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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... Tacitus . CIC . Cicero . SEN . 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 ...
... Tacitus . CIC . Cicero . SEN . 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 ...
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... TACITUS . " The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent . " -A contest between relatives is generally con- ducted with more acrimony than is a dispute between strangers . - The phrase may also be ap- plied to that violence of ...
... TACITUS . " The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent . " -A contest between relatives is generally con- ducted with more acrimony than is a dispute between strangers . - The phrase may also be ap- plied to that violence of ...
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... TACITUS.- " Alert in the beginning , but negligent in the end . " - Ap- plied to a business vigorously conducted in the first instance , but where the exertion falls off , as the affair draws nearer to a conclusion . " " A cruce salus ...
... TACITUS.- " Alert in the beginning , but negligent in the end . " - Ap- plied to a business vigorously conducted in the first instance , but where the exertion falls off , as the affair draws nearer to a conclusion . " " A cruce salus ...
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... Tacitus . CIC . Cicero . SEN . 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 ...
... Tacitus . CIC . Cicero . SEN . 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 ...
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... TACITUS . " The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent . " -A contest between relatives is generally con- ducted with more acrimony than is a dispute between strangers . - The phrase may also be ap- plied to that violence of ...
... TACITUS . " The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent . " -A contest between relatives is generally con- ducted with more acrimony than is a dispute between strangers . - The phrase may also be ap- plied to that violence of ...
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