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

Ultima semper / Expectanda dies homini, dicique beatus / Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet—The last day must always be awaited by man, and no man should be pronounced happy before his death and his final obsequies. Ovid.

Ultima Thule—Remotest Thule. Virg.

Ultimatum—A final proposition or condition.

Ultimum moriens—The last to die or disappear. 5

Ultimus Romanorum—The last of the Romans.

Ultra posse nemo obligatur—Nobody can be bound to do beyond what he is able to do. L.

Ultra vires—Beyond the powers or rights possessed.

Um das Leben zu erkennen, muss man sich vom Leben absondern—To know life, a man must separate himself from life. Feuerbach.

Um einen Mann zu schätzen, muss man ihn / 10 Zu prüfen wissen—In order to estimate a man, one must know how to test him. Goethe.

Um Gut's zu thun, braucht's keiner Ueberlegung; / Der Zweifel ist's, der Gutes böse macht, / Bedenke nicht! gewähre wie du's fühlst—To do good needs no consideration; it is doubt that makes good evil. Don't reflect; do good as you feel. Goethe.