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

Verbatim et literatim—Word for word and letter for letter.

Verbi causa, or gratia—For example; for instance.

Verbo tenus—In name; as far as the words go.

Verborum paupertas, imo egestas—A poverty of words, or rather an utter want of them. Sen.

Verbosa ac grandis epistola venit / A Capreis—A 45 verbose and haughty epistle came from Capreæ (the Emperor Tiberius's palace). Juv.

Verbum Dei manet in æternum—The command of God endures through eternity. M.

Verbum Domini manet in æternum—The word of the Lord endureth for ever. Vulgate.

Verbum sat sapienti—A word is enough to a wise man. Pr.

Verbunden werden auch die Schwachen mächtig—Even the weak become strong when they are united. Schiller.

Vergebens dass ihr ringums wissenschaftlich 50 schweift, / Ein jeder lernt nur was er lernen kann!—In vain that ye go ranging round about in your scientific, or learned, inquiries; each one learns only what he can. Mephisto, to the scholar in Goethe's "Faust."