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

Uxorem, Posthume, ducis? / Dic qua Tisiphone, quibus exagitare colubris—Are you marrying a wife, Posthumous? By what Fury, say, by what snakes are you driven mad? Juv.

Uxori nubere nolo meæ—I will not marry a wife to be my master. Mart.

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Vache ne sait ce que vaut sa queue jusqu'à-ce-qu'elle l'ait perdue—The cow doesn't know the worth of her tail until she has lost it. Fr. Pr.

Vacuus cantat coram latrone viator—The traveller 45 with an empty purse sings in the face of the robber. Juv.

Vade in pace—Go in peace.

Vade mecum—Go with me; a constant companion; a manual.

Vade retro!—Avaunt!

Væ victis!—Woe (i.e., extermination) to the conquered!

Vaillant et veillant—Valiant and on the watch. M. 50