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

Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Addison.

Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem—Mix a little folly with your serious thoughts. Hor.

Miscellaneous reading avoid. Prof. Blackie to young men.

Mischief, thou art afoot; / Take thou what 20 course thou wilt. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.

Mise en scène—The getting up or putting in preparation for the stage. Fr.

Misera contribuens plebs!—The poor tax-paying people. Verböczy.

Misera est magni custodia census—The custody of a large fortune is a wretched business. Juv.

Misera est servitus ubi jus est aut vagum aut incognitum—Obedience to the law is a hardship where the law is either unsettled or unknown. L.

Miserable beyond all names of wretchedness 25 is that unhappy pair who are doomed to reduce beforehand to the principles of abstract reason all the details of each domestic day. Johnson.

Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari—An unhappy peace may be profitably exchanged for war. Tac.