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

Ces discours sont fort beaux dans un livre—All 35 that would be very fine in a book, i.e., in theory, but not in practice. Boileau.

Ces malheureux rois / Dont on dit tant de mal, ont du bon quelquefois—Those unhappy kings, of whom so much evil is said, have their good qualities at times. Andrieux.

Ce sont les passions qui font et qui défont tout—It is the passions that do and that undo everything. Fontenelle.

Ce sont toujours les aventuriers qui font de grandes choses, et non pas les souverains des grandes empires—It is always adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. Montesquieu.

Cessante causa, cessat et effectus—When the cause is removed, the effect must cease also. Coke.

Cessio bonorum—A surrender of all one's property 40 to creditors. Scots Law.

C'est-à-dire—That is to say. Fr.

C'est dans les grands dangers qu'on voit les grands courages—It is amid great perils we see brave hearts. Regnard.

C'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur—It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. La Font.

C'est fait de lui—It is all over with him. Fr.