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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit.<br />

He departed, he withdrew, he strode <strong>of</strong>f, he broke forth.<br />

‘In Catilinam’ speech 2, ch. 1<br />

Civis Romanus sum.<br />

I am a Roman citizen.<br />

‘In Verrem’ speech 5, ch. 147<br />

Quod di omen avertant.<br />

May the gods avert this omen.<br />

‘Third Phillippic’ ch. 35<br />

Nervos belli, pecuniam infinitam.<br />

<strong>The</strong> sinews <strong>of</strong> war, unlimited money.<br />

‘Fifth Phillippic’ ch. 5<br />

Silent enim leges inter arma.<br />

Laws are silent in time <strong>of</strong> war.<br />

‘Pro Milone’ ch. 11<br />

Id quod est praestantissimum maximeque optabile omnibus sanis et bonis et beatis, cum<br />

dignitate otium.<br />

<strong>The</strong> thing which is the most outstanding and chiefly to be desired by all healthy and good and<br />

well-<strong>of</strong>f persons, is leisure with honour.<br />

‘Pro Sestio’ ch. 98<br />

Errare mehercule malo cum Platone...quam cum istis vera sentire<br />

I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato...than be correct with those men.<br />

‘Tusculanae disputationes’ bk. 1, ch. 39 (on Pythagoreans)<br />

O fortunatam natam me consule Romam!<br />

O happy Rome, born when I was consul!<br />

In Juvenal ‘Satires’ poem 10, l. 122<br />

3.103 John Clare 1793-1864<br />

When badgers fight then everyone’s a foe.<br />

‘Badger’<br />

He could not die when the trees were green,<br />

For he loved the time too well.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Dying Child’<br />

My life hath been one chain <strong>of</strong> contradictions,<br />

Madhouses, prisons, whore-shops.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Exile’<br />

<strong>The</strong>y took me from my wife, and to save trouble<br />

I wed again, and made the error double.

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