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

Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo—It grows by moving, and gathers strength as it speeds on. Virg., of Fame.

Mobilium turba Quiritium—A crowd of fickle 15 citizens. Hor.

Mock me not with the name of free, when you have but knit up my chains into ornamental festoons. Carlyle.

Mockery is the fume of little hearts. Tennyson.

Moderari animo et orationi, cum sis iratus, non mediocris ingenii est—To be able to temper your indignation and language when you are angry is evidence of a chastened disposition. Cic.

Moderata durant—Things we use in moderation last long. Sen.

Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, 20 excessive grief the enemy to the living. All's Well, i. 1.

Moderate riches will carry you; if you have more, you must carry them. Pr.

Moderation and judgment are, for most purposes, more than the flash and the glitter even of genius. J. Morley.

Moderation is good, but moderation alone is no virtue (Tugend). Rückert.