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

Qui aime bien, châtie bien—Who loves well, chastises well. Fr. Pr.

Qui alterum incusat probri eum ipsum se intueri oportet—He who accuses another of improper conduct ought to look to himself. Plaut.

Qui aura esté une fois bien fol ne sera nulle autre fois bien sage—He who has once been very foolish will never be very wise. Montaigne.

Qui bene conjiciet, hunc vatem perhibeto optimum—Hold him the best prophet who forms the best conjectures.

Qui bene imperat, paruerit aliquando necesse 20 est—He who is good at commanding must have some time been good at obeying. Cic.

Qui brille au second rang s'éclipse au premier—He who shines in the second rank is eclipsed in the first. Fr. Pr.

Qui capit ille facit—He who takes it to himself has done it. Pr.

Qui commence et ne parfait, sa peine perd—He who begins and does not finish loses his pains. Fr. Pr.

Qui conducit—He who leads. M.

Qui craindra la mort n'entreprendra rien sur 25 moi: qui méprisera la vie sera toujours maître de la mienne—He who fears death will never take any advantage of me; but he who despises life will ever be master of mine. Henry IV. of France.