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

Virtus sola nobilitat—Virtue alone confers nobility. 50 M.

Virtus vincit invidiam—Virtue subdues envy. M.

Virtute et opera—By virtue and industry. M.

Virtute, non astutia—By virtue, not by cunning. M.

Virtute, non verbis—By virtue, not by word. M.

Virtute quies—In virtue there is tranquillity. M.

Virtutem doctrina paret, naturane donet?—Does training produce virtue, or does nature bestow it? Hor.

Virtutem incolumem odimus, / Sublatam ex oculis quærimus invidi—We in our envy hate virtue when present, but seek after her when she is removed out of our sight. Hor.

Virtuti nihil obstat et armis—Nothing can withstand valour and arms. M.

Virtuti non armis fido—I trust to virtue, not to 5 arms. M.