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

March dust is a thing / Worth ransom of a 10 king. Old saw.

March winds and April showers. Pr.

Marchand qui perd ne peut rire—The dealer who loses is not the one to laugh. Dandin.

Marchandise de rencontre—Second-hand goods. Fr.

Marchandise qui plait est à demie vendue—Goods which please are half sold. Fr. Pr.

Mare apertum—A sea open to commerce. 15

Mare clausum—A sea closed to commerce.

Mare cœlo miscere—To confound sea and sky.

Mare ditat, rosa decorat—The sea enriches, the rose adorns. M.

Mare quidem commune certo est omnibus—The sea surely is common to all. Plaut.