"Adolescens cum sis, tum cum est sanguis integer, Quod vivis." PLAUTUS. Mercator, Act III., Sc. II., 7.-(Demipho.) -(Bonnell Thornton.) "Adolescentes mihi mori sic videntur, ut quum aquae multitudine vis flammae opprimitur; senes autem sic, ut cum sua sponte, nulla adhibita vi, consumptus ignis exstinguitur." CICERO. De Senectute, XIX., 71. "The death of the young seems to me to resemble the sudden extinction of a flame with volumes of water; the old seem rather to die as a fire which flickers out of itself." "Adspice late Florentes quondam luxus quas verterit urbes. Quippe nec ira deum tantum, nec tela, nec hostes, Quantum sola noces animis illapsa, voluptas." "Look far and wide, how many flourishing cities has luxury overthrown. Not the anger of the gods, nor armed enemies are so to be dreaded as thou, O Pleasure, once thou hast crept into the hearts of men." "Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici." "The most cunning flatterer is he who praises the conversation of the unlearned, and the features of the ill-favoured.” "Adulationi foedum crimen servitutis, malignitati falsa species libertatis inest." TACITUS. History, I., 1. "To flattery there attaches the shameful imputation of servility, to malignity the false appearance of independence." -(Church and Brodribb.) TERENCE. Phormio, Act I., Sc. II., 28.-(Davus.) "What a foolish task To kick against the pricks."-(George Colman.) "Aedepol nae nos sumus mulieres inique aeque omnes invisae viris, Propter paucas ; quae omnes faciunt dignae ut videamur malo." TERENCE. Hecyra, Act II., Sc. III., 1.—(Sostrata.) How unjustly Do husbands stretch their censures to all wives For the offences of a few, whose vices Reflect dishonour on the rest!"-(George Colman.) "Aedificare casas, plostello adjungere mures, Satires, II., 3, 247. "To ride a stick, to build a paper house, In things like these, you'd call him mad outright." -(Conington.) SILIUS ITALICUS. Punica, VII., 394. "In evil case, there's safety in inaction." Nil movisse salus rebus." 66 " Aegroto, dum anima est spes esse dicitur." CICERO. Ad Atticum, IX., 10, 3. As the saying is, while there is life there is hope." Sortitur insignes et imos; Omne capax movet urna nomen." " HORACE. Odes, III., 1, 14. Death takes the mean man with the proud; Aequo animo e vita, quum ea non placeat, tanquam e theatro, exeamus. CICERO. De Finibus, I., 15, 49. If life is distasteful to us, let us leave it as calmly as though we were leaving the theatre." Aequom est, tenere per fidem quod creditum est, Ne bene merenti sit malo benignitas." PLAUTUS. Cistellaria, Act IV., Sc. II., 94.—(Halisca.) "Safe to return what once is given in trust Is just and right; else the benevolent Suffers, who did the kindness."-(Bonnell Thornton.) "Aera nitent usu; vestis bona quaerit haberi ; Canescunt turpi tecta relicta situ." OVID. Amores, I., 8, 51. "Aesopi ingenio statuam posuere Attici, PHAEDRUS. Fables, II., Epilogue, 1. "The Athenians raised a statue to the genius of Esop, and placed the slave on an imperishable pedestal, to show that the path of honour is open to all, and that glory is the attribute of worth and not of lineage." "Aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores, mox daturos Progeniem vitiosiorem." HORACE. Odes, III., 6, 46. 'Viler than grandsires, sires beget Ourselves, yet baser, soon to curse The world with baser offspring yet."-(Conington.) 66 Agamus, igitur, pingui, ut aiunt, Minerva." CICERO. De Amicitia, V., 19. " Let us bring to bear our plain mother wit." 'Agedum virtus antecedat, tutum erit omne vestigium." "If virtue precede us every step will be safe." 'Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae." Eneid, IV., 23. VIRGIL. "Ah! crudele genus, nec fidum femina nomen ! TIBULLUS. Elegies, III., 4, 61. "Ah cruel race! ah faithless name of woman! "Ah miser! etsi quis primo perjuria celat, TIBULLUS. Elegies, I., 9. 3. Unhappy man! though you at first conceal "Ah! nimium faciles, qui tristia crimina caedis OVID. Fasti, II., 45. "Aleator, quanto in arte melior, tanto nequior." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 502. "A gamester, the greater master he is in his art, the worse man he is." -(Bacon.) "Alia initia e fine." PLINY THE ELDER. Natural History, IX., 65. "Aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt; populi Romani res est propria "Other nations may be able to endure slavery; but liberty is the very "Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 9. "We desire what belongs to others, while others covet rather our possessions.” 'Aliquis de gente hircosa Centurionum Dicat; quod satis est sapio mihi, non ego curo Esse quod Arcesilas, aerumnosique Solones." PERSIUS. Satires, III., 77. "Some bearded captain May say: 'What is enough for me I know; Arcesilaus or some careworn Solon "." "Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues." " PLAUTUS. Epidicus, Act IV., Sc. II., 9.—(Philippa.) 'Puppies and pigs have a very different smell." "Alitur vitium, vivitque tegendo, Dum medicas adhibere manus ad vulnera pastor VIRGIL. Georgics, III., 454. "Give ills their vent, worse by concealment made, The while the shepherd, sitting in the shade, "Aliud est male dicere, aliud accusare. Accusatio crimen desiderat, rem ut definiat, hominem ut notet, argumento probet, teste confirmet. Maledictio autem nihil habet propositi praeter contumeliam." CICERO. Pro Caelio, III., 6. "To slander is one thing, to accuse another. Accusation implies definition of the charge, identification of the person, proof by argument, confirmation by witnesses. Slander has no other object than the injury of a reputation." "Alium silere quod voles, primus sile." SENECA. Phaedra, 884.-(Phaedra.) "If you know aught another should not tell, then tell it not yourself." "Alius est fructus artis, alius artificii: artis est fecisse quod voluit, artificii fecisse cum fructu. Perfecit opus suum Phidias, etiamsi non vendidit." SENECA. De Beneficiis, II., 33, 2. "There is this difference between the products of the artist and of the craftsman the artist produces what he himself finds good, the craftsman what is profitable. Phidias, for instance, finished his work with the greatest care, even though he did not sell it." "Deep-seated are the wounds dealt out in civil brawls." "Alter remus aquas, alter tibi radat arenas; Tutus eris. Medio maxima turba mari est." PROPERTIUS. Elegies, IV., 2, 23 (III., 3, 23). "Sweep with one oar the waves, with one the sands; "Alter rixatur de lana saepe caprina Propugnat nugis armatus." HORACE. Epistolae, I., 18, 15. "Your blunt fellow battles for a straw, As though he'd knock you down, or take the law." "Altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera.” -(Conington.) 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 esse potest." ANONYMOUS. Fabulae Aesopiae, XXI., de Ranis, 22. (Printed with the Fables of Phaedrus and Avianus, Biponti, 1784.) "He who can be his own master, should not serve another." "Amabit sapiens, cupient caeteri.” AFRANIUS. Omen, Fragment I. (VII.). "The wise man will love; all others will desire." "Amantium irae amoris integratio est." TERENCE. Andria, Act III., Sc. III., 23.—(Chremes.) "Quarrels of lovers but renew their love."-(George Colman.) "Amici, diem perdidi." "Friends, I have lost a day." TITUS. (Suetonius, VIII., 8.) PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 550. "Amicitia semper prodest, amor et nocet." "Friendship is ever helpful, but love is harmful.” '(Vulgatum illud, quia verum erat, in proverbium venit:) Amicitias: immortales, mortales inimicitias debere esse.' LIVY. Histories, XL., 46. "There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal." "Amicos esse fures temporis (monere solebant)." BACON. De Augmentis Scientiarum, VIII., 1. "Friends, they used to say, are the thieves of time." "Amicum perdere est damnorum maximum." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 552. "The loss of a friend is the greatest of all losses." "Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur." ENNIUS. Fragment incert., XLIV. (XVIII.). "The true friend shows himself when fortune plays us false." "Amittit merito proprium, qui alienum appetit." PHAEDRUS. Fables, I., 4, 1.. "He rightly loses his own who covets another's." "Amor et melle et felle est fecundissumus." PLAUTUS. Cistellaria, Act I., Sc. I., 71.—(Gymnasium.) "Love has both gall and honey in abundance." |