Tertius e cœlo cecidit Cato—A third Cato has come down from heaven. Juv., in mockery.
[Greek: tês aretês hidrôta theoi proparoithen ethêkan]—The gods have placed sweat in front of virtue. Hesiod.
Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow; the force of it depends upon the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child. Johnson.
Tête-à-tête—Face to face; a private conversation. Fr.
Tête d'armée!—Head of the army! Last words 50 of Napoleon.
Tête de fou ne blanchit jamais—A fool's head never grows grey. Pr.
Teuer ist mir der Freund, doch auch den Feind kann ich nützen; / Zeigt mir der Freund, was ich kann, lehrt mich der Feind, was ich soll—Dear is to me the friend, yet can I make even my very foe do me a friend's part. My friend shows me what I can do; my foe teaches me what I should do. Schiller.
That action is not warrantable which either blushes to beg a blessing, or, having succeeded, dares not present a thanksgiving. Quarles.
That but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all here, / But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, / We'd jump the life to come. Macb., i. 7.
That carries anger as the flint bears fire; / Who, much enforcèd, shows a hasty spark, / And straight is cold again. Jul. Cæs., iv. 3.