A Dictionary of Quotations from Various Authors in Ancient and Modern Languages, with English Translations ...Whittaker, Treacher, & Company, 1831 - 507 Seiten |
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... praise ; Of things he never saw , who tells his tale , And friendship's secrets knows not to conceal ; This man is vile ; here fix your mark ; His soul is black , as his complexion's dark . " M.M. 13. Absit invidia . ( Lat ...
... praise ; Of things he never saw , who tells his tale , And friendship's secrets knows not to conceal ; This man is vile ; here fix your mark ; His soul is black , as his complexion's dark . " M.M. 13. Absit invidia . ( Lat ...
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... praise the conversation of their uninformed , and the countenance of their deformed friend . They direct their at- tacks against the folly , the vanity , the weakness , the foibles of him whom they wish to deceive . - M . 79. Ad valorem ...
... praise the conversation of their uninformed , and the countenance of their deformed friend . They direct their at- tacks against the folly , the vanity , the weakness , the foibles of him whom they wish to deceive . - M . 79. Ad valorem ...
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... ) — “ Expa- tiate rather in your friend's praise , than in your own . " Nothing is more disagreeable than the society of a man , who always makes himself the hero of his tale , and who is DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 17.
... ) — “ Expa- tiate rather in your friend's praise , than in your own . " Nothing is more disagreeable than the society of a man , who always makes himself the hero of his tale , and who is DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 17.
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... praises could enhance , no censure injure . ” — M . 694. Cujus summa est . ( Lat . ) — “ Of which the issue is . " Of which mat- ter this is the end . The long and short of it.-M. 695. Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver ? MAR .- " Of what ...
... praises could enhance , no censure injure . ” — M . 694. Cujus summa est . ( Lat . ) — “ Of which the issue is . " Of which mat- ter this is the end . The long and short of it.-M. 695. Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver ? MAR .- " Of what ...
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... praise of Fabius , who saved his country by evading an engagement , when Hannibal was about to make his first attack . It is now used to impress us with a due sense of the importance of caution , foresight , and delay , when cir ...
... praise of Fabius , who saved his country by evading an engagement , when Hannibal was about to make his first attack . It is now used to impress us with a due sense of the importance of caution , foresight , and delay , when cir ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amici amor animi animo animum applied atque bestowed bien BRUYERE C'est crime death Deus dicere DRYDEN etiam evil facit favour feel fides fortune fuit give habet hæc happy homines homme honour human Ital LA BRUYERE labour Law Max live LIVY LUCAN Macdonnel malè mali maxim mihi mind miserable misfortunes Motto of earl Motto of lord Motto of viscount multa n'est natá nature nemo neque never nihil nisi Nulla nunc nunquam omnes omnia omnis OVID passion patriæ person phrase PLAUT pleasure poet possess potest praise prosperity Prov proverb qu'on quæ quam quid quis quod quoque quotation rebus rerum risum ROCHEFOUCAULT sæpe semel semper sibi sine sunt TACIT talent things tibi tion truth vice VIRG virtue vitæ VOLTAIRE wealth wise wish
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 91 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Seite 395 - Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Seite 266 - Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Muneribus sapienter uti Duramque callet pauperiem pati Peiusque leto flagitium timet, Non ille pro caris amicis Aut patria timidus perire.
Seite 451 - ... rusticus expectat, dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.
Seite 363 - Vos plaudite' dicat, Aetatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores, Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis. Reddere qui voces jam scit puer et pede certo Signat humum, gestit paribus colludere, et iram Colligit ac ponit temere, et mutatur in horas.
Seite 452 - Vive, vale. Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti ; si non his utere mecum.
Seite 310 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Seite 345 - Quelles chimères ne tombent point dans l'esprit des hommes pendant qu'ils dorment! » Xantippe a continué de vivre, il est venu à la » cour, il a vu le prince, il lui a parlé, et il a été plus loin que son songe : il est favori.
Seite 387 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Seite 151 - Il faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la mauvaise.