Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
quod est quod vis—Believe that that is which you wish to be. Ovid.
Crede quod habes, et habes—Believe that you have it, and you have it.
Credit keeps the crown o' the causey, i.e., is not afraid to show its face. Sc. Pr.
Creditors have better memories than debtors. Pr.
Credo, quia absurdum—I believe it because it is 50 absurd. Tert.
Credula res amor est—Love is a credulous affection. Ovid.
Credula vitam / Spes fovet, et fore cras semper ait melius—Credulous hope cherishes life, and ever whispers to us that to-morrow will be better. Tibull.
Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters. Tuckerman.
Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue. Johnson.
Creep before you gang (walk). Sc. Pr. 55
Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam, / Majorumque fames—Care accompanies increasing wealth, and a craving for still greater riches. Hor.
Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit—The love of money increases as wealth increases. Juv.
Crescit occulto velut arbor ævo—It grows as a tree with a hidden life. Hor.
Crescit sub pondere virtus—Virtue thrives under oppression. M.
Cressa ne careat pulchra dies nota—Let not a day so fair be without its white mark. Hor.
Creta an carbone notandi?—Are they to be marked with chalk or charcoal? Hor.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. 5 Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens within the flower of the pleasure that concealed it. Emerson.
Crime cannot be hindered by punishment, but only by letting no man grow up a criminal. Ruskin.
Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. Racine.
Crimen læsæ majestatis—Crime of high treason.
Crimen quos inquinat, æquat—Crime puts those on an equal footing whom it defiles.
Crimes generally punish themselves. Goldsmith. 10
Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little. Hare.
Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, non sua cernunt, / Hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi—Those who see the faults of others, but not their own, are wise for others and fools for themselves. Pr.
Crimine ab uno / Disce omnes—From the base character of one learn what they all are. Virg.
Cripples are aye better schemers than walkers. Sc. Pr.
Criticism is a disinterested endeavour to learn 15 and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. Matthew Arnold.
Criticism is as often a trade as a science, requiring, as it does, more health than wit, more labour than capacity, more practice than genius. La Bruyère.
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good. Colton.
Criticism is not construction; it is observation. G. W. Curtis.
Criticism must never be sharpened into anatomy. The life of the imagination, as of the body, disappears when we pursue it. Willmott.
Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars 20 and blossoms together. Jean Paul.
Criticism should be written for the public, not the artist. Wm. Winter.
Critics all are ready made. Byron.
Critics are men who have failed in literature and art. Disraeli.
Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews to challenge every new author. Longfellow.
Critics must excuse me if I compare them to 25 certain animals called asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them. Shenstone.
Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven. Pr.
Crows do not pick out crows' eyes. Pr.
Cruci dum spiro fido—Whilst I breathe I trust in the cross. M.
Crudelem medicum intemperans æger facit—A disorderly patient makes a harsh physician. Pub. Syr.
Crudelis ubique / Luctus, ubique pavor, et 30 plurima mortis imago—Everywhere is heart-rending wail, everywhere consternation, and death in a thousand shapes. Virg.
Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave. Thomson.
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of mercy; avaricious, of generosity; proud, of humility—in others. Colton.
Cruelty in war buyeth conquest at the dearest price. Sir P. Sidney.
Cruelty is no more the cure of crimes than it is the cure of sufferings. Landor.
Crux criticorum—The puzzle of critics. 35
Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas—It is torture to fear what you cannot overcome. Ausonius.
Crux medicorum—The puzzle of physicians.
Cry "Havock," and let slip the dogs of war. Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.
Cucullus non facit monachum—The cowl does not make the monk. Pr.
Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your 40 dull ass will not mend his pace with beating. Ham., v. 1.
Cui bono?—Whom does it benefit?
Cuidar muitas cousas, fazer huma—Think of many things, do only one. Port. Pr.
Cuidar naõ he saber—Thinking is not knowing. Port. Pr.
Cui lecta potenter erit res / Nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo—He who has chosen a theme suited to his powers will never be at a loss for felicitous language or lucid arrangement. Hor.
Cuilibet in arte sua perito credendum est—Every 45 man is to be trusted in his own art. Pr.
Cui licitus est finis, etiam licent media—Where the end is lawful the means are also lawful. A Jesuit maxim.
Cui malo?—Whom does it harm?
Cui mens divinior atque os / Magna sonaturum des nominis hujus honorem—To him whose soul is more than ordinarily divine, and who has the gift of uttering lofty thoughts, you may justly concede the honourable title of poet. Hor.
Cui non conveniat sua res, ut calceus olim, / Si pede major erit, subvertet, si minor, uret—As