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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Page 54
For virtue's praised , and left out in the cold.-Ed. 422. Audentes Fortuna juvat . ( L. ) Virg . A. 10 , 284.Fortune favours the brave . ( 2. ) Audentes deus ipse juvat . Ov . M. 10 , 586. —Heaven itself helps the brave .
For virtue's praised , and left out in the cold.-Ed. 422. Audentes Fortuna juvat . ( L. ) Virg . A. 10 , 284.Fortune favours the brave . ( 2. ) Audentes deus ipse juvat . Ov . M. 10 , 586. —Heaven itself helps the brave .
Page 119
We are all ready enough to envy a famous man while he is alive , and to praise him when he is dead . Cf. Dum vivit hominem noveris : ubi mortuus est , quiescas . ( L. ) Plaut . Truc . 1 , 2 , 62. -As long as a man is living , you may ...
We are all ready enough to envy a famous man while he is alive , and to praise him when he is dead . Cf. Dum vivit hominem noveris : ubi mortuus est , quiescas . ( L. ) Plaut . Truc . 1 , 2 , 62. -As long as a man is living , you may ...
Page 133
Inert , irresolute , his neck he cranes Into the future , grumbles and complains , Extols his own young years with peevish praise , But rates and censures these degenerate days . - Conington . 6 Come now , - - 1190.
Inert , irresolute , his neck he cranes Into the future , grumbles and complains , Extols his own young years with peevish praise , But rates and censures these degenerate days . - Conington . 6 Come now , - - 1190.
Page 147
Praise is the sweetest thing to hear . 1314. " H Klota , dota . ( Gr . ) – Either the least possible , or the pleasantest possible . If you have bad news , tell it as quickly as you can . 1315. Efloresco . ( L . ) — I flourish .
Praise is the sweetest thing to hear . 1314. " H Klota , dota . ( Gr . ) – Either the least possible , or the pleasantest possible . If you have bad news , tell it as quickly as you can . 1315. Efloresco . ( L . ) — I flourish .
Page 149
1 strongly approve of your praising yourself , for it is the only praise you are ever likely to get . Æsop's reply to an author who was much tickled with his own wretched performances . 1333. Ego si bonam famam mihi servasso , sat ero ...
1 strongly approve of your praising yourself , for it is the only praise you are ever likely to get . Æsop's reply to an author who was much tickled with his own wretched performances . 1333. Ego si bonam famam mihi servasso , sat ero ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Thomas Whittaker, 1889 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2013 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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