4542. Se Gennaio sta in camicia Marzo scoppia dal riso. (It.) Prov.-If January stay in his shirt-sleeves (is mild), March will explode with 4543. Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurem, (L.) Hor. A. P. 180. A thing when heard, remember, strikes less keen On the spectator's mind than when 'tis seen.-Conington. 4544. Sei im Besitze, und du wohnst im Recht. (G.) Schill. Wallenstein's death.-Be in possession and you are in the right. Cf. ibid. ("An die Freunde "), Der Lebende hat Recht.-The living is in the right. 4545. Se la moglia pecca, non è il marito innocente. (It.) Prov. -If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent. 4546. Semen est sanguis Christianorum. (L.) Tert. Apol. 50.— The blood of Christians is seed. Don't think, says Tertullian (addressing the pagan persecutors of his day), that persecution will have any effect in diminishing the number of Christians. Plures efficimur quoties metimur a vobis, The more you mow us down, the more we grow. The blood of her martyrs is the seed of the Church. 4547. Semper avarus eget: certum voto pete finem: Invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis. Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni Majus tormentum. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 56. The miser's always needy: draw a line 4548. Semper eadem. (L.)-Always the same. Motto of Queen Thou sun, shine on her joyously! Ye breezes, waft her wide! 4549. Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, Emiliane, Dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus. (L.) Mar. 5, 81. If poor, Emilian, you'll be poor always; Wealth is but given to rich men nowadays.-Ed. 4550. Semper fidelis. (L.)—Always faithful. Motto of Earl of Onslow. 4551. Semper flamma fumo est proxima : The Fumo comburi nihil potest, flammâ potest. (L.) Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53.- Where there is smoke there is always fire handy: smoke can burn naught, but fire can. slightest approach to wrong-doing leads to vice (Lewis and Short Dict.). 4552. Semper habet lites alternaque jurgia lectus In quo nupta jacet; minimum dormitur in illo. (L.) Juv. 6, 268. A married woman's bed's a scene of strife: 4553. Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt. (L.) Virg. A. 1, 609. Always shall live your honour, name, and praise.-Conington. 4554. Semper idem. (L.)-Always the same. 4555. Semper inops, quicunque cupit. (L.) Claud. Rufin. 1, 200.-He who is ever wishing for more, is always poor. 4556. Semper paratus. (L.)-Always ready. M. of Lord Clifford. 4557. Senile illud facinus. wicked old thing. 4558. Senilis stultitia, quæ (L.) App. M. 4, p. 148, 9.-That Said of an old woman. deliratio appellari solet, senum levium est, non omnium. (L.) Cic. Sen. 11, 36.-That foolishness of old age, which is called dotage, is the fruit of a frivolous life, and is not universal. Cf. Senex delirans. Ter. Ad. 7, 4, 43.-A doting old man. 4559. Seniores priores. (L.)—Elders first. 4560. Se non è vero, è ben trovato. (It.) Prov.-If it is not true, it is a happy invention. Source unknown: apparently a common saying in the 16th cent. ; occurs in Italian translation of Don Quixote: and before that in Pasquier's (1600) Recherches, 7, 41, "Si cela n'est vray, il est bien trouvé." 4561. S'entendre comme larron en foire. (Fr.) Prov.-To come to an understanding (act in concert) like thieves at a fair. 4562. Septem convivium, novem convitium. (L.) Prov."Seven's a banquet, nine's a brawl." Mr Riley's Dict. of Class. Quotations. 4563. Septem horas dormire sat est juvenique, senique. (L.) Prov.-Seven hours' sleep is enough for young or old. 4564. Septem urbs alta jugis, toti quæ præsidet orbi. (L.) Prop. 3, 11, 57. The city built on seven hills, that governs all the world.-Ed. 4565. Sequestrari facias. (L.) Law Term.-Cause to be sequestrated. A writ from the Bishop of a diocese ordering the payment of a clergyman's debts out of the profits of his benefice. 4566. Sequiturque patrem non passibus æquis. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 724. He follows his father with unequal steps. He follows in his father's steps, but without the vigour and firmness of purpose which the latter was wont to display. 4567. Sequor, nec inferior. (L.)-I follow, but am not inferior. Motto of Lord Crewe. 4568. Sera parsimonia in fundo est. (L.) Prov. Sen. Ep. 1, 5. -It is too late to save when all is spent (lit. at the bottom of the purse). Cf. the Greek davỳ d'èvì πvůμévi pedú. Hes. Op. 369.—It is hard saving when you come to the bottom of the сир. 4569. Seria quum possim, quod delectantia malim Scribere, tu causa es, lector. (L.) Mar. 5, 16, 1. Reader, it is for you this pleasing strain, When I might write in a more serious vein.-Ed. 4570. Seriatim. (L.)—In regular order. In due course. According to rank or place. 4571. Series implexa causarum. (L.) Sen. ?—An involved chain of causes. 4572. Serit Arbores quæ alteri sæculo prosint. (L.) Cæcil. Sympheb. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31.-He is planting trees which will benefit a future age. English Prov. : He that plants pears, plants for his heirs. 4573. Sero clypeum post vulnera sumo. (L.) Prov. Ov. -I am rather late in taking the shield after I am wounded, 4574. Sero respicitur tellus, ubi fune soluto, Currit in immensum panda carina salum. (L.) Ov. Am. 2, 11, 23. It is too late to look back to the land, With moorings loosed, and keel slipped from the strand.-EL 4575. Sero sapiunt Phryges. (L.) Trojans are wise when it's too late. In the tenth year of the siege of Troy they begin to think of restoring Helen. Cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1. 4576. Sero sed serio. (L.)-Late, but seriously. Motto of the Marquesses of Lothian and Salisbury. 4577. Sero venientibus ossa. (L.) Prov.-The bones for those who come late. Some persons are habitually too late, especially for dinner appointments. 4578. Serum auxilium post prælium. (L.) Prov. Liv. 3, 5.Help is late when the fight is over. 4579. Serus in cœlum redeas, diuque Lætus intersis populo Quirini. (L.) Hor. 1, 2, 45. Motto of Lord Late be thy journey home, and long 4580. Servabo fidem. (L.)-I will keep faith. Sherborne. 4581. Serva jugum. (L.)-Keep the yoke. M. of Earl of Errol. 4582. Servata fides cineri. (L.)-Faithful to the memory of my ancestors. Motto of Earl of Harrowby. 4583. Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. (L.) Hor. A. P. 126. See it be wrought on one consistent plan, And end the same creation it began.-Conington. Advice to an author on introducing some original topic, which if begun should go on with consistency and without break of metaphor, throughout. 4584. Servi peregrini, ut primum Galliæ fines penetraverint, eodem momento liberi sunt. (L.) Bodinus, Lib. 1, c. 5. -Foreign slaves, as soon as they set foot in Gaul, become that moment free men. Cf. Cowper, Timepiece, 40: Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 4585. Servitus crescit nova. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 8, 18.—A new band of slaves (adorers) keeps increasing. 4586. Seul roi de qui le pauvre ait gardé la mémoire. (Fr.) Gudin? The only king Whose memory is cherished by the poor.-Ed. Said of Henry IV. with reference to his celebrated saying about the peasant's "chicken for dinner." 4587. Severæ Musa tragœdiæ. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 1, 9. Tragedy's stern Muse.-Conington. 4588. Sex horas somno, totidem des legibus æquis: Quatuor orabis, des epulisque duas. Quod superest ultra, sacris largire Camenis. (L.) Coke. -Six hours for sleep, six for the study of law; four hours you will give to prayer, two to your meals, and what is over devote to the worship of the Muses. Cf. Six hours to sleep, in law's grave study six: Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. -Quoted by Sir E. Coke. 4589. Sexu fœmina, ingenio vir. (L.)-In sex a woman, in spirit a man. Epitaph of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria. 4590. Si antiquitatem spectes, est vetustissima, si dignitatem est honoratissima, si jurisdictionem est capacissima. (L.) Coke. If you consider its antiquity, it is most ancient; its dignity, it is most honourable; its jurisdiction, it is most unbounded. Description of the House of Commons. 4591. Si bene commemini causæ sunt quinque bibendi ; Hospitis adventus, præsens sitis, atque futura, Et vini bonitas, et quælibet altera causa. (L.) Père Sismond (cf. Menage, 1, 172). If on my theme I rightly think There are five reasons why men drink; Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and bye, Or any other reason why.-Dean Aldrich, 1710. 4592. Sibi quisque ruri metit. (L.) Prov. Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 112.-Every man reaps his own field. out for himself. 4593. Sic agitur censura et sic exempla parantur: Every one looks Quum vindex alios quod monet ipse facit. (L.) Ov. F. 6, 647. Censors are just, and good examples teach When worthy censors practise what they preach.-Ed. 4594. Sic animum tempusque traho: meque ipse reduco 4595. Siccis omnia nam dura Deus proposuit; neque Life is all one path of troubles (L.) Hor. C. 1, 18, 3. Carking cares will fly like bubbles If you drown them in the bowl.-Ed. |