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

Minima de malis—Of two evils choose the least. 45 Pr.

Minister flicken am Staate, / Die Richter flicken am Rate, / Die Pfarrer an dem Gewissen, / Die Aerzte an Händen und Füszen! O Jobsen! was flickest denn du? / Weit besser! Gerissene Schuh!—Ministers cobble away at the state, judges at the law, parsons at the conscience, doctors at our hands and feet; what cobblest thou at, friend Jobson? Far better—shoes that have been torn. Weisse.

Minor est quam servus, dominus qui servos timet—A master who fears his servants is lower than a servant.

Minorities lead and save the world, and the world knows them not till long afterwards. John Burroughs.

Minuentur atræ / Carmine curæ—Black care will be soothed by song. Hor.

Minuit præsentia famam—Acquaintanceship lessens fame. Claud.

Minus afficit sensus fatigatio quam cogitatio—Bodily fatigue affects the mind less than intense thought. Quinct.

Minuti / Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas / Ultio—Revenge is ever the delight of a stinted and weak and petty mind. Juv.

Minutiæ—Trifles; minute details. 5

Mir gäb' es keine gröss're Pein, / Wär' ich im Paradies allein—There were for me no greater torment than to be in Paradise alone. Goethe.