15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

quid sit futurum eras, fuge quaerere 260
quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere [L], avoid asking what tomorrow
will bring forth: Horace.
quid times [L], what do you fear? what are you afraid of?
quid verum atque decens [L], what is true and becoming: Horace.
quien calla otorga [Sp], silence gives consent.
quien canta sus males espanta [Sp], he who sings chases away his
troubles.
¿quién es? [Sp], who is it?
quien más sabe más calle [Sp], who knows most says least.
quien mucho abarca poco aprieta [Sp], who grasps much holds little;
grasp all, lose all.
quien no sabe, no vale [Sp], who knows nothing is worth nothing.
¿quién sabe? [Sp], who knows?
quien te cubre te descubre [Sp], whoever covers you discovers you.
quieta non movere [L], not to move quiet things; don't stir things at
rest; let sleeping dogs lie.
qui facit per alium facit per se [L], he who does a thing through
another does it himself; a man is legally responsible for his agent.
qui invidet minor est [L], he who envies is the inferior.
qui laborat orat [L ], he who labors prays.
qui le sait? [Fr], who knows? Cf. CHI LO SA?
qui m'aime aime mon chien [Fr], who loves me loves my dog.
qu'importe? [Fr], what does it matter?
qui n'a santé n'a rien [Fr], he who has not health has nothing.
qui nimium probat nihil probat [L], he who proves too much proves
nothing.
qui non proficit deficit [L], he who does not advance loses ground {or
fails).
qui perd, pèche [Fr], he who loses, sins {or offends); the loser is always
deemed to be wrong.
quiproquo [Fr], a mistake; blunder.
quis custodiet ipsos custodes? [L], who shall guard the guards themselves?:
Juvenal.
qui se ressemblent s'assemblent [Fr], those who resemble each other,
assemble together; birds of a feather flock together.
qui s'excuse s'accuse [Fr], who excuses himself accuses himself.
quis fallere possit amantem? [L], who can deceive a lover?: Virgil.
quisque sibi proximus [L], everyone is nearest to himself.
quis separabit? [L], who shall separate (Great Britain from Ireland)?:
motto of the Order of St. Patnck.
qui stat, caveat ne cadat [L], let him that standeth take heed lest he
fall: Vulgate {I Corìnthians x. 12).
qui tacet consentit [L], he who is silent consents.
qui tam [L], lit., who as well (first words of clause); action to recover,
brought by an informer in conjunction with the government: law.