"Ars aemula naturae."

APULEIUS. Metamorphoses, II., 4.

"Art is nature's rival."

"Artes serviunt vitae; sapientia imperat."

SENECA. Epistolae, LXXXV., 32.

"The arts are the servants of life; wisdom its master."

"Artibus ingenuis, quarum tibi maxima cura est, Pectora mollescunt, asperitasque fugit."

OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, I., 6, 7.

"The nobler arts, which are thy chiefest care,
Soften our natures and dispel all rudeness."

"Artifex est etiam cui ad exercendam artem instrumenta non sup-
petunt."
SENECA. De Beneficiis, IV., 21, 3.

"A man may well be an artist though the tools of his craft be not in his. possession."

"Arva, beata

Petamus arva, divites et insulas,

Reddit ubi Cererem tellus inarata quotannis,

Et imputata floret usque vinea.

HORACE. Epodes, 16, 41.

"Let us seek those happy fields and those rich islands, where the earth though unploughed yields annual store of grain, and the vine though unpruned yet ceases not to bloom."

"Arva nova Neptunia caede rubescunt."

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VIRGIL.

Eneid, VIII., 695.

"Neptune's plains run red with new-shed blood." 'Asperius nihil est humili, quum surgit in altum."

"

CLAUDIANUS. In Eutropium, I., 181.
None is more severe

Than he of humble birth, when raised to high estate."

"Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur, victorque viros supereminet omnes ! "

VIRGIL. Eneid, VI., 855.

"Lo, great Marcellus! see him tower,
With kingly spoils in conquering power,

The warrior host above!"-(Conington.)

"Assiduus in oculis hominum fuerat; quae res minus verendos magnos
homines ipsa satietate facit." LIVY. Histories, XXXV., 10.
"He was always before men's eyes; a course of action which, by in-
creasing our familiarity with great men, diminishes our respect for
them.'

"At mihi quod vivo detraxerit invida turba,
Post obitum duplici fenore reddet honos,
Omnia post obitum fingit majora vetustas;
Majus ab exsequiis nomen in ora venit."

PROPERTIUS. Elegies, IV., 1, 21 (III., 1 and 2).

All that the envious herd has ta'en from me in life

Fame will restore with interest after death;

For after death age all things magnifies,
And greater sounds the buried poet's name
Upon men's lips."

"At non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo

Excidet; ingenio stat sine morte decus."

PROPERTIUS. Elegies, IV., 1, 63 (III., 1 and 2).

"The name by genius earned dies not with time;

The lustre shed by genius knows no death."

"At nos hinc alii sitientes ibimus Afros,

Pars Scythiam et rapidum Cretae veniemus Oaxem,

Et penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos." VIRGIL. Eclogues, I., 65. "Hence some will seek out Afric's thirsty shores,

Some Scythia, or Oaxes' rapid stream,

Or Britain, that's from all the world shut off."

"At nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis ;

Aurum omnes victa jam pietate colunt.

Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia jura :

Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor."

PROPERTIUS. Elegies, IV., 12 (III., 13), 47.

"The groves, deserted, mourn their accustomed rites.
All piety is dead our God is Gold;

By Gold is faith destroyed and justice bought;
The Law is Gold's obsequious follower,
While modesty is of all law bereft."

"At, pater ut gnati, sic nos debemus amici,

Si quod sit vitium non fastidire."

HORACE.

Satires, I., 3, 43.

'Come let us learn how friends at friends should look,
By a leaf taken from a father's book."—(Conington.)

"At qui legitimum cupiet fecisse poema,
Cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti."

HORACE.

"He who meditates a work of art,

Epistolae, II., 2, 109.

Oft as he writes, will act the censor's part."-(Conington.)

"At regina dolos (quis fallere possit amantem ?) Praesensit, motusque excepit prima futuros, Omnia tuta timens."

VIRGIL. Eneid, IV., 296,

"But Dido soon-can aught beguile

Love's watchful eye ?-perceived his wile;
She feels each stirring of the air,

And e'en in safety dreads a snare."-(Conington.)

"At simul atras

Ventum est Esquilias, aliena negotia centum

Per caput et circa saliunt latus."

HORACE. Satires, II., 6, 32.

"But when I get

To black Esquiliæ, trouble waits me yet:

For other people's matters in a swarm

Buzz round my head, and take my ears by storm."—(Conington.)

"Auctoritas in pondere est."

PLINY THE ELDER. Natural History, XXXVII.,

"Authority is in weight."

10.

"Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret."

"

BACON. De Augmentis Scientiarum, VIII., 2. 'Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick."

"Audax omnia perpeti

Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas."

HORACE. Odes, I., 3, 25.

"Daring all their goal to win,

Men tread forbidden ground, and rush on sin."-(Conington.)

"Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris, et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis; probitas laudatur et alget."

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JUVENAL. Satires, I., 73.

"If you would be successful, something dare
That shall deserve a little term in gaol;
For honesty is praised, and left to suffer."

Aude, hospes, contemnere opes, et te quoque dignum
Finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis."

VIRGIL. Eneid, VIII., 364.

Auferre, trucidare, rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant."

TACITUS. Agricola, XXX.

"Robbery, murder, outrage are often dignified by the false name of government. They make a solitude and call it peace."

"Auream quisquis mediocritatem

Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti

Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda

Sobrius aula."

HORACE.

Odes, II., 10, 5.

"Who makes the golden mean his guide,
Shuns miser's cabin, foul and dark,

Shuns gilded roofs, where pomp and pride
Are envy's mark."-(Conington.)

"Aures nostras audita velocius quam lecta praetereunt."

"

AUSONIUS. Idyllia, III., Hesperio filio.

Things that we hear pass quicker from our minds
Than what we read."

"Aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat."

VIRGIL. Georgics, II., 538.

"Thns golden Saturn lived his life on earth."

AURIBUS TENEO LUPUM-AUT INSANIT HOMO. 19

(Immo, id quod aiunt,) Auribus teneo lupum."

TERENCE. Phormio, Act III., Sc. II., 21.-(Antipho.) "I have, indeed,

As the old saying goes, a wolf by the ears."-(George Colman.)

"Aurum et inutile,

Summi materiem mali."

"Useless gold, the cause of direst ill."

"Aurum huic olet."

HORACE. Odes, III., 24, 48.

PLAUTUS. Aulularia, Act II., Sc. II., 39.-(Euclio.)

"He smells the money."

"Aurum irrepertum, et sic melius situm
Quum terra celat, spernere fortior
Quam cogere humanos in usus
Omne sacrum rapiente dextra."

HORACE. Odes, III., 3, 49.

"Of strength more potent to disdain
Hid gold, best buried in the mine,
Than gather it with hand profane,

That for man's greed would rob a shrine."-(Conington.)

"Aurum per medios ire satellites

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Et perrumpere amat saxa, potentius
Ictu fulmineo."

HORACE. Odes, III., 16, 9.

"Gold, gold can pass the tyrant's sentinel,
Can shiver rocks, with more resistless blow
Than is the thunder's."-(Conington.)

Auscultare disce, si nescis loqui."

POMPONIUS BONONENSIS. Asina, Fragment I.

"If you do not know how to talk, then learn to listen."

"Aut amat aut odit mulier; nil est tertium." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 42.

A woman either loves or hates; there is no third course."

"Aut Caesar, aut nihil."

Either Cæsar or nothing."

Motto of Cæsar Borgia.

Quidni?

"Aut nihil aut Caesar vult dici Borgia.
Cum simul et Caesar possit et esse nihil.”

JACOPO SANNAZARO. De Cesare Borgia (Carmina Poetarum

Italorum, Vol. VIII., p. 444).

"Cæsar or nothing? We are nothing loath
Thus to acclaim him; Cæsar Borgia's both."

"Aut ego profecto ingenio egregie ad miserias

Natus sum, aut illud falsum est, quod volgo audio

Dici, diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus."

TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act III., Sc. I., 11.
—(Menedemus.)

"Sure I'm by nature formed for misery
Beyond the rest of human kind, or else

"Tis a false saying, though a common one,

That time assuages grief'."-(George Colman.)

"Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit." HORACE.

Satires, II., 7, 117.

"Aut non tentaris, aut perfice."

OVID. De Arte Amandi, I., 389.

"Set not thy hand to the task, or else complete it." "Aut prodesse volunt, aut delectare poetae; Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae."

HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 333.

"A bard will wish to profit or to please,
Or, as a tertium quid, do both of these."-(Conington.)

"Aut virtus nomen inane est

Aut decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir.”

HORACE. Epistolae, I., 17, 41.

"Virtue's a mere name,

Or 'tis high venture that achieves high aim."-(Conington.)
PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 43.

"Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit."

"Unity of aim gives strength to the feeblest aid.”

"Avaritia vero senilis quid sibi velit non intelligo. Potest enim quidquam esse absurdius quam quo minus viae restat, eo plus viatici CICERO. De Senectute, XVIII., 66. quaerere?" For what can be more absurd than to add more and more to the provision for your journey as you draw nearer to its end?"

"I can never understand avarice in an old man.

"Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries."

CICERO. De Oratore, II., 40, 171.

"If you would banish avarice, you must first banish luxury, the mother

of avarice."

"Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro."

SENECA. Epistolae, XCIV., 43.

"No wealth can satisfy the avaricious mind."

"Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crevit."

JUVENAL. Satires, XIV., 139. The love of money grows with growing wealth."

"Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant."

Hail, Cæsar! those about to die salute you." "Avia tunc resonant avibus virgulta canoris."

SUETONIUS, V., 21.

VIRGIL. Georgics, II., 328.

"Through every pathless copse resounds the song-bird's lay."

"Avidis, avidis Natura parum est."

SENECA. Hercules Oetaeus, 635 (Chorus).

"The world itself is too small for the covetous."

"Avidos vicinum funus ut aegros
Exanimat, mortisque metu sibi parcere cogit;
Sic teneros animos aliena opprobria saepe
Deterrent vitiis."

HORACE.

Satires, I., 4, 126.

Sick gluttons of a next-door funeral hear,
And learn self-mastery in the school of fear:
And so a neighbour's scandal many a time
Has kept young minds from running into crime."
-(Conington.)