que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère? (Fr.), what the devil was he doing in that galley? [from Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin].
quem deus perdere vult, prius dementat (L.), whom a god wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
que sais-je? (Fr.), how do I know? and what not.
que voulez-vous? (Fr.), what would you have?
quicquid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi (L.), whatever madness possesses the chiefs, it is [the common soldiers or people of] the Achæans who suffer.
quid desiderio sit pudor aut modus? (L.), why should there be shame or stint in regret for the loss of one so dear?
quid rides? (L.), why do you laugh?
quieta non movere (L.), things that are at rest not to move—to let sleeping dogs lie.
quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (L.), who will watch the watchers?
qui s'excuse s'accuse (Fr.), he who excuses himself accuses himself.