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

Caveat emptor—Let the buyer be on his guard. L.

Cave canem—Beware of the dog.

Cavendo tutus—Safe by caution. M.

Cave paratus—Be on guard while prepared. 25 M.

Caviare to the general. Ham., ii. 2.

Cease, every joy, to glimmer in my mind, / But leave,—oh! leave the light of hope behind! / What though my winged hours of bliss have been, / Like angel-visits, few and far between? Campbell.

Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, / And study help for that which thou lament'st. Two Gent. of Ver., iii. 1.

Cedant arma togæ—Let the military yield to the civil power (lit. to the gown). Cic.

Cedant carminibus reges, regumque triumphi—Kings, 30 and the triumphs of kings, must yield to the power of song. Ovid.

Cedat amor rebus; res age, tutus eris—Let love give way to business; give attention to business, and you will be safe. Ovid.