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

Captum te nidore suæ putat ille culinæ—He thinks he has caught you with the savoury smell of his kitchen. Juv.

Caput artis est, decere quod facias—The chief thing in any art you may practise is that you do only the one you are fit for. Pr.

Caput inter nubila condit—(Fame) hides her head amid the clouds. Virg.

Caput mortuum—The worthless remains; a ninny. 50

Caput mundi—The head of the world, i.e., Rome, both ancient and modern.

Cara al mio cuor tu sei, / Ciò ch'è il sole agli occhi miei—Thou art as dear to my heart as the sun to my eyes. It. Pr.

Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse. Dan. Pr.

Care is no cure, but rather a corrosive, / For things that are not to be remedied. 1 Hen. VI., iii. 3.

Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. Goethe.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, / And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Rom. and Jul., ii. 2.