Nymph, in thy orisons / Be all my sins remembered. Ham., iii. 1.
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O banish the tears of children! Continual rains upon the blossoms are hurtful. Jean Paul.
O bitte um Leben noch! du fühlst, mit deinen 5 Mängeln, / Dass du noch wandeln kannst nicht unter Gottes Engeln—O still pray for life; thou feelest that with those faults of thine thou canst not walk among the angels of God. Rückert.
[Greek: ho bios brachys, hê de technê makrê]—Life is short, art is long. Gr.
O blicke nicht nach dem was jedem fehlt; / Betrachte, was noch einem jeden bleibt—O look not at what each comes short in; consider what each still retains. Goethe.
[Greek: ho bouletai, touth' hekastos kai oietai]—What each one wishes that he also thinks. Demosthenes.
O cæca nocentum / Consilia, O semper timidum scelus!—Oh, how infatuated are the counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly wickedness ever is! Statius.
O cives, cives, quærenda pecunia primum est; / 10 Virtus post nummos—O citizens, citizens, you must seek for money first, for virtue after cash. Hor.
O Corydon, Corydon, secretum divitis ullum / Esse putas? Servi ut taceant, jumenta loquentur, / Et canis, et postes, et marmora—O Corydon, Corydon, do you think anything a rich man does can be kept secret? Even if his servants say nothing, his beasts of burden, and dogs, and door-posts, and marble slabs will speak. Juv.