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Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails. - Metamorphoses (bk. III, Transformation of Actoeon, l. 73), (Addison's translation) [Shame] And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.] - Metamorphoses (bk. IV, 284) [Novelty] Those graceful groves that shade the plain, Where Tiber rolls majestic to the main, And flattens, as he runs, the fair campagne. - Metamorphoses (bk. XIV, Aeneas Arrives in Italy, l. 8), (Sir Samuel Garth's translation) [Tiber River] Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. - Metamorphoses (bk. XV, l. 155), (Dryden's translation) [Habit] Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion. - Metamorphoses (I) [Mountains] Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.] - Metamorphoses (I, 140) [Wealth] We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.] - Metamorphoses (I, 355) [Future] Agreeing to differ. [Lat., Discors concordia.] - Metamorphoses (I, 433) [Argument] Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.] - Metamorphoses (I, 523) [Love] God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars. [Lat., Os homini sublime dedit coelumque tueri Jussit; et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.] - Metamorphoses (I, 85) [Man] Habit had made the custom. [Lat., Morem fecerat usus.] - Metamorphoses (II, 345) [Habit] Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! [Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.] - Metamorphoses (II, 447) [Guilt : Proverbs] Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they live together. [Lat., Non bene conveniunt, nec in una sede morantur, Majestas et amor.] - Metamorphoses (II, 846) [Love] Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.] - Metamorphoses (III, 135) [Death] Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death. [Lat., Nec mihi mors gravis est posituro morte dolores.] - Metamorphoses (III, 471) [Death] A spirit superior to every weapon. [Lat., Teloque animus praestantior omni.] - Metamorphoses (III, 54) [Spirit] To wish for death is a coward's part. [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.] - Metamorphoses (IV, 115) [Cowards] The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.] - Metamorphoses (IV, 287) [Cause] It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. [Lat., Fas est ab hoste doceri.] - Metamorphoses (IV, 428) [Teaching] The gods have their own laws. [Lat., Sunt superis sua jura.] - Metamorphoses (IX, 499) [Law] You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.] - Metamorphoses (IX, 509) [Conquest] A pious fraud. [Lat., Pia fraus.] - Metamorphoses (IX, 711) [Deceit] As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves. [Lat., Ut solet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas.] - Metamorphoses (V, 606) [Doves] Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.] - Metamorphoses (VI, 472) [Mind] If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another. [Lat., Si possem sanior essem. Sed trahit invitam nova vis; aliudque Cupido, Mens aliud.] - Metamorphoses (VII, 18) [Influence] Displaying page 14 of 17 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [14] 15 16 17
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