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

Semel insanivimus omnes—We have all been at some time mad.

Semel malus, semper præsumitur esse malus—Once bad is to be presumed always bad. L.

Semen est sanguis Christianorum—The blood of us Christians is seed. Tertullian.

Semper ad eventum festinat—He always hastens 25 to the goal, or issue. M.

Semper Augustus—Always an enlarger of the empire. Symmachus.

Semper avarus eget; certum voto pete finem—The avaricious man is ever in want; let your desire aim at a fixed limit. Hor.

Semper bonus homo tiro—A good man is always green. Mart.

Semper eadem—Always the same. M.

Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, Æmiliane—If 30 you are poor, Emilian, you will always be poor. Mart.

Semper fidelis—Always faithful. M.