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

Fortiter geret crucem—He will bravely support the cross. M.

Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo—Vigorous and resolute in deed, gentle in manner.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the 10 other virtues. Locke.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armour of the will, and the fort of reason. Bacon.

Fortitude is to be seen in toils and dangers; temperance in the denial of sensual pleasures; prudence in the choice between good and evil; justice in awarding to every one his due. Cic.

Fortitude rises upon an opposition; and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped. Jeremy Collier.

Fortitudini—For bravery. M.

Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum—Certain 15 fortuitous concourse of atoms. Cic.

Fortunæ cætera mando—I commit the rest to fortune. Ovid.

Fortunæ filius—A child or favourite of fortune. Hor.