The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22

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Many so-called 'old SAYING AZ well Q.
popular expreasions in current usa to1av
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'ions tro" so"e OF tne mose eminent poet
and philosophers.
Thus how often Is heard the observation
"Tba monov coss" i,,or., trans,.t;on n,
Aieeneom o'Aeta'' ~ fianeuS' ana eaA-
en- from his drama OF '"Trinummus," act
g. scene 4. The phrase adding insult to in
fury is employed by Cicero "Ad damnum
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Ane salne EXPRESSION
is by Horace and again by Phaedrus
The title Of George Bernard Shaw's we'll
known play. Arms and the Man" is bor-
.o,r.,, s-,,, 1y,u..,,. "a. 4. ~ A.;s
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Arms l sing. and tine man. The associa-
ton Of the idea OF weight with authority
as the expression adding weight tn an
thor;tvn ..wa;.h., o,,hor;.~ .,o ,u,d
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seem 70 ne OF Classic origin. as evihced In
.ne observation OF Piiny the Elders Au-
.nority ID In weight Inc phrase Sucn
10 NE ID borrowed rom the sentence OF
horace translated. Balatro, with his per-
petnai sneer. cries: Such is life. The
ot-repeated moral dfcfum, True happf-
ness lies only In virtue" owes Its origin
70 the pagan philosopher Seneca
PERSONS gifted with the peculiar faculty
OF making white black" evidently existed
In the days OF Ovid, who says in reference
to one OF these individuals: candida de
negris, ct de candentibus atra," or, trans
lated, He makes black white and white
he turns to black.
Still water runs deep" may be taken az
an adaptation Of phrase Of Quintius Cur
thus. although more literal translation
would be THE deepest rivers flow sill
entity"
Grasp the shadow and lose the sub
stance" is roughly translated from Plantus.
more exact version being I'VE lose a
certainty and grasp a shadow" Hunger
is the best sauce. is q literal transIatics
of the line Of Cicero "Cibi condimentum
esse famen (dicit."
The phrase 1.-TWO strings to ones bow
is literally translated from a line in Ter
ence. TIE phrase force of habit" ia en-
ployed by Cicero. The expression Custom
is second nature'' Ia a,sn nsed NV the same
Aufh0r. nhrnGa srrnrndila'c
pears tn have baen nroverbiaI amone the
ancients. It is emploved by ChiIiades Adj
ayiorum and SimpIat;o "a baIa and
praen old "a, 4. t-a,sIat,o,, tro-, vi
The Sentence "a word n ,hs ,r;sa &C. s,,31|
cian,., IL ,r,ns,at;au ~ s.n;,.,s - san
sat est" Is employed by both PIantus and
Terence more familiar Latin forn, nc
ing .verhum CON
The idea contained in the Ella Wilcox
Joyce poem, Laugh and the world laughs
with you, weep and you weep Alone
would seem to be attributable, after all,
to verse Of Ovid's. which may be liter
ally translated as follows: while fortune
smiles. you'll count your friends by scores,
beneath disasters cloud. you'll weep
al,pc."
The maxim I'VE learn by experience
'Expe-ientia docuit"-is from Tacitus. The
expression Easily first" is translated from
: acile princeps" end is employed by
Cicero. "Misfortunes never come singiy'
is reflection made by Livy-"Fere fit ma
lum malo aptissimum." The method or
describing blunt person by saying. he
calls "a spade spade" was proverbiai
among the ancients. The phrase "A ship
Treck OF our fortunes" is translation of
'Fortunae nanfragium." by Apuleius The
nature which breaks but does not bend
40 .iiS'1Pios.e ai oeSciiptiois u
Quintiiian. The observation Every cock
lights best on his own dunghill" is made
~ seneca. constant dripping will wear
away stone Is translated from verss
u ovles. Inc entire verse may be thus
c ndered:
By constant dripping water hollows stone.
4 sgnet ring from use alone grows thin.
Md the curved ploughshare by soft earth is worn
thine brings the truth IN ,iobt.. 10 a,
of Menander
The EXPRESSION ..Familiar;tv breads co,-
emit is adapted from I.;yv who saw.
n regard to a celebrated historical cbar-
lcter: ..He was always before men,s syres.
. cause of action which by Increasing o,1r
amiIiarity with great men dim;nisbes onr
.espect for them" The axiom. "Wbat 10
q right owes IT'S origin NOT tn Pone bnt
O Democritus.
There's many a slim 'twixt the Gun and |
he Lin. ia an expression Of Aristotle.
YOU. cannot always 90 Inv nnnear,nces,.
ION "Tbora 10 M rsst ,nr ~. ,r;otad ;,