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

Quot servi, tot hostes—So many servants you 20 maintain, so many enemies.

Quod sis esse velis, nihilque malis: / Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes—Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, neither fear nor wish for your last day. Mart.

Quod sursum volo videre—I wish to see that which is above. M.

Quod verum est, meum est—What is true belongs to me (whoever said it). Sen.

Quod verum tutum—What is true is safe. M.

Quod vide (or videas)—Which see. 25

Quondam his vicimus armis—We formerly conquered with these arms. M.

Quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum—There are as many thousands of different tastes of pursuits as there are individuals alive. Hor.

Quot cœlum stellas, tot habet tua Roma puellas—There are as many girls in your Rome as there are stars in the sky. Ovid.

Quotation confesses inferiority. Emerson.