Mais de quoi sont composées les affaires du monde? Du bien d'autrui—By of what is the business of the world made up? Of the wealth of other people. Béroalde Verville.
Maison d'arrêt—A jail, a prison. Fr.
Maison de force—A house of correction. Fr.
Maître Jacques—A handy fellow who is ready to 5 undertake all kinds of work. Fr.
Major e longinquo reverentia—Respect is greater at a distance. Tac.
Major famæ sitis est quam / Virtutis; quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam, / Præmia si tollas?—The thirst for fame is greater than that for virtue; for, if you take away its reward, who would embrace virtue? Juv.
Major hereditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus, quam a parentibus—A more valuable inheritance falls to each of us in our civil and legal rights than comes to us from our fathers. Cic.
Major privato visus, dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi imperasset—He was regarded as greater than a private individual so long as he remained one, and, by the consent of all, would have been deemed worthy to rule had he never ruled. Tac., of the Emperor Galba.
Major rerum mihi nascitur ordo—A greater 10 succession of events presents itself to my muse. Virg.
Major sum quam cui possit Fortuna nocere / Multaque ut eripiat, multo mihi plura relinquet. / Excessere metum mea jam bona—I am above being injured by fortune; though she snatch away much, more will remain to me. The blessings I now enjoy transcend fear. Ov.