The Anatomy of Melancholy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,057 pages of information about The Anatomy of Melancholy.

The Anatomy of Melancholy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,057 pages of information about The Anatomy of Melancholy.

2214.  O nummi, nummi:  vobis hunc praestat honorem.

2215.  Exinde sapere eum omnes dicimus, ac quisque fortunam habet.  Plaut. 
      Pseud.

2216.  Aurea fortuna, principum cubiculis reponi solita.  Julius Capitolinus
      vita Antonini.

2217.  Petronius.

2218.  Theologi opulentis adhaerent, Jurisperiti pecuniosis, literati
      nummosis, liberalibus artifices.

2219.  Multi illum juvenes, multae petiere puellae.

2220.  “He may have Danae to wife.”

2221.  Dummodo sit dives barbarus, ille placet.

2222.  Plut. in Lucullo, a rich chamber so called.

2223.  Panis pane melior.

2224.  Juv.  Sat. 5.

2225.  Hor.  Sat. 5. lib. 2.

2226.  Bohemus de Turcis et Bredenbach.

2227.  Euphormio.

2228.  Qui pecuniam habens, elati sunt animis, lofty spirits, brave men at
      arms; all rich men are generous, courageous, &c.

2229.  Nummus ait pro me nubat Cornubia Romae.

2230.  “A diadem is purchased with gold; silver opens the way to heaven;
      philosophy may be hired for a penny; money controls justice; one
      obolus satisfies a man of letters; precious metal procures health;
      wealth attaches friends.”

2231.  Non fuit apud mortales ullum excellentius certamen, non inter celeres
      celerrimo, non inter robustos robustissimo, &c.

2232.  Quicquid libet licet.

2233.  Hor.  Sat. 5. lib. 2.

2234.  Cum moritur dives concurrunt undique cives:  Pauperis ad funus vix est
      ex millibus unus.

2235.  Et modo quid fuit ignoscat mihi genius tuus, noluisses de manu ejus
      nummos accipere.

2236. that wears silk, satin, velvet, and gold lace, must needs be a
      gentleman.

2237.  Est sanguis utque spiritus pecunia mortalibus.

2238.  Euripides.

2239.  Xenophon.  Cyropaed. l. 8.

2240.  In tenui rara est facundia panno.  Juv.

2241.  Hor. “more worthless than rejected weeds.”

2242.  Egere est offendere, et indigere scelestum esse.  Sat.  Menip.

2243.  Plaut. act. 4.

2244.  Nullum tam barbarum, tam vile munus est, quod non lubentissime obire
      velit gens vilissima.

2245.  Lausius orat. in Hispaniam.

2246.  Laet. descrip.  Americiae.

2247.  “Who daily faint beneath the burdens they are compelled to carry from
      place to place:  for they carry and draw the loads which oxen and
      asses formerly used,” &c.

2248.  Plautus.

2249.  Leo.  Afer. ca. ult. l. 1. edunt non ut bene vivant, sed ut fortiter
      laborent.  Heinsius.

2250.  Munster de rusticis Germaniae, Cosmog. cap. 27. lib. 3.

2251.  Ter.  Eunuch.

2252.  Pauper paries factus, quem caniculae commingant.

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