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

Violent delights have violent ends, / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume. Rom. and Jul., ii. 6.

Violent fires soon burn out. Pr.

Violent mirth is the foam, and deep sadness the subsidence, of a morbid fermentation. Johnson.

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In 35 the bustle of the world no object has time to make a deep impression. Henry Home.

Violenta nemo imperia continuit diu; / Moderata durant—No one ever held power long by violence; it lasts only when wielded with moderation. Sen.

Vir bonus est quis? / Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat—What man is to be called good? He who obeys the decrees of the fathers, he who respects the laws and justice. Hor.

Vir sapiens forti melior—A wise man is better than a strong.

Vires acquirit eundo—She acquires strength as she advances. Virg., of Fame.

Virescit vulnere virtus—Virtue flourishes from 40 a wound. M.

Viret in æternum—It flourishes for ever. M.