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

Omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari—All wise people ought to confer and hold converse with each other. Plaut.

Omnes una manet nox, / Et calcanda semel via lethi—One night awaits us all, and the path of death must once be trodden by us. Hor.

Omni ætati mors est communis—Death is common 5 to every age. Cic.

Omnia bonos viros decent—All things are becoming in good men. Pr.

Omnia conando docilis solertia vincit—By application a docile shrewdness surmounts every difficulty. Manilius.

Omnia cum amico delibera, sed de te ipso prius—Consult your friend on everything, but particularly on what affects yourself. Sen.

Omnia desuper—All things come from above. M.

Omnia ejusdem farinæ—All things are of the 10 same stuff, lit. grain. Pr.

Omnia fert ætas, animum quoque—Age carries all away, and the powers of the mind too. Virg.

Omnia Græce! / Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine—All things must be in Greek! when it is more shameful for our Romans to be ignorant of Latin. Juv.