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 uti scit, ei bona—Good to him who knows how to use it. Ter.

Qui veut la fin, veut les moyens—Who wills the end, wills the means. Fr. Pr.

Qui veut manger de noyeau, qu'il casse la noix—He that would eat the kernel must break the shell. Fr. Pr.

Qui veut mourir ou vaincre est vaincu rarement—He who is resolved to conquer or die is rarely conquered. Corneille.

Qui veut tener nette sa maison, / N'y mette ni femme, ni prêtre, ni pigeon—Let him who would keep his home clean, house in it neither woman, priest, nor pigeon. Fr. Pr.

Qui veut voyager loin ménage sa monture—He who has far to ride spares his horse. Racine.

Qui vit sans folie, n'est pas si sage qu'il croit—He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks. Fr. Pr.

Qui vive?—Who goes there? Fr. 5

Qui vult decipi, decipiatur—Let him be deceived who chooses to be deceived.

Quick at meat, quick at work, i.e. at that kind of work. Sc. Pr.