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

Homme assailli à demi vaincu—A man assailed is half overpowered. Fr.

Homme chiche jamais riche—A niggardly man 5 is always poor. Fr. Pr.

Homme d'affaires—A business man. Fr.

Homme d'esprit—A witty man. Fr.

Homme d'état—A statesman. Fr.

Homme d'honneur—A man of honour. Fr.

Homme instruit—A learned or literary man. 10 Fr.

Homo ad res perspicacior Lynceo vel Argo, et oculeus totus—A man more clear-sighted for business than Lynceus or Argus, and eyes all over. Apul.

Homo antiqua virtute ac fide—A man of the old-fashioned virtue and loyalty. Ter.

Homo constat ex duabus partibus, corpore et anima, quorum una est corporea, altera ab omni materiæ concretione sejuncta—Man is composed of two parts, body and soul, of which the one is corporeal, the other separated from all combination with matter. Cic.