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

Cui serpe mozzica, lucenta teme—Whom a serpent has bitten fears a lizard. It. Pr.

Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad cœlum—He 55 who owns the soil owns everything above it to the very sky. L.

Cujus rei libet simulator atque dissimulator—A finished pretender and dissembler. Sall.

Cujusvis hominis est errare: nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare—Every one is liable to err; none but a fool will persevere in error. Cic.

Cujus vita fulgor, ejus verba tonitrua—His words are thunderbolts whose life is as lightning. Mediæval Pr.

Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver?—To what harpy's will shall this carcass fall? Mart.

Cul de sac—A street, a lane or passage, that has no outlet. Fr.

Culpam pœna premit comes—Punishment follows 5 hard upon crime as an attendant. Hor.

Cultivated labour drives out brute labour. Emerson.

Cultivate not only the cornfields of your mind, but the pleasure-grounds also. Whately.