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

Ut canis e Nilo—Like the dog by the Nile, i.e., drinking and running. Pr.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas—The will is commendable, though the ability may be wanting. Ovid.

Ut homines sunt, ita morem geras; / Vita quam sit brevis, simul cogita—As men are, so must you humour them. Think, at the same time, how short life is. Plaut.

Ut homo est, ita morem geras—As a man is, so 15 must you humour him. Ter.

Ut infra—As mentioned below.

Ut metus ad omnes, pœna ad paucos perveniret—That fear may reach all, punish but few. L.

Ut mos est—As the custom is. Juv.

Ut pictura, poësis—It fares with a poem as with a picture. Hor.

Ut placeas, debes immemor esse tui—That you 20 may please others you must be forgetful of yourself. Ovid.

Ut plerique solent, naso suspendis adunco / Ignotos—As is the way with most people, you turn up your nose at men of obscure origin. Hor.