The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Veritatem dies aperit. Time discovers truth.— SENECA — De Ira. II. 22.
Veritatis simplex oratio est. The language of truth is simple.— SENECA — Epistolæ Ad Lucilium. XLIX.
Veritas visû et morâ, falsa festinatione et incertis valescunt. Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay: falsehood by haste and uncertainty.— TACITUS — Annales. II. 39.
Servetur ad imum, Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. From first to last work should maintain its character and in all things be consistent. S.— HORACE — Ars Poetica. 126.
Cantilenam eandem canis. You are harping on the same string.— TERENCE — Phormio. III. 2. 10.
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