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

Privatus illis census erat brevis, / Commune magnum—Their private property was small, the public revenue great. Hor.

Privilegium est quasi privata lex—Privilege is 15 as it were private law. L.

Pro aris et focis—For our altars and our hearths.

Pro bono publico—For the public good.

Pro Christo et patria—For Christ and country. M.

Pro confesso—As confessed or admitted.

Pro Deo et rege—For God and king. M. 20

Pro et con.—For and against.

Pro forma—For form's sake.

Pro hac vice—For this turn; on this occasion.