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

Vous prenez tout ce qu'il dit au pied de la lettre—You take everything he says literally. Fr. Pr.

Vous voulez prendre la lune avec les dents—You attempt impossibilities (lit. wish to take the moon with your teeth). Fr. Pr.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. Pr.

Vox audita perit, litera scripta manet—The 45 word that is heard perishes, the letter that is written remains.

Vox clamantis in deserto—The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Vulgate.

Vox et præterea nihil—A voice and nothing more.

Vox faucibus hæsit—His voice stuck fast in his throat.

Vox is the God of this universe. Carlyle.

Vox populi, vox Dei—The voice of the people is 5 the voice of God.

Vox tantum atque ossa supersunt. / Vox manet—The voice and bones are all that's left; the voice remains. Ovid.