"(Nec audiendi sunt qui solent dicere) 'Vox populi, vox dei'; cum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit."

ALCUINUS. Epistolae, CLXVI., § 9. (Migne's Patrologiae Cursus, Vol. C., p. 191, a.)

"Nor should we listen to those who say, 'The voice of the people is the voice of God'; for the turbulence of the mob is closely allied to insanity."

"Recogitans illud proverbium 'Vox populi, vox Dei'." WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY. De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum, Lib. I. (Migne's Patrologiae Cursus, Vol. CLXXIX., p. 1451, B.) "Thinking over the old proverb, "The voice of the people is the voice of God'."

"(In aera sucus

Corporis omnis abit :) Vox tantum atque ossa supersunt.
Vox manet."

OVID. Metamorphoses, III., 398.—(The Story of Echo.) "The tender body vanished into air,

Naught but the voice survived her, and the bones;
Only the voice remains."

"Vulgare amici nomen, sed rara est fides."

PHAEDRUS. Fables, III., 9, 1.

"The name of friend is common, but a faithful friend is rare."

"Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat."

OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, II., 3, 8.

"The vulgar herd values friends according to their usefulness."

"Vulnera dum sanas, dolor est medicina doloris."

DIONYSIUS CATO. Disticha de Moribus, IV., 40.

"When thou art dressing wounds, pain is pain's medicine."

"Vult plane virtus honorem; nec est virtutis ulla alia merces. CICERO. De Republica, III., 28, 40. "Virtue truly desires honour; nor is there any other reward of virtue."

GREEK QUOTATIONS.

“Α γὰρ δεῖ μαθόντας ποιεῖν, ταῦτα ποιοῦντες μανθάνομεν.” ARISTOTLE. Ethica Nicomachea, II., 1, 4.

"What we have to learn to do we learn by doing."

“ Ο γὰρ μανθάνων κιθαρίζειν κιθαρίζων μανθάνει κιθαρίζειν.” ARISTOTLE. Metaphysica, VIII., 8.

"He who is learning the harp learns the harp by harping."

“Α γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς

πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,

πολλοῖς δ ̓ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων.”

SOPHOCLES. Antigone, 615.-(Chorus.)

"To many hope may come in wanderings wild,

A solace and a joy ;

To many, shows of fickle-hearted love.”—(Plumptre.)

“'Α δὲ χεὶρ τὴν χεῖρα νίζει· δός τι καί τι λάμβανε.”

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EPICHARMUS. Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 7.

"One hand washes the other; give and take.”

Δός τι καὶ λάβοις τι.”

PRODICUS. (Stobaeus, Florilegium, X., 34.)

Give something to get something."

“ ('Αλλ') & μοιριδία τις δύνασις δεινά ·

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οὔτ ̓ ἄν νιν ὄλβος, οὔτ ̓ Αρης, οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι κελαιναὶ ναες ἐκφύγοιεν.” SOPHOCLES. Antigone, 951.-(Chorus.) "But great and dread the might of destiny:

Nor tempest-storm, nor war,

Nor tower, nor dark-hulled ships

That sweep the sea, escape.”(Plumptre.)

Α πάσχοντες ὑφ' ἑτέρων ὀργίζεσθε, ταῦτα τοὺς ἄλλους μὴ ποιεῖτε.” ISOCRATES. Nicocles, XIII., 61. (Stephens, p. 39, c.)

"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others." “Α ποιεῖν αἰσχρὸν, ταῦτα νόμιζε μηδὲ λέγειν εἶναι καλόν.”

ISOCRATES. Ad Demonicum, IV., 15. (Stephens, p. 5, ▲.) "Remember that what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of."

“Α σταφυλὶς σταφίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ῥόδον αὖον ὀλεῖται.”

THEOCRITUS. Idylls, XXVII., 9. “The grapes are dried to raisins, and the rose will fade and die.” “Αβουλίᾳ τὰ πολλὰ βλάπτονται βρότοι.”

MENANDER, Monosticha, 15.

"Men's schemes are ruined oft by want of thought."

“Αγαθῆς γυναικός ἐστιν, ὦ Νικοστράτη, μὴ κρείττον ̓ εἶναι τἀνδρὸς, ἀλλ' ὑπήκοον, γυνὴ δὲ νικῶσ ̓ ἄνδρα κακόν ἐστιν μέγα.”

PHILEMON. Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 44.

“A good wife's duty 'tis, Nicostrates,

Not to command but to obey her spouse;

Most mischievous a wife who rules her husband."

“Αγαθὸν οὐ τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸ μηδὲ ἐθέλειν.”

DEMOCRITUS. Ethica, Fragment 38 (109).

"Goodness lies in abstaining not merely from injustice, but from the desire for injustice."

“Εχθρὸς οὐχ ὁ ἀδικέων μοῦνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ βουλόμενος.” DEMOCRITUS. Ethica, Fragment 39 (110).

"Not only he who wrongs you, but he who wishes to wrong you is your enemy."

“Ανὴρ δίκαιός ἐστιν, οὐχ ὁ μὴ ἀδικῶν,

ἀλλ' ὅστις ἀδικεῖν δυνάμενος μὴ βούλεται.”

PHILEMON. Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 10.

"Not 'honest' he who weakly does no wrong,

But he who will not do it when he's strong."-(F. A. Paley.)

“Αγάπα τὸν πλησίον.”

THALES. (Stobaeus, Florilegium, III., 79, e.)

"Love thy neighbour."

“Αγνοεῖς ὅτι τοῦ λόγου μέτρον ἐστὶν οὐχ ὁ λέγων, ἀλλ' ὁ ἀκούων ;” PLATO. (Stobaeus, Florilegium, XXXVI., 22.)

Do you
not know that the measure of the speech is with the listener, not
with the speaker ?”

“Αγροικός εἰμι τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγων.”

ANONYMOUS. (Meineke, Fragmenta Comicorum Anonymorum, 199.)

"I'm country-bred and call a tub a tub."

“Τα σῦκα σύκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγων.”

ANONYMOUS. (Lucian, Quomodo Historia sit conscribenda, 41.)

'Calling figs figs, and tubs tubs."

“ Σκαιούς (ἔφη) φύσει καὶ ἀγροίκους εἶναι Μακεδόνας καὶ τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγοντας.

PHILIP OF MACEDON. (Plutarch, Philippi Apophthegmata, 15.)

"The Macedonians are uncouth and boorish, and call a tub a tub."

Αγρυπνος ἔσο κατὰ νοῦν· συγγενὴς γὰρ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ θανάτου ὁ περὶ τοῦτον ὕπνος.”

PYTHAGORAS. (Stobaeus, Florilegium, I., 91.) "See that your mind be wakeful; for somnolence is here closely akin to death itself."

Αγωνίαι, δόξαι, φιλοτιμίαι, νόμοι,

ἅπαντα ταῦτ ̓ ἐπίθετα τῇ φύσει κακά.

MENANDER. Fabulae Incertae, Fragment V., 12.

"Such follies make not nature's burden light,

For thus we are weighted with imported ill;

Laws, strifes, and party views our cup of misery fill."

“Αδελφὸς ἀνδρὶ παρείη.”

-(F. A. Paley.)

PLATO. Republic, II., 6. (Stephens, p. 362, D.)—(Socrates.) "Let brother help brother."-(Jowett.)

«"Αδηλα γὰρ τὰ τῶν πολέμων καὶ ἐξ ὀλίγου τὰ πολλὰ καὶ δι ̓ ὀργῆς αἱ ἐπιχειρήσεις γίγνονται.” THUCYDIDES, II., 11, 4.

"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

“Αδικεί πολλάκις ὁ μὴ ποιῶν τι, οὐ μόνον ὁ ποιῶν τι.”

MARCUS AURELIUS. Quod sibi ipsi scripsit, IX., 4. "Injustice is as often done by refraining from action as by action."

“Αδικον τὸ λυπεῖν τοὺς φίλους ἑκουσίως.”

MENANDER. Μonosticha, 9.

""Tis wrong to take delight in annoying our friends."

«Αδιον, ὦ ποιμὴν, τὸ τεὸν μέλος, ἢ τὸ καταχὲς τὴν ἀπὸ τᾶς πέτρας καταλείβεται ὑψόθεν ὕδωρ.

THEOCRITUS. Idylls, I., 7.

“Sweeter thy lay, Ο shepherd, than the sound
Of falling water from the rocks above."

“Αδύνατον οὖν πολλὰ τεχνώμενον ἄνθρωπον πάντα καλῶς ποιεῖν.” XENOPHON. Cyropaedia, VIII., 2, 5.

"It is not possible for a man who follows many arts to do everything well." “ Δύο δὲ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἢ δύο τέχνας ἀκριβῶς διαπονεῖσθαι σχεδὸν οὐδεμία φύσις ἱκανὴ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων.”

PLATO. Leges, VIII., 12. (Stephens, p. 846, D.)—(The Athenian.) 'Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly."-(Jowett.)

«Αδύνατον ἕνα πολλὰς καλῶς ἐργάζεσθαι τέχνας.”

PLATO. Republic, II. (Stephens, p. 374, s.)—(Socrates.)

"One man cannot practise many arts with success."—(Jowett.)

“Αδύνατον ὡς ἔοικε, τἀληθὲς λαθεῖν.”

MENANDER. Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 477.

“The truth, methinks, we nowise can conceal.”

“Αεὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα σκαιὸν ἰσχυρὸν φύσει ἧσσον δέδοικα τἀσθενοῦς τε καὶ σοφοῦ.”

EURIPIDES. Bellerophon, Fragment 9. "Strength with stupidity far less I fear Than weakness joined to wisdom.”

«Αεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι.”

SOPHOCLES. Fragment 763. "The dice of Zeus have ever lucky throws."-(Plumptre.)

“Αεὶ καλὸς πλοῦς ἔσθ ̓, ὅταν φεύγῃς κακά.”

SOPHOCLES. Philoctetes, 641.-(Philoctetes.) "Tis all fair sailing when thou flee'st from ill.”.(Plumptre.)

“Αεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν.”

ARISTOTLE. De Animalibus Historiae, VIII., 28, 7.

"Africa is always showing us something new."

“Αεί ΠΟΤΕ

χρόνια μὲν τὰ τῶν θεῶν πως, ἐς τέλος δ ̓ οὐκ ἀσθενῆ.”

EURIPIDES. Ion, 1614.-(Athena.)

"So it is still;

Slow the gods' hands haply are, but mightily at last fulfil.”

“Αεί τι βούλου χρήσιμον προσμανθάνειν.”

-(A. S. Way.)

SOPHOCLES. Fragment (Pthiotides) 622.

"Seek still to add fresh knowledge profitable."-(Plumptre.)

“Αεί τι καινὸν ἡμέρα παιδεύεται.” EURIPIDES. Fragment 1014. "Each day that dawns brings some new lesson with it."

“Αεροβατῶ καὶ περιφρονῶ τὸν ἥλιον.”

ARISTOPHANES. Clouds, 195.—(Socrates.) "I tread on air,

And look upon the sun."-(Wheelwright.)

"To the idle all days are holidays."

THEOCRITUS. Idylls, XV., 26.