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

Bon ton—The height of fashion. Fr.

Bonum ego quam beatum me esse nimio dici 55 mavolo—I would much rather be called good than well off. Plaut.

Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno malo—Well if we see in the misfortune of another what we should shun ourselves. Pub. Syr.

Bonum est, pauxillum amare sane, insane non bonum est—It is good to be moderately sane in love; to be madly in love is not good. Plaut.

Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes—That supreme good at which we all aim. Lucret.

Bonus animus in mala re dimidium est mali—Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. Plaut.

Bonus atque fidus / Judex honestum prætulit 60 utili—A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honourable to the expedient. Hor.

Bonus dux bonum reddit militem—The good general makes good soldiers. L. Pr.

Bonus vir semper tiro—A good man is always a learner.

Bon vivant—A good liver. Fr.