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

Grave paupertas malum est, et intolerabile, quæ magnum domat populum—The poverty which oppresses a great people is a grievous and intolerable evil.

Grave pondus illum magna nobilitas premit—His 45 exalted rank weighs heavy on him as a grievous burden. Sen.

Grave senectus est hominibus pondus—Old age is a heavy burden to man.

Graves, the dashes in the punctuation of our lives. S. W. Duffield.

Grave virus / Munditiæ pepulere—More elegant manners expelled this offensive style. Hor.

Graviora quædam sunt remedia periculis—Some remedies are worse than the disease. Pub. Syr.

Gravis ira regum semper—The anger of kings 50 is always heavy. Sen.

Gravissimum est imperium consuetudinis—The empire of custom is most mighty. Pub. Syr.

Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the body, invented to cover the defects of the mind. La Roche.

Gravity is a taught trick to gain credit of the world for more sense and knowledge than a man is worth. Sterne.