A Dictionary of Quotations in Most Frequent Use: Taken Chiefly from the Latin and French Bu Comprising Many from the Greek, Spanish, and Italian Languages |
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... SENECA to prove it . " - Granger's Biog . Hist . The practice having thus gradually yielded to the influence of a better taste , the Quotations , which we either hear or read , consist chiefly of classic flowers , culled and retained ...
... SENECA to prove it . " - Granger's Biog . Hist . The practice having thus gradually yielded to the influence of a better taste , the Quotations , which we either hear or read , consist chiefly of classic flowers , culled and retained ...
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... Seneca . VIRG . Virgil . LAB . Laberius . Ov . Ovid . LUCRET . Lucretius . CAT . Catullus . MART . Martial . PROP . Propertius . N. B. The Passages in inverted Commas , after each Quo . tation , are in general a close , if not a literal ...
... Seneca . VIRG . Virgil . LAB . Laberius . Ov . Ovid . LUCRET . Lucretius . CAT . Catullus . MART . Martial . PROP . Propertius . N. B. The Passages in inverted Commas , after each Quo . tation , are in general a close , if not a literal ...
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... Seneca . VIRG . Virgil . FR . French . LAB . Laberius . Fr. PROV . French Proverb . Ov . Ovid . HOR . Horace . LUCRET . Lucretius . Juv . Juvenal . CLAUD . Claudian . Luc . Lucan . САТ . Catullus . MART . Martial . PROP . Propertius ...
... Seneca . VIRG . Virgil . FR . French . LAB . Laberius . Fr. PROV . French Proverb . Ov . Ovid . HOR . Horace . LUCRET . Lucretius . Juv . Juvenal . CLAUD . Claudian . Luc . Lucan . САТ . Catullus . MART . Martial . PROP . Propertius ...
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... SENECA.- " The sove- reignty which is held over strange or remote terri- tories is precarious . ” A l'impossible nul est tenu . Fr .- " No man is bound to perform an impossibility . " A l'improviste . Fr.- " Unawares . " - At an oppor ...
... SENECA.- " The sove- reignty which is held over strange or remote terri- tories is precarious . ” A l'impossible nul est tenu . Fr .- " No man is bound to perform an impossibility . " A l'improviste . Fr.- " Unawares . " - At an oppor ...
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... SENECA.- " To make another person hold his tongue , be you first silent . " - Do not aggravate an idle dispute by fruitless perseverance . Άλλων ιατρος , αυτος ελκεσι βρυων . PLUTARCH.- - Allon iatros , autos elkesi bruon.— " The ...
... SENECA.- " To make another person hold his tongue , be you first silent . " - Do not aggravate an idle dispute by fruitless perseverance . Άλλων ιατρος , αυτος ελκεσι βρυων . PLUTARCH.- - Allon iatros , autos elkesi bruon.— " The ...
Common terms and phrases
amor animo animum applied argument atque bien BOILEAU BRUYERE C'est CICERO CLAUDIAN court crime danger Deus dicere enim equal facit faith faults fear fides fool fortuna fortune frequently give guilt habet hæc happy homines hommes honour HORACE human Ital JUVENAL king labour Law Lat Law Maxim licet live LUCAN malè matter ment mihi mind Motto Motto of L multa nature Nemo neque nerally never nihil nisi nunc nunquam omnes omnia OVID passions PERSIUS person phrase PLAUTUS poet potest praise Pro bono publico Prov proverb qu'on quæ quam quid quis quod quotation rege ROCHEFOUCAULT Roman sæpe SALLUST satis semper SENECA shew sibi sine sometimes speak STANFORD suffer sunt SYRUS TACITUS TERENCE thing tibi tion truth vice VIRG VIRGIL virtue vitæ whilst wise wish writ