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

Facies tua computat annos—Your face records your age. Juv.

Facile est imperium in bonis—It is easy to rule over the good. Plaut.

Facile est inventis addere—It is easy to add to or improve on what has been already invented. Pr.

Facile largiri de alieno—It is easy to be generous 45 with what is another's. Pr.

Facile omnes cum valemus recta consilia / Ægrotis damus—We can all, when we are well, easily give good advice to the sick. Ter.

Facile princeps—The admitted chief; with ease at the top.

Facilis descensus Averno est, / Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; / Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, / Hoc opus, hic labor est—The descent to hell is easy; night and day the gate of gloomy Dis stands open; but to retrace your steps and escape to the upper air, this is a work, this is a toil. Virg.

Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas—It is more easy to obtain an accession of dignity than to acquire it in the first instance. Laber.

Facilius sit Nili caput invenire—It would be 50 easier to discover the source of the Nile. Old Pr.

Facinus audax incipit, / Qui cum opulento pauper homine cœpit rem habere aut negotium—The poor man who enters into partnership with a rich makes a risky venture. Plaut.