=Il faut payer de sa vie=--One must pay _Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

life. _Fr. Pr._

=Il faut perdre un véron pour pêcher un saumon=--We

must lose a minnow to catch a salmon. _Fr.

Pr._

=Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée=--A 30

door must either be open or shut. _Brueys et

Palaprat._

=Il faut savoir s'ennuyer=--One must accustom

one's self to be bored. _Lady Bloomfield._

=Il faut sortir de la vie ainsi que d'un banquet, /

Remerciant son hôte, et faisant son paquet=--One

must quit life as one does a banquet,

thanking the host and packing up one's belongings.

_Voltaire._

=Il fuoco non s'estingue con fuoco=--Fire is not

extinguished by fire. _It. Pr._

=Il fut historien pour rester orateur=--He turned

historian that he might still play the orator.

=Il me faut du nouveau, n'en fût-il point au= 35

=monde=--I must have something new, even were

there none in the world. _La Fontaine._

=Il meglio è l'inimico del bene=--Better is an enemy

to well. _It. Pr._

=Il meurt connu de tous et ne se connaît pas=--He

dies known by all and does not know himself.

_Vauquelin des Yvetaux._

=Il mondo è di chi ha pazienza=--The world is his

who has patience. _It. Pr._

=Il mondo è fatto a scale; / Chi le scende, e chi

le sale=--The world is like a staircase; some

are going up and some going down. _It. Pr._

=Il mondo sta con tre cose: fare, disfare, e dare= 40

=ad intendere=--The world gets along with three

things: doing, undoing, and pretending. _It. Pr._

=Il monta sur ses grands chevaux=--He mounted

his high horse. _Fr. Pr._

=Il nage entre deux eaux=--He keeps fair with

both parties (_lit._ swims between two waters).

_Fr. Pr._

=Il n'a ni bouche ni éperon=--He has neither wit

nor go in him (_lit._ he has neither mouth nor

spur). _Fr._

=Il n'a pas inventé la poudre=--He was not the

inventor of gunpowder. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'a pas l'air, mais la chanson=--He has not 45

the tune, but the song. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes, d'avoir

de grands défauts=--It is only great men who

can afford to have great defects. _La Roche._

=Il n'attache pas ses chiens avec des saucisses=--He

does not chain his dogs together with

sausages. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'avait pas précisément des vices, mais il

était rongé d'une vermine de petits défauts,

dont on ne pouvait l'épurer=--He had not

vices exactly, but he was the prey to a swarm

of small faults of which there was no ridding

him. _Fr._

=Il n'est d'heureux que qui croit l'être=--Only he

is happy who thinks he is. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'est orgueil que de pauvre enrichi=--There

is no pride like that of a poor man who has

become rich. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'est pas d'homme nécessaire=--There is no

man but can be dispensed with. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'est pas échappé qui traîne son lien=--He is

not escaped who still drags his chains. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens=--There 5

is nothing useless to people of sense. _La

Fontaine._

=Il n'est sauce que d'appétit=--Hunger is the best

sauce. _Fr. Pr._

=Il ne fait rien, et nuit à qui veut faire=--He produces

nothing, and hinders those who would. _Fr._

=Il ne faut jamais se moquer des misérables, /

Car qui peut s'assurer d'être toujours heureux?=--We

must never laugh at the miserable,

for who can be sure of being always happy? _La

Fontaine._

=Il ne faut pas nous fâcher des choses passées=--We

should not trouble ourselves (_Sc._ fash)

about things that are past. _Napoleon._

=Il ne faut pas parler latin devant les Cordeliers=--It 10

doesn't do to talk Latin before the

Grey Friars. _Fr. Pr._

=Il ne faut pas voler avant que d'avoir des ailes=--One

must not fly before he develops wings.

_Fr. Pr._

=Il ne faut point parler de corde dans la famille

d'un pendu=--Never speak of a rope in the

family of one who has been hanged. _Fr. Pr._

=Il ne sait plus de quel bois faire flèche=--He is

put to his last shift (_lit._ knows of no wood to

make his arrow). _Fr. Pr._

=Il ne sait sur quel pied danser=--He knows not on

which foot to dance (_i.e._ he is at his wit's end).

=Il n'y a de nouveau que ce qui a vieilli=--There 15

is nothing new but what has become antiquated.

_Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a de nouveau que ce qui est oublié=--There

is nothing new but what is forgotten.

_Mdlle. Bertine._

=Il n'y a de sots si incommodes que ceux qui

ont de l'esprit=--There are no fools so unsufferable

as those who have wit. _La Roche._

=Il n'y a pas à dire=--There is no use saying anything;

the thing is settled. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a pas de cheval si bon qu'il ne bronche

pas=--There is no horse so sure-footed as never

to trip. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a pas de gens plus affairés que ceux qui= 20

=n'ont rien à faire=--There are no people so busy

as those who have nothing to do. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a pas de petit ennemi=--There is no such

thing as an insignificant enemy. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a peut-être point de vérité qui ne soit à

quelque esprit faux matière d'erreur=--There

is, perhaps, no truth that is not to some false

minds matter of error. _Vauvenargues._

=Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées=--There are no longer

any Pyrenees. _Louis XIV., on the departure of

the Duke of Anjou from Paris for Spain._

=Il n'y a point au monde un si pénible métier

que celui de se faire un grand nom. La vie

s'achève que l'on a à peine ébauché son

ouvrage=--There is not a more laborious undertaking

in the world than that of earning a great

name; life comes to a close before one has well

schemed out one's course. _La Bruyère._

=Il n'y a point de chemin trop long à qui marche= 25

=lentement et sans se presser, il n'y a point

d'avantages trop éloignés à qui s'y prépare

par la patience=--No road is too long for him

who advances slowly and does not hurry, and no

attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself

with patience to achieve it. _La Bruyère._

=Il n'y a point de plus cruelle tyrannie que celle

que l'on exerce à l'ombre des lois et avec les

couleurs de la justice=--There is no crueller

tyranny than that which is perpetrated under

the shield of law and in the name of justice.

_Montesquieu._

=Il n'y a que la vérité qui blesse=--It is only the

truth that offends (_lit._ wounds). _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a que le matin en toutes choses=--There

is only the morning in all things. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte=--It is

only the first step which costs. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a que les honteux qui perdent=--It is only 30

the bashful who lose. _Fr. Pr._

=Il n'y a que les morts qui ne reviennent pas=--It

is only the dead who do not return.

_Barère._

=Il n'y a rien de si puissant qu'une république

où l'on observe les lois, non pas par crainte,

non pas par raison, mais par passion=--There

is no commonwealth so powerful as one in which

the laws are observed not from a principle of

fear or reason, but passion. _Montesquieu._

=Il n'y a rien que la crainte et l'espérance ne

persuadent aux hommes=--There is nothing

that fear and hope does not persuade men to do.

_Vauvenargues._

=Il paraît qu'on n'apprend pas à mourir en

tuant les autres=--It does not appear that

people learn how to die by taking away the lives

of others. _Chateaubriand._

=Il passa par la gloire, il passa par le crime, et il= 35

=n'est arrivé qu'au malheur=--He passed through

glory and through crime, and has landed only

in misfortune. _Said of Napoleon III._

=Il penseroso=--The pensive man. _It._

=Il plaît à tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire=--He

pleases all the world but cannot please

himself. _Boileau, of Molière._

=Il porte le deuil de sa blanchisseuse=--He wears

mourning for his laundress, _i.e._, his linen is dirty.

_Fr. Pr._

=Il riso fa buon sangue=--Laughter makes good

blood; puts one in good humour. _It. Pr._

=Il rit bien qui rit le dernier=--He laughs with 40

reason who laughs the last.

=Il sabio muda conscio, il nescio no=--A wise man

changes his mind, a fool never. _Sp. Pr._

=Il se fait entendre, à force de se faire écouter=--He

makes himself understood by compelling

people to listen to him. _Villemain._

=Il se faut entr'aider; c'est la loi de nature=--We

must assist one another; it is the law of Nature.

_Fr. Pr._

=Il sent le fagot=--He is suspected of heresy (_lit._

he smells of the faggot). _Fr._

=Il tacer non fu mai scritto=--Silence was never 45

written down. _It. Pr._

=Il tempo è un galant 'uomo=--Time is a fine lord

(or lady). _Mazarin._

=Il tempo buono viene una volta sola=--The good

time comes but once. _It. Pr._

=Il tempo è una lima sorda=--Time is a file that

emits no noise. _It. Pr._

=Il trouverait à tondre sur un œuf=--He would

skin a flint (_lit._ find something to shave on an

egg). _Fr. Pr._

=Il va du blanc au noir=--He runs to extremes

(_lit._ from white to black). _Fr. Pr._

=Il vaut mieux avoir affaire à Dieu qu'à ses

saints=--It is better to deal with God than with

His saints. _Fr. Pr._

=Il vaut mieux être fou avec tous, que sage

tout seul=--Better to be mad with everybody,

than wise all alone. _Fr. Pr._

=Il vaut mieux être marteau qu'enclume=--It is 5

better to be hammer than anvil. _Fr. Pr._

=Il vaut mieux être singe perfectionné qu'un

Adam dégénéré=--Better a perfect ape than a

degenerate man. _Claparède._

=Il vaut mieux faire envie que pitié=--It is better

to be envied than pitied. _Fr. Pr._

=Il vaut mieux tâcher d'oublier ses malheurs

que d'en parler=--It is better to try and forget

one's misfortunes than to speak of them. _Fr.

Pr._

=Il vero punge, e la bugia unge=--Truth stings

and falsehood salves over. _It. Pr._

=Il villano en su tierra, y el hidalgo donde quiera=--The 10

clown in his own country, the gentleman

where he pleases. _Sp. Pr._

=Il volto sciolto, i pensieri stretti=--The countenance

open, the thoughts reserved. _It. Pr._

=Il y a anguille sous roche=--There is a snake in

the grass; a mystery in the affair. _Fr. Pr._

=Il y a bien des gens qu'on estime, parce qu'on

ne les connaît point=--Many people are esteemed

merely because they are not known. _Fr. Pr._

=Il y a dans la jalousie plus d'amour-propre que

d'amour=--There is more self-love than love in

jealousy. _La Roche._

=Il y a des gens à qui la vertu sied presque= 15

=aussi mal que le vice=--There are some men

on whom virtue sits almost as awkwardly as

vice. _Bouhours._

=Il y a des gens auxquels il faut trois cent ans

pour commencer voir une absurdité=--There

are people who take three hundred years before

they begin to see an absurdity. _Fr._ (?)

=Il y a des gens dégoûtants avec du mérite, et

d'autres qui plaisent avec des défauts=--There

are people who disgust us in spite of their merits,

and others who please us in spite of their faults.

_La Roche._

=Il y a des gens qui ressemblent aux vaudevilles,

qu'on ne chante qu'un certain temps=--Some

men are like the ballads that are sung

only for a certain time. _La Roche._

=Il y a des reproches qui louent, et des louanges

qui médisent=--There are censures which are

commendations, and commendations which are

censures. _La Roche._

=Il y a des vérités qui ne sont pas pour tous= 20

=les hommes et pour tous les temps=--There

are truths which are not for every man and for

every occasion. _Fr._ (?)

=Il y a encore de quoi glaner=--There are still

other fields to glean from; the subject is not

exhausted. _Fr. Pr._

=Il y a fagots et fagots=--There is a difference

between one faggot and another. _Molière._

=Il y a plus de quarante ans que je dis de la

prose sans que j'en susse rien=--I have been

speaking prose forty years without knowing it.

_Molière._

=Il y a plus fous acheteurs que de fous vendeurs=--There

are more foolish buyers than foolish

sellers. _Fr. Pr._

=Il y a quelque chose dans les malheurs de nos= 25

=meilleurs amis qui ne nous déplaît pas=--There

is something in the misfortunes of our best friends

which does not displease us. _Fr. Pr._

=Il y a souvent de l'illusion, de la mode, du

caprice dans le jugement des hommes=--In

the judgments of people there is often little

more than self-deception, fashion, and whim.

_Voltaire._

=Il y a une espèce de honte d'être heureux à

la vue de certaines misères=--It is a kind of

shame to feel happy with certain miseries before

our eyes. _Fr._

=Il y en a peu qui gagnent à être approfondis=--Few

men rise in our esteem on a closer scrutiny.

_Fr. Pr._

=Il y va de la vie=--Life depends on it; it is a matter

of life or death.

=Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra=--Sin is 30

committed as well within the walls of Troy as

without, _i.e._, both sides were to blame. _Hor._

=Ilicet infandum cuncti contra omina bellum /

Contra fata deum, perverso numine poscunt=--Forthwith,

against the omens and against the

oracles of the gods, all to a man, under an adverse

influence, clamour for unholy war. _Virg._

=Ilka= (every) =blade o' grass keps= (catches) =it ain

drap o' dew.= _Sc. Pr._

=Ilka dog has his day.= _Sc. Pr._

=Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing, / That,

in the merry months of spring, / Delighted

me to hear thee sing, / What comes o' thee? /

Where wilt thou cower thy chittering

wing, an' close thy e'e?= _Burns, "A Winter

Night."_

=Ill bairns are best heard at hame.= _Sc. Pr._ 35

=Ill begun, ill done.= _Dut. Pr._

=Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach

the small.= _Spenser._

=Ill comes upon war's back.= _Pr._

=Ill-doers are ill thinkers.= _Pr._

=Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, /= 40

=Where wealth accumulates and men decay.=

_Goldsmith._

=Ill fortune never crushes that man whom good

fortune deceived not.= _Ben Jonson._

=Ill got, ill spent.= _Pr._

=Ill-gotten wealth seldom descends to the third

generation.= _Pr._

=Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, / As

brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.=

_Dryden._

=Ill hearing mak's ill rehearsing.= _Sc. Pr._ 45

=Ill-humour is nothing more than an inward

feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction

with ourselves.= _Goethe._

=Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by

ounces.= _It. Pr._

=Ill news comes apace.= _Pr._

=Ill weeds are not hurt by frost.= _Sp. and Port.

Pr._

=Ill weeds grow apace.= _Pr._ 50

=Illa dolet vere quæ sine teste dolet=--She grieves

sincerely who grieves when unseen. _Mart._

=Illa est agricolæ messis iniqua suo=--That is

a harvest which ill repays its husbandman.

_Ovid._

=Illa laus est, magno in genere et in divitiis

maximis, / Liberos hominem educare, generi

monumentum et sibi=--It is a merit in a man

of high birth and large fortune to train up his

children so as to be a credit to his family and

himself. _Plaut._

=Illa placet tellus in qua res parva beatum /

Me facit, et tenues luxuriantur opes=--That

spot of earth has special charms for me, in

which a limited income produces happiness, and

moderate wealth abundance. _Mart._

=Illa victoria viam ad pacem patefecit=--By that

victory he opened the way to peace.

=Illæso lumine solem=--[To gaze] on the sun with

undazzled eye. _M._

=Illam, quicquid agit, quoque vestigia flectit, /= 5

=Componit furtim, subsequiturque decor=--In

whatever she does, wherever she turns, grace

steals into her movements and attends her steps.

_Tibull._

=Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadema=--That

one man has found a cross the reward of

his guilt; this one, a diadem. _Juv._

=Ille igitur nunquam direxit brachia contra /

Torrentem; nec civis erat qui libera posset /

Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere

vero=--He never exerted his arms against the

torrent, nor was he a citizen who would frankly

utter the sentiments of his mind, and stake his

life for the truth. _Juv._

=Ille per extentum funem mihi posse videtur /

Ire poeta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit /

Irritat mulcet falsis terroribus implet / Ut

magus: et modo me Thebis, modo ponit

Athenis=--That man seems to me able to do

anything (_lit._ walk on the tight-rope) who, as

a poet, tenures my breast with fictions, can

rouse me, then soothe me, fill me with unreal

terrors like a magician, set me down either at

Thebes or Athens. _Hor._

=Ille potens sui / Lætusque degit, cui licet in

diem / Dixisse, Vixi: cras vel atra / Nube

polum pater occupato / Vel sole puro=--The

man lives master of himself and cheerful,

who can say day after day, "I have lived; to-morrow

let the Father above overspread the

sky either with cloud or with clear sunshine."

_Hor._

=Ille sinistrorsum, hic dextrorsum, abit: unus= 10

=utrique / Error, sed variis illudit partibus=--One

wanders to the left, another to the right;

both are equally in error, but are seduced by

different delusions. _Hor._

=Ille terrarum mihi præter omnes / Angulus

ridet=--That nook of the world has charms for

me before all else. _Hor._

=Ille vir, haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei=--He

is a man, not of large fortune, but full

of good faith.

=Illi inter sese multa vi brachia tollunt /

In numerum, versantque tenaci forcipe

massam=--They (the Cyclops), keeping time,

one by one raise their arms with mighty force,

and turn the iron lump with the biting tongs.

_Virg._

=Illi robur et æs triplex / Circa pectus erat, qui

fragilem truci / Commisit pelago ratem /

Primus=--That man had oak and triple brass

around his breast who first intrusted his frail

bark to the savage sea. _Hor._

=Illic apposito narrabis multa Lyæo=--There, 15

with the wine in front of you, you will tell

many a story. _Ovid._

=Illud amicitiæ sanctum ac venerabile nomen /

Nunc tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet=--The

sacred and venerable name of friendship

is now despised and trodden under foot. _Ovid._

=Illusion on a ground of truth is the secret of

the fine arts.= _Joubert._

=Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, / And

every conqueror creates a muse.= _Waller._

=Ils chantent, ils payeront=--Let them sing; they

will have the piper to pay. _Mazarin._

=Ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublié=--They have 30

learned nothing and forgotten nothing. _Talleyrand,

of the Bourbons._

=Ils s'amusaient tristement, selon la coutume

de leur pays=--They (the English) are heavy-laden

in their amusements, according to the custom

of their country. _Froissart._

=Ils se ne servent de la pensée que pour autoriser

leurs injustices, et emploient les paroles que

pour déguiser leurs pensées=--Men use thought

only to justify their unjust acts, and employ speech

only to disguise their thoughts. _Voltaire._

=Ils sont passés, ces jours de fête=--They are

gone, those festive days. _Grétry._

=Ils veulent être libres et ne savent pas être

justes=--They wish to be free and understand

not how to be just. _Abbé Sieyès._

=Im Alter erstaunt und bereut man nicht mehr=--In 25

old age one is astonished and repents no

more. _Goethe._

=Im Becher ersaufen mehr als im Meer=--More

are drowned in the wine-cup than in the sea.

_Ger. Pr._

=Im Ganzen, Guten, Wahren resolut zu leben=--To

live resolutely in the whole, the good, the

true. _Goethe._

=Im Gedränge hier auf Erden / Kann nicht

jeder, was er will=--In the press of things on

earth here, not every one can do what he would.

_Goethe._

=Im Grabe ist Ruh!=--In the grave is rest! _Langhaufen,

Heine._

=Im Leben ist der Mensch zehn Jahre in Kriege= 30

=und zehn in der Irre, gleich dem Ulysses=--Man,

like Ulysses, spends ten years in war and

ten in wandering. _Feuerbach._

=Im Leben ist nichts Gegenwart=--In life is

the present nothing, or there is no present.

_Goethe._

=Im Mangel, nicht im Ueberfluss / Keimt der

Genuss=--Enjoyment germinates not in abundance

but in want. _Herder._

=Im Schmerze wird die neue Zeit geboren=--In

pain is the new time born. _Chamisso._

=Im Unglück halte aus; / Im Glücke halte ein=--In

bad fortune hold out; in good, hold in.

_Ger. Pr._

=Im Wasser kannst du dein Antlitz sehn, / Im= 35

=Wein des andern Herz erspähn=--In water

thou canst see thine own face, in wine thou

canst see into the heart of another. _Pr._

=Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging

our reflections on them.= _Swift._

=Imagination is always the ruling and divine

power, and the rest of the man is only the

instrument which it sounds, or the tablet on

which it writes.= _Ruskin._

=Imagination is a mettled horse that will break

the rider's neck when a donkey would have

carried him to the end of his journey, slow

but sure.= _Southey._

=Imagination is but a poor matter when it has

to part company with understanding.= _Carlyle._

=Imagination is central; fancy, superficial.=

_Emerson._

=Imagination is Eternity.= _Wm. Blake._

=Imagination is the eye of the soul.= _Joubert._

=Imagination is the mightiest despot.= _Auerbach._ 5

=Imagination is too often accompanied with a

somewhat irregular logic.= _Disraeli._

=Imagination rules the world.= _Napoleon._

=Imitation is born with us, but what we ought

to imitate is not easily found.= _Goethe._

=Imitation is the sincerest flattery.= _Colton._

=Imitation is suicide.= _Emerson._ 10

=Immediate are the acts of God, more swift /

Than time or motion.= _Milton._

=Immer etwas Neues, selten etwas Gutes=--Always

something new, seldom anything good.

_Ger. Pr._

=Immer Neues spriesset / Eh' ein Mensch

geniesset / Mit Verstand das Alte=--Not till a

new thing sprouts up does a man ever enjoy

intelligently that which is old. _Rückert._

=Immer wird, nie ist=--Always a-being, never being.

_Schiller._

=Immer zu! Immer zu! / Ohne Rast und Ruh!=--Ever 15

onward! ever onward! without rest and

quiet. _Goethe._

=Immer zu misstrauen ist ein Irrthum wie

immer zu trauen=--Always to distrust is an

error, as well as always to trust. _Goethe._

=Immo id, quod aiunt, auribus teneo lupum /

Nam neque quomodo a me amittam, invenio:

neque, uti retineam scio=--It is true they say

I have caught a wolf by the ears; for I know

not either how to get rid of him or keep him in

restraint. _Ter._

=Immodest words admit of no defence, / For

want of decency is want of sense.= _Roscommon._

=Immoritur studiis, et amore senescit habendi=--He

is killing himself with his efforts, and in

his greed of gain is becoming an old man.

_Hor._

=Immortale odium et nunquam sanabile vulnus=--A 20

deadly hatred, and a wound that can never

be healed. _Juv., on the effects of religious contention

between neighbours._

=Immortalia ne speres monet annus, et almum /

Quæ rapit hora diem=--The year in its course,

and the hour that speeds the kindly day, admonishes

you not to hope for immortal (_i.e._, permanent)

blessings. _Hor._

=Immortality will come to such as are fit for it;

and he who would be a great soul in future

must be a great soul now.= _Emerson._

=Imo pectore=--From the bottom of the heart.

=Impatience changeth smoke to flame.= _Erasmus._

=Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or= 25

=sorrow.= _Chapin._

=Impatience is the principal cause of most

of our irregularities and extravagances.=

_Sterne._

=Impatience waiteth on true sorrow.= 3 _Hen.

VI._, iii. 3.

=Impavidum ruinæ ferient=--The wreck of things

will strike him unmoved. _Hor._

=Impera parendo=--Command by obeying. _M._

=Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique=--Money 30

amassed is either our slave or our tyrant.

_Hor._

=Imperfection is in some sort essential to all

that we know of life. It is the sign of life in

a mortal body, that is, of a state of progress

and change.= _Ruskin._

=Imperfection means perfection hid, / Reserved

in part to grace the after-time.= _Browning._

=Imperfections cling to a man, which, if he

wait till he have brushed off entirely, he

will spin for ever on his axis, advancing

nowhither.= _Carlyle._

=Imperia dura tolle, quid virtus erit?=--Remove

severe restraint, and what will become of virtue?

_Sen._

=Imperious Cæsar, dead and turn'd to clay, /= 35

=Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.=

_Ham._, v. 1.

=Imperium et libertas=--Empire and liberty. _Cic._

=Imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus

initio partum est=--Power is easily retained by

those arts by which it was at first acquired.

_Sall._

=Imperium in imperio=--A government within a

government.

=Impertinent and lavish talking is in itself a

very vicious habit.= _Thomas à Kempis._

=Impetrare oportet, quia æquum postulas=--You 40

ought to obtain what you ask, as you only

ask what is fair. _Plaut._

=Implacabiles plerumque læsæ mulieres=--Women,

when offended, are generally implacable.

="Impossible" est un mot que je ne dis jamais=--"Impossible"

is a word which I never utter.

_Collin d'Hartevilles._

=Impossible is the precept "Know thyself," till it

be translated into this partially possible one,

"Know what thou canst work at."= _Carlyle._

=Impossible! Ne me dites jamais ce bête de

mot=--Impossible! Never name to me that

blockhead of a word. _Mirabeau, to his secretary,

Dumont._

="Impossible" n'est pas français=--"Impossible" 45

is not French. _Napoleon._

="Impossible," when Truth and Mercy and the

everlasting voice of Nature order, has no

place in the brave man's dictionary.= _Carlyle._

="Impossible!" who talks to me of impossibilities?=

_Chatham._

=Impotentia excusat legem=--Inability suspends

the action of law. _L._

=Impransus=--One who has not dined, or who can't

find a dinner.

=Imprimatur=--Let it be printed. 50

=Imprimis=--First of all.

=Imprimis venerare Deos=--Before all things reverence

the gods. _Virg._

=Improbæ / Crescunt divitiæ, tamen / Curtæ

nescio quid semper abest rei=--Riches increase

to an enormous extent, yet something is ever

wanting to our still imperfect fortune. _Hor._

=Improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora

cogis?=--Cruel love! what is there to which

thou dost not drive mortal hearts? _Virg._

=Improbe Neptunum accusat, qui naufragium= 55

=iterum facit=--He who suffers shipwreck twice

is unjust if he throws the blame on Neptune.

_Pub. Syr._

=Improbis aliena virtus semper formidolosa est=--To

wicked men the virtue of others is always

matter of dread. _Sall._

=Impromptu=--Off-hand; without premeditation.

=Improvement is Nature.= _Leigh Hunt._

=Imprudent expression in conversation may be

forgotten and pass away; but when we take

the pen into our hand, we must remember

that= _litera scripta manet_. _Blair._

=Impudence is no virtue, yet able to beggar= 5

=them all.= _Sir T. Osborne._

=Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat=--Impunity

always tempts to still worse crimes.

_Coke._

=In a boundless universe / Is boundless better,

boundless worse.= _Tennyson._

=In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.= _Pr._

=In a commercial nation impostors are abroad

in all professions.= _Wm. Blake._

=In a fair gale every fool may sail, but wise= 10

=behaviour in a storm commends the wisdom

of the pilot.= _Quarles._

=In a free country there is much complaining

but little suffering; under a despotism, much

suffering but little complaining.= _Giles' Proverbs._

=In a good lord there must first be a good

animal, at least to the extent of yielding the

incomparable advantage of animal spirits.=

_Emerson._

=In a great soul everything is great.= _Pascal._

=In a healthy state of the organism all wounds

have a tendency to heal.= _Mme. Swetchine._

=In a lawsuit nothing is certain but the expense.= 15

_A. Butler._

=In a leopard the spots are not observed.= _Herbert's

Coll._

=In a lottery, where there is (at the lowest computation)

ten thousand blanks to one prize,

it is the most prudent choice not to venture.=

_Lady Montagu._

=In a man's letters his soul lies naked; his

letters are only the mirror of his breast.=

_Johnson._

=In a matter of life and death don't trust even

your mother; she might mistake a black

bean= (used in voting) =for a white one.= _Alcibiades._

=In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow; the= 20

=more a man expands, the larger his aims.=

_Schiller._

=In a noble race, levity without virtue is seldom

found. In a mine of rubies, when shall we

find pieces of glass?= _Hitopadesa._

=In a poem there should be not only the poetry

of images, but also the poetry of ideas.=

_Joubert._

=In a symbol there is concealment and yet

revelation, silence and speech acting together,

some embodiment and revelation of

the infinite, made to blend itself with the

finite, to stand visible, and, as it were,

attainable there.= _Carlyle._

=In a thousand pounds of law there is not an

ounce of love.= _Pr._

=In a valiant suffering for others, not in a slothful= 25

=making others suffer for us, did nobleness

ever lie.= _Carlyle._

=In acta=--In the very act.

=In action, a great heart is the chief qualification;

in work, a great head.= _Schopenhauer._

=In æquali jure melior est conditio possidentis=--Where

the right is equal, the claim of the party

in possession is the best. _L._

=In æternum=--For ever.

=In all battles, if you await the issue, each= 30

=fighter has prospered according to his right.

His right and his might, at the close of the

account, were the same.= _Carlyle._

=In all faiths there is something true / ...

Something that keeps the Unseen in view, /

... And notes His gifts with the worship

due.= _Dr. Walter Smith._

=In all human action, those faculties will be

strong which are used.= _Emerson._

=In all human narrative, it is the battle only,

and not the victory, that can be dwelt on

with advantage.= _Carlyle._

=In all literary history there is no such figure

as Dante, no such homogeneousness of life

and works, such loyalty to ideas, such

sublime irrecognition of the unessential.=

_Lowell._

=In all matters prefer the less evil to the= 35

=greater, and solace yourself under any ill

with the reflection that it might be worse.=

_Spurgeon._

=In all provinces there are artists and artisans;

men who labour mechanically in a department,

without eye for the whole, not feeling

that there is a whole; and men who inform

and ennoble the humblest department with

an idea of the whole, and habitually know

that only in the whole is the partial to be

truly discerned.= _Carlyle._

=In all science error precedes the truth, and it

is better it should go first than last.= _Horace

Walpole._

=In all situations= (out of Tophet) =there is a duty,

and our highest blessedness lies in doing it.=

_Carlyle._

=In all straits the good behave themselves with

meekness and patience.= _Thomas à Kempis._

=In all things that live there are certain irregularities= 40

=and deficiencies, which are not only

signs of life, but sources of beauty.= _Ruskin._

=In all things, to serve from the lowest station

upwards is necessary.= _Goethe._

=In all times it is only individuals that have

advanced science, not the age.= _Goethe._

=In all true work, were it but true hand-labour,

there is something of divineness.= _Carlyle._

=In all vital action the manifest purpose and

effort of Nature is, that we should be unconscious

of it.... Nature so meant it with

us; it is so we are made.= _Carlyle._

=In allem andern lass dich lenken / Nur nicht= 45

=im Fühlen und im Denken=--In everything else

let thyself be led, only not in feeling and in

thinking. _v. Sallet._

=In alms regard thy means and others' merit. /

Think Heaven a better bargain than to

give / Only thy single market-money for it.=

_George Herbert._

=In ambiguo=--In doubt.

=In America you can get tea, and coffee, and

meat every day. But the only true America

is that country where you are at liberty to

pursue such a mode of life as may enable

you to do without these.= _Thoreau._

=In an aristocratical institution like England,

not trial by jury, but the dinner is the capital

institution. It is the mode of doing honour

to a stranger to invite him to eat, and has

been for many a hundred years.= _Emerson._

=In anima vili=--On a subject of little worth.

=In annulo Dei figuram ne gestato=--Wear not

the image of the Deity in a ring, _i.e._, do not use

the name of God on frivolous occasions, or in

vain. _Pr._

=In any controversy, the instant we feel angry

we have already ceased striving for truth

and begun striving for ourselves.= _Goethe._

=In aqua scribis=--You are writing on water. _Pr._ 5

=In arena ædificas=--You are building on sand.

_Pr._

=In arguing, be calm; for fierceness makes /

Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.= _George

Herbert._

=In argument with men, a woman ever / Goes

by the worse, whatever be her cause.=

_Milton._

=In art and in deeds, only that is properly

achieved which, like Minerva, springs full-grown

and armed from the head of the

inventor.= _Goethe._

=In art, to express the infinite one should suggest= 10

=infinitely more than is expressed.=

_Goethe._

=In articulo mortis=--At the point of death.

=In audaces non est audacia tuta=--Daring is

not safe against daring men. _Ovid._

=In beato omnia beata=--With the fortunate everything

is fortunate. _Hor._

=In bocca chiusa, non c' entran mosche=--Flies

can't enter into a mouth that is shut. _It. Pr._

=In books lies the soul of the whole past time;= 15

=the articulate audible voice of the past, when

the body and material substance of it has

altogether vanished like a dream.= _Carlyle._

=In breathing there are two kinds of blessings=

(_Gnaden_): =inhaling the air and exhaling= (_lit._

discharging) =it; the former is oppressive, the

latter refreshing; so strangely is life mingled.

Thank God when He lays a burden on thee,

and thank Him when He takes it off.= _Goethe._

=In bunten Bildern wenig Klarheit, / Viel Irrtum

und ein Fünkchen Wahrheit, / So wird

der beste Trank gebraut, / Der alle Welt erquickt

und auferbaut=--With little clearness

(light) in motley metaphors, much falsehood and

a spark of truth, is the genuine draught prepared

with which every one is refreshed and edified.

_Goethe._

=In buying horses and taking a wife, shut

your eyes and commend yourself to God.=

_It. Pr._

=In caducum parietem inclinare=--To lean against

a falling wall. _Pr._

=In calamitoso risus etiam injuria est=--Even to 20

smile at the unfortunate is to do them an injury.

_Pub. Syr._

=In capite=--In chief.

=In casu extremæ necessitatis omnia sunt communia=--In

a case of extreme emergency all

things are common. _L._

=In Catholic countries religion and liberty exclude

each other; in Protestant ones they

accept each other.= _Amiel._

=In cauda venenum=--Poison lurks in the tail; or,

there is a sting in the tail. _Pr._

=In causa facili, cuivis licet esse diserto=--In an 25

easy matter any man may be eloquent. _Ovid._

=In character, in manner, in style, in all things

the supreme excellence is simplicity.= _Longfellow._

=In cheerful souls there is no evil; wit shows a

disturbance of the equipoise.= _Novalis._

=In childhood be modest, in youth temperate,

in manhood just, and in old age prudent.=

_Socrates._

=In choosing friends, we should choose those

whose qualities are innate, and their virtues

virtues of the temperament.= _Amiel._

=In Christ the infinite itself has come down to= 30

=the level of the finite, and the finite has been

raised to the level of the infinite, and in His

single person the spirit of the universe stands

revealed.= _Ed._

=In civil broils the worst of men may rise to

honour.= _Plutarch._

=In clothes, cheap handsomeness doth bear the

bell.= _George Herbert._

=In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of

youth with which age should surround itself.=

_Joubert._

=In cœlo nunquam spectatum impune cometam=--A

comet is never seen in the sky without

indicating disaster. _Claud._

=In cœlo quies=--There is rest in heaven. 35

=In cœlum jacularis=--You are aiming at the

heavens; your anger is bootless.

=In commendam=--In trust or recommendation.

=In common things the law of sacrifice takes

the form of positive duty.= _Froude._

=In communism, inequality springs from placing

mediocrity on a level with excellence.=

_Proudhon._

=In composing a book, the last thing that one= 40

=learns is to know what to put first.= _Pascal._

=In constitutional states, liberty is a compensation

for heaviness of taxation; in despotic

ones, lightness of taxation is a compensation

for liberty.= _Montesquieu._

=In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties,

he shall end in doubts; but if he will

be content to begin with doubts, he shall

end in certainties.= _Bacon._

=In conversation, boldness now bears sway.=

_George Herbert._

=In conversation, humour is more than wit, easiness

more than knowledge.= _Sir Wm. Temple._

=In courtesy rather pay a penny too much than= 45

=too little.= _Pr._

=In crucifixo gloria mea=--I glory in the Crucified.

=In cumulo=--In a heap.

=In curia=--In the court.

=In cute curanda plus æquo operata juventus=--Youth

unduly busy with pampering the outer

man. _Hor._

=In days of yore nothing was holy but the= 50

=beautiful.= _Schiller._

=In deep waters men find great pearls.= _Pr._

=In deinem Glauben ist dein Himmel, / In

deinem Herzen ist dein Glück=--In thy faith is

thy heaven, in thy heart thy happiness. _Arndt._

=In deinem Nichts hoff' ich das All zu finden=--In

thy nothing hope I to find the all. _Goethe._

=In delay / We waste our lights in vain, like

lamps by day.= _Rom. and Jul._, i. 4.

=In Deo spero=--In God I hope. _M._ 55

=In der jetzigen Zeit soll Niemand schweigen

oder nachgeben; man muss reden und sich

rühren, nicht um zu überwinden, sondern

sich auf seinem Posten zu erhalten; ob bei

der Majorität oder Minorität, ist ganz gleichgültig=--At

the present time no one should yield

or keep silence; every one must speak and bestir

himself, not in order to gain the upper hand,

but to keep his own position--whether with the

majority or the minority is quite indifferent.

_Goethe._

=In der Kunst ist das Beste gut genug=--In art

the best is good enough. _Goethe._

=In der Noth allein / Bewähret sich der Adel

grosser Seele=--In difficulty alone does the

nobility of great souls prove itself. _Schiller._

=In dictione=--In the expression, or the form.

=In die Hölle kommt man mit grösserer Mühe,= 5

=als in den Himmel=--It's harder work getting

to hell than heaven. _Ger. Pr._

=In diem=--To some future day.

=In diem vivere=--To live from hand to mouth.

=In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds / On

half the nations, and with fear of change

perplexes monarchs.= _Milton._

=In diving to the bottom of pleasures we bring

up more gravel than pearls.= _Balzac._

=In doubtful matters courage may do much; in= 10

=desperate, patience.= _Pr._

=In dubiis=--In matters of doubt.

=In dubiis benigniora semper sunt præferenda=--In

cases of doubt we should always lean to

the side of mercy. _L._

=In dulci jubilo=--Now sing and be joyful. _Peter

of Dresden._

=In duty prompt, at every call, / He watch'd,

and wept, and felt, and prayed for all.= _Goldsmith._

=In dyeing the spiritual nature there are two= 15

=processes--first, the cleansing and wringing

out, which is the baptism with water; and

then the infusing of the blue and scarlet

colours, gentleness and justice, which is the

baptism with fire.= _Ruskin._

=In eadem re utilitas et turpitudo esse non

potest=--In the same thing usefulness and baseness

cannot coexist. _Cic._

=In eating, after nature is once satisfied, every

additional morsel brings stupidity and distempers

with it.= _Goldsmith._

=In eburna vagina, plumbeus gladius=--A leaden

sword in an ivory sheath. _Diogenes, of an empty

fop._

=In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art

are when the orator is lifted above himself;

when consciously he makes himself

the mere tongue of the occasion and the

hour, and says what cannot but be said.=

_Emerson._

=In equilibrio=--In equilibrium. 20

=In esse=--In actual being.

=In every age and clime we see / Two of a

trade can never agree.= _Gay._

=In every battle the eye is first conquered.=

_Tac._

=In every beginning think of the end.= _Pr._

=In every bone there is marrow, and within= 25

=every jacket there is a man.= _Saadi._

=In every change there will be many that suffer

real or imaginary grievances, and therefore

many will be dissatisfied.= _Johnson._

=In every child there lies a wonderful deep.=

_Schumann._

=In every country the sun rises in the morning.=

_Pr._

=In every creed there are two elements--the

Divine substance and the human form.

The form must change with the changing

thoughts of men; and even the substance

may come to shine with clearer light, and to

reveal unexpected glories, as God and man

come nearer together.= _R. W. Dale._

=In every department of life we thank God that= 30

=we are not like our fathers.= _Froude._

=In every department one must begin as a

child; throw a passionate interest over the

subject; take pleasure in the shell till one

has the happiness to arrive at the kernel.=

_Goethe._

=In every epoch of the world, the great event,

parent of all others, is it not the arrival of

a thinker in the world?= _Carlyle._

=In every fault there is folly.= _Pr._

=In every great epoch there is some one idea

at work which is more powerful than any

other, and which shapes the events of the

time and determines their ultimate issues.=

_Buckle._

=In every heart are sown the sparks that kindle= 35

=fiery war; occasion needs but fan them, and

they blaze.= _Cowper._

=In every landscape the point of astonishment

is the meeting of the sky and the earth, and

that is seen from the first hillock as well as

from the top of the Alleghanies.= _Emerson._

=In every life there is an upward and a downward

tendency= (_Trieb_); =he is to be praised

who remains steadfast in the mean between.=

_Rückert._

=In every man there is a certain feeling that he

has been what he is from all eternity, and

by no means became such in time.= _Schelling._

=In every parting there is an image of death.=

_George Eliot._

=In every phenomenon the beginning remains= 40

=always the most notable moment.= _Carlyle._

=In every rank, or great or small, / 'Tis industry

supports us all.= _Gray._

=In every ship there must be a seeing pilot, not

a mere hearing one.= _Carlyle._

=In even the wisest soul lies a whole world

of internal madness, an authentic demon-empire;

out of which, indeed, his world

of wisdom has been creatively built together,

and now rests there, as on its dark

foundation does a habitable flowery earth-rind.=

_Carlyle._

=In every village there will arise a miscreant

to establish the most grinding tyranny by

calling himself the people.= _Sir R. Peel._

=In exalting the faculties of the soul we annihilate,= 45

=in a great degree, the delusion of the

senses.= _Aimé-Martin._

=In extenso=--In full.

=In extremis=--At the point of death.

=In failing circumstances no man can be relied

on to keep his integrity.= _Emerson._

=In Faith and Hope the world will disagree, /

But all mankind's concern is Charity.= _Pope._

=In faith everything depends on "that" you believe;= 50

=in knowledge everything depends on

"what" you know, as well as how much and

how well.= _Goethe._

=In fashionable circles general satire, which

attacks the fault rather than the person,

is unwelcome; while that which attacks

the person and spares the fault is always

acceptable.= _Jean Paul._

=In ferrum pro libertate ruebant=--They rushed

upon the sword in defence of their liberty. _M._

=In flagranti delicto=--In the act.

=In flammam flammas, in mare fundis aquas=--You

add fire to fire, and water to the sea.

=In for a penny, in for a pound.= _Pr._ 5

=In forma pauperis=--As a pauper or poor man.

=In foro conscientiæ=--Before the tribunal of conscience.

=In frosty weather a nail is worth a horse.= _Sp. Pr._

=In furias ignemque ruunt; amor omnibus idem=--They

rush into the flames of passion; love is

the same in all. _Virg._

=In futuro=--In future; at a future time. 10

=In general, indulgence for those we know is

rarer than pity for those we know not.=

_Rivarol._

=In general, pride is at the bottom of all great

mistakes.= _Ruskin._

=In generalibus latet dolus=--In general assertions

some deception lurks.

=In giants we must kill pride and arrogance;

but our greatest foes, and whom we must

chiefly combat, are within.= _Cervantes._

=In Glück Vorsichtigkeit, in Unglück Geduld=--In 15

good fortune, prudence; in bad, patience.

_Ger. Pr._

=In good bearing beginneth worship.= _Hazlitt's

Coll._

=In good years, corn is hay; in ill years, straw

is corn.= _Hazlitt's Coll._

=In granting and in refusing, in joy and in

sorrow, in liking and in disliking, good men,

because of their own likeness, show mercy

unto all things which have life.= _Hitopadesa._

=In great states, children are always trying to

remain children, and the parents wanting

to make men and women of them. In vile

states, the children are always wanting to

be men and women, and the parents to keep

them children.= _Ruskin._

=In health, to be stirring shall profit thee best; /= 20

=in sickness, hate trouble, seek quiet and

rest.= _Thomas Tusser._

=In heaven ambition cannot dwell, / Nor avarice

in the vaults of hell.= _Southey._

=In heaven the angels are advancing continually

to the spring-time of their youth, so

that the oldest angel appears the youngest.=

_Swedenborg._

=In Heaven's sight the mere wish to pray is

prayer.= (?)

=In her eyes that never weep, lightnings are

laid asleep.= _A. Mary F. Robinson._

=In her first passion, woman loves her lover, /= 25

=In all the others, all she loves is love.= _Byron._

=In high life every one is polished and courteous,

but no one has the courage to be hearty and

true.= _Goethe._

=In Him we live and move and have our being.=

_St. Paul._

=In hoc signo spes mea=--In this sign is my hope.

_M._

=In hoc signo vinces=--By this sign (the cross) thou

shalt conquer. _M._

=In hoc statu=--In this state or condition. 30

=In hope to merit heaven by making earth a

hell.= _Byron._

=In idleness alone is there perpetual despair.=

_Carlyle._

=In illo viro, tantum robur corporis et animi fuit,

ut quocunque loco natus esset, fortunam sibi

facturus videretur=--In that man there was such

oaken strength of body and mind, that whatever

his rank by birth might have been, he gave promise

of attaining the highest place in the lists of

fortune. _Livy, of Cato the elder._

=In intercourse with people of superior station,

all that is required is not to be perfectly

natural, but always to keep within the line

of a certain conventional propriety.= _Goethe._

=In jedem Menschen ist etwas von allen Menschen=--In 35

every man there is something of all

men. _Lichtenberg._

=In judicando criminosa est celeritas=--In pronouncing

judgment, haste is criminal. _L._

=In just and equal measure all is weighed; /

One scale contains the sum of human weal, /

And one, the good man's heart.= _Shelley._

=In King Cambyses' vein.= 1 _Hen. IV._, ii. 4.

=In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon

oath.= _Johnson._

=In learning anything, its first principles alone= 40

=should be taught by constraint.= _Goethe._

=In letters, if anywhere, we look for the man,

not for the author.= _Blair._

=In life a friend may be often found and lost;

but an old friend never can be found, and

Nature has provided that he cannot easily

be lost.= _Johnson._

=In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.=

_Bulwer Lytton._

=In life every situation may bring its own peculiar

pleasures.= _Goldsmith._

=In life there is no present.= _Byron._ 45

=In limine=--At the threshold or outset.

=In literature to-day there are plenty good

masons, but few good architects.= _Joubert._

=In loco parentis=--In the place of a parent.

=In long-drawn systole and long-drawn diastole

must the period of faith alternate with the

period of denial; must the vernal growth,

the summer luxuriance of all opinions, spiritual

representations and creations, be followed

by and again follow the autumnal

decay, the winter dissolution.= _Carlyle._

=In love all is risk.= _Goethe._ 50

=In love we are all fools alike.= _Gay._

=In love we never think of moral qualities, and

scarcely of intellectual ones. Temperament

and manner alone, with beauty, excite love.=

_Hazlitt._

=In loving thou dost well, in passion not, /

Wherein true love consists not.= _Milton._

=In magnis et voluisse sat est=--In great things

it is enough even to have willed. _Propertius._

=In maiden meditation, fancy-free.= _Mid. N.'s_ 55

_Dream_, ii. 1.

=In manners tranquillity is the supreme power.=

_Mme. de Maintenon._

=In marriage, as in other things, contentment

excels wealth.= _Molière._

=In matters of conscience, first thoughts are

best; in matters of prudence, last thoughts

are best.= _Robert Hall._

=In mediæval art, thought is the first thing,

execution the second; in modern art, execution

is the first thing and thought the second.=

_Ruskin._

=In mediæval art, truth is first, beauty second;

in modern art, beauty is first, truth second.=

_Ruskin._

=In medias res=--Into the midst of a thing at once.

=In medio tutissimus ibis=--You will go safest in

the middle or in a middle course. _Ovid._

=In medio virtus=--Virtue lies in the mean. _Pr._ 5

=In meinem Revier / Sind Gelehrten gewesen /

Ausser ihrem Brevier / Konnten sie keines

lesen=--In my domain there have been learned

men, but outside their breviary they could

read nothing. _Goethe._

=In meinem Staate kann jeder nach seiner

Façon selig werden=--In my dominions every

one may be happy in his own fashion. _Frederick

the Great._

=In melle sunt sitæ linguæ vestræ atque orationes,

/ Corda felle sunt lita atque aceto=--Your

tongues and your words are steeped in

honey, but your hearts in gall and vinegar.

_Plaut._

=In memoriam=--To the memory of.

=In men we various ruling passions find; / In= 10

=women, two almost divide the mind; / Those,

only fix'd, they first or last obey, / The love

of pleasure and the love of sway.= _Pope._

=In mercatura facienda multæ fallaciæ et quasi

præstigiæ exercentur=--In commerce many

deceptions, not to say juggleries, are practised.

=In misfortune, in error, and when the time

appointed for certain affairs is about to

elapse, a servant who hath his master's

welfare at heart ought to speak unasked.=

_Hitopadesa._

=In moderating, not in satisfying desires, lies

peace.= _Bp. Heber._

=In modern England the ordinary habits of life

and modes of education produce great plainness

of mind in middle-aged women.= _Ruskin._

=In morals, as in art, saying is nothing, doing= 15

=is all.= _Renan._

=In morals good-will is everything, but in art

it is ability.= _Schopenhauer._

=In morals, what begins in fear usually ends

in wickedness; in religion, what begins in

fear usually ends in fanaticism.= _Mrs. Jameson._

=In much corn is some cockle.= _Pr._

=In much wisdom is much grief, and he that

increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.=

_Bible._

=In my Father's house are many mansions.= 20

_Jesus._

=In my virtue= (_Tugend_) =I wrap myself and sleep.=

_Platen._

=In Nature there's no blemish but the mind; /

None can be called deformed but the unkind.=

_Twelfth Night_, iii. 4.

=In Nature things move violently to their

places, and calmly in their place; so virtue

in ambition is violent, in authority settled

and calm.= _Bacon._

=In Nature we never see anything isolated,

but everything in connection with something

else which is before it, beside it, under

it, and over it.= _Goethe._

=In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in= 25

=omnibus charitas=--In essential matters, unity,

in doubtful, liberty; in all, charity. _Melanthon._

=In nine cases out of ten, the evil tongue belongs

to a disappointed man.= _Bancroft._

=In no time or epoch can the Highest be spoken

of in words--not in many words, I think, ever.=

_Carlyle._

=In nocte consilium=--In the night is counsel; take

a night to think over it; sleep upon it.

=In nomine=--In the name of.

=In nomine Domini incipit omne malum=--In the 30

name of the Lord every evil begins. _Mediæval

Pr._

=In nubibus=--In the clouds.

=In nuce Ilias=--An Iliad in a nutshell.

=In obscuro=--In obscurity.

=In old age nothing any longer astonishes us.=

_Goethe._

=In old times men used their powers of painting= 35

=to show the objects of faith; in later times

they used the objects of faith to show their

powers of painting.= _Ruskin._

=In omni re vincit imitationem veritas=--In

everything truth surpasses its imitation or copy.

_Cic._

=In omnia paratus=--Prepared for all emergencies.

_M._

=In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen in jure,

æquitas est=--In all things, but particularly in

law, regard is to be had to equity. _L._

=In one thing men of all ages are alike; they

have believed obstinately in themselves.=

_Jacobi._

=In oratory the will must predominate.= _Hare._ 40

=In order to do great things, it is necessary to

live as if one were never to die.= _Vauvenargues._

=In order to love mankind, we must not expect

too much of them.= _Helvetius._

=In order to manage an ungovernable beast,

he must be stinted in his provender.= _Queen

Elizabeth._

=In our age of down-pulling and disbelief, the

very devil has been pulled down; you cannot

so much as believe in a devil.= _Carlyle._

=In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation, is= 45

=the aim.= _Emerson._

=In our judgment of human transactions the

law of optics is reversed; we see the most

indistinctly the objects which are close

around us.= _Whately._

=In our own breast, there or nowhere flows the

fountain of true pleasure.= _Wieland._

=In pace leones, in prælio cervi=--Brave as lions

in peace, timid as deer in war.

=In pain is a new time born.= _Chamisso._

=In pari materia=--In a similar matter. 50

=In partibus infidelium=--In unbelieving countries.

=In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man /

As modest stillness and humility; / But when

the blast of war blows in our ears, / Then

imitate the action of the tiger; / Stiffen the

sinews, summon up the blood, / Disguise fair

Nature with hard-favour'd rage, / Then lend

the eye a terrible aspect; / Let it pry through

the portage of the head / Like the brass

cannons.= _Hen. V._, iii. 1.

=In peace, who is not wise?= _Hitopadesa._

=In perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is

the head, but the woman the heart, with

which he cannot dispense.= _Rückert._

=In perpetuam rei memoriam=--In everlasting

remembrance of a thing.

=In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium=--We are

pouring our words into a perforated cask, _i.e._,

are throwing them away. _Plaut._

=In petto=--Within the breast; in reserve. _It._

=In pios usus=--For pious uses. 5

=In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy;

in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was

made for man.= _Macaulay._

=In pleno=--In full.

=In politics, as in life, we must above all things

wish only for the attainable.= _Heine._

=In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor

being raised, like a target, to a position to

be fired at.= _Bovee._

=In politics, what begins in fear usually ends= 10

=in folly.= _Coleridge._

=In pontificalibus=--In full canonicals.

=In portu quies=--Rest in port. _M._

=In posse=--Possibly; in possibility.

=In practical life, the wisest and soundest men

avoid speculation.= _Buckle._

=In præsenti=--At present. 15

=In pretio pretium est; dat census honores, /

Census amicitias; pauper ubique jacet=--Worth

lies in wealth; wealth purchases honours,

friendships; the poor man everywhere is neglected.

_Ovid._

=In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; /

All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.=

_Pope._

=In principatu commutando, civium / Nil præter

domini nomen mutant pauperes=--In a change

of masters the poor change nothing except their

master's name. _Phædr._

=In private grieve, but with a careless scorn; /

In public seem to triumph, not to mourn.=

_Granville._

=In proportion as one simplifies his life, the= 20

=laws of the universe will appear less complex,

and solitude will not be solitude, nor

poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.=

_Thoreau._

=In propria persona=--In person.

=In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.=

_Dut. Pr._

=In prosperity no altars smoke.= _It. Pr._

=In puris naturalibus=--Stark naked.

=In quietness and in confidence shall be your= 25

=strength.= _Bible._

=In quite common things much depends on

choice and determination, but the highest

which falls to our lot comes from no man

knows whence.= _Goethe._

=In radiant, all-irradiating insight, a burning

interest, and the glorious, melodious, perennial

veracity that results from these two,

lies the soul of all worth in all speaking

men.= _Carlyle._

=In re=--In the matter of.

=In referenda gratia, debemus imitari agros

fertiles qui plus multo afferunt quam acceperunt=--In

repaying kindness, we ought to imitate

fertile lands, which give back much more than

they have received. _Cic._

=In regard to a book, the main point is what it= 30

=brings me, what it suggests to me.= _Goethe._

=In regard to virtue, each one finds certainty

by consulting his own heart.= _Renan._

=In religion as in friendship, they who profess

most are ever the least sincere.= _Sheridan._

=In religion, the sentiment is all; the ritual or

ceremony indifferent.= _Emerson._

=In religion / What damnéd error but some

sober brow / Will bless it and approve it

with a text?= _Mer. of Ven._, iii. 2.

=In rerum natura=--In the nature of things. 35

=In resolving to do our work well, is the only

sound foundation of any religion whatsoever;

and by that resolution only, and what we

have done, and not by our belief, Christ will

judge us, as He has plainly told us He will.=

_Ruskin._

=In reverence is the chief joy and power of life.=

_Ruskin._

=In Rome the Ten Commandments consist of

the ten letters, Da pecuniam, Give money.=

_C. J. Weber._

=In sæcula sæculorum=--For ages and ages; for

ever and ever.

=In sanguine fœdus=--A covenant ratified in blood. 40

_M._

=In saying aye or no, the very safety of our

country and the sum of our well-being lies.=

_L'Estrange._

=In science read the newest works; in literature,

the oldest.= _Bulwer Lytton._

=In science the new is an advance; but in

morals, as contradicting our inner ideals

and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.=

_Jean Paul._

=In science we have to consider two things:

power and circumstance.= _Emerson._

=In se magna ruunt=--Great interests are apt to 45

clash with each other. _Lucan._

=In seipso totus, teres, atque rotundus=--Perfect

in himself, polished, and rounded. _Hor._

=In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.=

_Emerson._

=In serum rem trahere=--To protract the discussion,

or the sitting, to a late hour. _Livy._

=In service, care or coldness / Doth ratably thy

fortunes mar or make.= _George Herbert._

=In situ=--In its original position. 50

=In small proportion we just beauties see, /

And in short measures life may perfect be.=

_Ben Jonson._

=In so complex a thing as human nature, we

must consider it hard to find rules without

exceptions.= _George Eliot._

=In solitude the mind gains strength and learns

to lean upon itself.= _Sterne._

=In solo Deo salus=--Salvation in God alone. _M._

=In solo vivendi causa palato est=--To gratify the 55

palate is the sole object of their existence. _Juv._

=In some men a certain mediocrity of mind

helps to make them wise.= _La Bruyère._

=In some men there is a malignant passion to

destroy the works of genius, literature, and

freedom.= _Junius._

=In some sort, love is greater than God.= _Jacob

Böhme._

=In some things all, in all things none, are

crossed.= _R. Southwell._

=In spite of all his faults, there is no creature= 60

=worthier of affection than man.= _Goethe._

=In spite of all misfortunes, there is still enough

to satisfy one.= _Goethe._

=In spite of all the evil that is said of the unfortunates,

kings sometimes have their good

qualities too.= _The Miller of Sans Souci._

=In spite of seeming difference, men are all of

one pattern.= _Emerson._

=In statu quo=--In the state in which it was.

=In stinting wisdom, greatest wisdom lies.= _Sir_ 5

_Richard Baker._

=In such a world as this a man who is rich in

himself is like a bright, warm, happy room at

Christmastide, while without are the frost and

snow of a December night.= _Schopenhauer._

=In taking revenge, a man is but even with his

enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.=

_Not traceable._

=In tale or history your beggar is ever the

first antipode to your king.= _Lamb._

=In tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria=--Slight is

the subject of my work, but not the glory. _Virg._

=In terrorem=--As a warning. 10

=In that fire-whirlwind= (of the burning of the

world-Phoenix), =creation and destruction proceed

together; ever as the ashes of the old

are blown out, do organic filaments of the

new mysteriously spin themselves; and amid

the rushing and waving of the whirlwind

element come tones of a melodious death-song,

which end not but in tones of a more

melodious birth-song.= _Carlyle._

=In the adversity of our best friends we always

find something that does not altogether displease

us.= _La Roche._

=In the balance, hero dust / Is vile as vulgar

clay: / Thou, mortality, art just / To all that

pass away.= _Byron._

=In the breast of every single man there

slumbers a frightful germ= (_Keim_) =of madness=

(_Wahnsinn_). _Feuchtersleben._

=In the career of nations no less than of men,= 15

=the error of their intellect and the hardening

of their hearts may be accurately measured

by their denial of spiritual power.= _Ruskin._

=In the catalogue ye go for men.= _Macb._, iii. 1.

=In the childhood of nations speaking was singing;

let this be repeated in the childhood of

the individual.= _Jean Paul._

=In the coldest flint there is hot fire.= _Pr._

=In the confidence of youth man imagines that

very much is under his control; in the disappointment

of old age, very little.= _Draper._

=In the darkest spot on earth / Some love is= 20

=found.= _Procter._

=In the degree in which you delight in the life

of any creature, you can see it; not otherwise.=

_Ruskin._

=In the denial of self is the beginning of all

that is truly generous and noble.= _Carlyle._

=In the destitution of the wild desert does our

young Ishmael acquire for himself the highest

of all possessions, that of self-help.= _Carlyle._

=In the divine commandment, "Thou shalt

not steal," if well understood, is comprised

the whole Hebrew decalogue, with Solon's

and Lycurgus's constitutions, Justinian's

pandects, the Code Napoleon, and all codes,

catechisms, divinities, moralities whatsoever

that man has devised (and enforced

with altar-fire and gallows-ropes) for his

social guidance.= _Carlyle._

=In the division of the inheritance, friendship= 25

=standeth still.= _Dut. Pr._

=In the dullest existence there is a sheen of

inspiration or of madness (thou partly hast it

in thy choice which of the two) that gleams

in from the circumambient eternity, and

colours with its own hues our little islet

of time.= _Carlyle._

=In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible.=

_Goethe._

=In the end / Things will mend.= _Pr._

=In the end we retain from our studies only that

which we practically apply.= _Goethe._

=In the evening one may praise the day.= _Pr._ 30

=In the exact proportion in which men are bred

capable of warm affection, common-sense,

and self-command, and are educated to love,

to think, and to endure, they become noble,

live happily, die calmly, are remembered

with perpetual honour by their race, and

for the perpetual good of it.= _Ruskin._

=In the eye of the Supreme, dispositions hold

the place of actions.= _Blair._

=In the face of every human being his history

stands plainly written, his innermost nature

steps forth to the light; yet they are the

fewest who can read and understand.= _Bodenstedt._

=In the fact that hero-worship exists, has existed,

and will for ever exist universally among

mankind, mayest thou discern the cornerstone

of living rock, whereon all politics for

the remotest time may stand secure.= _Carlyle._

=In the family where the house-father rules= 35

=secure, there dwells the peace= (_Friede_) =which

thou wilt in vain seek for elsewhere in the

wide world outside.= _Goethe._

=In the field none other can supply our place,

each must stand alone,--on himself must

rely.= _Schiller._

=In the fine arts, as in many other things, we

know well only what we have not learned.=

_Chamfort._

=In the fog of good and evil affections, it is

hard for man to walk forward in a straight

line.= _Emerson._

=In the godlike only has man strength and

freedom.= _Carlyle._

=In the good as well as in the evil of life, less= 40

=depends upon what befalls us than upon the

way in which we take it.= _Schopenhauer._

=In the great duel= (of opinion), =Nature herself

is umpire, and does no wrong.= _Carlyle._

=In the great hand of God I stand.= _Macb._,

ii. 3.

=In the grimmest rocky wildernesses of existence

there are blessed well-springs, there

is an everlasting guiding star.= _Carlyle._

=In the hands of genius the driest stick becomes

an Aaron's rod, and buds and blossoms

out in poetry.= _H. N. Hudson._

=In the husband, wisdom; in the wife, gentleness.= 45

_Pr._

=In the interchange of thought use no coin but

gold and silver.= _Joubert._

=In the land of promise a man may die of hunger.=

_Dut. Pr._

=In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves for

a bright manhood, there is no such word as

fail.= _Bulwer Lytton._

=In the meanest hut there is a romance, if you

knew the hearts there.= _Varnhagen von Ense._

=In the midst of life we are in death.= _Burial

Service._

=In the midst of the sun is the light, in the

midst of the light is the truth, and in the

midst of the truth is the imperishable being.=

_The Vedas._

=In the mind, as in a field, though some things

may be sown and carefully brought up, yet

what springs naturally is the most pleasing.=

_Tac._

=In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the= 5

=heart.= _Ger. Pr._

=In the modesty of fearful duty / I read as much

as from the rattling tongue / Of saucy and

audacious eloquence.= _Mid. Night's Dream_,

v. 1.

=In the morning mountains; / In the evening

fountains.= _Herbert's Coll._

=In the morning of life, work; in the mid-day,

give counsel; in the evening, pray.= _Gr.

saying._

=In the morning sow thy seed, and in the

evening withhold not thine hand: for thou

knowest not whether shall prosper, either

this or that, or whether they both shall be

alike good.= _Bible._

=In the multitude of words there wanteth not= 10

=sin.= _Bible._

=In the ordinary concerns of life, moral energy

is more serviceable than brilliant parts;

while in the more important, these latter are

of little weight without it, evaporating only

in brief and barren flashes.= _Prescott._

=In the perishable petals of the flower there

resides more spirit and life than in the

lumpish granite boulder that has defied the

tear and wear of thousands of years.= _Feuerbach._

=In the place where the tree falleth, there it

shall lie.= _Bible._

=In the pursuit of intellectual pleasure lies every

virtue; of sensual, every vice.= _Goldsmith._

=In the religion of Christ, as in the philosophy= 15

=of Hegel, the negative principle is the creative,

or determinative, principle. Christianity

begins in No, subsists in No, and survives in

No, to the spirit of the world; this it at first

peremptorily spurns, and then calmly disregards

as of no account.= _Ed._

=In the same measure in which you wish to

receive, you must give. If you wish for a

whole heart, give a whole life.= _Rückert._

=In the smallest cottage there is room enough

for two lovers.= _Schiller._

=In the spiritual world, as in the astronomical,

it is the earth that turns and produces the

phenomena of the heavens.= _Carlyle._

=In the spiritual world there is properly no in

and no out.= _Jean Paul._

=In the state nobody can enjoy life in peace,= 20

=but everybody must govern; in art, nobody

will enjoy what has been produced, but

every one wants to reproduce on his own

account.= _Goethe._

=In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy

bread.= _Bible._

=In the true Utopia, man will rather harness

himself with his oxen to his plough, than

leave the devil to drive it.= _Ruskin._

=In the unhappy man forget the foe.= _Addison._

=In the utmost solitudes of Nature, the existence

of hell seems to me as legibly declared

by a thousand spiritual utterances as

that of heaven.= _Ruskin._

=In the way of righteousness is life; and in the= 25

=pathway thereof there is no death.= _Bible._

=In the wilderness of life there are springs and

palm-trees.= _S. Lover._

=In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue.=

_Thoreau._

=In the works of many celebrated authors men

are mere personifications. We have not a

jealous man, but jealousy; not a traitor,

but perfidy; not a patriot, but patriotism.

The mind of Bunyan, on the contrary, was

so imaginative that personifications, when

he dealt with them, became men.= _Macaulay._

=In the world's opinion marriage, as in a play,

winds up everything; whereas it is, in

fact, the beginning of everything.= _Mme.

Swetchine._

=In the world-strife now waging, the victory= 30

=cannot be by violence; and every conquest

under the Prince of War retards the standards

of the Prince of Peace.= _Ruskin._

=In the wreck of noble lives / Something immortal

still survives.= _Longfellow._

=In theatro ludus=--Like a scene at a play.

=In these days, whether we like it or not, the

power is with the tongue.= _Lord Salisbury._

=In these sick days, when the born of heaven

first descries himself in a world such as ours,

richer than usual in two things, in truths

grown obsolete, and trades grown obsolete--what

can the fool think but that it is all

a den of lies, wherein whoso will not speak

lies and act lies must stand idle and despair?=

_Carlyle._

=In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers= 35

=are our fortresses.= _Heine._

=In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is

sane who does not know how to be insane

on proper occasions.= _A. B. Alcott._

=In things that may have a double sense, it is

good to think the better was intended; so

shall we still both keep our friends and quietness.=

_Feltham._

=In this blunder still you find, / All think their

little set mankind.= _Hannah More._

=In this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only

for God and angels to look on.= _Pythagoras._

=In this wild element of a life, man has to= 40

=struggle onwards; now fallen, deep-abased;

and ever, with tears, repentance, with bleeding

heart, he has to rise again, struggle

again, still onwards. That his struggle be

a faithful, unconquerable one--that is the

question of questions.= _Carlyle._

=In this world, full often our joys are only the

tender shadows which our sorrows cast.=

_Ward Beecher._

=In this world it is not what we take up, but

what we give up, that makes us rich.= _Ward

Beecher._

=In this world there is one godlike thing, the

essence from first to last of all of godlike in

it--the veneration done to human worth by

the hearts of men.= _Carlyle._

=In thy breast are the stars of thy fate.= _Schiller._

=In thy thriving still misdoubt some evil: / Lest= 45

=gaining gain on thee, and make thee dim /

To all things else.= _George Herbert._

=In time comes he whom God sends.= _Herbert's

Coll._

=In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.=

_Much Ado_, i. 1.

=In time we hate that which we often fear.=

_Ant. and Cleop._, i. 3.

=In times of anarchy one may seem a despot in

order to be a saviour.= _Mirabeau._

=In times of danger it is proper to be alarmed= 5

=until danger be near at hand; but when

we perceive that danger is near, we should

oppose it as if we were not afraid.= _Hitopadesa._

=In times of misfortune men's understandings

even are sullied.= _Hitopadesa._

=In times of necessity the words of the wise

are worthy to be observed.= _Hitopadesa._

=In too much disputing truth is lost.= _Fr. Pr._

=In totidem verbis=--In so many words.

=In toto=--In the whole; entirely. 10

=In toto et pars continetur=--In the whole the

part also is contained.

=In transitu=--In passing.

=In treachery it is not the fraud, but the

cold-heartedness, that is chiefly dreadful.=

_Ruskin._

=In trinitate robur=--My strength lies in trinity (or

triunity). _M._

=In true marriage lies / Nor equal, nor unequal:= 15

=each fulfils / Defect in each, and always

thought in thought, / Purpose in purpose,

will in will, they grow, / The single pure and

perfect animal, / The two-cell'd heart beating,

with one full stroke, / Life.= _Tennyson._

=In turbas et discordias pessimo cuique plurima

vis=--In seasons of tumult and discord, the worst

men have the greatest power. _Tac._

=In unoquoque virorum bonorum habitat Deus=--God

has his dwelling within every good man.

_Sen._

=In usum Delphini=--For the use of the Dauphin.

=In utero=--In the womb.

=In utramvis dormire aurem=--To sleep on both 20

ears, _i.e._, soundly, as no longer needing to keep

awake. _Pr._

=In utraque fortuna paratus=--Prepared in any

change of fortune. _M._

=In utroque fidelis=--Faithful in both. _M._

=In vacuo=--In empty space.

=In vain do they talk of happiness who never

subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle.=

_Horace Mann._

=In vain does the mill clack / If the miller his= 25

=hearing lack.= _Herbert's Coll._

=In veritate religionis confido=--I confide in the

truth of religion. _M._

=In veritate victoria=--Victory lies with the truth.

_M._

=In vino veritas=--There is truth in wine; that is,

the truth comes out under its influence.

=In vitium ducit culpæ fuga=--In flying from one

vice we are sometimes led into another. _Hor._

=In water you may see your own face; in wine= 30

=the heart of another.= _Pr._

=In well-regulated civil society there is scarcely

a more melancholy suffering to be undergone

than what is forced on us by the neighbourhood

of an incipient player on the flute or

violin.= _Goethe._

=In wenig Stunden / Hat Gott das Rechte

gefunden=--God takes but a short time to find

out the right. _Goethe._

=In wonder all philosophy began; in wonder it

ends; and admiration fills up the interspace.=

_Coleridge._

=In wonder the spirits fly not as in fear, but

only settle.= _Bacon._

=In working well, if travail you sustain, / Into= 35

=the wind shall lightly pass the pain, / But of

the deed the glory shall remain.= _Nicholas

Grimwald._

=In works of labour or of skill, / I would be

busy too, / For Satan finds some mischief

still / For idle hands to do.= _Watts._

=In writing readily, it does not follow that you

write well; but in writing well, you must be

able to write readily.= _Quinct._

=In your own country your name, in other countries

your appearance.= _Heb. Pr._

=In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare.=

_Pope, after Homer._

=In youth it is too early, in old age it is too late= 40

=to marry.= _Diogenes._

=In youth, one has tears without grief; in age,

grief without tears.= _Jean Paul._

=Inactivity cannot be led to good.= _Hannah

More._

=Inanis verborum torrens=--An unmeaning torrent

of words. _Quinct._

=Incedis per ignes / Suppositos cineri doloso=--You

are treading on fire overlaid by treacherous

ashes. _Hor._

=Incedit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim=--He 45

falls into Scylla in struggling to escape

Charybdis. _Pr._

=Incendit omnem feminæ zelus domum=--The

jealousy of a woman sets a whole house in a

flame. _Pr._

=Incense is a tribute for gods only but a poison

for mortals.= _Goethe._

=Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis, /

Purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus

et alter / Adsuitur pannus=--Oftentimes to lofty

beginnings and such as promise great things, one

or two purple patches are stitched on in order to

make a brilliant display. _Hor._

=Incerta hæc si tu postules / Ratione certa

facere, nihilo plus agas, / Quam si des

operam ut cum ratione insanias=--If you

require reason to make that certain which is

uncertain, you are simply attempting to go mad

by the rules of reason. _Ter._

=Incerta pro nullis habetur=--What is uncertain 50

is to be treated as non-extant. _L._

=Incerti sunt exitus belli=--The results of war are

uncertain. _Cic._

=Incertum est quo te loco mors expectet; itaque

in omni loco illam expecta=--It is uncertain in

what place death awaits you; be ready for it

therefore in every place. _Sen._

=Incessant scribbling is death to thought.= _Carlyle._

=Incessu patuit Dea=--By her gait the goddess

stood revealed. _Virg._

=Incidents ought not to govern policy; but= 55

=policy, incidents.= _Napoleon._

=Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius=--The mention

by name of the one implies the exclusion

of the other. _L._

=Incoctum generoso pectus honesto=--A heart

imbued with generous honour. _Pers._

=Inconsiderate persons do not think till they

they speak; or they speak, and then think.=

_Judge Hale._

=Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes

of circumstances, are often justifiable.= _Daniel

Webster._

=Increased means and increased leisure are the

two civilisers of men.= _Disraeli._

=Incrédules les plus crédules=--The incredulous 5

are the most credulous. _Pascal._

=Incudi reddere=--To return to the anvil, _i.e._, to

improve, or recast. _Hor._

=Inde datæ leges ne fortior omnia posset=--Laws

have been ordained to the end that the stronger

may not have everything their own way. _L._

=Inde iræ et lacrimæ=--Hence rage and tears.

_Juv._

=Indecision and delay are the parents of failure.=

_Canning._

=Independence, in all kinds, is rebellion; if unjust= 10

=rebellion, why parade it and everywhere

prescribe it.= _Carlyle._

=Independence, in all kinds, is rebellion. Were

your superiors worthy to govern, and you

worthy to obey, reverence for them were

even your only possible freedom.= _Carlyle._

=Independence, like honour, is a rocky island

without a beach.= _Napoleon._

=Independence you had better cease to talk of,

for you are dependent not only on every act

of people whom you never heard of, who are

living round you, but on every past act of

what has been dust for a thousand years.=

_Ruskin._

=Index expurgatorius=--An expurgatory index.

=Indica tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem /= 15

=Perpetuam: sævis inter se convenit ursis. /

Ast homini ferrum letale incude nefanda /

Produxisse parum est=--The Indian tigers

live in perpetual peace with each rabid tigress;

savage bears agree among themselves, but man

without remorse beats out the deadly sword on

the accursed anvil. _Juv._

=Indictum sit=--Be it unsaid.

=Indigestion is the devil--nay, 'tis the devil

and all. It besets a man in every one of

his senses.= _Burns._

=Indigna digna habenda sunt hæres quæ facit=--Things

unbecoming are to be held becoming

if the master does them. _Plaut._

=Indignant good sense is often the perfection

of absurdity.= _Thackeray._

=Indignante invidia florebit justus=--The just 20

man will prosper in spite of envy. _M._

=Indigne vivit per quem non vivit alter=--He by

whom another does not live does not deserve

to live.

=Indignor quidquam reprehendi, non quia

crasse / Compositum, illepideve putetur,

sed quia nuper=--I feel indignant when a work

is censured not as uncouth or rough, but as

new.

=Individuality is everywhere to be spared and

respected, as the root of everything good.=

_Jean Paul._

=Individuality is of far more account than

nationality.= _Schopenhauer._

=Individually man is a weak being, but strong= 25

=in union with others.= _Herder._

=Individuals may form communities, but it is

institutions alone can create a nation.= _Disraeli._

=Individuals must be modest, but modesty degrades

nations.= _Gioberti._

=Indocilis pauperiem pati=--One that cannot learn

to bear poverty. _Hor._

=Indocilis privata loqui=--Incapable of betraying

secrets. _Lucan._

=Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti=--Let 30

the ignorant learn, and the learned take

pleasure in refreshing their remembrance. _President

Hénault, after Pope._

=Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.=

_Rivarol._

=Indolence is the paralysis of the soul.= _Lavater._

=Indolence is the sleep of the mind.= _Vauvenargues._

=Industria floremus=--By industry we flourish. _M._

=Industriæ nil impossibile=--Nothing is impossible 35

to industry.

=Industry is Fortune's right hand, and Frugality

her left.= _Pr._

=Industry is the parent of success.=

=Industry is the parent of virtue.=

=Industry need not wish.= _Ben. Franklin._

=Indutus virtute ab alto=--Anointed with virtue 40

from above.

=Inest et formicæ sua bilis=--Even the ant has its

bile.

=Inest sua gratia parvis=--Even little things have

a grace of their own.

=Inest virtus et mens interrita lethi=--He has

a valiant heart and a soul undaunted by death.

_Ovid._

=Infancy is the perpetual Messiah, which comes

into the arms of fallen men, and pleads with

them to return to Paradise.= _Emerson._

=Infancy presents body and spirit in unity; the= 45

=body is all animated.= _Coleridge._

=Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem=--Indescribable,

O Queen, is the grief you bid me

renew. _Virg._

=Infecta pace=--Without effecting a peace. _Ter._

=Inferior poetry is an injury to the good, inasmuch

as it takes away the freshness of

rhymes, blunders upon and gives a wretched

commonality to good thoughts, and, in

general, adds to the weight of human

weariness in a most woeful and culpable

manner.= _Ruskin._

=Infidelity is not always built upon doubt, for

this is diffident; nor philosophy always upon

wisdom, for this is meek; but pride is neither.=

_Colton._

=Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.= 50

_Mme. de Girardin._

=Infinite is the help man can yield to man.=

_Carlyle._

=Infinite pity, yet also infinite rigour of law;

it is so Nature is made.= _Carlyle._

=Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep

away a mist; but, by ascending a little,

you may often overlook it altogether.=

_Helps._

=Inflatum plenumque Nerone propinquo=--Puffed

up and full of his relationship to Nero. _Juv._

=Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your= 55

=power, for he may afterwards become your

friend.= _Saadi._

=Influence is to be measured not by the extent

of surface it covers, but by its kind.= _Channing._

=Infra dignitatem=--Beneath one's dignity.

=Ingenii largitor venter=--The belly is the bestower

of genius.

=Ingeniis patuit campus, certusque merenti /

Stat favor: ornatur propriis industria donis=--The

field is open to talent and merit is sure of

its reward. The gifts with which industry is

crowned are her own. _Claud._

=Ingenio facies conciliante placet=--When the 5

disposition wins us, the features please. _Ovid._

=Ingenio non ætate adipiscitur sapientia=--Wisdom

is a birth of Nature, not of years.

=Ingenio stat sine morte decus=--The honour

accorded to genius is immortal. _Propert._

=Ingeniorum cos æmulatio=--Rivalry is the whetstone

of talent.

=Ingenium ingens / Inculto latet hoc sub corpore=--A

great intellect lies concealed under

that uncouth exterior. _Hor._

=Ingenium mala sæpe movent=--Misfortunes often 10

stir up genius. _Ovid._

=Ingenium res adversæ nudare solent, celare

secundæ=--As a rule, adversity reveals genius,

and prosperity conceals it. _Hor._

=Ingens telum necessitas=--Necessity is a powerful

weapon.

=Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant=--They

have mighty souls at work within a stinted

body. _Virg._

=Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes / Emollit

mores, nec sinit esse feros=--A faithful study

of the liberal arts refines the manners and

corrects their harshness. _Ovid._

=Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem habebis=--Ungrateful 15

country, thou shalt not have even my

bones. _Scipio._

=Ingratis servire nefas=--To serve the ungrateful

is an offence to the gods.

=Ingratitude and compassion never cohabit in

the same breast.= _South._

=Ingratitude drieth up wells, / And time bridges

fells.= _Wodroephe._

=Ingratitude is a crime so shameful, that the

man was never yet found who would acknowledge

himself guilty of it.= (?)

=Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, / More= 20

=hideous, when thou show'st thee in a child, /

Than the sea-monster.= _King Lear_, i. 4.

=Ingratus est qui remotis testibus agit gratiam=--He

is an ungrateful man who is unwilling to

acknowledge his obligation before others. _Sen._

=Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet=--One

ungrateful man does an injury to all needy

people. _Pub. Syr._

=Inimicus et invidus vicinorum oculus=--An

enemy and an envious man is an eye over his

neighbour. _Pr._

=Iniqua nunquam regna perpetua manent=--Authority

founded on injustice is never of long

duration. _Sen._

=Iniquum est aliquem rei sui esse judicem=--It is 25

unjust that any one should be judge in his own

cause. _Coke._

=Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora ferme,

et finis inclinat=--The commencement of our

official duties is characterised by greater vigour

and alacrity, but towards the end they flag.

_Tac._

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them · 第 26 / 60 题

=Il faut payer de sa vie=--One must pay with his