disciples to Pythagoras, as the " third 
 biped," men and birds being the others. 
 
 4939. Tertium sal. (L.) A third salt. Obsolete chemical term 
 
 formerly applied to neutral salts, as being a third sub- 
 stance, resulting from the union of an acid and an alkali 
 
 4940. Tertius e coelo cecidit Cato. (L.) Juv. 2, 40. A third 
 
 Cato /MS come down from heaven. 
 
 Two Catos only, the Censor and the opponent of Caesar, are famous 
 in history, both celebrated for their rigid stoicism ; hence Juvenal 
 ironically gives the name of a third Cato to the effeminate monster 
 he is satirizing. Cf. Sapientum octavus. Hor. S. 2, 3, 296. An 
 eighth wise man, i.e., in addition to the famous seven sages of Greece.
 
 TIENS. 529 
 
 4941. Te sine nil altum mens inchoat. (L.) Virg. G. 3, 42. 
 
 Without thy aid my mind can compass nothing great 
 
 Without thee, nothing lofty can I sing. (?) 
 Addressed by the poet to his friend and patron, Maecenas. 
 
 4942. Testimonium anirnse naturaliter Christianse. (L.) Tert. 
 
 Apol. 1 7. Evidence of a soul naturally Christian. The 
 notion of a Supreme Being entertained by the heathen, 
 even amongst their idolatrous worship, is a testimony to 
 the truth of Christianity. 
 
 4943. Tete d'arme'e ! (Fr.) Head of the army ! Last words of 
 
 Napoleon as he expired in the midst of a thunderstorm. 
 
 4944. Tetigisti acu. (L.) Plant. Rud. 5, 2, 19. You have 
 
 touched it icith the needle. You have hit the nail on 
 the head. 
 
 4945. Tetrum ante omnia vultum. (L.) Juv. 10, 191. A 
 
 countenance hideous beyond all conception. Motto of 
 Steele's Spectator 17 on the Ugly Club. 
 
 4946. Te veniente die, te decedente canebat. (L.) Virg. G. 4, 466. 
 
 At dawn, at eve he sang of thee alone. Ed. 
 
 4947. 6eAw, 6fXto /xav^rat. (Gr.) Anacreon 1 ? I will, I will be 
 
 mad! Cf. Horace's imitation (C. 2, 7, 28), Non ego 
 sanius Bacchabor Edonis ; recepto' Dulce mihi furere est 
 amico. 
 
 4948. Geos 17 dvaiScia. (G.r.)1 Effrontery is divine (a god). 
 
 4949. Qvfpriteiv prf Aeye TOVS dyadov^. (Gr.) Callim. Ep. 10. 
 
 Say not that the good die. They live in other worlds. 
 
 4950. Tibi summum rerum judicium di dedere; nobis obsequi 
 
 gloria relicta est. (L.) Tac. A. 6, 18. To you the gods 
 /tave given the supreme ordering of affairs ; to us is left 
 the glory of obeying your commands. Addressed to the 
 aged debauchee Tiberius, by M. Terentius, when exculpat- 
 ing himself from collusion with the conspiracy of Sejanus. 
 
 4951. Tief zu denken und schon zu empfinden ist Vielen gegeben, 
 
 Dichter ist nur, wer schon sagt was er dacht' und 
 empfand. (G.) GeibeLf To think deeply and to feel 
 beautifully is given to many, but he is only a poet who 
 beautifully expresses what he thinks and feels. 
 
 4952. Tiens a la veVite. (Fr.) Stick to the truth. Motto of 
 
 Lord de Blaquiere. (2.) Tiena a ta foy. Hold to thy 
 faith. Motto of Earl Bathurst,
 
 530 TIMEO. 
 
 4953. Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 49. 
 
 Whate'er it be, a Greek I fear 
 
 Though presents in his hand he bear. Conington. 
 
 Distrust your enemies even when (or especially when) 
 they approach you in flattering guise. 
 
 4954. Timet pudorem. (L.) He fears shame. Motto of Viscount 
 
 Downe. 
 
 4955. Timor Domini fons vitae. (L.) The fear of the Lord is a 
 
 fountain of life. Lord Dunboyne. 
 
 4956. Tirer le diable par la queue, (fr.) To be very hard up. 
 
 4957. Tirez le rideau, la farce est joue*e. (Fr.} Draw the cur- 
 
 tain, the farce is played out. Dying words of Rabelais, 
 as he expired in a fit of laughter. (See Works, Ed. 
 Dupont, Paris, 1865, vol. i. p. xvii.) 
 
 4958. To S'cu viKcmo. (Gr.) ^Esch. Ag. 121. May the right 
 
 prevail. Motto of Brighton College. 
 
 4959. Todte Htinde beissen nicht. (Gr.) Prov. Dead dogs do 
 
 not bite. 
 
 4960. To ya/jeti/, lav rts rrjv aA^fletav cr/coTn}, 
 
 Ka/cov p.ev Icrrtv, dAA' dvay/couov KO.KOV. (Gr.) Menand. 
 Incert. Com. p. 230. Marriage, if one consider the truth, 
 is an evil, but a necessary evil. 
 
 4961. To yap T/3e<ov fie, TOVT' eyu> Kpivw deov. (Gr.)1 What finds 
 
 me bread is God to me. 
 
 4962. Toga virilis. (L.) The manly costume. The Roman 
 
 youth, on attaining a certain age, assumed the toga 
 virilis, or dress of a man. 
 
 4.963. To KaAov. (Gr.) The beautiful. Beauty, either of phy- 
 sical or, more often, of moral qualities. Moral beauty, 
 virtue (French, le beau) ; opp. to TO cuVx/oov, shame, dis- 
 grace. (Cf. Cicero's opposition of honestum and turpe.) 
 
 4964. Tolle jocos non est jocus esse malignum. (L.) ? Stop 
 
 such joking, there is no fun in being malignant, ill- 
 natured jokes. 
 
 4965. Tolle moras, semper nocuit differre paratis. (L.) Luc. 1, 
 
 281. An end to delays f It has always been hurtful to 
 postpone when you are ready to act. 
 
 4966. Tolle periclum, Jam vaga prosiliet frsenis natura remotis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 74. 
 
 But take away the danger, in a trice 
 
 Nature unbridled plunges into vice. Conington.
 
 TOTA. 531 
 
 4967. Tollere hsec aranea Quantum est laboris ! (L.) Phsedr. 2, 
 
 8, 23. What a labour to remove all these cobwebs/ 
 Superfluous matter and wordiness of style obscuring the 
 subject of any book. 
 
 4968. Tollite barbarum Morem. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 27, 2. Away 
 
 with such a barbarous custom (habit). 
 
 4969. Twv evTvxovvTtov 7ravTes fl<n (Tvyycveis. (Gr.) ? Everyone 
 
 is kinsman to the fortunate. 
 
 4970. Tonto, sin saber Latin, nunca ea gran tonto. (S.) Prov. 
 
 A fool except he knows Latin, is never a very great fool. 
 
 4971. To Trpeirov. (Gr.) That which is becoming, or decorous. 
 
 4972. Torrens dicendi copia multis 
 
 Et sua mortifera est facundia. (L.) Juv. 10, 9. 
 
 A full and rapid flow 
 Of eloquence lays many a speaker low. Gifford. 
 
 4973. Tota jacet Babylon ; destruxit tecta Lutherus, 
 
 Calvinus muros, sed fundamenta Socinus. (L.) ? All 
 Babylon (the Catholic Church) is in ruins. Luther 
 destroyed the roof, Calvin the walls, and Socinus the 
 foundations. 
 
 4974. Tota licet veteres exornent undique cerse 
 
 Atria, nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 8, 20. 
 
 'Tis only noble to be good. 
 
 Though ancestors adorns your walls, 
 And busts of heroes crowd your halls, 
 Yet Virtue you'll confess to be 
 The one and sole nobility. Ed. 
 
 4975. Totam hodie Circus Romam capit. (L.) Juv. 11, 195. 
 
 The whole of Rome is to-day at the Circus. 
 
 The Circus Maximus of Tarquinius Priscus (between the Palatine 
 and Aventine hills) was capable of holding 100,000 spectators. 
 Gladiatorial shows and races took place there. 
 
 4976. Tota teguntur 
 
 Pergama dumetis : etiam periere ruinse. (L.) Luc. 9, 968. 
 
 And straggling wild-thorn covers all the ground 
 Where once was Troy ; the very ruins are gone. Ed. 
 
 The last words are often quoted of the rapid disappear- 
 ance of old buildings, monuments, societies, or associa- 
 tions of former years.
 
 532 TO TEXNION. 
 
 4977. To T^xviov Tracra yaia rpffat. (Gr.) ; in (L.) Qusevis terra 
 
 alit artificem. Suet. Ner. 40. Every country will sup- 
 port an artist. Celebrated reply of Nero when the 
 astrologers predicted his destitution. 
 
 4978. Totidem verbis. (L.) In so many words. He expressed 
 
 himself totidem verbis, in so many words. 
 
 4979. Toties quoties. (L.) As often, so often. As often as the 
 
 offence shall be committed, so often shall the penalty be 
 enforced. 
 
 4980. Totis diebus, Afer, hoc mihi narras, 
 
 Et teneo melius ista quam meum nomen. 
 
 (L.) Mart. 4, 37, 8. 
 
 Daily, my friend, you're telling me the same, 
 Although I know it well as my own name. Ed. 
 
 4981. Toto ccelo. (L.} By the whole heavens. Said of any great 
 
 difference of opinion. I differ toto ccelo from X. To 
 disagree "by whole diameters." Cf. Macr. S. 3, 12, 10 : 
 Toto coelo errare, to be very greatly mistaken. 
 
 4982. Tot premit ordinibus tot adhuc compagibus altum 
 
 ^Edificat caput. Andromachen a fronte videbis ; 
 Post minor est : credas aliam. (L.) Juv. 6, 502. 
 
 Head-dresses. 
 
 With row on row the lofty structure's reared, 
 So that the lady who in front appeared 
 A second Andromache, if you view the dame 
 Behind, is stunted, and scarce seems the same. Ed. 
 
 4983. Tot rami quot arbores. (L.) So many branches, so many 
 
 trees. As many trees as branches. Motto of the R. 
 Asiatic Society, with emblem of a banyan tree. 
 
 4984. Totus mundus exercet histrioniam. (L.) Petr. Fr. 10. 
 
 AH the world acts the player. " All the world's a stage." 
 
 4985. Tov dpio-Teveiv Ivexa. (Gr.) In order to excel. Motto of 
 
 Lord Henniker. 
 
 4986. Toujours. (Fr.) Always. Earl of Seafield. (2.) Toujours 
 
 pret. Always ready. Motto of Earls of Antrim and 
 Clanwilliam. (3.) Toujours propice. Ahcays propitious. 
 Motto of Lord Cremorne. 
 
 4987. Toujours en vedette. (Fr.) Always on guard. Motto of 
 
 Frederick the Great. 
 
 4988. Toujours perdrix. (Fr.) Always partridges. Said of any- 
 
 thing which occurs in wearisome repetition.
 
 TOUT. 533 
 
 The phrase is traced to Henry IV. It appears that on being re- 
 buked for his gallantries by his Confessor, the king revenged him- 
 self on his spiritual father by giving him nothing but partridges 
 for dinner for several days in succession ; and when the priest 
 complained, Henry remarked that need of variety was evidently as 
 much felt by the Confessor as by his penitent. Biichmann (Gen. 
 W. p. 370) refers to a Spanish Collection of Ballads (printed by 
 Valles, Barcelona, 1837) in which occurs : 
 
 Como dice el adagio, 
 
 Que cansa de comer perdices. (S.) As the adage goes, one 
 gets tired of eating partridges. 
 
 4989. Tourner autour du pot. (Fr.) To beat about the bush. 
 
 4990. Tous les gem-es sont bons hors le genre ennuyeux. (Fr.) 
 
 Volt. L'Enf. Prod. Pref. All kinds are good except the 
 kind that bores you. 
 
 4991. Tous les homtnes sont foux, et Emigre* tous leurs soins, 
 
 Ne different entr'eux, que du plus ou du moins. (Fr.) 
 Boil. 1 All men are more or less mad, and notwith- 
 standing all their pains, they only differ in degree. 
 
 4992. Tous les mechants sont buveurs d'eau ; 
 
 C'est bien prouve par le deluge. (Fr.) Segur. ? All the 
 wicked are water-drinkers, the deluge is a proof of it. 
 
 4993. Tout bien ou rien. (Fr.) All good or none. Earl of 
 
 Gainsborough. 
 
 4994. Tout cheminmene a Rome. (Fr.) Prov. All roads lead 
 
 to Rome. 
 
 4995. Tout citoyen est roi sous un roi citoyen. (Fr.) Favart, 
 
 Trois Sultanes, 1760. Every citizen is a king under a 
 citizen king. Curious that this should have been written 
 under Louis XV. instead of Louis Philippe ! 
 
 4996. Tout d'en haut. (Fr.) All from above. Lord Bellew. 
 
 4997. Tout doit tendre au bon sens : mais pour y parvenu* 
 
 Le chemin est glissant et pdnible a tenir. 
 
 (Fr.) Boil. A. P. 1, 45. 
 
 Before you good sense as your aim ever keep, 
 
 Though the path that leads thither be slipp'ry and steep. Ed 
 
 Cf. Id. ibid. cant. 3, 413 : 
 
 Au dgpens du bon sens gardez de plaisanter. Take care not to 
 
 sacrifice good sense in your desire to be witty. 
 
 4998. Tout eloge imposteur blesse une ame sincere. (Fr.) Boil. 1 
 
 All deceitful praise wounds an honest heart.
 
 534 TOTJTE. 
 
 4999. Toute revelation d'un secret est la faute de celui qui 1'a 
 
 confid. (Fr.) La Bruy. ? The disclosure of a secret is 
 the fault of him who first confided it. 
 
 5000. Toutes les fois que je donne une place vacante, je fais cent 
 
 me'contents, et un ingrat. (Fr.) Louis XIV. Every 
 time I give away a vacant place, I make a hundred 
 persons discontented, and one ungrateful. 
 
 5001. Tout est contradiction chez nous : la France, a parler 
 
 se'rieusement, est le royaume de 1'esprit et de la sottise, de 
 1'industrie et de la paresse, de la philosophic, et du 
 fanatisme, de la gaietd et du pe'dantisme, des loix et des 
 abus, de bon gout et de 1'impertinence. (Fr.) Volt. ? 
 With us all is one mass of contradiction. France, 
 seriously speaking, is the country of wit and folly, of 
 industry and idleness, of philosophy and fanaticism, of 
 gaiety and pedantry, laws and transgressions, good taste 
 and vulgarity. 
 
 5002. Tout est doux, et rien ne coute, pour un creur qu'on veut 
 
 toucher. (Fr.} Everything is sweet, and costs no trouble 
 for a heart that you wish to touch. 
 
 5003. Tout est perdu fors 1'honneur. (Fr.) All is lost save our 
 
 honour. 
 
 This celebrated saying is found in slightly different shape in the 
 letter written by Francis I. to his mother after the battle of Pavia. 
 " Madame, pour vous advertir comment se porte le ressort de mon 
 infortune, de toutes choses ne m'est demoure que 1'honneur et la 
 vie qui est saulve . . . j'ay prie qu'on me laissast pour e*crire ces 
 lettres," etc. Champollion, Captivite" de Francois I., p. 129. 
 Madame, I have begged to be allowed to write this letter, to inform 
 you what hope I have of recovering from my present misfortune, in 
 which all that remains is my honour, and my life which is safe, etc. 
 
 5004. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles. 
 
 (Fr.) Volt. Candide. All is for the best in the best 
 possible of worlds. A skit which Voltaire puts into the 
 mouth of Dr Pangloss, as a hit at the optimist doctrines 
 of Leibnitz. 
 
 5005. Toute ve'rite', nue et crue, n'a pas assez passe" par 1'ame. 
 
 (Fr.) Joubert 1 A truth stated in all its original naked- 
 ness and crudity, shows that it has not been sufficiently 
 revolved in the soul. 
 
 5006. Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au malin. (Fr.) La 
 
 Font. Letter to M. S. de Troyes. Every journalist owes 
 toll to the evil one.
 
 TEE COSE. 535 
 
 5007. Tout finit par des chansons. (-^V.) Beaum. Mar. de 
 
 Figaro. Everything ends in songs (or in being sung). 
 The chief topics of the day find their way generally into 
 some popular rhymes. 
 
 5008. Tout flatteur vit au ddpens de celui qui I'e'coute. (Fr.) 
 
 La Font. Corbeau et Renard. Every flatterer lives at 
 the expense of those who listen to him, 
 
 5009. Tout le monde se plaint de sa memoire, et personne ne se 
 
 plaint de son jugement. (Fr.} La Rochef. Max. p. 42, 
 89. Every one complains of his memory, but none of 
 their defective judgment. 
 
 5010. Tout par raison. (Fr.} Everything according to reason. 
 
 Maxim of Richelieu. 
 
 5011. Tout soldat frangais porte dans sa giberne le baton de 
 
 mare'chal de France. (Fr.) E. Blaze, La vie mil. sous 
 1'Empire, vol. i. p. 5. Every French soldier carries a 
 field-marshal's baton in his knapsack. Attributed to 
 Napoleon. 
 
 5012. Tout va a qui n'a pas besoin. (Fr.} Prov. Everything 
 
 goes to the person who does not need it. 
 
 5013. Tout vient & point & qui sait attendre. (Fr.) Prov. 
 
 Everything comes to the man who will have the patience 
 to wait for it. 
 
 5014. Tout vient de Dieu. (Fr.) All things come from God. 
 
 Motto of Lords Clinton and Leigh. 
 
 5015. Traduttori, traditori. (It.) Prov. Translators, traitors. 
 
 5016. Trahit ipse furoris 
 
 Impetus, et visum est lenti qusesisse nocentern. 
 
 (L.) Lucan. 2, 110. 
 
 Rage drags them on, and 'twere sheer waste of time 
 To investigate the nature of the crime. -Ed. 
 
 Peculiarly applicable to the proceedings of the Revolution-Com- 
 mittee of '93 and its agents. 
 
 5017. Trahit sua quemque voluptas. (L.) Virg. E. 2, 65. Each 
 
 follows his own peculiar pleasure. 
 
 5018. Transeat in exemplum. (L.) Let it stand as a precedent. 
 
 Let it be remembered as an example worthy of imitation. 
 
 5019. Tre cose belle in questo mondo : prete parato, cavaliere 
 
 armato, e donna ornata. (It.) Prov. Three things are 
 beautiful in this world: a priest in his vestments, a 
 knight in armour, and a woman in her ornaments.
 
 536 TRE DONNE. 
 
 5020. Tre donne e un papero fanno un mercato. (It.) Prov. 
 
 Three women and a goose make a market. 
 
 5021. Tremblez, tyrans, vous etes immortels. 
 
 (Fr.) Delille, IS Immortal, de Vame. 
 Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye cannot die ! Ed. 
 
 5022. Tres mihi convivae prope dissentire videntur 
 
 Poscentes vario multum diversa palato. 
 
 Quid dem ! quid non dem 1 Renuis tu, quod jubet alter : 
 
 Quod petis, id sane est invisum acidumque duobus. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 61. 
 
 Three guests, I find, for different dishes call, 
 And how's one host to satisfy them all ? 
 I bring a neighbour what he asks, you glower, 
 Obliging you, I turn two stomachs sour. Coninglon. 
 
 5023. Tria juncta in uno. (L.) Three joined in one. Motto of 
 
 the Order of the Bath. 
 
 5024. Tria sunt enim . . . quse sint efficienda dicendo : ut 
 
 doceatur is, apud quem dicetur ; ut delectetur, ut movea- 
 tur vehementius. (L.) Cic. Brut 49, 185. There are 
 three points to be aimed at in speaking : to instruct, to 
 please, to affect powerfully. 
 
 5025. Tribus Anticyris caput insanabile. (L.) Hor. A. P. 300. 
 
 A head not three Anticyrce could cure. 
 
 5026. Trinitas in Trinitate. (L.) Trinity in Trinity. Motto 
 
 of the Trinity House. 
 
 5027. Tristi fummo nel aer dolce. (It.) Dante, Inf. 7, fin. 
 
 Sad were we in the sweet air. Said of those who repine 
 without cause. 
 
 5028. Tristis eris, si solus eris. (L.) Ov. R. A. 583. You will 
 
 be sad if you live alone. 
 
 5029. Tros Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur. (L.) Virg. 
 
 A. 1, 574. Whether Trojan or Tyrian, it shall make no 
 difference in my treatment of them. I shall act impartially 
 towards all. 
 
 5030. Truditur dies die, 
 
 Novaeque pergunt interire lunse. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 18, 15. 
 
 Day presses on' the heels of day, 
 
 And moons increase to their decay. Francis. 
 
 5031. Tu die, mecum quo pignore certes. (L.) Virg. E. 3, 31. 
 
 Say for what stake you will contend with me. Name 
 your bet.
 
 TUNICA. 537 
 
 5032. Tu, Donrine, gloria inea. (L.) Thou, Lord, art my 
 
 glory. Lord de Tabley. 
 
 5033. Tu dors, Brutus, et Eome est dans les fers ! 
 
 (Fr.) Volt. Mort de Cesar. 
 What ! Brutus, dost thou sleep, and Rome in chains ? Ed. 
 
 5034. Tuebor. (L.) I will protect. Motto of Lords Torrington 
 
 and Strafford. 
 
 5035. Tui me miseret, mei piget. (L.) Enn. ap. Gic. Div. 1, 31, 
 
 66. / am sorry for you, vexed with myself. 
 
 5036. Turn denique homines nostra intelligimus bona 
 
 Quum, quse in potestate habuimus, ea amisimus. (L.) 
 Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 39. We begin to appreciate our bless- 
 ings when we have lost them. 
 
 5037. Tu mihi curarum requies, tu nocte vel atra 
 
 Lumen, et in solis tu mihi turba locis. (L.) Tib. 4, 13, 1 1. 
 My rest from care, my star in darkest night, 
 My company when alone, constant delight. Ed. 
 
 Inscribed by a Chartreux around the walls of his study. 
 
 5038. Turn inese (si quid loquar audiendum) 
 
 Vocis accedet bona pars. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 2, 45. Then, 
 if I can say anything worth listening to, I will heartily 
 add the tribute of my voice. 
 
 5039. Tune autem consuminata est infelicitas, ubi turpia non 
 
 solum delectant, sed etiam placent : et desinit esse 
 remedio locus, ubi quse fuerant vitia, mores siint. (L.) 
 Sen. Ep. 39, fin. Then is the lowest stage of degradation 
 reached, when abominable practices produce not merely 
 pleasure but satisfaction; and all hope of remedy vanishes 
 when vice itself has become habitual. 
 
 5040. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito 
 
 Quam tua te fortuna sinet. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 95. 
 
 Yet still despond not, but proceed 
 Along the path where fate may lead. Conington. 
 
 5041. Tu ne qusesieris, scire nefas, quern mihi quern tibi 
 
 Finem di dederint, Leuconoe. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 11, 1. 
 Enquire not, Leuconoe, for thou mayst not know what 
 end the gods have appointed either for thee or for me. 
 
 5042. Tunica propior pallio est. (L.) Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30. 
 
 My tunic is nearer to me than my cloak. 
 Cf. the old proverb, "Near is my coat, but nearer is my skin," 
 i.e., charity begins at home ; or in Greek, airurepu ^ y6vv icr/iny, 
 Theocr. 16, 18. My leg is further than my knee.
 
 538 TU NIHIL. 
 
 5043. Tu nihil in vita dices faciesve Minerva. (L.) Hor. A. 
 
 P. 385. Take care to say or do nothing in opposition to 
 the natural bent of your genius, i.e., against the grain ; or 
 as Boileau says, Si son astre, en naissant, ne 1'a forme' poete. 
 (fr.) If his star did not make him a poet at his birth. 
 
 5044. Tu pol si sapis, Quod sis nescis. (L.) Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53. 
 
 You, hark ye, if you are wise, will not know what you 
 do know. You must affect ignorance. 
 
 5045. Tu proverai si come sa di sale 
 
 Lo pane altrui, e com' 6 duro calle 
 Lo scender e'l salir per 1'altrui scale. 
 
 (It.) Dante, Par. Cant. 17, 58. 
 Cacciaguida proprieties Dante's exile. 
 
 Thou shalt prove 
 
 How salt the savour is of other's bread : 
 How hard the passage, to descend and climb 
 By other's stairs. Gary. 
 
 5046. Tu quamcunque Deus tibi fortunaverit horam 
 
 Gi'ata sume manu ; neu dulcia differ in annum, 
 
 Ut quocunque loco fueris, vixisse libenter 
 
 Te dicas. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 22. 
 
 Seize then each happy hour the gods dispense, 
 
 Nor fix enjoyment for a twelvemonth hence 
 
 So you may testify with truth, where'er 
 
 You're quartered, 'tis a pleasure to be there. Conington, 
 
 5047. Tuque, O ! dubiis ne defice rebus. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 196. 
 
 And oh / desert me not in this troublous affair J 
 
 5048. Tu quoque. (L.) You also. A tu quoque is a vulgar and 
 
 idle retort in the same terms as those of your opponent. 
 The common "So are you!" "You're another!" are 
 instances. 
 
 5049. Tu quoque, Brute. (L.) Thou also, Brutus/ Sometimes 
 
 quoted as Et tu, Brute ! 
 
 Exclamation of Julius Caesar on recognising M. Juuius Brutus 
 amongst his murderers. Suet. C. J. Caesar, 82, says that the actual 
 words were, Kai <ri5, riwov. (Gr.) Thou too, my son J 
 
 5050. Turba gravis paci, placidaeque inimica quieti. (L.) Mart. 
 
 de Spect. 4, 1. A crowd that disturbs one's peace, and 
 is the enemy of calm quiet. Said of informers. 
 
 5051. Turba remi sequitur fortunam, ut semper, et odit 
 
 Damnatos. (L.) Juv. 10, 73. The Roman crowd 
 follows, as ever, the lead of fortune, and hates those that 
 are condemned.
 
 TURRIS. 539 
 
 5052. Tu recte vivis si curas esse quod audis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 17. 
 
 And how fare you ? If you deserve in truth 
 
 The name men give you, you're a happy youth. Coninqton. 
 
 5053. Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : 
 
 Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, 
 Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 852. 
 
 Some. 
 
 Rememher, Roman, thy high destiny, 
 To hold the world 'neath thine imperial sway ; 
 Be these thy arts the terms of peace to give, 
 To crush the proud, and bid the prostrate live. Ed. 
 
 5054. Turne, quod optanti Divurn promittere nemo 
 
 Auderet, volvenda dies en ! attulit ultro. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 9, 6. 
 
 Turnus, what never God would dare 
 
 To promise to his suppliant's prayer, 
 
 Lo here, the lapse of time has brought 
 
 E'en to your hands, unasked, unsought. Conington. 
 
 5055. Turpe est difficiles habere nugas, 
 
 Et stultus labor est ineptiarum. (L.) Mart. 2, 86. 
 
 To me it is a labour that provokes, 
 
 To toil at wit, and make a task of jokes. Ed. 
 
 5056. Turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. (L.) Ov. Am. 
 
 1, 9, 4. An aged soldier and an aged lover are sad 
 sights. 
 
 5057. Turpissimam aiebat Fabius imperatori excusationem esse, 
 
 Non putavi: Ego turpissimam homini puto. Oninia 
 puta, exspecta, etiam in bonis moribus aliquid existet 
 asperius. (L.) Sen. de Ira. 2, 31. Fabius used to say 
 tJiat a commander could not make a more disgraceful 
 excuse than to plead " / never expected it." But it is in 
 truth a most shameful reason for any one to urge. Imagine 
 everything, expect everything : even when things are going 
 as well as they can, some accident may occur. 
 
 5058. Turpius ejicitur quam non admittitur hospes. (L.) Ov. 
 
 T. 5, 6, 13. It is more disgraceful to turn a guest out 
 of doors, than not to admit him. 
 
 5059. Turns fortissima est nomen Jehovah. (L.) A most strong 
 
 tower is the name of Jehovah. M. of Town of Plymouth.
 
 540 TUTA. 
 
 5060. Tuta frequensque via est per amicum fallere nomen, 
 
 Tuta frequensque licet sit via, crimen habet. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 585. 
 
 'Tis safe and common to deceive in friendship's shielding name, 
 But safe and common though it be, a crime 'tis all the same. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 5061. Tuta petant alii : fortuna miserrima tuta est : 
 
 Nam timor eventus deterioris abest. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 2, 2, 31. 
 
 Let others seek security, misfortune is secure, 
 
 For there at least one need not fear a worse lot to endure. Ed. 
 
 5062. Tuta scelera esse possunt, secura non possunt. (L.) Sen. 
 
 Ep. 97. Secret, crimes may be, but silenced, they cannot 
 be. Conscience will ever be uttering its accusing voice. 
 
 5063. Tutte le strade conducono a Roma. (It.) Prov. All 
 
 roads lead to Rome. 
 
 5064. Tuum est. (L.) It is thine. Motto of Earl Cowper and 
 
 Lord Mount Temple. 
 
 5065. Tuum ne, obsecro te, hoc dictum erat ? Vetus credidi. 
 
 Audieras? Ssepe : et fertur in primis. (L.) Ter. Eun. 
 3, 1, 38. (Gnatho) / pray you, was that saying yours? 
 I imagined it to be an old one. (Thraso) You had 
 /teard it before ? (Gn.) Often, and it is one of the best 
 known sayings of the day. 
 
 The saying referred to is the prov. Lepus tute es, et pulpamentum 
 qucerisf "What, you a hare, and hunting for game?" Said of 
 any one who takes up a line of action glaringly inconsistent with 
 his profession or natural disposition. 
 
 5066. Tu vincula f range. (L.) Break the chains. Lord Napier 
 
 of Magdala. 
 
 5067. Tyran, descends du trdne, et fais place a ton maitre. (Fr.) 
 
 Corn. Heracl. 1, 3. Tyrant, come down from the throne, 
 and make room for your master ! A favourite line in 
 the mouth of the friends of the exiled Bourbons during 
 the First Empire. 
 
 U. 
 
 5068. Uberibus semper lacrymis, sempcrque paratis 
 
 In statione sua ; atque expectantibus iUam 
 
 Quo jubeat manare modo. (L.) Juv. 6, 273. 
 
 A Pettish Wife. 
 
 Fountains of tears upon her eyelids stand 
 Ready to flow in streams, if she command. Ed.
 
 ULTERIUS. 541 
 
 5069. Ubi amici, ibidem opes. (L.) Prov. Plant. True. 4, 4, 
 
 32. Where there are friends, there are riches : and the 
 converse would also be true, Ubi opes, ibidem amici, 
 Where there is money, there are sure to be friends. 
 
 5070. Ubi amor condimentum inerit, cuivis placiturum credo. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Gas. 2, 3, 5. Where love is the seasoning, 1 
 imagine the dish will please any one's taste. 
 
 5071. Ubicunque ars ostentatur, veritas abesse videtur. (L.) 
 
 Wherever art shows itself too prominently, truth seems to 
 be wanting. See No. 371. 
 
 5072. TJbi dolor, ibi digitus. (L.) Prov. Where the pain is, 
 
 there the finger will be. 
 
 5073. Ubi jus ibi remedium. (L.) Law Max. Where the law 
 
 gives a right or legal authority, it gives a remedy or means 
 for the assertion or recovery of that right. In other words, 
 " There is no wrong without a remedy." Jus is the legal 
 authority to do or demand something : remedium is " the 
 means granted by the law for the establishment of that 
 authority." 
 
 5074. Ubi lapsus 1 Quid feci ] (L.) ] Where have I transgressed ? 
 
 What have I done ? Motto of Earl of Devon. 
 
 5075. Ubique. (L.) Everywhere : and Quo fas et gloria ducunt, 
 
 Where right and glory lead. Mottoes of the Royal 
 Artillery and of the Corps of Royal Engineers. The 
 first motto belongs also to the 97th Foot. 
 
 5076. Ubique patriam rerainiscL (L.) Everywhere to remember 
 
 one's country. Motto of the Earl of Malmesbury. 
 
 5077. Ubi surninus irnperator non adest ad exercitum, 
 
 Citius, quod non facto 'st usus, fit, quam quod facto 'st 
 opus. (Z/.) Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 6. When the commander- 
 in-chiefis not with the army, many needless things are 
 done rather than those which are necessary. Jupiter's 
 apology for leaving Alcmena. 
 
 5078. Ubi supra. (L.) Where above mentioned. Refers the 
 
 reader to some preceding word or passage. 
 
 5079. Ulcus tangere. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 9. To touch a 
 
 sore. To mention some delicate or painful subject. 
 
 Cf. Quiilquid enim horum attigeris, nlcus est. Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 
 104. Whichever of these you touch upon, will be a sore point. 
 
 5080. Ulterius ne tende odiis. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 938. Lei 
 
 your enmity nofartJier go. Appeal made by Turnus to
 
 542 ULTIMA. 
 
 to spare the life of a fallen foe. (2.) Ulterius 
 teiitare veto. Virg. A. 12, 806. I forbid all further 
 attempts. I prohibit your proceeding further. 
 
 5081. Ultima ratio regum. (7/.) The final argument of kings, 
 
 viz., cannon. 
 
 Inscription on cannon of Louis XIV.'s time, and on Prussian guns 
 of the present day, but it seems to have been a motto for pieces of 
 ordnance in use as far back as 1613 (Buchmann, Gett. Worte, p. 
 476). Calderon (t!681) calls war the Ultima razon de reyes. (S.) 
 The last argument of kings. 
 
 5082. Ultima semper Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus 
 
 Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 3, 135. 
 
 The approach of your last day always attend, 
 And call none happy till his death and end. Ed. 
 
 5083. Um Gut 's zu thun, braucht 's keiner Ueberlegung ; 
 
 Der Zweif el ist 's, der Gutes bose macht. 
 
 Bedenke nicht ! gewahre wie du's fiihlst. (G.) Goethe, 
 
 Iphigenia. To do good, requires no consideration : 'tis 
 
 doubt that renders good evil. Don't reflect, act as you 
 
 feel. 
 
 5084. Una dies aperit, conficit una dies. (L.) Auson. Id. 14, 40. 
 
 The Rose. 
 One day sees it bloom, and one day sees it die. Ed. 
 
 5085. Una voce. (L.) With one voice. Unanimously. 
 
 5086. Unde nil majus generatur ipso, 
 
 Nee viget quicquam simile, aut secundum. 
 
 (.) Hor. 0. 1, 12, 17. 
 
 No mightier birth may He beget, 
 
 No like, no second has He known. Conington. 
 
 5087. Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis, 
 
 Cum facias pejora senex? (L.) Juv. 14, 56. 
 
 Like father, like son. 
 
 When you do worse yourself, can you expect 
 Your son should hold your grey hairs in respect ? Ed. 
 
 5088. Un Dieu, un roy. (Fr.} One God, one king. Motto of 
 
 Lord Lyttleton. (Ung Dieu, ung roy. Lord Hatherton.) 
 
 5089. Un diner sans fagon est une perfidie. (Fr.} Berchoux? 
 
 To ask a man to take pot-luck is an act of perfidy. Said 
 by a bon-vivant who eschews your " family dinners."
 
 UN FRfcRE. 543 
 
 6090. TJnd wenn der Mensch in seiner Qual verstummt, 
 
 Gab mir ein Gott uu sagen was ich leide. (G.) Goethe, 
 Tasso, fin. And if man is dumb in his agony, God gave 
 me a voice to say ivhat I suffer. 
 
 5091. Une faute ni^e est deux fois coinmise. (Fr.) Prov. A 
 
 fault which is denied is committed twice over. 
 
 5092. Une femme, qui jette son bonnet par dessus le moulin. 
 
 (Fr.) Prov. A woman wJio throws her cap over the 
 windmill. Reckless, crazy. 
 
 5093. Une froideur ou une incivilite' qui vient de ceux qui sont 
 
 au-dessus de nous nous les fait hair, mais un salut ou un 
 sourire nous les re'concilie. (Fr.) La Bruy. Car. vol. i. 
 p. 170. A coldness or an incivility shown towards us 
 by a superior, makes us hate him ; but no sooner does he 
 condescend to /tonour us with a salute or a smile, than 
 we become perfectly reconciled. 
 
 5094. Une grande ame est au-dessus de 1'injustice, de la douleur, 
 
 de la moquerie ; et elle seroit invulnerable si elle ne 
 souffroit par la compassion. (Fr.) La Bruy. 1 A great 
 mind is above doing an unjust act, above giving way to 
 grief, above descending to buffoonery; and it would be 
 invulnerable, if it did not feel the pangs of compassion. 
 
 5095. Une nation frivole qui rit sottement niais qui croit rire 
 
 gaiement, de tout ce qui n'est pas dans ses mceurs ou 
 plutdt dans ses modes. (Fr.) Volt. Ep. a M. de 
 Marsais, 1755. A frivolous people who laugh foolishly 
 while they think they laugh wittily, at everything that is 
 not agreeable to t/teir customs, or rather to their fashions. 
 Said by Voltaire of his own countrymen, the French. 
 
 5096. Un enfant en ouvrant les yeux doit voir la patrie, et jusqu'a 
 
 la mort ne voir qu'elle. (Fr.) Rouss. 1 An infant, 
 when the light first dawns upon his eyes, oug/it to see his 
 country, and through life lie should see nothing else. 
 
 5097. Une seule foi, une seule langue, un seul coeur. (Fr.) 
 
 Breton Prov. One faith, one tongue, one heart. 
 
 5098. Une tromperie en attire une autre. (Fr.) One falsehood 
 
 necessitates a second. 
 
 5099. Un frere est un ami donn^ par la nature. (Fr.) Baudoin, 
 
 Demetrius, 5, 2 (1797). A brother is a friend that 
 nature provides us with.
 
 544 UNG JE. 
 
 5100. Ung je servirai. (Fr.) One ivill I serve. Motto of Earls 
 
 of Carnarvon, Pembroke, and Powis. 
 
 5101. Un grand destin commence, un grand destin s'acheve, 
 
 L' Empire est pret a choir, et la France s'eleve. 
 
 (Fr.) Corn. Attila, 1, 2. 
 
 A glorious hour is at hand with destin'd triumph bright, 
 The Empire's tottering, and France arises in her might. Ed. 
 
 This would have been a happy quotation at the Restoration, or on 
 
 the fall of the Second Empire. 
 
 5102. Ung roy, ung foy, ung loy. (Fr.) One king, one faith, 
 
 one law. Marquess of Clanricarde. 
 
 5103. Unguibus et rostro. (L.) With nails and beak. With 
 
 tooth and nail. 
 
 5104. Unguis. (L.) A finger-nail. Proverb, expressions : 
 
 (1.) Ad or in unguem, To the nail. To a hair, to a nicety. Ad 
 uuguem factus homo. Hor. S. 1, 5, 32. A highly polished man. 
 Cf. Prcesectum decies non castigavit ad unguem. Hor. A. P. 294. 
 He has not again and again corrected his verses by the pared nail, 
 i.e., to a perfect accuracy. See also Pers. 1, 65. (2.) Homo, cujus 
 pluris erat unguis, quam tu totus es. Petr. 57, fin. A man whose 
 little finger (nail) was worth your whole body. 
 
 5105. Un homme d'esprit seroit souvent bien embarrasse sans la 
 
 compagnie des sots. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 48, 
 140. A wit would often be much at a loss if it were 
 not for the company of fools. His wit requires a foil to 
 set it off, and a butt to aim at. 
 
 5106. Un homme vous protege par ce qu'il vaut : une femme par 
 
 ce que vous valez. Voila pourquoi de ces deux empires, 
 1'un est si odieux, 1'autre si doux. (Fr.) Chateaub. ? 
 A man's protection of you is in the ratio of his own 
 worth ; a woman's in the ratio of yours. That is why 
 the empire of the one is so odious, and the other so sweet. 
 
 5107. Uni sequus virtuti, atque ejus amicis. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 1, 
 
 70. Kind but to virtue and to virtue's friends. Coning- 
 ton. Said of Lucilius, the satirist. First three words 
 are the motto of the Earl of Mansfield. 
 
 5108. Unica virtus necessaria. (L.) Virtue is the only necessary 
 
 thing. 
 
 5109. Unitate fortior. (L.) Stronger for being united. Army 
 
 and Navy Club. 
 
 5110. Universus mundus exercet histrioniam. (L.) Pet. Fr. 10. 
 
 All the world acts the player's part. Cf. Shakesp. As
 
 UN SOT. 545 
 
 You Like It, 2, 2, "All the woi-ld's a stage, and all the men 
 and women merely players." J. B. Rousseau, Epigr. 
 says, " Ce monde-ci n'est qu'une ceuvre comique." (Fr.) 
 This world of ours is but a comedy. 
 
 5111. Un livre est un ami qui ne trompe jamais. (Fr.) A book 
 
 is a friend that never plays you false. A line that 
 Pixe're'court had stamped on each volume in his library. 
 Macaulay says (Essay on Bacon), " With the dead there 
 is no rivalry. In the dead there is no change. Plato 
 is never sullen. Cervantes is never petulant. Demos- 
 thenes never comes unseasonably. Dante never stays 
 too long," etc. 
 
 It is scarcely less charity to lend books than to lend money, but 
 those who want an excuse for not letting a volume go out of the 
 house will find it in the couplet that Theodore Leclercq had in- 
 scribed over his shelves : 
 
 Tel est le sort facheux de tout livre prele" : 
 Souvent il est perdu, toujours il est gate. Such is the miser- 
 able lot of every book one lends, it is often lost, and always damaged. 
 
 5112. Uno avulso non deficit altei*. (L.) One being torn away, 
 
 another takes its place. Motto of the Empire of Austria, 
 in allusion to the double-headed eagle. 
 
 Better known in connection with this Empire are, perhaps, the 
 oft-quoted lines 
 
 Bella gerant alii, tu, felix Austria, nube ; 
 Nam quae Mars aliis dat tibi regna Venus. (?) 
 
 Let others fight their battles, but, happy Austria, wed ; 
 
 The kingdoms others gain by war, are thine by marriage-bed. 
 
 Ed. 
 
 Commemorative of the marriages of the grandchildren of the Em- 
 peror, Maximilian I., with the son and daughter of Wladislaw, 
 King of Hungary and Bohemia, by which those kingdoms (together 
 with Moravia) fell (1526) to the Austrian crown. 
 
 5113. Un peu d'encens bruld rajuste bien des choses. (Fr.) 
 
 Cyrano, Agrippine. A little incense burnt seta many 
 things straight. A little flattery skilfully and oppor- 
 tunely applied works wonders. 
 
 5114. Unser Gefiihl fur Natur gleicht der Empfindung des 
 
 Kranken fur die Gesundheit. (Gf.) Schill. Naive und 
 Sent. Dichtung. Our feeling for nature is like the sensa- 
 tions of a sick person for health. 
 
 5115. Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui 1'admire. (Fr.) 
 
 Boil. A. P. 1, 232. Every fool finds a bigger fool tluin 
 himself to admire him. 
 
 2 M
 
 546 UN SOUVENIR. 
 
 5116. Un souvenir heureux est peut 6tre sur terre 
 
 Plus vrai que le bonheur. (Fr.) A. de Musset? A 
 happy recollection is perhaps in this world more real than 
 the happiness itself. 
 
 5117. Unum Scilicet egregii mortalem alti que silenti. (L.) Hor. 
 
 S. 2, 6, 57. A person of most uncommon and profound 
 taciturnity. 
 
 5118. Unus et idem. (L.) One and the same. Earl of Ravens- 
 
 worth. 
 
 5119. Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, 
 
 Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem. (L.) Enn. 
 ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84. One Roman by delaying saved 
 the State, for lie did not prefer reports to the public safety. 
 
 5120. Unus ille dies mihi immortalitatis instar fuit. (L.) Cic. 
 
 Pis. 22, 52. That day alone was to me like a foretaste of 
 immortality, viz., the day of his return from banishment 
 and the reception he met with at Rome. 
 
 5121. Unus Pellseo juveni non sufficit orbis : 
 
 ^Estuat infelix angusto limite mundi. (L.) Juv. 10, 168. 
 
 Alexander. 
 
 One world sufficed not Pella's youth, he'd rage 
 Against a universe's narrow cage. Ed. 
 
 5122. Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit. (L.) Suet. 
 
 Aug. 28. He found a city of brick, and left it a city of 
 marble. Said of the Rome of Augustus Csesar. 
 
 5123. Urbem quain dicunt Romam, Melibcee, putavi 
 
 Stultus ego huic nostrse similem. (L.) Virg. E. 1, 20. 
 The city, Melibceus, they call Rome 
 I fondly thought was like our town at home. Ed. 
 
 5124. Urit enim fulgore suo, qui prsegravat artes 
 
 Infra se positas : exstinctus amabitur idem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13. 
 
 He that excels the talent of his days 
 Is apt to burn his rivals with the blaze : 
 But when he's gone, and quite extinct the fire, 
 The very man they hated, they'll admire. Ed. 
 
 5125. Urit fulgore suo. (L.) It blazes by its own light. Phoenix 
 
 Insurance Company. 
 
 5126. Urticse proxima ssepe rosa est. (L.) Ov. R. A. 46. 
 
 Oft is the nettle near the rose. Ed. 
 
 5127. Usque adeone mori miserum estl (L.) Virg. 12, 646. 
 
 Is it so hard a thing to die ?
 
 TIT PICTURA. 547 
 
 5128. Usque adeo nulli sincera voluptas, 
 
 Sollicitique aliquid Isetis intervenit. (L.) Ov. M. 7, 453. 
 
 Surgit amari aliquid. 
 
 Man ne'er may count on pure untroubled joy, 
 Some grief steps in his pleasure to alloy. Ed. 
 
 5129. Usque ad nauseam or ad nauseam. (L.) Till one is sick. 
 
 To satiety. Said of a wearisome repetition of anything, 
 provoking disgust. 
 
 5130. Utendum est setate; cito pede labitur setas : 
 
 Nee bona tarn sequitur, quam bona prima fuit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 65. 
 
 Employ your youth : its footsteps hurry fast ; 
 Pleasures to come don't equal pleasures past. Ed. 
 
 5131. Ut homines sunt, ita morem geras. 
 
 Vita quam sit brevis, simul cogita. (L.) Plaut. Most. 
 3, 2, 36. As you find men, so must you humour them, 
 and then reflect how short life is I 
 
 Cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 67 : 
 
 Inepta hsec esse, nos quse facimus, sentio, 
 
 Sed quid facias? Ut homo est, ita morem geras. I confess 
 that this business of ours is a foolish one enough. But what would 
 you dof As the man is, so must you humour him. 
 
 5132. Ut jugulent homines, surgunt de nocte latrones. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32. 
 
 Rogues rise o' nights men's lives and gold to take. 
 
 Sir T. Martin. 
 
 5133. Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere, nemo ! 
 
 Sed prsecedenti spectatur mantica tergo. (L.) Pers. 4, 23. 
 
 None, none descends into himself to find 
 
 The secret imperfections of his mind, Dryden. 
 
 But does not fail to scrutinise the pack 
 
 Of faults his neighbour carries on his back. Ed. 
 
 5134. Ut nervis alienis mobile lignum. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 7, 82. 
 
 Just like a puppet that requires 
 
 Some one behind to pull the wires. Ed. 
 
 5135. Ut pictura, poesis : erit quse, si propius stes, 
 
 Te capiat magis, et qusedam si longius abstes ; 
 Hsec amat obscurum : volet hsec sub luce videri 
 Judicis argutum quaa non formidat acumen : 
 Hsec placuit seme! : haec decies repetita placebit. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 361.
 
 548 UT PLEKIQUE. 
 
 Poems are like a painting : some close by, 
 
 Some at a distance, most delight the eye : 
 
 This loves the shade, that needs a stronger light 
 
 And challenges the critic's piercing sight : 
 
 That gives us pleasure for a single view, 
 
 And this, ten times repeated, still is new. Francis. 
 
 5136. Ut plerique solent, naso suspendis ad unco 
 
 Ignotos. (Z.) Hor. S. 1, 6, 5. As is the common way, 
 you turn up your nose at those you don't know. 
 
 5137. Ut prosim. (Z/.) That I may be of service. Motto of 
 
 Lord Foley. 
 
 5138. Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad famam protnlerat. 
 
 (L.) Tac. A. 16, 18. Most men gain advancement by 
 their industry; but this one had attained celebrity by 
 his innate indolence. Said of C. Petronius, a friend of 
 Nero, and victim of Tigellinus. 
 
 5139. Ut queant laxis .ffesonare fibris 
 
 J/ra gestorum .Famuli tuorum 
 Solve polluti Labii reatum 
 
 ancte /ohannes. (L.) Johannes Diaconus. 
 That thy servants may be able to sing thy marvellous 
 acts to the loosened strings, absolve them, Saint John, 
 from the guilt of polluted lips. 
 
 Mediaeval Sapphic verse of a hymn to S. John the Baptist, in which 
 the names of the notes in the musical gamut may be traced in the 
 syllables italicised above, Ut (Do), Re, Mi, etc. ; the Si, or seventh 
 note, being formed out of the initials of the two last words of the 
 stanza. The verse, as long ago as the llth cent., was used by 
 Guido of Arezzo in teaching singing, the structure of the melody 
 exhibiting, at the beginning of each phrase, a gradual ascent of 
 six successive tones, and thereby helping to fix the sounds of these 
 tones in the memory. The melody, with its literal notation indi- 
 cated over the words, runs as follows : 
 
 C DF DED 
 
 DDCD EE 
 
 Ut queant laxis 
 
 Resonare fibris 
 
 EFGE DECD 
 
 FGA GFEDD 
 
 mira gestorum 
 
 Famuli tuorum 
 
 GAGFE FGD 
 
 AGA FGAA 
 
 solve polluti 
 
 Labii reatum 
 
 GFED 
 
 GED 
 
 Sancte 
 
 Johannes 
 
 See Kiesewetter, R. G. , Guido von Arrezzo, Sein Leben und Werken, 
 Leipsic, 1840 ; Notes and Queries, vol. xii. p. 432 ; and Horace, 
 Ed. Orelli, Turin, 1852, vol. ii. p. 926.
 
 UT SYLV^E. 549 
 
 5140. Ut quimus, aiunt; quando ut volumus non licet. (L.) 
 
 Ter. And. 4, 6, 10. We must do as we can (as they say) 
 w/ien we can't do as we would. 
 
 5141. Ut quis ex longinquo revenerat, miracula narrabant. (L.) 
 
 Tac. A. 2, 24. According as each of them had returned 
 from, distant parts, they had marvellous tales to narrate. 
 Traveller's tales. 
 
 5142. Ut quocunque paratus. (L.) That I may be prepared for 
 
 every emergency. Motto of the Earl of Cavan. 
 
 5143. Ut ridentibus arrident, ita flentibus adflent 
 
 Human! vultus : si vis me flere, dolendum est 
 Primum ipsi tibi, tune tua me infortunia laedent. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 101. 
 
 Smiles are contagious : so are tears ; to see 
 
 Another sobbing, brings a sob from me. 
 
 No, no, good Peleus ; set the example, pray, 
 
 And weep yourself, then weep perhaps I may. Conington. 
 
 Cf. Churchill, Rosciad, 861 : 
 
 But spite of all the criticising elves 
 
 Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. 
 
 5144. Utrum horum mavis accipe. (L.) ? Choose which of the 
 
 two you prefer. 
 
 5145. Utrumque enim vitium est, et omnibus credere et nulli. 
 
 (L.) Sen. Ep. 3. It is equally wrong to confide in all, 
 and in none. Cf. Ilto-ms S'apa 6/zws *ai aTrio-riat wAecrav 
 avSpas. (Gr.) Hes. Op. 370. Trust and mistrust have 
 both equally proved the ruin of men. 
 
 5146. Ut ssepe summa ingenia in occulto latent. (L.) Plaut. 
 
 Capt. 1, 2, 62. How often is the greatest genius buried 
 in obscurity. 
 Cf. "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen," etc. Gray. 
 
 5147. Ut sementem feceris, ita et metes. (L.) Prov. Cic. de 
 
 Or. 2, 65, 261. As you have sown, so shall you reap. 
 As you have made your bed, so must you lie. 
 
 5148. Ut supra. (L.) As above. Referring to any preceding 
 
 passage in a book, etc. 
 
 5149. Ut sylvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos, 
 
 Prima cadunt ; ita verborum vetus interit setas, 
 Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque. 
 Debemus morti nos nostraque. (L.) Hor. A. P. 60.
 
 550 UT TU. 
 
 As woodland leaves change with the changing year, 
 And those that opened first, the first decay, 
 
 So is't with words : the old ones disappear, 
 And those coined later live and have their day. 
 
 Both we and all that's ours must bow to death. Ed. 
 
 5150. Ut tu fortunam sic nos te, Celse, feremus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 
 
 1, 8, 17. As you carry your good fortune, so, Celsus, 
 shall we bear ivith you. 
 
 5151. Uxorem, Posthume, ducis? 
 
 Die, qua Tisiphone, quibus exagitare colubris. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 6, 28. 
 
 What ! Posthumus, take a wife ? What Fury drest 
 With snakes for hair, has your poor brain possest ? Ed. 
 
 5152. Uxorem quare locupletem ducere nolim 
 
 Quseritis ? Uxori nubere nolo meae. (L.) Mart. 8, 1 2, 1 . 
 
 You ask why I don't marry a rich wife ; 
 
 I'd rather not be henpecked all my life. Ed. 
 
 Lit., I'd rather not be my wife's wife. I won't have a 
 wife to whom I am to play second fiddle. 
 
 V. 
 
 5153. Vache ne sait ce que vaut sa queue jusqu' a-ce-qu'elle 1'ait 
 
 perdue. (Fr.} Prov. The cow doesn't know the value 
 of her tail until she has lost it. 
 
 5154. Vade mecum. (L.) Go with me. Manuals, pocket-books 
 
 of reference (companions) are so termed. 
 
 5155. Vsevictis! (L.) Liv. 5, 48, 9. So much tJie worse for, 
 
 or Woe to, the conquered! 
 
 Exclamation of Brennus on throwing his shield into the balance as 
 a make-weight, when settling the price of peace with Rome. 
 
 5156. Yaillant et veillant. (Fr.} Valiant and vigilant. Vis- 
 
 count Cardwell. 
 
 5157. Valeant mendacia vatum. (L.) Ov. F. 6, 253. Away 
 
 with the lies^ of poets ! 
 
 5158. Valeat quantum valere potest. (L.) Let it have its due 
 
 weight. Take it for what it is worth. Said of any state- 
 ment, plea, or argument. 
 
 5159. Valeat res ludicra, si me 
 
 Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum. 
 
 ' (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180. 
 
 Nay, I forswear the, drama, if to win 
 
 Or lose the prize can make me plump or thin. Coniwjton.
 
 VEL EXUVLE. 551 
 
 5160. Yalet anchora vii'tus. (L.) Virtue is a sure anchor. 
 
 Motto of Lord Gardner. 
 
 5161. Valet ima summis 
 
 Mutare, et insignem attenuat Deus, 
 
 Obscura promens. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 34, 12. 
 
 God's hand can change the low estate 
 
 And raise it to a height : 
 He can abase the proudly great 
 
 And lift th' obscure to light. Tate and Brady. 
 
 5162. Val meglio piegarsi che rompersi. (It.) Prov. It is better 
 
 to submit than to lose all. 
 
 5163. Val piu un asino vivo che un dottore morto. (It.) Prov. 
 
 A live ass is better than a dead doctor. 
 
 5164. Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores, 
 
 Irrupitque animos populi, clademque futuram 
 
 Intulit. (L.) Luc. 1, 469. Vague rumours contributed 
 
 to increase the fears actually existing, and possessed the 
 
 people's imagination, announcing the approach of coming 
 
 disaster. 
 
 5165. Vanitas vanitatum, et oumia vanitas. (L.) Vulg. Eccles. 
 
 1, 2. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. 
 
 5166. Vare, redde legiones ! (L.) Suet. Aug. 23. Varus, give 
 
 me back my legions ! Exclamation of Augustus Csesar 
 on hearing of the defeat of his troops under Varus by 
 the German General, Arminius. 
 
 5167. Vectigalia nervos esse reipublicse. (L.) Cic. Manil. 7, J.7. 
 
 Taxes are the sinews of the state. 
 
 5168. Vedi Napoli, e poi muori. (It.) Prov. See Naples and 
 
 then die. 
 
 5169. Vehemens in utranique partem, Menedeme, es nimis, 
 
 Aut largitate nimia, aut parsimonia. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 
 3, 1, 31. You run into extremes both ways, Menedemus, 
 either too lavish, or else too niggardly. 
 
 5170. Vel caeco appareat. (L.) Prov. Even a blind man could 
 
 see that. 
 
 5171. Vel capillus habet umbram suam. (L.) Pub. Syr. 1 
 
 Even a hair casts its shadow. A straw will show which 
 way the wind blows. ^ 
 
 5172. Vel exuviae triumphant. (L.) Even the spoils triumph. 
 
 Motto of the 2d Regimenfof the Line.
 
 552 VEL INIQUISSIMATVt 
 
 5173. Vel iniquissirnam pacem justissimo bello ante ferrem. (L.) 
 
 Cic. Fain. 6, 6, 5. I would prefer even the most un- 
 favourable peace to the justest war that ever was waged. 
 
 5174. Vellem in amicitia sic erraremus, et isti 
 
 Errori nomen virtus posuisset honestum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 41. 
 
 Would that in friendship we transgressed the same, 
 And virtue gave the weakness a good name I Ed. 
 
 The poet alludes to the partiality of lovers, and wishes 
 that men were equally blind to their friends' faults and 
 foibles. 
 
 175. Vellem nescire literas ! (L.) Sen. Clem. 2, 1. I wish I 
 had never learnt to read or write ! Exclamation of Nero 
 when required to sign the death-warrant of two robbers. 
 
 5176. Yelocius ac citius nos 
 
 Corrumpunt vitiorum exempla domestica, magnis 
 Quum subeant animos auctoribus. (L.} Juv. 14, 31. 
 
 A parent's bad example seen at home 
 Corrupts most quickly : such suggestions come 
 Under the sanction of authority. Ed. 
 
 5177. Yelocius quam asparagi coquantur. (L.) Prov. Suet. 
 
 Aug. 87. Quicker than you can cook asparagus. Quoted 
 by Augustus Csesar. 
 
 5178. Velut aegri aomnia, vanse 
 
 Finguntur species, ut nee pes nee caput uni 
 Reddatur formse. (7/.) Hor. A. P. 7. Like sick men's 
 dreams, when shadowy images appear, and neither head 
 nor feet Jit their respective forms. Said of a badly com- 
 posed work, without connection, and with a confusion of 
 images. 
 
 5179. Veluti in speculum. (L.) As if in a looking-glass. The 
 
 drama should exhibit the manners of men veluti in 
 speculum, and hold the mirror up to nature. 
 
 5180. Vendere fumos, or fuinum. (L.} Cf. Mart. 4, 5, 7. To 
 
 sell smoke. To make empty promises. 
 
 5181. Veniam necessitati dari. (L.) Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56. Pardon 
 
 is granted to necessity. 
 
 5182. Veni Creator Spiiitus. (L.) Come, Creator Spirit. Open- 
 
 ing words of a very ancient hymn to the Holy Ghost, 
 sung at Whitsuntide, ordinations, and other occasions.
 
 VENTER. 553 
 
 It was tliis hymn that the nuns of S. Teresa (Reformed Carmelites) 
 sang in '94 when led to the guillotine at Compiegne. The hymn 
 was kept up in chorus, as one after another of the sisters was led 
 on to the scaffold, the Prioress at last singing alone, until her voice 
 also was silenced by the fatal knife, and all was still. Sit anima 
 mea cum illis I 
 
 5183. Venient annis 
 
 Ssecula seris, quibus Oceanus 
 
 Yincula rerum laxet, et ingens 
 
 Pateat tellus, Tiphysque novos 
 
 Detegat orbes ; nee sit terris 
 
 Ultima Thule. (L.) Sen. Med. 395. 
 
 Discovery of America prophecied. 
 
 The time will come in later years 
 When Ocean shall unlock his bars, 
 And a vast continent appear. 
 And Argo's pilot guide the helm, 
 And sight a new-discovered realm ; 
 Nor any longer Thule's isle 
 Be the last spot of earthly soil. Ed. 
 
 5184. Yenire facias. (L.~) Law Term. Cause to come. Writ 
 
 directing the sheriff to cause a jury to come together and 
 try a cause. (2.) The first process in outlawry, in case 
 of non-appearance to an indictment for misdemeanour. 
 
 5185. Yenit summa dies et ineluctabile tempus 
 
 Dardanise. Fuimus Troes ; fuit Ilium, et ingens 
 Gloria Teucrorum. (L.) Yirg. A. 2, 324. 
 
 The Fall of Troy. 
 
 'Tis come, the inevitable hour, 
 The supreme day of Dardan power ; 
 Our history's ended. Troy's no more, 
 And all her mighty glory o'er. Ed. 
 
 5186. Yeni, vidi, vici. (L.) Suet. Caes. 37. / came, I saw, I 
 
 conquered. The words inscribed on the banners of the 
 triumph of Caius Julius Caesar, after his victory over 
 Pharmaces, son of Mithridates. 
 
 5187. Yenter prsecepta non audit, poscit, appellat. Non est 
 
 tamen molestus creditor, parvo dimittitur : si modo das 
 illi quoddebes, non quod potes. (L.) Sen. Ep. 21, fin. 
 The belly listens to no precepts, it demands, it calls 
 aloud. But it is not a troublesome creditor; a small 
 amount satisfies it, provided you give it what you ought, 
 not what you can.
 
 554 VENTIS. 
 
 5188. Ventis secundis. (L.) With a fair wind. Motto of Vis- 
 
 count Hood. 
 
 5189. Yentre & terre. (Fr.) At full speed. Full split ; at full 
 
 gallop. 
 
 5190. Vents, vents, tout n'est que vent ! (Fr.) Breton Prov. 
 
 Winds, winds, all is but wind I 
 
 5191. Ventum ad supremum est. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 803. We 
 
 are come to the end. The last extremity. A crisis in 
 affairs. 
 
 5192. Ventum seminabant et turbinem metent. (L.) Vulg. Os. 
 
 8, 7. They have sown the wind and they shall reap tlie 
 whirlwind. 
 
 5193. Vera redit facies, dissimulata perit. (L.) Petr. ? The 
 
 natural expression returns, the inask^that had been as- 
 sumed falls off. 
 
 5194. Verba dat omnis amor. (L.} Ov. R. A. 95. Love always 
 
 cheats with delusive promises. Verba dare alicui, is to 
 deceive anybody. Of. Cui verba dare difficile est. Ter. 
 And. 1, 3, 6. A person, whom it is difficult to deceive. 
 (2.) Experior curis et dare verba meis. Ov. T. 5, 7, 40. 
 / try to beguile my cares. 
 
 5195. Verba facit emortuo. (L.) Plaut. Posn. 4, 2, 18. He is 
 
 talking to a dead man. Waste of breath. 
 
 5196. Verba nitent phaleris, at nullas verba medullas 
 
 Intus habent. (L.) Palingenius. The words make a 
 fine show, but they have no real pith or substance in them. 
 Fine phrases. Empty compliments. 
 
 5197. Verba placent et vox, et quod corrumpere non est. 
 
 Quoque minor spes est, hoc magis ille cupit. (L.) Ov. t 
 
 Her voice and utter chasteness he admires : 
 The less his hopes, the greater his desires. Ed. 
 
 5198. Verbaque provisam rem non in vita sequentur. (L.) Hor. 
 
 A. P. 311. When you have well thought out your subject, 
 words will come spontaneously. 
 
 5199. Verbatim et literatim. (L.)-^- Word for word. Literally. 
 
 In class. Latin it would be, Ad Verbum, Verbum e (de, pro) verbo ; 
 or simply Verbum verbo, To a word, word for word, exactly, liter- 
 ally, as in Hor. A. P. 133 : Verbum verbo reddere fidus Interpres, 
 To render word for word, as a faithful translator. 
 
 5200. Verbi causa, or gratia. (.) For example, for instance.
 
 VERNUNFT. 555 
 
 5201. Verbo. (L.) In a word, briefly: orally, verbally, by 
 
 word of mouth. (2.) Verbo terms. As far as the mean- 
 ing of a word extends : nominally, in name. "Veteres 
 verbo tenus de republica disserebant. Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14. 
 The ancients used to discuss the question of a republic, 
 at least in name. (3.) Uno verbo, tribus (paucis) verbis, 
 etc. In a word, in three words, briefly, etc. 
 
 5202. Verbosa ac grandis epistola venit a Capreis. (L.) Juv. 
 
 10, 71. A lengthy and important letter /MS arrived from 
 Capri, viz., Tiberius' villa there. An important letter 
 from Court, from the palace, from head- quarters. 
 
 5203. Verbum Domini manet in seternum. (L.) Vulg. Ep. Pet. 
 
 1, 1, 25. The word of the Lord endureth for ever. 
 ,- j Motto of Stationers' Company. 
 
 5204. Vererat' seternurn : placidique tepentibus auris 
 
 Mulcebant Zephyri natos sine semine flores. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 1, 107. 
 
 Tlie Golden Age. 
 
 "Twas one long spring : winds from the south-west blown 
 Gently caressed the flowers no hand had sown. Ed. 
 
 5205. VERITAS. (L.} Truth. 
 
 (1.) magna vis veritatis, quse . . . facile se per se ipsa defendat ! 
 Cic. Gael. 26, 63. mighty force of truth, thai can so easily defend 
 itself without extraneous help ! (2.) Nihil ad veritatem. Cic. Lael. 
 25, 91. Nothing to the truth. Not to the point. (3.) In omni re 
 vincit imitationem veritas. Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 215. In everything 
 truth surpasses its imitation. (4.) Veritatis cultores, fraudis ini- 
 mici. Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109. Worshippers of truth, enemies offalse- 
 Ivood ; as, e.g., Sulla and M. Crassus. Motto of the journal called 
 Truth. (5.) Veritas et virtus vincunt. Truth and virtue conquer. 
 Lord Ormathwaite. (6.) Veritas temporis filia. Truth is the child 
 of Time. The truth is shown by the event. Legend of a coin of 
 Queen Mary's reign. (7.) Veritas victrix. Truth the conqueror. 
 Lord Penzance. (8.) Veritas vincit. Truth conquers. Motto of 
 the Scotch Earl Marechal. (9. ) Simplex ratio veritatis. Cic. de 
 Or. 1, 53, 229. Truth's mode of procedure is very simple. Cf. 
 Veritatis simplex oratio est. Sen. Ep. 49. The language of truth 
 is unvarnished enough. 
 
 5206. Ve'riy sans peur. (Fr.) Truth without fear. L. Middleton. 
 
 5207. Ver non semper viret. (L.) The spring does not always 
 
 flourish. Punning motto of Lords Vernon and Lyveden. 
 
 5208. Yernunft und Wissenschaft, 
 
 Des Menschen allerhochste Kraft ! (G.) Goethe, Faust. 
 Season and knowledge, t/te higJiest strength of man /
 
 556 VERTERE. 
 
 5209. Vertere seria ludo. (L.) Hor. A. P. 226. To turn serious 
 
 matters into jest. 
 
 5210. Verum equiti quoque jam migravit ab aure voluptas 
 
 Omnis ad incertos oculos et gaudia vana. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 187. 
 
 But e'en the knights have changed, and now they prize 
 Delighted ears far less than dazzled eyes. Conington. 
 
 Not only the "gallery," but even the aristocratic stalls (Horace 
 says) have lost their appreciation of well-written pieces, and care 
 for nothing but sensation and scenic displays. 
 
 5211. Verum, inquis, tanti non est ingenium tuum 
 
 Momentum ut horae pereat officiis meis. 
 
 (L.) Phaedr. 3, Prol. 9. 
 
 Your talents are not worth so much, you say, 
 That I should lose a moment of the day. Ed. 
 
 Non tanti, or Non est tanti = It is not worth the trouble. 
 The affair is not tanti, it is not worth the cost. 
 
 5212. Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis 
 
 Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit 
 
 Aut humana parum cavit natura. (L.) Hor. A. P. 351. 
 
 But when I meet with beauties thickly sown 
 
 A blot or two I readily condone, 
 
 Such as may trickle from a careless pen, 
 
 Or pass un watched, for authors are but men. Conington. 
 
 5213. Vestibuluiu ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orel 
 
 Luctus et ul trices posuere cubilia Curse ; 
 Pallentesque habitant Morbi, tristisque Senectus, 
 Et Metus, et malesuada Fames, ac turpis Egestas, 
 Terribiles visu formae ; Letum Laborque ; 
 Turn consanguineus Leti Sopor ; et mala mentis 
 Gaudia ; mortiferumque ad verso in limine Bellum. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 6, 273. 
 The gates of Hades. 
 At Orcus' portals hold their lair 
 Wild Sorrow and avenging Care ; 
 And pale Diseases cluster there, 
 
 And pleasureless Decay, 
 Foul Penury, and Fears that kill 
 And Hunger, counsellor of ill, 
 
 A ghastly presence they : 
 Suffering and Death the threshold keep, 
 And with them Death's blood-brother Sleep : 
 111 joys with their seducing spells 
 And deadly War are at the door. Conington.
 
 VIA TRITA. 557 
 
 5214. Vestigia morientis libertatis. (Z.) Tac. A. 1, 74. Traces 
 
 of expiring liberty. Though tyranny oppressed the 
 people, the spirit of freedom still existed in their hearts. 
 
 5215. Vetera extollimus, recentium incuriosi. (L.) Tac. A. 2, 
 
 88. We extol old things, regardless of the productions of 
 our own time. 
 
 5216. Vetus autem illud Catonis admodum scitum est qui mirari 
 
 se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex haruspicem quum 
 vidisset. (L.) Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51. That old remark 
 of Cato's is very well known when he said he used to 
 wonder how one augur could keep from laughing when he 
 saw another augur. 
 
 5217. Veuve d'un peuple-roi, mais reine encore du monde. 
 
 (Fr.) Gilbert. 
 Rome. 
 An Empire's widow, queen still of the world. Ed. 
 
 5218. Vexata qusestio. (L.) A disputed point. 
 
 5219. Via crucis, via lucis. (L.) The way of the cross is the 
 
 way of light. 
 
 5220. Via media. (L.) A middle way. Any middle course 
 
 between two extremes. 
 
 The name is given, in particular, to the High Anglican doctrine of 
 the Caroline divines, revived by the Tractarians (1833-43), and 
 thought to he at once the middle and true course between pure 
 Protestantism and " the errors of Rome." 
 
 5221. Viamque insiste domandi, 
 
 Dum faciles ahimi juvenum, dum mobilis setas. 
 
 (L.) Virg. G. 3, 164. 
 
 Jfursue a course of training, while young hearts 
 
 Can be impressed, and you can mould their parts. Ed. 
 
 5222. Viain qui nescit, qua deveniat ad mare, 
 
 Eum oportet amnem quserere comitem sibi. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 14. 
 
 He who knows not the way unto the sea, 
 Should keep a river in his company. Ed. 
 
 5223. Via trita, via tuta. (L.) Law Max. The beaten path is 
 
 the safest. 
 
 An inveterate practice in law generally stands upon principles that 
 are founded in justice and convenience. Hence, any proceeding in 
 an action not done in the manner prescribed by practice, may be set 
 aside as irregular, for Via, trita, etc. M. of the Earl of Normanton.
 
 558 VICE. 
 
 5224. Vice. (Z.) In the stead of. (2.) Pro hac vice. For this 
 
 occasion. (3.) Vice versa. Reversely. In reverse order. 
 Of. Versa vice. Dig. 43, 29, 3. 
 
 5225. Vicisti Galilsee ! (L.) 1 Thou hast conquered, Galilcean ! 
 
 Dying words of Julian the Apostate, addressed to the 
 Christ he had denied. 
 
 5226. Victoria concordia crescit. (L.) Victory is increased by 
 
 concord. Motto of Earl Amherst. (2.) Victorias gloria 
 merces. Glory is the reward of victory. Motto of North 
 Berwick. 
 
 5227. Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni. 
 
 (L.) Luc. 1, 128. 
 
 The conquering side had Heaven's applause, 
 
 But Cato chose the losing cause. Ed. 
 
 Said of Cato's espousing the side of Poinpey against Caesar, ending 
 in the defeat of the former at Pharsalia (48 B.C.), and his death 
 shortly after. Cato retired to Africa, where, on the news of Caesar's 
 further successes, he destroyed himself at Utica, 46 B.C. The line 
 is appropriate to any select spirits who champion a fallen cause in 
 the face of influence from high quarters thrown into the opposite 
 scale. 
 
 5228. Vide or V. (L.) See. (2.) Vide ut supra. See as above; 
 
 see the passage above, or occurring before. 
 
 5229. Videant consules ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat. (L.) 
 
 Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3 (or Dent magistratus operam ne quid, 
 etc.). Let tJie consuls (or magistrates) take care that the 
 republic suffer no damage. Well-known formula by 
 which unlimited power was entrusted to the consuls, or 
 dictator, in a time of great national emergency. 
 
 5230. Videte, quseso, quid potest pecunia. (L.) 1 See, I pray 
 
 you, what money can do ! 
 
 5231. Vidit et erubuit lympha pudica Deum. (L.) ? 
 
 The miracle at Gana. 
 The conscious water saw its God, and blushed. Dryden. 
 
 5232. Vi et armis. (L.) By force of arms. By downright force, 
 
 not by sanction of law. (2.) Vi et virtute. By force 
 and valour. M. of Farriers' Company and of Ld. Annaly. 
 
 5233. Vigilantibus. (L.) To those that watch. Earl of Gosford. 
 
 5234. Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura sub veniunt. (L.) Law 
 
 Max. The laws assist those who are on their guard, not 
 those who sleep over their rights. Each party to a contract
 
 VIOLENTA. 559 
 
 is expected to exercise proper vigilance in protecting his 
 interests; and in the same way, claims to be made within 
 a given time will be forfeited if made afterwards. 
 
 5235. Vigilate et orate. (L.) Vulg. S. Matt. 26, 41. Watch 
 
 and pray. Motto of Viscount Castlemaine. 
 
 5236. Vigiliis et virtute. (Z.) By vigilance and virtue. Motto 
 
 of Cowbridge Grammar School. 
 
 5237. Vigueur de dessus. (ff-) /Strength from above. Motto 
 
 of Lord Inchiquin. 
 
 5238. Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum 
 
 O cives, cives, quaerenda pecunia prima est, 
 
 Virtus post nummos. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 52. 
 
 Gold counts for more than silver, all men hold : 
 
 Why doubt that virtue counts for more than gold ? 
 
 Seek money first, good friends, and virtue next. Conington. 
 
 5239. Vincet amor patriae, laudumque immensa cupido. (L.) 
 
 Virg. A. 6, 824. Love of his country, and an insatiate 
 thirst for glory shall prevail. " Vincit a. p.," motto of the 
 Earls of Chichester and Yarborough, Viscount Moles- 
 worth, and Lord Muncaster. 
 
 5240. Vincit omnia veritas. (L.) Truth conquers all things. 
 
 Motto of Lord Kingsale. (2.) Vincit veritas. Truth 
 conquers. Viscount Gort. 
 
 5241. Vindictam mandasse sat est : plus nominis horror 
 
 Quarn tuus ensis aget: minuit praesentia famam. (L.) 1 
 It is sufficient to have commanded punishment : the dread 
 of your name will do more than the sharpness of your 
 sword. Your presence would weaken your fame. 
 
 5242. Vingt siecles descendus dans 1'e'ternelle nuit 
 
 Y sont sans mouvement, sans lumiere et sans bruit. 
 
 (Fr.) Le P. Lemoine, S. Louis. 
 Twice times ten centuries sunk in endless night 
 Lie there unmoved, silent, and without light. Ed. 
 Alluding to the Pyramids. Napoleon, however, was more correct 
 when he told his army in Egypt that "forty centuries" looked 
 down on them from the summit of the Pyramids. 
 
 5243. Vinum exhilarat animum. (L.) Wine maketh glad the 
 
 heart. Vintners' Company motto. 
 
 5244. Violenta nemo imperia continuit diu : 
 
 Moderata durant. (L.) Sen. Troad. 258. 
 
 No one has governed long by violence : 
 
 The firm but gentle rule it is that lasts. Ed.
 
 560 VIPERA. 
 
 5245. Vipera Cappadocem nocitura momordit ; at ilia 
 
 Gustato periit sanguine Cappadocis. 
 
 (L.) Epigr. Select. 1659. 
 
 A Cappadocian born was by a viper bit : 
 The serpent tasted the thick blood, and died of it. Ed. 
 This is imitated in French as follows : 
 tin gros serpent mordit Aurelle. 
 
 Que croyez-vous qu'il arriva ? 
 Qu' Aurelle en mourut ? Bagatelle ! 
 
 Ce fut le serpent qui creva. 
 Aurelle was by a serpent bit ; 
 
 What, think you, did betide ? 
 That Aurelle suffered ? not a whit ! 
 
 The snake it was that died. Ed. 
 
 5246. Vir bonus est quis ? 
 
 Qui consul ta patrum, qui leges juraque servat. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40. 
 
 Whom call we good ? The man who keeps intact 
 
 Each law, each right, each statute and each act. Conington. 
 
 5217. Virescit vulnere virtus. (L.} Virtue flourisJies from a 
 wound. Motto of the Earl of Galloway. 
 
 5248. Viret in seternum. (L.} It flourishes eternally. 13th 
 
 Hussars. 
 
 5249. Vir fama ingens, ingentior armis. (L.) Virg. A. 11, 124. A 
 
 hero great in reputation, and greater still in deeds of arms. 
 
 5250. Virgilium vidi tantum. (L.) Ov. T. 4, 10, 51. Virgil, I 
 
 just saw. Ovid, in the passage, is recounting all the 
 famous poets of his day. 
 
 5251. Virginitas et unitas nostra fraternitas. (L.) Chastity and 
 
 unity are the bonds of our confraternity. Pinmakers' 
 Company. 
 
 5252. VIRTUS. (L.) Virtue. Mottoes depending on : 
 
 (1.) Virtus ariete fortior. Virtue is stronger than a battering-ram. 
 Motto of the Earl of Abingdon. (2.) V. basis vitae. Virtue is the 
 basis of life. Lord Stafford. (3. ) V. in actione consistit. Virtue 
 consists in action. Motto of Earl Craven. (4.) V. in arduis. 
 Virtue in difficulties. Motto of Lord Ashburton. (5.) V. invidise 
 scopus. Virtue is envy's mark. Lord Methuen. (6.) V. mille 
 scuta. Virtue is as good as a thousand shields. Motto of the Earl 
 of Howard and Effingham. (7.) V. nobilitat. Virtue ennobles. 
 Order of the Belgic Lion for Civil Merit. (8.) V. non stemma. 
 Virtue, not ancestors. Duke of Westminster and Lord Ebury. 
 (9.) V. probata florescit. Approved virtue flourishes. Motto of 
 Earl of Bandon. (10.) V. propter se. Virtue for herself. Lord
 
 VIRTUTE. - 561 
 
 Macdonald. (1 1 . ) V. semper viridis. Virtue is always flourishing. 
 Motto of the Earl of Belmore. (12.) V. sola nobilitat. Virtut 
 alone ennobles. Motto of Lord Wallscourt. 
 
 5253. Virtus est medium vitiorum, et utrinque reductum. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 9. 
 
 Between these faults 'tis virtue's place to stand 
 
 At distance from the extreme on either hand. Conington. 
 
 5254. Virtus est vitiuin fugere, et sapientia prima 
 
 Stultitia caruisse. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 41. 
 
 To fly from vice is virtue : to be free 
 
 From foolishness is wisdom's first degree. Conington. 
 
 5255. Virtus, recludens imineritis mori 
 
 Coelum, negata tentat iter via, 
 Ccetusque vulgares, et udam 
 
 Spernit humum f ugiente penna. (L. ) Hor. C. 3, 2, 2 1 . 
 
 True virtue opens heaven to worth, 
 
 She makes the way she does not find : 
 The vulgar crowd, the humid earth, 
 
 Her soaring pinion leaves behind. Conington, 
 
 5256. Virtus repulsse nescia sordidae, 
 
 Intaminatis fulget honoribus : 
 Nee sumit aut ponit secures 
 
 Arbitrio popularis aurse. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 2, 17. 
 True virtue never knows defeat : 
 
 Her robes she keeps unsullied still, 
 Nor takes, nor quits, her curule seat 
 
 To please a people's veering will. Conington. 
 
 Line 1 is the motto of the Earl of Desart. 
 
 5257. Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus. 
 
 Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit. 
 
 (L.) Plaut. Am. Prol. 78. 
 By worth, not clapping, one should strive to please ; 
 Who acts aright is always sure of praise. Ed. 
 
 5258. Virtute duce, comite fortuna. (L.) Cic. Fam. 10, 3. 
 
 With virtue for leader, and fortune for companion. 
 
 5259. Virtute et labore. (L.) By virtue and toil. Motto of 
 
 the Earl of Dundonald, Lord Headley, and Lord Rath- 
 donnell. 
 
 (1. ) V. et merito. By valour and merit. Motto of the Order of 
 Charles III. (Spain). (2.) V. et numine. By virtue and by divine 
 favour. Motto of Lord Cloncurry. (3.) V. et opera. By virtue 
 and industry. Motto of the Earl of Fife. (4.) V. fideque. By 
 virtue and faith. Motto of Lord Elibank. (5.) V. non armis fido. 
 I rely on virtue not arms. Earl of Wilton. (6.) V. non astutia. 
 By virtue not cunning. Motto of Earl of Limerick. (7.) V. nou 
 2 N
 
 562 VIRTUTEM. 
 
 verbis. By virtue not words. Motto of Marquess of Lansdowne. 
 (8.) V. quies. In virtue there is tranquillity. Motto of Marquess 
 of Norman by. (9.) V. securus. Secure in virtue. Motto of Earl 
 de Montalt. 
 
 5260. Virtutem doctrina paret, naturane donetl 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 100. 
 Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown ? Conington. 
 
 A common problem amongst philosophers. 
 
 5261. Virtutem incolumen odimus, 
 
 Sublatam ex oculis quserimus, invidi. 
 
 (L.) Hor. C. 3, 24, 31. 
 
 Though living virtue we despise, 
 
 We follow her when dead with envious eyes. Francis. 
 
 5262. Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta. (L.) Pers. 3, 38. 
 
 In all her charms set Virtue in their eye, 
 
 And let them see their loss, despair, and die. Gi/ord. 
 
 5263. Virtutis amore. (L.) Through love of virtue. Motto of 
 
 Earls Annesley, Mountmorres, and Viscount Valentia. 
 (2.) V. avorum praemium. The reward of the virtue of 
 my forefathers. Motto of Viscount Templetown. (3.) 
 V. comes invidia. Envy is the attendant on virtue. 
 Viscount Hereford. (4.) V. fortuna comes. Fortune 
 is the companion of valour. Motto of the Duke of 
 Wellington, Earl of Clancarty, Viscount Harberton, Lord 
 Ashtown, and Wellington College. (5.) V. Namurcensis 
 premium. Prize of valour shown at Namur. 18th Foot. 
 (6.) V. praemium honor. Honour is the prize of virtue. 
 Earl of Denbigh. 
 
 5264. Virtutis enim laus omnis in actione consistit. (L.} Cic. 
 
 Off. 1, 6, 19. The glory of virtue consists entirely in 
 action. 
 
 5265. Vis. (L.) Force, power, "go." (2.) In Mechanics the 
 
 word is synonymous with Force. V. acceleratrix, accel- 
 erating force ; v. inertiie, resisting force ; v. motrix, 
 motive force; v. mortua, a dead force or pressure; v. 
 viva, actual energy, the power residing in a moving 
 body. (Diet. Sc. Lit. and Art. Brande and Cox, p. 954.) 
 
 5266. Vis comica. (Z.) Comic powers. Talent for comedy. 
 
 A phrase formed, by a misposition of commas, out of lines of Caius 
 Julius Caesar (Suet. Caes. vit. Ter. 5) on the writings of Terence. 
 He says :
 
 VITAM. 563 
 
 Lenibus atque utinam scriptis adjuncta foret vis, 
 Comica ut sequato virtus polleret honore 
 Cum Graecis. / wish that his (Terence's) smoothly -flowing 
 lines had such force, as to make his comic talents take equal rank 
 iffith . the Greek dramatists. Csesar is far from denying Terence a 
 comica virtus, but only considers it as falling short of the Greek 
 models. 
 6267. Vis consili expers mole ruit sua ; 
 
 Vim temperatam Di qitoque provehunt 
 In majus : iidem odere vires 
 
 Omne nefas animo moventes. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 4, 65. 
 Mere senseless force of its own weight 
 Must needs be wrecked ; but force controll'd 
 The Gods will bless, who always hold 
 Sin-planning strength in righteous hate. Ed. 
 
 5268. Vis recte vivere ? Quis non 1 
 
 Si virtus hoc una potest dare ; fortis omissis 
 
 Hoc age deliciis. Virtutem verba putas, et 
 
 Lucum ligna. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 29. 
 
 You wish to live aright (and who does not ?) 
 
 If virtue holds the secret, don't defer ; 
 
 Be off with pleasure, and be on with her. 
 
 But no : you think all morals sophist's tricks, 
 
 Bring virtue down to words, a grove to sticks. Conington. 
 
 5269. Vis unita fortior. (L.) Power is strengthened by union 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Mountcashel, Lord Wrottesley, and 
 Woodmongers' Company. 
 
 5270. Vitae est avidus, quisquis non vult 
 
 Mundo secum pereunte mori. (L.) Sen. Thyest. 882. 
 Too greedy he of life, who still would live 
 When all the world around is perishing. Ed. 
 
 5271. Vitae post-scenia. (L.) Lucret. 4, 1182. The back scenes 
 
 (or behind the scenes) of life. 
 
 5272. Vitae via virtus. (L.) Virtue is the way of life. Motto 
 
 of Earl of Portarlington. 
 
 5273. Vita hominis sine liteiis mors est. (L.) Sen. ? Life with- 
 
 out literary studies is death. Derby Grammar School. 
 
 5274. Vitam quae faciunt beatiorem, 
 
 Jucundissime Martialis, haec sunt : 
 
 Res non parta labore, sed relicta : 
 
 Non ingratus ager : focus perennis : 
 
 Lis nunquam : toga rara : mens quieta : 
 
 Vires ingenuae : salubre corpus : 
 
 Prudens simplicitas : pares amici : 
 
 Convictus facilis : sine arte mensse ; 
 
 Nox non ebria, sed soluta curis. (L.) Mart. 10, 47, 1.
 
 564 VITANDA. 
 
 The elements of happiness. 
 The things that make life happiest, 
 Martial my own, in these consist. 
 An income left (not earned by toil), 
 A cheerful hearth, a grateful soil ; 
 No law, and work all but resigned, 
 And perfect quietness of mind : 
 A frame that natural health attends, 
 With frugal tastes and equal friends : 
 A wholesome diet, artless fare, 
 Nights free from revelry and care. Ed. 
 
 5275. Vitanda est improba Siren 
 
 Desidia : aut, quicquid vita meliore parasti, 
 Ponendum sequo animo. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 14. 
 
 Then stop your ears to sloth's enchanting voice, 
 
 Or give up your best hopes : there lies your choice. Conington. 
 
 5276. Vita patris or v. p. (L.) During the life of his father. 
 
 5277. Vita sine proposito vaga est. (L.) Sen. Ep. 95. A life 
 
 without an aim is a sadly desultory one. 
 
 5278. Vitiosum est ubique, quod nimium est. (L.) Sen. Tranq. 
 
 9. Excess (redundancy) in everything is a fault. 
 
 5279. Vitium commune omnium est, 
 
 Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus. (L.) 
 Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31. It is a failing common to us all, 
 that as we grow old, we get more and more attached to 
 money, 
 
 5280. Vivamus mea Lesbia atque amemus : 
 
 Rumoresque senum severiorum 
 
 Ornnes unius sestimemus assis. 
 
 Soles occidere et redire possunt, 
 
 Nobis, quum semel occidit brevis lux, 
 
 Nox est perpetua una dormienda. (L.) Cat. 5, 1. 
 
 To Lesbia. 
 
 Live we and love we, Lesbia dear ; 
 And not a penny-piece we'll care 
 Though scolding elders prate amain. 
 Suns may set and rise again, 
 But we, when vanished this brief light, 
 Must sleep in one unending night. Ed. 
 
 5281. Vivat Eex (Regina). (L.) Long live the king (queen) I 
 
 5282. Viva voce. (L.) By the voice. By oral testimony, in 
 
 contradistinction to what is committed to writing. 
 
 5283. Vive la bagatelle. (-^V.) Long life to folly ! Long may 
 
 trifling prevail !
 
 VIVITE. 565 
 
 5284. Vive la Nation ! (fr.) Long live the nation ! The cry 
 
 of the first French Revolution, and declared by Sieves to 
 have originated with himself. 
 
 5285. Vivendum est recte, quum propter plurima, turn his 
 
 Praecipue causis, ut linguas mancipiorum. 
 Contemnas, nam lingua mali pars pessima servi. 
 
 (L.) Juv. 9, 118. 
 
 Keep right for many reasons ; specially 
 
 For this, that servants' tongues you may defy. 
 
 The tongue of a bad servant 's his worst part. Ed. 
 
 5286. Vivent les gueux ! (/Vl) Long live the beggars f 
 
 Cry dating from the Spanish Netherlands in 16th cent., when a 
 body of nobles under Count Louis of Nassau and Henry de Brederode, 
 banded themselves together under the name of the Oueux, to oppose 
 the introduction of the Inquisition by Philip II. The struggle, 
 thus inaugurated, ended some eighty years after in the formation 
 of the Dutch Republic. The words are repeated now without any 
 political allusion. 
 
 5287. Vivere est cogitare. (L.) Cic. Tusc. 5, 38. The essence 
 
 of life is thinking. To live is to think. Cf. Descartes' 
 Cogito, ergo sum, I think, therefore I exist. 
 
 5288. Vivere, mi Lucili, militare est. (L.) Sen. Ep. 96. To 
 
 live, my Lucilius, is to fight. Of. Volt. Mahomet, 2, 4, 
 Ma vie est un combat. (Fr.} My life is a warfare, 
 words adopted by Beaumarchais as his motto ; and see 
 Vulg. lob, 7, 1, Militia est vita hominis super terram. 
 (L.) Man's life on earth is a warfare. 
 
 5289. Vivere sat vincere. (L.) To conquer is to live sufficiently 
 
 long. Motto of Earl of Sefton and Lord Ventiy. 
 
 5290. Vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 13. 
 
 If live you cannot as befits a man 
 
 Make room, at least, you may for those who can. Conington. 
 
 Learn to live well, or fairly make your will. Pope. 
 
 5291. Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos 
 
 Exige, amicitias et tibi junge pares. (L.) Ov. T. 3, 4, 43. 
 
 Live without envy, tranquil and obscure : 
 
 Choose friends from equals, only such endure. Ed. 
 
 5292. Vive ut vivas. (L.) Live that you may live. L. Abercromby. 
 
 5293. Vive, valeque. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 5, 110. Adieu, good-bye. 
 
 Good-bye, God bless you ! 
 
 5294. Vivite felices, quibus est fortuna peracta 
 
 Jam sua ! nos alia ex aliis in fata vocamur. 
 
 (L.) Virg. A. 3, 493.
 
 566 VIVIT POST. 
 
 Live and be blest ! 'tis sweet to feel 
 
 Fate's book is closed and under seal. 
 
 For us, alas ! that volume stern 
 
 Has many another page to turn. Conington. 
 
 5295. Yivit post funera virtus. (L.) Virtue survives death. 
 
 Motto of the Earl of Shannon. 
 
 5296. Yivitur exiguo rnelius : natura beatis 
 
 Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. 
 
 (L.) Clauc 1 Ruf. 1, 215. 
 
 Small means are best : nature puts happiness 
 
 In each man's way, could he the secret guess. Ed. 
 
 5297. Vivitur parvo bene, cui paternum 
 
 Splendet in mensa tenui salinum, 
 Nee leves somnos timor, aut cupido 
 
 Sordidus, aufert. (L.) Hor. 0. 2, 16, 13. 
 
 More happy he, whose modest board 
 
 His father's well-worn silver brightens : 
 No fear, no lust for sordid hoard, 
 
 His light sleep frightens. Conington. 
 
 5298. Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui 
 
 Quse vos ad ccelum fertis rumore secundo. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 8. 
 
 Country v. Town. 
 
 I breathe, and am a king, when once I'm free 
 From things you rave about in ecstasy. Ed. 
 
 5299. Vivre, c'est penser et sentir son ame. (Fr.} Joubert? 
 
 The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious 
 of one's soul. 
 
 5300. Vivunt in venerem frondes, omnisque vicissim 
 
 Felix arbor amat ; nutant ad mutua paliuae 
 Fcedera ; populeo suspirat populus ictu ; 
 Et platani platanis, alnoque assibilat alnus. 
 
 (L.) Claud. Nupt. 65. 
 The loves of the Trees. 
 
 The leaves, like mortals, live to love, 
 
 And Venus rules the woodland grove. 
 
 Each happy tree that grows, by turns 
 
 With passion for its fellow burns. 
 
 Palm nods to palm in mutual ties, 
 
 Poplar to poplar throbs and sighs ; 
 
 Plane yearns to plane, and alder trees 
 
 Whisper their loves with every breeze. Ed. 
 
 These precious lines have the honour of anticipating by 
 1300 years the theory of the sexual system in botany, 
 demonstrated afterwards by Linnaeus.
 
 VOGUE. 567 
 
 5301. Vix a te videor posse tenere manus. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 4, 
 
 10. / am scarcely able to keep my hands off you I as 
 Sydney Smith said to the lady in red velvet, whose gown 
 reminded him so vividly of his pulpit cushion. 
 
 5302. Vix duo tresve mihi de tot superestis amici ; 
 
 Csetera Fortunse, non mea, turba fuit. 
 
 (L.) Ov. T. 1, 5, 33. 
 Friend after friend departs. 
 Two or three friends are all that now remain, 
 The rest were never mine, but Fortune's train. Ed. 
 
 5303. Vix equidem credo, sed et insultare jacenti 
 
 Te mihi, nee verbis parcere, fama refert. 
 
 (L.) Ov. Ep. 4, 3, 27. 
 
 I scarce can credit it, yet fame affirms 
 
 You flout my downfall in unmeasured terms. Ed. 
 
 5304. Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona 
 
 Multi : sed omnes illacrymabiles 
 TJrgentur, ignotique longa 
 
 Nocte, carent quia vate sacro. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 9, 25. 
 
 Before Atrides men were brave, 
 
 But ah ! oblivion, dark and long, 
 Has locked them in a tearless grave, 
 
 For lack of consecrating song. Conington. 
 Cf. Ov. Ep. 4, 8, 47 : 
 
 Carmine fit vivax virtus : expersque sepulcri, 
 Notitiam serse posteritatis habet. 
 Song makes great deeds immortal, cheats the tomb, 
 And hands down fame to ages yet to come. Ed. 
 
 5305. Vocalis Nymphe, quae nee reticere loquenti 
 
 Nee prior ipsa loqui didicit, resonabilis Echo. 
 
 (L.) Ov. M. 3, 357. 
 Echo. 
 
 Responsive Echo I vocal Nymph, that ne'er 
 Can learn to hold her tongue when others speak, 
 And yet will never first the silence break. Ed. 
 
 5306. Vogue la galere ! (fr.) Come what may 2 (Lit. Let tJie 
 
 galley sail/) 
 
 Saying as old as the 16th cent., as the following rondo of that date 
 shows : 
 
 II y avoit trois filles, toutes trois d'un grand, 
 Disoient 1'une a 1'autre, je n'ay point d'amant. 
 
 Et he ! he ! 
 Vogue la galee ! 
 Donnez-lui du vent. 
 (See MM. des Marets and Rathery, Rabelais, 1, 19, u. )
 
 568 VOIR. 
 
 5307. Voir tout couleur de rose. (Fr.~) To see everything in a 
 
 favourable light. 
 
 5308. Volenti non fit injuria. (L.) Law Max. The law will 
 
 not consider that an injury which a person suffers through 
 his own consent. If a husband shall have in any way 
 connived at his wife's adultery, it will be a bar to any 
 action in the matter on his part. 
 
 5309. Volo, non valeo. (L.) / am willing but unable. Motto 
 
 of the Earl of Carlisle. 
 
 5310. Voluptarium venenum. (L.) Sen. Ep. 95. A voluptuous 
 
 poison. Said of mushrooms. 
 
 5311. Voluptates commendat rarior usus. (L.) Juv. 11, 208. 
 
 Pleasure commends itself by sparing use. 
 
 5312. Vor dem Glauben 
 
 Gilt keine Stimme der Natur. (G.) Schill. Don Carlos. 
 (Chief Inquisitor loq.) Compared with faith, no voice 
 of nature may avail. 
 
 5313. Vor dem Tode erschrickst du? Du wiinchest unsterblich zu 
 
 leben ! 
 
 Leb' im Ganzen ! Wenn du lange dahin bist, es bleibt. 
 (G.) Schill. TJnsterblichkeit. Are you afraid of death? 
 You ivish to be immortal ! Live in the whole ! When 
 you Jiave long passed away, it remains. Cf. the reply of 
 Frederick the Great to his guards, on their complaining 
 of what they thought exposure to unnecessary danger : 
 " Wollt ihr immer leben ? " ( Would you live for ever ?) 
 
 5314. Vor Leiden kann nur Gott dich wahren, 
 
 Unmuth magst du dir selber sparen. (G.) Geibel. 
 From suffering God alone can shield thee, ill-humour thou 
 canst spare thyself. 
 
 5315. Vos, Pompilius sanguis carmen reprehendite, quod non 
 
 Multa dies et multa litura coercuit, atque 
 Praesectum decies non castigavit ad unguem. 
 
 (L.) Hor. A. P. 291. 
 
 Dear Pisos ! as you prize old Numa's blood, 
 
 Set down that work, and that alone, as good 
 
 Which blurred and blotted, checked and counter-checked 
 
 Has stood all tests, and issued forth correct. Conington. 
 
 5316. Vos sapere et solos aio bene vivere, quorum 
 
 Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis. 
 
 (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 45.
 
 VOX POPULL 569 
 
 Why pay rent .* 
 
 You only are the wise and lucky fellows 
 Who see your money in your tidy villas. Ed, 
 
 Here's an advertisement for suburban building societies ! 
 
 5317. Vos valete et plaudite. (L.) Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 24. 
 
 Adieu, and give us your applause. The usual finale of 
 the Latin comedy. 
 
 5318. Vota vita mea. (L.) My life is devoted. Motto of the 
 
 Earl of Meath. 
 
 5319. Vouloir garder la chevre et les choiix. (Fr.) Prov. To 
 
 wish to keep the goat and the greens. You can't have 
 your cake and eat it. 
 
 5320. Vous e"tes Empereur, seigneur, et vous pleurez ! (Fr.) 
 
 Racine, Berenice. You are Emperor, sire, and you weep/ 
 with allusion to the words of Marie Mancini ("vous 
 pleurez, et vous e~tes le maitre ! ") in bidding farewell to 
 Louis XIV., who was passionately in love with her. 
 
 5321. Vous 6tes orfevre, Monsieur Josse ! (Fr.) Moliere, 
 
 L' Amour M^decin, 1, 1. You are a goldsmith, Mr 
 Josse I Said to any one who has a direct interest in 
 what he is praising, which is what Moliere's goldsmith 
 was doing. 
 
 5322. Vous ne jouez done pas le whist, Monsieur? He'las ! quelle 
 
 triste vieillesse vous vous prdparez ! (Fr.) Talleyrand ] 
 You do not play at whist, Sir? Alas I what a sad old 
 age you are preparing for yourself. 
 
 5323. Vous parlez devant un homme a qui tout Naples est connu. 
 
 (Fr.) Moliere, L'Avare. You are speaking in the 
 presence of one to whom all Naples is well known. Said 
 of those who undertake to instruct a man who is a com- 
 plete master of the subject. 
 
 5324. Vox clamantis in deserto. (L.) Vulg. Es. 40, 3. The 
 
 voice of one that crieth in the wilderness. 
 
 5325. Vox et prseterea nihil. (L.) 1 A voice and nothing more. 
 
 Said of (?) Echo, or of the nightingale. Vide Cornelius 
 a Lapide, Comment on Isaiah, 40, 3 : " Sic vulgo dicimus, 
 Philomela est tota vox, quia non aliud facit quam canere " 
 (We commonly say that the nightingale is all voice, be- 
 cause she does nothing but sing). See No. 2181. 
 
 5326. Vox populi, vox Dei. (L.) The voice of the people is the 
 
 voice of God.
 
 570 VULGUS. 
 
 5327. Vulgus ex veritate pauca, ex opinione multa sestimat (L.) 
 
 Cic. Rose. Com. 10, 29. The common people judge of 
 most things by report, few things by the real truth. 
 
 5328. Vulneratxis non victus. (L.) Wounded not vanquished. 
 
 Viscount Guillamore and (plur.) of Cook's Company. 
 
 5329. Vultus est index animi. (L.) Prov. The countenance is 
 
 the index of the mind. 
 
 W. 
 
 5330. Wage du zu irren und zu traumen : 
 
 Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kind'schem Spiel. (G.) Schill. 
 Thekla. Dare to err and to dream; a deep meaning 
 often lies in childish play. 
 
 5331. War' der Gedank' nicht so verwiinscht gescheidt, 
 
 Man war' versucht, ihn herzlich dumm zu nennen. (G.) 
 Schill. Piccolom. Were not the thought so cursedly 
 sensible, one were tempted to call it thoroughly stupid. 
 
 6332. Was die Fiirsten geigen, miissen die Unterthanen tanzen. 
 
 (G.} Prov. Subjects must dance as princes choose to 
 fiddle. 
 
 6333. Was du besitzest, kann ein Raub des Schicksals sein ; 
 
 Was du besassest, bleibt fur alle Zeiten dein. (G.) 
 Hieronim-Lorm. What you possess may be a prey to 
 fortune ; what you possessed remains yours for ever. 
 
 5334. Was Hanschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmer. (G.) Prov. 
 
 What Jack does not learn, John never will. 
 
 5335. Was Jeder thun soil, thut Keiner. (G.) What is every 
 
 one's business is no one's business. 
 
 5336. Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine. (G.) Goethe, Epilog zu 
 
 Schiller's Glocke. That which enslaves us all, vulgarity. 
 
 The passage, to give it more completely, is as follows : 
 
 Und hinter ihm in wesenlosem Scheme 
 Lag was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine. 
 
 5337. Was verschmerzte nicht der Mensch ? (G.) Schill. Wallen- 
 
 stein. What cannot man learn to bear? 
 
 5338. Was vom Herzen kommt, das geht zum Herzen. (G.) 
 
 Prov. What comes straight from the heart, goes straight 
 to the heart.
 
 WER LTJGT 571 
 
 5339. Welch Gliick geliebt zu werden : 
 
 Und lieben, Gbtter, welch ein Gliick ! (G.) Goethe, 
 Wilkom. und Absch. What happiness to be loved / and 
 to love ye Gods, what bliss I 
 
 5340. Wen die Gbtter lieben 
 
 Den fiihren sie zur Stelle, wo man sein darf. (G.) Goethe, 
 Elpenor. Whom the Gods love, they take to the place 
 where one should be. 
 
 5341. Wenn dich die Lasterzunge sticht, 
 
 So lass dir zum Troste sagen : 
 Die schlechtsten Friichte sind es nicht, 
 
 Woran die Wespen nagen. (G.) Burger ? 
 
 Calumny. 
 
 If calumny wound thee, to solace thee, say, 
 "Tis not always the worst fruit on which the wasps prey. Ed. 
 
 5342. Wenn Jemand eine Reise tut, 
 
 So kann er was verzahlen. (G.) Claudius 1 When any 
 one goes on his travels, he has something to recount. 
 
 5343. Wenn mancher Mann wiisste, 
 
 Was mancher Mann war', 
 Tat' Mancher Mann manchem Mann 
 
 Manchmal mehr Ehr'. (G.) Prov. 
 
 If many men knew 
 
 What many men were, 
 Then many to many 
 
 Would show more honour. Ed. 
 
 Cf. Grieshaber's Alt deutsche Predigten (2, 8), and Biicb- 
 mann, p. 54. 
 
 5344. Wer andem eine Grube grabt, fallt selbst hinein. (G.) 
 
 Prov. Who digs a pit for others, falls into it himself. 
 
 5345. Wer gliicklich Lst, der bringt das Gliick 
 
 Und nimmt es nicht, im Leben : 
 Es kommt von ihm, und kehrt zuriick 
 
 Zu ihm der es gegeben. (G.) Mirza Schaffy? The 
 happy man does not acquire his happiness out of life but 
 brings it within himself. It emanates from him and 
 reflects back upon him, its original source. 
 
 5346. Wer kann was Dummes, wer was Kluges denken, 
 
 Das nicht die Vorwelt schon gedacht? (G.) Goethe, 
 Faust, Pt. 2, Act 2. Who can think anything stupid or 
 clever, that the world has not thought already ? 
 
 5347. Wer liigt, der stiehlt. - (G.) Prov. Who lies, steals.
 
 572 WER NIGHT. 
 
 5348. Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang, 
 
 Der bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang. (G.) 
 
 "Who does not love wine, women, and song, 
 Remains a fool his whole life long. Ed. 
 
 Attributed to Luther, but more probably a saying of J. 
 
 H. Voss, according to Redlich Die poetischen Beitrage zum 
 
 Wandsbecker Bothen (Hamburg 1871), p. 57. 
 
 5349. Wer niemals einen Rausch gehabt, 
 
 Der ist kein braver Mann. (G.) Perinef? He who has 
 never had a carouse is no true man. 
 
 5350. Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass, 
 
 Wer nie die kummervollen Nachte 
 
 Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, 
 
 Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte. 
 
 (G.} Goethe, Wilh. Meister. 
 
 Who never ate with tears his bread, 
 
 Nor, through the sorrow-laden hours 
 Of night, sat weeping on his hed, 
 
 He knows ye not, ye heavenly powers ! Ed. 
 
 5351. Wer oft schiesst, trifft endlich. (G.) Prov. He who is 
 
 often shooting, hits the mark at last. 
 
 5352. Wer sich selbst kitzelt, lacht wenn er will. (G.) Prov. 
 
 The man who tickles himself, can laugh when he chooses. 
 
 5353. Wer iiber gewisse Dinge den Verstand nicht verliert, der 
 
 hat keinen zu verlieren. (G.) Leasing, Emilia Galotti. 
 He who does not lose his reason on certain subjects, has 
 none to lose. 
 
 5354. Wie die Alten sungen, so zwitschern auch die Jungen. (G.) 
 
 Prov. As the elders sing, so will the young ones twitter. 
 Like father, like son. 
 
 5355. Wie gewonnen, sozerronnen. (G.) Prov. As it is gained, 
 
 so is it spent. Light come, light go. 
 
 5356. Wie schrankt sich Welt und Himmel ein, 
 
 Wenn unser Herz in seinen Schranken banget ! (G.) 
 Goethe, Die Natiirliche Tochter. How small earth and 
 heaven grow, when the heart itself is full of anxiety. 
 
 5357. Willst du immer weiter schweifen? 
 
 Sieh' das Gute liegt so nah ! 
 Lerne nur das Gliick ergreifen, 
 
 Denn das Gliick ist immer da. (G.) Goethe. Wilt 
 thou ever farther roam ? See, what is good lies so near I 
 Only learn to seize happiness, for it is ever there.
 
 ZfiMEN. 573 
 
 5358. Wo der Hebe Gott eine Kirche baut, da baut der Teufel eine 
 Kapelle. (G.) Prov. Where God builds a church, there 
 the devil builds a chapel. 
 
 Z. 
 
 5359. ZjfAwTos DOT-IS evri'x^o-ev es TfKva. (Gr.) Eur. Or. 542. 
 
 He is to be envied who has prospered with his children. 
 
 5360. Zwrj KCU ^v\r)' . (Gr.) My life and soul. 
 
 5361. Z<t>v) /iov, eras ayaTrw. (Gr.) My life, I love you. 
 
 See Byron's Maid of Athens. " It means," adds the author in a 
 note, " 'My life, I love you!' which sounds very prettily in all 
 languages, and is as much in fashion in Greece at this day as, 
 Juvenal tells us, the two first words were amongst the Roman 
 ladies, whose erotic expressions were all Hellenised. " 
 
 5362. ZW/ACV o^x ws 0eAojuev, dXX' ws SwdpeOa. (Gr.)1 We live 
 
 not as we would, but as we can.
 
 INDEX OF QUOTATIONS. 
 
 No. 
 
 A mauvais jeu, bonne mine, . 2295 
 A posteriori, .... 330 
 A vinculo matrimonii, . . 239 
 A vulgo longe lateque remotos, . 4196 
 Ab animo tuo quidquid agitur, etc., 1303 
 Ab impossibili, .... 357 
 Ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo, 2918 
 Ab ipso ducit opes animumq. ferro, 3861 
 Ab omni parte beatum, . . 2518 
 Ab uno disce omnes, ... 34 
 
 Absit, 2861 
 
 Accumbit cum pare quisque sua, 3919 
 Acerba semper et immatura mors, 3114 
 Acerrima proximorum odia sunt, 1656 
 Acri judicio perpende, . . 1092 
 Acta senem faciunt, . . . 4193 
 Actutum Fortunes solent mutarier, 1989 
 Acu tetigisti, .... 4944 
 Ad captandum, .... 357 
 Ad ccelum jusseris ibit, . . 1810 
 Ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt, 3610 
 Ad ea quae frequentius accidunt, etc. 609 
 Ad hominem, .... 357 
 Ad misericordiam, . . . 357 
 Ad mores naturarecurrit damnatos, 4871 
 Ad nauseam, .... 5129 
 Ad populum, .... 357 
 
 Ad rem, 357 
 
 Ad respondendum, . . . 1836 
 Ad satisfaciendum, . . . 1836 
 Ad testificandum, . . . 1836 
 Ad unguem, .... 5104 
 Adam, quasi lodar ti dei, etc. , . 3548 
 Addictus jurare in verba magistri, 3503 
 Addocet artes, .... 4190 
 Ademtumtibijamfaxoomnem, etc. 2186 
 Adeo nulli sincera volnptas, . 5128 
 Adhuc indicium ore alio, . . 1118 
 Adolescen. aluntsenectut. oblectant 1856 
 Adupa dupa, . . . .1308 
 Adora quod incendisti, . . 3085 
 
 No. 
 
 Adprime in vita esse utile, etc. , . 2001 
 Adserit urbes sola fames, . . 3173 
 jEgri somnia, .... 5178 
 
 ^Eque neglectum pueris senibusq. , 4601 
 ^Equepauperib. prodest, locupletib.4601 
 JSquitas spectanda sit, . . 2278 
 .iEquum licet statuerit, baud sequus, 424 
 ^Erugo et cura peculi, . . 389 
 .iErugo mera, .... 1900 
 
 -<Es triplex, .... 2086 
 
 -/Estuatinfelixanguotolimitemundi5121 
 ^Etas parentum, pejor avis, tulit, 953 
 ^Etatis facta est tanta ruina meae, S221 
 Affaire ...... 2120 
 
 Afflatus, ..... 137 
 
 Agnosco prpcerem, . . . 4465 
 Agrestis ac inhumana uegligentia, 72 
 Agrestis et inconcinna gravisque, 381 
 Ah ! s'il est vrai que 1'esperance, 4041 
 Aidez-vous, Dieu vous aidera, . 156 
 Aimez qu'on vous conseille, etc., 4908 
 alpe TOI>S Adeovs, .... 739 
 
 Ajoutezquelquefois, etsouvent, etc. 1871 
 Alea quando hos animos, . . 1496 
 Aliena opprobria absterrent vitiis, 4926 
 Aliena vivere quadra, . . 4690 
 Alienis mensibus aestas, . . 1905 
 Aliis leporem exagitare, . . 874 
 Alio patriam quaerunt sub sole, . 1548 
 Alior.respicecasus, mitius ista feres, 4687 
 Aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor, . 1562 
 Aliter non fit, Avite, liber, . 4831 
 Alteram ad sortembene praeparat., 4751 
 Alterius luctu fortia verba loqui, 1878 
 Alterius sic altera poscit opem res, 1329 
 Altum alii teneant, . . . 2850 
 &(M frros &fM Ipyof, . . .1128 
 Ama tanquam osurus ; oderis, etc., 247 
 Amabilis insania, . . . 430 
 
 Amicitia3sanct.etvenerabilenom., 2088 
 Amicitias et tibi junge pares, . 5291 
 Amicus est tanquam alter idem,. 222
 
 INDEX. 
 
 575 
 
 No" 
 
 Amor omnibus idem, . . . 2241 
 Amor sceleratus habendi, . . 1772 
 Amore senescit habendi, . . 2166 
 Amoto quseramus seria ludo, . 4537 
 Amour d'une mere ! amour que, etc. 3588 
 Amour, quand tu nous tiens, . 234 
 Amphibolia, .... 165 
 An ideo tantum veneras, ut exires, 933 
 An me ludit amabilis insania, . 430 
 An secretumiter et fall, semitavitse, 4189 
 wayKatov Kaicbv,, . . . 4960 
 Andromachen afronte videbis, etc., 4982 
 dveppt<f>d(i> Kvj3os, . . . 176 
 Angulus terrarum, . . . 2081 
 Aniles ex re fabellas, . . . 669 
 Animse naturaliter Christiana, . 4942 
 Animal propter couvivia natum, 4132 
 Animam pneferre pudori, . . 4827 
 Animi sum factus amici debitor, 4309 
 Animosus atque fortis appare, . 4362 
 Animum censoris sumat honesti, 399 
 Animum rege, qui, nisi paret, imp. , 2368 
 Animus est in patinis, . . 2402 
 Animus lucis contemptor, . . 1442 
 Animus si non te deficit sequus, . 4780 
 Anni prsedantur euntes, . . 4663 
 AnnoMundi, . 226 
 
 Annuimus pariter vetuli notiq. , etc. 1845 
 Ante larem proprium vescor, . 3687 
 Ante meridiem, .... 226 
 Ante obitum nemo debet dici beatus, 5082 
 Antiqua virtute et fide, . . 1947 
 &T<brfp(a f) y6rv Kviifaj, . . 5042 
 Appone lucro, .... 4204 
 Aptiorestdulcimensamerumq.joco,2466 
 
 Aqua regia 332 
 
 Arbitrium et jus, etnorma loquendi,3134 
 Arbitrium popularis aurae, . . 5256 
 Arcades ambo, . . . . 238 
 5dfi, . . . 2925 
 v wavros, f , . 1193 
 Arena sine cake, . . . 352 
 Arenas semina mandas, . . 352 
 dpyaXfy 8t <f>tpeu>, xaXeirJ; S'&iroO. 3905 
 Argenti pallet amore, . . . 427 
 Argenti sitis importuna famesque, 4143 
 Aristote et sa digne cabale, . 4320 
 Arma velit poscatq. simul rapiatq. , 1207 
 Armis et castris, .... 4391 
 Ars humana redificavit urbes, . 1221 
 Artes intulit agresti Latio, . . 1808 
 Artinm Magister, . . . 226 
 Ast homini ferrum, etc., . . 2211 
 Astra tenent cseleste solum, etc., 3294 
 At mibi plaudo ipse domi, . . 3951 
 At nos virtutes invertimus, . 1855 
 Atrevocare gradumsuperasq., etc., 1599 
 
 No. 
 
 At tenuis non gloria, . . . 2316 
 Atavos et avorum antiqua sonantem ,3158 
 Athanasius contra muudum, . 612 
 Atq. ipsse vitiis sunt alimenta vices, 4095 
 Atqui licet esse beatis, . . 1919 
 Aucun fiel n'a jamais empoisonnd, 3395 
 Audacter calumniare, . . . 570 
 Audendo magnus tegitur timor, . 417 
 Audentem Forsque Venusque juvant,422 
 
 Augur Schcenobates Medicus Magus 1814 
 Aulte culmine lubrico, 4776 
 
 Aulas, et limina regum, 
 
 
 4721 
 
 Aurea dicta, 
 
 
 
 1709 
 
 Auri sacra fames, 
 
 
 
 4191 
 
 Auribus teneo lupuni, 
 
 
 
 2165 
 
 Auro conciliatur amor 
 
 
 
 438 
 
 Auro pulsa fides, 
 
 
 
 441 
 
 Auro venalia jura, 
 
 
 
 441 
 
 Aurum lex sequitur, 
 
 
 
 441 
 
 Aut deus aut lupus, 
 
 
 
 1948 
 
 ai/rds t<f>a, . 
 
 
 2361 
 
 Autrefois acquit, 
 
 
 3243 
 
 Avi numerantur avorum, 
 
 
 1799 
 
 Avitus apto cum lare fuudus, 
 
 4453 
 
 Avoir la tete pres du bonnet, 
 
 2030 
 
 Avoir le verbe haut, . . 
 
 2032 
 
 a 
 
 /SacrtXeiJj rov avfjaroffiov, . , 339 
 Batons flottants sur 1'onde, . 1032 
 Bedenke nicht ! gewahre wie, etc. , 5083 
 Bella gerant alii, tu, felix Austria, 5112 
 Bella geri placuit nullos habitura,etc4343 
 Bella nullos babitura triumphos, 4343 
 Bellaque matribus detestata, . 496 
 Bello vivida virtus, . . . 1547 
 Bellum a nulla re bella, . . 2878 
 Bellum, pax rursus, . . 2182, 2183 
 Bellus homo pusillus homo, . 503 
 Ben trovato, .... 4560 
 Bene curata cute vises, . . 3040 
 Bene est cui Deus obtulit, etc., , 3132 
 Bene prseparatum pectus, . . 4751 
 Bene qui latuit bene vixit, . . 865 
 
 Bene volt, 3271 
 
 Benefactamalelocatamalefacta,etc. 506 
 Benefacta verbis adornare, . 94 
 Beneficia dare qui nescit, etc., . 506 
 Beneficia plura recipit qui scit, etc., 506 
 Beneficiumacciperelibertat. vendere 506 
 Beneficium dedisse qui dicit, petit, 506 
 Bien que mes esperances vaines, 268 
 Bien que tes lois soient inhumaines, 268 
 Bis dat qui cito dat, . . . 518
 
 576 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Bis tanto amici sunt quam prius, 2326 
 Bis terque expertum frustra, . 3016 
 Bona conscientia turbam advocat, 801 
 Bona mea inhiant, . . . 1328 
 Bona vacantia, .... 527 
 Bonam quam beatam esse mavolo, 538 
 Bons pour les goujats, . . 2145 
 Bonum commune, . . . 768 
 Bonus judex secundum sequum, etc. , 532 
 fiovs iirl y\&<raTj ytt^yas ptfiyKev, 4863 
 Breve et irreparabile tempus, . 4770 
 Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio, . 1004 
 Bruma recurrit iners, . . . 1763 
 Brutum fulmen, .... 555 
 
 C and the Greek X (CH). 
 
 Ca, sa, 586 
 
 Cacoethes scribendi, . . . 4927 
 
 Cadmaea victoria, . . . 2484 
 
 Cascis hoc satis clarum est, . 322 
 
 Cselo fulgebat luna sereno, . . 3485 
 Caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam, 2814 
 
 Caelum a non celando, . . 2878 
 
 Caelum ac terras miscere, . . 2972 
 
 Caelum h oc et conscia sidera tester, 3017 
 
 Caelum ipsum petimus stultitia, . 3341 
 
 Caenae sine aulaeis et ostro, . . 3151 
 
 Caesar aut nullus, . . . 450 
 
 Caesar inhocpotuit jurishab. nihil, 1373 
 
 Caesar in omnia praeceps, etc., . 4522 
 
 Caesar non supra grammaticos, . 2534 
 
 Cfestus artemque repono, . . 1906 
 
 Caetera desunt, .... 1098 
 
 Caetera paene gemelli, . . . 1845 
 
 Caeteris specimen esto, . . 2377 
 Caeterutncenseo, Carthaginem, etc., 1025 
 
 Candidus a salibus suffusis felle, 3395 
 
 Cane, Musa, receptus, . . 1931 
 
 Cane pejus et angui, . . . 579 
 
 Canescunt turpi tecta relicta situ, 1 29 
 
 Canina eloquentia, . . . 579 
 
 Canina facundia,. . . . 579 
 Canis a corio nunquamabsterrebitur, 579 
 
 Canis caninam non est, . . 579 
 
 Canis e Nilo, .... 579 
 
 Canis festinans csecos parit catulos, 579 
 
 Canitis si cognita, . . . 2857 
 
 Cantant quicquid didicere theatris, 2084 
 
 Capax imperil, .... 2925 
 
 Capias ad satisfaciendum, . . 586 
 
 Capit omnia tellus quae genuit, . 2814 
 
 Capitis reverentia cani, . . 2903 
 
 Caput imperii, .... 592 
 
 Caput rerum, .... 592 
 
 Carent quia vate sacro, . . 5304 
 
 No. 
 
 Carior est illis homo quam sibi, . 4604 
 Carmina nee scombros metuentia, 279 
 Carmine fit vivax virtus, . . 5304 
 Carpe diem, etc., . . . 1288 
 Carpite florem, qui nisi carptus, 3464 
 Carthago delenda est, . . 1025 
 Casta domus, luxuque carens, . 3995 
 Casta pudicitiam servat domus, . 2324 
 Casus inest illic, hie erit artis opus, 3206 
 Causa cibusque mali, . . . 1858 
 Causa finita est, .... 4436 
 Causas habet error honestas, . 4624 
 Cave canem, .... 679 
 Ce monde-ci n'est qu'une oeuvre com. 5110 
 Ce n'est que le premier pas, 1193, 2130 
 Ce siecle est un mauvais moment, 1395 
 Ce sont comme des extremites, etc. , 2733 
 Cecini pascua, rura, duces, . 2963 
 Cedat uti conviva satur, . . 3417 
 Cedendo victor abibis, . . 627 
 Cedez-moi vos vingt ans, etc., . 1480 
 Cedro digna locutus, . . . 279 
 Cela 6tait autrefois ainsi, etc., . 3472 
 Celuy meurt tons les jours, etc., 113 
 Censor castigatorque minor urn, . 1189 
 Certa ratione modoque, . . 2183 
 Ces deux grands debris se consolaient!467 
 Ces envoyes du ciel sont apparus, 3780 
 Ces parents que Ton se fait soi-m^me, 2716 
 Cesare Camestres Festino Baroko, 480 
 Cessante causa, cessat effectus, . 673 
 C'est de lui que nous vient, etc., 3908 
 C'est tre innocent que d'etre,etc., 1468 
 C'est etre proscrit que d'etre, etc., 168 
 C'est ici que j'attend la mort, etc., 3114 
 C'estlacequiproduit cepeuple.etc. 2507 
 C'est le sacre lien de la socie"te, . 4620 
 C'est le souverain style, . . 3363 
 C'est par les beaux c6tes qu'il, etc., 4130 
 C'etait le bon temps, j'etais, etc., 3577 
 XaXeirbv xoply Kftva yevffai, . 579 
 Chaque age a ses plaisirs, etc., . 2784 
 Chaque instant de la vie, etc., . 3177 
 Xapiruv fda, .... 3805 
 Chartis amicitur ineptis, . . 279 
 Chassez le naturel (les prejuges), 3184 
 Che visser senza infamia, e senza lodo, 2578 
 Chorda qui semper oberrat eadem, 746 
 ia, SiSdffKei, K&V &/M>V<TOS y, . 2979 
 ia SiddcrKei, K&V fipaSh ns jj, 2979 
 Cinis et manes et fabula fies, . 1288 
 Cito pede labitur setas, . . 5130 
 Cito vult fieri, .... 3166 
 Civile avertite bellum, . . 3641 
 Civilis vulnera dextrae, . . 220 
 Civitatem dare potes hominib. etc., 2534 
 Civium ardor prava jubentium, . 2481
 
 IXl'EX. 
 
 577 
 
 No. 
 
 Clames licet et mare caelo, etc., . 2972 
 Clarum et venerabile nomen, . 3995 
 Cliens Bacchisomnogaudentis, etc., 4510 
 Clodius accusat mcechos, . . 4278 
 Cceurqui soupire, etc., . . 754 
 Cole felices, miseros fuge, . . 2469 
 Color che sanno, .... 2091 
 Combien faut-il de sots, etc., . 2706 
 
 Comica virtus 5266 
 
 Comitas, affabilitasqae sermonis, 1170 
 Comme 1'oiseau sur la branche, . 2050 
 Comme unchien d. nn jeudequilles, 1504 
 Commencement de la fin, . . 681 
 Commendat rarior usus, . . 5311 
 Commercia cceli, . . . 1437 
 Commissa tacere qui nequit, . 19 
 Commissumque teges,etvino tortus, 344 
 Compesce clamorem, ac sepulcri, 20 
 Compono quse mox depromere poss. , 793 
 Comprensa manus eflFugit imago, 4932 
 Coucedat laurea laudi, . . 624 
 Concinamus, sodales, . . 1271 
 Concursu atomorum, . . . 1742 
 Confiteormisero mollecoressemihi, 4699 
 Conjectura futuri, . . . 433 
 Connaitre le dessous des cartes, 2662 
 Consanguineus Leti Sopor, . 5213 
 Conscia virtus, .... 131 
 Conscientia mille testes, . . 801 
 Conscientia pluris q. omnium sermo, 801 
 
 Consensus 812 
 
 Consiliis habitus non futilis auctor, 2605 
 Consilium Themistocleum, . . 911 
 Consuet. certiss. loquendi magistra, 812 
 Consuetude ex certa causa, etc. , 816 
 Contemptaeq. jacent et sine luce faces 3745 
 Contentus paucis lectoribus, . 4450 
 Contigimus portum quo, etc., . 1928 
 Contra audentior ito, . . . 5040 
 Contra fata deum, etc., . . 2068 
 Contra omina bell urn, . . 2068 
 Contracta quern non in paupertate, 1646 
 Contrahes vento nimium secundo, 4362 
 Contre lui je secoue, etc., . . 3756 
 Convectare juvat prsedas, etc., . 364 
 Convenientia cuique, . . . 4372 
 Convictus facilis : sine arte mensae, 5274 
 Convivatoris, uti ducis, etc. , . 2249 
 Cor hominis disponit viain suam, 2808 
 Coram nobis, .... 834 
 Coram non judice, . . . 834 
 Corda oblita labor uni, . . 3486 
 Corpus Juris Canonici, . . 2467 
 Corpus onustum hesternis vitiis, 4237 
 Corpus sine pectore, . - . . 3452 
 Corrumpunt vitiorum exempla, . 5176 
 Corruptus Judex, etc., . . 2939 
 Couleur de rose, .... 5307 
 
 No. 
 
 Crambe repetita, . . . 3545 
 
 Cras vel atra nube, etc., . . 2079 
 
 Crassaque Minerva, . . . 14 
 
 Crasse compositum, . . . 2218 
 Crede niihi, quamvis ingentia, etc. , 506 
 
 Credidimus fatis, etc., . . 1891 
 
 Credo quia impossibile, . . 666 
 
 Credula turba sumus, . . 800 
 
 Crescit amor nummi, etc., . . 877 
 
 Crescit, et auditis aliquid, etc., . 1911 
 
 Creverunt et opes, etc., . . 877 
 
 Criraen amoris erit, . . . 1934 
 
 Crimine ab uno disce omnes, . 34 
 
 Croesus Halym penetrans, etc., . 165 
 
 Crudelis tu quoque mater, . . 888 
 Cui gratia, fama, et contingat, etc. , 4213 
 
 Cui malo, 893 
 
 Cui non sit publica vena, . . 4541 
 
 Cujus carmina nemo legit, . . 3440 
 
 Cultura potentis amici, . . 1276 
 
 Cum magnis vixisse, etc., . . 4873 
 
 Cum pare quisque sua, . . 3919 
 Cum ratione insanire, . 2183, 2193 
 
 Cum tabulis auimum censoris, . 399 
 
 Cuncta ferit, dum cuncta timet, 382 
 
 Cuncta fluunt, pmnisque, etc., . 3315 
 
 Cunctando restituit rem, . . 5119 
 
 Cunctaruin novitas carissima, . 1448 
 
 Cunctis sua displicet aetas, . . 3602 
 Cupido langnescit quum facilis, etc. 98 
 
 Cur, ante tubam tremor occupat, 932 
 
 Cur ego, si nequeo, ppeta salutor, 1085 
 
 Cur in amicorum vitiis, etc., . 4795 
 
 Cur non, ut plenus con viva, etc., 4209 
 
 Cur quis non prandeat, hoc est, . 1927 
 
 Cura peculi, .... 389 
 
 Curae est sua cuique voluptas, . 3343 
 
 Curantem quicquid dignum, etc., 305 
 
 Curarent superi terras, etc. , . 4447 
 Curios simulant Bacchanalia vivunt 4170 
 
 Curiosa felicitas, . . . 4809 
 
 Currente rota cur urceus exit, . 269 
 
 Current! cede furori, . . . 4342 
 
 Curte nescio quid semper abest rei, 2178 
 
 Custode remote, .... 2164 
 
 Custos rotnlorum, . . . 940 
 
 Dand A. 
 
 Da veniam ccepto, . . . 4406 
 
 Dabit Deus his quoque finem, . 3739 
 
 Damnant quae non intelligunt, . 3090 
 
 Damnum 'st merum, . . . 2950 
 
 Dans 1'adversite denos amis, etc , 2159 
 Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitib. , 4549 
 Dapibus mensas onerabat inemptis, 4383 
 Dare jura maritis, . . . 1775 
 
 2o
 
 578 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Dare pondus idonea fumo, . . 3400 
 Das 1st die Bliithe dieses Thales, 1151 
 Dat census honores, . 441 
 
 Dat, donat, dicatque, . 1249 
 
 Dat mihi gloria vires, . 2915 
 
 Dat poenas laudata fides, 246! 
 
 Data reddere nolunt, . 3135 
 
 D.C., 944 
 
 D.D. 1249 
 
 D.D.D., 1249 
 
 De die in dieui, .... 2215 
 De glace aux verites, de feu, etc. , 2803 
 
 Dejure, 1011 
 
 De lana caprina rixari, . . 224 
 De moribus ultima fiet qusestio, . 4061 
 De raotu proprio, . . . 1043 
 De omni re scibili, . . . 1055 
 De paupertate tacentes, etc., . 835 
 Depeindre la parole etde parler, etc. 3908 
 
 De pied en cap 584 
 
 De quoi sont composees les affaires, 2713 
 De te fabula narratur, . . 4201 
 De tenero ineditatur ungui, . 259 
 Detrop, . . . . . 1502 
 De vos attraits la grace, etc., . J 
 Deberaus morti nos nostraque, . 5149 
 Debetur puero reverentia, . . 3334 
 Decem vitiis instructior, . . 1218 
 Decidit in casses prseda petita meos, 1 1 23 
 Decies repetita placebit, . . 5135 
 Decipit frons prima multos, 
 Dedecorant bene nata culpse, 
 deSoy/J-frov rb irpay/J.a, etc. , . 
 Deferar in vicum vendentem, etc. 
 Deficiente crumena, . 
 Deformius nihil ardelione, etc., . 
 Defunct! ne injuria afficiantur, . 
 Deh fossi tu men bella, etc., 
 dtiVT) d'evl irvO/j.fri <j>etd&, . 
 detvol fJ.tv avdpl Trdpres tap. ,K.T.\., 1041 
 Delectant dominion impediuntforis,1856 
 Delere jubebat et male, etc., . 3015 
 Delusa ne spes ad querelam recidat, 3370 
 DemHimmelistbeten wollen,etc., 1135 
 Deo ducente (favente, j uvante),etc. , 1048 
 Deo magno, .... 1225 
 Deo volente, .... 1048 
 Deos didici securum agereajvuiii, 862 
 Deos qui novit agrestes, . . 1752 
 Deposito luxu, turba cumpaupere, 3114 
 Der And're hdrt von Allem, etc., 2960 
 Der Lebende hat Recht, . . 4544 
 Der Mensch ist das Wesen, etc., 203 
 Der Tod versohnt, . . . 3530 
 Der Zweifel ist's, der Gutes, etc., 5083 
 Des gens com me il faut, . . 765 
 Des Leben's Mai bluht einmal, . 2956 
 
 3441 
 1228 
 176 
 , 279 
 4213 
 1853 
 1041 
 2387 
 
 No. 
 
 Dessevit in omnes ut se posse putent, 382 
 Desideratoque acquiescimus lecto, 3721 
 Desine tuta vereri, . . . 868 
 Desultor amoris, . . . 3419 
 Deteriores omnes sumus licentia, 1983 
 Deus ex rnachina, . . . 3194 
 Deus solus liseredem facere potest, 1862 
 Di multa neglect! dederunt, etc., 1210 
 Di tibi divitias dederant, etc. , . 3452 
 Die mihi eras istud, etc., . . 861 
 Die mihi, si fias tu leo, qualis eris, 4449 
 Dicique beatus ante obitum nemo, 5082 
 Die Dummheit hat ihr Sublimes, 1295 
 Die Forderung des Tages, . . 3298 
 Die heiligen Uebel des Lebens, etc. , 1071 
 Die Probe eines Genusses, etc., . 1131 
 DieSonnegehtinmeinemStaat, etc. 1999 
 Dies faustus (infaustus), . . 1150 
 
 Dies non, 1150 
 
 Dies, vere mihi festus, . . 1892 
 Dieu est pour les gros bataillons, 1062 
 Difficile custodit. qd plures amant, 2049 
 Difficile est imitari gaudia falsa, 1875 
 Difficilesaditusimpetusomn.habet, 4342 
 Difliciles nugte, .... 5055 
 Difficilis, querulus, laudator, etc., 1189 
 Difficulter continetur spiritus, etc., 4525 
 Digito monstrari et dicier, hie est, 396 
 Digne puer meliore flamma, . 152 
 Dignum sapiente bonoque, . . 305 
 Dignus vindice nodus, . . 3194 
 Digressu veteris confusus arriici, 4112 
 Diligat ilia senem quondam, etc. , 576 
 Diligitur nemo, nisi cui. etc., . 1181 
 Dime con quien andas, etc., . 2910 
 Dio me la diede, guai a chi, etc. , 475 
 Dis Manibus, .... 1225 
 Discedite segnes non sunt hsec, etc. , 3063 
 Discordia semina, . . . 3383 
 Disputandi pruritus Eccla?. scabies, 1897 
 Dissimiles hie vir, et ille puer, . 753 
 Distat, sumas ne pudenter, etc., 835 
 Diversos diversa juvant, . . 1018 
 Dives opum variarum, etc., . 403 
 Dives positis in fcenore nummis, 1217 
 Dives tibi, pauper amicis, . . 1455 
 Divina humanaque parent di vitiis, 3644 
 Divinse particula aurse, . . 4237 
 Divisum sic breve fiet opus, . 4665 
 Divitiarum majestas, . . . 2331 
 Divitias dederant, artemquefrueudi, 3452 
 Dixeris maledicta cuncta, etc., . 2257 
 Dixero quid, si forte jocosius, . 2815 
 Doch klammerst du dich bios, etc. , 1864 
 Dociles imitandis turpibus, . 1202 
 Doctor Angelicus(Seraphicus), etc., 1227 
 Dolce far niente, . . . 2042 
 Dolo pugnandum est, dum quis, etc. ,1232
 
 INDEX. 
 
 579 
 
 No. 
 
 Dolor hie tibi proderit olim, 
 
 D.O.M 1057 
 
 Domi lepnes, foris vulpes, . . 2282 
 
 Domicilium imperil et gloriae, . 2170 
 
 Domos et dulcia limina, . . 1548 
 
 Domus, et placens uxor, . . 2840 
 
 Domus virtutis, imperii, dignitatis, 2170 
 
 Donner de la couleur aux pensdes, 3908 
 
 Dono infelice di bellezza, . . 2387 
 
 Dos est uxoria lites, . . . 1924 
 
 86s /MI irov <TTW, . . . 3982 
 
 Droben iiber'm Sterneuzelt, etc., 1277 
 
 Du grave au doux, du plaisant, . 1889 
 Du vergisst, dass hier eine Frau, etc. 717 
 
 Da wiinchest unsterblich zu leben, 5313 
 
 Dubiae spe pendulus horae, . . 4689 
 
 Ducere sollicitse jucunda oblivia, 3732 
 
 Dncit opes animumqne ferro, . 3861 
 
 Dulce est desipere in loco, . . 3074 
 
 Dulce et decorum est, etc. , . 3114 
 
 Dulce lucellum, .... 4189 
 
 Dulce mihi furere est amico, . 4947 
 
 Dulce videre suos, . . . 1275 
 Dulces moriens reminiscitur Argos, 4774 
 
 Dulces occurrunt oscula nati, etc., 3169 
 
 Dulcis sine pulvere palma, . . 792 
 
 Dum anima est, spes esse dicitur, 115 
 Dum bibimus, dumserta, unguenta, 1665 
 
 Dum curffi ambiguro, etc., . . 3520 
 
 Dum deliberamus quando incip., 1028 
 
 Dum faciles animi juvenum, . 5221 
 
 Dum fata sinunt, vivite Iseti, . 1288 
 
 Dum licet, in rebus jucundis, etc. , 1288 
 
 Dum loquimur, fugerit invida, . 1288 
 
 Dum quid sis dubitas, etc. , . 1028 
 Dum serta, unguenta, puellas, etc. , 1665 
 
 Dum vivit hominem noveris, etc., 1041 
 
 Dummodo risum excutiat, etc., . 1715 
 
 Duramque callet pauperiem pati, 3428 
 
 Durante beueplacito, . . . 1284 
 
 Durante vita, .... 1284 
 
 Duri immota Catonis secta, . 1909 
 
 Duris urgens in rebus egestas, . 2496 
 
 E and the Greek H (long E). 
 
 Tf 5k Kaicri povXij, etc., 
 E debito justitise, . 
 
 . 2946 
 
 . 998 
 
 . 449 
 
 4 Oriplw, % 6f&s, . . . . 1107 
 
 Edwarduin occidere nolite, etc., 165 
 
 Effodiuntur opes irritamenta, etc., 877 
 
 Ego hie esse et illic simul, etc., . 4651 
 
 Ego semper apros occido, etc., . 874 
 
 Ego sum Rex Romanus, etc., . 2534 
 
 Ego te intus et in cute novi, . 97 
 
 No. 
 
 Egregii mortalem altique silenti, 5117 
 Bin letztes Gliick und, etc., . 1081 
 Ein Tropfen Hass, der in, etc., . 1344 
 els Kolpavos &rr, els j3a<ri\evs, . 3752 
 Eja, age, rumpe moras, etc., . 1023 
 Eja ! Quid statis, etc., . . 1919 
 K rov 00j3e/)oO KO.T' 6\lyov, etc. , . 1295 
 Elegantiarum arbiter, . . . 339 
 Elegantius, quamnecesseestprobse, 4456 
 Elementa velint ut discere prima, 4414 
 Elephantus non capit mures, . 335 
 Elle fait son visage, mais, etc., . 1321 
 Elus maudits de la fureur supreme, 3780 
 Emendaturis ignibus ipse dedi, . 3133 
 rjfjuffv Train-fa, .... 345 
 Emitur sola virtute potestas, . 2880 
 Emollit mores, nee sinit esse feros, 2255 
 eftov & fwJ'ros, .... 1363 
 fv Tofrrij) vlKa, .... 2259 
 Eodem modo quo quid constit. , etc. , 3322 
 Epicuri de grege porcum, . . 3040 
 Equis virisque, .... 4391 
 eprifda. neya.\T) 'ffrtvij /jLeya\^iro\is 2901 
 Ergo exploranda est veritas, . 3873 
 Eripere vitam nemo non potest, 3114 
 Eripuitque Jovi fulmen, etc., . 1413 
 Es kommt von ihm , u. keh r t zuriick, 5345 
 ItrxaTOj X^yerat TUV vaOiav, etc. , 1 405 
 Esse martyr non potest, . . 2229 
 Est bien fou de cerveau qtii, etc., 3677 
 Est-il besoin d'executer ? . . 3233 
 Est in juvencis, etc., . . . 1730 
 Est locus unicuique suus, . . 3340 
 Est mihi ssepe vocandus, . . 1306 
 Est nobis voluisse satis, . . 4309 
 Est quaedam flere voluptas, . 1705 
 Est ubi peccat, .... 2323 
 Est ubi profecto damnum praestet, 3396 
 0rt Kafwl K\rjs eirl yXufftry, . 4863 
 Esto brevis, ut cito dicta, etc. , . 4199 
 Esto consentiensadversario tuo, etc. 3001 
 Et can tare pares, etc., . . 238 
 Et cito vult fieri, ... 3166 
 Et comme elle a 1'eclat du verre, 1743 
 Et concussa fides, etc., . . 1917 
 Et de quibusdam aliis, . . 1055 
 Et Furiis agitatus amor, . . 131 
 Et male tornatos incudi reddere, 3015 
 Et Metus, et malesuada Fames, . 5213 
 Et metus ille foras, etc., . . 3114 
 Et mundus victus, non deficiente, 4213 
 Et oleum et operam perdidi, . 3589 
 Etpeccarenefas,autpretiumemori, 1254 
 Et precor integra cum mente, . 1767 
 Et propter vitam vivendi, etc., . 4827 
 Et quantum est hominnm venust. 2881 
 Et queror, invisi quum venit, etc. , 3737
 
 580 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Et quorum pars magna fui, . 4093 
 Etrose, elle a vecu, etc., . . 2922 
 Et rus, et comites et via longa, . 649 
 Etsemelemissumvolat irrevocable, 3860 
 Et tu, Brute, .... 5049 
 Et vera incessu patuit Dea, . 1224 
 Et vox et ratio, .... 2862 
 erepoi avrol, .... 222 
 ^repos tyd>, .... 222 
 Etiam periere ruinae, . . . 4976 
 
 fVKTOlOV KO.KOV, .... 1788 
 
 Eumenides tenuere faces, etc., . 3432 
 
 evpriKa, 3982 
 
 Eventus docet stultorummagister, 1518 
 Eversojuvat orbemori, . . 1363 
 Ex abusu non argumentum, etc., 1521 
 Ex aliis sumere exemplum, . 2310 
 e| &/j./jov ffxoivlov ir\tKH>, . 352 
 
 Ex bona fide, .... 524 
 Ex diuturnitate temporis, etc., . 3633 
 Exindustria, .... 1020 
 Ex inimico cogita posse fieri amicum, 247 
 Ex magna parte profanum genus, 1625 
 
 Ex medio 871 
 
 Ex re fabellas, .... 669 
 Ex ungue leonem, . . . 1565 
 Exacto contentus tempore cedat, 3417 
 Excessere metum mea jam bona, 2927 
 Excitat auditor studium, . . 4700 
 Exitialis superstitio, . . . 413 
 Exitium commune, . . . 1363 
 Exitus est studii parva favilla mei, 4509 
 |w TOU Trpdy/j.a.Tos, . . .2020 
 Experimentum in corpore vili, . 1669 
 Experior curis et dare verba meis, 5194 
 Expertus disces quam gravis istelabor, ii. 
 Expertus metuit, . . . 1276 
 Expleturlacrimisegeriturq. dolor, 1705 
 Exploranda est veritas, . . 3873 
 Exstinctus amabitur idem, . 5124 
 Extra dictionem, . . . 2212 
 
 F. 
 
 Faber est quisquam fortunae suse, 1589 
 Fabula nullius Veneris, . . 2322 
 Fabula plena joci, . . . 1447 
 Facere et pati fortiter Roman um est, 1471 
 Faces de funere raptas, . . 3432 
 Faces et saxa volant, ... 60 
 Facilitate nihil esse homini melius, 4385 
 Facit indignatio versum, . . 4653 
 Facti crimen habet, . . . 1868 
 Fagots et fagots, . . . 2158 
 Faiseur des mots, . . . 2531 
 Fallere et effugere est triumphus, 668 
 
 No. 
 
 Fama ingens, ingentior armis, . 5249 
 
 Fas est et ab hoste doceri, . . 2362 
 
 Fatale malum per verba levare, . 1430 
 
 Fatis accede Deisque, . . . 2469 
 
 Favete linguis, .... 3566 
 
 Favorabiliores rei potius q. actores, 3010 
 
 F. C., 1684 
 
 Felicior Augusto, melior Trajano, 4355 
 
 Felicitate dignus videri, . . 1435 
 
 Felix est mori, .... 146 
 
 Felix quern faciunt aliena pericula, 1 649 
 Felix quicunq. dolorealteriusdiscit, 1649 
 
 Felix scelus virtus vocatur, . 4057 
 
 Ferre jugum pariter dolosi, . 1181 
 
 Fertur equis auriga, etc., . . 1769 
 
 Festum asinorum, . . . 3728 
 
 Fete Dieu, 841 
 
 FL fa, 1685 
 
 Fictis jocari nos meminerit fabulis, 571 
 
 Fide et fiducia (fortitudine, etc. ), 1671 
 
 Fideitenax, .... 1672 
 
 Fidentemque fuga Parthum, etc., 1357 
 
 Fidus interpres, .... 3227 
 
 Fieri infectum non potest, . . 1617 
 
 Finein animse certum, etc. , . 3897 
 
 Fingere qui non visa potest, etc., 19 
 
 Finis inclinat, .... 2261 
 
 Finita potestas denique quoique, 1409 
 
 Firenze la bella, .... 523 
 
 Fisus cuncta sibi cessura, . . 567 
 
 Fitque quod baud fuerat, etc., . 2360 
 
 Fixa et mutari nescia, . . 4871 
 
 Flagrante delicto, . . . 1701 
 
 Flagrantior aequo non debet dolor, 3947 
 
 Flebit, et insignis tota cantabitur, 4231 
 
 Flectere si nequeo superos, etc., 4311 
 
 Flentibus adflent humani vultus, 5143 
 
 Flet noct em, ramoque seden s, etc. , 4107 
 
 Floreat Etona, .... 1708 
 
 Flosculus angustae vitse, . . 1665 
 
 Flumina amem sylvasq. inglorius, 4438 
 
 Fola di romanzi, .... 4707 
 
 Formidine psense, . . . 3558 
 
 Forsan et haec olim meminisse, . 4410 
 
 Forsitan hoc alio j udice crimen erit, 4339 
 
 Fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus, . 422 
 Fortes in fine assequendo, suaves etc. 4804 
 Fortes non modp fortuna juvat, etc. , 1732 
 Fortiaq. adversis opponite pectora, 4291 
 
 Fortibus est fortuna viris, . . 1732 
 
 Fortissimus ille qui promtus pati, 3146 
 
 Fortiter geret crucem, etc. , . 1739 
 Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest4363 
 
 Fortuna humana fingit aptatque, 1457 
 
 Fortuna non niutat genus, . . 2827 
 
 Fortuna saevo laeta negotio, . 1743 
 
 Fortunam ex aliis, . . . 1200 
 Forum conscientiae(domest. extern. )2239
 
 INDEX. 
 
 681 
 
 No. 
 
 Fraena ferox spumantia mandit, . 3741 
 Fragili quaerens illidere dentem, 4873 
 Fran ge toros: pete vina, etc., . 3114 
 Fraternis animisquidq. negatalter, 1845 
 Fraternite ou la Mrt, . . 2538 
 Frequens meditatio carnis afflictio, 1591 
 Frigida bello dextera, . . . 2605 
 
 Frigida Tempe 403 
 
 Frons prima multos decipit, . 3441 
 Fruges consumere nati, . . 3460 
 Fugit hora; hoc, quod loquor.inde est!288 
 Fugit irreparabile tempus, . . 4527 
 Fuimus Troes ; fuit Ilium, . . 5185 
 Fulmine compescet linguae, . 2222 
 Fumo comburi nil potest flamm& pot. 4551 
 Funesta dote d'infiniti guai, . 2387 
 Fungar inani raunere, . . 1922 
 Fungino genere, . 3943 
 
 Furialia bella fulmine compescet, 2222 
 Furiis agitatus amor, . . . 131 
 Furiosus absentis loco est, . . 1782 
 Furiosus solo furore punitur, . 1782 
 Furor arma ministrat, . . 60 
 
 G. 
 
 Gab mir ein Gott zu sagen, etc., 5090 
 
 Galeatum sero duelli po3nitet, . 4900 
 
 Gallinae filius albae, . . . 1745 
 
 Garrulus idem est, . . . 3860 
 
 Gaudensque viam fecisse ruiua, . 39 
 
 Gaudet equis canibusque, . . 2164 
 
 Gaudia, discursus, nostri farrago, 4163 
 
 Gemmis auroq. teguntur omnia, 432 
 
 Generi monimentum et sibi, . 2071 
 
 "Geneva la superba, . . . 523 
 
 Gens de mme farine, . . 1352 
 
 Gens d'esprit, .... 687 
 
 Gens humana ruit per vetitum, . 420 
 
 Genus et proavos et quae, etc. , . 3168 
 
 Genus et virtus nisi cum re, etc., 1472 
 
 Genus irritabile vatum, . . 3130 
 
 yripdffKU 8' del TroXXA SidaffKOfitvos, 4870 
 
 Gestit paribns colludere, . . 4373 
 
 Gestus edendi, .... 1459 
 Gladiator in arena capit consilium, 4900 
 
 7\awc' 'AOfyafr, . . . 2303 
 
 Gloria quern supra vires, etc., . 4143 
 
 yvS>6i afOLvrbv, .... 1303 
 
 Gracchi de seditione querentes, . 4278 
 
 Grande supercilium, . . . 2945 
 Grata superveniet quae non sperab., 2333 
 
 Gratia, fama, valetudo contingat, 4213 
 Gratior et pulcro veniensin corpore, 2506 
 
 Gratis pcenitet esse probum, . 3199 
 
 Grave ses inimicum facit, . . 506 
 
 No. 
 
 Gravissimus luxurite censor, . 646 
 Grece est notre pays, etc. , . . 2553 
 Guai a chi la tocca, . . . 475 
 Guarda e passa, .... 3436 
 G ute Tage konnen wir nicht er tragen, 208 
 
 H. 
 
 Habent commoda magna morae, . 1169 
 Habent sua fata libelli, . . 4027 
 Habet comoedia tan to, etc., . 871 
 Habuisse et nihil habere, . . 3081 
 Hac divinavi, notitiamque tuli, . 433 
 Hae tibi erunt artes, etc., . . 5053 
 Hsecamatobscurum, volet haec, etc., 5135 
 Haec avidos effugit una rogos, . 1610 
 Haec certamina tanta pulveris, etc. , 1910 
 Haec duri immota Catonis secta, 1909 
 Haec est aerugo mera, . . . 1900 
 Haec in fcedera veni, . . . 3192- 
 Haec olim meminisse juvabit, . 4410 
 Haec placuit semel, haac decies, . 5135 
 Haec seges ingratos tulit, etc., . 4033 
 Haec te victoria perdet, . . 4212 
 Haeredi magis parcendum est, . 1862 
 Haereditas nihil aliud est, etc., . 1862 
 Haereditas nunquam ascendit, . 1862 
 Haeres est aut j ure proprietatis, etc. , 1 862 
 Haeres est nomen juris, etc., . 1862 
 Haeres legitimus est, etc. , . . 1862 
 Hanc veniam petimusq. damusq., 4494 
 Haud ignara ac non incauta futuri, 3806 
 Haud ignara mail miseris, etc., . 3412 
 Haustus aetherii, . . . 3797 
 Helas ! nos beaux jours s'envolent, 371 5 
 Herbarum subjecta potentia, . 2346 
 Herculis serumnasssevosquelabores, 1729 
 Heu ! Fortuna, quis est crudelior, 1743 
 Heu quam dispari dominare domino, 3568 
 Heu quantp regnis nox stet. una tuis, 4212 
 Heureuxl'inconnuqui s'estbien etc.3114 
 Hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi, 883 
 Hi sunt invidiae nimirum mores, 1429 
 Hie esse et illic simul baud potui, 4651 
 Hie labor hoc opus est, . . 1599 
 Hie niger est, hunc tu, Romane, 19 
 Hie steterat Priami regia celsa senis, 1844 
 Hie toto tecum consumerer aevo, 1896 
 Hie vivimus ambitiosa paupertate, 769 
 Hinc omne principium, hue refer, etc.l 210 
 Hiulcagens, .... 3482 
 Hoc domicilium imperil et gloriae, 21 70 
 Hoc est, quodunumestprplaborib., 3721 
 Hoc est vivere bis vita priore frui, 270 
 Hoc fonte derivata clades, etc., . 1645 
 Hoc genus omne, . . . 3027 
 Hoc lege, quod possit, etc., . 4207
 
 582 
 
 IXDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Hoc mihi juris cum venia dabis, 2815 
 Hoc opus, hie labor est, . . 1599 
 Hoc praetexit nomine culpam, . 798 
 Hocstudium, parvi properemus, etc. 1929 
 Hoctant. possum dicere, nonamote,33SO 
 Honer Sinn liegt oft ini kind'schem 5330 
 Hominem memento te, . . 3018 
 Homme necessaire, . . . 2112 
 Homo homini lupus, . . . 1948 
 Homo proponit, Deus disponit, . 2808 
 Homo solus aut deus aut daemon, 1948 
 Homo sum ; humaninihilalienum,etc736 
 Honestum praetulitutili, . . 543 
 Honos, an dulce lucellum, . . 4189 
 Honos et gratia vivax, . . 3117 
 
 Horafugit, 1280 
 
 Horatii curiosa felicitas, . . 4809 
 Horrendum, informe, ingens, etc., 3106 
 Hortus ubi ; et tecto vicinus, etc. , 1926 
 Hosquoque felices, qui ferre incom. 1267 
 Hospes, comesque corporis, . 290 
 Human! generis amici, . . 251 
 Human! nihil alienum, . . 736 
 Humanitatis cibus, . . . 286 
 Humiles laborant ubi potentes, etc., 4164 
 Huncfrenis, hunctu compesce, etc., 2368 
 Huncqualemnequeomoustrare, etc.j4541 
 
 I pede fausto, .... 1994 
 Ibis, redibis, non morieris in bello, 165 
 Ibit eo quo vis qni zouam perdidit, 1994 
 IxOvs s 'EXATjfriroJTOP, . . 2303 
 Id arte ut corrigas, . . . 2390 
 Idcertum, quod certum reddi potest 665 
 Id genus omue, .... 3027 
 Idem quod, .... 2367 
 Ignavum periturae parcere vitae, . 1647 
 Ignobile vulgus, .... 60 
 Ignorantia juris, qd. quisq.scire, etc. 2018 
 Ignoratio futurorum malorum, . 663 
 Ignotum pro magnifico, . . 3605 
 
 II aurait su regner s'il avait, etc. , 2872 
 II est bien malaise de regler ses desirs 2870 
 II est toujours pret a partir, . 2562 
 II fait le diable a quatre, . . 1619 
 II faut bonne memoire apres, etc., 3026 
 II faut s'entr'aider, etc., . . 2969 
 II le voit, mais il n'en rit pas, . 2109 
 II m'a fait trop de bien, etc., . 4326 
 II m'a fait trop de mal, etc. , . 4326 
 II meurt connu de tous, etc., . 2039 
 II ne voit pas de mal a rnourir, . 3114 
 II n'est si beau jour, etc., . . 594 
 II n'y a pas d'omelette, etc., . 4155 
 II n'y a qu'un Fransais de plus, . 2132 
 
 No. 
 
 n se faut entr'aider, c'est la loi, etc., 2969 
 II s'en va comme il est venu, . 3114 
 II serait honteux au due, etc., . 2708 
 Iliacos intra muros peccatur, et extra 4529 
 Ilia tuo sententia semper in ore, 2877 
 Illecrucemscelerispretiumtulit,etc3138 
 Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet, 255 
 Ille homo habet equum Seianum, 1403 
 Ille super Gangen, super exauditus, 2222 
 Ille timoruni maximus, . . 1647 
 Dli mors gravis incubat, . . 4607 
 Illuc unde negant redire quemqnam, 4249 
 Illud jucundum nil agere, . . 2042 
 Illud quod cecidit forte, etc., . 2390 
 Illustrans commoda vitse, . . 3744 
 Us ne se servent de la pens&e, etc., 2583 
 Us n'employentles paroles qne, etc., 2583 
 Im Handeln schrankt die Welt, etc., 1760 
 Imitator studiorum ac laborum,. 118 
 Immedicabile vulnus, . . . 923 
 Immensum gloria calcar habet, . 4700 
 Immota labascunt, et quae, etc.,. 1198 
 Impellens quicq. sibi summa petenti, 39 
 Imperiosa quies, .... 3840 
 Impetravi ego mihi omnia, etc. , . 4198 
 Impetus hie sacrce seniina mentis, 1436 
 Implebit terras voce, . . . 2222 
 Implume bipes, . . . 284 
 
 Impouat leges vultibus ilia tuis, 356 
 Impossible n'est pas un mot f rau?ais, 2174 
 Imprimis valeas bene, . . 35 
 Improbushicamorest.dignusq., etc. 4795 
 Improbus ille puer, crudelis, etc. , 888 
 In alieno foro litigare, . . 4503 
 In Anglia non est interregnum, . 4411 
 In culpa est animus, qui, etc., . 902 
 In cute curanda plus aequo operata, 3460 
 In judicando criminosa celeritas, 3498 
 In laqneos quos posuere, cadaut, 1625 
 
 ' Inlibidinemprojecti, incibumparci, 93 
 In limine primo, . . . 932 
 In lucro, quae datur hora, mihi est, 4332 
 In magnis et voluisse sat est, . 4309 
 In me convertite ferrum Rutuli, 3017 
 In meo foro, .... 4503 
 
 . Innecessar. unitasindubiislibertas 4668 
 In pari delicto, . . . .2180 
 In pejus ruere et retro sublapsa, 4603 
 la perpetuam rei memoriam, . 2270 
 
 In posse, 2225 
 
 In praeterita se totus imagine, etc. , 297 
 Inpraetoriisleones, incastrislepores,2282 
 In pretio pretium est, etc., . 441 
 
 ! In re una consumere curam, . 3272 
 
 1 In seipso totus teres atq. rotundus, 4271 
 In solido rursus fortuna locavit, . 3128 
 
 Instatuquo 4772 
 
 In summis minimi&que, . . 3454
 
 INDEX. 
 
 583 
 
 No. 
 
 Intotummundiprosternimnrfevum,292S 
 In unguem, .... 5104 
 In vento et aqua scribere, . . 3123 
 In vitium credula turba sumus, . 800 
 Incedis per ignes suppositos, . 3872 
 Incende quod adorasti, . . 3085 
 Incidisin Scyllam, cupiens vitare, 4334 
 Incurata pudor malus ulcera celat, 4791 
 Incurioso fine, . . . . 45 
 Inde faces ardent, etc., . . 3226 
 Inde furor vulgo quod, etc., . 2167 
 Inde ruendi in ferrum mens prona, 1 647 
 Indulge genio carpamus dulcia, . 1288 
 Ineluctabile tempus Dardaniae, . 5185 
 Infectum volet esse dolor, etc., . 4247 
 Infirmi est auimi exiguiq. voluptas, 3070 
 Informeingenscui lumen ademptum3106 
 Ingenii largitor venter, . . 2897 
 Ingenio stat sine morte decus, . 393 
 Ingeniotamenipsemeo comitor, etc. 1373 
 Ingeniumingenslatethocsubcorpore,388 
 Ingenium mulieruui, . . . 3483 
 Ingeniura quond. f uerat pretiosius, 1499 
 Ingenium resadverssenudare solent, 2249 
 Ingens gloria Teucrorum, . . 5185 
 Ingenuo culpam defigere ludo, . 3764 ; 
 Inhumana crudelitas, . . . 1870 
 Iniquararo maxim is virtutibus, etc., 1743 
 Iniquiss.paceinbellojustiss.antefero5173 
 Injuriasfortunaediffugiendorelinquo 449 
 Injustum rigido jus dicitur ense, 65 
 Innocui vivite, numen adest, . 1566 
 Innumerabilis annorum series, . 1537 
 Inopi beneficium bis dat, etc., . 518 
 Insania amabilis, . . . 430 
 Insaniens sapientia, . . . 3776 
 Insanire ratione modoque, . . 2183 
 Insidiaeque et vis et amor sceleratus, 1772 
 Insignerecensadhuc indict, orealio, 1118 
 Insignem attenuat Deiis, . . 5161 
 Insignis tota cantabitur urbe, . 4231 
 Instare favori numinis, . . 39 
 Instatatrox, .... 4522 
 Instruit par sa propre misere, . 2109 
 Inter malleum et incudein, . 1848 
 Inter minora sidera, . . . 3485 
 Inter sacrum saxumque sto, . 1848 
 Inter utrumque tene, . . . 2997 
 Interd. docta plus valet artemaluin, 3402 
 Interiora secreta, ... 49 
 Intestata senectus, . . . 1914 
 Intonuere poli et crebris micat iguib. 3950 
 Intra f ortunam debet quisq. manere, 865 
 Intra muros peccatur, et extra, . 4529 
 luventas aut qui vitam exeoluere, 4258 
 Inventismiserabstinet,actimetuti, 3136 
 Invictaque bello dextera, . . 1885 
 Invidia Sicnli non invenere tyranni, 4547 
 
 No. 
 
 Invidia vel amore vigil, etc., . 3357 
 Invidusalteriusmacrescitrebus, etc. 4547 
 Invita Minerva, .... 5043 
 
 loPsean, 1123 
 
 Ipsa, caput mundi . . . Roma, . 592 
 Ipsapotestasseminanequitiae, etc., 901 
 Ipsa silentia terrent, . . . 1974 
 Ipsae vitiis sunt alimenta vices, . 4095 
 Ipse decor recte facti, etc., . 3199 
 Ipsejubet mortis tememinisseDeus, 3114 
 Iram colligit ac ponit, . . 4373 
 Irrevocable verburn, . . . 3860 
 Irritamenta malorum, . . 877 
 Irritat mulcet falsis terrorib. implet, 2078 
 Is quaestus nunc est multo uberrimus 4198 
 
 IffOfJLOlpla T&V KO.K&V, . . . 4710 
 
 Italiain si caelo auctore recusas, . 567 
 
 J. 
 
 Jacta alea esto 176 
 
 J'ai vecu pres d'elle, . . . 2427 
 Jamdesuetudinelongavixsubeunt, 1383 
 Jam mpriente die, . . . 1404 
 Jam tritnm sermone proverbium, 4828 
 Jam vaga prosiliet fraenis natura, etc. 4966 
 Jamveniettacitocurvasenectapede,1286 
 Jamque faces et saxa volant, . 60 
 
 Janua leti, 3114 
 
 Je laisse trotter ma plume, etc., 2498 
 Je 1'ay empris, .... 306 
 Je m'en vais cbercher un peut-etre, 2441 
 Je vais droit a mon but, etc., . 4131 
 Je vais, victime de mon zele, . 2631 
 Je vis par curiosite, . . . 3977 
 Je vous aime a tort et a travers, 75 
 Jocos, Venerem, convivia, ludum, 4663 
 Jovis arcana, .... 343 
 Jubes renovare dolorem, . . 2231 
 Jucundi acti labores, . . . 2449 
 Judex houestum praetulit utili, . 543 
 Judicis argutum quae non formidat, 5135 
 Judicium Paridis spretaeq. injuria, 2954 
 
 Junctajuvant 4090 
 
 Jungat vulpes, et mulgeat bircos, 4157 
 Jupiter est, quodcunq. vides, etc. , 1449 
 Jurare in verba magistri, . . 3503 
 Juravi lingua, menteminjurat. gero, 1323 
 Jure humano, .... 2465 
 Jureproprietat. (repraesentat.,etc.), 1862 
 Jus summum cuique tribuendum, 2476 
 Justa ab in just, petere insipientia, 2265 
 Justissimus unusqui fuitin Teucris,4413 
 Justum gemina suspendere lance, 4502 
 Juvat, aut impellit ad iram, . 1721 
 Juvat integros accedere fontes, . 472 
 Juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum, 472
 
 584 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Juvat usque morari, . . . 3229 
 Juvatque novos decerpere flores, 472 
 Juventus mundi, . . . 312 
 Juvit sumta ducem, juvit dimissa, 3995 
 
 K. 
 
 Kal ai>, T&KVOV 5049 
 
 Ko.1 T& \oiwa, .... 2490 
 Kaiffdpa <f>tyeis K. TTJV Kaiffdp. r^x^t 567 
 KO.KCI, KtpSea l<r' &TT)ffiv, , . 3005 
 KaKbv fj.lv iffriv dXX' dvayKalov, etc. 4960 
 Kalendse Graecse, ... 84 
 Kotxpi) (Jii> delpai peia /u&X', . 3905 
 Kprjres del ^eDcrrai, . . . 3799 
 
 La cour en conseillers foisonne, . 3233 
 Ln, couronne vaut Men une messe, 3782 
 La distance n'y fait rien, etc., . 2130 
 La femme qu'on aime aura, etc., 2666 
 La folle du logis, . . . 2832 
 Ln fortune vend ce qu'on croit, etc., 2087 
 La gloire en gros sous, . . 2594 
 La grandeur des bienfaits doit, etc., 163 
 La logique du cceur est absurde, 4351 
 La mort sans phrase, . . . 4470 
 La nation franchise est la plus folle, 2139 
 La par f ai te raison f uit toute extre" m .,1641 
 La plainte est pour le sot, . . 2649 
 La plupart des troubles sont, etc., 2501 
 La plus courte folie est la meilleure, 635 
 La politesse des rois, . . . 2798 
 La poule au p6t, . . . 2443 
 La priere est un cri d'esperance, 886 
 La Societ6 de J6sus est une epee, 2841 
 La Tragddie court les rues, . 761 
 La tranquillite regne a Varsovie, 2867 
 La vertu vient des dieux, . . 162 
 
 Labarum, 2259 
 
 Labituretlabeturinomnevolubilis, 4260 
 Labor actus in orbem, . . 4374 
 Labore f essi venimus larem ad nostr. 3721 
 Labuntur anni ; nee pietas moram, 1336 
 Lacrimse pondera vocis habent, . 2321 
 Lacrimse volvuntur inanes, . 3035 
 Leetis hunc numina rebus, etc., . 2300 
 Laissez-leur prendre un pied, etc., 656 
 L'amitie est 1' amour sans ailes, . 4632 
 L'amour d'une mere, etc., . . 3588 
 L'amour ne saurait etre pro fond, etc. ,1396 
 Lancibus oppositis fractaque, etc., 1408 ! 
 Langue que pour 1'amour, etc. , . 1689 j 
 Lapides loqui, .... 3061 ! 
 
 No. 
 
 Lares et Penates, . . . 4021 
 L'art le plus necessaire, . . 169 
 Lasst sich Natur des Schleiers, etc., 1796 
 Lata porta, et spatiosa via, etc., 1599 
 Latis otia fundis, . . . 403 
 Laudari a laudato viro, . . 2519 
 Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum, 246 
 Laudo tamen, .... 4112 
 
 Lebeau, 4963 
 
 Le bienfait s'ecrit en 1'onde, . 2839 
 Le chemin des 6coliers, . . 3998 
 Le cceur sent rarement ce que, etc. 2583 
 Le comique n'est jamais mechant, 2677 
 Le crime a ses degr6s, . . 161 
 Le dos au feu, le ventre a table, 1385 
 Le drpit du plus fort, . . 3783 
 Le frein au sceleVat, I'esp^rance, etc. , 4620 
 Le genie est la raison sublime, . 680 
 Le genie est le dieu des .ges, . 2767 
 Le gout est le bon sens du genie, 2669 
 Legoutn'estrienqu'unbonsens,etc.,680 
 Le heros s'evanouit, . . . 2921 
 Le mariage commence tout, . 964 
 Le masque tombe, etc., . . 2921 
 Lematincatholique, lesoiridolatre, 2041 
 Le matin elle fleurissait, etc., . 2892 
 Le meilleur des mondes possibles, 5004 
 Le pays du mariage, etc., . . 2676 
 Le plus 16ger soup$on tint lieu, etc. , 168 
 Le premier fond, de la sainte equit6, 4620 
 Le ridicule touche au sublime, . 1295 
 Le Roi s'avisera, . . . 2709 
 Le sacrement de 1'adultere, . 2665 
 Le savoir a son prix, . . . 2540 
 Le sublime des sots, . . . 2794 
 Le tabac est divin, etc., . . 4320 
 Le vrai e" tude de 1'homme c'est, etc. , 2638 
 Le vrai seul est aimable, . . 4423 
 Leb' im Ganzen, . . . 5313 
 Lectoremdelect.pariterq.monendo,3614 
 Legatus a latere (missus, etc. ), . 173 
 Leges sine moribus, . . . 4186 
 Legitimum poema, . . . 399 
 L'Bmpire est pret a choir, etc., . 5101 
 Lenibus atque utinam scriptis, etc., 5266 
 Lenimen labprum, . . . 2497 
 Lenioretmelior fisaccedentesenect. 3178 
 Lepus hie aliis exagitandus erit, 874 
 Lepus tute es et pulpamenta quseris, 5065 
 Lerne nur das Gliick ergreifen, etc., 5357 
 Les ennemis de mes ennemis, etc., 2717 
 Les femmes font les mceurs, . 2745 
 Les grandes pensees viennent du cceur 149 
 Les meilleurs livres sont ceux, etc. , 1560 
 Les nerfs des batailles sont, etc., 3282 
 Les plus a craindre sont les plus petits!393 
 Les plus grands clercs, etc. , . 2895 
 Les roses d'antan, . , , 191
 
 INDEX. 
 
 585 
 
 No. 
 
 Les ve'ritfe sont des fruits, etc., . 2114 
 L'esprit grimace et le style aussi, 36S4 
 Letum non omnia finit, . . 4830 
 Leve ses alienum debitorem facit, 506 
 Leviusfit patientia quicq. corrigere, 1294 
 Lex est mutns magistratus, . 2898 
 Lex non cogit ad impossibilia, . 2175 ! 
 L'exces en tout est un ddfaut, . 1641 ] 
 L'homme absurde est celui, etc., 2432 
 L'honne'te homrae tromp6 s'eloigne, 2649 
 Liber, liber sum, die age, . . 1411 
 Libera verba animi proferre, . 2076 
 Libertas mera veraque virtus, . 1443 
 Libitinae questus acerbse, . . 459 
 Librum si malus est nequeo laudare, 4202 
 Liceat concedere veris, . . 4792 
 Licet sub paupere tecto, . . 1771 
 Ligna super foco large reponens, 1209 
 Linea recta semper praefertur, etc., 1862 
 Lingua melior, sed frigida bello, 2605 
 Linguisque animisque favete, . 4056 
 Lis nunquam, toga rara, etc., . 5274 
 Lo pane d'altrui, . . . 5045 
 Loca nullius ante trita solo, . 472 
 Longae ambages, sed sum ma, etc., 2858 
 Longius aut propius mors sua, etc., 3114 
 Longo post tempore venit, . . 2820 
 Loyal je serai durant ma vie, . 2873 
 
 L. S., 2854 
 
 Lucca 1'industriosa, . . . 523 
 Lucro appone, .... 4204 
 Luctere, multa proruet integrum, 3042 
 Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia, 5213 
 Luctus ubique pavor, . . . 889 
 Ludum insolentem ludere, . . 1743 
 Ludus animo debet aliquando dari, 748 
 Luporum praeda rapacium, . . 668 
 Luxuriat Phrygio sanguine humus, 2408 
 Luxuriatque toris animosum pectus, 349 
 
 M. 
 
 Ma vie a son mystere, . . 3100 
 Ma vie est un combat, . . 5288 
 Macies in corpore toto, . . 3765 
 Macte virtute, .... 2891 
 Msestis late loca quaestibus implet, 4107 
 Magis arnica veritas, . . . 252 
 Magis ilia j u v. , quae pluris emuntur, 2325 
 Magna est veritas et praevalet, . 252 
 Magna libido taceudi, . . 4359 
 Magna spectabere scena, . . 4162 
 Magnam mprbi deponere partem, 1661 
 Magni nominis umbra, . . 4769 
 M agno in populo quum ssepa coorta, 60 
 Maintenance ne suis rien. . 2435 
 Mais, on ditqu'aux auteurs la critiq. ,2507 
 
 No. 
 
 Mais ou sont les roses d'antan, . 191 
 Mai us opus moveo, . . . 2926 
 Mala conscientia in solitudineanxia, 801 
 Mala mentis gaudia, . . . 5213 
 Mala sunt vicina bonis, . . 1482 
 Male creditur hosti, . . . 4328 
 Male cuncta ministrat impetus, . 980 
 Male lax us in pede calceus haeret, 4441 
 Male partum male disperit, . 1035 
 Male tornatos incudi redd, versus, 3015 
 Malevoli solatii genus estturba, etc. 4710 
 Malheur aux vaincus, . . . 2550 
 Mali pars pessima servi, . . 2837 
 Malis divulsus quaerimoniis, . 1648 
 Malo errare cum Platone, etc., . 1416 
 Malus bonum malum vnlt, etc., . 3482 
 Manducemus et bibamus, etc., . 1288 
 Mane salutantum totis vomit, etc., 2252 
 Manes credis curare sepnltos, . 2002 
 Manes et subterranea regna, . 1425 
 Mangeant le fonds avec le revenu, 2413 
 /.lavia fwvffQv, . . . 3736 
 
 Mantua la gloriosa, . . 523 
 
 Mariage de convenance, . 3665 
 
 Maritale capistrum, . . 587 
 
 Mater Gracchorum, . . 2945 
 
 Materiamveniaesorstibinost. dedit, 4532 
 Mature redeat repetatque relicta, 4264 
 Maxima debetur pueris reverentia, 3334 
 Maxima pars hominum morbo, etc., 3354 
 Me duce tutus eris, . . . 4697 
 Me dulcis saturet quies, . . 4776 
 Me non oracula certum sed mors, 4738 
 Me occidistis, amici, non servastis, 3945 
 Me quoque dicunt vatem pastores, 1484 
 Mea anima est tanq. tabula rasa, 4859 
 Mea discrepat istis et vox et ratio, 2862 
 Mea fraus omnis, . . . 3017 
 Mea mihi co uscientia pluris est, etc., 801 
 Mea quidem sententia, . . 1417 
 Mea virtute me involve, etc., . 2631 
 Mdti> S.yai', .... 2001 
 Mediis sitiemus in undis, . . 1711 
 Medio de fonte leporum surgit, . 1550 
 Medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, . 3486 
 Melior est conditio possidentis, . 2180 
 Melior quanto sors tua sorte mea, 1883 
 Meliora ferme, et finis inclinat, . 2261 
 Melius non tangere, clamo, . 4231 
 Memorare novissima tua, etc., . 1388 
 ' Mens divinior, atqueosmagna, etc., 2248 
 Menshilaris, requies, moderata, etc., 4691 
 Mens interrita leti, . . . 2228 
 Mens sana in corpore sano, . 3724 
 Mens sibi conscia recti, . . 800 
 Mensuraque ficti crescit, etc., . 1911 
 Mensuraque juris vis erat, . . 2917 
 Mentem injuratam gero, . . 1323
 
 586 
 
 INDKX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Mentem mortalia tangunt, . 4834 
 Mentiri nescio, . . . 4202 
 
 Mentis gratissimus error, . 3945 
 
 Meo sum pauper in sere, . 4407 
 
 Meritum velle juvare, . 4309 
 
 Metam properamus ad unam, . 3114 
 Methodus sola artificem ostendit, 3335 
 Meticulosa res est ire ad judicem, 3287 
 Metiri se quemque suo modulo, . 4264 
 Metus omnes et inexorabile faturn, 1650 
 
 Micasalis, 3499 
 
 Mieux vaudroit un sage ennemi, 4425 
 Migravit ab aure voluptas, etc., . 5210 
 Mihi quidem setas acta ferme est, 4523 
 Mihi res, non me rebus subjungere, 1485 
 Mihi turpe relinqui est, . . 3547 
 Mihi vivam quod superest aevi, . 4692 
 Milano la grande, . . . 523 
 Militia est potior, etc., . . 3573 
 Militiae species amor est, etc., . 3063 
 Minaeque murorum ingentes, . 3850 
 Minimae vires frangere quassa valent, 2190 
 Minimum sudoris, . . . 871 
 Minor fait ipsa infamia vero, . 2859 
 Minuit prsesentia famam, . . 5241 
 Miraculi causa, .... 783 
 Miremur periisse homines, etc., 3114 
 Miscere utile dulci, . . = 3614 
 Misera beatitude, . . . 3118 
 Miserabile carmen iutegrat, , 4107 
 Miserae hidibria chartae, . . 4207 
 Miserae nimium vicina Cremonae, 2964 
 Miserampacemvelbellobenenmtari, 502 . 
 Miserere domus labentis, etc , . 3028 
 Miserescimus ultro, . . . 1920 
 Miseris viatica canis, . . . 3897 
 Miserosprudentiaprimarelinquit, 866 
 Mitte supervacuos honores, . 20 
 fjjrrj/jLuv ffv/jLirbrys, . . . 3082 
 Mobilia et caeca fluitantia sorte, 2183 
 Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit, 1631 
 Moderata durant, . . . 5244 
 ModomeThebis,modoponitAthenis2078 
 Modo recta capescens interdum etc. 3792 
 Modus agri noii ita magnus, . 1926 
 Modus in rebus, .... 72 
 Modus vivendi, .... 3093 
 Moles operosa mundi, . . 1428 
 Momento cita mors veni t aut victoria, 791 
 
 Moneta, 994 
 
 Monitoribus asper, . . . 660 
 Mons parturibat, gemitus ciens, 3801 
 Monstrum nulla virtute redemptum, 1306 
 Montes parturiunt, etc., . . 3801 
 Monumentum cere pereunius, . 1537 
 More modoque, .... 320 
 Morem fecerat usus, . . .815 
 Mores damnatos, . . . 4871 
 
 No. 
 
 Mores multorum hominum vidit, etc. 4233 
 Mores mstici, .... 4441 
 Moriendum certe est, etc., . .3114 
 Mors aut victoria laeta, . . 791 
 Morsetiamsaxisnominibusq. venit, 3114 
 Mors janua vitas, . . . 3114 
 Mors obrepat interim, . . 662 
 Mors sola fatetur quantula, etc., 3114 
 Mors ultima linea rerum est, . 3114 
 Mortem aliquid ultra est, . . 3114 
 Mortem optaremalum ; timerepejus 3114 
 Mot du guet, . . . .3120 
 Mots d'usage, . . . .3120 
 Mourir n'est rien, c'est notre, etc., 3114 
 Mugitusq. bourn mollesq. sub arbore 403 
 MulcebantZephyri natos sinesemine5204 
 Multa dies et multa litura, . 5315 
 Multa docet fames, . . . 2979 
 Multa et praeclara minans, . . 400 
 Multa novit vulpis, etc., . . 373 
 Multis utile bellum, . . . 1917 
 Multo jam fractus membra labore, 3573 
 Multos castra juvant, . . . 496 
 Multum decipitur falliturque, . 132 
 Multum dissimiles, at caetera, etc., 1845 
 Muudi moles operosa, . . 1428 
 Mundns victus non deficiente crum. 4213 
 Musae severiores, . . . 3364 
 Musaeo contingens cuncta lepore, 4010 
 Mutat quadrata rotundis, . . 1195 
 Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur 4201 
 Mutatur in horas, . . . 4373 
 
 N. 
 
 Nam deterioresomn. sumus licentia 1983 
 Nam gratum fuerit tibi vita, etc., 4209 
 Nam morem fecerat usus, . . 815 
 Nam projucundisaptissimaquaeq., 4604 
 Nam quisiuiquae tarn patiens urbis, 1175 
 Nam quis peccandi finem posuit sibi, 4871 
 Namscelus intra se taciturn qui, etc.1868 
 Nam, ut multum, nil moror, . 3913 
 Nam vitiis nemo sine nascitur, etc., 1338 
 Namque deos didici securum, etc., 862 
 Naris emunctae senex, . . 1365 
 Nascimur poetae, fimus oratores, 3940 
 Naso suspendis adunco, . . 5136 
 Natale solum, .... 3284 
 Nati natorum, et qui nascentur, etc. 1487 
 Nati sine semine flores, . . 5204 
 Natura beatis omnibus esse dedit, 5296 
 Natura non facit saltus, . . 3181 
 Nature dedecus, . . . 1733 
 Naturae deus humanae, . . 4504 
 Naturale estquidlibetdissolvi, etc., 3322 
 Naturamq. seqni, patrioeq. impend., 1909
 
 INDEX. 
 
 587 
 
 No. 
 
 Naufragium commune, . . 770 
 Navibus atque quadrigis, . . 4780 
 Ne fortior omnia posset, . . 2206 
 Ne male conditum jus apponatur, 4928 
 Ne pars sincera trahatur, . . 923 
 Ne scutica dignum horribili, etc., 104 
 Ne sus Minervam, . . . 4850 
 Ne tauta animis assuescite bella, 3270 
 Nee forma aeternum, aut cuiquam, 3114 
 Nee male conjectat, . . . 589 
 Nee mihi dicere prom turn, nee facere 4531 
 Nee pietas moram rugis, etc. , . 1336 
 Nee possum dicere quare, . . 3380 
 Nee pueri credunt, . . . 1425 
 Necretinentpatulaecomniissa, etc., 3860 
 Nee scit qua sit iter, nee, si sciat, 2363 
 Nee sibi, nee alteri, . . . 819 
 Nee sibi, sed totigenitumse credere 1909 
 Nee tecum possum yivere, nee sine te 1178 
 Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos, . . 290 
 Nee viget quicq. simile, autsecund., 5086 
 Nee vixit male qui natus moriensq. , 3170 
 Necessitas sortitur insignes et imos, 121 
 Nedumsermonumstethonos, etc., 3117 
 Negatquis? Nego. Ait? Aio, etc., 4198 
 Negatas artifex sequi voces, . 2897 
 Neglectasoleutincendiasumere,etc.3176 
 Neglectse collo sic jacuere comae, 4609 
 Negotia centum per caput, et circa, 185 
 Nem. diss., .... 3239 
 Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitesc., 2350 
 Nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu, 2924 
 Nemo est hares viventis, . . 1862 
 Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem, etc., 3247 
 Nemo impetrare potest a papa, etc., 3668 
 Nemo in sese tentat descendere, 5133 
 Nemo misericors nisi stultus, . 1984 
 Nemo omnes fefellit, . . . 3013 
 Nemo omnia novit, . . . 3140 
 Nemo plus juris ad alium transferre, 3241 
 Nemo potest esse judex et pars, . 198 
 Nemo repente fuit turpissimus, . 1713 
 Nemoridet, .... 1125 
 Nempe hoc indocti, etc., . . 409 
 Neque enim consistere flumen, . 2360 
 Neque enim est penuria parvi, . 1222 
 Neque enim ignari sumus malorum, 3739 
 Neque ullam esse vpluptatem, etc., 3114 
 Nervis alienis mobile lignum, . 5134 
 Nescia fallere vita, . . . 403 
 Nescia virtus stare loco, . . 4533 
 Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade, 629 
 Nescio quid meditans, etc., . 4615 
 Nescis longas regibus esse manus, 299 
 Nescit plebes jejuna timere, . 3173 
 Neu patrise validas in viscera vertite, 3270 
 veupa vo\t/M>v (irpayfiuiTtav), . 3282 
 Neutrumqueet utrumque videntur, 3195 
 
 No. 
 
 Ni cet exces d'honneur, ni, etc., 2424 
 Nihiladrem, .... 102 
 Nihil ad veritatem, . . . 5205 
 Nihil ad versum, . . . 3301 
 Nihil dices invita Minerva, . 5043 
 Nihil est ab omni parte beatum, 2518 
 Nihil iste nee ausus, nee potuit, 3017 
 Nihil non arrogat armis, . . 2464 
 Nihil sic revocat a peccato, etc., 3114 
 Nihil veri, uihil sancti, etc., . 1870 
 Nil actum credens dum quid, etc., 4522 
 Nil eupientium castra peto, . 4134 
 Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere, 1899 
 Nil est ad nos, .... 3301 
 Nil est tertium, .... 447 
 Nil fuit unquam sic impar sibi, . 3328 
 Nil homine pejus terra ingrato creat,2257 
 Nil igitur fieri de nilo, . 1044 
 
 Nil intra est oleam, nil extra, etc., 3405 
 Nil prodest quod non laedere possit, 3451 
 Nil scribens ipse docebo, . . 3156 
 Nil vident nisi quod lubet, . 3014 
 Nimium boui est, cui nihil est mali, 3398 
 Nimium faciles qui tristia crimina, 153 
 Nimium ne crede colori, . . 3571 
 Nimium Romana propago visa, . 3740 
 Nisi peccassem, quid tu concedere, 4532 
 Nisi quod ipse fecit, nil rectum putat, 1941 
 Nitidis fundata pecuuia villis, . 5316 
 Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus, 4974 
 Nobis obsequi gloria relicta est, . 4950 
 Nobis, quum semel occidit, etc., 5280 
 Nocet empta dolore voluptas, . 4754 
 Noctes atque dies patet atri janua, 1599 
 Nocturnis impallescere chartis, . 408 
 Nocturnos lemures, . . . 4731 
 Nocumentum documentum, . 3820 
 Noluntubivelis, ubinoliscupiunt, 3483 
 Nomen nescit, .... 1949 
 Nojitif dSe\<f>ovs T.h\T]Oivovs<t>i\ov^,27l6 
 Non setate verum ingeuio sapientia, 3325 
 Non avium citharseque canius, . 1212 
 Non causa pro causa, . . . 3959 
 Non civium ardor prava jubentium, 2481 
 
 Non compos 784 
 
 Non deticiente cnimena, . . 4213 
 Non Dii, non homines, non concess. , 2995 
 Non dolethic, quisquis laudari, etc. , 255 
 Non dominantur opes, etc., . 2880 
 Non eget Mauri jaculis neque arcu, 231 5 
 Non ego paucis offendar maculis, 5212 
 Non ego sanius bacchabor Edonis, 4947 
 Non est beatus, esse se qui non putat, 3077 
 Non est hostis metuendus amanti, 1882 
 Non est ingenii cymba gravandi tui, 939 
 Non est jocus esse malignum, . 4964 
 Non est mortale quod optas, . 4736 
 Non est tanti, . . . .5211
 
 588 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Non est ultra narrabile quicquam, 2838 
 Non est vivere, sed valere, vita, . 132 
 Non facinus mihi pacto lenius isto, 3165 
 Non fuit Autolyci tarn piceata, etc. , 3311 
 Non furor est ne moriare, mori, . 1901 
 Non hsec in foedera veni, . . 31 92 
 NonHymenseus adest, non illi, etc., 3432 
 Non ille pro caris amicis aut patria, 3428 
 Non jus sed seisina facit stipitem, 1862 
 Non juvatex facililecta corona jugo, 2915 
 Non minus ignotos generosis, . 1777 
 Nonnasciessebonum, . . 3714 
 Non omnes eadem mirantur, . 1045 
 Nou omnib. annis omniaconveniunt, 1018 
 Non omnis moriar, etc., . . 1537 
 Non ponebat enim rumores, etc., 5119 
 Non possessor! incumbitnecessitas, 2180 
 
 Non putavi 5057 
 
 Non quia crasse compositum, sed, 2218 
 Non quia vexari quemquam, etc., 4802 
 Non sumus ergo pares, . . 3179 
 
 Non tanti, 5211 
 
 Nontuushinc capiet venter plus, etc. 3066 
 Non ultima laus, . . . 4015 
 Non vultus instantis tyranni, . 2481 
 Noris quam sit tibi curta supellex, 3279 
 Nos alia ex aliis in fata vocamur, 5294 
 Nos certe taceamus, . . . 1527 
 Nos et cedamus amori, . . 3639 
 Nos exaequat victoria caelo, . 4137 
 Nos nequiores, mox daturos, etc., 953 
 Nos nisi damnose bibim. morienmr, 3113 
 Nos vilespulli, natiinfelicibus ovis, 1745 
 Nosce animum tuum, . . . 1303 
 Nosce teipsum, .... 1303 
 Nostri farrago libelli, . . . 4163 
 Nostri pars optima sensus, . . 3096 
 Nostrorum summa malorum, . 1850 
 Nostrum est quod vivis, . . 1288 
 Nota mala res optuma 'st, . . 1837 
 Notandi sunt tibi mores, . . 133 
 Notitia peccati initium salutis, . 2262 
 Notre age aveugle et vain, . . 645 
 Notus nimis omnibus, . . 4607 
 Nous ne sortirons que par la force, 3481 
 Nova consilia et spes, . . 921 
 Nova constitutio futuris formam, 3257 
 Nova febrium cohors, . . . 2890 
 Novitate exterritus ipsa, . . 1092 
 Nox est perpetua una dormienda, 5280 
 Nox non ebria, sed soluta curis, . 5274 
 
 Nube pan, 4679 
 
 Nucibus relictis, . . . 1490 
 Nudaq. simplicitas purpureus pudor 1491 
 Nugae canorae, .... 2322 
 Nugae merae, .... 1717 
 Nul dans notre age aveugle, etc., 645 
 Nnl ne se connait, tant qu'il son ffert, 2805 
 
 No. 
 
 Nulla dies unquam memori vos, etc. ,1750 
 Nulla in tarn magno corpore, etc. , 3499 
 Nulla mica salis, . . . 3499 
 Nulla nisi ardua virtus, . . 350 
 Nulla pallescere culpa, . . 1899 
 Nulla salus extra ecclesiam, . 1581 
 Nulla venenato littera mixta joco, 3395 
 Nullas verba medullas intus habent,5196 
 Nulli flebilior quam tibi, . . 3141 
 Nullis amor est medicabilis herbis, 1879 
 Nullius ante trita solo, . . 472 
 Nullius coloris, .... 1952 
 Nnllius films, .... 1687 
 Nullius Veneris, . . . 2322 
 Nullos habitura triumphos, . 4343 
 Nullum crimen abest facinusque, 3521 
 Nullus commodum capere potest, 3247 
 Nullus Deorum metus, etc., . 1870 
 Numinavicinorumodituterq. locus, 2167 
 Nunc dicenda bona sunt bona, etc. , 4056 
 Nunc formosissimus annus, . 1492 
 Nunc frondent sylvae, . . 1492 
 Nunc mihi, nunc aliis benigna, . 1743 
 Nunc retrorsum vela dare atque, . 3776 
 Nunquam animo pretiis obstantib., 2325 
 Nunquam fortasse licebit amplius, 4332 
 Nunquam libertas gratior extat, 1627 
 Nunquam sanabile vulnus, . 2167 
 Nusquam recta acies, . . . 3765 
 
 0. 
 
 6 fitos /3pax&, T) 5 T&XVV) /WIK/M}, 372 
 Ocives, cives, quaerendapecunia, etc 5238 
 6 ercupos, i-repos y<, . . 222 
 felix culpa, quae talem meruit, etc. , 3548 
 fortunata niors, quae naturae debita3114 
 magna vis veritatis, etc. , . 5205 
 mihi Thesea pectora juncta tide, 4332 
 passi graviora, dabit Deus his, 3739 
 O pectora caeca, .... 3599 
 quam cito transit gloria mundi, 4611 
 Kutuli : mea fraus omnis, . 3017 
 semper timidum scelus, . . 3541 
 5 T fyOpbs T)/MI> it roffbvS' txOaprtos, 247 
 Oblivisci non possum quae volo, . 3020 
 Oblivisci quod scis, interdum, etc., 1477 
 Obrepit non intellecta senectus, 1665 
 Obscura promens, . . . 5161 
 Obscuro positus loco, . . . 4776 
 Occasio perit deliberando, . . 1028 
 Occidi potest, coronari non potest, 2229 
 Oculeus totus, .... 1946 
 Odia proximorum ferme acerrima, 1656 
 Odisse quern Iseseris, . . . 4050 
 Odit damnatos, .... 5051
 
 INDEX. 
 
 589 
 
 No. 
 
 Oleum et operam perdere, . . 3589 
 Omne capax movet urna nomen, 121 
 Omne immensumperagravit men te, 1409 
 Omne in praecipiti vitium stetit, 3337 
 Omne majus continet in se minus, 898 
 Omne super-vacuum manat, etc., 4199 
 Omnemcredediemtibisupremum, 2333 
 Omnes illacry mabiles urgentur, etc. , 530^ 
 Omnes ingeniosi melancholic!, . 3509 
 Omnes vos ordine adite, . . - 
 Omnia assentari, . . 4198 
 Omnia mihi licent, sed omnia, etc. , 35 
 Omnia mors sequat, . . . 3114 
 Omnianobismalapersuadetsolitudo4597 
 Omnia novit, .... 1814 
 Omnia ortaoccidunt, auctasenescunt 839 
 Omnia pertusumcongesta quasi, etc. 4209 
 Omnia puta, exspecta, . . 5057 
 Omnia Romae cum pretio, . . 769 
 Omnia serviliter pro dominatione, 2994 
 Omnia suffuscans mortis nigrore, 3114 
 Omnis effusus labor, etc., . . 1992 
 Omnis in hoc sum, . . . 421! 
 Omnis res anterior posteriori, etc., 3630 | 
 Omnium consensu capax imperil, 2925 
 Omnium rerum cupido languescit, 98 
 Omnium versatur urna, . . 3608 
 Onaimesansraisonetsansraison,etc3560 
 On ne prete qu'aux riches, . . 2044 
 On ne vaincra les Remains que, etc. , 2401 
 On peut tout employer contre, etc. , 3980 
 On respecte un moulin, on vole, etc. , 671 
 Opera interruptaminaeq. murorum, 3850 
 Operi longo fas est obrepere somnum4127 
 Opes strepitumque Romae, . . 1778 
 Oppidamoliri, leges incidereligno, 1776 
 Optanda mors est, sine metu, etc. , 3114 
 Optima flens, pessima ridens, . 281 
 Optima mors parcaquaeyenitapta, 3114 
 Optimus ille, qui minimis urgetur, 1338 
 Optimus legis interpres consuetudo, 820 
 Optimus modus, .... 360 
 Orator gravis, acer, ardens, 
 Ordine retrogrado, 
 
 Origo et fons, . . . .1719 
 Origo mali, .... 1719 
 Ornatur propriis industria donis, 2245 
 $s x ^Tfpov t*tv KftiBei, etc., . 1309 
 Os homini sublime dedit, caelumq. , 4043 
 Os magna sonaturum, . . 2248 
 Os populi meruisse, . . 279 
 8rav 8t Salfjiwv dvSpl Trupfffao KO.KO., 4329 
 Oil est la femme, . . . 717 
 oi> iravrfa avdpfa e/s ~K.6pa>6ov kffd', 3389 
 ovS' Iffacnv &<rtpw\tov TJnurviratrrbs, 3268 
 ovdtv tlSorfs aa<f>&, . . .3753 
 otfic alffxp&v oiWc rSa> &vayKa.(w, 31 83 
 
 No. 
 
 P. 
 
 399 
 
 1282 
 
 3151 
 
 176 
 
 742 
 
 Pactum non pactum, non pactum, 402 
 Pain merveilleux, que Dieu, etc., 3588 
 irais TTJS TVXTJS, .... 1745 
 Pallentesq. habitant Morbi, tristisq. 5213 
 Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede, . 3114 
 Pallidior statua, . . . 4771 
 Pallidula, rigida, nudula, . . 290 
 Palma negata macrum, etc., . 515S 
 Palma sine pulvere, . . 905 
 Par fama labori, . . 1852 
 Parcere personis dicere de vitiis, 
 Parcere subjectiset debellare, etc., 5053 
 Pardieu ! les plus grands clercs, etc. , 2895 
 Paries quum proximus ardet, . 3176 
 Pars magna fui, .... 4093 
 Pars minima est ipsa puella sui, 
 Parum splendoris, 
 Parvi aestimo, . . 
 Parvo sub lare pauperum, 
 iras tppl<p0u Ktfios, 
 Pas meme Academicien, 
 Passer du grave au doux, du pi aisant, 18! 
 Passer mortuus est meae puellae, 2881 
 Paterna rura bobus exercet suis, 489 
 Patria est, ubicumque est bene, . 1751 
 Patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva, 3461 
 Patriae quis exsul se quoque fugit, 4172 
 Paucarum diflfund. crimen in omnes 3775 
 Pauci contra tot millia, . . 4184 
 Pauci dignoscere possunt vera bona, 3642 
 Pauci laeta arva tenemus, . . 4273 
 Pauci, quod sinit alter, amant, . 5 
 Paucis verbis, .... 5201 
 Pauper ubique jacet, . 
 Pauperiern sine dote qusero, 
 Pauperis est numerare pecus, 
 Pauperum tabernas regumq. turres, 3114 
 Pavia la dotta, .... 523 
 Pavido fortique cadendum est, . 4/38 
 Pax paritur bello, . . .502 
 
 Pecca fortiter 145 
 
 Peccandi sola voluntas, . . 1868 
 Pecuniae suae iratus, . . . ! 
 Pede po3na claudo, . . 4358 
 Pejusque leto flagitium timet, . 3428 
 Pelliculam curare, . . 2371 
 
 Penates, 4021 
 
 Penetralia mentis, . . 303 
 Penetrant aulas, et limina regum, 4721 
 Penser, vivre, et mourir en roi, . 2061 
 Per assensum partium, . . 802 
 Per ego has lachrymas, . . 3028 
 Per fas et nefas, . . _ 3885 
 Per gestum res est significanda mihi, 1541 
 Per medios ire satellites, . . 442 
 Perse, 3855 
 
 441 
 2631 
 3220
 
 590 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Per tot discrimina rerum, . . 3895 
 Peragit tranquilla potestas, etc., 3840 
 Perfidia plusquam Punica, . 1870 
 Perflant altissima venti, . . 4825 
 Perge audacter, Caesarem vehis, etc., 567 
 Periculum ex aliis facere, . . 1933 
 Periturse parcere chartae, . . 4784 
 Permissum fit vile nefas, . . 3361 
 Permittesipsis expendere numinib., 4604 
 Perpendere acri judicio, . . 1092 
 Perpetua semper dignissimavita, 1709 
 Personne n'a su ni rien oublier, etc. , 2144 
 Perspieacior Lynceo vel Argo, . 1946 
 Petimusque damusque vicissim, . 4494 
 Pen d'hommes onte"te admires, etc., 2121 
 Philomela est tota vox, . . 5325 
 <f>povovffa TrXeibj' ^ yvvaiKa XP^ V > 4734 
 Piceata manus, .... 3311 
 Piger optat arare caballus, . 3713 
 Pinguem et nitidum bene curata, 3040 
 iriffTfis 5' &pa 6yuws Kal diri<rriai, etc. 5145 
 Placens uxor, .... 2840 
 Plebeius moriar senex, . . 4607 
 Plenus Nerone propinquo, . . 2235 
 Plenus vitas conviva, . . . 4209 
 Pleriq. lacrimas fundunt, ut ostend. , 255 
 ir\ivOov irXtiveiv, . . . 2619 
 Ploratur lacrimis amissa pecunia, etc2924 
 Plurima cerno me quoque qui feci, 4344 
 Plurima mortis imago, . . 889 
 Plurima sunt quae npn audent, etc. , 3762 
 Plurimus auro venit honos, . 438 
 Pluris erat unguis, quam tu totus, 5104 
 
 Plus sequo, 2205 
 
 Plus est quam vita salusque, . 2928 
 Plus nominis horror quam tuus ensis, 5241 
 Plus on approche des grands, etc. , 2121 
 Plus patria potuisse sua, . . 2917 
 Plut6t souffrir que mourir, . 2787 
 Pocula crebra, unguenta, coronse, 1550 
 Poana metusque aberant, . . 439 
 Poeta durissimus, . . . 4800 
 Point d'appui, .... 324 
 Polissez-le sans cesse et le repolissez, 1871 
 ird\\al (jv &VTITOIS 7\i^rrat, etc., 3129 
 TroXXcim, (5 Ho\ij<j>a.ifj&, . . 1319 
 Pollicitis dives quilibet esse potest, 4042 
 iroXXwvoXi/j.bsyiyveTaidiSdffKa.Xos, 2979 
 Popularis aura, . . . 5256 
 
 Populi Romani propriaestlibertas, 181 
 Poscentes vario multum di versa, etc . 5022 
 Possunt quia posse videntur, . 1979 
 Post equitem sedet atra cura, . 4539 
 Post ingentia facta deorum, etc., 4437 
 Post prandium stabis, post ccenam, 3957 
 Post-scenia vitae, . . . 5271 
 Posteriores cogitationes sapientiores, 914 
 Potat, et accumbit cum pare, etc. , 391 9 
 
 No. 
 
 Potens amis atque ubere glebae, 4934 
 Potentia npn est nisi ad bonum, 4411 
 Potentius ictu fulmineo, . . 442 
 Potestatesherbar. usumq. medendi, 4499 
 Potior est conditio possidentis, . 3010 
 Pour en revenir a nos moutons, . 4409 
 Pourlesvaincre,pourlesatterrer,etcl022 
 Pour prendre conge, . . . 3983 
 Pourreparer desansl'irr^p. outrage, 1250 
 Pour vivre et pour sentir, etc., . 2758 
 Praebet mihi litera linguam, ' . 1579 
 Praefulgebant Cassius atq. Brutus, 551 
 Praesectum decies non castigavit, 5315 
 Pretium non vile laborum, . . 306 
 Pretium recte petit experiens vir, 460 
 Pridie caveat, ne faciat, quod pigeat, 4255 
 Primaesthistoriaelexnequidfalsi, 4272 
 Prima haec ultio, quod, se judice, 1539 
 Primaquae yitamdedit, carpsithora, 3114 
 Primus leti primusque malomm, 2075 
 Principium et fons, . . . 4506 
 Prisca gens mortalium, . . 489 
 Privatum incommodumpubl. bono, 4458 
 Pro hac vice, .... 5224 
 Projucundisaptiss. quasquedabunt, 4604 
 Pro patria, pro liberis, . . 4021 
 Pro vitio virtus crimina saepe dedit, 1482 
 Proba merx facile emptorem reperit, 2344 
 Probitas laudatur et alget, . . 421 
 Probitatessunt; equitare, natare, etcl812 
 Procul hinc jam foedera sunto, . 1891 
 Procul negotiis, .... 489 
 Prodigus aeris, .... 660 
 Professaperduntodiavindictaeloc. 2369 
 Progeniem vitiosiorem, . . 953 
 Propria quas maribus, etc., . 377 
 Proprie communia dicere, . . 1174 
 Proprio motu, .... 1043 
 Propter vitam vivendi perdere causas4827 
 Propugnare nugis armatus, . 224 
 Prosit, obsit, etc., . . . 3014 
 Proximorum incuriosi, longinq., etc., 98 
 Proximorum odia ferine acerrima, 1656 
 Prudens simplicitas : pares amici, 5274 
 Publica privatis secernere, . . 1776 
 Publica verba, .... 1903 " 
 Publica virtuti per mala facta via, 1874 
 Pudor non vincere bello, . . 4533 
 Pudor, Verumque, Fidesque, . 1772 
 Pugnasuumfinem, quumjacethostis, 838 
 Pugnautia secum frontibus adversis, 3871 
 Pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, 2506 
 Pulchrum ornat. turpes mores, etc., 3278 
 Pulveris exigui jactu compressa, etc. 1910 
 Pulvis et umbra sumus, . . 3465 
 Punica fides, .... 3799 
 irvp fMx^PV' ffKa\efeu>, . . 2015 
 Purpureus, late qui splendeat, etc., 2192
 
 INDEX. 
 
 591 
 
 No. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Q.E.A., Q.E.D., Q.E.F., . 4299, 4300 
 Qua sit niors aditura via, . . 410 
 Quadnipedante putrem sonitu, etc., 2085 
 Quae fuere vitia, mores sunt, . 5039 
 Quae inscitiaest adversum stinmlum ,3172 
 Quse non prosuntsingulajuncta, etc. 1727 
 Quae nunc abibis in loca, . . 290 
 Qus? nunc perscribere longum est, 920 
 Quae sentinrus ipsi reliquos sentire, 4102 
 Quae sit stellahomiui commoda, etc. , 410 
 Quae sola cogitat male cogitat, . 3125 
 Quse venit indignce poena, dolenda, 2690 
 Qusecunque parum splendoris, etc. , 399 
 Quaerenda pecunia prima est, . 5238 
 Quaerit, et in ventis miser abstinet, 3136 
 Quaestio cadit, .... 561 
 Quaestio facti (tegis). ... 99 
 Quaevis terra alit artificem, . 4977 
 Qualem decet esse sororum, . 1592 
 Qualem nequeo monstrare, etc., . 4541 
 Quali digna tabella, . . . 3719 
 Qualibusintenebrisvite, quantisq.,3599 
 Qualis erat ! quant, mutatus ab illo, 1877 
 Qualis facies et quali digna, etc., 3719 
 QuamdifficileestcrimennonproderelSSG 
 Quam facile est, quamv. hie contigit, 1878 
 Quam libet invitum difficilemq., etc. 3426 
 Quam magnum vectigal parsimonia, 3561 
 Quam subito, quani certo, experto, 1571 
 Quam temere in nosmet legem, etc., 1338 
 Quand on se fait aimer, on n'est, etc., 1500 
 Quand tout le monde a tort, etc., 704 
 Quando aliud mihi jam nihil, etc., 3028 
 Quando ita majores voluerunt, . 144 
 Quando major avaritiae patuit,.etc., 1496 
 Quando recepit ejectum semel, etc., 4871 
 Quando uberior vitiorum copia, . 1496 
 Quandoq. licebitnunc veterum, etc. 3732 
 Quanta laborabas Charybdi, . 152 
 Quantam fenestram ad nequitiam, 1983 
 Qu ant ilia prudentia regitur mundus, 300 
 Quantis longa senectus plena malis, 4109 
 Quantisq. periclisdegiturhocc'sevi, 3599 
 Quanto minus cum reliquis versari, 1887 
 Quantulacunque adeoestoccasio, etc. 409 
 Quantum dimissa petitis pnestent, 4264 
 Quantum est hominunivenustiorum, 2881 
 Quantum est in rebus inane, . 3551 
 Quantum fati parva tabella vehit, 1888 
 Quantum hominum unus venter, etc. 2325 
 Quantum mutatus ab illo, . . 1877 
 Quantum qnisq. suanuuimorum,etc.4061 
 Quantum sufF. (valeat, etc.), . 4135 
 Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris, 3560 
 
 No. 
 
 Quasdederis, solas semper habebis, 1582 
 Que parles-tu, Vallier, de faire, etc., 761 
 Queile triste vieillesse vous, etc., 5322 
 Quern Dens vnlt perdere prius, etc., 4329 
 Quern didiligunt,adolesc. moritur, 3114 
 Quern neque pauperies neque mors, 4271 
 Quern penes arbitrium est, et jus, etc.3134 
 Quern plus ilia oculis amabat, . 2881 
 Quern ratio, non ira movet, . 1187 
 Quern si non tenuit, magnis, etc., 1902 
 Quern sors dierum cunque dabit, 4204 
 Quern Venusarbitrumdicetbibendi, 339 
 Quemquam posse putas mores, etc., 4449 
 Qui audinnt audita dicunt, . 3928 
 Qui captat risus hominum, etc., . 19 
 Qui cito judicat, adpcenitendum, etc. , 95 
 Qui doit inheriter al pere, etc., . 1862 
 Qui exdamnatocoitunascuntur, etc.1687 
 Quifacis in parva sublimiacarmina, 1756 
 Qui facta rependens consilio punire, 1 187 
 Qui fragilem trucicommisitpelago, 2086 
 Qui fugiebat, rursus praeliabitur, 280 
 Qui fuit, peut revenir aussi, . 280 
 Quihabent, meminer. unde oriundi, 4055 
 Qui latuit bene vixit, . . . 865 
 Qui libenter accepit, reddidit, . 506 
 Qui m'airae, suive, . . . 4150 
 Qui mare teneat, necesse renim potiri, 91 1 
 Qui meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi, . 280 
 Qui miscuit utile dulci, . . 3614 
 Qui nequit commissa tacere, . 19 
 Qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, 4541 
 Qui non defendit alio culpante, . 19 
 Qui peut s'assurer d'etre heureux, 2109 
 Qui promtus metuenda pati, etc. , 3146 
 QuiremRomanamLat. augesc. voltis,428 
 Qui sert bien sonpaysn'apasbesoin,2702 
 Qui s'excuse, s'accuse, . . 1531 
 Qui turpi secernis honestum, . 2913 
 Qui vident, plane sciunt, . . 3928 
 
 Qui vive, 1506 
 
 Quia tu gallinae films albae, . 1745 
 Quicquid, etc., see Quidquid. 
 Quicquid erit, superanda omnis, etc.4318 
 Quicquid servatur, cupimus magis, 3361 
 Quicunq. aliqd. statuerit, parte, etc., 424 
 Quid alat formetque poetam, . 3156 
 Quid conveniatnob. rebusq.situtile,4604 
 Quid deceat, quid non : quo virtus, 3156 
 Quid deceat vos, non quid liceat, etc. ,3223 
 Quid dem ! quid non dem, etc., . 5022 
 Quid euim promittere laedit, . 4042 
 Quid frustra simulacra fugacia captas,876 
 Quid intactum nefasti liquimus, 4192 
 Quid nou mortalia pectora cogis, 2179 
 Quid possit oriri quid nequeat, . 1409 
 Quid prodest, Pontice, longo, etc., 4773 
 Quid pure tranquillet honos, an dulce4189
 
 592 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Quid? quipervenit, fecitne viriliter, 3389 
 Quid sit prdo, quid sit, quod deceat, 3228 
 Quidstatis? Nolint. Atqui licet esse, 1919 
 Quid tarn dextro pede concipis, etc. ,4181 
 Quid te moror, .... 769 
 Quid terras alio calentes sole, etc., 4172 
 Quid virus in anguem adjicis, . 1223 
 Quidam humanitatis cibus, . 286 
 Quidquid, etc., see Quicquid. 
 Quidquid est summurn, . . 2089 
 Quidquid horum attigeris, ulcus est, 5079 
 Quidquid praeter spem eveniat, etc., 3611 
 Quidvis et facere et pati, . . 2916 
 Quiquepii vates, etPhcebodignaloc. 4258 
 Quique sui memores aliosfecere, etc. 4258 
 Quis caelum terris non misceat, etc., 4278 
 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, . 3948 
 Quis enim virtutem amplectit. ipsam4889 
 Quis iniquae tarn patiens urbis, . 1175 
 Quis peccandi finem posuit sibi, . 4871 
 Quo dare nil potui munere, etc., 3886 
 Quo fas et gloria ducunt, . . 5075 
 Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, 3503 
 Quominimecredasgurgite, pisciserit,611 
 Quo virtus, quo ferat error, . 3156 
 Quocunque in populo videas, etc., 1202 
 Quod absit (avertat Deus), . . 2861 
 Quod amas, avertere, perdes, . 876 
 Quod ferre cogor te, bis videor mori, 1733 
 Quod licetingratum : quod nonlicet,3361 
 Quod non es nolis : quod potes, etc., 1453 
 Quod non licet acrius urit, . . 3361 
 Quod non opus est, asse carum est, 1362 
 Quodpetiit, spernit; repetit, qd. etc.4187 
 Quod petis, est nusquam, . . 876 
 Quod petis hie est, . . . 4780 
 Quod petis, id sane in vis. acidumq., 5022 
 Quod satis est, .... 1088 
 Quod sit satis, hoc est, etc. , . 248 
 Quod timet, esse putat, . . 228 
 Quod ultra est oderit curare, etc., 2518 
 Quodcunq. inciderit in men tern, etc. ,1983 
 Quoq. minor spes est hoc magis, etc., 5197 
 Quoque vocat vertamus iter, . 3210 
 Quorum pars magna fui, . . 4093 
 Quorum virtutib. obstatresangusta, 1872 
 Quos credis fidos, effuge ; tutus eris, 1882 
 Quos ultra citraq. nequitconsistere, 1446 
 Quot libros in duce summo invenies, 1567 
 Quot pascit servos, quot possidet agri 4061 
 Quotq. aderant vates rebar adesse, 4916 
 Quum mens onus reponit, etc., . 3721 
 Quumtacetomnisager,pecudes,etc.3486 
 Quum tua pervideas oculismale, etc. 4795 
 Quuin vindex alios quod monet, etc. 4593 
 Qu'un souffle peut detraire, etc., 694 
 Q.V., 4317 
 
 Ho. 
 
 R. 
 
 Radix enim malorum cupiditas, . 877 
 
 Ramos compesce fluentes, . . 1292 
 
 Rapax, avaras, itfvidens, . . 3482 
 
 Rapere de rogo oenam, . . 1318 
 
 Rara mens intelligit quod, etc., . 3441 
 
 Rari nantes in gurgite vasto, . 321 
 
 Rarissima simplicitas, . . 135 
 
 Ratio decidendi (suasoria, etc. ), . 4361 
 
 Rectius occupat nomen beati, etc. , 3428 
 
 Reductio ad absurdum, .' . 4300 
 Regis ad exemplum componitur orbis 781 
 
 Regni novitas me talia cogunt, . 4399 
 Regula peccatis quae pcenas irroget, 104 
 Religionum animos nodis exsolvere, 4010 
 
 Rem actam agis, .... 52 
 
 Rem acu tetigisti, . . . 4944 
 
 Rem judicatam judicat, . . 2392 
 
 Rem inaxime detestabilem, . 114 
 
 Rem tibi quam nosces aptam, etc. , 3544 
 
 Remota erroris nebula, . . 3642 
 
 Renuis tu, quod jubet alter, . 5022 
 
 Repas pour pendre la cremaillere, 3851 
 
 Repulsse nescia sordidae, . . 5256 
 
 Rerum cognoscere causas, . . 1650 
 
 Rerum discolor usus, . . 3064 
 
 Res age, tutus eris, 
 Res amicos invenit, 
 Res angusta domi, 
 Res dicta secuta est, 
 Res est ingeniosa dare, 
 
 628 
 1246 
 1872 
 1126 
 
 867 
 
 Resomnestimidegelideq. ministrat, 3136 
 Res perit suo domino, . . 54 
 Res rustica, .... 4441 
 Resigno quae dedit, et mea, etc., 2631 
 Respectus honesti, 3223 
 Respexittamen, etlongop. tempore,2820 
 Respicepostte,hominemmementote3018 
 Responsare cupidinib., contemnere, 4271 
 Responsura tuo nunquam est, etc., 1852 
 Respue quod non es, . . . 3279 
 Reverentia debetur pueris, . . 3334 
 Rex regnat sed non gubernat, . 2710 
 Rides? meliore cachinno concutitur,3179 
 Ridetur chorda qui semper ober. ead.746 
 Ridiculos homines facit, . 3338 
 
 Ridiculus mus, . . . 3801 
 
 R.I.P., ... . 4398" 
 
 Risum teneatis, amici, . 4746 
 
 Risusabest, . . . 3765 
 
 Rite cliens Bacchi somno gaudentis, 4510 
 Rixari de lana caprina, . 224 
 
 Robur et aes triplex, . . 2086 
 
 Rosas cape : tingere nardo, . 3114 
 Ruat cesium, fiat voluntas tua, . 1670
 
 INDEX. 
 
 593 
 
 Rubigp animorum (ingenii), 
 Rude ingenium, . . 
 Rudis indigestaque moles, . 
 Ruit ad celebres cultissima, etc. 
 Rumoresq. senura severiorum, 
 Rursus labefacta cadebat religio 
 Ruse de guerre, 
 
 Rusticius tonso toga defluit, etc. 
 Rusticus es, Corydon, 
 
 No. 
 
 130 
 1329 
 
 307 
 4608 
 5280 
 4536 
 4439 
 4441 
 4441 
 
 Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis4260 
 
 8. 
 
 Sacra facit vates, . . . 3566 
 
 Sacra fames 4191 
 
 Sacrum profanum,public.privatum,348t2 
 Saeclum insipiens et inflcetum, . 3733 
 Soepe is cantor captus est, . . 4158 
 Saepe jocum vestri movere tumultus, 3583 
 Saepe tulit lassis succus amarus opem 3869 
 Saepe visae formae Deorum, . . 4445 
 Saepius opinione quam re labor am us, 3926 
 Saevior armis luxuria, . . . 3521 
 Ssevis inter se convenit ursis, . 2211 
 Saevitamor,magnoq. irarum fluctuat 2243 
 Saevitque animis ignobile vulgus, 60 
 Saguntina fames, . . . 1030 
 Salva dignitate (fide), . . . 4460 
 Salve aeternum mihi, etc., . . 4845 
 Sal vis auspiciis, .... 4460 
 Salvis infamia nummis, . . 4182 
 Salvo jure nostrae veteris amicitiae, 4460 
 Salvo ordine, .... 4460 
 Salvo poetae sensu, . . . 4460 
 Salvo pudore, .... 4460 
 Sancta damnatio, . . . 3734 
 Sancta simplicitas, . . 3735 
 
 Sanctissima divitiarum majestais, 2331 
 Sanctum et venerabile nomen, . 2088 
 Sans Dieu rien, .... 4468 
 Sans la desirer, ni la craindre, . 3114 
 Sapere aude ; incipe, . . . 1193 
 Sapere est principium et fons, . 4506 
 Sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi, 1288 
 Sapiens qui sibi imperiosus, . 4271 
 Sapientia prima stultitia caruisse, 5254 
 Sapientum octavus, . . . 4940 
 Sapis Luperce, .... 4884 
 Sat habet favitor. , qui recte facit, 5257 
 Sat me lusistis, ludite nunc alios, 2345 
 Sat prata biberunt, . . . 751 
 Satis loquentiae, sapientiseparum, 190 
 Savoir vivre, .... 2718 
 Scelus intra se taciturn qui cogitat, 1868 
 Scena sine arte fuit, . . . 3918 
 Scientia potestas est, . . . 8167 
 
 9 
 
 No. 
 
 Scilicet egregii mortal, altiq. silenti, 5117 
 Scilicet et rerum facta est, etc., . 1866 
 Scilicet omne sacrum Morsprofanat,3114 
 Scire mori sors prima viris, etc., 3114 
 Scire nefas, quern mihi quern tibi, 5041 
 Scombros metuentia carmina, . 279 
 Scribendi cacoethes, . . . 4927 
 Scribendi recte ; namutmultum, etc 3913 
 Scribere jussit amor, . . . 1121 
 Scribimus indocti doctiq. poemata, 4301 
 Se ipse amans sine rivali, . . 3562 
 Secretum divitis ullum esse putas, 3549 
 Secretum iter et fallentis semita, 4189 
 Secta fuit, servare modum, etc. , 1909 
 Sectamur ultro, quos opimus, etc. , 668 
 Secundum genera (naturam,usum), 4518 
 Secundum ratam partem, . . 4052 
 Secura quies, et nescia fallere vita, 403 
 Sed contra audentior ito, . . 5040 
 Sed convivatoris, uti ducis, etc., 2249 
 Sed erunt qui me finxisseloquantur, 1609 
 Sed famam extendere factis, . 4770 
 Sed longe sequere, et vestigia, etc. , 3225 
 Sed non ego credulus illis, . . 1484 
 Sed nos in vitium credula turba,etc. , 800 
 Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica, 5133 
 Sed, qua non prosunt singula, etc. , 1727 
 Sed, qui bellus homo, Gotta, pusillus,503 
 Sed quibus ipse mails careas, etc., 4802 
 Sed re vocare gradum superasq. , etc. ,1599 
 Sed tu vera puta, . . . 1425 
 Sedes ubi fata quietas ostendunt, 3895 
 Sedit, qui timuit ne non succederet, 3389 
 Seinel emissum volat irre vocab. verb. 3860 
 Semel insanivimus omnes, . . 2002A 
 Semi ne quando opus est rebus, etc. ,1044 
 Semita certe tranquillse vitae, . 3105 
 Semita vitae, .... 4189 
 Semper aliquid saevi nos strangulat, 2320 
 Semper bonus homo tiro est, . 4876 
 Semper in augenda festinat, etc., 3863 
 Semper incipit vivere, . . 2319 
 Semper metuet, quern saevapudeb., 1536 
 Semper nocuit differre paratis, . 4965 
 Semper tibi pendeat hamus, . 611 
 Semper timidum scelus, . . 3541 
 Semper, ubique, et ab omnibus, 4308 
 Semper vivit in armis, . . 3563 
 Senex delirans, .... 4558 
 Sensus inest cunctis : tollitur, etc., 3392 
 Senza infamia, e senza lodo, . 2578 
 Sepulcri mitte supervacuos honores, 20 
 Sere crimina belli, . . . 1207 
 Serius autcitius, sedem properamus,3618 
 Serius, ocius, sors exitura, etc. , 3608 
 Sermo datur cunctis sapientia paucis, 829 
 Sermo hominum mores et celat, etc. , 2583
 
 594 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis, 109 
 Serinoni propiora, . . . 3273 
 Sermonis origo, .... 1903 
 Sero medicina paratur quum, etc. , 4016 
 Serta, unguenta, puellas, . . 1665 
 Servantissimus sequi, . . . 4413 
 Servare modum finemque tenere, 1909 
 Servi rabies iu libera terga, . 382 
 Serviuttaceant, jumentaloquentur,3549 
 Ser viet seternum, quia par vo, etc. , 4606 
 Servum pecus, .... 3583 
 Seu ratio dederit, sen fors objecerit, 4222 
 Si bene quid de te menii, aut, etc. , 3028 
 Si cela n'est vrai, il est bien trouve, 4560 
 Si celeres quatit perm as, etc., . 2631 
 Si dixeris, JEstuo, sudat, . . 3179 
 Si falsum est, accingere contra, . 1092 
 Si forte jocosius, hoc mihi juris, etc., 2815 
 Si illud quod maximeopusnoncadit, 2390 
 Si latet ars prodest, . . . 371 
 Si mains est, nequeo laudare, etc., 4202 
 Si niea numina non snnt magna satis, 4311 
 Si modo'culturse patientem, etc., 2350 
 Si non intendes animum studiis, 3357 
 Si non liceat scribere, mutus ero, 1579 
 Si patriae volumus, si nobis vivere, 1929 
 Si possis,recte, si non quocunq.modo 4390 
 Si qua pios respectant numina, etc., 1216 
 Si quid loquar audiendum, etc.,. 5038 
 Si quid mea carmina possunt, . 1750 
 Si quid prodest delictafatericonfiteor 796 
 Si quid usquam justitia est, etc. , 800 
 Si quis adhuc precibus locus, . 2380 
 Sison astre, en naissant, ne 1'a forme,5043 
 Si stimulos pugnis csedis, manibus, 3172 
 Si tibi vera videntur dede manus, 1092 
 Si ventri bene, si lateri pedibusque, 3832 
 Si vis esse aliqnis, . . . 421 
 Si vis me flere, dolendum est, etc. , 5143 
 Si vis pacem, para bellum, . . 502 
 Si volet usus, quern penes arbitrium,3134 
 Sic fortis Etruria crevit, . . 1866 
 Sic itur ad astra, . . . 2891 
 Sic, sic juvat ire sub umbras, . 3113 
 Sic volo ; sic jubeo, . . . 1936 
 Sic vos non vobis, etc. , . . 1977 
 Sicut meus est mos, . . . 3109 
 Sidera terra utdistant,sicutilerecto2469 
 Silvas inter reptare salubres, . 305 I 
 Simile aut secundum, . . 5086 
 Similes aliorum respice casus, etc., 4687 ' 
 Simplex nobilitas, perfida tela cave, 4328 
 Simplex ratio veritatis, . . 5205 | 
 Simplicitas digna favore fuit, . 1624 l 
 Simul et jucunda et idonea dicere, 455 j 
 Simul ipsa silentia terrent, . 1974 ! 
 Simulacra fugacia captas, . . 876 
 
 No. 
 
 Sincemm cupimns vas incrustare, 1 855 
 Sincerum et solidum et exsiccatum, 59 
 Sine am ore jocisq. nil est jucundum, 4646 
 Sine crimine mores, . . 1491 
 
 Sine nescius enrem, . . 967 
 
 Sine pectore corpus, . . 3452 
 
 Sine pondere et arte, . . 2322 
 
 Sine pulvere palmse, . . 905 
 
 Sine viribus ignis incassum furit, 2919 
 Singuli decipere et decipi possnnt, 3013 
 Sint modo virtuti tempora, etc. , 1214 
 Sint ora faventia sacris, . . 3566 
 Sis licet segnis, properamus ipsi, 3114 
 Sit mihi verna satur, . . . 2998 
 Sit non doctissima conjux, . . 2998 
 Sit nox cum somno, . . . 2998 
 Sit pro ratione voluntas, . . 1936 
 So leicht ist's gut zu sein, . . 3579 
 Socii sermonis origo, . . . 1903 
 Soit fait comme il est desire, . 2709 
 Sola suspirat in ilia, . . . 1865 
 Solatibicausahaecestjustatimoris, 567 
 Sola voluptas, solamenque mali, . 1300 
 Solaque libidine fortis, . . 1306 
 Solaqne,quaepossit,facereetservare,3327 
 Solatia curse, .... 649 
 Solatia leto exitium commune, . 1363 
 Solemq. suum, sna sidera norunt, 2603 
 Soles occidere et redire possunt, 5280 
 Sollicitique aliquid Isetis intervenit, 5128 
 Sollicitis animis onus eximit, . 4190 
 Sollicitudine districtum, ne panis, 4928 
 Solos credit habendos esse Deos, 2167 
 Solumnatale, .... 3284 
 Solusque pudor non vi ncere bello, 4533 
 Solutus omni foenore, . . . 489 
 Somno positee sub nocte silenti, . 3486 
 Son courage est un effet de la peur, 2657 
 Son esprit brille aux depens, etc. , 3692 
 Sors ista tyrannis convenit, . 4282 
 Souvent il est perdu, toujours gate, 5111 
 Soyons freres, ou je t'assomme, , 2538 
 
 S.p., - 4660 
 
 Spartam nactus es, hanc orua, . 4745 
 Spatiobrevispemlongamreseces, 1288 
 Spe longus, iners, avidusq. futuri, 1 189 
 Specie virtutis et umbra, . . 1626 
 Speciosa locis morataque recte, . 2322 
 Spectetur meritis quaeq. puella suis, 3775 
 Speluncse, viviq.lacus ; atfrigida, etc. 403 
 Spernit humum fugiente penna, . 5255 
 Spes incerta futuri, . . 3520 
 
 Spes jubet esse ratas, . 
 Spes sibi quisque, 
 trvevSe flpadews , 
 Spinis de pluribus una, 
 
 4190 
 4757 
 1663 
 4206 
 
 Sponsi Penelopse, nebulones, etc. , 3460
 
 INDEX. 
 
 595 
 
 No. 
 
 ffirov5d&[j.ei> 5t TruXX' t 
 
 Spretaeque injuria formae, . . 2954 
 
 Stat fortuna domus, . . . 1799 
 
 Stat sonipes, ac fraena feror, etc.j 4173 
 
 Stavo ben, ma per star meglio, etc. , 113 
 
 Stet fortuna doinus, . . . 1799 
 
 Stet honos et gratia vivax, . . 3117 
 
 Stet pro ratione voluntas, . . 1936 
 
 Stomachor omnia, . . . 235 
 
 S.t.t.L, ..... 4696 
 
 Studio minuente laborem, . . 2024 
 
 Studium sine divite vena, . . 1329 
 Stultitiavenatumducereinvit. canes, 579 
 
 Stultus donat quod spernit et odit, 4033 
 
 Stultus labor est ineptiarum, . 5055 
 
 Stultus uterque locum, etc , . 902 
 
 Sua nimirum est odio sors, . 902 
 
 Sua si bona norint, . 3574 
 
 Suavissimi mores, . 763 
 
 Sub cultro linquit, . 1773 
 
 Sub initio (Jove, silentio), . 4806 
 
 Sub judice lis est, . 74 
 Subrosa, . . 1460,4806 
 
 Sub tua purpurei venient, etc., . 3114 
 
 Subeunt morbi tristisque senectus, 3715 
 Sublimis cupidusq. etamatarelinq., 660 
 
 Successus urgere suos, etc., . 39 
 
 Sudet multum frustraque laboret, 1560 
 
 Sudoris minimum, . . 871 
 
 Summa dies et ineluctabile tempus, 5185 
 
 Summa procul villaruin culmina, 1479 
 
 Summa sequar fastigia rerum, . 2858 
 
 Summae opes, inopia cupiditatum, 686 
 
 Summuni bonum, . . . 541 
 
 Summum jus sum ma malitia, . 2472 
 Sumnium uec metuas diem, nee, etc. 4312 
 
 Summus utrinque inde furor vulgo, 2167 
 
 Sunt caetera fraudes, . . . 4712 
 
 Sunt certa piacula, etc., . . 2629 
 
 Sunt certi denique fines, etc., . 1446 
 
 Sunt et mihi carmina, . . 1484 
 
 Sunt hie etiam sua praemia laudi, 4094 
 
 Sunt quaedam vitiorum elementa, 1713 
 
 Sunt verba et voces, . . . 1661 
 
 Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo, 4318 
 
 Superasque evadere ad auras, . 1599 
 
 Superba foret Babylon spolianda, 4343 
 
 Superos quid quaerimus ultra, . 1449 
 
 Suppressio veri, .... 4815 
 
 Supra grammaticam, . . . 2534 
 
 Surgit amari aliquid, . . . 1550 
 
 Surgunt de nocte latrones, . . 5132 
 
 Surtout point de zele, . . 2001 
 Suscipienda bella ut in pace vivatur, 502 
 
 Suspiciones, inimicitiae, induciae, 2182 
 
 Sutor ultra crepidam, . . 3291 
 
 Suum cuique pulchrum est, . 4662 
 
 Suus cuique mos, . . . 3109 
 
 No. 
 
 T. 
 
 rh. TUV 0/X&W Koivd, . . . 245 
 Table touj. servie au paternel foyer, 3588 
 Tacens vocem verbaq. vultus habet, 4452 
 Tacita pectus dulcedine tangunt, 3169 
 Taciturn syl vas inter reptare salubres 305 
 Tamen curtaenescio quidsemper, etc2178 
 Tamen usque recurret, . . 3184 
 Tanquam in speculum, . . 2310 
 Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans 1'ame, etc.4882 
 
 Tanti, 5211 
 
 Tanto cardine rerum, . . . 4403 
 Tan turn de medio sumptis, etc., 4893 
 Tantummodo vita relicta est, . 3(531 
 Tantutnne ab re tua est otii, etc., 736 
 Tecum habita et noris, quam sit, etc.3279 
 Tel est le sort de chaque livre prSte, 5111 
 Tempera mutantur, nos et mutamur,3628 
 Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris, 1246 
 Tempora sic fugiunt pariter, etc., 2360 
 Tempore quaedam magna fiunt, . 506 
 Tempore quaeque suo qui facit, etc., 1664 
 Tempus abire tibi est, . . 2887 
 TTJV fficd<pr)v 5 ffK6.<p-r}v bvofMfav, 4899 
 Tendimus hue omnes : haeo est, . 3618 
 Tendimus hue omnes : metam, etc., 3114 
 Tendimus in Latium : sedes ubi fata, 3895 
 Tenues luxuriantur opes, . . 2073 
 Tenus, si non datur ultra, . . 1458 
 Terra quaevis alit artificem, . 4977 
 Terribiles visu formae, . . 5213 
 rl d'otfjai 6vr)To. yap iretrovdafufv, 3584 
 Tibicrescit omne et quod occasum, 3114 
 Timor et minse scandunt eodem, etc.4539 
 Timor eventus deterioris abest, . 5061 
 Timores inter et iras, . . . 2333 
 Tire 4 quatre epingles, . . 333 
 Tirer son epingle du jeu, . . 333 
 TO alcrxpfo, .... 4963 
 rb airb dSets fio-jt-.a, . . . 583 
 rb ZrvfJU)!', ..... 817 
 
 rbwav, 3007 
 
 Togam jubeo componere, . . 427 
 Tollat sua munera cerdo, . . 3279 
 Tollitur arte malum, . . . 3392 
 Tolluntur in altum utlapsugraviore2403 
 rbv TT\OVTOV elvat vevpa irpa.yfJ.dT., 3282 
 Tonsa cute, dentibus atris, . 381 
 Tota merum sal, . . . . 3805 
 Totam infelix vulgatur fama, etc., 1916 
 Totidem hostes, quot servi, . 4338 
 Toto divisos orbe Britannos, . 3852 
 
 Totus in illis 4615 
 
 Totus teres atque rotundas, . 4271 
 Toujours conter, . . . 2882
 
 596 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 Tout va par degres dans la nature, 3181 
 Toute femme varie, . . . 4740 
 Transfuga divitum partes linquere, 4134 
 Transmutat incertos honores, etc., 1743 
 Travailler pour le roi de Prusse, . 2036 
 Tremor occupat artus, . . 310 
 Tribus verbis, .... 5201 
 Tristi fingere mente jocum, . 1176 
 Trumpeterunuseratqui scarlet, etc. 3823 
 Tu coactus tua voluntate es, . 4497 
 Tu enim Caesar civitatem dare, etc., 2534 
 Tu mentis es compos, . . . 784 
 Tu mihi, si qua fides, cura, etc. , 3419 
 Tu morbum curas illius, ille tuum, 3903 
 Tu nihil admittes in te, etc. , . 3558 
 Tu pulmentaria quaere sudando, 3415 
 Tu, si hie sis, aliter sentias, . 1597 
 Tua istuc refert maxime, . . 4523 
 Tua res agitur paries q. proximus, 3176 
 Turbant, miscent mores mali, . 3482 
 Turpi secernere honestum, . . 2913 
 Tute hoc intristi ; tibi est exedendutn,778 
 
 U. 
 
 Ubi bene, ibi patria, . . . 1751 
 Ubi consulueris mature facto opes, 4018 
 Ubi opes, ibi amici, . . . 5069 
 Ubi plura nitent in carmine, etc., 5212 
 Ubi quid datur oti illudo chartis, 1851 
 Ulterius tentare veto, . 5080 
 
 Ultima laus, . . . 4015 
 
 Ultima linea rerum, . . 3114 
 
 Ultima primis cedunt, . 753 
 
 Ultima semper expectanda dies, 3114 
 Ultima Thule, . . . 5183 
 
 Ultra legem tendere opus, . 3355 
 
 Ultra quod satis est, . . 2299 
 
 Umbra, 2852 
 
 Un bienfait perd sa grace, etc., . 506 
 Un bienfait reproche tint touj., etc., 506 
 Un gros serpent mordit Aurelle, etc. 5245 
 Un homme comme il faut, . . 765 
 Un mauvais moment, . . . 1395 
 Un service au-dessus de toute, etc. , 506 
 Un sort cache fut touj. plus heureux, 155 
 Un tiers souvent nous embarrasse, 1366 
 Un vent a decorner les boeufs, . 2056 
 Un zero en chiffres, . . . 695 
 Una in terris domus virtutis imperil, 21 70 
 Una salus ambobus erit, . . 4327 
 Una salus victis nullam sperare, etc. 3111 
 Und was sie deinem Geist nicht, etc. 1796 
 Unde habeas, quseritnemo, sed, etc. ,2877 
 Unde parentur opes, quid alat, etc., 3156 
 Unde refert nobis victor, etc. , . 1409 
 Une actrice se fait touj. entendre, 2141 
 
 Une gravite trop dtudie'e devient, 2733 
 Unmuth magst du dir selber sparen, 5314 
 
 Uno verbo, 5201 
 
 Unum et commune periclum, . 4327 
 Unum ridiculum dictum, . . 1125 
 Unus erat toto naturae vultus, etc. , 307 
 Unus est instar omnium, . . 3916 
 Unus et alter adsuitur pannus, . 2192 
 Unus utrique error, etc., . . 2080 
 Urbes constituit aetas: horadissolvit3307 
 ticrrepov irp&Tepov, . . . 3111 
 Usus, magister egregius, . . 1569 
 Ut canis e Nilo, .... 579 
 Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda, 4309 
 Ut festis matrona moveri jussa dieb. 1317 
 Ut homo est, ita morem geras, . 5131 
 Ut iniquae mentis asellus, . . 1039 
 Ut jam nil preestes, animi, etc., . 4309 
 Utmihisaepe bilem, saepe jocum, etc. 3583 
 Utmosest, .... 4615 
 Ut prisca gens mortalium, . . 489 
 Ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi,4414 
 Ut pueris placeas, et declamatiofias,2005 
 Ut semper gaudes illudere rebus, etc. 1743 
 Ut si caecus iter monstrare velit, 1197 
 Ut si quis asellum in campo, etc , 405 
 Ut si quis cera vultum facit, 1545 
 
 Ut sibi quivis speret idem, 1560 
 
 Ut sis noctelevis,sit tibi coenabrevis, 1555 
 
 Utcunque defecere mores, etc., 
 Utendum est judice bello, 
 Uti possidetis, . 
 Utile dulci, 
 Utilis et bellorum et pacis rebus, 
 Utilium tardus provisor, . 
 Utinam aliquando finiatur error, 
 Uxori nubere nolo meaa, 
 
 V. 
 
 1228 
 1891 
 4772 
 3614 
 1818 
 660 
 4436 
 5152 
 
 Vade, age, 1859 
 
 Vafri inscitia juris, . . . 4048 
 Valeat quantum valere potest, . 4128 
 Varia est vita, .... 1989 
 Variat et mutat vices, . . 1743 
 Varium et mutabile semper femina, 2514 
 Vectorem non nosse tuum, . . 567 
 Velle suum cuique est, nee voto, etc. 3064 
 Velut pelagi rupes immota, . 2082 
 Veluti magno in populo quum saepe, 60 
 Venienti occurrite morbo, . . 1880 
 Veniunt a dote sagittae, . . 3226 
 Venturi timor ipse mali, etc., . 3146 
 Ver proterit aestas, . . . 1763 
 Vera bona, atque illis mult, diversa, 3642 
 Vera incessu patuit Dea, . . 1224 
 Verba animi prof., et vitam impend. 2076
 
 INDEX. 
 
 597 
 
 No. 
 
 Verborum vetus intent aetas, . 5149 
 Verbum e (pro) verbo, . . 5199 
 Verbum sap., .... 1129 
 Veritas et virtus vincunt, . . 5205 
 Veritas temporis filia, . . 5205 
 Veritas victrix, .... 5205 
 Veritas vincit, .... 5205 
 Veritatis cultores, fraudis inimici, 5205 
 Verona la degna, . . . 523 
 Versate din quid ferre recusent, etc. 4823 
 Versus immanis, . . . 3866 
 Versus inopesrerumnugseq. canorae,2322 
 Verum hoc qualubet efficias, . 1173 
 Vestigia nulla retrorsum, . . 4154 
 Vestigia semper adora, . . 3225 
 Vestis bona quaerit haberi, . . 129 
 Vetuli notique columbi, . . 1845 
 Vexat censura columbas, . . 991 
 Vicarius non habet vicarium, . 1024 
 Vicinia fati, . . . .146 
 Victoria tecum stabit, etc., . 4433 
 Victorque virom volitare per ora, 3254 
 Victus tenuis quid quantaque secum, 85 
 Video melioraproboq. deteriora seq.4675 
 Video rem yorti in meo foro, . 4503 
 Videor mihi in alieno foro litigare, 4503 
 Viderit audentes forsne Deusne juvet!554 
 Vielen gefallen ist schliram, . 2889 
 Vigilans somniat, . . . 1907 
 Vigilata prselia, .... 1756 
 Vilius alga, .... 1472 
 Vim temperatam Di quoq. pro vehunt5267 
 Vincit imitationem veritas, . 5205 
 Vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa, 409 
 Vingtfoissurle metier remettez,etc. 1871 
 Vino tortus et ira, . . . 344 
 Virfortiscummalafortunacomposi.1307 
 Vir sapiens, fortis est, . . 3167 
 Vires ingenuae : salubre corpus, . 5274 
 Viresque acquirit eundo, . . 1631 
 Virtus est militis decus, . . 1973 
 Virtus et summapotestas non coeunt!536 
 Virtus, fama, decus, divina humanaq. 3644 
 Virtus post nummos, . . . 5238 
 Virtute me involve probamque, etc. ,2631 
 Virtutem verba putas, etc., . 5268 
 Virtutis amore, .... 3558 
 Vis est notissima, . . . 615 
 Visum est lenti qusesisse nocentem, 5016 
 Vita brevis, ars longa, . . 372 
 Vita didicere magistra, . . 1267 
 Vita dum superest, bene est, . 997 
 Vita est homin., quasi curuludas, etc. 2390 
 Vita quam sit brevis simul cogita, 5131 
 
 No. 
 
 Vitae precepta beat, . . . 3057 
 Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat, 3114 
 
 Vitam impendere vero, 
 Vitia otii negotio discuti, 
 Vitiis gaudet constanter, et urget 
 Vitiis nemo sine nascitur, etc., 
 Vitio parentum rara juventus, 
 Vitiorum elementa, . 
 Vivas in amore jocisque, . 
 Vive memor leti, etc. , 
 Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis 
 Vivere bis, vita posse priore frui 
 Vivere spe vidi qui moriturus, 
 Vivida vis animi, 
 
 2076 
 3529 
 3792 
 1338 
 425 
 1713 
 4646 
 1288 
 1288 
 3494 
 4756 
 1409 
 
 Vivimus ambitiosa paupertate omnes 769 
 Vivit sub pectore vulnus, . . 4862 
 Vix ea nostra voco, . . . 3168 
 Vix mauet e toto parva quod, etc. , 2393 
 Vix subeunt ipsi verba Latina mibi, 1383 
 
 Vixi, 2079 
 
 Vixi, et quern dederat cursum, etc., 3417 
 Vixi maturior annis, . . . 4193 
 Voilajustementcommeonecrit,etc.l515 
 Voila, voiU ce qui s'appelle, etc., 2631 
 Voir le dessous des cartes, . . 2662 
 Volito vivu' per ora virom, . 3254 
 Voluisse sat est, . . . . 4309 
 Voluptatem liquidam puramque, 3114 
 Volvenda dies en I attulit ultro, . 5054 
 Vosmet rebus servate secundis, . 1293 
 Votum, timor, ira, voluptas, . 4163 
 Vous ne prouvez que trop que, etc., 716 
 Vous pleurez, et vous etes le maitre, 5320 
 Vox emissa volat, etc., . . 2849 
 Vox faucibus hsesit, . . . 3540 
 Vox tantum atque ossa supersunt, 2181 
 Vult decipi, decipiatur, . . 3952 
 Vultuque et veste severum, . 1626 
 
 W. 
 
 Was aber ist deine Pflicht, etc., . 3298 
 Was verniinftig ist, das ist wirklich, 210 
 Weltgericht, .... 1167 
 Wie lieiszt sie, Wo ist sie, . . 717 
 Wie Schatten auf den Wogen, etc., 1349 
 Wollt ihr immer leben, . . 5313 
 
 Z. 
 
 Zwm <t>9ovr)(f<u Ka.r0a.vbvr a, etc., 1041
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Abercorn, Duke, 4711. 
 Abercromby, Lord, 5292. 
 Aberdare, Lord, 1774. 
 Aberdeen, Earl, 1749, 3266. 
 Abergavenny, Marquess, 3295. 
 Abingdon, Earl, 5252. 
 Abinger, Lord, 4820. 
 Absence, Absent, 551, 2499, 2712, 
 
 4275. 
 
 Absence of mind, 1907, 2274, 4615. 
 Absurd, Absurdity, 3405, 4300, 4746. 
 Abuse (invective), 833, 3673, 4788. 
 Abuse (misuse), 2, 844, 1521, 3451. 
 Academy, French, 742, 960, 4419. 
 Accidents, 610, 906, 3352, 3611, 5057. 
 Accomplices, 2944, 3800. 
 Accuracy, 4944. 
 Achilles and Tortoise, 4728. 
 Act and the Intention, the, 49, 51, 
 
 57, 3038. 
 Action, Actions, 1042, 1143, 2554, 
 
 5264. 
 Actors (see Theatre), 943, 1040, 1906, 
 
 2141, 3179, 5143, 5257. 
 Acute, see Intelligence. 
 Adam (and Eve), 61, 218, 3457, 3548. 
 Adultery, 2665. 
 Adventurers, 672. 
 Adversity (see Fortune, Misfortune, 
 
 Troubles 1 *, 250, 679, 1574, 2016, 
 
 2019, 2517, 4631. 
 Advertising, 2344, 2694. 
 Advice, 30, 509, 806, 807, 1197, 
 
 1597, 1859, 2053, 2580, 2655, 
 
 2946, 2947, 3104, 3263, 3672, 
 
 4652, 4908. 
 
 Adviser, Spiritual, 44, 1269. 
 Aeronauts, 2047, 2891, 3341, 4406. 
 Affectation (see Hypocrisy, Nature, 
 
 Simplicity), 1875,2770,3370, 3682, 
 Age, 1593, 1803. 
 Age, Golden, the, 438, 439, 2407, 
 
 5204. 
 Age, Iron, the, 1772. 
 
 Age, Old (see Old), 235, 309, 334, 379, 
 588, 780, 839, 969, 970, 1012, 
 1286, 1665, 1720, 1767, 1840, 2378, 
 2415, 2532, 2701, 2856, 2958, 2961, 
 3136, 3715, 3897, 3907. 4109, 4558, 
 4663. 
 
 Age and Youth, 1012, 1406A, 2440, 
 2543, 2592, 2754, 2755, 4091, 4121, 
 4523, 4628. 
 
 Aged, 3391, 3449, 4726, 4919. 
 
 Agriculture, Agricultural, 361, 3574, 
 3648, 4374, 4441. 
 
 Ailesbury, Marquess, 1774. 
 
 Ailsa, Marquess, 474. 
 
 Aim, 541, 2889, 3897, 4172, 5277. 
 
 A irlie, Earl, 139. 
 
 Alarm, see Panic, Terror. 
 
 Albema.rU, Earl, 3196. 
 
 Alcester, Lord, 1753. 
 
 Alexander the Great, 3114, 5121. 
 
 Alington, Lord, 1371. 
 
 Allegory (see Fable), 2549. 
 
 Alone, see Solitary. 
 
 Alter, see Change. 
 
 Alternatives, 2064, 3067, 5144. 
 
 Always, 16, 4526. 
 
 Ambition, Ambitious, 350, 733, 926, 
 937, 1405, 1441, 2126, 2629, 2724, 
 3341, 3370, 4284, 4535, 4736, 4889, 
 4894. 
 
 America, 446, 566, 5183. 
 
 Amherst, Earl, 810. 
 
 Amiability, 1500, 2246. 
 
 Ampthill, Lord, 718. 
 
 Amusement, Amusements, 3074, 
 3768, 4287, 4365. 
 
 Ancestors, Ancestry (see Birth, Pedi- 
 grees), 1799, 1866. 
 
 Angel, Guardian, 4504. 
 
 Anger, 858, 1721, 2207, 2368, 2369, 
 2370, 4247. 
 
 Anglesey, Marquess, 3875. 
 
 Annaly, Lord, 5232. 
 
 Annesley, Earl, 5263. 
 
 Antiquarian Society, 3406. 
 
 Antiquity, 2513 (see Old).
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 599 
 
 Antrim, Earl, 4986. 
 
 Anxiety, 3086, 4512, 4539, 5213, 
 
 5356 
 
 Apology, 1493, 2213, 3763. 
 Apothecaries' Company, 3707. 
 Appearances, Judging by, 556, 1032, 
 
 1765, 2149, 3441, 3921, 4512. 
 Appearances, Studying, 1001. 
 Appetite (see Hunger), 2115, 2595, 
 
 3415, 3716. 
 Applause, 3917, 3918, 4077, 4700, 
 
 5257. 
 
 Apple, the Golden, 1104. 
 Apprehension (see Fear), 1212, 1229, 
 
 3638, 3926, 3930. 
 Arbuthnott, Viscount, 2632. 
 Arcadia, 238, 4717. 
 Archimedes, 2855, 3982. 
 Argyll, Duke, 3267. 
 Aristocracy, 2606, 2742, 4328. 
 Aristotle, 2091, 4320. 
 Armada, Spanish, 138, 4548. 
 Arms, 363, 1207, 3563, 3634. 
 Army, British, 3045, 4084, 4094. 
 Army, Standing, 3277. 
 Army and Navy Club, 5109. 
 Arran, Earl, 2259. 
 Art, 371, 372, 374, 1140, 1414, 2489, 
 
 2982, 4325, 4518. 
 Art and Nature, 979, 1221, 1864, 
 
 3643, 5071. 
 Art Critic, 2458, 4811. 
 Artillery Company, Hon., 362. 
 Artillery, Royal, 5075. 
 Artist (see Painters, Pictures, Sculp- 
 tors), 943, 1906, 4106, 4535, 
 
 4977. 
 
 Arts, the, 1470, 1968. 
 Arundell of Wardour, Lord, 1050. 
 AshbrooJc, Viscount, 3033. 
 Ashburnham, Earl, 2711. 
 Ashburton, Lord, 5252. 
 Ashtown, Lord, 5263. 
 Asiatic Society, Royal, 4983. 
 Asking, 616, 2094, 4283. 
 Assistance, see Help. 
 Astrology, 410, 2187. 
 Astronomy, 1462, 3294, 4009. 
 Athlumney, Lord, 857. 
 Auckland, Lord, 4685. 
 Audacity, 417, 419, 420, 421, 1022. 
 
 4063, 4948. 
 Augurs, Roman, 5216. 
 Austria, 5112. 
 
 Author (see Dramatist, Historian, 
 Poet), 858, 937, 1429, 3046, 3440, 
 3913, 3917, 4507, 4535, 4700, 4903. 
 
 Authors, good, 279, 3614, 4242. 
 
 Authors, great, 2044, 2741, 2789, 
 2911, 3426, 4127, 4315. 
 
 Authors, modest, 1514, 3204, 3225, 
 3430. 
 
 Authorship, 399. 650, 793, 896, 959, 
 1027, 1292, 1560, 1591, 1781, 1871, 
 2192, 2500, 2831, 3015, 3133, 3156, 
 3213, 3273, 3280, 3400, 3489, 3589, 
 3756, 3913, 4148, 4163, 4167, 4240, 
 4242, 4344, 4450, 4506, 4509, 4583, 
 4823, 4831, 4893, 4927, 5104, 5198, 
 5212, 5315. 
 
 Autobiography, 4829. 
 
 Autumn, 459, 1763. 
 
 Avarice (see Covetous, Miser), 1099, 
 1496, 1661, 1838, 2166, 2715, 4547. 
 
 Aveland, Lord, 2874. 
 
 Avonmore, Viscount, 4393. 
 
 Aylesford, Earl, 318. 
 
 B. 
 
 Babylon, 4343. 
 
 Bad (see Deterioration, Evil, Sin, 
 
 Vice), 1205, 2486, 2677, 3482, 3586. 
 Bagot, Lord, 313. 
 Balfour of Burleigh, Lord, 1774, 
 
 3609. 
 
 Ballooning, see Aeronauts. 
 Bandon, Earl, 5252. 
 Bangor, Viscount, 4805. 
 Bar, Barrister, 1203, 3174. 
 Barber Surgeons' Company, 1065. 
 Barrington, Viscount, 1960. 
 Bateman, Lord, 3214. 
 Bath, Marquess, 2394. 
 Bath, Order of the, 5023. 
 Bathurst, Earl, 4952. 
 Battle (see Contest, War), 280, 791, 
 
 1707. 
 
 Beauchamp, Earl, 1747. 
 Beaufort, Duke, 3160. 
 Beaumont, Lord, 3052. 
 Beauty, 339, 839, 1115, 1720, 1723, 
 
 2378, 2387, 2506, 2523, 4963. 
 Beauty (of man), 1488, 1724, 2664, 
 
 3571. 
 Beauty (of woman), 32, 1224, 2072, 
 
 2417, 2520, 3553.
 
 600 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Beauty, judge of, 339, 3453. 
 Bed, 1640, 3721. 
 Bedford, Duke, 718. 
 Beggars, 1037, 3027, 5286. 
 Beginning, 345, 755, 839, 1193, 1311, 
 
 1613, 1764, 2130, 2918, 3606, 4016. 
 Beginning of the end, 681. 
 Begun ill, ended ill, 726, 1714, 2942. 
 Begun well, ended ill, 45, 269, 753, 
 
 2261, 3624. 
 
 Belgium, kingdom of, 2883. 
 Belief, Believe, 666, 775, 862, 925, 
 
 3013, 3349, 3873, 4896, 4897, 5145. 
 Beliefs (religious), 1325, 1421, 1425, 
 
 1566, 4012. 
 Belisarius, 990. 
 Bellew, Lord, 4996. 
 Bells, 1780, 2630, 2725. 
 Belmore, Earl, 5252. 
 Bclper, Lord, 4047. 
 Benefactors, public (see Philan- 
 thropy), 163, 251, 1909, 1943, 
 
 3686, 3923, 4258, 4647. 
 Benevolence, 512, 2654. 
 Berkeley, Earl, 1155. 
 Berwick, Lord, 4285. 
 Berwick, North, 5226. 
 Bessborough, Earl, 4053. 
 Bettermars well, 113,2093,2678,4264. 
 Betting, 1494, 5031. 
 Birth, high, 1472, 2574, 3168. 
 Birth, low, see Parvenu. 
 Birth, pride of (see Ancestors, Pedi- 
 grees), 2235, 2985, 3158, 4223, 
 
 4680, 4773. 
 
 Birth and death, 3658, 4640. 
 Bismarck, Prince, 1259, 2586, 3163. 
 Blachford, Lord, 3459. 
 Blackguard, 19, 40, 1306, 1713, 3235, 
 
 4176. 
 
 Blacksmiths, 194A, 799, 2085. 
 Blame, 1322, 2155, 2505, 2593, 2626, 
 
 2727, 3164, 3901. 
 Blantyre, Lord, 4709. 
 Blessings are short-lived, 41, 3464, 
 
 3500. 
 Blessings should be shared, 659, 
 
 2648, 3348, 3504. 
 Blessings valued when lost, 540, 
 
 2535, 5036, 5153. 
 Blind, 486, 563. 
 
 Blindness, moral, 3283, 3599, 3642. 
 Boasting, 97, 1015, 2235, 2282, 3073, 
 
 4055, 4223. 
 
 BolingbroTce, Viscount, 3216. 
 
 Bolton, Lord, 478. 
 
 Bonmots, 687, 699, 1125, 1205, 1447, 
 
 1702, 1993, 5065. 
 Books, 279, 286, 635, 1211, 1591, 
 
 1638, 2210, 2999, 3308, 3312, 3357, 
 
 3437, 3451, 3499, 3756, 4163, 4202, 
 
 4207, 4689, 4831, 4884, 5037, 5111. 
 Books and their readers, 1956, 4027, 
 
 4296. 
 Boorishness, 72, 381, 1443, 3552, 
 
 4441. 
 Bore, Bored, 2065, 2692, 2730, 4865, 
 
 4866, 4990. 
 Borrowing, 544, 545, 3135, 3969, 
 
 5111. 
 
 BorthwicJc, Lord, 4159. 
 Boston, Lord, 1967. 
 Botany, 1976, 2346, 4499, 5300. 
 Bourbons, the, 2144. 
 Bowstring Makers* Company, 3200. 
 Boyne, Viscount, 3224. 
 Brabourne, Lord, 2203. 
 Bradfield College, 504. 
 Bradford, Earl, 3222. 
 Brave (see Audacity, Courage, Forti- 
 tude), 422, 1466, 1471, 1547, 4291, 
 
 4318, 4362. 
 
 BraybrooTce, Lord, 3295. 
 Braye, Lord, 1790. 
 Brennus, 5155. 
 Brevity, 635, 1004, 1433, 1850, 2423, 
 
 2444, 2858, 3292, 4199, 5201. 
 Brighton College, 4958. 
 Bristol, Marquess, 2428. 
 Bristol merchants, 2219. 
 British Army, 3045, 4084, 4094. 
 Bromsgrove School, 1060. 
 Brothers, 3788, 5099. 
 Brougham, Lord, 4053. 
 Brownlow, Earl, 1427. 
 Bruton School, 1048. 
 Buccleuch, Duke, 258. 
 Buckingham, Duke, 4911. 
 Buckinghamshire, Earl, 414, 4154. 
 Buildings, 112, 2404, 2894, 4730. 
 Burial (see Funeral), 124, 565, 1910, 
 
 1922, 2814, 2976, 3664, 4857. 
 Business, 628, 705, 2713, 3529. 
 Busy, 185, 1606, 2120, 2423, 3207, 
 
 3489, 3506, 3529, 3806. 
 Busybodies, 185, 186, 934, 1853, 
 
 1945, 2120, 2564, 2739. 
 Butchers' Company, 3635.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT IXDEX. 
 
 601 
 
 Bute, Marquess, 476. 
 
 Buying (see Selling), 619, 720, 721, 
 
 1234, 1362, 2037, 3616, 3667. 
 B. V. M., 470, 3548, 4763. 
 Byng, Admiral, 3972. 
 Byron, Lord, 864. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cadogan, Earl, 4226. 
 
 Caesar, Augustus, 1908, 3344, 4355, 
 
 5122, 5166, 5177. 
 Caesar, Claudius, 469. 
 Caesar, Julius, 39, 450, 567, 786, 
 
 4479, 4522, 4533, 5049, 5186. 
 Caesar, Tiberius, 413, 3581. 
 Cjesar and Grammar, 2534. 
 Cairns, Earl, 1315. 
 Caledon, Earl, 3882. 
 Calthorpe, Lord, 1807. 
 Calumny (see Detraction), 570, 1047, 
 
 1090, 4525, 5341. 
 Calvin, 4973. 
 
 Cambridge University, 1913. 
 Camden, Marquess, 2457. 
 Camperdown, Earl, 4517. 
 Cana of Galilee, 3534, 5231. 
 Candour, see Sincerity. 
 Cannon, 5081. 
 Canon Law, 2467. 
 Canossa, 3163. 
 Canterbury, Viscount, 3981. 
 Capital punishment, 3138, 3274. 
 Carberry, Lord, 2816. 
 Cardinal virtues, the, 1741. 
 Care, see Anxiety, Troubles. 
 Carew, Lord, 3327. 
 Carlingford, Lord, 1731. 
 Carlisle, Earl, 5309. 
 Carnarvon, Earl, 5100. 
 Carnival, 177, 1910. 
 Carrick, Earl, 4742. 
 Carrington, Lord, 4922. 
 Carthage, 1025. 
 Carysfort, Earl, 2968. 
 Castlemaine, Viscount, 5235. 
 Castles in the air, 292, 712, 1907, 
 
 2274. 
 
 Castletown, Lord, 1738. 
 Catherine, Order of St, 125. 
 Catholic Church, the, 453, 878, 1581, 
 
 2171, 2229, 2284, 2813, 3895, 4125, 
 
 4343, 4436, 4719, 4762, 4973. 
 
 Catholic Faith, the, 4308. 
 
 Catiline, 10, 190, 4340. 
 
 Goto (elder and younger), 612, 613, 
 
 933, 1025, 1909, 2976, 3828, 4940, 
 
 5216, 5227. 
 Cats, 373, 614, 3051. 
 Cause and : Effect, 615, 673, 1337, 1&50, 
 
 1719, 1858, 1912, 4808. 
 Caution, see Precaution. 
 Cavan, Earl, 5142. 
 Cavour, 2813. 
 Certainty, 665, 4420. 
 Chance (see Uncertainty), 176, 611, 
 
 3206, 3636. 
 Change, Changed, 119, 1877, 2050, 
 
 3221, 3350, 3391, 3449, 3472, 3628, 
 
 4767, 4856. 
 Change of mind, 1360, 2011, 2432, 
 
 3245, 3391, 4073. 
 
 Change of scene, 566, 649, 2024, 4172. 
 Changeable, 2050, 4187, 4335, 4356. 
 Chaos, 307. 
 Character (Disposition), 538, 1205, 
 
 1418, 1473, 2150, 2161, 2412, 2578, 
 
 3966. 
 
 Character, see Reputation. 
 Charity, see Benevolence, Giving, 
 
 Kindness, Liberality. 
 Charlemont, Earl, 1051. 
 Charles, Order of St., 508. 
 Charles I., 4227. 
 Charms, 17, 2411. 
 Charterhouse School, 1708. 
 Chastity (and the reverse), 872, 1254, 
 
 1426, 3187, 3275, 3495, 3995, 4354, 
 
 4545, 4677. 
 
 Cheerfulness, 542, 2295, 2790. 
 Chelmsford, Lord, 4757. 
 Chesham, Lord, 620. 
 Chesterfield, Earl, 67. 
 Chetwynd, Viscount, 4023. 
 Chichester, Earl, 5239. 
 Children, Childhood, 150, 696, 1374, 
 
 1375, 1818, 2324, 3169, 4373, 4684. 
 Choice of evils, 1837, 3067, 3838. 
 Cholmondeley, Marquess, 605. 
 Christ, 413, 818, 1305, 1602, 2012, 
 
 2296, 3108, 3548, 3593, 4763, 5225. 
 Christ, Order of, 738. 
 Church, Catholic, 453, 878, 1581, 
 
 2171, 2229, 2284, 2813, 3895, 4125, 
 
 4343, 4436, 4719, 4762, 4973. 
 Church of England, 797, 3576, 4521. 
 Churchmen, 2895, 3567, 4637, 4882.
 
 602 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Churchill, Lord, 1157. 
 Churston, Lord, 335. 
 Circumlocution, 1407, 2410, 4470, 
 
 4899, 4989. 
 Cities (see Town), 1778, 2894, 2901, 
 
 5122, 5123. 
 
 Citizen, a good, 1818, 1909. 
 Citizen king, 4995. 
 Citizen of the world, 3609, 4706. 
 Civil Law, 2467. 
 Civil war, 220, 425, 3270, 3641, 3699, 
 
 4343. 
 Civility (see Manners), 513, 1170, 1986, 
 
 4385, 4424. 
 
 Clancarty, Earl, 1165, 5263. 
 Clanmorris, Lord, 4757. 
 Clanricarde, Marquess, 5102. 
 Clanwilliam, Earl, 4986. 
 Clarendon, Earl, 1672. 
 Clarina, Lord, 4039. 
 Claude Lorraine, 2575. 
 Clergy, see Churchmen. 
 Cleveland, Duke, 478. 
 Clever, see Intelligence, Wisdom, 
 
 Wise. 
 
 Clever, too, 1607, 2374, 2795, 4158. 
 Clients, 1276, 4481. 
 Clifdcn, Viscount, 3409. 
 Clifford, Lord, 4556. 
 Clifton College, 1857. 
 Climate, 1905, 5204. 
 Clinton, Lord, 5014. 
 Clockmakers' Company, 4921. 
 Cloribrock, Lord, 462. 
 Cloncurry, Lord, 5259. 
 Clovis, 3085. 
 Clues, 1474, 2682, 5171. 
 Coachmakers' Company, 4847. 
 Coffee, 4349. 
 Colchester, Lord, 1058. 
 Colenso, Dr, 3252. 
 Coleridge, Lord, 4108. 
 Columbus, 446, 5183. 
 Colrille, Lord, 3749. 
 Combermerc, Viscount, 2342. 
 Comedy, 871, 4704, 5266. 
 Comets, 2187. 
 Comic, 2677, 5266. 
 Command (authority), see Power. 
 Commander, military, 39, 1551, 3995, 
 
 4533, 5057, 5077. 
 Commands, 1936, 2957. 
 Common property, 772, 773, 2189, 
 
 4295. 
 
 Common sense, 2941, 4360. 
 Companions, 762, 2910, 3434, 3456, 
 
 3569, 4332. 
 Companions in misfortune, 770, 771, 
 
 3739, 4327, 4687, 4710. 
 Comparisons, 777, 3512, 3S04, 4673. 
 Compassion, 1087, 1920, 1984, 2735, 
 
 3008, 3096, 3412, 5094. 
 Competition, Competitor, 117, 118, 
 
 954, 2245, 2247, 3980, 4433, 4778. 
 Completion, see End, Finished. 
 Compliments, 90, 5196. 
 Composition, literary, see Author- 
 ship. 
 
 Compromise (agreement), 514, 3001. 
 Concealment, 44, 199, 200, 4791. 
 Conceit, 1982, 2140, 3291, 3313, 
 
 3562, 4538, 4662, 4850, 5323. 
 Conciseness, see Brevity. 
 Concord, 788, 790, 3920. 
 Conditions, 1127. 
 Condolence (see Sympathy), 1878, 
 
 2726, 3302, 4687. 
 Confession (of faults), 44, 796, 1697, 
 
 2989, 3017, 3843. 
 Confessors, 44. 
 Confidence, 868, 2502, 4896. 
 Confusion, 2972, 3191, 3620, 5178. 
 Conglcton, Lord, 4901. 
 Congress of Vienna, 2653. 
 Connoisseurs, 1226, 4811. 
 Conqueror, see Victory. 
 Conscience (good and bad), 800, 801, 
 
 1834, 1899, 2239, 3036, 3541, 4539, 
 
 5062. 
 
 Consent, 3013, 4280, 4521. 
 Consent constitutes the Act, 56. 
 Conservative, 3350, 4767, 4856. 
 Constantine the Great, 2259. 
 Constantine, Order of St., 2259. 
 Constitution, see State. 
 Contempt, Contemptuous, 3356, 4852. 
 Content. Contentment, 686, 754, 822, 
 
 1088, 1222, 1453, 2079, 2621, 2624, 
 
 3066, 3132, 3209, 3833, 4123, 4134, 
 
 4204, 4307, 4312, 4383, 4412, 4547, 
 
 4692, 5046, 5291, 5296, 5297. 
 Contest, an equal, 15, 1707, 1726, 
 
 2484, 3773. 
 Contest, an unequal, 612, 1712, 3237, 
 
 3373, 4149, 4180, 4184. 
 Contradict, Contradictory, 205, 830. 
 Controversy, religious, 1897, 2167, 
 
 2471, 3567, 4882.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 603 
 
 Conversation, 690, 1903, 2110, 2502, 
 
 2766, 3434, 3785, 4715. 
 Conversion, 2262, 3776. 
 Conviviality, 3687, 4365, 4562, 4602, 
 
 5348, 5349. 
 Cooks' Company, 5328. 
 Co-operation, 1329, 1696, 3144. 
 Coopers' Company, 1793. 
 Corporal Punishment, 3368, 4250, 
 
 4874. 
 Cosmopolitan, see Citizen of the 
 
 World. 
 
 Cottenham, Earl, 3034. 
 Cottesloe, Lord, 3214. 
 Council, Councillors, 2605, 3612, 
 
 3233, 4459. 
 Countenance, 1886, 2149, 3719, 3720, 
 
 4452, 4930, 5329. 
 Country, see Patriotism, State. 
 Country and town, 1221, 2636, 4435, 
 
 4440, 5298. 
 
 Country fellow, a, 252, 3068, 4441. 
 Country life, a, 403, 489, 1752, 1896, 
 
 1915, 1926, 3574, 3732, 4383, 
 
 4438. 
 Courage (see Brave, Fortitude), 43, 
 
 1994, 2657, 2891, 3146, 3517, 3972, 
 
 4363, 4410, 4888, 5040. 
 Court, the, 168, 169, 1536, 1771, 
 
 1944, 2252, 2503, 2923, 4721, 4776, 
 
 5202. 
 
 Courtesy, see Civility. 
 Courtiers, 4217. 
 Courtown, Earl, 3825. 
 Covenant, Covenants, 3192, 3761, 
 
 4085. 
 
 Coventry, Earl, 577. 
 Covetous, Covetousness (see Avarice, 
 
 Miser), 257, 303, 389, 427, 877, 
 
 4555 5279 
 
 Coward's, 280, 1382, 2014, 2282. 
 Cowbridge Grammar School, 5236. 
 Cowley, Earl, 3953. 
 Cowper, Earl, 5064. 
 CranbrooJc, Viscount, 365. 
 Craven. Earl, 5252. 
 Crawford and Bakarres, Earl, 1372. 
 Creation, 307, 1742. 
 Creation of man, 1540, 4043, 4463. 
 Credence, see Belief. 
 Credulity, 2504, 5145. 
 Crewc, Lord, 4567. 
 Crime, 34, 153, 1539, 1604, 3261, 
 3274, 3541, 4192, 5062. 
 
 Crime, successful, 1959, 3138, 4057. 
 Crime in high station, 1603, 3603. 
 Crime sanctified by numbers, 1940, 
 
 4168. 
 
 Crimean War, 2483. 
 Crisis, a, 791, 2704, 4403, 5191, 
 
 5229. 
 Critic, Criticism, 1092, 1378, 2458, 
 
 2507, 3317, 3430, 5212. 
 Crofton, Lord, 988. 
 Cross, the, 2259, 2830, 4637. 
 Crowd (see Mob, Public), 2902, 3142, 
 
 3457, 3566. 
 Cruelty, 2460. 
 Crusades, the, 1113. 
 Culture, 286, 1228, 1585, 2255, 2350. 
 Cunning (see Stratagem), 756, 941, 
 
 1691, 2843, 3693, 4439, 4636. 
 Curiosity, 2508. 
 Curriers' Company, 4757. 
 Curses, 2640. 
 Custom, Customs, 458, 812, 855, 881, 
 
 1348, 1367, 1792, 1925, 2063, 2780, 
 
 2951, 3119, 3197, 4345, 4856, 4968. 
 
 D. 
 
 Dacre, Lord, 3967. 
 
 Dalhousie, Earl, 3722. 
 
 Dancing, 1480, 4456, 4702. 
 
 Dandies, 72, 503, 2205, 3460. 
 
 Danger, 668, 747, 1657, 2620, 3474. 
 
 Darkness, see Night. 
 
 Darnley, Earl, 1692. 
 
 Dartmouth, Earl, 1794. 
 
 Daughter, 1445. 
 
 Day, see Time. 
 
 De Blaquiere, Lord, 4952. 
 
 De Clifford, Lord, 718. 
 
 De Freyne, Lord, 2943. 
 
 De Lisle and Dudley, Lord, 4319. 
 
 De Mauley, Lord, 4053. 
 
 De Montalt, Earl, 5259. 
 
 De Saumarez, Lord, 2208. 
 
 De Tabley, Lord, 4924. 
 
 De Vesci, Viscount, 4807. 
 
 Dead, the (see Death), 565, 1887, 
 
 1922, 2002, 2059, 3141, 3238, 3664, 
 
 3725, 3988, 4122, 4397, 4835, 4959. 
 Dead, reputation of the, 1016, 1041, 
 
 2613, 2839, 2953, 3810, 5082, 5124, 
 
 5261. 
 Deaf, 4505.
 
 604 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Death (see Dead, Life), 613, 791, 
 
 1258, 1282, 2372, 2421, 2561, 2562, 
 
 2563, 2760, 2787, 2814, 2840, 3114, 
 
 3169, 3177, 3530, 3608, 3613, 3618, 
 
 3658, 3700, 3715, 4120, 4183, 4209, 
 
 4235, 4249, 4292, 4426, 4607, 4640, 
 
 4738, 4827, 5082, 5127, 5213, 5313. 
 Death, fearlessness of, 1316, 1442, 
 
 1647, 1650, 2099, 2228, 2609, 2893, 
 
 3025, 3114, 4426. 
 Death, no cure for, 827, 3668. 
 Death, preparation for, 2333, 3018, 
 
 5082. 
 
 Death is happiness, 42, 146. 
 Death is knowledge, 3114, 3531. 
 Deaths, early, 2922, 3114, 3688, 3714, 
 
 5340. 
 Deaths, timely (and untimely), 760, 
 
 1766, 3114, 3519, 3520, 3740, 4080. 
 Debauchery, 93, 1306, 4237. 
 Debts, 84, 647, 2728, 3992. 
 Deception (see Illusion), 1624, 1625, 
 
 1626, 2795, 3910, 3952, 4288, 5060, 
 
 5194. 
 Decided, Decision, 95, 176, 2052, 
 
 2271, 2580, 3751, 4436. 
 Decies, Lord, 3342. 
 Dedication, a, 3615, 3756. 
 Deed, Will for the, see Will. 
 Deeds, 1126, 1128, 1617, 4193, 4368, 
 
 4770. 
 Defeat (see Disaster), 838, 2550, 2928, 
 
 4486, 5155, 5227. 
 Degeneracy, 953, 2903, 3199, 3743, 
 
 4603. 
 
 Delamere, Lord, 605. 
 Delawarr, Earl, 2447. 
 Delay, 1169, 1410, 1664, 3124, 4965, 
 
 5119. 
 Deliberation, 1028, 1029, 1030, 3233, 
 
 4018, 4900. 
 
 Deluge, 329, 1363, 3457. 
 Democritus, 4622. 
 Denbigh, Earl, 5263. 
 Denman, Lord, 4072. 
 Denmark, kingdom of, 4072. 
 Dentists, 4007. 
 
 Dependence, 3079, 4690, 5045. 
 Depravity, 1202, 1496, 1983, 3343, 
 
 3482, 3586, 4192. 
 Derby, Earl, 4468. 
 Derby Grammar School, 5273. 
 Derision (see Laughter), 380, 1077, 
 
 2560. 
 
 Derwent, Lord, 3527. 
 
 Desart, Earl, 5256. 
 
 Descartes, 757, 3180. 
 
 Deserved, 2424, 2690, 3766. 
 
 Desire, 289, 3327. 
 
 Despair, 2437, 2610, 2660, 2661, 
 
 3111, 3333, 4067, 4120, 4243. 
 Despot, Despotism (see Monarchy), 
 
 168, 382, 965, 2099, 2104, 2128, 
 
 2555, 2821, 2917, 2968, 3290, 4282, 
 
 4705, 5021, 5067, 5244. 
 Details, 87, 3069. 
 Detection, 1066, 1361, 2236. 
 Deterioration, 953, 1713, 2015, 3590, 
 
 4334, 4603. 
 
 Determined, see Resolute. 
 Detraction, 562, 600, 833, 1177, 1900, 
 
 2557, 2937, 4076, 4275. 
 Devil, talk of the, 141, 2885, 3784. 
 Devon, Earl, 4316. 
 Devonshire, Duke, 620. 
 Dido, 1562, 3028, 3113, 3412, 3533, 
 
 4624. 
 Diet (see Health), 35, 604, 1555, 
 
 5187. 
 
 Difference, 2158. 
 Difference of opinion, 701, 1018, 1045, 
 
 2862, 3064, 3629, 4333, 4336, 4981. 
 Difficult, Difficulty (see Predicament, 
 
 Task), 1172, 2884, 2904, 3389, 
 
 3872, 4171. 
 Digby, Lord, 1056. 
 Digression, 83, 4409. 
 Dilatory, see Delay. 
 Diligence, 1190, 4392. 
 Dillon, Viscount, 1285. 
 Dinner (see Appetite, Eating, Guests, 
 
 etc.), 589, 1298, 2325, 2399, 2402, 
 
 2905, 3143, 3151, 3219, 4492, 4928, 
 
 5022, 5089. 
 
 Diplomacy, 624, 3634. 
 Disaster, Disastrous (see Defeat), 141, 
 
 1403, 1527, 2075, 2845, 2928, 3592, 
 
 5164, 5185. 
 Discontent, 187, 652, 754, 902, 1660, 
 
 1883, 1919, 3515, 3573, 3602, 3713, 
 
 4222, 4555, 4606. 
 Discord, Discordant, 134, 788, 1204, 
 
 3382, 3383, 3871. 
 Discreet, 1120, 2220, 4177. 
 Discrimination, 1365, 2913, 3453. 
 Disease (see Epidemic, Sick), 202, 
 
 1686, 2181, 2551, 2890, 3143, 3201, 
 
 3392, 3515, 3710.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 605 
 
 Dislike, 3380. 
 Disposition, see Character. 
 Dispute, see Quarrel. 
 Dissimulation, 4235, 4262, 4303, 
 
 4487, 5193. 
 Distance lends enchantment, 1032, 
 
 2923 3000 
 
 Distrust, 2512, 3469, 3533, 4158. 
 Divination, 410, 4269, 4737, 4738. 
 Divines, see Churchmen, Doctors. 
 Division, an unfair, 1331, 2695, 3795. 
 Divorce, 239, 2665. 
 Doctors (Theological), 1227. 
 Doctors (Medical), see Physician. 
 Dogs, 498, 574, 579. 
 Donegall, Marquess, 2356. 
 Doneraile, Viscount, 1873. 
 Donoughmorc, Earl, 1739. 
 Dorchester, Lord, 4323. 
 Dorchester town, 776. 
 Dormer, Lord, 744. 
 Doubt, 645, 716, 1262, 1269, 2515, 
 
 2655, 4447, 5083. 
 Downe, Viscount, 4954. 
 Downshire, Marquess, 3862. 
 Dowry, 392, 3226, 4446. 
 Dragoon Guards, 4154, 4748. 
 Drama, Dramatist, 871, 2041, 2322, 
 
 3439, 4372, 4704, 5159, 5210. 
 Dreams, 1349, 3960, 4707, 4731, 
 
 5178, 5330. 
 Dress, 72, 333, 432, 892, 1722, 2137, 
 
 3278, 4185, 4441, 4883, 4982. 
 Drink, Drinking (see Eating, etc.), 
 
 449, 1133, 1646, 2163, 2351, 2466, 
 
 2628, 2914, 3927, 4190, 4214, 4216, 
 
 4252, 4591, 4602, 5348, 5349. 
 Driving, 1769, 2363. 
 Drogheda, Marquess, 1736. 
 Druids, 4719. 
 Dude, Earl, 3889. 
 Dudley, Earl, 766. 
 Due, To each his, 90, 395, 904, 2476, 
 
 3766, 4853, 4854, 5343. 
 Dufferin, Marquess, 3896. 
 Dulwick College, 1105. 
 Dumb, see Silence. 
 Dunally, Lord, 2277. 
 Dunboyne, Lord, 4955. 
 Dundonald, Earl, 5259. 
 Dunraven, Earl, 4098. 
 Dunsandle, Lord, 1053. 
 Dunsany, Lord, 1663. 
 Durham, Earl, 2675. 
 
 Duty, 1621, 1622, 2539, 3298. 
 Dyers' Company, 947. 
 Dynevor, Lord, 1985, 4516. 
 Dysart, Earl, 795. 
 
 E. 
 
 Eating, 46, 1385, 1451, 1459, 2308, 
 2325, 2595, 3143, 4132, 4492, 5187, 
 5310. 
 
 Ebury, Lord, 5252. 
 
 Echo, 2181, 5305, 5325. 
 
 Economy (see Frugality), 1666, 3044, 
 3561, 3793, 3904, 4225, 4568. 
 
 Edinburgh, City of, 3359. 
 
 Education (see Culture, Knowledge, 
 Learning), 69, 215, 355, 1196,1201, 
 1240, 1545, 1812, 1884, 3189, 3488, 
 3596, 4199, 4250, 4543, 4878, 5175, 
 5221. 
 
 Effingham, Earl, 5252. 
 
 Egerton of Tatton, Lord, 4596. 
 
 Eglinton, Earl, 1790. 
 
 Ecjmont, Earl, 4805. 
 
 Egotism, 2684, 4068. 
 
 Egypt, 116. 
 
 Eldon, Earl, 4695. 
 
 Elections, 24, 2880. 
 
 Electricity, 1413. 
 
 Elgin, Earl, 1774. 
 
 Elibank, Lord, 5259. 
 
 Elizabeth, Queen, 1159, 4548. 
 
 Elizabeth (St), Order of, 3837. 
 
 Ellenborough, Lord, 782. 
 
 Eloquence, Eloquent (see Speaker), 
 2222, 2605, 4038, 4972. 
 
 Ely, Marquess, 4002. 
 
 Embroiderers' Company, 3619. 
 
 Emigrant, see Exile. 
 
 Emly, Lord, 3103. 
 
 Empire, 672, 2170, 2300. 
 
 Emulation, see Rival. 
 
 Encouragement, see Courage. 
 
 End, Ended, 45, 76, 77, 269, 561, 
 681, 726, 753, 839, 1153, 1368, 
 1388, 1694, 1714, 2261, 2942, 4161. 
 4957, 5185, 5191. 
 
 End justifies the means, the, 899, 
 1553, 4286. 
 
 End of the world, 329, 1152, 1428. 
 
 Endure, Endurance, see Fortitude. 
 
 Enemies, 247, 278, 838, 1232, 1308, 
 1345, 1393, 2060, 2123, 2362, 2426, 
 2526, 3296, 4347, 4431, 4626, 4953.
 
 606 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Engineers, Royal, 4094, 5075. 
 
 England, 826, 2170, 4584. 
 
 English, Englishmen, 281, 1243, 1471, 
 
 2256, 3381, 3852, 3971, 4094, 4745. 
 English sovereigns, 1159, 1963, 1999, 
 
 4411. 
 Enjoy life while you can, 1244, 1288, 
 
 2518, 3464. 
 Enmity (see Enemies, Quarrel), 3116, 
 
 4530. 
 
 Ennislcillcn, Earl, 1106. 
 P^nnui, see Bore. 
 Enough, 214A, 2966, 3578, 4477, 
 
 4479, 4480, 4481, 4482. 
 Envy (see Discontent), 562, 1398, 
 
 1660, 2349, 3765, 3810, 4226, 4547, 
 
 4825. 
 Epicurus, 1044, 1325, 1409, 3327, 
 
 3744, 3776, 4008, 4315, 4826. 
 Epidemic (see Disease, Infection), 
 
 1188, 3217, 4065, 4066, 4292. 
 Epigrams, 2530, 3604. 
 Epitaphs, 254, 741, 799, 942, 1897, 
 
 2393, 2421, 2435, 2575, 2963, 3099, 
 
 3254, 3326, 3511, 3725, 4398, 4589, 
 
 4696, 4835, 4925. 
 Equal, see Contest, Unequalled. 
 Equanimity, 122, 1431, 2870, 4623, 
 
 4751. 
 
 Equity, 2472, 4620, 4828. 
 Err, Error (see Ignorance), 1415, 1416, 
 
 1647, 1988, 2080, 3531, 3945, 4667, 
 
 5330. 
 
 Errol, Earl, 4581. 
 Essex, Earl, 1671. 
 Eton College, 1708. 
 Etymologies, 179, 817, 2878, 5149. 
 Evening, 7, 1389, 1404, 1479. 
 Event (Issue), the, 1518, 1553, 1554. 
 Eversley, Viscount, 4468. 
 Evidence (see Clues), 704, 903, 3550, 
 
 3928. 
 Evil, Evils, 278, 931, 971, 1430, 1833, 
 
 2948, 2949, 3606, 3642. 
 Evils, choice of, 1837, 3067, 3838. 
 Exaggeration, 1911, 2260, 3652. 
 Example, 781, 1154, 1586, 2377, 
 
 4493, 4618, 4905, 4906, 5087, 5176, 
 
 5354. 
 Example and precept, 509, 2725, 
 
 2863, 3996, 4593. 
 
 Excess (see Extremes, Mean, Modera- 
 tion), 1641, 2001, 2299, 3266, 
 
 3281, 4143, 4145, 4165, 5278. 
 
 Exertion, nothing without, 3347, 
 
 3389, 4155. 
 Exeter, Marquess, 846. 
 Exile, 308, 1275, 1373, 1548, 1579, 
 
 3461, 4172. 
 
 Existence, future, 2441, 2614, 2857. 
 Existence, grounds of, 757. 
 Existence, secret of, 2729. 
 Exmouth, Viscount, 1048. 
 Expect everything, 2683, 3611, 3625, 
 
 5057. 
 
 Expense, 854, 2658, 3463, 4884. 
 Experience, 108, 618, 713, 895, 1483, 
 
 1569, 1571, 2416, 2800, 2896, 3016, 
 
 3397, 3525, 3820. 
 Experiments, 5, 1570, 1669. 
 Extraordinary, see Rare. 
 Extravagance, 769, 1408, 2413, 3394, 
 
 4033, 4095, 4143, 4185. 
 Extremes (see Excess, Mean, Modera- 
 tion), 447, 1287, 2733, 2737, 3394, 
 
 4370, 5169. 
 
 P. 
 
 Fabius Cunctator, 5057, 5119. 
 
 Fable, 571, 4201. 
 
 Fairfax, Lord, 1635. 
 
 Faith, 645, 985, 1072, 1681, 2515, 
 
 2527, 5312. 
 
 Faith, the Catholick, 4308. 
 Falkland, Viscount, 2343. 
 Fallacies, 357, 2020, 2212, 3898, 
 
 3959, 4723. 
 
 Falmouth, Viscount, 3822. 
 False, Falsehood (see Deception, 
 
 Liars), 1309, 1623, 2010, 2148, 
 
 2803, 4169, 4761, 4815, 5098. 
 False shame, see Shame. 
 Fame (see Ambition, Glory), 1102, 
 
 1610, 1633, 3389, 3686, 3886, 4535, 
 
 4553, 4700, 4889, 5313. 
 Famine, 1030, 3173. 
 Farewell (see Parting), 75, 77, 78, 
 
 4845, 5293. 
 Farnham, Lord, 2433. 
 Farriers' Company, 5232. 
 Fashion, 458, 707, 2556, 3134, 4608, 
 
 4910. 
 
 Fatalism, 718, 1743(12). 
 Fatality, see Disaster. 
 Fate, 121, 1270, 1278, 4839.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 607 
 
 Father (see Children, Parents), 397, 
 
 1456, 1930, 3169, 3703, 3817, 3819, 
 
 3826, 4566. 
 Fault, confession of, 796, 1697, 2989, 
 
 3017, 3843. 
 Fault-finding 646, 2505, 4593, 4669, 
 
 4864, 4927. 
 
 Faultless, see Unequalled. 
 Faults, 26, 227, 243, 519, 1138, 2022, 
 
 2098, 2101, 2154, 2434, 2729, 3411, 
 
 4832. 
 Faults, our neighbour's and our own, 
 
 883, 1097, 1338, 1438, 1634, 2991, 
 
 3279 3447, 3689, 3858, 4152, 4241, 
 
 4669, 4795, 5133. 
 Faults on both sides, 4529, 4545. 
 Favour, Favourite, 244, 2521, 3706. 
 Favours (see Gifts), 506. 
 Favours, asking, 506,835, 2094, 2172. 
 Favours, granting, 506 (5, 6, 7, 8, 14). 
 Favours, receiving, 506 (14, 20, 21, 
 
 25, 26). 
 
 Favours, refusing, 506 (9), 3791. 
 Fear (see Apprehension, Terror), 310, 
 
 417, 932, 1017, 2099, 2133, 2589, 
 
 2657, 3146, 3175, 3676, 3846, 4012, 
 
 4539, 5213. 
 
 Fear of God, 3532, 4625. 
 Felsted Grammar School, 1789. 
 Ferdinand, Order of St, 215A, 1359. 
 Fermoy, Lord, 3102. 
 Ferrers, Earl, 1967. 
 Festival, 879, 880, 1892, 3919, 4056. 
 Feud, see Quarrel. 
 Fevcrsham, Earl, 1059. 
 Ffrench, Lord, 3115. 
 Fickle, Fickleness, 2514, 3123, 4632, 
 
 4740. 
 
 Fife, Earl, 5259. 
 Finesse, 693, 2525, 2886. 
 Finished (see End), 847, 1537, 1928, 
 
 2405, 2966. 
 Fingall, Earl, 1663. 
 Fire, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2919, 3176, 
 
 4065, 4066. 
 Firm, see Resolute. 
 First, see Unequalled. 
 Fitness, Fitting, 1069, 3629. 
 Fitzhardinge, Lord, 1155. 
 Fitzwilliam, Earl, 323. 
 Flatterer, Flattery, 109, 732, 1100, 
 1629, 2871, 3009, 3179, 3670, 3805, 
 4198, 4670, 4908, 4953, 4998, 5008, 
 5113. 
 
 Flight, 10, 280, 668, 1357, 3403, 
 
 3547, 4486. 
 Florence, 523. 
 Foley, Lord, 5137. 
 Food, see Appetite, Diet, Eating. 
 Foolish, 3150, 3397, 4785, 4787, 4789, 
 
 4790, 4791, 4792. 
 Fools, 5, 217, 1166, 2319, 2416, 2738, 
 
 2755, 2776, 2794, 3053, 3720, 3728, 
 
 4073, 4864, 4970, 5105, 5115. 
 Fools' Paradise, 3562, 4662. 
 Forbid, see Prohibition. 
 Force, 677, 1417, 2528, 3693, 3840, 
 
 3932, 4636, 5103, 5232, 5244, 5267. 
 Foreign, Foreigners, 481, 3429, 3934. 
 Forester, Lord, 4548. 
 Forget, 1477, 1478, 2264, 3020. 
 Forgiveness, 128, 159, 729, 992, 
 
 1087, 1101, 1478, 1514, 1614, 1987, 
 
 2021, 2022, 2864, 3689, 4532, 4832. 
 Fortescue, Earl, 1731. 
 Fortitude, 219, 1293, 1471, 1653, 
 
 1729, 3337, 3869, 4362. 
 Fortunate (see Fortune, Luck), 1745, 
 
 1750, 1751, 3389, 3452, 4969, 5052. 
 Fortune, 384, 422, 648, 1180, 1732, 
 
 1743, 1744, 2062, 2087, 2631, 2641, 
 
 2645, 2647, 2921, 2927, 3510, 3811, 
 
 3931, 4318, 4623. 
 Fortune, each shapes his own, 560, 
 
 1589, 3659. 
 France, 2132, 2294, 2530, 2576, 2650, 
 
 2685, 2940, 3757, 3815, 5001, 5101. 
 Francis I., 5003. 
 Frankfort, Viscount, 1156. 
 Fraud, 1230, 1232, 1233, 1535, 3910. 
 Frederick the Gh-eat, 670, 671, 2061, 
 
 4987, 5313. 
 Free (see Liberty), 304, 390, 965, 
 
 1411, 1503, 4271, 4381, 4584. 
 French, Frenchmen, 2443, 2575, 3045, 
 
 3971, 5011, 5095. 
 French Revolution of 1789,213, 1690, 
 
 1830, 2397, 2538, 2555, 2742, 3025, 
 
 3290, 3481, 8591, 3727, 3768, 3977, 
 
 4041, 4147, 4637, 5016, 5182, 5284. 
 French Revolution of 1830, 2473, 
 
 2501, 2940, 3474. 
 French Revolution of 1848, 3699. 
 Friends, 227, 243, 245, 246, 247, 
 519, 679, 773, 1273, 1762, 1845, 
 2054, 2159, 2716, 2717, 3336, 3654, 
 3966, 4111, 4112, 4113, 4332, 5069, 
 5302.
 
 G08 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Friends, false, 19, 759, 1181, 1246, 
 
 1517, 1715, 1882, 1944, 3450, 3683, 
 
 3945, 4425, 4969, 5060, 5302. 
 Friends, true, 222, 249, 250, 253, 
 
 1439, 3302, 3920. 
 Friends and enemies, 247, 1345, 3000, 
 
 3866. 
 Friendship, 256, 1114, I486, 1855, 
 
 2006, 2088, 2864, 3116, 3147, 3377, 
 
 4376, 5174, 5291. 
 Frugality (see Economy), 35, 686, 
 
 1222, 1866, 4101, 4383, 4453, 5296, 
 
 5297. 
 
 Fruiterers' Company, 342. 
 Funeral rites (see Burial), 20, 929, 
 
 1068, 2002, 3946. 
 Future, the, 663, 1706, 2383, 2705, 
 
 3283, 4097, 4174, 4204, 4276, 4572, 
 
 5041. 
 Future existence, 2441, 2614, 2857. 
 
 G. 
 
 Gage, Viscount, 853. 
 
 Gaiety, see Amusement, Joy. 
 
 Gains, ill-gotten, 655, 1035, 2721, 
 3005. 
 
 Gainsborough, Earl, 4993. 
 
 Galileo, 1400, 3252. 
 
 Galloway, Earl, 5247. 
 
 Galway, Viscount, 1633. 
 
 Gambling, 1494, 1496, 3655, 3698, 
 4143, 4618, 5031. 
 
 Gardner, Lord, 5160. 
 
 Garter, Order of the, 1963, 3076. 
 
 Garvagh, Lord, 3196. 
 
 Gateshead, town of, 590. 
 
 Geese and Swans, 2537, 4662. 
 
 General, see Commander. 
 
 Genius, 149, 393, 680, 973, 974, 982, 
 2668, 2669, 2761, 2767, 3509, 4451, 
 5124, 5146. 
 
 Genoa, 523. 
 
 Gentleness, 1417, 3840, 3932, 4743, 
 4804, 5244. 
 
 Geology, 2670. 
 
 Ghosts, 4731. 
 
 Gifford, Lord, 3446. 
 
 Gilts, 33, 94, 505, 506, 730, 908, 968, 
 1249, 1255, 3157, 3807, 3886, 4953. 
 
 Giving (see Favours, Gifts, Liber- 
 ality), 506, 512, 656, 867, 1248, 
 1582, 2446, 2604, 3139, 4033. 
 
 Gladiators, 469, 4483, 4900. 
 
 Glasgow, Earl, 1238. 
 
 Glaziers' Company, 958. 
 
 Glory, earthly, 416, 1405, 1513, 2533, 
 
 4479, 4528, 4611, 4700, 4824. 
 Gloucester, county of, 1678. 
 Glovers' Company, 4718. 
 Gluttony, see Eating. 
 GOD (see Providence), 1457, 2089, 
 
 2834, 3037, 3532, 4620, 4625, 5086. 
 God save the Queen, 4462, 4579, 4722, 
 
 4895. 
 Gods, the, 1107, 1325, 1566, 2976, 
 
 3553, 4012, 4445. 
 Gold, see Money. 
 
 Golden Age, 438, 439, 2407, 5204. 
 Golden Apple, 1104. 
 Golden Fleece, Order of the, 306, 457. 
 Golden Mean, 2996, 2997. 
 Goldsmith, Oliver, 3511. 
 Goldsmiths' Company, 2480. 
 Good, 538, 541, 1073, 2642, 3579, 
 
 3642, 3974, 4357, 5083, 5246. 
 Good faith, see Honesty. 
 Good for nothing, 40, 546, 819, 848, 
 
 4887. 
 
 Good fortune, 3418, 3931. 
 Good name, see Reputation. 
 Good sayings, see Bon mots. 
 Good sense, 14, 680, 1392, 2579, 
 
 4997. 
 
 Gormanstown, Viscount, 4471. 
 Gosford, Earl, 5233. 
 Gospel, 869, 1425, 2698, 4160. 
 Gossip, 669, 2260. 
 Government (see State), 300, 961, 
 
 1148, 1153, 1776, 2289, 2352, 
 
 2530, 2586, 2611, 5244. 
 Gracchi, the, 2945, 4278. 
 Grafton, Duke, 1469. 
 Grammar, Grammarian, 630, 1813, 
 
 1814, 2534, 2932. 
 Granard, Earl, 1642. 
 Grantly, Lord, 473. 
 Granville, Earl, 1755. 
 Grapes, sour, 2145. 
 Gratitude, 506, 2599, 4051, 4481. 
 Graves, Lord, 335. 
 Groat, the, Greatness, 1771, 2098, 
 
 2121, 2254, 2281, 2535, 2741, 2742, 
 
 2743, 3532, 3603, 4015, 4378, 4449, 
 
 4776, 5093. 
 Greece, Greeks, 1808, 1809, 1810, 
 
 3179, 3429.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 609 
 
 Greek and Latin, 404, 1383, 1489, 
 1811, 1950, 2329, 3622, 4970. 
 
 Gregory the Great, 3381. 
 
 Greville, Lord, 3168. 
 
 Grey, Earl, 1000. 
 
 Grief (see Mourning), 255, 927, 1231, 
 1705, 1721, 2027, 2758, 2793, 2805, 
 3141, 3289, 3501, 3947, 4348, 4594, 
 4787, 5213, 5350. 
 
 Growth, gradual, 878, 3181. 
 
 Guard, Guardian, 3576, 3711, 3948. 
 
 Guardian angel, 4504. 
 
 Guesses, 2962, 5351. 
 
 Guests, 1978, 2852, 4928, 5022. 
 5058. 
 
 Guidance, 2655, 4697. 
 
 Guide d'Arezzo, 5139. 
 
 Guildford, Earl, 287. 
 
 Guillamore, Viscount, 5328. 
 
 Guilt, Guilty (see Crime, Fault, Vice\ 
 903, 1888, 1886, 2450, 3541, 3600. 
 
 H. 
 
 Habit, 8, 813, 815, 1173, 1599, 3331, 
 
 3906, 4871. 
 
 Haddinyton, Earl, 3994. 
 Haileybury College, 4849. 
 Hair, 1119, 1224, 4609, 4787. 
 Haldon, Lord, 1048. 
 Half exceeds the whole, 3268. 
 Halifax, Viscount, 3889. 
 Hampton, Lord, 1674. 
 Hannibal, 1567, 1870, 2005, 3719. 
 Hanoverian Guelphic Order, 3190. 
 Happiness (see Blessings), 41, 42, 
 
 146, 483, 1096, 1151, 1387, 1435, 
 
 2077, 2643, 2644, 2645, 2646, 
 
 2648, 2998, 3327, 3345, 4189, 
 
 4867, 5274, 5339, 5357. 
 Happiness impossible, perfect, 41, 
 
 1124, 1444, 1550, 1583, 2320, 
 
 2518, 3118, 5128. 
 Happy, 489, 1162, 1648, 1650, 2079, 
 
 3251, 3428, 5345. 
 Harberton, Viscount, 5263. 
 Hardinge, Viscount, 3031. 
 Hardwicke, Earl, 3193. 
 Harewood, Earl, 2307. 
 Harlech, Lord, 2259. 
 Harrington, Earl, 67. 
 Harrow School, 4775. 
 Harroicby, Earl, 4582. 
 
 Haste, 95, 621, 980, 1475, 1663, 1664, 
 
 2498, 2783, 3207, 3498, 3580. 
 Hastings, Lord, 2477. 
 Hastings, Warren, 3031. 
 Hatred, 419, 447, 1074, 1344, 1656, 
 
 2744, 3530, 3555, 3556, 3559, 3560, 
 
 3567, 4050, 4530. 
 Hcadfort, Marquess, 804. 
 Headley, Lord, 5259. 
 Health, 35, 132, 338, 479, 604, 930, 
 
 1291, 1555, 1767, 1943, 3110, 3724, 
 
 3832, 3957, 4563, 4666, 4691. 
 Hearing, 430, 2074, 3928, 4543, 4700. 
 Heathen virtues, 4760, 4942. 
 Heaven, 365, 1810, 2214, 3341, 4579. 
 Heir, 952, 1035, 1730, 1861, 1862, 
 
 3259, 4048, 4851. 
 Hell, 2214, 2filO, 3420, 5213. 
 Help, Helpers, 157, 190A, 1329, 2969, 
 
 3302, 3450, 3653, 4377, 4448, 5047. 
 Help, self, 156, 637, 735. 
 Henley, Lord, 4685. 
 Henniker, Lord, 1110. 
 Henry IV. (France), 2443, 3778, 
 
 3782, 4586, 4714. 
 Hereford, Viscount, 482, 5263. 
 Hero, 1610, 1885, 2121, 2253, 3995, 
 
 5249. 
 
 Herries, Lord, 1236. 
 Hertford, Marquess, 1671. 
 Heytesbury, Lord, 1815. 
 Highgate School, 225. 
 Hill, Viscount, 466. 
 Historian, 1076, 2067, 2435, 3872, 
 
 4272, 4917. 
 History, 1167, 1515, 2029, 2118, 
 
 2802, 3286, 3985. 
 Holiday, see Festival. 
 Home, 91, 1112, 1241, 1243, 1271, 
 
 1275, 1751, 2081, 2324, 2998, 3284, 
 
 3915, 3934, 4021. 
 
 Home, return, 3169, 3352, 3611,3721. 
 Homer, 552, 629, 1809, 2628, 4127. 
 Homoeopathy, 4645. 
 Honest, Honesty, 388, 421, 441, 
 
 913, 1340, 1347, 2474, 2649, 4465, 
 
 4630. 
 Honour, 1339, 2424, 3299, 4304, 
 
 4413, 4827, 5003. 
 Hood, Viscount, 5188. 
 Hope, 115, 875, 1334, 1358, 1725, 
 
 2133, 2616, 2763, 3333, 3445, 3623, 
 
 3739, 4041, 4751, 4753, 4756, 4757. 
 Horace, 1512, 2436, 4809. 
 Q
 
 610 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Horses, 349, 1402, 1403, 2164, 2363, 
 
 3741, 4378, 4726. 
 Host, 4928, 5022. 
 Hothfield, Lord, 178. 
 Houghton, Lord, 4496. 
 House of Commons, 4590. 
 House of Lords, 4328. 
 Houses, 1242, 1243, 3568, 3729. 
 Howard de Walden, Lord, 3435. 
 Howard of Glossop, Lord, 4713. 
 Howth, Earl, 4253. 
 Hudson's Bay Company, 4046. 
 Humane Society, Royal, 2618. 
 Humility, 2316, 3148, 3532, 3808, 
 
 4227, 5296. 
 Hunger, Hungry, 237, 1588, 2115, 
 
 2402, 2418, 2615, 2897, 3173, 
 
 4418, 5187, 5213. 
 Huntingdon, Earl, 2347. 
 Huntingfield, Lord, 1261. 
 Huntly, Marquess, 288. 
 Husband, 554, 1411, 2840. 
 Hussars, 13th, 5248. 
 Hypocrisy, Hypocrite, 97, 255, 912, 
 
 922, 1289, 1791, 2812, 3009, 3179, 
 
 3279, 3501, 4170, 4303, 4325. 
 
 Idle, Idleness, 7, 661, 1563, 1637, 
 
 2013, 2042, 2120, 2461, 3101, 
 
 5138, 5275. 
 Idolatry, 4221. 
 Ignorance (see Error), 522, 663, 936, 
 
 1607, 1941, 1949, 3283, 3306, 
 
 3599, 3642, 3753. 
 Ikhester, Earl, 1620. 
 Ill-temper, 5314. 
 Illusions, 430, 1002, 1032. 
 Imagination, 638, 683, 2832, 2833, 
 
 5330. 
 
 Imitation, 1218, 2279, 3583. 
 Immorality, 971, 1010, 4296. 
 Immortality (Fame), 1102, 1183, 
 
 1750, 2608, 3254, 3886, 4553, 
 
 5255, 5304. 
 Immortality of the Soul (see Future 
 
 existence), 4310, 4830, 4949, 5313. 
 Impartial, 3775, 5029. 
 Imperfect, see Unfinished. 
 Important, 854, 1670, 2162, 3379, 
 
 3498. 
 
 Impossibility, 195, 352, 666, 2174, 
 
 2175, 3258, 3425, 4157, 4651, 4786. 
 Improbability, 4203, 4449. 
 Improvement, 1109, 3104, 3178. 
 Incarnation, the, 3593. 
 Inchiquin, Lord, 5237. 
 Incomes (large and small), 900, 2073, 
 
 3075, 5296. 
 Inconsistency, 1178, 3328,4170, 4435, 
 
 5065. 
 
 Inconstancy, see Fickle. 
 Incredible, 862, 870, 4297. 
 Independence, Independent, 223, 
 
 1760, 1952, 3079, 3503, 4592, 4606, 
 
 4692, 4757(5). 
 Index, 18. 
 
 India, 192, 2222, 4840. 
 Industry, see Busy, Work. 
 Infatuated, 2143, 3662, 4675. 
 Infection (Moral or Physical), 971, 
 
 1010, 1823. 
 Inference, 3. 
 Informers, 4501, 5050. 
 Ingratitude, 506, 2257, 3145, 3923, 
 
 5000. 
 
 Inheritance, see Heir. 
 Innholders 1 Company, 1913. 
 Innocence, 800, 801, 1203, 1468, 
 
 2400, 2469, 4078, 4525. 
 Innovation, see Change. 
 Inns, 3058, 3417. 
 Inquisition, 453, 794. 
 Inspiration, poetical, 137, 431, 1436, 
 
 1437, 3248. 
 Insane, see Mad. 
 
 Instincts, natural, 2735, 3184, 3477. 
 Institution of G. ., Royal, 3744. 
 Insults, 335, 465, 600, 1077, 1733. 
 Integrity, 126, 421, 913, 1183, 1491, 
 
 1947, 2315, 4413. 
 Intelligence, Intelligent, 490, 569, 
 
 702, 1335, 1946, 3388, 3661, 3675, 
 
 4133, 5009. 
 
 Intelligible, 982, 2876. 
 Intention, the, 49, 51, 57, 1230, 
 
 1614, 1868, 3038. 
 
 Interested (prejudiced), 3199, 5321. 
 Interests, common, 2468. 
 International politics, 624, 764, 
 
 2467(1), 3277, 3761. 
 Invalid, 2371, 3201, 3737. 
 Invention, 370, 884, 1595, 2029, 2045, 
 
 3908, 4560. 
 Iron. Age, the, 1772.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 611 
 
 Iron Crown, the, 475. 
 
 Ironmongers' Company, 385. 
 
 Irrelevant, 351, 3301. 
 
 Irritable, 1178, 3130, 3610. 
 
 Islington School, 919. 
 
 Italy, 523, 1905, 2256, 2387, 2488, 
 
 2813, 2844, 4934, 5168. 
 Itch for speaking, writing, etc., 
 
 4927. 
 Ivry, battle of, 4714. 
 
 J. 
 
 Jack of all trades, 197, 1814, 3646, 
 
 3649. 
 
 Jersey, Earl, 1672. 
 Jesuits, 899, 2841, 4804. 
 John II. (France], 4630. 
 Jokes, Joking, 1290, 2103, 2815, 
 
 3395, 3692, 4490, 4537, 4682, 4909, 
 
 4964, 5055, 5209. 
 Journalists, 5006. 
 Joy, 1288, 1300, 1875, 2518, 3500, 
 
 3600, 4163. 
 Judge (see Justice, Law, Lawsuit), 
 
 198, 543, 2263, 2452, 2453, 2454, 
 
 2455, 2663, 2898, 2939, 3244, 3287, 
 
 3498, 4205, 4502, 4629. 
 Judge of taste, etc., 339, 3453. 
 Judgment, see Intelligence. 
 Judgment, human, 2839, 3317. 
 Judicious, see Intelligence. 
 Julian the Apostate, 5225. 
 Just, 2481, 2482, 4413, 4678: 
 Justice, 104, 424, 708, 1187, 1670, 
 
 2476, 2479, 2566, 3575, 3775, 
 
 5029. 
 Justice, miscarriage of, 65, 991, 1628, 
 
 2450, 2469, 2472, 3498, 5016. 
 
 K. 
 
 Keane, Lord, 1111. 
 Kcnmare, Earl, 2873. 
 Kensington, Lord, 1789. 
 Kenyan, Lord, 2906. 
 Kesteven, Lord, 426. 
 Kilmaine, Lord, 4821. 
 Kilmorey, Earl, 3518. 
 Kimberley, Earl, 1757. 
 Kindness, 535, 709, 2654, 2697, 
 4385. 
 
 Kings, 163, 299, 397, 516, 670, 671, 
 781, 1296, 1627, 1821, 2061, 2099, 
 2289, 2473, 2727, 2923, 3304, 3491, 
 3513, 3752, 4262, 4381, 4411, 4412, 
 4443, 4487, 4630, 4694, 4995. 
 
 Kings, punctuality of, 2395, 2798. 
 
 Kings' and flatterers, 1100, 2871. 
 
 Kings and friendship, 256, 1944. 
 
 Kings and grammar, 630, 2534. 
 
 Kings and love, 3382. 
 
 Kings and ministers, 1501, 2129. 
 
 Kings and poets, 2608. 
 
 Kings and soldiers, 2702, 2775. 
 
 Kings and the State, 2576, 2710, 
 4014. 
 
 Kings and subjects, 6, 1082, 2659, 
 2751, 3705, 4118, 4164, 5332. 
 
 Kings' Courts, see Court. 
 
 Kingsale, Lord, 5240. 
 
 Kingston, Lord, 4757. 
 
 Kinnaird, Lord, 4251. 
 
 Kinnoul, Earl, 4394. 
 
 Kintore, Earl, 4082. 
 
 Knowledge, 214, 1055, 2039, 2262, 
 2540, 2959, 3167, 3463, 3531, 3966, 
 4491, 4500, 4813, 5208. 
 
 Knowledge of the world, 2718, 4233. 
 
 L. 
 
 Labour, see Work. 
 
 Labour lost, 352, 405, 1223, 1992, 
 
 2036, 2233, 2237, 2285, 2303, 2619, 
 
 3874, 5195. 
 
 Labourer, agricultural, 3574, 4374. 
 Lamington, Lord, 4173. 
 Lancaster Grammar School, 3993. 
 Lancing College, 487. 
 Landed property, 721, 1217, 4048. 
 Landscape, 403, 4445. 
 Lanesborough, Earl, 2824. 
 Languages (Native and Foreign), 164, 
 
 404, 3129, 3622. 
 Lansdowne, Marquess, 5259. 
 Last words, 2441, 2813, 3004, 4106, 
 
 4943, 4957, 5049. 
 Late, 30, 326, 743, 2572, 3003, 3080, 
 
 3955, 3961, 4573, 4574, 4575, 4576, 
 
 4577, 4578, 4579, 4648, 4900. 
 Lathom, Earl, 2288. 
 Latin and Greek, 404, 1383, 1489, 
 
 1811, 1950, 2329, 3622, 4970. 
 Latin, mock, 3823.
 
 612 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Laudfrdale, Earl, 808. 
 Laughing-stock, 1704. 
 Laughter, 376, 644, 1797, 4415, 4429, 
 
 4430, 4432, 4729. 
 Law, Laws, 175, 845, 2206, 2467,2469, 
 
 2472, 2558, 2671, 2672, 2796, 2799, 
 
 2842, 2898, 4634, 4828, 4836. 
 Lawfulness v. Expediency, 2009, 
 
 3223, 4304. 
 Lawsuit, 74, 514, 1785, 2328, 2392, 
 
 2842, 3001, 3243, 3287, 3498, 3849, 
 
 4789. 
 
 Lawyers, 44, 528, 1203, 4929. 
 Leaders, 1265, 1297, 4697. 
 Leamington College, 3890. 
 Learn, Learn-ed,-ing, 1031, 1202, 
 
 1951, 2329, 2362, 2540, 3189, 3488, 
 
 3525, 4870. 
 
 Leathersellers' Company, 1054, 4718. 
 Leconfield, Lord, 411. 
 Leeds, Duke, 1754, 3839. 
 Leeds Grammar School, 3505. 
 Legates. Papal, 173. 
 Legion of Honour, 499, 1964, 4062. 
 Leibnitz, 5004. 
 Leicester, Earl, 4070. 
 Leigh, Lord, 5014. 
 Lcinster, Duke, 885, 3414. 
 Leisure, 3528, 3745, 3746, 3747, 3748. 
 Leitrim, Earl, 3827. 
 Lending, 4256, 5111. 
 Leniency, mistaken, 832, 1505, 1700, 
 
 2353, 2450, 3678. 
 Leopold, Order of, 3705. 
 Lesbia, 2881, 5280. 
 Let well alone, 2541, 3006, 4218. 
 Letters, 1121, 1579, 2423, 5202. 
 Letters, Republic of, 2294, 2600, 
 
 2686. 
 
 Leren and Melville, Earl, 4053. 
 Liars (see Falsehood), 3026, 3645, 
 
 3799, 5347. 
 Libel, see Detraction. 
 Liberality, 512, 658, 1596, 2546. 
 
 3139. 
 Liberty (see Free), 181, 1627, 1759, 
 
 2170, 2547, 2731, 2817, 2819, 2820, 
 
 2822, 2823, 2968, 3379, 3591, 4355, 
 
 5714. 
 
 Lichfield, Earl, 3333. 
 Lies, see Falsehood. 
 Life (see Existence), 132, 1267, 2956, 
 
 3379, 3498, 3697, 4633, 5272, 5273, 
 
 5274, 5277, 5~290. 
 
 Life, a dream, 1349, 3315, 4703, 4707. 
 Life, a game, 1194, 2390, 3153. 
 Life, a good, 549, 3262, 3494, 4193, 
 
 4678, 4770, 5268. 
 Life, a warfare, 976, 1995, 5288. 
 Life, all for, 997, 2787, 4089, 5270. 
 Life, all lost but, 3631, 4120, 5003. 
 Life, enjoy while ycfu can, 1244, 1288, 
 
 2333, 2518, 3464. 
 Life, essence of, 132, 757, 977, 3034, 
 
 5287, 5299. 
 Life, farewell to, 3417, 4209, 4479, 
 
 4607. 
 
 Life, nothingness of, 3470, 3551, 4611. 
 Life, sadness of, 1665, 3118, 3177, 
 
 4834. 
 Life, shortness of, 550, 978, 1336, 
 
 2168, 2892, 3177, 3582, 3715, 4770, 
 
 5130, 5131. 
 
 Life and Death, 978, 3177, 3658. 
 Light come, light go, 655, 2722, 5355. 
 Like goes with like, 378, 1352, 1802, 
 
 3779, 3808, 3816, 4644, 4645. 
 Likeness, 1587, 1592, 1849. 
 Lilford, Lord, 3796. 
 Limerick, Earl, 5259. 
 Lindsay, Earl, 999, 2874. 
 Lions, 1331, 2695, 4449. 
 Lisburnc, Earl, 3438. 
 Lisle, Lord, 496. 
 Lismore, Viscount, 1682. 
 Listowel, Earl, 3566. 
 Literally, 3120, 5199. 
 Literary pursuits, 3357, 3748, 5037, 
 
 5273. 
 
 Litigation, see Law. 
 Little things, see Trifles. 
 Liverpool College, 3448. 
 j Living, the, 1080, 3053, 5163. 
 j Logic (see Fallacies), 480. 
 Londesborough , Earl, 111. 
 . London, City of, 1235. 
 j London School, City of, 1235. 
 ! Londonderry, Marquess, 3048. 
 I Lonely, see Solitary. 
 ! Longford, Earl, 1804. 
 ; Lonsdale, Earl, 2899. 
 Looks, sec Countenance. 
 Loss, Losses, 951, 952, 954, 955, 2070, 
 
 3081, 3396, 3864, 3938. 
 Lost, all, except life, 3531, 4120, 
 
 5003. 
 
 Lothian, Marquess, 4576. 
 I Loudoun, Earl, -2347.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 613 
 
 Louis VL, 4443. 
 
 Louis IX., 1161. 
 
 Louis XII. , 2708. 
 
 Louis XIV., 2125, 2395, 2781, 3088, 
 
 3212, 4142, 5000, 5320. 
 Louis XV., 329, 4995. 
 Louis XVI., 1690, 1700, 2872, 3727. 
 Louis X VIII. , 963, 2798. 
 Louis Philippe, 2473, 2501, 4995. 
 Louis (Si}, Order of, 499. 
 Louth Grammar School, 4250. 
 Lovat, Lord, 2438. 
 Love, 171, 233, 259, 261, 268, 285, 
 
 447, 873, 1142, 1319, 1396, 1465, 
 
 1858, 1934, 1997, 2182, 2183, 2499, 
 
 2565, 2567, 2568, 2666, 2950, 3063, 
 
 3382, 3666, 3695, 4236, 4305, 4632, 
 
 4646, 4655, 5070, 5194. 
 Love, cure for, 1879, 3357, 3745, 4220, 
 
 4878. 
 Love, of being in, 70, 147, 229, 234, 
 
 539, 698, 962, 1083, 1283, 1863, 
 
 1865, 2241, 2243, 3095, 4153, 4244, 
 
 5339. 
 Love, power of, 267, 2179, 2571, 3639, 
 
 4259. 
 Love and Reason, 234, 2651, 2703, 
 
 2765, 2768, 3560, 4351. 
 Lovelace, Earl, 3854. 
 Lover, faithful, 868, 3419. 
 Lover, faithless, 967, 1624, 3028, 3870. 
 Lover, unhappy, 152,160, 347, 1026, 
 
 2828, 2829. 
 Lovers, 228, 356, 688, 3019, 3063, 
 
 3226, 3881, 4040, 4268, 4585, 5056. 
 Lovers' quarrels, 231, 2326. 
 Lucan, Earl, 4757. 
 Lucca, 523. 
 
 Lucidity, see Intelligible. 
 Luck (good or bad), 1, 151, 611, 1312, 
 
 1403, 4166. 
 Lucrece, 4212, 4609. 
 Lurgan, Lord, 1427. 
 Luther, 1450, 4973, 5348. 
 Luxury, 1838, 2087, 3521. 
 Lyttleton, Lord, 5088. 
 Lytton, Earl, 1935. 
 Lyveden, Lord, 5207. 
 
 M. 
 
 Macclesfidd, Earl, 4472. 
 Macdonald, Lord, 3882, 5252. 
 
 MacMahon, General, 2483. 
 
 Mad, 48, 784, 1981, 2002A, 2147, 
 
 2193, 3188, 3354, 4329, 4792, 4947, 
 
 4991. 
 Madman, 1374, 1716, 1782, 2681, 
 
 5025. 
 
 Madness, 430, 2298, 3509, 4099. 
 Magdalen College School, 4613. 
 Magi, the, 2411. 
 
 Magna Charta, 1836, 2457, 2900. 
 Magnanimous, 335, 838, 5094. 
 Malice, Malicious, 1900, 3355, 3395, 
 
 3929. 
 
 Malmesbury, Earl, 5076. 
 Malvern College, 4473. 
 Man, see Life, World. 
 Man, creation of, 1540, 4043, 4463. 
 Man, nothingness of, 1957, 2807, 
 
 3465, 4703, 4937. 
 Man proposes, etc., 2808. 
 Man and Woman contrasted, 1803, 
 
 2737, 2745, 5106. 
 Man, Isle of, 4764. 
 Manchester, Duke, 1208. 
 Manchester School, 4472. 
 Mankind's proper study, 1942, 2638, 
 
 4163, 4207. 
 Manliness, 2748. 
 Manners, 133, 1459, 2784, 3278, 
 
 4233, 4816. 
 Manners, good (see Civility), 468, 
 
 763, 863, 1084, 2903, 3909. 
 Manners, Lord, 3981. 
 Mansfield, Earl, 5107. 
 Mantua, 523, 2963, 2964. 
 Manvers, Earl, 3912. 
 Maps and Plans, 1844. 
 Mar, Earl, 2429. 
 Marcellus, the younq, 3740. 
 Maria Theresa (Order), 1740, 4589. 
 Marie Antoinette, 3727. 
 Marine Forces, 3882. 
 Marlborough, Duke, 1683. 
 Marriage (see Wife), 587. 798, 964, 
 
 1645, 1788, 2151, 2676, 4679, 4923, 
 
 4960, 5151, 5152. 
 Marriage, happy, 576, 1648, 4800. 
 Marriage, unhappy, 354, 1787, 1980, 
 
 3226, 3432, 4446, 4552, 4617, 4785. 
 Marriage of sons and daughters, 639, 
 
 1299, 2975, 3665, 3978. 
 Marseillaise, the, 213. 
 Martyrs (see Persecution), 739, 2229, 
 
 3861, 4546, 5182.
 
 614 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Alary Stuart, 78. 
 
 Massereene, Viscount, 3856. 
 
 Massey, Lord, 4039. 
 
 Masters (see Servants), 248, 423, 1549, 
 
 1699, 2216, 2389, 3601, 4179. 
 Match, Matched, see Contest. 
 Mathematicians, 1814, 3252. 
 Matter, eternity of, 1044, 1559, 4422. 
 Mayo, Earl, 47. 
 Mean, the golden (see Extremes, 
 
 Moderation), 436, 437, 1446, 2473, 
 
 2993, 2996, 2997, 5220. 
 Meath, Earl, 5318. 
 Medicine, 1412, 2346, 4016, 4232, 
 
 4499, 4915. 
 Mediocrity, 2732, 2882, 2994, 2995, 
 
 4902. 
 
 Meeting, 2959, 3229, 4365. 
 Melancholy, 114, 1139. 
 Melville, Viscount, 4306. 
 Memory, 490, 994, 1131, 1887, 2553, 
 
 2599, 3019, 3020, 3022, 3024, 3289, 
 
 3621, 4274, 5009. 
 Memory, pleasures of, 154A, 270, 
 
 1843, 2449, 4410, 4678, 5116. 
 Mercenary, 389, 3199, 3226, 3863. 
 Mercers' Company, 1967. 
 Merchant Tailors' Company, 790. 
 Merchant Tailors' School, 1953. 
 Merit, see Worth. 
 Metaphysics, 3538. 
 Methuen, Lord, 5252. 
 Michael, St., and St George, Order, 444. 
 Middle-aged, 1406A, 2984, 3900. 
 Middle course, a, see Mean. 
 Middleton, Lord, 5206. 
 Midleton, Viscount, 58. 
 Milan, 523. 
 Military Merit, Order (France, Hesse- 
 
 Cassel), 4062. 
 Milltown, Earl, 750. 
 Milton, 1809, 3362. 
 Mind, 286, 295, 297, 298, 1139, 1801, 
 
 2244, 3032, 3034, 3037, 3038, 3039, 
 
 3797. 
 
 Mind, absence of, 1907, 2274, 4615. 
 Mind, change of, 1360, 2011, 2432, 
 
 3245, 3391, 4073. 
 Minto, Earl, 4803. 
 Mirabeau, 3481. 
 Miracles, 862, 985, 1063, 1073, 3534, 
 
 3976, 5231. 
 Miser, 467, 2907, 3136, 8951, 4547, 
 
 4801. 
 
 Misery, Miserable, 2109, 2764, 4089, 
 
 4402. 
 Misfortune (see Adversity, Fortune, 
 
 Luck, Troubles), 517, 610, 722, 
 
 1181, 1200, 1307, 1468, 1743, 1874, 
 
 2249, 2590, 2645, 2647, 2896, 2921, 
 
 2935, 3703, 4402, 5061. 
 Misfortune, companions in, 770, 771, 
 
 3739, 4327, 4687, 4710. 
 Mistakes, 685, 914, 1988, 5330. 
 Mob, 60, 3089, 3142, 3173, 4495, 
 
 4515, 5051. 
 : Moderation (see Excess, Extremes, 
 
 Mean), 360, 900, 2028, 2073, 2624, 
 
 2909, 3092, 3132, 4547, 5296, 5311. 
 Modesty, 1003, 1117, 1432, 2850, 
 
 3148, 4354. 
 
 Molesworth, Viscount, 5239. 
 : Moliere, 2136, 4419. 
 ! Moment, see Opportunity. 
 Monarchy, absolute, 1627, 2530, 
 
 2576, 2781, 3497, 3752, 4950. 
 i Monarchy, constitutional, 2473, 2501, 
 
 2710. 
 
 Monclc, Viscount, 1739. 
 Moncrieff, Lord, 4846. 
 Money, 354, 495, 769, 994, 1217, 
 
 2000, 2025, 2169, 2602, 2713, 2827, 
 
 3226, 3282, 3345, 3463, 3669, 3845, 
 
 3863, 3942, 4143, 4390. 
 Money, love of, 877, 2331, 2924, 
 
 3433. 
 Money, power of, 267, 438, 441, 442, 
 
 931, 3324, 3644, 4191, 5230. 
 Money goes to money, 4110, 4549, 
 
 5012. 
 Money v. Keputation, 955, 4061, 
 
 4182, 5238. 
 Monkeys, 4641, 4642. 
 Monks, 494. 
 
 Monotony, see Repetition. 
 Monteagle, Lord, 221. 
 Montrose, Duke, 3471. 
 Morals, Morality, 646, 1909, 2745, 
 
 3278, 4061, 4186. 
 Moray, Earl, 4457. 
 Morley, Earl, 1673. 
 Mostyn, Lord, 463. 
 Mother, 888, 2920, 3588, 4493. 
 Mount Edgcumbe, Earl, 435. 
 Mount Garret, Viscount, 1067. 
 Mountain in labour, 3801. 
 Mountcashel, Earl, 5269. 
 Mountmorres, Viscount, 1156.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 015 
 
 Mourning, 20, 255, 1887, 3141, 3501, 
 
 4263. 
 
 Mowbray and Stourton, Lord, 2873. 
 Much ado about nothing, 1710, 2912, 
 
 3801. 
 
 Multitude, see Crowd. 
 Muncaster, Lord, 5239 
 Munster, Earl, 3222. 
 Murder, 3274. 
 Music, 746, 1689, 1918, 2497, 2978, 
 
 5139. 
 
 Muskerry, Lord, 1734. 
 Mystery, 775, 1796, 2400, 3300, 
 
 4030. 
 
 N. 
 
 Name, a great, 3995, 4769. 
 
 Name, good, see Reputation. 
 
 Napier, Lord, 4471. 
 
 Napier of Magdala, Lord, 5066. 
 
 Naples, 5168, 5323. 
 
 Napoleon I., 683, 685, 1295, 2107, 
 
 2775, 3563, 3780, 4943, 5067, 5242. 
 Napoleon III., 1743, 2135, 2685, 
 
 2687, 5101. 
 
 Native country, see Patriotism. 
 Natural, 2007, 3183, 3234, 4421. 
 Nature, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 
 
 1796, 3180, 3181, 3182, 3184, 3307, 
 
 3523, 4438, 4511, 5114, 5312. 
 Nature and Art, 979, 1221, 1864, 
 
 3643, 5071. 
 Navy, Naval powers, 911, 2300, 
 
 2788, 3766. 
 
 Neatness, 3152, 4121, 4649. 
 Necessity, 105, 273, 1605, 1655, 
 
 2249, 2251, 2979, 3198, 3468, 4123, 
 
 5140, 5181, 5362. 
 Neighbours, 528, 737, 3386, 4923. 
 Nelson, Earl, 3766. 
 Nero, 1363, 4106, 4977, 5175. 
 Nerva, 4355. 
 Never, 84. 
 
 New, see Novelty, Old. 
 Newborough, Lord, 4804. 
 Newburgh, Earl, 4627. 
 Newcastle, Duke, 2874. 
 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1739. 
 News, bad, 62, 1631, 1916, 1932. 
 Night, 928, 2406, 2580, 2581, 2875, 
 
 3366, 3485, 3486, 4104. 
 Nightingale, 4107, 5325. 
 Nisus aiid Euryalus, 3017, 4080. 
 
 Noble, Nobility, 972, 1819, 2759, 
 
 3365, 4465, 4974. 
 Norbury, Earl, 4379. 
 Norfolk, Duke, 4713. 
 Normanby, Marquess, 5259. 
 ! Normanton, Earl, 5223. 
 Northampton, Marquess, 2425. 
 Northbrook, Earl, 4024. 
 Northesk, Earl, 4861. 
 Northumberland, Duke, 1422. 
 Norton, Lord, 66. 
 
 Nothing, 695, 960, 1044, 1559, 3669. 
 Nothing perishes, 3627, 4422. 
 Nova Scotia Baronets, 1642. 
 Novelty, 1092, 1118, 1274, 1448, 
 
 2024, 2116, 2117, 3314. 
 Numbers, 3142, 3516, 4562, 4588, 
 
 5020. 
 Numismatic Society, 1615. 
 
 0. 
 
 Obedience, 2688, 4238, 4950. 
 
 Obligation, 1324. 
 
 Obscure, Obscurity, see Seclusion, 
 
 Unintelligible. 
 Occupation, 628, 1606, 3207, 3489, 
 
 3506, 3529, 4594. 
 Occupied, see Busy, Occupation. 
 Office (see Power), 272, 1998, 2261. 
 Old, 688, 1189, 1397, 1406A, 1467, 
 
 3246, 3900, 4726, 4919, 5056. 
 Old v. New, 1429, 2218, 2622, 2623, 
 
 2625, 3937, 5215. 
 Old Age, see Age, Old. 
 Omens, 23, 2187, 3598. 
 O'Neill, Lord, 2356. 
 Onslow, Earl, 1663. 
 Opinion, difference of, 2862, 4333, 
 
 4336. 
 
 Opinion, independence of, 1760, 3503. 
 Opinion, public, 2323, 3235, 3276, 
 
 5327. 
 
 Opinionated, 689, 2147, 3346, 3480. 
 Opportunity (see Time for all things), 
 
 1028, 1070, 1355, 1800, 2485, 3097, 
 
 3455, 3542, 3543, 3544, 4175, 4352. 
 Opposites, 3382, 3383, 3557, 3871. 
 Opposition, useless, 3172, 3210, 4793. 
 Oppression, see Persecution. 
 Optimism, 5004. 
 Oracles, 165, 806, 869, 1718, 3537, 
 
 4737, 4738.
 
 616 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Oranmore and Browne, Lord, 4779. 
 Orators, Oratory, see Eloquence, 
 
 Speaker. 
 
 Orford, Earl, 1636. 
 Originality, 207, 472, 1118, 1174, 
 
 3335, 5346. 
 
 Ormathwaite, Lord, 5205. 
 Ormonde, Marquess, 767. 
 Others' benefit, working for, 874, 
 
 1977. 
 
 Ovid, 2436, 4925. 
 Oxenbridge, Viscount, 4004. 
 Oxford University, 1237. 
 
 P. 
 
 Padua, 523. 
 
 Pain, 1229, 2231, 3398, 3709, 5072. 
 
 Painter Stainers' Company, 262. 
 
 Painters, 276, 3489, 391L 
 
 Panic (see Terror), 3173, 3175. 
 
 Pantheism, 1449, 4833. 
 
 Paolo Sarpi, 1452. 
 
 Paradise, 1342, 2603, 4258. 
 
 Parasites, 1181, 1246, 1517, 1662, 
 
 4198, 4690. 
 Parents, 1930, 2071, 2474, 4493, 
 
 5087, 5176, 5359. 
 Paris, 2110, 3782, 3894. 
 Parliament, 931, 2709, 2908, 4590. 
 Part, a leading, 4093. 
 Parting, 3569, 4112, 4332. 
 Parvenus, 382, 2305, 2827, 3484, 
 
 4055, 4935. 
 
 Passion, 131, 289, 4675, 4798. 
 Passions, the, 1141, 1824, 2516, 2643. 
 
 2762. 
 Past, the, 191, 1406, 1970, 3289, 
 
 3494, 3577, 4097. 
 Patience, 293, 989, 1294, 1783, 2226, 
 
 2584, 2585, 2668, 3821, 3822, 5013, 
 
 5054. 
 
 Patrick (St), Order, 4277. 
 Patriotism, 595, 1122, 1275, 1302, 
 
 1351, 1929, 2128, 2586, 3114(15), 
 
 3284, 3299, 3825, 3934, 4021, 4139, 
 
 4745, 5096, 5239. 
 Patron, Patronage, 1276, 4513, 4671, 
 
 5000. 
 
 Patten- makers' Company, 4367. 
 Paul's School, St, 1671. 
 Pavia, 523, 5003. 
 
 Peace, 502, 575, 624, 2232, 2977, 
 
 3105, 3277, 3521, 4124, 4720, 
 
 5173. 
 
 Pedigrees, 3158, 4680, 4773. 
 Peers, Peerages, 1819, 4328, 4437, 
 
 4465. 
 
 Pembroke, Earl, 5100. 
 Penrhyn, Lord, 127. 
 Penzance, Lord, 5205. 
 People, see Public. 
 Perfection (see Unequalled), 2588, 
 
 2761, 3269, 4658. 
 Perfidy, 1870, 4741, 5089. 
 Performance, see Promise. 
 Perfumes, 1550, 3126, 3384. 
 Persecution (see Martyrs), 2272, 3042, 
 
 4637, 4705, 4892. 
 Perseverance, 295, 1871, 2496, 3007, 
 
 3015, 3617. 
 
 Pestilence, see Epidemic. 
 Petre, Lord, 4468. 
 Phaethon, 1902, 4736. 
 Pharsalia, 2928. 
 Philanthropy, 251, 736, 1909. 
 Philip II. (Spain), 1999, 3212, 5286. 
 Philip VI. (France), 3757. 
 Philip drunk, etc., 4064. 
 Philosopher, Philosophy, 2590, 3321, 
 
 3523, 3897, 4008, 4189, 4271, 4474, 
 
 4680. 
 
 Phoenix Insurance Company, 5125. 
 Photography, 4716. 
 Physician, 44, 887, 1805, 1965, 2991, 
 
 2992, 3201, 3402, 3903, 4149. 
 Physician heal thyself, 2991, 4152, 
 
 4241. 
 
 Pico of Mirandola, 1055. 
 Pictures, 292, 3162, 4674, 5135. 
 Pinmakers' Company, 5251. 
 Pity, see Compassion. 
 Places, see Sites. 
 Plagiarists, 3401, 3583, 3914, 4000, 
 
 4621. 
 
 Plate, 2982, 4416, 5297. 
 Plato, 1416, 2091, 3916, 4610. 
 Pleasure, 1134, 1272, 2567, 3343, 
 
 3464, 4754, 5311. 
 Pleasure, prohibited, 901, 2510, 3361, 
 
 4100. 
 
 Plumbers' Company, 2478. 
 Plunket, Lord, 1663. 
 Plymouth, 5059. 
 Poems, 598, 599, 3162, 3439, 3939, 
 
 4674, 5135.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 617 
 
 Poet, 455, 472, 607, 1484, 1516, 1767, 
 
 1889, 2435, 3130, 3156, 3911, 3940, 
 
 4510, 4837, 4904, 4951, 5043, 5157. 
 Poet, ambitious, 937, 939, 2915, 
 
 3254. 
 Poet, great, 2078, 2248, 3426, 3614, 
 
 4541, 4916. 
 Poet, immortality of, 601, 1537, 
 
 2405, 3254. 
 Poet, inspiration of, 137, 431, 1436, 
 
 1437, 3585. 
 Poet, power of, 602, 625, 2608, 3831, 
 
 3886, 5304. 
 Poet, unsuccessful, 573, 1499, 3440, 
 
 3847, 4700. 
 Poetaster, 1756, 2693, 2995, 3122, 
 
 3273, 3736, 4301, 4662. 
 Poetry (see Authorship), 451, 625, 
 
 1499, 1760, 2436, 2778, 3041, 3273, 
 
 3493, 5315. 
 
 Politeness, see Civility, Manners. 
 Political (see Government, Office, 
 
 Parliament, Power, State, etc.), 
 
 1700, 2076, 2880, 2917. 
 Poltimore, Lord, 1023. 
 Folwarth, Lord, 1678 
 Pompey, 911, 2976, 3995, 4769. 
 Puole town, 89. 
 Poor (see Poverty), 441, 640, 931, 
 
 1318, 1503, 1601, 1826, 1939, 2281, 
 
 3249, 3610, 3762, 3832, 3833, 4407, 
 
 4444. 
 
 Pope, tfie, 3163, 3668, 4611, 4910. 
 Popularity (Unpopularity), 396, 2153, 
 
 2594, 2631, 2741, 5051,. 5256. 
 Portarlington, Earl, 5272. 
 Portland, Duke, 856. 
 Portsmndh, Earl, 1386. 
 Possession, 488, 1256, 2180, 2596, 
 
 3010, 3055, 3081, 3428, 4544, 5333. 
 Posterity, 870, 1487, 4854. 
 Poulett, Earl, 1790. 
 Poverty, 13, 367, 368, 1838, 2496, 
 
 2587, 2916, 3393, 3834, 4453, 
 
 4655. 
 Poverty, blessings of, 1748, 1771, 
 
 3151, 3170, 3521, 4101, 4383. 
 Poverty, evils of, 1872, 3338, 3835, 
 
 3836. 
 Power (see Ambition, Office), 441, 
 
 926, 931, 1021, 2925, 2994, 3167, 
 
 3491, 4491, 4776. 
 Powerscourt, Viscount, 1675. 
 Poifis, Earl, 5100. 
 
 Praise, 1313, 2155, 2519, 2626, 3674, 
 
 3901, 4894. 
 
 Prayer, 886, 1091, 1135, 3028, 3997. 
 Preaching and Practice, see Precept, 
 
 6tc 
 
 Precaution, 25, 145, 3012, 4200. 
 
 Precedent, 3630, 5018. 
 
 Precept and Example, 2863, 3996, 
 
 4368, 4593. 
 
 Predicament, 412, 1773, 1848, 2165. 
 Prejudices, 1009, 3184. 
 Present, the, 1136, 1244, 1288, 1395, 
 
 2518, 2704, 2705, 3464, 4097. 
 Presumption, see Conceit. 
 Prevention better than cure, 1880, 
 
 2512, 4666. 
 
 Pride, 2292, 2635, 2869, 2945, 3564. 
 Printer, Printing, 370, 2176, 2501. 
 Probabilities, 3065. 
 Procrastination, 379, 860, 861, 4245, 
 
 4260, 4965. 
 
 Profit, 955, 956, 2028, 2877. 
 Progress, 1458, 3362, 4154, 4392. 
 Prohibition, 2510, 3361, 4100, 5080. 
 Prolix, 2423, 2730, 4240. 
 Promise, 1301, 1377, 2699, 2974, 
 
 3789, 4041, 4042, 5180. 
 Promise and Performance, 269, 400, 
 
 3812, 4178. 
 
 Promotion, 383, 438, 1600, 1872. 
 Promptitude, 825, 923, 1880, 3606, 
 
 4016, 4965. 
 
 Prophet, Prophecy, 1374, 2962, 4267. 
 Prosperity, 208, 384, 679, 692, 2403, 
 
 2644, 4057, 4362, 4536, 4631. 
 Proteus, 4335. 
 Providence, 464, 1164, 1622, 2808, 
 
 3884, 4447, 4604. 
 
 Prudence, 280, 866, 1326, 3811, 4073. 
 Prussia, King of, 1806. 
 Public, the (see Crowd, Mob), 2706, 
 
 3566, 3587, 3694, 4074, 4458, 4515, 
 
 5051, 5326. 
 Public opinion, 2323, 3235, 3276, 
 
 5327. 
 
 Punctuality, 2395, 2798, 4648. 
 Punishment, 917, 1184, 1539, 2003, 
 
 2690, 4231, 4330, 4358, 4625, 4874, 
 
 5241. 
 
 Punishment, capital, 3138, 3274. 
 Punishment, corporal, 68, 104, 3596, 
 
 4151, 4250. 
 Purgatory, 4273. 
 Purity, 484, 487, 3770, 4078.
 
 618 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Pursuits, literary, 3357, 3748, 5037, 
 
 5273. 
 
 Pyramids, 1537, 5242. 
 Pyrenees, 2125. 
 Pythagoras, 2361, 3627, 3774, 4938. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Quakers, 4359, 5117. 
 
 Quarrel, Quarrelsome, 823, 1137, 
 1656, 2232, 2466, 2723, 2772, 2842, 
 3116, 3423, 3563, 4446, 4529, 4562. 
 
 Questions, 2459, 2829, 4069, 4449. 
 
 Quibbles, 337, 3353, 4224. 
 
 Quickly, 2498, 3207, 5177, 5189. 
 
 Quotations, 1206, 2097, 2124, 2797, 
 3205, 4315. 
 
 R. 
 
 Rabelais, 2441, 4270, 4957. 
 
 Racine, 4349. 
 
 Racing, 3768, 4975. 
 
 Radley College, 4613. 
 
 Radnor, Earl, 3824. 
 
 Raglan, Lord, 3160. 
 
 Ranfurly, Earl, 3121. 
 
 Rank, see Title. 
 
 Rare, Rarity, 2748, 3182, 4353, 4354, 
 
 4355, 4357, 4360, 4658. 
 Rathdonnell, Lord, 5259. 
 Rationalism, 1092, 1409, 4008. 
 Ravensworth, Earl, 5118. 
 Rayleigh, Lord, 4922. 
 Readers, Reading, 674, 1638, 1956, 
 
 2911, 3308, 3357, 3496, 4027, 4450, 
 
 4665, 4903. 
 Reason, 48, 210, 433, 680, 1641, 2651, 
 
 4351, 4361, 5208, 5353. 
 Reay, Lord, 2965. 
 Rebels, 832, 923, 1505, 1700, 1775, 
 
 2426, 3678. 
 
 Recollection, see Memory. 
 Reconciliation, 1344, 2326. 
 Records, 1615. 
 Recreation, 748, 957. 
 Recrimination, 1137, 4152, 4278. 
 Reflection, 1851, 3751, 4900, 5005. 
 Reformation, The, 4343, 4973. 
 Refusal, 2960, 3791. 
 Regimental (B. Army) Mottoes, 415, 
 
 626, 634, 2347, 3107, 3190, 3253, 
 
 4011, 4277, 4319, 4748, 5075, 5263. 
 
 Regrets, vain, 191, 297, 3289, 3597. 
 
 Reign, a happy, 4355. 
 
 Relatives, 1656, 3524. 
 
 Relatives, noble, 2235, 3073, 3079, 
 
 3158, 3168. 
 
 Religion, Religious, 154, 172A, 391, 
 1210, 1289, 1421, 2177, 2474, 3211, 
 4389, 4719, 4842, 4882, 4892. 
 Religious controversy, 1897, 2167, 
 
 2471, 3567, 4882. 
 Remedies, 825, 923, 1584", 1880, 3794, 
 
 4691, 4898, 5073. 
 Rendlesham, Lord, 2494. 
 Repentance, 95, 1160, 1787, 4247. 
 Repetition, 52, 518, 583, 746, 2460, 
 2692, 3545, 4946, 4980, 4988, 5129. 
 Report, 1631, 1632, 1911, 2074, 2656, 
 
 3656, 3657, 4387, 5164, 5327. 
 Republic, 4386. 
 
 Reputation, 537, 955, 1333, 1590, 
 1630, 1677, 1681, 1962, 2601, 2839, 
 3054, 3905, 4061, 4182. 
 Resentment, 2369, 2954, 3559. 
 Reservation, 1323, 2734. 
 Resignation, 219, 2631. 
 Resolute, 2082, 2430, 2481, 3035, 
 
 4131. 
 
 Respect, 2434, 3300, 5087. 
 Rest, 1103, 1112, 3207, 4124, 4693, 
 
 4780. 
 
 Retaliation, 3253, 3790. 
 Retirement, see Seclusion. 
 Retribution, 722, 778, 1184, 1330, 
 2592, 3712, 4091, 4358, 4396, 4625, 
 5147 5192 
 Revenge, 409, 1562, 2708, 3070, 3113, 
 
 3879, 4431. 
 
 Reverence, 2177, 2903, 3334. 
 Revolution, French, see French Re- 
 volution. 
 Rewards, 460, 924, 2245, 2358, 3199, 
 
 3987. 
 
 Rhine, the, 271. 
 Ribblesdale, Lord, 4408. 
 Rich (see Money, Wealth), 277, 1217, 
 1218, 1219, 1281, 2336, 3166, 3220, 
 3452, 3549, 4110, 4549, 4790. 
 Richelieu, 2426, 2650, 4131, 4324, 
 
 4326. 
 
 Richmond, Duke, 1379. 
 Ridicule, see Derision. 
 Ridiculous, see Absurd. 
 Ridiculous and Sublime, 1295. 
 Right, 210, 677, 2666, 3558, 3783.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 G19 
 
 Riot, 60. 
 
 Ripon, Marquess, 1753. 
 
 Rival, Rivalry, 117, 118, 954, 2245, 
 
 2247, 3491, 3980, 4433, 4778. 
 Rivers, 2360, 2774, 4260, 4438, 4603, 
 
 5222. 
 
 Robbers, 364, 580, 1481, 5132. 
 Roden, Earl, 1620. 
 Rodney, Lord, 3408. 
 Hollo, Lord, 2529. 
 Romans, 1471, 1602, 5051. 
 Rome, 592, 1198, 1866, 4345, 4435, 
 
 4564, 4881, 4975, 5033, 5053, 5063, 
 
 5122, 5123, 5217. 
 Romney, Earl, 3444. 
 Rose, the, 1460, 2427, 2922, 4806, 
 
 5084. 
 
 Rosebery, Earl, 1671. 
 Rosse, Earl, 4031. 
 Rossmore, Lord, 3962. 
 Rothschild, Lord, 789. 
 Rowton, Lord, 2873. 
 Roxlurghe, Duke, 4028. 
 Royal Naval School, 3766. 
 Royal Society, 3505. 
 Rubicon, 176, 1891. 
 Rugby School, 3723. 
 Ruins, 1198, 3508, 4973, 4976. 
 Rumour, see Report. 
 Russell, Earl, 718. 
 Rutland, Duke, 3981. 
 
 S. 
 
 Sages, the Seven, 360, 1303, 2001, 
 
 2485, 3007, 3586, 3626, 4475, 4623, 
 
 4940. 
 
 Sailors, 578, 1552, 2083, 2086. 
 St Albans, Duke, 444. 
 St Germans, Earl, 3984. 
 St John, Lord, 986. 
 St Leonards, Lord, 2494. 
 St Simonianism, 3032. 
 Salisbury, Marquess, 4576. 
 Sandwich, Earl, 3964. 
 Sandys, Lord, 4026. 
 Sarcasm, 3929. 
 Sarpi, Paolo, 1452. 
 Satiety, 2691, 3143, 5129. 
 Satire, Satirist, 606, 1175, 1990, 3355, 
 
 3395, 3756, 3759, 3764, 3929, 4653, 
 
 4784. 
 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Order, 1676. 
 
 Saye and Sele, Lord, 1729. 
 Scarborough, Earl, 3159. 
 Scarsdale, Lord, 4369. 
 Scene, change of, 566, 649, 2024, 
 
 4172. 
 
 Schism, 1220, 2229, 4521. 
 Scholars, see Education, Learned. 
 Scotland, motto of, 3253. 
 Scots' Company, 485. 
 Scripture, 2847, 2848, 4511. 
 Scriveners' Company, 4508. 
 Sculptors, 4535. 
 Scylla and Charybdis, 4334. 
 Sea, the, 274, 567, 911, 1404, 1552, 
 
 2082, 2086, 2971, 2972, 2974, 3573, 
 
 3950, 4208. 
 Seaton, Lord, 4751. 
 Seclusion, 155, 865, 3170, 4189, 4607, 
 
 4776, 5291. 
 
 Second-rate, see Mediocrity. 
 Secret, Secrecy, 19, 344, 1120, 1350, 
 
 1546, 2220, 2409, 3039, 3100, 3549, 
 
 3860, 4079, 4863, 4999. 
 Security (pledge), 1320. 
 Seek and find, 3223. 
 Sefton, Earl, 5289. 
 Selborne, Earl, 3767. 
 Self-accusation, -condemnation, 1531, 
 
 1539, 3264, 3679, 5062. 
 Self-conceit, see Conceit. 
 Self-control, 1729, 2368, 2591, 2621, 
 
 2643, 3327, 4247, 4271. 
 Self-denial, 1463, 4134. 
 Self-evident, 322, 5170. 
 Self-help, 156, 637, 735. 
 Self-indulgence, 1455, 1914, 3143, 
 
 4145. 
 Selfishness, 107, 401, 596, 710, 2092, 
 
 3343, 4068, 4592, 5042. 
 Self-knowledge, 1303, 2039, 2262, 
 
 2414, 3279, 5133. 
 Self-love, 2569, 2570, 3562, 4662. 
 Self-praise, 246, 1332. 
 Selling, 2344, 2627, 3616. 
 Sempronia, 4456. 
 Sense, common, 2941, 4360. 
 Sense, good, 14, 680, 1641, 2579, 
 
 3480, 4868, 4997. 
 Servants (see Masters), 248, 1699, 
 
 2389, 2837, 2987, 3549, 4179, 4338, 
 
 5285. 
 
 Sex, 3091, 3195, 4589. 
 Shame, Shameless, 786, 936, 1969, 
 
 2160, 4076, 4176.
 
 620 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Shannon, Earl, 4748. 
 Sheffield, Earl, 4146. 
 Sherard, Lord, 1980A. 
 Sherborne, Lord, 4580. 
 Sherbrooke, Viscount, 3281. 
 Shrewd, see Intelligent. 
 Shrewsbury, Earl, 4004. 
 Shrewsbury School, 2340. 
 Sicilies, Order of the Two, 2297. 
 Sick, 115, 1597, 2048, 3402. 
 Sickness, see Disease. 
 Sidmouth, Viscount, 2822. 
 Sieyes, 2107, 2397, 4147, 4470, 5284. 
 Sight, 211, 1130, 3550, 3928, 4543. 
 Silence, Silent, 169, 200, 201, 454. 
 
 824, 2751, 2752, 2753, 2838, 4280, 
 
 4359, 4401, 4452, 4639, 4771, 4860, 
 
 4863, 5117. 
 Simple, Simplicity (see Affectation, 
 
 Frugality), 135, 1866, 3234, 3549, 
 
 3554, 3735, 3891, 4441, 4876. 
 Sin (see Vice), 971, 1450, 1539, 1827, 
 
 1868, 2262, 3549, 4005, 4871. 
 Sincerity, 96, 2527, 3691, 3828, 5338. 
 Sinews of war, 3282. 
 Singers, Singing (see Song), 238, 358, 
 
 580, 581, 582, 1420, 2757, 3535, 
 
 3640, 4400, 4702, 4717, 4946. 
 Singularity, 2691. 
 Sites, famous, 572, 1154, 1798, 2408, 
 
 2894, 4976. 
 Skinflint, 2146. 
 Skinners' Company, 4718. 
 Slander, see Detraction. 
 Slaves, 390, 3581, 4584. 
 Sleep, 1, 1252, 2186, 3486, 4183, 
 
 4563, 4588, 4732, 4733, 4869, 5213. 
 Sligo, Marquess, 4821. 
 Slow and Sure, 734, 2127, 3809. 
 Sneering, see Contempt. 
 Socinus, 4973. 
 Soldiers, 1973, 2702, 2775, 3573, 
 
 3931, 5011, 5056. 
 Solitary, Solitude, 3002, 3185, 3265, 
 
 3528, 4597, 4720, 5028. 
 Somers, Lord, 4032. 
 Somerset, Duke, 1753. 
 Somersetshire College, 1434. 
 Son, see Father. 
 Sondes, Earl, 1454. 
 Song (see Singers), 602, 625, 654, 
 
 3316, 4869, 5007. 
 
 Sons of the Clergy Corporation, 4298. 
 Sophist, 3083. 
 
 Sore subjects, 4375, 4913, 5079. 
 
 Sorrow, see Grief. 
 
 Soul, immortality of, 290, 2441, 2614, 
 
 4830. 
 
 South Sea Company, 143. 
 Southampton, Lord, 1469. 
 Southwell, Viscount, 3203. 
 Spain, Spaniards, 826, 4117. 
 Sparta, 1122, 1466, 4745. 
 Speaker, 82, 653, 2058, 2222, 2376, 
 
 2605, 3828, 3940, 4531. 
 Speaking (see Eloquence, Language), 
 
 59, 1042, 1613, 2184, 2190, 4038, 
 
 4777, 4927, 5024, 5038, 5198. 
 Speculation, 3698. 
 Speech, 812, 1765, 2583, 3479. 
 Spencer, Earl, 1157. 
 Spendthrift, see Extravagance. 
 Spies, see Informers. 
 Spring, 1492, 1763, 5204, 5207. 
 Stafford, Lord, 5252. 
 Stamford, Earl, 232. 
 Stanhope, Earl, 67. 
 Stanley of A Iderley, Lord, 4468. 
 State (see Political), 53, 343, 428, 
 
 845, 2426, 2558, 2586, 3676, 3803, 
 
 4014, 4881. 
 
 Statesman, 341, 1501, 3750, 3995. 
 Stationers' Company, 5203. 
 Steal, see llobber, Thief. 
 Step, the first, 1600, 1613, 2130, 2304. 
 Stephen (St), Order, 4075. 
 Storm, 1710, 3941, 3950. 
 Story, 1447, 1972, 2858, 2859, 3310. 
 Stradbroke, Earl, 2445. 
 Strafford, Lord, 5034. 
 Stratagem (see Cunning), 1232, 1691, 
 
 4439. 
 
 Stratheden and Campbell, Lord, 418. 
 Strathmore, Earl, 2314. 
 Strike, a, 3850. 
 
 Strongest wins, the, 1062, 2598, 2666. 
 Study, 408, 684, 1856, 1927, 3357. 
 Stupid, Stupidity, 522, 3084, 3499, 
 
 3733. 
 Style, 352, 907, 1433, 2192, 2689, 
 
 2777, 3312, 3363, 3364, 3400, 3407, 
 
 3614, 3650, 3731, 4240, 4337, 4414, 
 
 4569, 4796, 4799. 
 Subjects, see Kings. 
 Sublime to ridiculous, 1295. 
 Submission, 627, 2819, 3210, 5162. 
 Success, Successful, 905, 1123, 1979, 
 
 2891, 4507, 5227.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 621 
 
 Sudeley, Lord, 3023. 
 
 Suffering, 1277, 1825, 2729, 2792, 
 
 2805, 3584, 3820, 5314. 
 Suffield, Lord, 123. 
 Suffolk, Earl, 3476. 
 Suicide, 1508, 1651, 1901, 4120, 4363. 
 Sundial mottoes, 1971, 2801, 3868. 
 Superstition, 1425, 3211, 3598, 4137, 
 
 4389, 4731, 4842. 
 Surgeons' Company, 4092. 
 Suspense, 1279, 3072. 
 Suspicion, Suspicious, 168, 2142, 
 
 3610, 4739, 4851. 
 Sutherland, Duke, 1755. 
 Sydney, Earl, 1260. 
 Sympathy, 86, 2051, 2109, 2431, 3096, 
 
 3412, 4699, 4834. 
 
 T. 
 
 Taaffe, Viscount, 2258. 
 
 Talbot de Malahide, Lord, 1728. 
 
 Tale, see Story. 
 
 Tale-bearing, 19, 1546, 1869, 3082, 
 
 3860, 4177. 
 Talent, 393, 680, 1391, 1418, 2250, 
 
 3234, 4451, 4868, 5124. 
 Talents, buried, 4451, 5146. 
 Talk of the devil, 2885, 3784. 
 Talkative, 2544, 3565, 3754, 3860. 
 Tallow-Chandlers' Company, 1304, 
 
 4083. 
 
 Tankerville, Earl, 1000. 
 Task, an arduous, 2884, 2904, 2915, 
 
 3389, 3872, 4896. 
 
 Taste, 72, 339, 680, 1392, 1446, 2669, 
 2761, 3228, 3305, 3391, 3936, 4211, 
 4868. 
 Tastes differ, 701, 1018, 1045, 3064, 
 
 3629, 4333, 5017. 
 Taxes, 533, 3277, 5167. 
 Teaching, sec Education. 
 Tears, 948, 1705, 2207, 2321, 2758, 
 
 3096, 4325, 5068. 
 Teetotallers, 3493, 4595, 4992. 
 Teignmouth, Lord, 3876. 
 Temperance, 35, 1741. 
 Templemore, Lord, 2356. 
 Templetown, Viscount, 5263. 
 Tentcrden, Lord, 2494. 
 Terror, 1974, 3540. 
 Tertullian, 4337. 
 Testimonials to character, 4103. 
 
 Tcynham, Lord, 4757. 
 
 Theatre, 2084, 3918, 4758, 5210. 
 
 Theme, a, 2926, 2981, 4010. 
 
 Theories, 1346. 
 
 Thermopylae, 1122. 
 
 Thief (see Robbers), 15, 294, 1549, 
 
 1955, 3165, 3311, 3542, 4179. 
 Third Estate, 4147. 
 Thistle, Order of, 3253. 
 Thou art the man, 4201. 
 Thought, Thoughts, 1765, 1795, 1851, 
 
 2554, 2583, 5005. 
 Thought, wish father to the, 1654, 
 
 4102, 4302, 4897. 
 ; Thoughts (first andsecond), 914, 1132, 
 
 4001, 5083. 
 Threats, 555, 1511. 
 Thrift, see Economy, Frugality. 
 Thurlow, Lord, 4319. 
 Time, 1095, 1288, 2360, 2756, 2782, 
 2783, 2784, 3131, 3215, 3298, 3708, 
 3868, 4097, 4913, 5054. 
 Time, loss of, 1143, 3690, 3865, 5195. 
 Time, slowness of, 3062, 3434, 4601, 
 
 4766. 
 Time, swiftness of, 1280, 1336, 1970, 
 
 2493, 4527, 4912, 4920, 5030. 
 Time the destroyer, 1537, 1835, 4663, 
 
 4918. 
 
 Time the healer, 1149, 4913. 
 Time for all things (sec Opportunity), 
 558, 1461, 1664, 3410, 3637, 4534. 
 Time-server, a, 2076, 2740. 
 Tinplate Workers' Company, 260. 
 Title, 2743, 2749, 2750, 2810, 2811, 
 
 4279. 
 Titles to property, 903, 3241, 4119, 
 
 4293. 
 
 Tobacco, 4320. 
 Tollcmache, Lord, 795. 
 To-morrow (see Procrastination), 859, 
 
 860, 861, 4204, 4245, 4276. 
 Too late, see Late. 
 Too much (see Excess), 21 4A, 975, 
 
 1743(6), 2178, 4480. 
 Torphichen, Lord, 4755. 
 Torrington, Lord, 5034. 
 Town and country, 1221, 2636, 4435, 
 
 4440, 5298. 
 
 Townshend, Marquess, 1854. 
 Tradesmen, 956. 
 
 Tragedy, 761, 1317, 4587, 4704, 4758. 
 Traitors, see Rebels. 
 Trajan, 4355.
 
 622 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Translators, Translation, 3227, 5015, 
 5199. 
 
 Travel, Traveller, 98, 481, 566, 1541, 
 2024, 3934, 4172, 4233, 4693, 4780, 
 5121, 5141, 5342. 
 
 Treason, 882, 1959, 4057. 
 
 Treaties, see Covenants. 
 
 Trees, 340, 341, 1492, 2830, 5300. 
 
 Trial, see Judge, Justice, Lawsuit. 
 
 Trifles, 64, 224, 995, 1038, 1717, 
 2227, 2912, 3069, 3309, 3458, 3487, 
 3802, 3808, 3878, 4388, 5171. 
 
 Trifles, importance of, 468, 1727. 
 1860, 1888, 2988, 3803. 
 
 Trinity House, the, 5026. 
 
 Trouble, see Exertion. 
 
 Troubles, 92, 336, 525, 951, 1071, 
 1430, 1843, 2231, 2449, 3869, 4362. 
 
 Troubles of others, 2159, 3473, 3654, 
 4687, 4802. 
 
 Truro, Lord, 120. 
 
 Truth, Truthful, 252, 869, 973, 2076, 
 2114, 2148, 2156, 2279, 2334, 2410, 
 2633, 2637, 2794, 2803, 2826, 3539, 
 3594, 3660, 4211, 4315, 4414, 4423, 
 4441, 4470, 4657, 4899, 5005, 5205. 
 
 Turenne, 2559. . 
 
 Tyrants, see Despot. 
 
 U. 
 
 Ugly, 3106, 3339, 4945. 
 
 Ulysses, 4233. 
 
 Uncertainty, 180, 311, 407, 1444, 
 
 1989, 3127, 3636, 3944. 
 Undecided, 74, 291, 1813, 3849. 
 Undertaking, see Task. 
 Undeserved, see Deserved. 
 Unequalled (see Perfection), 1598, 
 
 3182, 3344, 3502, 4096, 4129, 5086. 
 Unexpected, 1833, 2309, 3625, 4420, 
 
 5057. 
 
 Unfortunate, 174, 866, 2109, 4402. 
 Unfinished, 3318, 4384. 
 Unfitting, Unfitness, 1069, 1578, 
 
 3410, 4534. 
 Unintelligible, 1004, 2026, 2444, 
 
 3329, 3537, 3538. 
 Unity, Liberty, Charity, 4668. 
 Universe, 691, 983. 
 University College School, 3830. 
 Unknown, the, 775, 2023, 3605. 
 Unrealities, 662, 876, 4707. 
 
 Unsociable, 1178, 3386. 
 
 Use, Useful, 129, 1818, 3614, 4604. 
 
 V. 
 
 Vacuum, 3180. 
 
 Valentia, Viscount, 5263. 
 
 Valetudinarian. 113, 4232. 
 
 Vane, Earl, 3048. 
 
 Vanity, all is, 3551, 5165. 
 
 Vaux, Lord, 1938. 
 
 Vegetarianism, 3774. 
 
 Ventry, Lord, 5289. 
 
 Venus, 1224. 
 
 Vernon, Lord, 5207. 
 
 Verona 523 
 
 Versatility, 106, 2432, 3649, 3650. 
 
 Vcrulam, Earl, 2993. 
 
 Vice, 1496, 1599, 1626, 1770, 2152, 
 
 2354, 4114, 4206, 4760. 
 Vice, growth in, 161, 1713. 
 Vice, lowest stage of, 1496, 3337, 
 
 4871, 5039. 
 Vicissitudes of fortune, 1989, 2390, 
 
 3128, 3651, 5161. 
 Victory, 791, 2591, 4894, 5186. 
 Victory, a disastrous, 1707, 2484, 
 
 4212. 
 
 Vienna Congress, 2653. 
 Vigilance, 1946, 3948, 4987. 
 Vigour, Vigorously, 3297, 4391, 4804, 
 
 5103. 
 
 Villas, 4440, 5316. 
 Villain, see Blackguard, Vice. 
 Vintners' Company, 5243. 
 Violence, see Force. 
 Virgil, 629, 2963, 3141, 3225, 4658, 
 
 5250. 
 
 Virtue, 162, 421, 460, 779, 1855, 
 1947, 2358, 2359, 2506, 2634, 2635, 
 3199, 4813, 5238, 5252, 5255, 5256, 
 5258, 5259, 5260, 5261, 5262, 5263, 
 5264. 
 Virtue, the only distinction, 2613, 
 
 2759, 4974. 
 
 Virtue in moderation, 1641, 2299. 
 Virtue its own reward, 2358, 2359, 
 
 3199. 
 
 Virtue and happiness, 2646, 3105. 
 Virtue and vice, 1482, 1626, 2152, 
 
 5253, 5254. 
 
 Virtues, the cardinal, 1741. 
 Vivian, Lord, 836.
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 623 
 
 Volcano, 3474. 
 Vulgarity, 5336. 
 
 W. 
 
 Waldegrave, Earl, 3813. 
 
 Wales, Prince of, 1996. 
 
 Wallscourt, Lord, 5252. 
 
 Walsinghatn, Lord, 1528. 
 
 War, 175, 496, 500, 501, 502, 608, 
 
 1079, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1917, 2536, 
 
 2666, 3563, 4634, 5081. 
 War, civil, 220, 425, 3270, 3641, 
 
 3699, 4343. 
 War, declaration of, 1207, 1891, 2068, 
 
 2464, 3634. 
 War, sinews of, 3282. 
 Warning from others, take, 188, 1649, 
 
 1933, 2310, 3104, 3176, 3985, 4926. 
 Warren Hastings, 3031. 
 Warsaw, 2867. 
 Warwick, Earl, 3168. 
 Water, 359, 546, 1587, 1711, 3123. 
 Waterford, Marquess, 3342. 
 Waterloo, 2531. 
 Waterpark, Lord, 620. 
 Waveney, Lord, 2955. 
 Wealth, 1746, 1838, 2025, 2040, 2178, 
 
 2722, 3075, 3206, 3345, 3570, 
 
 4360. 
 
 Weary, 1640, 4478. 
 Weather-lore, 3056, 3772, 4542, 4635, 
 
 4638, 4672, 4686. 
 Well meaning, 3271. 
 Wellington College, 1881, 5263. 
 Wellington, Duke, 5263. 
 Wemyss and March, Earl, 2429. 
 Wcnlock, Lord, 2442. 
 Wentworth, Viscount, 3854. 
 Westmeath, Marquess, 1006. 
 Westminster, Duke, 5252. 
 Westminster School, 988. 
 Westmoreland, Earl, 3295. 
 Wharncliffe, Earl, 476. 
 Whist, 5322. 
 
 Wicked, 2644, 3251, 3482, 3541. 
 Wicked, prosperity of the, 2403, 2644, 
 
 4057, 4536. 
 Wicklow, Earl, 2302. 
 Wife, 61, 204, 554, 1832, 1924 1980, 
 
 2791, 3236, 4800, 4923, 5068, 5151, 
 
 5152. 
 Wife, a faithless, 3187, 4545. 
 
 Wild oats, 1012, 1401, 2002A, 2592, 
 
 3202, 4091, 4427. 
 Will, 203, 1096, 1936, 4497. 
 Will for the deed, 4309. 
 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord, 296. 
 Wills, 1914, 4086, 4341. 
 Wilton, Earl, 5259. 
 Wimborne, Lord, 1658. 
 Winchester, Marquess, 478. 
 Winchilsea, Earl, 3330. 
 Windsor, Lord, 418, 2422. 
 Wine, 316, 1646, 3585, 3742, 5243. 
 Winmarleigh, Lord, 3492. 
 Winter, 144, 1209. 
 Winterton, Earl, 1427. 
 Winton, Earl, 2313. 
 Wire-drawers', -workers', Companies, 
 
 242, 260. 
 
 Wisdom, 300, 3325, 3523, 5254. 
 Wise, 172.\, 1641, 2053, 2299, 2374, 
 
 2383, 2384, 2562, 2714, 2715, 3150, 
 
 4133, 4472. 
 Wise, a word to the, 1129, 2714, 
 
 2983. 
 
 Wise Men, see Magi, Sages. 
 Wise sayings, 207, 3335, 3507, 3867, 
 
 5346.* 
 Wish, Wishes, 194, 1926, 2998, 3475, 
 
 4213, 4600, 4688, 4692, 4786, 4867. 
 Wish father to thought, 1654, 4102, 
 
 4302, 4897. 
 Wit, 680, 1115, 1391. 2766, 2767, 
 
 2769, 2770, 2771, 3514, 4454, 4868, 
 
 5055. 
 
 Wit, borrowed, see Jokes. 
 Witness, see Evidence. 
 Wits, Witty, 492, 1266, 2719, 3509, 
 
 5105. 
 
 Woheley, Viscount, 1948. 
 Wolsey, Cardinal, 1327. 
 Wolverton, Lord, 1672. 
 Woman, 419, 1350, 1831, 2336, 2514, 
 
 2522, 2652, 3124, 3125, 3126, 4296 
 
 4740. 
 
 Woman, a bad, 317, 3275, 4557. 
 Woman, a learned, 3413, 4734. 
 Woman, a masculine, 1737, 3413, 
 
 4589. 
 Woman, inconstancy of, 2514, 3123 
 
 4740. 
 Woman always in extremes, 447, 
 
 2737. 
 Woman in every case, a, 717, 1297, 
 
 3490.
 
 624 
 
 ENGLISH SUBJECT INDEX. 
 
 Woman's influence, 1084, 2736, 2745, 
 
 2836. 
 Women, 962, 1026, 1247, 1572, 2173, 
 
 2544, 2734, 2735, 2747, 3135, 3483, 
 
 4255, 4469. 
 
 Wonder, Wonderful, 783, 870, 1168. 
 Woodmongcrs' Company, 5269. 
 Word to the wise, a, 1129, 2714, 
 
 2983. 
 
 Words, 1399, 1489, 3117, 3134, 5149. 
 Words, be careful of your, 1027, 
 
 3288, 3671, 3860. 
 Words, last, see Last words. 
 Words and deeds, 949, 1611, 1612, 
 
 3233, 3671, 4368. ' 
 Work, 1286, 1589, 2496, 2785, 2786, 
 
 3347, 3415, 3489, 3529, 3716, 3806, 
 
 4246. 
 
 Working for other's benefit, 874, 1977. 
 Works, standard, see Authors, Books. 
 World, the, 300, 691, 849, 2679, 
 
 2680, 2681. 
 World, citizen of the, 1751, 3609, 
 
 4706. 
 World, end of the, 329, 1152, 1363, 
 
 1428. 
 World's a stage, all the, 1158, 3153, 
 
 5110. 
 Worth, 2154, 2552, 3685, 5106, 5211, 
 
 5257. Z. 
 
 Worth, silent, 5H6. 
 Wounds, 2727, 2954, 4375, 4862, Zeal, 2001, 2631. 
 
 4913. 
 
 Wren, Sir C., 4647. 
 
 Writing, 938, 2498, 3489, 3908, 4777, 
 
 4927. 
 Written words remain, 1027, 2849, 
 
 4324. 
 
 Wrottesley, Lord, 5269. 
 Wynford, Lord, 2818. 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yacht, 3236. 
 
 Yarborough, Earl, 5239. 
 
 Young, 1406 A, 2439, 2440, 2754, 
 
 3462, 4121. 
 Youth, 660, 1480, 2164, 2542, 2543, 
 
 3597, 5130, 5221. 
 Youth, gilded, 3460. 
 Youth, renewal of, 3522. 
 Youth, shortness of, 1665, 2956, 
 
 3702, 3715. 
 Youth, training of, 69, 355, 1545, 
 
 1930, 3334. 
 Youth and age, 1012, 1406A, 2440, 
 
 2543, 2592, 2754, 2755, 4091, 4121, 
 
 4523, 4628. 
 Youthful excesses, see Wild oats. 
 
 Zetland, Earl, 1424. 
 
 
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