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

Cato contra mundum—Cato against the world.

Cato esse, quam videri, bonus malebat—Cato would rather be good than seem good. Sallust.

Cattiva è quella lana, che non si può tingere—Bad is the cloth that won't dye. It. Pr.

Cattivo è quel sacco che non si puo rappezzare—Bad 5 is the sack that won't patch. It. Pr.

Cattle go blindfold to the common to crop the wholesome herbs, but man learns to distinguish what is wholesome (Heil) and what is poisonous (Gift) only by experience. Rückert.

Catus amat pisces, sed non vult tingere plantas—Puss likes fish, but does not care to wet her feet. Pr.

Causa causans—The Cause of causes.

Causa latet, vis est notissima—The cause is hidden, but the effect is evident enough. Ovid.

Causa sine qua non—An indispensable condition. 10

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact. Emerson.