Dictionary of quotations (classical) / by Thomas Benfield Harbottle.

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1897
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    ι8 AUDACTER CALUMNIARE—AUREUS HANC. “ Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret.” Bacon. De Augmentis Scientiarum, VIII., 2. “ Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick.” “ Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.” Horace. Odes, I., 3, 25. ‘ ‘ Daring all their goal to win, Men tread forbidden ground, and rush on sin.”—(Conington.) “ Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris, et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis ; probitas laudatur et alget.” Juvenal. Satires, I., 73. “ If you would be successful, something dare That shall deserve a little term in gaol ; For honesty is praised, and left to suffer.” “ Aude, hospes, contemnere opes, et te quoque dignum Finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis.” Virgil. JEneid, VIII., 364. “ Thou too take courage, wealth despise, And fit thee to ascend the skies, Nor be a poor man’s courtesies Rejected or disdained.”—(Conington.) “Audendo magnus tegitur timor.” Lucan. Pharsalia, IV., 702. “ A show of daring oft conceals great cowardice.” *« Auditis ? an me ludit amabilis Insania?” Horace. Odes, III., 4,5. ‘‘You hear me ? or is this the play Of fond illusion ? ”—(Conington.) “ Auferre, trucidare, rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant.” Tacitus. Agricola, XXX. “Robbery, murder, outrage are often dignified by the false name of gov- ernment. They make a solitude and call it peace.” Auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda Sobrius aula.” Horace. Odes, II., 10, 5. “ Who makes the golden mean his guide, Shuns miser’s cabin, foul and dark. Shuns gilded roofs, where pomp and pride Are envy’s mark.”—(Conington.) “ Aures nostras audita velocius quam lecta praetereunt.” Ausonius. Idyllia, III., Hesperio filio. “ Things that we hear pass quicker from our minds Than what we read.” “ Aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat.” Virgil. Georgies, II., 538. “ Thns golden Saturn lived his life on earth.”