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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    ADEO IN TENERIS—ADMONERI BONUS. Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est.” Virgil. Georgies, II., 272. “ Such force hath custom tender^plants upon.”—(J. B. Bose.) Adeo maxima quaeque ambigua sunt, dum alii quoquo modo audita pro compertis habent, alii vera in contrarium vertunt, et gliscit utrumque posteritate.” Tacitus. Annals, III., 19. ‘‘ So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.”—(Church and Brodribb.) “ Adeo res redit Si quis quid reddit, magna habenda ’st gratia.” Terence. Phormio, Act I., Sc. II., 5.—[Davus.) “ If a man pays you what he owes, you’re much Beholden to him.”—(George Coiman.) Adeo sanctum est vetus omne poema.” Horace. Epistolae, II., 1, 54. “ So holy a thing is every ancient poem.” Adeo virtutes iisdem temporibus optime aestimantur quibus facillime gignuntur.” Tacitus. Agricola, I. “Virtues are held in the highest estimation in the very times which most readily bring them forth.” “ Adeone homines immutarier Ex amore, ut non cognoscas eundem esse? ” Terence. Eunuchus, Act II., Sc. I., 19.—(Parmeno.) “ That love Should so change men, that one can hardly swear They are the same ! ”—(George Coiman.) Adhuc neminem cognovi poetam . . . qui sibi non optimus videretur. Sic se res habet; te tua, me delectant mea.” Cicero. Tusculanae Disputationes, V., 22, 63. “ I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself the greatest in the world. That is the way of things ; you take delight in your works, I in mine.” Adhuc sub judice lis est.” Horace. De Arte Poetica, 78. “ The case is still before the court.” Adhuc tua messis in herba est.” Ovid. Heroides, XVII., 263. “ Your harvest is still in the blade.” Adibo hunc, quem quidem ego hodie faciam hic arietem Phryxi: itaque tondebo auro usque ad vivam cutem.” Plautus. Bacchides, Act II., Sc. III., 7.—(Chrysalus.) “ I’ll go to him whom I intend to make Phrixus’s ram to-day: for of his gold I’ll shear him to the quick.”—[Bonnell Thornton.) Admoneri bonus gaudet; pessimus quisque correctorem asperrime patitur.” Seneca. De Ira, III., 36, 4. “ The good man loves reproof; the bad man will never bear correction patiently.”
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