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 nescit dissimulare nescit vivere—He who knows not how to dissemble, knows not how to live.

Qui nil molitur inepte—One who never makes any unsuccessful effort. Hor.

Qui nil potest sperare, desperet nihil—Who can hope for nothing should despair of nothing. Sen.

Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet—If any man wish 15 to be idle, let him fall in love. Ovid.

Qui non est hodie, cras minus aptus erit—He who is not prepared to-day will be less ready to-morrow. Ovid.

Qui non laborat, non manducet—If any does not work, he shall not eat. Vulgate.

Qui non moderabitur iræ / Infectum volet esse, dolor quod suaserit et mens—He who does not restrain his anger will wish that undone which his irritation and temper prompted him to. Hor.

Qui non proficit, deficit—He who does not advance loses ground. Pr.

Qui non prohibet quod prohibere potest assentire 20 videtur—He who does not prevent what he can prevent is held to consent. L.

Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum, / Illuc unde negant redire quenquam—Who now is travelling along the darksome walk to the spot from which, they say, no one ever returns. Cat.