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

Undipped people may be as good as dipped, 35 if their hearts are clean. Ruskin's rendering of the faith of St. Martin.

Undique ad inferos tantundem viæ est—Descend by what way you will, you come at last to the nether world. Anaxagoras.

Une faute niée est deux fois commise—A fault denied is twice committed. Fr. Pr.

Une froideur ou une incivilité qui vient de ceux qui sont au-dessus de nous nous les fait haïr, mais un salut ou un sourire nous les réconcilie—A coldness or an incivility from such as are above us makes us hate them, but a salute or a smile quickly reconciles us to them.

Une grande âme est au-dessus de l'injustice, de la douleur, de la moquerie; et elle seroit invulnérable si elle ne souffroit par la compassion—A great soul is proof against injustice, pain, and mockery; and it would be invulnerable if it were not open to compassion.

Une nation boutiquière—A nation of shopkeepers. B. Barrère, Napoleon, of England.

Une once de vanité gâte un quintal de mérite—An ounce of vanity spoils a hundredweight of merit. Fr. Pr.

Une seule foi, une seule langue, un seul cœur—One faith, one tongue, one heart. Fr. Pr.

Une souris qui n'a qu'un trou est bientôt prise—A mouse that has only one hole is soon taken. Fr. Pr.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. 5 2 Hen. IV., iii. 1.