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

Mortalia acta nunquam Deos fallunt—The deeds of man never can be hid from the gods.

Mortalia facta peribunt, / Nedum sermonum stet honos et gratia vivax—All man's works must perish; how much less shall the power and grace of language long survive! Hor.

Mortality is beset on every side with crosses, and exposed to suffering every moment. Thomas à Kempis.

Mortalium rerum misera beatitudo—The miserable 5 bliss of all moral things. Boëthius.

Morte carent animæ, semperque priore relicta / Sede novis domibus vivunt habitantque receptæ—Souls are immortal; and admitted, after quitting their first abode, into new homes, they live and dwell in them for ever. Ovid.

Mortem effugere nemo potest!—No one can escape death.

Mortuo leoni et lepores insultant—Even hares insult a dead lion. Pr.

Mos pro lege—Usage, or custom, for law. L.

Moses and Mahomet were not men of speculation, 10 but men of action; and it is the stress they laid upon the latter that has given them the power they wield over the destinies of mankind. Renan.

Most authors steal their works, or buy. Pope.