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

Fie! fie! how wayward is this foolish love, / That like a testy babe will scratch the nurse, / And presently, all humbled, kiss the rod. Two Gent. of Verona, i. 2.

Fiel pero desdichado—True though unfortunate. 5 Sp.

Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds, / In ranks and squadrons, and right form of war, / Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol. Jul. Cæs., ii. 2.

Fieri facias—See it be done. A writ empowering a sheriff to levy the amount of a debt or damages.

Fight on, thou brave true heart, and falter not, through dark fortune and through bright, the cause thou fightest for, so far as it is true, is very sure of victory. Carlyle.

Fight the good fight. St. Paul.

Filii non plus possessionum quam morborum 10 hæredes sumus—We sons are heirs no less to diseases than to estates.

Filius nullius—The son of no one; a bastard. L.

Filius terræ—A son of the earth; one low-born.

Fille de chambre—A chambermaid. Fr.