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

Coronat virtus cultores suos—Virtue crowns her votaries. M.

Corpo ben feito naõ ha mester capa—A body that is well made needs no cloak. Port. Pr.

Corpora lente augescunt, cito extinguuntur—All bodies are slow in growth, rapid in decay. Tac.

Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be 10 outlawed nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. Coke.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned. Thurlow.

Corporis et fortunæ bonorum, ut initium, finis est. Omnia orta occidunt, et aucta senescunt—The blessings of health and fortune, as they have a beginning, must also have an end. Everything rises but to fall, and grows but to decay. Sall.

Corpo satollo non crede all' affamato—A satisfied appetite does not believe in hunger. It. Pr.

Corps d'armée—A military force. Fr.

Corps diplomatique—The diplomatic body. Fr. 15

Corpus Christi—Festival in honour of the Eucharist or body of Christ.