John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Horae 65 BC-8 BC John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Brave men were living before Agamemnon. 1 |
| Odes. iv. 9, 25. |
| 2 |
| In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war. 2 |
| Satires. ii. 2. (111.) |
| 3 |
| You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared-for hide,… a hog from Epicurus’s herd. 3 |
| Satires. ii. 4, 15. |
| 4 |
| What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. 4 |
| Epistles. i. 12, 19. |
| 5 |
| If you wish me to weep, you yourself must feel grief. 5 |
| Ars Poetica. 102. |
| 6 |
| The mountains will be in labour; an absurd mouse will be born. 6 |
| Ars Poetica. 139. |
| 7 |
| Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods. 7 |
| Ars Poetica. 359. |
| Note 1. See Byron, Quotation 128. [back] |
| Note 2. See Washington, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 3. See Mason, Quotation 1. [back] |
| Note 4. See Burke, Quotation 24. [back] |
| Note 5. See Churchill, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 6. A mountain was in labour, sending forth dreadful groans, and there was in the region the highest expectation. After all, it brought forth a mouse.—Phædrus: Fables, iv. 22, 1. The old proverb was now made good: “The mountain had brought forth a mouse.”—Plutarch: Life of Agesilaus II. [back] |
| Note 7. See Pope, Quotation 97. [back] |