Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, and Mottos, Classical and Mediaeval: Including Law Terms and Phrases. With a Selection of Greek Quotations |
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... fear is that we have adopted too many . One new , and it is hoped valuable , feature in the pre- sent volume , is the marking of the metrical quantities , which has been done in all cases where their absence might lead to ...
... fear is that we have adopted too many . One new , and it is hoped valuable , feature in the pre- sent volume , is the marking of the metrical quantities , which has been done in all cases where their absence might lead to ...
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... fear , to re- joice , to grieve , at their own pleasure , and not at the will of another . " - The body may 66 be cribb'd , cabin'd , and confin'd , " but the mind cannot be chained . At jam non domus accipiet te læta ; neque uxor ...
... fear , to re- joice , to grieve , at their own pleasure , and not at the will of another . " - The body may 66 be cribb'd , cabin'd , and confin'd , " but the mind cannot be chained . At jam non domus accipiet te læta ; neque uxor ...
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... Fear itself had made her bold . " Auctor pretiosa facit . OVID .- " The giver enhances the value of the gift . " See Acceptissima , & c . Audaces fortuna juvat timidosque repellit.- - " Fortune favours the bold , and repels the timid ...
... Fear itself had made her bold . " Auctor pretiosa facit . OVID .- " The giver enhances the value of the gift . " See Acceptissima , & c . Audaces fortuna juvat timidosque repellit.- - " Fortune favours the bold , and repels the timid ...
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... fear is concealed under a show of courage . " Audendum est , ut illustrāta veritas pateat multique a per- jurio liberentur . LACTANT.- " We must make the at- tempt to set forth the truth , that it may be seen , and so be rescued from ...
... fear is concealed under a show of courage . " Audendum est , ut illustrāta veritas pateat multique a per- jurio liberentur . LACTANT.- " We must make the at- tempt to set forth the truth , that it may be seen , and so be rescued from ...
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... fear of it , did not yet exist . " Auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit , tutus caret obsolēti Sordibus tecti , caret invidendâ Sobrius aulâ . HOR . " Whoever loves the golden mean , avoids in safety the squalor of an old house , while ...
... fear of it , did not yet exist . " Auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit , tutus caret obsolēti Sordibus tecti , caret invidendâ Sobrius aulâ . HOR . " Whoever loves the golden mean , avoids in safety the squalor of an old house , while ...
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Æsop amici amor atque Cæsar Cato dæmon death Deus dicere Earl enim erit etiam evil facit fortune fuit gods habet hæc HESIOD homines Homo honour inter ipse Julius Cæsar Law Max Law Term live LUCAN magis malè mali malum manus MART maxim mihi mind Motto of Lord Multa multis natūra Nemo neque nihil nisi nulla nunc nunquam omnes omnia omnibus omnis OVID person PHED PLAUT PLINY PLINY the Elder PLINY the Younger poet potest Prov proverb quæ quam quid quidem quis quod quoque rebus rerum Roman sæpe satis semel semper sibi sine sunt TACIT tamen tempus thee things thou tibi verba VIRG virtue vita vitæ vult wise words wretched γὰρ δὲ καὶ οὐ τὰ τὸ τῶν
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