A Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations, Comprising Idioms, Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Technical Words and Terms, Press Allusions... from the Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese... with English Translations & Equivalents, Ed. with Notes |
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Dictionary of Phrases Quotations and folk proverbs in latin, greek, french, spanish, and portuguese, with English translations and explanations. Useful for deciphering proverbs by Spanish Jews.
Common terms and phrases
amor beautiful become better bien bird c'est called cause comes dead death evil expression eyes faire fait fall faut fear femme fire fool fortune French gain give given goes grand Greek hand happy head heart Heaven homme honour hope jamais keep kind king light live look man's manner master mind n'est nature never one's person peut play pleasure poet poor possess qu'il qu'on rich rien Roman saying short speak style things thou thought tout true truth turn virtue wise wish woman γὰρ δὲ καὶ τὸ
Popular passages
Page 79 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 75 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 342 - ... tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
Page 372 - Ich sag es dir: ein Kerl, der spekuliert, Ist wie ein Tier, auf dürrer Heide Von einem bösen Geist im Kreis herumgeführt, Und rings umher liegt schöne grüne Weide.
Page 26 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 325 - He who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day.
Page 385 - Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig.
Page 36 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 152 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Page 161 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations, Comprising Idioms, Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Technical Words and Terms, Press Allusions... from the Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese... with English Translations & Equivalents, Ed. with Notes |
| Editor | Hugh Percy Jones |
| Publisher | J. Grant, 1908 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 532 pages |
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