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

Quæ sint, quæ fuerint, quæ mox ventura trahantur—What is, what has been, and what shall in time be. Virg.

Quæ supra nos nihil ad nos—Things which are 15 above us are nothing to us. Pr.

Quæ sursum volo videre—I desire to see the things which are above. M.

Quæ te dementia cepit?—What madness has seized you? Virg.

Quæ virtus et quanta, boni, sit vivere parvo!—How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little! Hor.

Quæ volumus et credimus libenter, et quæ sentimus ipsi reliquos sentire putamus—What we wish we readily believe, and what we think ourselves we imagine that others think also. Cæs.

Quæque ipse miserrima vidi et quorum pars 20 magna fui—Unhappy scenes which I myself witnessed, and in which I acted a principal part. Virg.

Quære verum—Seek the truth. Pr.

Quærenda pecunia primum, / Virtus post nummos—Money must be sought for in the first instance; virtue after riches. Hor.

Quærens quem devoret—Seeking some one to devour. M.