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

Date:
1897
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Credit: Dictionary of quotations (classical) / by Thomas Benfield Harbottle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DUM LICET—DUMTAXAT RERUM. “ Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus, Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis.” Horace. Satires, II., 6, 96. “ Then take, good sir, your pleasure while you may ; With life so short ’twere wrong to lose a day.”—(Conington.) “ Dum loquimur fugerit invida Aetas : carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.” Horace. Odes, I., 11, 7. “ In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebbed away. Seize the present; trust to-morrow e’en as little as you may.” —(Conington.) “ Dum novus errat amor, vires sibi colligat usu : Si bene nutrieris, tempore firmus erit. Quem taurum metuis, vitulum mulcere solebas ; Sub qua nunc recubas arbore, virga fuit. Nascitur exiguus, sed opes acquirit eundo, Quaque venit, multas accipit amnis aquas.” Ovid. De Arte Amandi, II., 339. “Young Love at first unfolds but feeble wings, But in his wanderings use will make them strong. The bull you fear, you petted as a calf, The tree that shades you was a sapling once. Small at its source, the river, as it flows, Gains strength and volume from each tiny rill.” “ Dum novus est, potius coepto pugnemus amori; Flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua.” Ovid. Heroides, XVII., 189. “ If ye would conquer Love, he must be fought At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop Of water, the new-kindled flame expires.” “ Dum pejora timentur Est in vota locus ; sors autem ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est, securaque summa malorum.” Ovid. Metamorphoses, XIV., 488. “ While worse may yet befall, there’s room for prayer, But when our fortune’s at its lowest ebb, We trample fear beneath our feet, and live Without a care for evil yet to come.” “ Dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt.” Horace. Satires, I., 2, 24. “ When fools would avoid a vice, they run into the opposite extreme.” “ Dumtaxat rerum magnarum parva potest res Exemplare dare, et vestigia notitiai.” Lucretius. De Rerum Natura, II., 121. “ In little things we may find great ones mirrored, And learn from them the path that leads to knowledge.”