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

Date:
1897
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    “ Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax quaesita videa- tur.” Cicero. De Officiis, I., 23, 80-8. “ We should so enter upon war as to show that our only desire is peace.” “ Paritur pax bello.” Cornelius Nepos. Epaminondas, V. “ Peace is begotten of war.” “ Bellum cum captivis et feminis gerere non soleo; armatus sit oportet, quem oderim.” Quintus Curtius. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, IV., 11, 17. “ I war not with captives and women ; he whom my hate pursues, must carry arms.” “ Bellum est enim sua vitia nosse.” Cicero. Ad Atticum, II., 17, 2. 11 It is a great thing to know our own vices.” “ Bellus homo et magnus vis idem, Cotta, videri; Sed qui bellus homo est, Cotta, pusillus homo est.” Martial. Epigrams, /., 9, 1 (/., 10, 1). “ Poor Cotta tries to seem at once a great man, and a pretty, But Cotta, sure, a pretty man is nothing else than petty.” “ Belua multorum es capitum.” Horace. Epistolae, /., 1, 76. Thou art a many-headed beast.” “ Bene consultum inconsultum est, si inimicis sit usui, Neque potest, quin, si id inimicis usui ’st, obsit mihi.” Plautus. Miles Gloriosus, Act III., Sc. /., 6.—(Palaestrio.) “ What is well advised is ill advised, The foe if it advantage ; it can’t be But me it hurteth, if it profit him.” —(Bonnell Thornton.) “ (Et) ‘Bene’ discedens dicet ‘ placideque quiescas,’ Terraque securae sit super ossa levis.” Tibullus. Elegies, II., 4, 49. “ Well may you rest, in peace and free’d from care, And may the earth lie light upon your bones.” “ Ossa quieta, precor, tuta requiescite in urna, Et sit humus cineri non onerosa tuo.” Ovid. Amores, III., 9, 67. “ Calm be your rest, and undisturbed your tomb ; Upon your ashes may the earth lie light.” “ Sit tibi terra levis, mollique tegaris arena.” Martial. Epigrams, IX., 30, 11. “ Light lie the soil upon you, soft be the earth that covers you.” “ Bene si amico feceris Ne pigeat fecisse ; ut potius pudeat si non feceris.” Plautus. Trinummus, Act II., Sc. II., 66.—(Lysiteles.) “ To show A kindness to a friend is not to blame ; ’Twere a shame rather not to do it .—{Bonnell Thornton.)