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... sunt , qui in cognitione semper pueri esse velint , non ego illis hæc conscripsi , non illis vigilavi , non illis laboravi . - CICERO . LONDON : PRINTED FOR WHITTAKER , TREACHER , & CO . AVE - MARIA LANE . LONDON : GILBERT AND RIVINGTON ...
... sunt , qui in cognitione semper pueri esse velint , non ego illis hæc conscripsi , non illis vigilavi , non illis laboravi . - CICERO . LONDON : PRINTED FOR WHITTAKER , TREACHER , & CO . AVE - MARIA LANE . LONDON : GILBERT AND RIVINGTON ...
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... sunt , auctor quæ pretiosa facit . OVID.- " Presents which our love for the donor has rendered precious , are ever the most acceptable . " The value we place on every gift , is in a ratio pro- portionate to the degree of estimation in ...
... sunt , auctor quæ pretiosa facit . OVID.- " Presents which our love for the donor has rendered precious , are ever the most acceptable . " The value we place on every gift , is in a ratio pro- portionate to the degree of estimation in ...
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... sunt tibi mores . HOR.- " You must mark the manners of every age . " This admonition is addressed by the poet with peculiar propriety to dramatic writers . - M . 99. Æternum inter se discordant . TER .- " They are eternally at variance ...
... sunt tibi mores . HOR.- " You must mark the manners of every age . " This admonition is addressed by the poet with peculiar propriety to dramatic writers . - M . 99. Æternum inter se discordant . TER .- " They are eternally at variance ...
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... sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse ; ubi multum antevenére , pro gratiá odium redditur . TACIT . " Kindnesses be- stowed are only acceptable so long as we think we can repay them ; but when the obligation goes much beyond that point ...
... sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse ; ubi multum antevenére , pro gratiá odium redditur . TACIT . " Kindnesses be- stowed are only acceptable so long as we think we can repay them ; but when the obligation goes much beyond that point ...
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... sunt , etiam pari numero ; nec lætitia ulla minimo mærore pensanda . PLINY . " The enjoyments of life do not equal its ills , even in number ; nor can any degree of joy compensate for even a small share of pain or grief . " This ...
... sunt , etiam pari numero ; nec lætitia ulla minimo mærore pensanda . PLINY . " The enjoyments of life do not equal its ills , even in number ; nor can any degree of joy compensate for even a small share of pain or grief . " This ...
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amici amor animi animo animum applied atque bestowed bien BRUYERE C'est crime death Deus dicere DRYDEN etiam evil facit favour feel fides fortune fuit give habet hæc happy homines homme honour human Ital LA BRUYERE labour Law Max live LIVY LUCAN Macdonnel malè mali maxim mihi mind miserable misfortunes Motto of earl Motto of lord Motto of viscount multa n'est natá nature nemo neque never nihil nisi Nulla nunc nunquam omnes omnia omnis OVID passion patriæ person phrase PLAUT pleasure poet possess potest praise prosperity Prov proverb qu'on quæ quam quid quis quod quoque quotation rebus rerum risum ROCHEFOUCAULT sæpe semel semper sibi sine sunt TACIT talent things tibi tion truth vice VIRG virtue vitæ VOLTAIRE wealth wise wish
Popular passages
Page 91 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 395 - Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Page 266 - Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Muneribus sapienter uti Duramque callet pauperiem pati Peiusque leto flagitium timet, Non ille pro caris amicis Aut patria timidus perire.
Page 451 - ... rusticus expectat, dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.
Page 363 - Vos plaudite' dicat, Aetatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores, Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis. Reddere qui voces jam scit puer et pede certo Signat humum, gestit paribus colludere, et iram Colligit ac ponit temere, et mutatur in horas.
Page 452 - Vive, vale. Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti ; si non his utere mecum.
Page 310 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Page 345 - Quelles chimères ne tombent point dans l'esprit des hommes pendant qu'ils dorment! » Xantippe a continué de vivre, il est venu à la » cour, il a vu le prince, il lui a parlé, et il a été plus loin que son songe : il est favori.
Page 387 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Page 151 - Il faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la mauvaise.