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11 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
Jus publicum privatorum pactis mutari non potest. A public right cannot be changed by private agreement. Law Maxim. Omnia mortali mutantur lege creata, Nec se cognoscunt terræ vertentibus annis, Et mutant variam faciem per sæcula gentes. Everything that is created is changed by the laws of man; the earth does not know itself in the revolution of years; even the races of man assume various forms in the course of ages.— filed under Change
III. 1,049. Nascentes morimur, finisque ab origine pendet. We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.— filed under Death
Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus. Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.— filed under Experience
Exemplumque dei quisque est in imagine parvâ. Every one is in a small way the image of God.— filed under God
Quis cœlum possit nisi cœli munera nosse? Et reperire deum nisi qui pars ipse deorum est? Who can know heaven except by its gifts? and who can find out God, unless the man who is himself an emanation from God?— filed under God
и. Labor est etiam ipsa voluptas. Labor is itself a pleasure.— filed under Labor
446. Rationi nulla resistunt. Claustra nec immensæ moles, ceduntque recessus: Omnia succumbunt, ipsum est penetrabile cœlum. No barriers, no masses of matter, however enormous, can withstand the powers of the mind; the remotest corners yield to them; all things succumb, the very heaven itself is laid open.— filed under Mind
Æquo stat fœdare tempus. Time stands with impartial law.— filed under Time
Volat hora per orbem. The hours fly along in a circle.— filed under Time
Cujusque rei potissima pars principium est. The principal part of everything is the beginning. Law Maxim. Victuros agimus semper, nec vivimus unquam. We are always beginning to live, but are never living.— filed under Beginnings
Dormiunt aliquando leges, nunquam moriuntur. The laws sometimes sleep, but never die. Law Maxim. Certis *** legibus omnia parent. All things obey fixed laws.— filed under Law