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3579. O Herz, versuch' es nur! so leicht ist's gut zu sein:
Und es zu scheinen ist so eine schwere Pein.
Rueckert heart, only try it! it is so easy to be good,
and to appear so is such a heavy burden!

3580. Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. out rest. Said of the sun.

(G.)

(G.)-Without haste, yet with-
Goethe's motto.

3581. O homines ad servitutem paratos! (L.) Tac. A. 3, 65.—Alas! that men should so lay themselves out for slavery! Common exclamation of the Emperor Tiberius on leaving the senate-house.

3582. διη περ φύλλων γενεὴ τοιήδε καὶ ἄνδρων. (Gr.) Hom. II. 6, 146. Like the life of leaves so is that of men.

3583. O imitatores, servum pecus, ut mihi sæpe Bilem, sæpe jocum vestri movere tumultus?

(L.)

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19.

Poetical plagiarists.

Ye wretched mimics, whose fond heats have been
How oft! the objects of my mirth and spleen !-Francis

3584. διμοι· τι δ' διμοι; θνητὰ γὰρ πεπόνθαμεν. (Gr. Alas! but
why alas? We have only suffered what befits mortals to

bear.

3585. οἶνος τοι χάριεντι μέγας πέλει ἵππος ἀοιδῷ. (Gr.) Cratinus? -Wine truly is a grand steed for the accomplished bard.

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3586. οι πλειόνες κακδι. (Gr.)-The greater part of mankind is
bad. Saying of Bias, one of the seven sages.

3587. o oλoí. (Gr.)—The multitude. The crowd, mass, public.
3588. O l'amour d'une Mère! amour que nul n'oublie !
Pain merveilleux, que Dieu partage et multiplie !
Table toujours servie au paternel foyer!
Chacun en a sa part, et tous l'ont tout entier.

(Fr.) V. Hugo, Feuilles d'Automne.

A mother's love.

Love of a mother, love that never dies!

Miraculous bread God gives and multiplies!

Board always spread in the paternal hall,

Where each partakes, and each enjoys it all.-Ed.

3589. Olet lucernam. (L.)-It smells of the lamp.

Said of literary productions that bear the marks of midnight study.
Cf. Et oleum et operam perdidi. Plaut. Pæn. 1, 2, 119.-I have
lost both my time and trouble (lit. my oil and my labour).
have laboured in vain.

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3590. Oleum adde camino. (L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 321.—Add fuel to the flame. Aggravate the evil.

3591. O Liberté, Liberté, que de crîmes ont commêt en ton nom! (Fr.) Mme. Roland.-O Liberty! Liberty! what crimes

are committed in thy name! Speech of Mme. Roland at the guillotine.

3592. Olla male fervet. (L.) Prov. Petr. 38, 15.—The pot boils poorly. The affair looks ill.

3593. ὁ λόγος ἐνηνθρώπησεν, ἵνα ἡμεῖς θεοποιηθῶμεν.

(Gr.)

Athan. de Incarnat. c. 54.-The Word was made man, that we (man) might become gods.

3594. O magna vis veritatis, quæ

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facile se per se ipsa defendit. (L.) Cic. Cal. 26, 63.-0 mighty force of truth that can unaided so easily defend itself!

3595. O major tandem, parcas, insane, minori.

(L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 325.

O mighty senior, spare a junior fool!-Conington.

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3596. ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος ου παιδευέται. (Gr.) Menand. The man who will not be flogged will never be educated.

3597. O mihi præteritos referet si Jupiter annos! (L.) Virg. A. 8. 560.-Oh! if Jove would but give me back my past years!

3598. Omina sunt aliquid. (L.) Ov. Am. 1, 12, 3.-There is something in omens.

3599. O miseras hominum mentes, O pectora cæca! Qualibus in tenebris vitæ, quantisque periclis Degitur hocc'ævi quodquomqu'est.

(L.) Lucret. 2, 14. Blind, wretched man! in what dark paths of strife, We walk this little journey of our life!-Creech.

3600. O miseri quorum gaudia crimen habent!

(L.) Pseudo-Gallus, 1, 180.

Woe, woe to those whose joys are fraught with guilt!-Ed.

3601. ὄμμα γὰρ Δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσιάν. (Gr.) Æschyl. Pers. 168-I consider the master's presence to be the eye of an house.

3602. Omne ævum curæ: cunctis sua displicet ætas. (L.) Auson. Id. 15, 11.—Every age has its cares: each one thinks his own time of life disagreeable.

3603. Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se

Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur. (L.)

Juv. 8, 140.-Every offence is the more marked and culpable, in proportion to the rank of the person who

commits it.

3604. Omne Epigramma sit instar apis, sit aculeus illi, Sint sua mella, sit et corporis exigui.

Bees and epigrams should, if they are not to fail,

(L.)?

Have honey, small frames, and a sting in the tail.-Ed.

3605. Omne ignotum pro magnifico. (L.) Tac. Agr. 30.-Everything unknown is supposed to be magnificent.

3606. Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur: inveteratum fit plurumque robustius. (L.) Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 31.-Every evil is easily checked at its beginning, but if allowed to grow old it generally gathers in strength.

3607. Omnes composui. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 9, 28.—I have buried them all. I am the last of my line.

3608. Omnes eodem cogimur; omnium

Versatur urna; serius, ocyus,

Sors exitura, et nos in æter

Num exsilium impositura cymbæ. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 3, 25.

All one way travel the dark urn

Shakes each man's lot, that soon or late

Will force him, hopeless of return

On board the exile-ship of fate.-Conington.

3609. Omne solum forti patria est ut piscibus æquor. (L.) Ov. F. 1, 493.-The brave can make every clime their country,

as fish are at home in every sea. First four words, motto of Lord Balfour of Burleigh.

3610. Omnes, quibus res sunt minus secundæ, magis sunt, nescio quomodo,

Suspiciosi: ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;

Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi. (L.) Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 13.-All those whose affairs are not in a prosperous condition, are, I know not why, extremely suspicious; they take almost everything as an affront, and fancy they are treated with neglect on account of their humble position.

3611. Omnes, quum secundæ res sunt maxume, tum maxume Meditari secum oportet, quo pacto advorsum ærumnam ferant ;

Pericla, damna, peregre rediens semper secum cogitet,
Aut filii peccatum, aut uxoris mortem, aut morbum filiæ:

Communia sunt hæc, ne quid horum unquam accidat animo novum :

Quidquid præter spem eveniat, omne id deputare esse in lucro. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 10 (Demipho loq.):

Every man, when things are prosp'ring specially, then
specially

Should consider in himself how he may bear adversity.
Home returning after absence let him, as he goes along,
Think of dangers, losses, wife dead, daughter ill, or son gone
wrong.

"Tis the common lot, and no one should be taken by surprise: It is so much gain if it be better than he may surmise.-Ed. 3612. Omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari. (L.) Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.-All wise people ought to consult and hold confabulations together.

3613. Omnes una manet nox

Et calcanda semel via lethi. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 28, 15.

Yes, all await the inevitable hour,

The downward journey all one day must tread.-Conington.

3614. Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci Lectorem delectando, pariterque monendo.

All votes he gains who can unite
Profit with pleasure, and delight
His reader's fancy, all the time

(L.) Hor. A. P. 343.

He gives instruction couched in rhyme.-Ed.

3615. Omne vovemus

Hoc tibi; nec tanto careat mihi nomine charta.
Tib. 4, 26.-All this work I dedicate to you, and may my
poem not lack the sanction of so distinguished a name.

(L.)

3616. Omnia Castor emis, sic fiet ut omnia vendas.

(L.) Mart. 7, 98.

You're buying everything, and it may well

Be that you'll soon have everything to sell.-Ed.

3617. Omnia conando docilis solertia vicit. (L.) Manil. 1, 95. -Docile industry will, with application, surmount every difficulty.

3618. Omnia debemur vobis ; paullumque morati

Serius aut citius, sedem properamus ad unam.

Tendimus huc omnes: hæc est domus ultima, vosque

Humani generis longissima regna tenetis.

(L.) Ov. M. 10, 132.

King Death.

Thine are we all after a little space,

Sooner or late, all hasten to one place.

We all tend hitherwards; 'tis our last home;

Man's last dominions 'neath thy sceptre come.-Ed.
(L.)-All things are from above.

3619. Omnia desuper.

of Embroiderers' Company.

3620. Omnia fanda nefanda, malo permista furore,
Justificam nobis mentem avertere Deorum.
Quare nec tales dignantur visere cætus,
Nec se contingi patiuntur lumine claro.

(L.)

Motto

Cat. 64, 406.

Thus right and wrong in mad confusion tost,
To us the favour of the Gods have lost :
Such foul disorder they disdained to view,
And from the light of day to heav'n withdrew.-Ed.

(L.)

Virg. E. 9, 51.

3621. Omnia fert ætas, animum quoque.
-Time bears away all things, even the memory.

3622. Omnia Græce!

Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine. (L.) Juv.?
All must be Greek! Indeed! "Twere greater wrong
(One'd think it) not to know one's mother tongue.-Ed.

3623. Omnia homini, dum vivit, speranda sunt. (L.) Telesph. ap. Sen. Ep. 70.-While there is life in a man, everything may be hoped for him. While there is life, there is hope.

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3624. Omnia inconsulti impetus cœpta initiis valida spatio lan(L.) Tac. H. 3, 58.-All enterprise entered upon with more eagerness than discretion, is apt to be vigorous enough at starting, and languid toward the close.

3625. Omnia jam fient, fieri quæ posse negabam:

Et nihil est de quo non sit habenda fides. (L.) Ov. T. 1, 8, 37.-Everything that I used to think impossible, will now take place, and there is nothing now that may not be expected.

3626. Omnia mea mecum porto. (L.) Bias, ap. Cic. Par. 1, 8. -All my goods I carry with me.

Saying of Bias; and also of Simonides, when refusing to encumber
himself in his escape from a sinking ship (see Phædr. 4, 21, 14).
Seneca (Ep. 9) quotes Omnia mea mecum sunt of Stilpo, the
Epicurean.

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