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

Par le droit du plus fort—By the right of the strongest. Pr.

Par les mêmes voies on ne va pas toujours aux 15 mêmes fins—The same means do not always lead to the same ends. La Roche.

Par ma foi! l'âge ne sert de guère / Quand on n'a pas cela—By my faith, age serves but little if one has not that (brains). Molière.

Par manière d'acquit—For form's sake. Fr.

Par negotiis, neque supra—Equal to, and not above, his business. Tac.

Par nobile fratrum—A precious pair of brothers. Hor.

Par pari referto—Give him back tit for tat. Ter. 20

Par signe de mépris—In token of contempt. Fr.

Par ternis suppar—The two are equal to the three. M.

Par trop débattre la vérité se perd—The truth is sacrificed by too much disputation. Fr. Pr.