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

Mens conscia recti—A mind conscious of rectitude. 45

Mens cujusque est quisque—The mind of the man is the man. M.

Mens immota manet; lachrymæ volvuntur inanes—His resolve remains unshaken; tears are shed in vain. Virg.

Mens interrita lethi—A mind undaunted by death. Ovid.

Mens invicta manet—The mind remains unsubdued.

Mens peccat, non corpus, et unde consilium 50 abfuit culpa abest—It is the mind that sins, not the body, and where there was no intention there is no criminality. Liv.

Mens sana in corpore sano—A sound mind in a sound body. Juv.

Mens sine pondere ludit—The mind is playful when unburdened.

Mensa et toro—From bed and board. L.

Menschenkenntniss ist Unglaube an Tugend und Redlichkeit—A knowledge of mankind tends to induce a want of faith in virtue and probity. C. J. Weber.