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

Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esse senex—You must become an old man soon if you would be an old man long. Pr. in Cic.

Maulesel treiben viel Parlaren / Dass ihre 10 Voreltern Pferde waren—Mules boast much that their ancestors were horses. Ger. Pr.

Mauvaise honte—False shame. Fr.

Mauvaise langue—A slanderous tongue. Fr.

Mauvais pas—A scrape; a difficulty. Fr.

Mauvais sujet—A bad or worthless fellow. Fr.

Mauvais ton—Bad manners. Fr. 15

Maxim or aphorism, let us remember that this wisdom of life is the true salt of literature; that those books are most nourishing which are most richly stored with it, and that it is one of the main objects ... which men ought to seek in the reading of books. John Morley.

Maxima debetur pueris reverentia—The greatest respect is due to youth (lit. our boys). Juv.

Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes—The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity. Cic.