Di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli / 30 Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis —The gods be praised for having made me of a poor and humble mind, with a desire to speak but seldom and briefly.
— from 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 by Wood, James, Rev.
Wise, modest, pure, he honoured eld, His lips from lying tales withheld; Due reverence to the Bráhmans gave, And ruled each passion like a slave.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
SYN: Intermit, stop, desist, abstain, discontinue, quit, refrain, end, pause, leave off.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
Lusisti satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti; Tempus abire tibi est, ne potum largius quo Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius tas.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
Le métier d'éditeur se révèle ainsi beaucoup plus riche et plus large.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
La base Lexotor devrait pouvoir bénéficier dès ce mois-ci de la dernière version du logiciel TACTweb, ce qui rendra beaucoup plus riches et pertinentes les interrogations faites.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
“Well, I am not a great authority on literary questions, but I certainly do hold that Russian literature is not Russian, except perhaps Lomonosoff, Pouschkin and Gogol.”
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cela dit, cherchant le bonheur du roi et pour l'accomplissement de son désir, le fils puissant de Vibhándaka
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
What did that truculent young ruffian want with Rupert?" Erebus paused, looking earnestly round to the horizon for inspiration; then she dashed at the awkward subject with commendable glibness: "It was a pheasant in Great Deeping wood," she said.
— from The Terrible Twins by Edgar Jepson
Dominum de morte Marchisi inculpant, juro per Deum qui in æternum regnat, et per legem quam tenemus, quod in ejus morte culpam non habuit; est causa siquidem mortis Marchisi talis.
— from The History of the Assassins, Derived from Oriental Sources by Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von
One hillock near the road exhibited perpendicular laminæ of micaceous grit, which, on alighting from my horse and examining, I found to be flexible.
— from Travels in the interior of Brazil with notices on its climate, agriculture, commerce, population, mines, manners, and customs: and a particular account of the gold and diamond districts. by John Mawe
Substations of Skagway and Nome San Juan, P. R. Subport of Ponce Honolulu, Hawaii, including all ports El Paso, Texas Subports of Nagoles, Douglas, Waco, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, Hidalgo, and Brownsville; substations of San Antonio, Tucson, and Fort Worth Southern California: port of San Diego and substations of Los Angeles and Andrade 28 Immigration Statistics From 1820–1915 Immigrant Aliens came to this country 32,354,124 During the year ending June 30, 1914 1,218,480
— from Ports of Entry: Missionary Herald by Council of Women for Home Missions
In 1835-36 Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy had been publishing a moderately antislavery paper at St. Louis.
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon
The creek was partly dry, with high grass growing in it; but there were still some shallow pools, where a beautiful tortoise, resembling Emys picta , lived.
— from Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 2 by Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von
|
|