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

Veritas vincit—Truth conquers. M.

Veritas visu et mora, falsa festinatione et 5 incertis valescunt—Truth is established by inspection and delay; falsehood thrives by haste and uncertainty. Tac.

Veritatis simplex oratio est—The language of truth is simple, i.e., it needs not the ornament of many words. Sen.

Vérité sans peur—Truth without fear. M.

Verletzen ist leicht, heilen schwer—To hurt is easy, to heal is hard. Ger. Pr.

Vermögen sucht Vermögen—Ability seeks ability. Ger. Pr.

Vernunft und Wissenschaft, / Des Menschen 10 allerhöchste Kraft!—Reason and knowledge, the highest might of man! Goethe.

Versate diu, quid ferre recusent, / Quid valeant humeri—Weigh well what your shoulders can and cannot bear. Hor.

Verschoben ist nicht aufgehoben—To put off is not to let off. Ger. Pr.

Verse itself is an absurdity except as an expression of some higher movement of the mind, or as an expedient to lift other minds to the same ideal level. Lowell.