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

Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces. It. Pr.

Ill news comes apace. Pr.

Ill weeds are not hurt by frost. Sp. and Port. Pr.

Ill weeds grow apace. Pr. 50

Illa dolet vere quæ sine teste dolet—She grieves sincerely who grieves when unseen. Mart.

Illa est agricolæ messis iniqua suo—That is a harvest which ill repays its husbandman. Ovid.

Illa laus est, magno in genere et in divitiis maximis, / Liberos hominem educare, generi monumentum et sibi—It is a merit in a man of high birth and large fortune to train up his children so as to be a credit to his family and himself. Plaut.

Illa placet tellus in qua res parva beatum / Me facit, et tenues luxuriantur opes—That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance. Mart.

Illa victoria viam ad pacem patefecit—By that victory he opened the way to peace.

Illæso lumine solem—[To gaze] on the sun with undazzled eye. M.