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

Oderunt hilarem tristes, tristemque jocosi, / 5 Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi—Sad men dislike a gay spirit, and the jocular a sad; the quick-witted dislike the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious. Hor.

Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore—Good men shrink from wrong out of love for virtue. Hor.

Odi profanum vulgus et arceo—I hate the profane rabble, and keep them far from me. Hor.

Odi puerulos præcoci ingenio—I hate boys of precocious talent. Cic.

Odi, vedi, e taci, se vuoi viver in pace—Listen, see, and say nothing, if you wish to live in peace. It. Pr.

Odia qui nimium timet, regnare nescit—He who 10 dreads hostility too much is unfit to bear rule. Sen.

Odimus accipitrem quia semper vivit in armis—I hate the hawk because he always lives in arms. Ovid.

Odium theologicum—Theological hatred; the animosity engendered by differences of theological opinion.

Odora canum vis—The sharp scent of the hounds. Virg.

O'ercome thyself, and thou may'st share / With Christ His Father's throne, and wear / The world's imperial wreath. Keble.