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

Mal à propos—Ill-timed; unseasonable. Fr.

Mala causa silenda est—'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause. Ovid.

Mala fides—Bad faith.

Mala gallina, malum ovum—Bad hen, bad egg. Pr.

Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam—Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed. L.

Mala mali malo mala contulit omnia mundo—The jawbone of the evil one by means of an apple brought all evils into the world.

Mala mens, malus animus—Bad mind, bad 5 heart. Ter.

Mala merx hæc, et callida est—She's a bad bargain and a crafty one. Plaut.

Mala ultro adsunt—Misfortunes come unsought. Pr.

Maladie du pays—Home-sickness. Fr.