Dictionary of Quotations (classical)S. Sonnenschein & Company, Limited, 1906 - 684 pagine |
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Pagina 2
... facit . " OVID . Heroides , XVII . , 71 . " Those gifts are ever most acceptable Which take their value only from the giver . " " Accipe nunc Danaum insidias , et crimine ab uno 2 ABSENTES TINNITU - ACCEPTISSIMA SEMPER .
... facit . " OVID . Heroides , XVII . , 71 . " Those gifts are ever most acceptable Which take their value only from the giver . " " Accipe nunc Danaum insidias , et crimine ab uno 2 ABSENTES TINNITU - ACCEPTISSIMA SEMPER .
Pagina 4
... take a journey or to cross the seas for the pur- pose of seeing things to which , if they are put before our eyes , we pay no attention . " Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio . " 44 PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 6 . A suspicious mind always ...
... take a journey or to cross the seas for the pur- pose of seeing things to which , if they are put before our eyes , we pay no attention . " Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio . " 44 PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 6 . A suspicious mind always ...
Pagina 5
... take for granted any hearsay , whatever its source , others turn truth into falsehood , and both errors find encouragement with posterity . " - ( Church and Brodribb . ) " Adeo res redit Si quis quid reddit , magna habenda ' st gratia ...
... take for granted any hearsay , whatever its source , others turn truth into falsehood , and both errors find encouragement with posterity . " - ( Church and Brodribb . ) " Adeo res redit Si quis quid reddit , magna habenda ' st gratia ...
Pagina 10
... take the law . " " Altera manu fert lapidem , panem ostentat altera . " PLAUTUS . Aulularia , Act II . , Sc . II . , 18 .- ( Euclio . ) " He shows us bread in one hand , but has a stone in the other . " " Alterius non sit , qui suus ...
... take the law . " " Altera manu fert lapidem , panem ostentat altera . " PLAUTUS . Aulularia , Act II . , Sc . II . , 18 .- ( Euclio . ) " He shows us bread in one hand , but has a stone in the other . " " Alterius non sit , qui suus ...
Pagina 17
... take my ears by storm . " - ( Conington . ) " Auctoritas in pondere est . " PLINY THE ELDER . Natural History , XXXVII . , 10 . " Authority is in weight . " " Audacter calumniare , semper aliquid haeret . " BACON 2 AT NON INGENIO ...
... take my ears by storm . " - ( Conington . ) " Auctoritas in pondere est . " PLINY THE ELDER . Natural History , XXXVII . , 10 . " Authority is in weight . " " Audacter calumniare , semper aliquid haeret . " BACON 2 AT NON INGENIO ...
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Pagina 199 - Others, belike, with happier grace, From bronze or stone shall call the face, Plead doubtful causes, map the skies. And tell when planets set or rise ; But Roman thou, do thou control The nations far and wide ; Be this thy genius, to impose The rule of peace on vanquished foes, Show pity to the humbled soul, And crush the sons of pride.
Pagina 177 - Who the accuser? Where the evidence? For when the life of man is in debate, No time can be too long, no care too great; Hear all, weigh all with caution, I advise — "Thou sniveller! is a slave a man?" she cries, "He's innocent! be't so: — 'tis my command, My will; let that, sir, for a reason stand.
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