Quam inique comparatum est, hi qui minus habent / Ut semper aliquid addant divitioribus!—How unjust is the fate which ordains that those who have least should be always adding to the store of the more wealthy! Ter.
Quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia!—What 35 a wonderful revenue lies in thrift! Cic.
Quam parva sapientia regatur—Think with how little wisdom the world is governed.
Quam prope ad crimen sine crimine!—How near to guilt a man may approach without being guilty!
Quam temere in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam!—How rashly do we sanction a rule to tell against ourselves! Hor.
Quam veterrimus homini optimus est amicus—A man's oldest friend is his best. Plaut.
Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici / 40 Laudo tamen—Though distressed at the departure of my old friend, yet I commend him for going. Juv.
Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique—When he to whom a man speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics. Voltaire.
Quand l'aveugle porte la bannière, mal pour ceux qui marchent derrière—When the blind man bears the standard, pity those who follow. Fr. Pr.
Quand le peuple est en mouvement, on ne comprend pas par où le calme peut en y rentrer; et quand il est paisible, on ne voit pas par où le calme peut en sortir—When the people are in agitation, we do not understand how tranquility is to return; and when they are at peace, we do not see how tranquility can depart. La Bruyère.