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

Conseil d'état—Council of state. 45

Consensus facit legem—Consent makes the law. L.

Consequitur quodcunque petit—He attains to whatever he aims at. M.

Conservatism is the pause on the last movement. Emerson.

Consideration, like an angel, came, / And whipp'd th' offending Adam out of him, / Leaving his body as a paradise, / To envelop and contain celestial spirits. Henry V., i. 1.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; 50 they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Jesus.

Consilio et animis—By counsel and courage. M.

Conspicuous by its absence. Lord John Russell.

Constans et fidelitate—Constant and with faithfulness. M.

Constant attention wears the active mind, / Blots out her powers, and leaves a blank behind. Churchill.