DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. (continued 2)

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure. But there's no love lost between us. Goldsmith.

As for talkers and futile persons, they are commonly vain and credulous withal. Bacon.

As from the wing no scar the sky retains, / The parted wave no furrow from the keel; So dies in human hearts the thought of death. Young.

As good be out of the world as out of the 15 fashion. Pr.

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself. Milton.

As guid fish i' the sea as e'er came oot o't. Sc. Pr.

As guid may haud (hold) the stirrup as he that loups on. Sc. Pr.

A's guid that God sends. Sc. Pr.

As he alone is a good father who at table serves 20 his children first, so is he alone a good citizen who, before all other outlays, discharges what he owes to the state. Goethe.

As he who has health is young, so he who owes nothing is rich. Pr.

A short cut is often a wrong cut. Dan. Pr.

A sicht (sight) o' you is guid for sair een. Sc. Pr.

A sick man's sacrifice is but a lame oblation. Sir Thomas Browne.

As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted 25 ocean. Coleridge.

A sight to dream of, not to tell. Coleridge.

A silent man's words are not brought into court. Dan. Pr.

A sillerless (moneyless) man gangs fast through the market. Sc. Pr.

A silver key can open an iron lock. Pr.

A simple child, / That lightly draws its breath, / 30 And feels its life in every limb, / What should it know of death? Wordsworth.

A simple maiden in her flower, / Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.

A simple, manly character need never make an apology. Emerson.

As in a theatre, the eyes of men, / After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, / Are idly bent on him that enters next, / Thinking his prattle to be tedious. Rich. II., v. 2.

A single grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. Lessing.

A single moment may transform everything. 35 Wieland.

A single word is often a concentrated poem, a little grain of pure gold, capable of being beaten out into a broad extent of gold-leaf. Trench.

Asinum sub fræno currere docere—To teach an ass to obey the rein, i.e., to labour in vain. Pr.

Asinus ad lyram—An ass at the lyre, i.e., one unsusceptible of music.

Asinus asino, et sus sui pulcher—An ass is beautiful to an ass, and a pig to a pig. Pr.

Asinus in tegulis—An ass on the house-tiles. 40

Asinus inter simias—An ass among apes, i.e., a fool among people who make a fool of him. Pr.

Asinus in unguento—An ass among perfumes, i.e., things he cannot appreciate.

As is the garden, such is the gardener. Heb. Pr.

As is the man, so is his God. Rückert, Goethe.

A sip is the most that mortals are permitted 45 from any goblet of delight. A. B. Alcott.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. Jesus.

Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein. Bible.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Goldsmith.

Ask why God made the gem so small, / And why so huge the granite? / Because God meant mankind should set / The higher value on it. Burns.

As long as any man exists, there is some need 50 of him. Emerson.

As long lives a merry heart as a sad. Pr.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile, esteem without love is languid and cold. Swift.

A slow fire makes sweet malt. Pr.

A small man, if he stands too near a great, may see single portions well, and, if he will survey the whole, must stand too far off, where his eyes do not reach the details. Goethe.

A small sorrow distracts us, a great one makes 55 us collected. Jean Paul.

A small unkindness is a great offence. Hannah More.

As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, / Receives the lurking principle of death; / The young disease, that must subdue at length, / Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Pope.

As many suffer from too much as too little. Bovee.

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. Dut. Pr.

As merry as the day is long. Much Ado, ii. 1. 60

A smile abroad is oft a scowl at home. Tennyson.

A smile re-cures the wounding of a frown. Shakespeare.

As much love, so much mind, or heart. Lat. Pr.

As much virtue as there is, so much appears; as much goodness as there is, so much reverence it commands. Emerson.

A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. Winter's Tale, iv. 2.

A society of people will cursorily represent a certain culture, though there is not a gentleman or a lady in the group. Emerson.

A soldier, / Seeking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth. As You Like It, ii. 7.

A solis ortu usque ad occasum—From where the sun rises to where it sets.

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory. 5 Henry Giles.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Tennyson.

A sorrow shared is but half a trouble, / But a joy that's shared is a joy made double. Pr.

A' sottili cascano le brache—The cloak sometimes falls off a cunning man. It. Pr.

A soul without reflection, like a pile / Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. Young.

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. Herrick. 10

A species is a succession of individuals which perpetuates itself. Cuvier.

Asperæ facetiæ ubi multum ex vero traxere, acrem sui memoriam relinquunt—Satire, when it comes near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. Tac.

Asperius nihil est humili, cum surgit in altum—Nothing is more offensive than a low-bred man in a high station. Claud.

Aspettare e non venire, / Stare in letto e non dormire, / Ben servire e non gradire, / Son tre cose da morire—To wait for what never comes, to lie abed and not sleep, to serve and not be advanced, are three things to die of. It. Pr.

A spirit may be known from only a single 15 thought. Swedenborg.

As poor as Job. Merry Wives, v. 5.

A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. Pr.

As proud go behind as before. Pr.

A spur in the head is worth two in the heels. Pr.

As reason is a rebel unto faith, so is passion 20 unto reason. Sir T. Browne.

Assai acqua passa per il molino, che il molinaio non se n'accorge—A good deal of water passes by the mill which the miller takes no note of. It. Pr.

Assai basta, e troppo guasta—Enough is enough, and too much spoils. It. Pr.

Assai ben balla, à chi fortuna suona—He dances well to whom fortune pipes. It. Pr.

Assai è ricco à chi non manca—He is rich enough who has no wants. It. Pr.

Assai guadagna chi vano sperar perde—He 25 gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. It. Pr.

Assai sa, chi non sa, se tacer sa—He who knows not, knows a good deal if he knows how to hold his tongue. It. Pr.

Assez a qui se contente—He has enough who is content. Fr. Pr.

Assez dort qui rien ne fait—He sleeps enough who does nothing. Fr. Pr.

Assez gagne qui malheur perd—He gains enough who gets rid of a sorrow. Fr. Pr.

Assez sait qui sait vivre et se taire—He knows 30 enough who knows how to live and how to keep his own counsel. Fr. Pr.

Assez tôt si assez bien—Soon enough if well enough. Fr. Pr.

Assez y a, si trop n'y a—There is enough where there is not too much. Fr. Pr.

Associate with the good, and you will be esteemed one of them. Sp. Pr.

As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, / Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, / Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, / Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Goldsmith.

As soon as a man is born he begins to die. 35 Ger. Pr.

As soon as beauty is sought, not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. Emerson.

As soon as the soul sees any object, it stops before that object. Emerson.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Ham., iii. 4.

Assumpsit—An action on a verbal promise. L.

Assurance is two-thirds of success. Gael. Pr. 40

A state is never greater than when all its superfluous hands are employed in the service of the public. Hume.

A state of violence cannot be perpetual, or disaster and ruin would be universal. Bp. Burnet.

A statesman requires rather a large converse with men, and much intercourse in life, than deep study of books. Burke.

A stern discipline pervades all Nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind. Spenser.

As the births of living creatures at first are 45 ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time. Bacon.

As the first order of wisdom is to know thyself, so the first order of charity is to be sufficient for thyself. Ruskin.

As the fool thinks, the bell clinks. Pr.

As the good man saith, so say we: / As the good woman saith, so it must be. Pr.

As the husband is, the wife is: / Thou art mated with a clown, / And the grossness of his nature / Will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson.

As the man is, so is his strength. Bible. 50

As the old cock crows, the young one learns. Pr.

As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain. Quarles.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, / So honour peereth in the meanest habit. Tam. of Shrew, iv. 3.

As the youth lives in the future, so the man lives with the past; no one knows rightly how to live in the present. Grillparzer.

As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Bible. 55

A still, small voice. Bible.

A stitch in time saves nine. Pr.

As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. Goethe.

Astra castra, numen lumen—The stars my camp, the deity my light. M.

Astræa redux—Return of the goddess of justice. 60

A straight line is the shortest in morals as well as in geometry. Rahel.

A strange fish. Tempest, ii. 2.

Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus—The stars govern men, but God governs the stars.

A strenuous soul hates cheap success. Emerson.

A strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. Montaigne.

A strong soil that has produced weeds may be made to produce wheat with far less difficulty than it would cost to make it produce nothing. Colton.

Astronomy has revealed the great truth that 5 the whole universe is bound together by one all-pervading influence. Leitch.

A' Stuarts are no sib (related) to the king (the family name of the Scotch kings being Stuart). Sc. Pr.

Astutior coccyge—More crafty than the cuckoo (who deposits her eggs in another bird's nest). Pr.

A subject's faults a subject may proclaim, / A monarch's errors are forbidden game. Cowper.

A substitute shines brightly as a king, until a king be by. Mer. of Ven., v. 1.

A sudden thought strikes me, / Let us swear 10 an eternal friendship. Canning.

A sunbeam passes through pollution unpolluted. Eusebius.

A surfeit of sweetest things. Mid. N.'s Dream, ii. 3.

As water spilt upon the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Bible.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. Froude.

As we are born to work, so others are born to 15 watch over us while working. Goldsmith.

As weel be oot o' the world as oot o' the fashion. Sc. Pr.

As wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt into a number of petty observances. Bacon.

As yet a child, not yet a fool to fame, / I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope.

As you do to others, expect others to do to you. Pr.

As you make your bed you must lie on it. Pr. 20

As you sow you shall reap. Pr.

A tale never loses in the telling. Pr.

A talisman that shall turn base metal into precious, Nature acknowledges not; but a talisman to turn base souls into noble, Nature has given us; and that is a "philosopher's stone," but it is a stone which the builders refuse. Ruskin.

A tâtons—Groping. Fr.

A tattler is worse than a thief. Pr. 25

A (man of) teachable mind will hang about a wise man's neck. Bp. Patrick.

At every trifle scorn to take offence; / That always shows great pride or little sense. Pope.

At first one omits writing for a little while; and then one stays a little while to consider of excuses; and at last it grows desperate, and one does not write at all. Swift.

[Greek: Athanatous men prôta theous, nomô hôs diakeitai Tima]—Reverence, first of all, the immortal gods, as prescribed by law. Pythagoras.

At the gates of the forest the surprised man 30 of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish. Emerson.

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man. Bacon.

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Bacon.

A thief knows a thief, as a wolf knows a wolf. Pr.

A thing is the bigger of being shared. Gael. Pr.

A thing is what it is, only in and by means of 35 its limit. Hegel.

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it. Ruskin.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever; / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness. Keats.

A thing you don't want is dear at any price. Pr.

A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have. Carlyle.

A third interprets motion, looks, and eyes, / 40 At every word a reputation dies. Pope.

A thorn is a changed bud. T. Lynch.

A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what others have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what others think proper to remember. Colton.

A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; / An hour may lay it in the dust. Byron.

A thread will tie an honest man better than a rope will do a rogue. Sc. Pr.

A threatened blow is seldom given. Pr. 45

A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Bible.

A thrill passes through all men at the reception of a new truth, or at the performance of a great action, which comes out of the heart of nature.... By the necessity of our constitution, a certain enthusiasm attends the individual's consciousness of that Divine presence. Emerson.

At ingenium ingens / Inculto latet hoc sub corpore—Yet under this rude exterior lies concealed a mighty genius. Hor.

At no age should a woman be allowed to govern herself as she pleases. H. Mann.

A tocherless dame sits lang at hame. Sc. Pr. 50

A toom (empty) pantry maks a thriftless guid-wife. Sc. Pr.

A tort et à travers—Without consideration; at random. Fr.

A toute force—With all one's force. Fr.

A toute seigneur tout honneur—Let every one have his due honour. Fr. Pr.

At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier hic 55 est—Yet it is a fine thing to be pointed at with the finger and have it said, This is he! Persius.

Atque in rege tamen pater est—And yet in the king there is the father. Ovid.

Atqui vultus erat multa et præclara minantis—And yet you had the look of one that promised (lit. threatened) many fine things. Hor.

A trade of barbarians. Napoleon on war.

A tragic farce. Lille.

A travelled man has leave to lie. Pr. 60

A traveller of taste at once perceives that the wise are polite all the world over, but that fools are only polite at home. Goldsmith.

A tree is known by its fruit. Pr.

Atria regum hominibus plena sunt, amicis vacua—The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends. Sen.

Atrocitatis mansuetudo est remedium—Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty. Phædr.

A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation. Defoe.

A true genius may be known by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Swift.

A true man hates no one. Napoleon. 5

A truly great genius will be the first to prescribe limits for its own exertions. Brougham.

A truth / Looks freshest in the fashion of the day. Tennyson.

A truth to an age that has rejected and trampled on it, is not a word of peace, but a sword. Henry George.

At spes non fracta—Yet hope is not broken. M.

Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen 10 despotism; as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking. Colton.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; / Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out. Herrick.

Attendez à la nuit pour dire que le jour a été beau—Wait till night before saying that the day has been fine. Fr. Pr.

Attention makes the genius; all learning, fancy, and science depend on it. Willmott.

At the sight of a man we too say to ourselves, Let us be men. Amiel.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, / Knows 15 it at forty, and reforms his plan. / At fifty, chides his infamous delay. / Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve. / Resolves—and re-resolves; then dies the same. Young.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. Grattan.

A tu hijo, buen nombre y oficio—To your son a good name and a trade. Sp. Pr.

A tutti non si adatta una sola scarpa—One shoe does not fit every foot. It. Pr.

At vindictum bonum vita jucundius ipsa. Nempe hoc indocti—But revenge is a blessing sweeter than life itself; so rude men feel. Juv.

At whose sight all the stars / Hide their diminished 20 heads. Milton.

Au bon droit—By good right. Fr.

Au bout de son Latin—At his wit's end (lit. at the end of his Latin). Fr.

Au bout du compte—After the close of the account; after all. Fr.

Auch aus entwölkter Höhe / Kann der zündende Donner schlagen; / Darum in deinen fröhlichen Tagen / Fürchte des Unglücks tückische Nähe—Even out of a cloudless heaven the flaming thunderbolt may strike; therefore in thy days of joy have a fear of the spiteful neighbourhood of misfortune. Schiller.

Auch Bücher haben ihr Erlebtes, das ihnen 25 nicht entzogen werden kann—Even books have their lifetime, of which no one can deprive them. Goethe.

Auch das Schöne muss sterben—Even what is beautiful must die. Schiller.

Auch der Löwe muss sich vor der Mücke wehren—Even the lion has to defend itself against flies. Ger. Pr.

Auch die Gerechtigkeit trägt eine Binde, / Und schliesst die Augen jedem Blendwerk zu—Even Justice wears a bandage, and shuts her eyes on everything deceptive. Goethe.

Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt, / Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt—Culture, which has licked all the world into shape, has reached even the devil. Goethe.

Auch die Kunst ist Himmelsgabe, / Borgt sie 30 gleich von ird'scher Glut—Art is a gift of Heaven, yet does it borrow its fire from earthly passion. Schiller.

Auch ein Haar hat seinen Schatten—Even a hair casts its shadow. Ger. Pr.

Auch für die rauhe Brust giebt's Augenblicke / Wo dunkle Mächte Melodien wecken—Even the rude breast has moments in which dark powers awaken melodies. Körner.

Auch ich war ein Jüngling mit lockigem Haar, / An Mut und an Hoffnungen reich—I too was once a youth with curly locks, rich in courage and in hopes. Lortzing.

Auch ich war in Arkadien geboren, / Und ward daraus entführt vom neidischen Glücke. / Ist hier der Rückweg? fragt' ich jede Brücke, / Der Eingang hier? fragt' ich an allen Thoren—I too was born in Arcadia, and was lured away by envious Fortune. "Is this the way back?" asked I at every bridge-way; "This the entrance?" asked I at every portal. Rückert.

Auch in der That ist Raum für Ueberlegung—Even 35 in the moment of action there is room for consideration. Goethe.

Auch was Geschriebenes forderst du, Pedant? / Hast du noch keinen Mann, nicht Mannes-Wort gekannt?—Dost thou, O pedant, require something written too? Hast thou never yet known a man, not word of man? Faust.

Au courant—Perfectly acquainted with. Fr.

Auctor pretiosa facit—The giver makes the gift valuable. M.

Aucto splendore resurgo—I rise again with access of splendour. M.

Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit à la gloire—No 40 path of flowers conducts to glory. La Font.

Audacia pro muro habetur—Daring is regarded as a wall. Sallust.

Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid hæret—Calumniate boldly, always some of it sticks. Bacon.

Audacter et sincere—Boldly and heartily. M.

Audax ad omnia fœmina, quæ vel amat vel odit—A woman, when she either loves or hates, will dare anything. Pr.

Audax omnia perpeti / Gens humana ruit per 45 vetitum et nefas—Daring to face all hardships, the human race dashes through every human and divine restraint. Hor.

Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis—Dare to do something worthy of transportation and imprisonment, if you wish to be somebody. Juv.

Audendo magnus tegitur timor—Great fear is concealed under daring. Lucan.

Audentes Fortuna juvat—Fortune favours the brave. Virg.

Au dernier les os—For the last the bones. Fr. Pr.

Aude sapere—Dare to be wise. 50

Au désespoir—In despair. Fr.

Audi alteram partem—Hear the other party; hear both sides. L. Max.

Audiatur et altera pars—Let the other side also have a hearing. Sen.

Audio sed taceo—I hear, but say nothing. M.

Audita querela—The complaint having been investigated. L.

Auditque vocatus Apollo—And Apollo hears 5 when invoked. Virg.

Audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere in pace—Use your ears and eyes, but hold your tongue, if you would live in peace.

Au fait—Expert; skilful. Fr.

Auf dem Grund des Glaubenmeeres / Liegt die Perle der Erkenntniss; Heil dem Taucher, der sie findet—At the bottom of the faith-sea lies the pearl of knowledge; happy the diver that finds it. Bodenstedt.

Auf den Bergen ist Freiheit—On the mountains is freedom. Schiller.

Auf die warnenden Symptome sieht kein 10 Mensch, auf die Schmeichelnden und Versprechenden allein ist die Aufmerksamkeit gerichtet—To the warning word no man has respect, only to the flattering and promising is his attention directed. Goethe.

Auf Dinge, die nicht mehr zu ändern sind, / Muss auch kein Blick zurück mehr fallen! Was / Gethan ist, ist gethan und bleiht's—On things which are no more to be changed a backward glance must be no longer cast! What is done is done, and so remains. Schiller.

Auf ebnem Boden straucheln ist ein Scherz, / Ein Fehltritt stürzt vom Gipfel dich herab—To stumble on a level surface is matter of jest; by a false step on a height you are hurled to the ground. Goethe.

Auferimur cultu: gemmis auroque teguntur / Omnia; pars minima est ipsa puella sui—Dress deceives us: jewels and gold hide everything: the girl herself is the least part of herself. Ovid.

Aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben—Postponed is not abandoned. Ger. Pr.

Aufklärung—Illuminism. Ger. 15

Au fond—To the bottom. Fr.

Aufrichtig zu sein kann ich versprechen; unparteiisch zu sein aber nicht—I can promise to be candid, but not to be impartial. Goethe.

Auf Teufel reimt der Zweifel nur; / Da bin ich recht am Platze—Only Zweifel (doubt) rhymes to Teufel (devil); here am I quite at home. The Sceptic in "Faust."

Auf Wind und Meer gebautes Glück ist schwankend—The fortune is insecure that is at the mercy of wind and wave. Gutzkow.

Augiæ cloacas purgare—To cleanse the Augean 20 stables, i.e., achieve an arduous and disagreeable work. Sen.

Augusto felicior, Trajano melior—A more fortunate man than Augustus, and a more excellent than Trajan. Eutrop.

Aujourd'hui marié, demain marri—To-day married, to-morrow marred. Fr. Pr.

Aula regis—The court of the king.

Auld folk are twice bairns. Sc. Pr.

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears, / Her 25 noblest work she classes, O; / Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, / An' then she made the lasses, O. Burns.

Au nouveau tout est beau—Everything is fine that is new. Fr. Pr.

Au pis aller—At the worst. Fr.

Au plaisir fort de Dieu—By the all-powerful will of God. M.

Aura popularis—Popular favour (lit. breeze).

Aurea mediocritas—The golden mean. 30

Aurea nunc vere sunt sæcula; plurimus auro / Venit honos: auro conciliatur amor—The age we live in is the true age of gold; by gold men attain to the highest honour, and win even love itself. Ovid.

Aureo piscari hamo—To fish with a golden hook.

Au reste—For the rest. Fr.

Au revoir—Farewell till we meet again. Fr.

Auri sacra fames—The accursed lust of gold. 35 Virg.

Auro loquente nihil pollet quævis ratio—When gold speaks, no reason the least avails. Pr.

Aurora musis amica—Aurora is friendly to the Muses. Pr.

Aus dem Gebet erwächst des Geistes Sieg—It is from prayer that the spirit's victory springs. Schillerbuch.

Aus dem Kleinsten setzt / Sich Grosses zusammen zuletzt, / Und keins darf fehlen von allen, / Wenn nicht das Ganze soll fallen—Out of the smallest a great is at length composed, and none of all can fail, unless the whole is fated to break up. Rückert.

Aus dem Leben heraus sind der Wege drei 40 dir geöffnet, / Zum Ideale führt einer, der andre zum Tod—Two ways are open for thee out of life; one conducts to the ideal, the other to death. Schiller.

Aus der Jugendzeit, aus der Jugendzeit / Klingt ein Lied mir immerdar, / O wie liegt so weit, O wie liegt so weit, / Was mein einst war—Out of youth-time, out of youth-time sounds a lay of mine ever; O how so far off lies, how so far off lies, what once was mine! Rückert.

Aus der schlechtesten Hand kann Wahrheit noch mächtig wirken; / Bei dem Schönen allein macht das Gefäss den Gehalt—Truth may work mightily though in the hand of the sorriest instrument; in the case of the beautiful alone the casket constitutes the jewel (lit. the vessel makes the content). Schiller.

Aus derselben Ackerkrume / Wächst das Unkraut wie die Blume / Und das Unkraut macht sich breit—Out of the same garden-mould grows the weed as the flower, and the weed flaunts itself abroad. Bodenstedt.

A useful trade is a mine of gold. Pr.

A useless life is an early death. Goethe. 45

Aus grauser Tiefe tritt das Höhe kühn hervor; / Aus harter Hülle kämpft die Tugend sich hervor; / Der Schmerz ist die Geburt der höhern Naturen—Out of a horrible depth the height steps boldly forth; out of a hard shell virtue fights its way to the light; pain is the birth (medium) of the higher natures. Tiedge.

Aus jedem Punkt im Kreis zur Mitte geht ein Steg. / Vom fernsten Irrtum selbst zu Gott zurück ein Weg—There is a way from every point in a circle to the centre; from the farthest error there is a way back to God Himself. Rückert.

Aus Mässigkeit entspringt ein reines Glück—Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. Goethe.

Auspicium melioris ævi—The pledge of happier times. M.

Aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait—No sooner said than done. Fr.

Aus ungelegten Eiern werden spät junge Hühner—Chickens are long in coming out of unlaid eggs. Ger. Pr.

Ausus est vana contemnere—He dared to scorn vain fears.

Aut amat, aut odit mulier; nil est tertium—A 5 woman either loves or hates; there is no alternative. Pub. Syr.

Autant chemine un homme en un jour qu'un limaçon en cent ans—A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years. Fr. Pr.

Autant dépend chiche que large, et à la fin plus davantage—Niggard spends as much as generous, and in the end a good deal more. Fr. Pr.

Autant en emporte le vent—All idle talk (lit. so much the wind carries away). Fr. Pr.

Autant pèche celui qui tient le sac que celui qui met dedans—He is as guilty who holds the bag as he who puts in. Fr. Pr.

Autant vaut l'homme comme il s'estime—A 10 man is rated by others as he rates himself. Fr. Pr.

Aut bibat, aut abeat—Either drink or go.

Aut Cæsar aut nihil—Either Cæsar or nobody. M. of Cæsar Borgia.

Authority, not majority. Stahl.

Authors alone, with more than savage rage, / Unnatural war with brother authors wage. Churchill.

Authors are martyrs, witnesses to the truth, 15 or else nothing. Carlyle.

Authors may be divided into falling stars, planets, and fixed stars: the first have a momentary effect; the second, a much longer duration; and the third are unchangeable, possess their own light, and shine for all time. Schopenhauer.

Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit—The man is either mad, or he is making verses. Hor.

Aut non tentaris, aut perfice—Either don't attempt it, or go through with it. Ovid.

Auto-da-fé—An act of faith; a name applied to certain proceedings of the Inquisition connected with the burning of heretics.

[Greek: Autos epha]—He himself said it; ipse dixit. 20

Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetæ—Poets wish either to profit or to please. Hor.

Autrefois acquis—Acquitted before. Fr.

Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportere—A man ought to be born either a king or a fool. Pr. in Sen.

Autre temps, autres mœurs—Other times, other fashions. Fr. Pr.

Aut vincere aut mori—Either to conquer or die. 25

Aut virtus nomen inane est, / Aut decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir—Either virtue is an empty name, or the man of enterprise justly aims at honour and reward. Hor.

Aux armes—To arms. Fr.

Aux grands maux les grands remèdes—Desperate maladies require desperate remedies. Fr. Pr.

Auxilium ab alto—Help from above. M.

Auxilium meum a Domino—My help cometh 30 from the Lord. M.

Avant propos—Prefatory matter. Fr.

Avaler des couleuvres—To put up with abuse (lit. swallow snakes). Fr.

A valiant and brave soldier seeks rather to preserve one citizen than to destroy a thousand enemies. Scipio.

Avancez—Advance. Fr.

Avarice has ruined more men than prodigality. 35 Colton.

Avarus, nisi cum moritur, nil recte facit—A miser does nothing right except when he dies. Pr.

Avec un Si on mettrait Paris dans une bouteille—With an "if" one might put Paris in a bottle. Fr. Pr.

A verbis ad verbera—From words to blows.

A verse may find him who a sermon flies, / And turn delight into a sacrifice. George Herbert.

A very excellent piece of villany. Tit. Andron., 40 ii. 3.

A very good woman may make but a paltry man. Pope.

A veste logorata poco fede vien prestata—A shabby coat finds small credit. It. Pr.

A vinculo matrimonii—From the bond or tie of marriage.

A virtuous name is the sole precious good for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together. Schiller.

Avise la fin—Consider the end. Fr. 45

Avito viret honore—He flourishes with inherited honours. M.

Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee. Gael. Pr.

A volonté—At will. Fr.

A votre santé—To your health. Fr.

A wee bush is better than nae bield (shelter). 50 Sc. Pr.

A weel-bred dog gaes oot when he sees them preparing to kick him oot. Sc. Pr.

A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant. Montaigne.

A well-cultivated mind is, so to say, made up of all the minds of the centuries preceding. Fontenelle.

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty. Sen.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent 55 one. Carlyle.

A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all in piety. Johnson.

A wilful man must have his way. Pr.

A willing mind makes a light foot. Pr.

A wise man gets learning frae them that hae nane. Sc. Pr.

A wise man is never less alone than when 60 alone. Pr.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. Bible.

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. La Bruyère.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. Swift.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Bacon.

A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, / Is more than armies to the public weal. Pope.

A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. Lowell.

A wise writer does not reveal himself here and there, but everywhere. Lowell.

A witless heed (head) mak's weary feet. Sc. Pr.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. 5 Pope.

A wolf in sheep's clothing. Pr.

A woman conceals what she does not know. Pr.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy: the smile that accepts the lover before the words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures it of a mother's love. Haliburton.

A woman in love is a very poor judge of character. J. G. Holland.

A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, / 10 Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty. Tam. of Sh., v. 2.

A woman's friendship borders more closely on love than a man's. Coleridge.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart; but a man's heart is always influenced by his head. Lady Blessington.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her. Two Gent. of Ver., iii. 1.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. W. Irving.

A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. 15 Pr.

A word from a friend is doubly enjoyable in dark days. Goethe.

A word once vulgarised can never be rehabilitated. Lowell.

A word sooner wounds than heals. Goethe.

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages. Carlyle.

A word spoken in due season, how good is it? 20 Bible.

A work of real merit finds favour at last. A. B. Alcott.

A world all sincere, a believing world; the like has been; the like will again be—cannot help being. Carlyle.

A world in the hand is worth two in the bush. Emerson.

A world this in which much is to be done, and little to be known. Goethe.

A worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make 25 the best declaimer against sin. Lamb.

A worthless man will always remain worthless, and a little mind will not, by daily intercourse with great minds, become an inch greater. Goethe.

A wounded spirit who can bear? Bible.

A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen. Dan. Pr.

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea. Dut. Pr.

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, / We 30 bid be quiet when we hear it cry; / But were we burdened with like weight of pain, / As much, or more, we should ourselves complain. Com. of Errors, ii. 1.

Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; / To lie in cold obstruction and to rot. Meas. for Meas., iii. 1.

Aye free, aff-han' your story tell, when wi' a bosom crony; / But still keep something to yoursel' / Ye scarcely tell to ony. Burns.

Aye in a hurry, and aye ahint. Sc. Pr.

Ay, every inch a king. King Lear, iv. 6.

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, / 35 Could ever hear by tale or history, / The course of true love never did run smooth. Mid. N.'s Dream, i. 1.

Aymez loyauté—Love loyalty. M.

A young man idle, an old man needy. It. Pr.

Ay, sir, to be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of two thousand. Ham., ii. 2.

B.

Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; wedded, an ass. Sp. Pr.

"Bad company," muttered the thief, as he 40 stepped to the gallows between the hangman and a monk. Dut. Pr.

Bad is by its very nature negative, and can do nothing; whatsoever enables us to do anything, is by its very nature good. Carlyle.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. Burke.

Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them. Ben Jonson.

Bal abonné—A subscription ball. Fr.

Bal champêtre—A country ball. Fr. 45

Ballon d'essai—A balloon sent up to ascertain the direction of the wind; any test of public feeling. Fr.

Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts. 2 Hen. VI., i. 2.

Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease. Dryden.

Barba bagnata è mezza rasa—A beard well lathered is half shaved. It. Pr.

Barbæ tenus sapientes—Wise as far as the beard 50 goes. Pr.

Barbarism is no longer at our frontiers; it lives side by side with us. Amiel.

Barbarism is the non-appreciation of what is excellent. Goethe.

Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli—I am a barbarian here, for no one understands what I say. Ovid.

Barbouillage—Scribbling. Fr.

Barking dogs seldom bite. Pr. 55

Bas bleu—A blue-stocking. Fr.

Base envy withers at another's joy, / And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Thomson.

Base in kind, and born to be a slave. Cowper.

Base men, being in love, have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them. Othello, ii. 1.

Base souls have no faith in great men. Rousseau. 60

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Arist.

Bashfulness is but the passage from one season of life to another. Bp. Hurd.

Basis virtutum constantia—Constancy is the basis of all the virtues. M.

Battering the gates of heaven with storms of prayer. Tennyson.

Battle's magnificently stern array. Byron.

Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. Hume.

Beard was never the true standard of brains. Fuller.

Bear one another's burdens. St. Paul.

Bear wealth, poverty will bear itself. Pr. 5

Be a sinner and sin manfully (fortiter), but believe and rejoice in Christ more manfully still. Luther to Melanchthon.

Be as you would seem to be. Pr.

Beatæ memoriæ—Of blessed memory.

Beati monoculi in regione cæcorum—Blessed are the one-eyed among those who are blind. Pr.

Beatus ille qui procul negotiis, / Ut prisca 10 gens mortalium, / Paterna rura bobus exercet suis, / Solutus omni fœnore—Happy the man who, remote from busy life, is content, like the primitive race of mortals, to plough his paternal lands with his own oxen, freed from all borrowing and lending. Hor.

Beaucoup de mémoire et peu de jugement—A retentive memory and little judgment. Fr. Pr.

Beau idéal—Ideal excellence, or one's conception of perfection in anything. Fr.

Beau monde—The fashionable world. Fr.

Beauté et folie sont souvent en compagnie—Beauty and folly go often together. Fr. Pr.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; / 15 Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope.

Beautiful it is to understand and know that a thought did never yet die; that as thou, the originator thereof, hast gathered it and created it from the whole past, so thou wilt transmit to the whole future. Carlyle.

Beauty blemished once, for ever's lost. Shakespeare.

Beauty can afford to laugh at distinctions; it is itself the greatest distinction. Bovee.

Beauty carries its dower in its face. Dan. Pr.

Beauty depends more on the movement of the 20 face than the form of the features. Mrs. Hall.

Beauty doth varnish age, as if new-born, / And gives the crutch the cradle's infancy. / O, 'tis the sun that maketh all things shine. Love's L's. Lost, iv. 3.

Beauty draws us with a single hair. Pope.

Beauty is a good letter of introduction. Ger. Pr.

Beauty is a hovering, shining, shadowy form, the outline of which no definition holds. Goethe.

Beauty is an all-pervading presence. Channing. 25

Beauty is a patent of nobility. G. Schwab.

Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt and cannot last. Bacon.

Beauty is a witch, / Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. Much Ado, ii. 1.

Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, / Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues. Love's L's. Lost, ii. 1.

Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good. 30 Shakespeare.

Beauty is everywhere a right welcome guest. Goethe.

Beauty is never a delusion. Hawthorne.

Beauty is the flowering of virtue. Gr. Pr.

Beauty is the highest principle and the highest aim of art. Goethe.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul. Emerson. 35

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. Michael Angelo.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Keats.

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both holder and the beholder. Zimmermann.

Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; / Both most are valued where they best are known. Lyttelton.

Beauty lives with kindness. Two Gen. of 40 Ver., iv. 2.

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. As You Like It, i. 3.

Beauty should be the dowry of every man and woman. Emerson.

Beauty stands / In the admiration only of weak minds, / Led captive. Milton.

Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. Campbell.

Beauty too rich for use; for earth too dear. 45 Rom. and Jul., i. 5.

Beauty, when unadorned, adorned the most. Thomson.

Beauty without expression tires. Emerson.

Beauty without grace is a violet without smell. Pr.

Beaux esprits—Men of wit. Fr.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. 50 Spenser.

Be checked for silence, / But never tax'd for speech. All's Well, i. 1.

Be commonplace and cringing, and everything is within your reach. Beaumarchais.

Bedenkt, der Teufel der ist alt, / So werdet alt ihn zu verstehen—Consider, the devil is old; therefore grow old to understand him. Goethe.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. Wellington.

Be England what she will, / With all her faults 55 she is my country still. Churchill.

Bees will not work except in darkness; thought will not work except in silence; neither will virtue work except in secrecy. Carlyle.

Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless root there is no less. Emerson.

Before every one stands an image (Bild) of what he ought to be; so long as he is not that, his peace is not complete. Rückert.

Before honour is humility. Bible.

Before man made us citizens, great Nature 60 made us men. Lowell.

Before the curing of a strong disease, / Even in the instant of repair and health, / The fit is strongest; evils that take leave, / On their departure most of all show evil. King John, iii. 4.

Before the immense possibilities of man, all mere experience, all past biography, however spotless and sainted, shrinks away. Emerson.

Before the revelations of the soul, Time, Space, and Nature shrink away. Emerson.

Before you trust a man, eat a peck of salt with him. Pr.

Beggars, mounted, run their horse to death. 3 Hen. VI., i. 4.

Beggars must not be choosers. Pr.

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks. Ham., ii. 2.

Begnügt euch doch ein Mensch zu sein—Let it content thee that thou art a man. Lessing.

Begun is half done. Pr. 5

Behaupten ist nicht beweisen—Assertion is no proof. Ger. Pr.

Behaviour is a mirror in which each one shows his image. Goethe.

Behind a frowning providence / God hides a shining face. Cowper.

Behind us, as we go, all things assume pleasing forms, as clouds do afar off. Emerson.

Behind every individual closes organisation; 10 before him opens liberty. Emerson.

Behind every mountain lies a vale. Dut. Pr.

Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth. St. James.

Beholding heaven and feeling hell. Moore.

Behold now is the accepted time. St. Paul.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, / 15 Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope.

Bei den meisten Menschen gründet sich der Unglaube in einer Sache auf blinden Glauben in einer andern—With most men unbelief in one thing is founded on blind belief in another. Lichtenberg.

Bei Geldsachen hört die Gemütlichkeit auf—When money is in question, good day to friendly feeling. D. Hansemann.

Beinahe bringt keine Mücke um—Almost never killed a fly. Ger. Pr.

Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone. Auerbach.

Being done, / There is no pause. Othello, 20 v. 2.

Being without well-being is a curse; and the greater being, the greater curse. Bacon.

Be in possession, and thou hast the right, and sacred will the many guard it for thee. Schiller.

Be it never so humble, there's no place like home. J. H. Payne.

Bei wahrer Liebe ist Vertrauen—With true love there is trust. Ph. Reger.

Be just and fear not; / Let all the ends thou 25 aim'st at be thy country's, / Thy God's, and truth's. Henry VIII., iii. 2.

Be just before you be generous. Pr.

Beleidigst du einen Mönch, so knappen alle Kuttenzipfel bis nach Rom—Offend but one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome. Ger. Pr.

Bel esprit—A person of genius; a brilliant mind. Fr.

Belief and love,—a believing love, will relieve us of a vast load of care. Emerson.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of 30 the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Emerson.

Believe not each accusing tongue, / As most weak persons do; / But still believe that story wrong / Which ought not to be true. Sheridan.

Believe not every spirit. St. John.

Bella! horrida bella!—War! horrid war! Virg.

Bella femmina che ride, vuol dire borsa che piange—The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. It. Pr.

Bella matronis detestata—Wars detested by 35 mothers. Hor.

Belle, bonne, riche, et sage, est une femme en quatre étages—A woman who is beautiful, good, rich, and wise, is four stories high. Fr. Pr.

Belle chose est tôt ravie—A fine thing is soon snapt up. Fr. Pr.

Bellet ein alter Hund, so soll man aufschauen—When an old dog barks, one must look out. Ger. Pr.

Bellicæ virtutis præmium—The reward of valour in war. M.

Bellua multorum capitum—The many-headed 40 monster, i.e., the mob.

Bellum internecinum—A war of extermination.

Bellum ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax quæsita videatur—War should be so undertaken that nothing but peace may seem to be aimed at. Cic.

Bellum nec timendum nec provocandum—War ought neither to be dreaded nor provoked. Plin. the Younger.

Bellum omnium in omnes—A war of all against all.

Bellum, pax rursus—A war, and again a peace. 45 Ter.

[Greek: beltion thanein hapax ê dia bion tremein]—Better die outright than be all one's life long in terror. Æsop.

Bemerke, höre, schweige. Urteile wenig, frage viel—Take note of what you see, give heed to what you hear, and be silent. Judge little, inquire much. Platen.

Be modest without diffidence, proud without presumption. Goethe.

Benchè la bugia sia veloce, la verità l'arriva—Though a lie may be swift, truth overtakes it. It. Pr.

Beneath the loveliest dream there coils a fear. 50 T. Watts.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. Bulwer Lytton.

Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, / Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, / Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, / The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Gray.

Ben è cieco chi non vede il sole—He is very blind who does not see the sun. It. Pr.

Benedetto è quel male che vien solo—Blessed is the misfortune that comes alone. It. Pr.

Bene est cui Deus obtulit / Parca quod satis 55 est manu—Well for him to whom God has given enough with a sparing hand. Hor.

Benefacta male locata, malefacta arbitror—Favours injudiciously conferred I reckon evils. Cic.

Benefacta sua verbis adornant—They enhance their favours by their words. Plin.

Beneficia dare qui nescit injuste petit—He who knows not how to bestow a benefit is unreasonable if he expects one. Pub. Syr.

Beneficia plura recipit qui scit reddere—He receives most favours who knows how to return them. Pub. Syr.

Beneficium accipere libertatem vendere est—To 60 accept a favour is to forfeit liberty. Laber.

Beneficium dignis ubi des, omnes obliges—Where you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favour on all. Pub. Syr.

Beneficium invito non datur—There is no conferring a favour (involving obligation) on a man against his will. L. Max.

Beneficus est qui non sua, sed alterius causa benigne facit—He is beneficent who acts kindly, not for his own benefit, but for another's. Cic.

Bene merenti bene profuerit, male merenti par erit—To a well-deserving man God will show favour, to an ill-deserving He will be simply just. Plaut.

Bene merentibus—To the well-deserving. M. 5

Bene nummatum decorat Suedela Venusque—The goddesses of persuasion and of love adorn the train of the well-moneyed man. Hor.

Bene orasse est bene studuisse—To have prayed well is to have striven well.

Bene qui latuit, bene vixit—Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity. Ovid.

Benevolence is the distinguishing characteristic of man. Mencues.

Benigno numine—By the favour of Providence. 10 M.

Benignus etiam dandi causam cogitat—The benevolent man even weighs the grounds of his liberality. Pr.

Be no one like another, yet every one like the Highest; to this end let each one be perfect in himself. Goethe.

Be not angry that you cannot make others what you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be. Thomas à Kempis.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. St. Paul.

Be not righteous overmuch. Bible. 15

Be not the first by whom the new is tried, / Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope.

Ben trovato—Well invented. It.

Be our joy three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; / Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe! Browning.

Berretta in mano non fece mai danno—Cap in hand never harmed any one. It. Pr.

Bescheiden freue dich des Ruhms, / So bist du 20 wert des Heiligthums—If thou modestly enjoy thy fame, thou art not unworthy to rank with the holy. Goethe.

Bescheidenheit ist eine Zier, / Doch weiter kommt man ohne ihr—Modesty is an ornament, yet people get on better without it. Ger. Pr.

Beseht die Gönner in der Nähe! Halb sind sie kalt, halb sind sie roh—Look closely at those who patronise you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. Goethe.

Besiegt von einem, ist besiegt von allen—Overpowered by one is overpowered by all. Schiller.

Be silent, or say something better than silence. Sp. Pr.

Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in 25 changing him. Sc. Pr.

Be sober, be vigilant. St. Peter.

Besser ein Flick als ein Loch—Better a patch than a hole. Ger. Pr.

Besser ein magrer Vergleich als ein fetter Prozess—Better is a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit. Ger. Pr.

Besser frei in der Fremde als Knecht daheim—Better free in a strange land than a slave at home. Ger. Pr.

Besser freundlich versagen als unwillig gewähren—Better 30 a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent (lit. pledge). Ger. Pr.

Besser Rat kommt über Nacht—Better counsel comes over-night. Lessing.

Besser was als gar nichts—Better something than nothing at all. Ger. Pr.

Besser zweimal fragen dann einmal irre gehn—Better ask twice than go wrong once. Ger. Pr.

Be still and have thy will. Tyndal.

Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire; / 35 Threaten the threatner, and outface the brow / Of bragging horror; so shall inferior eyes, / That borrow their behaviours from the great, / Grow great by your example, and put on / The dauntless spirit of resolution. King John, v. 1.

Best men are moulded out of faults. Meas. for Meas., v. 1.

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. Bible.

Best time is present time. Pr.

Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others. Sir Thomas Browne.

Be sure you can obey good laws before you 40 seek to alter bad ones. Ruskin.

Be sure your sin will find you out. Bible.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak. Pr.

Bête noir—An eyesore; a bugbear (lit. a black beast). Fr.

Beter eens in den hemel dan tienmaal aan de deur—Better once in heaven than ten times at the door. Dut. Pr.

Be thankful for your ennui; it is your last 45 mark of manhood. Carlyle.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Ham., iii. 1.

Be thou assured, if words be made of breath, / And breath of life, I have no life to breathe / What thou hast said to me. Ham., iii. 4.

Be thou faithful unto death. St. John.

Bêtise—Folly; piece of folly. Fr.

Be to her virtues very kind; / Be to her faults 50 a little blind. Prior.

Betrogene Betrüger—The deceiver deceived. Lessing.

Betrügen und betrogen werden, / Nichts ist gewöhnlicher auf Erden—Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. Seume.

Betrug war Alles, Lug, und Schein—All was deception, a lie, and illusion. Goethe.

Bettelsack ist bodenlos—The beggar's bag has no bottom. Ger. Pr.

Better a blush in the face than a blot in the 55 heart. Cervantes.

Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie. Ruskin.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. Chinese Pr.

Better a fortune in a wife than with a wife. Pr.

Better a fremit freend than a freend fremit, i.e., a stranger for a friend than a friend turned stranger. Sc. Pr.

Better a living dog than a dead lion. Pr.

Better an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow. Pr.

Better an end with terror than a terror without 5 end. Schill.

Better a toom (empty) house than an ill tenant. Sc. Pr.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. Twelfth Night, i. 5.

Better bairns greet (weep) than bearded men. Sc. Pr.

Better be at the end o' a feast than the beginning o' a fray. Sc. Pr.

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend 10 than his echo. Emerson.

Better be a poor fisherman than have to do with the governing of men. Danton.

Better be disagreeable in a sort than altogether insipid. Goethe.

Better be idle than ill employed. Sc. Pr.

Better bend than break. Pr.

Better be persecuted than shunned. Ebers. 15

Better be poor than wicked. Pr.

Better be unborn than untaught. Gael. Pr.

Better buy than borrow. Pr.

Better deny at once than promise long. Pr.

Better far off, than—near, be ne'er the near'. 20 Rich. II., v. 1.

Better far to die in the old harness than to try to put on another. J. G. Holland.

Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson.

Better go back than go wrong. Pr.

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. Sc. Pr.

Better haud (hold on) wi' the hound than rin 25 wi' the hare. Sc. Pr.

Better is an ass that carries us than a horse that throws us. J. G. Holland.

Better it is to be envied than pitied. Pr.

Better keep the deil oot than hae to turn him oot. Sc. Pr.

Better keep weel than mak' weel. Sc. Pr.

Better knot straws than do nothing. Gael. Pr. 30

Better lose a jest than a friend. Pr.

Better mad with all the world than wise all alone. Fr. Pr.

Better my freen's think me fremit as fasheous, i.e., strange rather than troublesome. Sc. Pr.

Better never begin than never make an end. Pr.

Better not be at all / Than not be noble. 35 Tennyson.

Better not read books in which you make the acquaintance of the devil. Niebuhr.

Better one-eyed than stone-blind. Pr.

Better one living word than a hundred dead ones. Ger. Pr.

Better rue sit than rue flit, i.e., regret remaining than regret removing. Sc. Pr.

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 40 Pr.

Better sit still than rise and fa'. Sc. Pr.

Better sma' fish than nane. Sc. Pr.

Better suffer for truth than prosper by falsehood. Dan. Pr.

Better ten guilty escape than one innocent man suffer. Pr.

Better that people should laugh at one while 45 they instruct, than that they should praise without benefiting. Goethe.

Better the ill ken'd than the ill unken'd, i.e., the ill we know than the ill we don't know. Sc. Pr.

Better the world know you as a sinner than God as a hypocrite. Dan. Pr.

Better to ask than go astray. Pr.

Better to get wisdom than gold. Bible.

Better to hunt in fields for health unbought, / 50 Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. / The wise for cure on exercise depend; / God never made his work for man to mend. Dryden.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Milton.

Better to say "Here it is" than "Here it was." Pr.

Better understand the world than condemn it. Gael. Pr.

Better untaught than ill taught. Pr.

Better wear out than rust out. Bishop Cumberland. 55

Better wear shoon (shoes) than sheets. Sc. Pr.

Better wrong with the many than right with the few. Port. Pr.

Between a woman's "Yes" and "No" you may insert the point of a needle. Ger. Pr.

Between saying and doing there's a long road. Pr.

Between the acting of a dreadful thing / And 60 the first motion, all the interim is / Like a phantasma or a hideous dream. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.

Between the deil and the deep sea. Sc. Pr.

Between us and hell or heaven there is nothing but life, which of all things is the frailest. Pascal.

Beware, my lord, of jealousy; / It is the green-eyed monster that doth mock / The meat it feeds on. Othello, iii. 3.

Beware of a silent dog and still water. Pr.

Beware of a silent man and a dog that does 65 not bark. Pr.

Beware of a talent which you cannot hope to cultivate to perfection. Goethe.

Beware / Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, / Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee. Ham., i. 3.

Beware of false prophets. Jesus.

Beware of "Had I wist." Pr.

Beware of one who has nothing to lose. It. 70 Pr.

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. Emerson.

Beware the fury of a patient man. Dryden.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Emerson.

Be warned by thy good angel and not ensnared by thy bad one. Bürger.

Be wisely worldly; be not worldly wise. 75 Quarles.

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer. Young.

Be wise with speed; / A fool at forty is a fool indeed. Young.

Bewunderung verdient ein Wunder wohl, / Doch scheint ein Weib kein echtes Weib zu sein, / So bald es nur Bewunderung verdient—What is admirable justly calls forth our admiration, yet a woman seems to be no true woman who calls forth nothing else. Platen.

Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Jesus.

Bezwingt des Herzens Bitterkeit. Es bringt / 5 Nicht gute Frucht, wenn Hass dem Hass begegnet—Control the heart's bitterness. Nothing good comes of returning hatred for hatred. Schiller.

Bibula charta—Blotting-paper.

Bien dire fait rire; bien faire fait taire—Saying well makes us laugh; doing well makes us silent. Fr. Pr.

Bien est larron qui larron dérobe—He is a thief with a witness who robs another. Fr. Pr.

Bien nourri et mal appris—Well fed but ill taught. Fr. Pr.

Bien perdu bien connu—We know the worth of 10 a thing when we have lost it. Fr.

Bien predica quien bien vive—He preaches well who lives well. Sp. Pr.

Bien sabe el asno en cuya cara rabozna—The ass knows well in whose face he brays. Sp. Pr.

Bien sabe el sabio que no sabe, el nescio piensa que sabe—The wise man knows well that he does not know; the ignorant man thinks he knows. Sp. Pr.

Bien sabe la vulpeja con quien trebeja—The fox knows well with whom he plays tricks. Sp. Pr.

Bien vengas, mal, si vienes solo—Welcome, misfortune, 15 if thou comest alone. Sp. Pr.

Bien vient à mieux, et mieux à mal—Good comes to better and better to bad. Fr. Pr.

Big destinies of nations or of persons are not founded gratis in this world. Carlyle.

Bigotry murders religion, to frighten fools with her ghost. Colton.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds. Dan. Pr.

Billet-doux—A love-letter. Fr. 20

Biography is the most universally pleasant, the most universally profitable, of all reading. Carlyle.

Biography is the only true history. Carlyle.

Birds of a feather flock together. Pr.

Birds of prey do not flock together. Port. Pr.

Birth is much, but breeding is more. Pr. 25

Bis dat qui cito dat—He gives twice who gives quickly. L. Pr.

Bis est gratum quod opus est, si ultro offeras—That help is doubly acceptable which you offer spontaneously when we stand in need. Pub. Syr.

Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit—He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons or devices. Pub. Syr.

Bisogna amar l'amico con i suoi difetti—We must love our friend with all his defects. It. Pr.

Bis peccare in bello non licet—It is not permitted 30 to blunder in war a second time. Pr.

Bist du Amboss, sei geduldig; bist du Hammer, schlage hart—Art thou anvil, be patient; art thou hammer, strike hard. Ger. Pr.

Bist du ein Mensch? so fühle meine Noth—Art thou a man? then feel for my wretchedness. Margaret in "Faust."

Bist du mit dem Teufel du und du, / Und willst dich vor der Flamme scheuen?—Art thou on familiar terms with the devil, and wilt thou shy at the flame? Goethe's "Faust."

Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria—He conquers twice who, at the moment of victory, conquers (i.e., restrains) himself. Pub. Syr.

Bitin' and scartin' 's Scotch folk's wooing. Sc. 35 Pr.

Black detraction will find faults where they are not. Massinger.

Blame is the lazy man's wages. Dan. Pr.

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, / And be each critic the good-natured man. Goldsmith.

Blanc-bec—A greenhorn. Fr.

Blasen ist nicht flöten; ihr musst die Finger 40 bewegen—To blow on the flute is not to play on it; you must move the fingers as well. Goethe.

Blasphemy is wishing ill to anything, and its outcome wishing ill to God; while Euphemy is wishing well to everything, and its outcome wishing well to—"Ah, wad ye tak' a thocht, and men'." Ruskin.

Blasted with excess of light. Gray.

Bleib nicht allein, denn in der Wüste trat / Der Satansengel selbst dem Herrn des Himmels—Remain not alone, for it was in the desert that Satan came to the Lord of Heaven himself. Schiller.

Bless, and curse not. St. Paul.

Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet 45 have believed. Jesus.

Blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it. Bible.

Blessed be he who first invented sleep; it covers a man all over like a cloak. Cervantes.

Blessed be nothing. Pr.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor. Bible.

Blessed is he that continueth where he is; here 50 let us rest and lay out seed-fields; here let us learn to dwell. Carlyle.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Swift.

Blessed is he who is made happy by the sound of a rat-tat. Thackeray.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation. St. James.

Blessed is the voice that, amid dispiritment, stupidity, and contradiction, proclaims to us, Euge! (i.e., Excellent! Bravo!). Carlyle.

Blessedness is a whole eternity older than 55 damnation. Jean Paul.

Blessings are upon the head of the just. Bible.

Blinder Eifer schadet nur—Blind zeal only does harm. M. G. Lichtwer.

Blinder Gaul geht geradezu—A blind horse goes right on. Ger. Pr.

Blindfold zeal can do nothing but harm—harm everywhere, and harm always. Lichtner.

Bloemen zijn geen vruchten—Blossoms are not 60 fruits. Dut. Pr.

Blood is thicker than water. Pr.

Blosse Intelligenz ohne correspondirende Energie des Wollens ist ein blankes Schwert in der Scheide, verächtlich, wenn es nie und nimmer gezückt wird—Mere intelligence without corresponding energy of the will is a polished sword in its scabbard, contemptible, if it is never drawn forth. Lindner.

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, / Thou art not so unkind / As man's ingratitude. As You Like It, ii. 7.

Blow, wind! come, wrack! / At least we'll die with harness on our back. Macb., v. 5.

Blue are the hills that are far from us. Gael. Pr.

Blunt edges rive hard knots. Troil. and Cress., 5 i. 3.

Blushes are badges of imperfection. Wycherley.

Blut ist ein ganz besondrer Saft—Blood is a quite peculiar fluid. Mephisto, in Faust.

Boca de mel, coraçaõ de fel—A tongue of honey, a heart of gall. Port. Pr.

Boca que diz sim, diz naõ—The mouth that can say "Yea," can say "Nay." Port. Pr.

Bodily exercise profiteth little. St. Paul. 10

Bœotum in crasso jurares aëre natum—You would swear he was born in the foggy atmosphere of the Bœotians. Hor.

Bois ont oreilles et champs œillets—Woods have ears and fields eyes. Fr. Pr.

Bole com o rabo o caõ, naõ por ti, senaõ pelo paõ—The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. Port. Pr.

Bon accord—Good harmony. M.

Bonæ leges malis ex moribus procreantur—Good 15 laws grow out of evil acts. Macrob.

Bona fide—In good faith; in reality.

Bona malis paria non sunt, etiam pari numero; nec lætitia ulla minimo mœrore pensanda—The blessings of life do not equal its ills, even when of equal number; nor can any pleasure, however incense, compensate for even the slightest pain. Pliny.

Bona nemini hora est, ut non alicui sit mala—There is no hour good for one man that is not bad for another. Pub. Syr.

Bonarum rerum consuetudo est pessima—Nothing can be worse than being accustomed to good things. Pub. Syr.

Bona vacantia—Goods that have no owner. L. 20

Bon avocat, mauvais voisin—A good lawyer is a bad neighbour. Fr. Pr.

Bon bourgeois—A substantial citizen. Fr.

Bon chien chasse de race—A good dog hunts from pure instinct. Fr. Pr.

Bon diable—A good-natured fellow. Fr.

Bon droit a besoin d'aide—A good cause needs 25 help. Fr. Pr.

Bon gré, mal gré—Whether willing or not. Fr.

Bon guet chasse maladventure—A good lookout drives ill-luck away. Fr. Pr.

Bonne épée point querelleur—A good swordsman is not given to quarrel. Fr. Pr.

Bonne est la maille que sauve le denier—Good is the farthing that saves the penny. Fr. Pr.

Bonhomie—Good nature. Fr. 30

Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere—It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to flay them. Tiberius Cæsar, in reference to taxation.

Bonis avibus—Under favourable auspices.

Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis—He does injury to the good who spares the bad. Pub. Syr.

Bonis omnia bona—All things are good to the good. M.

Bonis quod benefit haud perit—A kindness done 35 to good men is never thrown away. Plaut.

Bonis vel malis avibus—Under good, or evil, omens.

Bon jour—Good day. Fr.

Bon jour, bonne œuvre—The better the day, the better the deed. Fr. Pr.

Bon marché tire l'argent hors de la bourse—A good bargain is a pick-purse. Fr. Pr.

Bon mot—A witticism or jest. Fr. 40

Bon naturel—Good nature or disposition. Fr.

Bonne—A nurse. Fr.

Bonne bouche—A delicate morsel. Fr.

Bonne et belle assez—Good and handsome enough. Fr. M.

Bonne journée fait qui de fol se délivre—He 45 who rids himself of a fool does a good day's work. Fr. Pr.

Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée—A good name is worth more than a girdle of gold. Fr. Pr.

Bonnet rouge—The cap of liberty. Fr.

Bonnie feathers mak' bonnie fowls. Sc. Pr.

Bon poète, mauvais homme—Good as a poet, bad as a man. Fr.

Bon sang ne peut mentir—Good blood disdains 50 to lie. Fr. Pr.

Bons et máos mantem cidade—Good men and bad make a city. Port. Pr.

Bons mots n'épargnent nuls—Witticisms spare nobody. Fr. Pr.

Bon soir—Good evening. Fr.

Bon ton—The height of fashion. Fr.

Bonum ego quam beatum me esse nimio dici 55 mavolo—I would much rather be called good than well off. Plaut.

Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno malo—Well if we see in the misfortune of another what we should shun ourselves. Pub. Syr.

Bonum est, pauxillum amare sane, insane non bonum est—It is good to be moderately sane in love; to be madly in love is not good. Plaut.

Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes—That supreme good at which we all aim. Lucret.

Bonus animus in mala re dimidium est mali—Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. Plaut.

Bonus atque fidus / Judex honestum prætulit 60 utili—A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honourable to the expedient. Hor.

Bonus dux bonum reddit militem—The good general makes good soldiers. L. Pr.

Bonus vir semper tiro—A good man is always a learner.

Bon vivant—A good liver. Fr.

Bon voyage—A pleasant journey or voyage. Fr.

Books are divisible into two classes, the books 65 of the hour and the books of all time. Ruskin.

Books are embalmed minds. Bovee.

Books are made from books. Voltaire.

Books cannot always please, however good; / Minds are not ever craving for their food. Crabbe.

Books generally do little else than give our errors names. Goethe.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Joineriana.

Books still accomplish miracles; they persuade men. Carlyle.

Books, we know, / Are a substantial world, pure and good. Wordsworth.

Boomen die men veel verplant gedijen zelden—Trees 5 you transplant often, seldom thrive. Dut. Pr.

Borgen thut nur einmal wohl—Borrowing does well only once. Ger. Pr.

Born to excel and to command! Congreve.

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Cic.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending on interest is not much better than stealing. Lessing.

Bos alienus subinde prospectat foras—A strange 10 ox every now and then turns its eyes wistfully to the door. Pr.

Böser Brunnen, da man Wasser muss eintragen—It is a bad well into which you must pour water. Ger. Pr.

Böser Pfennig kommt immer wieder—A bad penny always comes back again. Ger. Pr.

Bos in lingua—He has an ox on his tongue, i.e., a bribe to keep silent, certain coins in Athens being stamped with an ox. Pr.

Bos lassus fortius figit pedem—The tired ox plants his foot more firmly. Pr.

Botschaft hör' ich wohl, allein mir fehlt der 15 Glaube—I hear the message indeed, but I want the faith. Goethe's "Faust."

[Greek: bouleuou pro ergôn, hopôs mê môra pelêtai]—Before the act consider, so that nothing foolish may arise out of it. Gr. Pr.

Bought wit is best, i.e., bought by experience. Pr.

Boutez en avant—Push forward. Fr.

Bowels of compassion. St. John.

Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better. 20 Pr.

Brain is always to be bought, but passion never comes to market. Lowell.

Brave men are brave from the very first. Corneille.

Bread at pleasure, / Drink by measure. Pr.

Bread is the staff of life. Swift.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, / 25 Who never to himself hath said, / "This is my own, my native land?" Scott.

Breathe his faults so quaintly, / That they may seem the taints of liberty; / The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Ham., ii. 1.

Breed is stronger than pasture. George Eliot.

Brevet d'invention—A patent. Fr.

Breveté—Patented. Fr.

Breve tempus ætatis satis est longum ad bene 30 honesteque vivendum—A short term on earth is long enough for a good and honourable life. Cic.

Brevi manu—Offhand; summarily (lit. with a short hand).

Brevis a natura nobis vita data est: at memoria bene redditæ vitæ est sempiterna—A short life has been given us by Nature, but the memory of a well-spent one is eternal. Cic.

Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio—When labouring to be concise, I become obscure. Hor.

Brevis ipsa vita est, sed longior malis—Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes. Pub. Syr.

Brevis voluptas mox doloris est parens—Short-lived 35 pleasure is the parent of pain. Pr.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit. Jean Paul.

Brevity is the soul of wit. Ham., iii. 2.

Bric-à-brac—Articles of vertu or curiosity. Fr.

Bricht ein Ring, so bricht die ganze Katte—A link broken, the whole chain broken. Ger. Pr.

Brief as the lightning in the collied night, / 40 That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, / And ere a man hath power to say, "Behold!" / The jaws of darkness do devour it up. Mid. N.'s Dream, i. 1.

Briefe gehören unter die wichtigsten Denkmäler die der einzelne Mensch hinterlassen kann—Letters are among the most significant memorials a man can leave behind him. Goethe.

Briller par son absence—To be conspicuous by its absence. Fr.

Bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave. Bible.

Bring forth men-children only! / For thy undaunted mettle should compose / Nothing but males. Macb., i. 7.

Broad thongs may be cut from other people's 45 leather. It. Pr.

Broken friendships may be sowthered (soldered), but never sound. Sc. Pr.

Brouille sera à la maison si la quenouille est maîtresse—There will be disagreement in the house if the distaff holds the reins. Fr. Pr.

Brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts—To burn the candle at both ends. Fr.

Brute force holds communities together as an iron nail, if a little rusted with age, binds pieces of wood; but intelligence binds like a screw, which must be gently turned, not driven. Draper.

Brutum fulmen—A harmless thunderbolt. L. 50

Brutus, thou sleep'st; awake, and see thyself. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.

Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.

Bûche tortue fait bon feu—A crooked log makes a good fire. Fr. Pr.

Buen siglo haya quien dijó bolta—Blessings on him that said, Right about face! Sp. Pr.

Buey viejo sulco derecho—An old ox makes a 55 straight furrow. Sp. Pr.

Buffoonery is often want of wit. Bruyère.

Bullies are generally cowards. Pr.

Buon cavallo non ha bisogno di sproni—Don't spur a willing horse. It. Pr.

Burlaos con el loco en casa, burlará con vos en la plaza—Play with the fool in the house and he will play with you in the street. Sp. Pr.

Burnt bairns dread the fire. Sc. Pr. 60

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done. Bulwer Lytton.

Busy readers are seldom good readers. Wieland.

But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, / When once destroyed, can never be supplied. Goldsmith.

But all was false and hollow; though his tongue / Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear / The better reason, to perplex and dash / Maturest counsels. Milton.

But by bad courses may be understood, / That their events can never fall out good. Rich. II., ii. 1.

But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, / He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. Chaucer.

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled, / Than 5 that which, withering on the virgin thorn, / Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. Mid. N's. Dream, i. 1.

But evil is wrought by want of thought / As well as want of heart. Hood.

But facts are chiels that winna ding, / An' douna be disputed. Burns.

But far more numerous was the herd of such / Who think too little and who talk too much. Dryden.

But for women, our life would be without help at the outset, without pleasure in its course, and without consolation at the end. Jouy.

But from the heart of Nature rolled / The burdens 10 of the Bible old. Emerson.

But human bodies are sic fools, / For a' their colleges and schools, / That, when nae real ills perplex them, / They make enow themsels to vex them. Burns.

But hushed be every thought that springs / From out the bitterness of things. Wordsworth.

But I am constant as the northern star, / Of whose true-fixed and resting quality, / There is no fellow in the firmament. Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at. Othello, i. 1.

But man, proud man, / Drest in a little brief 15 authority, / Most ignorant of what he's most assured, / His glassy essence,—like an angry ape, / Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven / As make the angels weep. Meas. for Meas., ii. 2.

But men may construe things after their fashion, clean from the purpose of the things themselves. Jul. Cæs., i. 3.

But men must work, and women must weep, / Though storms be sudden and waters deep, / And the harbour bar be moaning. C. Kingsley.

But mercy is above this sceptred sway; / It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, / It is an attribute to God Himself, / And earthly power doth then show likest God's / When mercy seasons justice. Mer. of Ven., iv. 1.

But now our fates from unmomentous things / May rise like rivers out of little springs. Campbell.

But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, / And 20 the sound of a voice that is still. Tennyson.

But O what damned minutes tells he o'er, / Who dotes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves? Othello, iii. 3.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, / You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; / Or, like the snowfall on the river, / A moment white—then melts for ever. Burns.

But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; / Within that circle none durst walk but he. Dryden.

But shapes that come not at an earthly call, / Will not depart when mortal voices bid. Wordsworth.

But souls that of His own good life partake, / 25 He loves as His own self; dear as His eye / They are to Him; He'll never them forsake; / When they shall die, then God Himself shall die: / They live, they live in blest eternity. H. More.

But spite of all the criticising elves, / Those that would make us feel, must feel themselves. Churchill.

But there are wanderers o'er eternity, / Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be. Byron.

But there's nothing half so sweet in life / As love's young dream. Moore.

But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool; / And time, that takes survey of all the world, / Must have a stop. 1 Henry IV., v. 4.

But to see her was to love her—love but her, 30 and love for ever. Burns.

But truths on which depend our main concern, / That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, / Shine by the side of every path we tread, / With such a lustre, he that runs may read. Cowper.

But war's a game which, were their subjects wise, / Kings would not play at. Cowper.

But were I Brutus, / And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony / Would ruffle up your spirits, and put a tongue / In every wound of Cæsar, that should move / The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

But what fate does, let fate answer for. Sheridan.

But whether on the scaffold high, / Or in the 35 battle's van, / The fittest place where man can die / Is where he dies for man. M. J. Barry.

But who would force the soul, tilts with a straw / Against a champion cased in adamant. Wordsworth.

But winter lingering chills the lap of May. Goldsmith.

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, / Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. Byron.

But wouldst thou know what's heaven? I'll tell thee what: / Think what thou canst not think, and heaven is that. Quarles.

But yesterday the word of Cæsar might / 40 Have stood against the world; now lies he there, / And none so poor to do him reverence. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

Buying is cheaper than asking. Ger. Pr.

Buy the truth, and sell it not. Bible.

Buy what ye dinna want, an' ye'll sell what ye canna spare. Sc. Pr.

By-and-by is easily said. Ham., iii. 2.

By any ballot-box, Jesus Christ goes just as 45 far as Judas Iscariot. Carlyle.

By blood a king, in heart a clown. Tennyson.

By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome. Pr.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. Democritus.

By dint of dining out, I run the risk of dying by starvation at home. Rousseau.

By doing nothing we learn to do ill. Pr.

By education most have been misled. Dryden.

By experience we find out a short way by a 5 long wandering. Roger Ascham.

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen about his ears. Carlyle.

By night an atheist half believes a God. Young.

By nothing do men more show what they are than by their appreciation of what is and what is not ridiculous. Goethe.

By others' faults wise men correct their own. Pr.

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit 10 the little, you gain the great. Emerson.

By pious heroic climbing of our own, not by arguing with our poor neighbours, wandering to right and left, do we at length reach the sanctuary—the victorious summit, and see with our own eyes. Carlyle.

By pride cometh contention. Bible.

By robbing Peter he paid Paul ... and hoped to catch larks if ever the heavens should fall. Rabelais.

By seeking and blundering we learn. Goethe.

By shallow rivers to whose falls / Melodious 15 birds sing madrigals. Marlowe.

By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd, / The sports of children satisfy the child. Goldsmith.

By strength of heart the sailor fights with roaring seas. Wordsworth.

By the long practice of caricature I have lost the enjoyment of beauty: I never see a face but distorted. Hogarth to a lady who wished to learn caricature.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is the noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius.

By time and counsel do the best we can: / 20 Th' event is never in the power of man. Herrick.

C.

Ca' (drive) a cow to the ha' (hall), and she'll rin to the byre. Sc. Pr.

Cabin'd, cribb'd, confin'd. Macb., iii. 4.

Cacoëthes carpendi—An itch for fault-finding. 25

Cacoëthes scribendi—An itch for scribbling.

Cacoëthes loquendi—An itch for talking.

Cada cousa a seu tempo—Everything has its time. Port. Pr.

Cada qual en seu officio—Every one to his trade. Port. Pr.

Cada qual hablé en lo que sabe—Let every one talk of what he understands. Sp. Pr.

Cada uno es hijo de sus obras—Every one is the son of his own works; i.e., is responsible for his own acts. Sp. Pr.

Cadenti porrigo dextram—I extend my right 30 hand to a falling man. M.

Cadit quæstio—The question drops, i.e., the point at issue needs no further discussion. L.

Cæca invidia est, nec quidquam aliud scit quam detrectare virtutes—Envy is blind, and can only disparage the virtues of others. Livy.

Cæca regens vestigia filo—Guiding blind steps by a thread.

Cæsarem vehis, Cæsarisque fortunam—You carry Cæsar and his fortunes; fear not, therefore. Cæsar to a pilot in a storm.

Cæsar non supra grammaticos—Cæsar has no 35 authority over the grammarians. Pr.

Cæsar's wife should be above suspicion. Plut.

Cæteris major qui melior—He who is better than others is greater. M.

Cahier des charges—Conditions of a contract. Fr.

Ça ira—It shall go on (a French Revolution song). Ben. Franklin.

Caisse d'amortissement—Sinking fund. Fr. 40

Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius—The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. Sen.

Calamity is man's true touchstone—Beaumont and Fletcher.

Calf love, half love; old love, cold love. Fris. Pr.

Call a spade a spade.

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps 45 are all a clear Because to a clear Why. Lavater.

Callida junctura—Skilful arrangement. Hor.

Call me what instrument you will, though you fret me, you cannot play on me. Ham., iii. 2.

Call not that man wretched who, whatever ills he suffers, has a child he loves. Southey, Coleridge.

Call not the devil; he will come fast enough without. Dan. Pr.

Call your opinions your creed, and you will 50 change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end. P. Brooks.

Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur. The vulgar, far from hiding their will, blab their wishes. A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire. Lavater.

Calumnies are sparks which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. Boerhaave.

Calumny is like the wasp which worries you; which it were best not to try to get rid of, unless you are sure of slaying it, for otherwise it will return to the charge more furious than ever. Chamfort.

Calumny will sear / Virtue itself: these shrugs, these hums and ha's. Winter's Tale, ii. 1.

Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit—The 55 camel begging for horns was deprived of his ears as well. Pr.

Campos ubi Troja fuit—The fields where Troy once stood. Lucan.

Campus Martius—A place of military exercise (lit. field of Mars).

Canaille—The rabble. Fr.

Canam mihi et Musis—I will sing to myself and the Muses, i.e., if no one else will listen. Anon.

"Can" and "shall," well understood, mean the same thing under this sun of ours. Carlyle.

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce? or when sensible men, and the right sort of men, and the right sort of women, were plentiful? Emerson.

Can ch' abbaia non morde—A dog that barks does not bite. It. Pr.

Can che morde non abbaia in vano—A dog that bites does not bark in vain. It. Pr.

Can despots compass aught that hails their 5 sway? / Or call with truth one span of earth their own, / Save that wherein at last they crumble bone by bone? Byron.

Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras—Wide-robed peace becomes men, ferocious anger only wild beasts. Ovid.

Candide et caute—With candour and caution. M.

Candide et constanter—With candour and constancy. M.

Candide secure—Honesty is the best policy. M.

Candidus in nauta turpis color: æquoris unda / 10 Debet et a radiis sideris esse niger—A fair complexion is a disgrace in a sailor; he ought to be tanned, from the spray of the sea and the rays of the sun. Ovid.

"Can do" is easy (easily) carried aboot. Sc. Pr.

Candor dat viribus alas—Candour gives wings to strength. M.

Candour is the brightest gem of criticism. Disraeli.

Canes timidi vehementius latrant quam mordent—Cowardly dogs bark more violently than they bite. Q. Curt.

Cane vecchio non abbaia indarno—An old dog 15 does not bark for nothing. It. Pr.

Can I choose my king? I can choose my King Popinjay, and play what farce or tragedy I may with him; but he who is to be my ruler, whose will is higher than my will, was chosen for me in heaven. Carlyle.

Canina facundia—Dog (i.e., snarling) eloquence. Appius.

Canis a non canendo—Dog is called "canis," from "non cano," not to sing. Varro.

Canis in præsepi—The dog in the manger (that would not let the ox eat the hay which he could not eat himself).

Cannon and firearms are cruel and damnable 20 machines. I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the devil. Luther.

Can storied urn or animated bust / Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? / Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? Gray.

Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, / Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the brain? / And with some sweet oblivious antidote, / Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff / Which weighs upon the heart? Macb., v. 3.

Can such things be, / And overcome us like a summer's cloud, / Without our special wonder? Macb., iii. 4.

Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator—The penniless traveller will sing in presence of the robber. Juv.

Can that which is the greatest virtue in philosophy, 25 doubt, be in religion, what we priests term it, the greatest of sins? Bovee.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Bible.

Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Nathanael.

Cantilenam eandem canis—You are always singing the same tune, i.e., harping on one theme. Ter.

Cant is properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie. Carlyle.

Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolonging 30 of a real sentiment. Hazlitt.

Can wealth give happiness? look around and see, / What gay distress! what splendid misery! / Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, / The mind annihilates and calls for more. Young.

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Ausonius.

"Can you tell a plain man the plain road to heaven?"—"Surely. Turn at once to the right, then go straight forward." Bp. Wilberforce.

Caõ que muito ladra, nunca bom para a caça—A dog that barks much is never a good hunter. Port. Pr.

Capable of all kinds of devotion, and of all 35 kinds of treason, raised to the second power, woman is at once the delight and the terror of man. Amiel.

Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away. Saadi.

Cap-à-pié—From head to foot. Fr.

Capias—A writ to order the seizure of a defendant's person. L.

Capias ad respondendum—You may take him to answer your complaint. L.

Capias ad satisfaciendum—You may take him 40 to satisfy your claim. L.

Capiat, qui capere possit—Let him take who can. Pr.

Capistrum maritale—The matrimonial halter. Juv.

Capitis nives—The snowy locks of the head. Hor.

Capo grasso, cervello magro—Fat head, lean brains. It. Pr.

Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can 45 befall man. Cervantes.

Captivity, / That comes with honour, is true liberty. Massinger.

Captum te nidore suæ putat ille culinæ—He thinks he has caught you with the savoury smell of his kitchen. Juv.

Caput artis est, decere quod facias—The chief thing in any art you may practise is that you do only the one you are fit for. Pr.

Caput inter nubila condit—(Fame) hides her head amid the clouds. Virg.

Caput mortuum—The worthless remains; a ninny. 50

Caput mundi—The head of the world, i.e., Rome, both ancient and modern.

Cara al mio cuor tu sei, / Ciò ch'è il sole agli occhi miei—Thou art as dear to my heart as the sun to my eyes. It. Pr.

Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse. Dan. Pr.

Care is no cure, but rather a corrosive, / For things that are not to be remedied. 1 Hen. VI., iii. 3.

Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. Goethe.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, / And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Rom. and Jul., ii. 2.

Care killed the cat. Pr. 5

Carelessness is worse than theft. Gael. Pr.

Careless their merits or their faults to scan, / His pity gave ere charity began. Goldsmith.

Care's an enemy to life. Twelfth Night, i. 3.

Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow with it. Jean Paul.

Care that has enter'd once into the breast, / 10 Will have the whole possession ere it rest. Ben Jonson.

Caret—It is wanting.

Caret initio et fine—It has neither beginning nor end.

Caret periculo, qui etiam cum est tutus cavet—He is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety, is on his guard. Pub. Syr.

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, / And every grin, so merry, draws one out. Wolcot.

Care will kill a cat, but ye canna live without 15 it. Sc. Pr.

Carica volontario non carica—A willing burden is no burden. It. Pr.

Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amène sa nuit—There is no day, however glorious, but sets in night. Fr.

Carior est illis homo quam sibi—Man is dearer to them (i.e., the gods) than to himself. Juv.

Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares; sed omnes omnium caritates, patria una complexa est—Dear are our parents, dear our children, our relatives, and our associates, but all our affections for all these are embraced in our affection for our native land. Cic.

Carmen perpetuum primaque origine mundi 20 ad tempora nostra—A song for all ages, and from the first origin of the world to our own times. Transposed from Ovid.

Carmen triumphale—A song of triumph.

Carmina nil prosunt; nocuerunt carmina quondam—My rhymes are of no use; they once wrought me harm. Ovid.

Carmina spreta exolescunt; si irascare, agnita videntur—Abuse, if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it. Tac.

Carmine di superi placantur, carmine Manes—The gods above and the gods below are alike propitiated by song. Hor.

Carmine fit vivax virtus; expersque sepulcri, 25 notitiam seræ posteritatis habet—By verse virtue is made immortal; and, exempt from burial, obtains the homage of remote posterity. Ovid.

Carpet knights. Burton.

Carpe diem—Make a good use of the present. Hor.

Carry on every enterprise as if all depended on the success of it. Richelieu.

Carte blanche—Unlimited power to act (lit. blank paper). Fr.

Car tel est votre plaisir—For such is your pleasure. 30 Fr.

Casa hospidada, comida y denostada—A house which is filled with guests is both eaten up and spoken ill of. Sp. Pr.

Casa mia, casa mia, per piccina che tu sia, tu mi sembri una badia—Home, dear home, small though thou be, thou art to me a palace. It. Pr.

Casar, casar, e que do governo?—Marry, marry, and what of the management of the house? Port. Pr.

Casar, casar, soa bem, e sabe mal—Marrying sounds well, but tastes ill. Port. Pr.

Cassis tutissima virtus—Virtue is the safest 35 helmet. M.

Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat—A chaste wife acquires an influence over her husband by obeying him. Laber.

Casta moribus et integra pudore—Of chaste morals and unblemished modesty. Mart.

Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds. Tennyson.

Cast forth thy act, thy word, into the ever-living, ever-working universe. It is a seed-grain that cannot die; unnoticed to-day, it will be found flourishing as a banyan-grove, perhaps, alas! as a hemlock forest, after a thousand years. Carlyle.