Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Justum et tenacem propositi virum, / Non civium ardor prava jubentium, / Non vultus instantis tyranni / Mente quatit solida—Not the rage of the citizens commanding wrongful measures, not the aspect of the threatening tyrant, can shake from his firm purpose the man who is just and resolute. Hor.

Justus propositi tenax—A just man steadfast to his purpose. Hor.

Justus ut palma florebit—The just shall flourish as a palm tree. M.

Juvante Deo—By the help of God. M. 45

Juvenile vitium regere non posse impetum—It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. Sen.

K.

[Greek: Kadmeia nikê]—A Cadmæan victory, i.e., one in which the conquerors suffer as much as the conquered.

[Greek: Kai touto toi t' andreion, hê promêthia]—And forethought too is a manly virtue. Euripides.

[Greek: Kairon gnôthi]—Know your opportunity. Pittachus, one of the seven sages of Greece.

[Greek: Kakon anankaion]—A necessary evil. 50