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

Utendum est ætate; cito pede labitur ætas—We must make use of time; time glides past at a rapid pace. Ovid.

Uterque bonus belli pacisque minister—A good administrator equally in peace or in war. Ovid.

Utile dulci—The useful with the agreeable.

Utinam tam facile vera invenire possem, quam 35 falsa convincere!—Would that I could as easily find out the true as I can detect the false. Cic.

Utopia—An imaginary republic nowhere existing.

Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad famam protulerat—While other men have attained to fame by their industry, this man has by his indolence. Tac.

Utrum horum mavis accipe—Take which you prefer.

Utrumque vitium est, et omnibus credere et nulli—It is equally an error to confide in all and in none. Sen.

Uttered out of time, or concealed in its season, 40 good savoureth of evil. Tupper.

Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, / That the rude sea grew civil at her song, / And certain stars shot madly from their spheres / To hear the sea-maid's music. Mid. N. Dream, ii. 2.