Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
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Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit à la gloire . ( Fr. ) La Font . 10 , 14. - No path of flowers leads to glory . 417. Audacem fecerat ipse timor . ( L. ) Ov . F. 3 , 644 .-- Fear had made her bold . Cf. Audendo magnus tegitur timor .
Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit à la gloire . ( Fr. ) La Font . 10 , 14. - No path of flowers leads to glory . 417. Audacem fecerat ipse timor . ( L. ) Ov . F. 3 , 644 .-- Fear had made her bold . Cf. Audendo magnus tegitur timor .
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Both fear and penalty were all unknown . - Ed . 440. Aurum in stercore quærere . ( L. ) Cassiod . Inst . Div . Lit. i . p . 510. - To seek for gold amid dung . Tc extract good passages from a heap of literary trash . 441.
Both fear and penalty were all unknown . - Ed . 440. Aurum in stercore quærere . ( L. ) Cassiod . Inst . Div . Lit. i . p . 510. - To seek for gold amid dung . Tc extract good passages from a heap of literary trash . 441.
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Cæsar , grasping his hand , bade him fear nothing . Perge audacter , Cæsarem vehis , etc. - Go on boldly , you carry Cæsar , etc. , as above . ... There's a just reason for thy fears , Thou know'st not whom thy vessel bears . -Ed . 568.
Cæsar , grasping his hand , bade him fear nothing . Perge audacter , Cæsarem vehis , etc. - Go on boldly , you carry Cæsar , etc. , as above . ... There's a just reason for thy fears , Thou know'st not whom thy vessel bears . -Ed . 568.
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( L. ) Ov . T. 1 , 39 . Poems the offspring are of minds serene ; My days are clouded with ills unforeseen . Poems retirement need and easy leisure ; Sea , winds , and winter tease me at their pleasure . Poems must have no fears ; I ...
( L. ) Ov . T. 1 , 39 . Poems the offspring are of minds serene ; My days are clouded with ills unforeseen . Poems retirement need and easy leisure ; Sea , winds , and winter tease me at their pleasure . Poems must have no fears ; I ...
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It is , I fear , an universal vice ; Here we're all struggling hard , as poor as mice , To outdo one another . In a word , Money at Rome is king and sovereign lord . -Ed . 770. Commune naufragium omnibus est consolatio .
It is , I fear , an universal vice ; Here we're all struggling hard , as poor as mice , To outdo one another . In a word , Money at Rome is king and sovereign lord . -Ed . 770. Commune naufragium omnibus est consolatio .
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