Cf. id. 14, 123.-Sunt quædam vitiorum elementa.— There is a method in man's wickedness, 1714. Fœdum inceptu, foedum exitu. (L.) Liv. Fræf. 10.-A bad beginning and a bad ending. 1715. Fonum habet in cornu, longe fuge, dummodo risum Excutiat sibi, non hic cuiquam parcit amico. (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 à vint-cinq carats, dont les vint-quatre sont le tout. (Fr.) Bonaventure, Despensiers. He is a madman of twenty-five carats, when twenty-four is the highest ratio known. A pure unadulterated madman; an unalloyed ass. 1717. Folia sunt artis et nugæ meræ. (L.) 8.—Mere artistic trifles. 1718. Foliis tantum ne carmina manda: App. M. 1, p. 106, Ne turbata volent rapidis ludibria ventis. Manuscript. But O commit not, I implore, (L.) Virg. A. 6, 74. 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.)?—The source and origin of the mischief. Cf. Origo et fons belli. origin and cause of the war. Flor. 3, 6.-The 1720. Forma bonum fragile est: quantumque accedit ad annos Fit minor: et spatio carpitur ipsa suo. Et tibi jam cani venient, formose, capilli Jam molire animum, qui duret, et adstrue formæ, Solus ad extremos permanet ille rogos. (L.) Öv. A. A. 2, 113. Fragile is beauty. Fragile is beauty: with advancing years The mind alone is yours, until you die.-Ed. 1721. Format enim natura prius nos intus ad omnem (L.) Hor. A. P. 108. For Nature forms and moulds us inwardly To suit each varying mood of Fortune's sway: 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 sæpe inveni pessimos, Et turpi facie multos cognovi optimos. (L.) Phædr. 3, 4, 6.-I 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 unum. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 715.-Chance and force unite together. Said of the combat between Turnus and Æneas, 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 hæc aliquis, nam sunt quoque, parva vocabit: Sed, quæ non prosunt singula, multa juvant. (L.) 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 et fidèle. Malahide. (Fr.)—Strong and loyal. Lord Talbot de 1729. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, (L.) Juv. 10, 357. Ask strong resolve, freed from the fears of death, 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 patrum Progenerant aquila columbam. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 4, 39. 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.) (L.) Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 26. 1732. Fortes fortuna adjuvat. (L.) Fortune helps the brave. Cf. Fortibus est fortuna viris data. Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1.— Good fortune is given to brave men; also, Fortes enim non modo fortuna juvat, ut est in vetere proverbio, sed multo magis ratio. Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 4.-It is not only fortune that favours the brave, as the old proverb says but, much more, forethought. 1733. Fortes indigne tuli Mihi insultare: te, naturæ dedecus, (L.) Phædr. 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: 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. 1735. Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quam hominis. (L.) Law Max.-The action of the 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 Tyndaridarum. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 1, 100.Brave as the daughter of Tyndarus. A second Clytemnestra, 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. (L.)-It bravely defends, triumphing. Motto of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (2.) Fortiter, fideliter, feliciter.-Boldly, faithfully, successfully. 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. Fortitudo in laboribus periculisque cernatur, temperantia in prætermittendis 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, ignavos 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. Sall. H. 1, 48, 15.-Fortune befriends the better man. Cf. Fortuna, ut sæpe alias, virtutem secuta est. Liv. 4, 37.-Fortune, as is not uncommon, befriended valour. (5.) Fortunam reverenter habe, quicunque repente Dives ab exili progrediere loco. Aus. Ep. 8, 7.-Be respectful 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 sævo læta negotio, et Ludum insolentem 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: She shifts and moves and changes places. And what is underneath she raises.-Ed. 66 Pub. (12.) Fortuna vitrea est, tum quum splendet, frangitur. (13.) Iniqua raro maximis virtutibus Fortuna parcit. (L.) Sen. Her. Fur. 325.-Spiteful (14.) Heu! Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos Hor. S. 2, 8, 61. O Fortune! cruellest of heavenly powers, -Conington. 1744. Fortunæ cætera mando. (L.) Ov. M. 2, 140.-I leave the rest to fortune. I have exerted all the means in my power to insure success, the rest is in other hands. 1745. Fortunæ filius. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 6, 49.-A son of fortune. A lucky fellow. In Greek, rais Fortune's favourite. παῖς τῆς τυχῆς. N |