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Suffrage: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci. He has carried every point, who has mingled the useful with the agreeable.— HORACE — Ars Poetica. 343.

Quid te exempta juvat spinis è pluribus una. What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed?— HORACE — Epistolæ. II. 2. 212.

Successus improborum plures allicit. The success of the wicked entices many more.— PHEDRUS — Fabulæ. II. 3. 7.

Plus potest qui plus valet. The stronger always succeeds. (The weakest goes to the wall.)— PLAUTUS — Truculentus. IV. 3. 30.

Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est. The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. (Man proposes, God disposes.)— PLAUTUS — Bacchides. I. 2. 36,

Honesta quædam scelera successus facit. Success makes some crimes honorable.— SENECA — Hippolytus. 598.

Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods are on the side of the stronger.— TACITUS — Annales. IV. 17.

Nam ego in ista sum sententiâ, quâ te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut fuerit in suffragiis voce melius. I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method.— CICERO — De Legibus. III. 15.

Non ego ventosæ plebis suffragia venor. I court not the votes of the fickle mob. $.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 19. 37.