Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
Fide et amore—By faith and love. M.
Fide et fiducia—By faith and confidence. M. 40
Fide et fortitudine—By faith and fortitude. M.
Fide et literis—By faith and learning. M.
Fide, non armis—By good faith, not by arms. M.
Fidei coticula crux—The cross is the touchstone of faith. M.
Fidei defensor—Defender of the faith. 45
Fideli certa merces—The faithful are certain of their reward. M.
Fidelis ad urnam—Faithful to death (lit. the ashes-urn). M.
Fidelis et audax—Faithful and intrepid. M.
Fidélité est de Dieu—Fidelity is of God. M.
Fideliter et constanter—Faithfully and firmly. 50 M.
Fidelity, diligence, decency, are good and indispensable; yet, without faculty, without light, they will not do the work. Carlyle.
Fidelity is the sister of justice. Hor.
Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy. Sen.
Fidelius rident tiguria—The laughter of the cottage is more hearty and sincere than that of the court. Pr.
Fidem qui perdit perdere ultra nil potest—He 55 who loses his honour has nothing else he can lose. Pub. Syr.
Fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo?—Who loses his good name, with what can he support himself in future? Pub. Syr.
Fides facit fidem—Confidence awakens confidence. Pr.
Fides probata coronat—Approved faith confers a crown. M.
Fides Punica—Punic faith; treachery.
Fides servanda est—Faith must be kept. Plaut. 60
Fides sit penes auctorem—Credit this to the author.
Fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo nunquam redit—Honour, like life, when once it is lost, is never recovered. Pub. Syr.
Fidus Achates—A faithful companion (of Æneas). Virg.
Fidus et audax—Faithful and intrepid. M.
Fie! fie! how wayward is this foolish love, / That like a testy babe will scratch the nurse, / And presently, all humbled, kiss the rod. Two Gent. of Verona, i. 2.
Fiel pero desdichado—True though unfortunate. 5 Sp.
Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds, / In ranks and squadrons, and right form of war, / Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol. Jul. Cæs., ii. 2.
Fieri facias—See it be done. A writ empowering a sheriff to levy the amount of a debt or damages.
Fight on, thou brave true heart, and falter not, through dark fortune and through bright, the cause thou fightest for, so far as it is true, is very sure of victory. Carlyle.
Fight the good fight. St. Paul.
Filii non plus possessionum quam morborum 10 hæredes sumus—We sons are heirs no less to diseases than to estates.
Filius nullius—The son of no one; a bastard. L.
Filius terræ—A son of the earth; one low-born.
Fille de chambre—A chambermaid. Fr.
Fille de joie—A woman of pleasure; a prostitute. Fr.
Fin contre fin—Diamond cut diamond. Fr. 15
Fin de siècle—Up to date. Fr.
Find earth where grows no weed, and you may find a heart where no error grows. Knowles.
Find employment for the body, and the mind will find enjoyment for itself. Pr.
Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible, and some time after the offence, rather than at the time. Sydney Smith.
Find mankind where thou wilt, thou findest it 20 in living movement, in progress faster or slower; the phœnix soars aloft, hovers with outstretched wings, filling earth with her music; or, as now, she sinks, and with spheral swan-song immolates herself in flame, that she may soar the higher and sing the clearer. Carlyle.
Find out men's wants and will, / And meet them there. All worldly joys go less / To the one joy of doing kindnesses. Herbert.
Finding your able man, and getting him invested with the symbols of ability, is the business, well or ill accomplished, of all social procedure whatsoever in this world. Carlyle.
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together; the head inferior to the heart, and the hand inferior to both heart and head. Ruskin.
Fine by defect and delicately weak. Pope.
Fine by degrees and beautifully less. Prior. 25
Fine feathers make fine birds. Pr.
Fine feelings, without vigour of reason, are in the situation of the extreme feathers of a peacock's tail—dragging in the mud. John Foster.
Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament. A. B. Alcott.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. Emerson.
Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so 30 useful as common sense. Pope.
Fine speeches are the instruments of knaves / Or fools, that use them when they want good sense; / Honesty needs no disguise or ornament. Otway.
Fine words without deeds go not far. Dan. Pr.
Finem respice—Have regard to the end.
Finge datos currus, quid agas?—Suppose the chariot (of the sun) committed to you, what would you do? Apollo to Phaethon in Ovid.
Fingers were made before forks, and hands 35 before knives. Swift.
Fingunt se medicos quivis idiota, sacerdos, Judæus, monachus, histrio, rasor, anus—Any untrained person, priest, Jew, monk, playactor, barber, or old wife is ready to prescribe for you in sickness. Pr.
Finis coronat opus—The end crowns the work, i.e., first enables us to determine its merits. Pr.
Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with the tongue of the babbler. Steele.
Fire and water are good servants but bad masters. Pr.
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. 40 Ger. Pr.
Fire is the best of servants; but what a master!