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

Virtutibus obstat / Res angusta domi—Straitened domestic means obstruct the path to virtue. Juv.

Virtutis avorum præmium—The reward of the valour of my forefathers. M.

Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam / Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui—A fellow who brags of his prowess and is devoid of courage, imposes on strangers but is the jest of those who know him. Phædrus.

Virtutis fortuna comes—Fortune is the companion of valour. M.

Vis comica—Comic power, or a talent for 10 comedy.

Vis consili expers mole ruit sua / Vim temperatam Di quoque provehunt / In majus; idem odere vires / Omne nefas animo moventes—Force, without judgment, falls by its own weight; moreover, the gods promote well-regulated force to further advantage; but they detest force that meditates every crime. Hor.

Vis inertiæ—The inert property or resisting power of matter.

Vis unita fortior—Power is strengthened by union. M.

Vis viva—The power residing in a body in virtue of its motion.

Visage fardé—A painted, or dissembling, countenance. 15 Fr.