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

Me judice—In my opinion or judgment.

Me justum esse gratis oportet—It is my duty 30 to show justice without recompense. Sen.

[Greek: Mê kaka kerdainein; kaka kerdea is' atêsin]—Do not make evil gains; evil gains are equal to losses. Hesiod.

[Greek: Mê kinei Kamarinan]—Don't stir Lake Camarina (otherwise pestilence).

Me miseram, quod amor non est medicabilis herbis!—Oh, unhappy me, that there should be no herbs to cure love!

Me nemo ministro / Fur erit—No one shall play the thief with my help. Juv.

Me non solum piget stultitiæ meæ, sed etiam 35 pudet—I am not only annoyed at my folly, I am ashamed of it. L.

Me, poor man, my library was dukedom large enough. Tempest, i. 1.

Me (they will kill) when they are mad, but you when they recover their reason. Phocion to Demosthenes, who had threatened him with death at the hands of his fellow-citizens.

Mea virtute me involvo—I wrap myself in my virtue. Hor.