4134. Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A Diis plura feret. Nil cupientium Partes linquere gestio. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 16, 21. From bounteous heaven. I strip me of my pride, To bare contentment's side.-Conington. 4135. Quantum. (L.)-How much. His quantum, his proper allowance or quantity, his due proportion. (2.) Q. sufficit or suff.—As much is sufficient, a dose. (3.) Q. valeat. As much as it is worth. (4.) Q. meruit. Law Phrase.— As much as he deserved. An action founded on an engagement that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff as much as his services should deserve. 4136. Quare impedit? (L.) Law Term.-Why does he hinder? The ordinary action to establish the right of a patron to present to an ecclesiastical benefice, when his title to do so is disputed. 4137. Quare relligio pedibus subjecta vicissim Obteritur, nos exæquat victoria cælo. (L.) Lucret. 1, 79. The victory makes us equal to the gods.-C. F. Johnson. 4138. Que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère? (Fr.) Molière, Fourberies de Scapin, 2, 11.-What the deuce was he going to do in that galley? Said of any one who mixes himself up in a business in which he is clearly out of place. Molière took the line from the Pédant joué of Cyrano de Bergerac, 2, 4, Que diable aller faire dans la galère d'un Turc? 4139. Que la Suisse soit libre, et que nos noms périssent! (Fr.) W. Tell in Lemierre's tragedy.-Let our names perish provided Switzerland be free! 4140. Quel cattivo coro Degli Angeli, che non furon ribelli Ne fur fedeli a Dio, ma per se foro. (It.) Dante, Inf. 3, 37. That ill band Of angels mix'd, who nor rebellious proved, Nor yet were true to God, but for themselves.-Cary. Had Cranmer's memory been left to find its own place, says Macaulay (Essay on Hallam), he would have soon been lost amongst the band that Dante describes above. Cf. Milton, Paradise Lost, 6, 380: Cancelled from heaven and sacred memory, Nameless in dark oblivion let them dwell. 4141. Qu'elle périsse, pourvu qu'elle s'élève! (Fr.) or Che pera pur che s'innalzi. (It.)—Let her die so long as she rises. Devise of the Chevalier de Grignan with crest of a flying rocket. 4142. Quelque parti que je prenne je sais bien que je serai blâmé. (Fr.) Louis XIV.—Whatever side I take, I know very well that I shall be blamed. 4143. Quem damnosa Venus, quem præceps alea nudat, Gloria quem supra vires et vestit et ungit, Quem tenet argenti sitis importuna famesque. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 21. He that gives in to dice, or lewd excess, Who meanly covets to increase his store.-Conington. 4144. Quem recitas, meus est, O Fidentine, libellus : Sed male quum recitas, incipit esse tuus. (L.) Mart. 1,39. 4145. Quem res plus nimio delectavere secundæ, Mutatæ quatient. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30. Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel 4146. Quem te Deus esse jussit. (L.) What God commanded you to be. Motto of the Earl of Sheffield. 4147. Qu'est-ce que le Tiers-État ? Tout! (Fr.)-What is the Rien ! Que veut-il être ? Third Estate? Nothing. What does it intend to become? Everything. Speech of the Abbé Sieyes. (Lauraguais' letters, An X.) 4148. Que votre âme et vos mœurs peintes dans vos ouvrages. (Fr.) Boil. Let your mind and your tastes show themselves in your writings. Let your works be an index of your real sentiments. 4149. Que vouliez-vous qu'il fit contre trois ?-Qu'il mourut! (Fr.) P. Corneille, Horace, 3.—What would you have him do, one against three? I'd have him die. Delavigne in his Comédiens wittily reproduces the line in a scene between a sick man and his three physicians. The words have become proverbial (What is one against so many?) to express that circumstances are too strong against the person in question. 4150. Qui a bon cœur a toujours temps à propos. valiant heart has all occasions at its command. (Fr.)-A Reply supposed to have been given to Philip VI., on taking counsel as to the fitting moment for the invasion of Flanders. To this the king is said to have rejoined, Qui m'aime, suive (Who loves me, follow!). 4151. Qui aime bien, châtie bien. (Fr.) Prov.—Who loves well, chastises well. Spare the rod, etc. 4152. Qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri oportet. (L.) Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58.-Those who are fond of accusing others, should first look at home. 4153. Qui amant, ipsi sibi somnia fingunt. (L.) Virg. E. 8, 108. -People in love imagine dreams of their own. 4154. Quia me vestigia terrent Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 74. I'm frightened at those footsteps: every track Leads to your home, but ne'er a one leads back. -Conington. Reply of the fox to the sick lion who invited him into his den. From the above has been formed the phrase Vestigia nulla retrorsum (No stepping back again; retreat is impossible), Motto of Earl of Buckinghamshire; 5th Dragoon Guards. It was also the motto of Hampden, and of his Buckinghamshire regiment of infantry in the Great Rebellion. 4155. Qui a nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem. (L.) Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 55.-He who would eat the kernel must first break the shell. Cf. French Prov.: Il n'y a pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs. You cannot make omelets without breaking eggs. Nothing is to be done without trouble. 4156. Qui asinum non potest, stratum cædit. (L.) Prov. Petron. 45, 8.—He who cannot touch the ass, beats the housings. If you cannot find the real culprit, avenge yourself on the object nearest to you, and generally unoffending. 4157. Qui Bavium non odit, amat tua carmina, Mævi. Atque idem jungat vulpes, et mulgeat hircos. (L.) Virg. E. 3, 90. Who hates not Bavius' odes, loves Mævius' notes: 4158. Qui cavet, ne decipiatur, vix cavet, quum etiam cavet. Etiam quum cavisse ratus est, sæpe is cautor captus est. (L.) Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5.-He who is on his guard against trickery, is scarce wary enough, wary tho' he be. Even when he thinks he's taken all precautions, he is not so clever but what he's often caught. Lord Borthwick. 4159. Qui conducit. (L.)—He who leads. 4160. Quiconque s'imagine la pouvoir mieux écrire, ne l'entend pas. (Fr.) Fleury-Whoever thinks he can write it (the Gospels) in a better way than the original, shows that he does not understand it. 4161. Quicquid agas, prudenter agas, et respice finem. (L.) Whatever you may be doing, do it with care, and bear the end in view. 4162. Quicquid ages igitur, magna spectabere scena. (L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 1, 59.- Whatever therefore you do, will be displayed upon an extensive stage. You will have a grand field for your talents, and be seen to advantage. 4163. Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. (L.) Juv. 1, 85. All that men do, their wishes, fear, and rage, 4164. Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 14. Let kings go mad and blunder as they may, The people in the end are sure to pay.-Conington. Cf. Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident. (L.) Phædr. 1, 30, 1.-Humble folk are in danger when great ones fall out. 4165. Quicquid excessit modum Pendet instabili loco. (L.) Sen. Ed. 910.-Everything that has overstepped the bounds of moderation, is on the verge of falling. 4166. Quicquid gerimus, fortuna vocatur. (L.) Lucan. 5, 292. -All our exploits are put down to luck. 4167. Quicquid in his igitur vitii rude carmen habebit, Emendaturus, si licuisset, erat. (L.) Ov. M. 1, Epigr. 6. Whatever faults, therefore, may be found in this unpolished poem, the author would have corrected had time allowed. 4168. Quicquid multis peccatur, inultum est. (L.) Lucan. 5, 260.-Crime, when many are involved in it, goes unpunished. For laws in great rebellions lose their end, 4169. Quicunque turpi fraude semel innotuit, Etiamsi verum dicit, amittit fidem. (L.) Phædr. 1, 10, 1.—The man who has once been caught out in a shameful falsehood is not believed even if he tell the truth. 4170. Qui Curios simulant, et Bacchanalia vivunt. (L.) Juv. 2, 3.-Who affect the principles of the Curii, and live like Bacchanals. M. C. Dentatus (Conqueror of Pyrrhus) was noted for the simplicity of his life. 4171. Quid æternis minorem Consiliis animum fatigas? Why, with thoughts too deep (L.) Hor. C. 2, 11, 11. O'ertask a mind of mortal frame?-Conington. 4172. Quid brevi fortes jaculamur ævo Multa quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus? patriæ quis exsul Se quoque fugit} (L.) Hor. C. 2, 16, 17. 4175. Quid datur a Divis felici optatius hora? (L.) Cat. 62, 30.—What better boon can Heaven bestow than the happy nick of time? 4176. Quid deceat, quid non obliti. Lost to all self-respect, all sense of shame.-Conington. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 62. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 68. 4177. Quid de quoque viro, et cui dicas, sæpe caveto. Beware, if there is room For warning, what you mention, and to whom.-Conington. 4178. Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu? (L.) Hor. A. P. 138. What will this promiser of great things produce, to follow such a pompous opening? 4179. Quid domini facient audent quum talia fures? (L.) Virg. E. 3, 16. What can the masters do, when their own servants take to thieving? |