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

Magna vis est, magnum nomen, unum et idem sentientis senatus—Great is the power, great the authority, of a senate which is unanimous in its opinions. Cic.

Magnæ felicitates multum caliginis mentibus 15 humanis objiciunt—Great and sudden prosperity has a deadening (lit. densely darkening) effect on the human mind. Sen.

Magnæ fortunæ comes adest adulatio—Adulation is ever the attendant on great wealth.

Magnanimiter crucem sustine—Bear up bravely under the cross. M.

Magnanimity is the good sense of pride, and the noblest way of acquiring applause. La Roche.

Magnanimity owes to prudence no account of its motives. Vauvenargues.

Magnas inter opes inops—Poor in the midst 20 of great wealth. Hor.

Magni animi est injurias despicere—It is the mark of a great mind to despise injuries. Sen.

Magni animi est magna contemnere, ac mediocria malle quam nimia—It is a sign of a great mind to despise greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. Sen.

Magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus, et cogitationem a consuetudine abducere—It argues a mind of great native force to be able to emancipate itself from the thraldom of the senses, and to wean its thoughts from old habits. Cic.