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

Vitæ via virtus—Virtue is the way of life. M.

Vital truth is in its very nature self-evident; carries its witness within itself, and needs only to be understood to be at once accepted as true. Ed.

Vitam impendere vero—To devote one's life to the truth. Juv.

Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia—Fortune rules this life, and not wisdom. Cic.

Vitanda est improba Siren / Desidia—You must 30 avoid sloth, that wicked Syren. Hor.

Vitavi denique culpam, / Non laudem merui—I have, in brief, avoided what is censurable, not merited what is commendable. Hor.

Vitia nobis sub virtutum nomine obrepunt—Vices steal upon us under the name of virtues. Sen.

Vitia otii negotio discutienda sunt—The vice of doing nothing is only to be shaken off by doing something. Sen.

Vitiis nemo sine nascitur; optimos ille / Qui minimis urgetur—No man is born without faults; he is the best who is oppressed with fewest. Hor.

Vitiosum est ubique, quod nimium est—Too 35 much of anything is in every case a defect. Sen.