Callida junctura—Skilful arrangement. Hor.
Call me what instrument you will, though you fret me, you cannot play on me. Ham., iii. 2.
Call not that man wretched who, whatever ills he suffers, has a child he loves. Southey, Coleridge.
Call not the devil; he will come fast enough without. Dan. Pr.
Call your opinions your creed, and you will 50 change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end. P. Brooks.
Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur. The vulgar, far from hiding their will, blab their wishes. A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire. Lavater.
Calumnies are sparks which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. Boerhaave.
Calumny is like the wasp which worries you; which it were best not to try to get rid of, unless you are sure of slaying it, for otherwise it will return to the charge more furious than ever. Chamfort.
Calumny will sear / Virtue itself: these shrugs, these hums and ha's. Winter's Tale, ii. 1.
Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit—The 55 camel begging for horns was deprived of his ears as well. Pr.