J.
J'ai bonne cause—I have good cause or reason. 30 M.
J'ai en toujours pour principe de ne faire jamais par autrui ce que je pouvais faire par moi-même—I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to do myself. Montesquieu.
J'ai failli attendre—I was all but kept waiting. Louis XIV., as his carriage drove up just at the last moment.
J'ai graissé la patte au concierge—I have tipped the door-keeper (lit. greased his paw). Fr. Pr.
J'ai ris, me voilà désarmé—I was set a-laughing, and lo! I was at once disarmed. Piron.
J'ai toujours vu que, pour réussir dans le 35 monde, il fallait avoir l'air fou et être sage—I have always observed that to succeed in the world a man must seem simple but be wise. Montesquieu.
J'ai trouvé chaussure à mon pied—I have found a good berth (lit. shoes for my feet). Fr. Pr.
J'ai vécu—I existed through it all (the Reign of Terror). Siéyès.
J'ai voulu voir, j'ai vu—I wish to see, and have seen. Racine.
J'aime mieux ma mie—I love my lass better. A French Old Song.
J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rolet un fripon—I 40 call a cat a cat, and Rolet a knave. Boileau.
J'embrasse mon rival, mais c'est pour l'étouffer—I press my rival to my heart, but it is to smother him. Corneille.
J'en passe et des meilleurs—I pass by them, and better than they. Victor Hugo.
J'étais poète, historien, / Et maintenant je ne suis rien—I was once a poet and a historian, and now I am nothing. Boudier, for his epitaph.
J'étais pour Ovide à quinze ans, / Mais je suis pour Horace à trente—I was for Ovid at fifteen, but I am for Horace at thirty. Ducerceau.
J'évite d'être long, et je deviens obscur—In 45 avoiding to be diffuse, I become obscure. Boileau, after Horace.
J'y suis, et j'y reste—Here I am, and here I remain. MacMahon in the trenches before the Malakoff.
Ja, das Gold ist nur Chimäre—Yes, gold is but a chimæra. Scribe-Meyerbeer.
Ja, der Krieg verschlingt die Besten!—Yes, war swallows up the best people! Schiller.
Ja, grosse Männer werden stets verfolgt, / Und kommen immer in Verlegenheiten—Yes, great men are always subject to persecution, and always getting into straits. Schiller.
Ja, so schätzt der Mensch das Leben, als 50 heiliges Kleinod, / Dass er jenen am meisten verehrt, der es trotzig verschmähet—Yes, man values life as a sacred jewel in such a way that he reveres him most who haughtily scorns it. Platen.
Jacet ecce Tibullus, / Vix manet e toto parva quod urna capit—See, here Tibullus lies; of all that he was there hardly remains enough to fill a little urn. Ovid.
Jack at a pinch. Pr.
Jack is as good as Jill. Pr.
Jack-o'-both sides is, before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties. Pr.
Jack of all trades and master of none. Pr.
Jack shall pipe and Jill shall dance. G. 5 Wither.
Jack will never be a gentleman. Pr.
Jack's as good as his master. Pr.
Jacta alea est—The die is cast. Cæsar, when he passed the Rubicon.
Jactitatio—A boasting. Jactitation of marriage is cognizable in the Ecclesiastical Courts. L.
Jam nunc minaci murmure cornuum / Perstringis 10 aures; jam litui strepunt—Even now you stun our ears with the threatening murmur of horns; already I hear the clarions sound. Hor.
Jam pauca aratro jugera regiæ / Moles relinquent—Soon will regal piles leave but few acres to the plough. Hor.
Jam portum inveni, Spes et Fortuna valete! / Nil mihi vobiscum est, ludite nunc alios—Now I have gained the port, hope and fortune, farewell! I have nothing more to do with you; go now and make sport of others. A Greek epitaph.
Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna—Now the Virgin goddess of justice returns; now the reign of Saturn and age of gold returns. Virg.
Jam seges est ubi Troja fuit, resecandaque falce / Luxuriat Phrygio sanguine pinguis humus—New fields of corn wave where Troy once stood, and the ground enriched with Trojan blood is luxuriant with grain ready for the sickle. Ovid.
Jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant—Now 15 the high tops of the far-off villas send forth their smoke. Virg.
Jamais abattu—Never cast down. M.
Jamais arrière—Never behind. M.
Jamais l'innocence et le mystère n'habitèrent long tems ensemble—Innocence and mystery never dwelt any length of time together. Fr.
Jamais la cornemuse ne dit mot si elle n'a le ventre plein—The bagpipe never utters a word till its belly is full. Fr. Pr.
Jamais long nez n'a gâté beau visage—A big 20 nose never disfigured a handsome face, i.e., it is disfigured already. Fr. Pr.
Jamais nous ne goûtons de parfaite allégresse; / Nos plus heureux succès sont mêlés de tristesse—We never taste happiness in perfection; our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. Corneille.
Jamais on ne vaincra les Romains que dans Rome—The Romans will never be conquered except in Rome. Fr.
Jamque opus exegi, quod nec Jovis ira, nec ignis, / Nec poterit ferrum, nec edax abolere vetustas—And now I have completed what neither the wrath of Jove, nor fire, nor the sword, nor the corroding tooth of time will be able to destroy. Ovid.
Januæ mentis—Inlets of knowledge (lit. gates of the mind).
Januis clausis—With closed doors. 25
Jardin des plantes—A botanical garden. Fr.
Jasper fert myrrham, thus Melchior, Balthazar aurum. / Hæc quicum secum portet tria nomina regum, / Solvitur a morbo, Domini pietate, caduco—Jasper brings myrrh, Melchior frankincense, and Balthazar gold. Whoever carries with him the names of these three kings (the three kings of Cologne, the Magi) will, by the grace of God, be exempt from the falling sickness. A Mediæval charm.
Je allseitiger, je individueller—The more universal a man is, the greater he is as an individual. Mme. Varnhagen von Ense.
Je cognois tout, fors que moy-mesme—I know everything except myself. Old Fr.
Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai pas d'autre 30 crainte—I fear God, Abner, and have no other fear. Racine.
Je crains l'homme d'un seul livre—I am afraid of the man of one book. Thomas Aquinas.
Je fetter der Floh, je magerer der Hund—The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog. Ger. Pr.
Je jouis des ouvrages qui surpassent les miens—I enjoy works which surpass my own. La Harpe.
Je laisse à penser la vie / Que firent ces deux amis—I leave you to imagine the festive time these two friends (the town mouse and the country mouse) had of it. La Fontaine.
Je le tiens—I hold it. M. 35
Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être; tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée—I am going in quest of a great perhaps; let the curtain drop, the farce is played out. Rabelais, on his deathbed.
Je m'en vais voir le soleil pour la dernière fois!—I shall see the sun for the last time. Rousseau's last words.
Je m'estonne fort pourquoy / La mort osa songer a moy / Qui ne songeais jamais à elle—I wonder greatly why death should condescend to think of me, who never thought of her. Regnier.
Je maintiendrai le droit—I will maintain the right. M.
Je me fie en Dieu—I put my trust in God. M. 40
Je mehr der Brunnen gebraucht wird, desto mehr giebt er Wasser—The more the well is used, the more water it gives. Ger. Pr.
Je mehr Gesetze, je weniger Recht—The more laws, the less justice. Ger. Pr.
Je mehr man das Ich versteckt, je mehr Welt hat man—The more we merge our I, the larger is our world. Hippel.
Je mets en fait que, si tous les hommes savaient ce qu'ils disent les uns des autres, il n'y aurait pas quatre amis dans le monde—I lay it down as beyond dispute that if every one knew what every one said of another, there would not be four friends in the world. Pascal.
Je minder sich der Kluge selbst gefällt, / Um 45 desto mehr schätzt ihn die Welt—The less the sage pleases himself, the more the world esteems him. Gellert.
Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parceque je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte—I have made this (letter) a rather long one, only because I had not the leisure to make it shorter. Pascal.
Je n'ai mérité / Ni cet excès d'honneur ni cette indignité—I have deserved neither so much honour nor such disgrace. Corneille.
Je n'ai point d'ennemis que ceux de l'état—I have no enemies whatever but those of the state. Richelieu to his confessor on his death-bed.
Je n'oublierai jamais—I will never forget. M.
Je ne change qu'en mourant—I change only when I die. M.
Je ne changerois pas mon répos pour tous les trésors du monde—I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.
Je ne cherche qu'un—I seek but one. M. 5
Je ne connais que trois moyens d'exister dans la société: être ou voleur, ou mendiant, ou salarié—I know only three means of subsisting in society: by stealing, begging, or receiving a salary. Mirabeau, to the Clergy.
Je ne puis pas me refondre—I cannot change my opinion or purpose (lit. recast myself). Fr.
Je ne sais quoi—I know not what. Fr.
Je pense—I think. M.
Je pense plus—I think more. M. 10
Je plie et ne romps pas—I bend, but don't break. La Font.
Je prends mon bien où je le trouve—I take my own where I find it. Molière.
Je sais à mon pot comment les autres bouillent—I can tell by my own pot how others boil. Fr. Pr.
Je schöner die Wirthin, je schwerer die Zeche—The fairer the hostess the heavier the bill. Ger. Pr.
Je sens qu'il y a un Dieu, et je ne sens pas 15 qu'il n'y en ait point; cela me suffit—I feel there is a God, and I don't feel there is none; that is enough for me. La Bruyère.
Je suis assez semblable aux girouettes, qui ne se fixent que quand elles sont rouillées—I am like enough to the weathercocks, which don't veer only when they become rusty. Voltaire.
Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes! / Je suis souris; vivent les rats—I am a bird, see my wing! I am a mouse; long live the rats. La Fontaine.
Je suis prêt—I am ready. M.
Je suis riche des biens dont je sais me passer—I am rich in the goods that I can do without. Vigée.
Je t'aime d'autant plus que je t'estime moins—I 20 love you all the more the less I esteem you. Collé Cocatrix.
Je veux de bonne guerre—I am for fairplay in war. M.
Je veux le droit—I mean to have my right. M.
Je veux que, le dimanche, chaque paysan ait sa poule au pot—It is my wish that every peasant may have a fowl in his pot on Sundays. Henry IV. of France.
Je vis en espoir—I live in hope. M.
Je vois, je sais, je crois, je suis désabusé—I 25 see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived. Corneille.
Je voudrais voir un homme sobre, modéré. chaste, équitable prononcer qu'il n'y-a point de Dieu; il parlerait du moins sans intérêt; mais cet homme ne se trouve point—I should like to see a man who is sober, moderate, chaste and just assert that there is no God; he would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a man is not to be found. La Bruyère.
Je vous apprendrai à vivre—I will teach you better manners (lit. to live). Fr. Pr.
Je vous ferai voir de quel bois je me chauffe—I will let you see what metal I am made of (lit. with what wood I heat myself). Fr. Pr.
Je weniger die Worte, je besser Gebet—The fewer the words, the better the prayer. Ger. Pr.
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, / 30 Seeking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth. As You Like It, ii. 7.
Jealousy dislikes the world to know it. Byron.
Jealousy / Hath in it an alchemic force to fuse / Almost into one metal love and hate. Tennyson.
Jealousy is a painful passion; yet without some share of it, the agreeable affection of love has difficulty to subsist in its full force and violence. Hume.
Jealousy is always born with love, but it does not always die with it. La Roche.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave; the coals 35 thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Bible.
Jealousy is love's bed of burning snarl. George Meredith.
Jealousy is often the helpmate of sweet love. Kingsley.
Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and sometimes its awakener. F. Marion Crawford.
Jealousy is the rage of a man. Bible.
Jealousy is the sister of love, as the devil is 40 the brother of the angel. Weber.
Jealousy: / It is the green-eyed monster that doth mock / The meat it feeds on. Othello, iii. 2.
Jealousy lives upon doubts; it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. La Roche.
Jean a étudié pour être bête—John has been to college to learn to be a fool. Fr. Pr.
Jean s'en alla comme il était venu—John went away as he came. La Fontaine's epitaph, written by himself.
Jeddart justice: First hang a man, and syne 45 (then) try him. Sc. Pr.
Jede grosse Zeit erfasst den ganzen Menschen—Every great epoch seizes possession of the whole man. Mommsen.
Jede Macht, welche wir über andere Gegenstände ausüben, hängt von der Macht ab, die wir über uns selbst besitzen—All the power which we, in every case, exercise over other objects depends on the power we have over ourselves. Cötvös.
Jede That der Weltgeschichte / Zeugt auch wieder eine That—Every deed in the history of the world begets another deed in turn. Arnold Schlönbach.
Jede Unthat, / Trägt ihren eignen Racheengel schon, / Die böse Hoffnung unter ihrem Herzen—Every evil deed already bears its own avenging angel, the dread of evil, in the heart of it. Schiller.
Jedem das Seine ist nicht zu viel—To no one is 50 his own too much. Ger. Pr.
Jedem redlichen Bemühn / Sel Beharrlichkeit verliehn.—Be perseverance vouchsafed to every honest endeavour. Goethe.
Jeden anderen Meister erkennt man an dem, was er ausspricht; was er weiss, verschweigt, zeigt mir den Meister des Styls—Every other master may be known by what he expresses; what he wisely suppresses reveals to me the master of style. Schiller.
Jeder ausserordentliche Mensch hat eine gewisse Sendung, die er zu vollführen berufen ist—Every man above the ordinary has a certain mission which he is called to fulfil. Goethe.
Jeder freut sich seiner Stelle, / Bietet dem Verächter Trutz—Every one is proud of his office, and bids defiance to the scorner. Schiller.
Jeder gilt so viel als er hat—Every one is worth as much as he has. Ger. Pr.
Jeder ist seiner Worte bester Ausleger—Every one is the best interpreter of his own words. Ger. Pr.
Jeder Jüngling sehnt sich so zu lieben. / Jedes 5 Mädchen so geliebt zu sein: / Ach, der heiligste von unsern Trieben / Warum quillt aus ihm die grimme Pein?—The youth longs so to love, the maiden so to be loved; ah! why does there spring out of this holiest of all our instincts such agonising pain? Goethe.
Jeder Krämer lobt seine Ware—Every dealer cracks up his wares. Ger. Pr.
Jeder Mensch muss nach seiner Weise denken: denn er findet auf seinem Wege immer ein Wahres, oder eine Art von Wahrem, die ihm durchs Leben hilft; nur darf er sich nicht gehen lassen; er muss sich controliren; der blosse nackte Instinct geziemt nicht dem Menschen—Every man must think in his own way; for on his own pathway he always finds a truth, or a measure of truth, which is helpful to him in his life; only he must not follow his own bent without restraint; he must control himself; to follow mere naked instinct does not beseem a man. Goethe.
Jeder Morgen ruft zu, das Gehörige zu thun, und das Mögliche zu erwarten—We are summoned every morning to do what it requires of us, and to expect what it may bring. Goethe.
Jeder muss der Natur seine Schuld bezahlen—Every one must pay his debt to Nature. Ger. Pr.
Jeder muss ein Paar Narrenschuhe zerreissen, 10 zerreisst er nicht mehr—Every one must wear out one pair of fool's shoes, if he wear out no more. Ger. Pr.
Jeder, sieht man ihn einzeln, ist leidlich klug und verständig; / Sind sie in corpori, gleich wird euch ein Dummkopf daraus—Every man, as we see him singly, is tolerably wise and intelligent; but see him in a corporate capacity, and you think him a born blockhead and fool. Schiller.
Jeder stirbt / Und sterben ist die grösste That für jedem—Every one dies, and for every one to die is his greatest act. L. Schefer.
Jeder Tag hat seine Plage / Und die Nacht hat ihre Lust—Every day has its torment, and the night has its pleasure. Philina, in Goethe.
Jeder Weg zum rechten Zwecke / Ist auch recht in jeder Strecke—Every road to the right end is also right in every stretch (step or turn) of it. Goethe.
Jeder Zustand, ja jeder Augenblick, ist von 15 unendlichem Werth, denn er ist der Repräsentant einer ganzen Ewigkeit—Every condition, nay, every moment, is of infinite value, for it is the representative of a whole eternity. Goethe.
Jedes ausgesprochene Wort erregt den Eigensinn—Every uttered (lit. outspoken) word rouses our self-will. Goethe.
Jedes Weib will lieber schön als fromm sein—Every woman would rather be handsome than pious. Ger. Pr.
Jedes Weibes / Fehler ist des Mannes Schuld—The husband is to blame for the fault of the wife (in every case). Herder.
Jedwede Tugend / Ist fleckenrein bis auf den Augenblick / Der Probe—Every virtue is stainless up to the moment of trial. Schiller.
Jedwede Zeit hat ihre Wehen—Every time has 20 its sorrows. Freiligrath.
Jedweder ist des dunkeln Schicksals Knecht—Every one is dark fate's thrall. Schillerbuch.
Jeer not others upon any occasion. South.
Jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth. Pr.
Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit—The hungry stomach rarely scorns plain fare. Hor.
Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Bible. 25
Jess would have been an omnivorous reader of books had it not been her conviction that reading was idling. George Eliot.
Jest not with the eye, nor religion. Pr.
Jest so that it may not become earnest. Sp. Pr.
Jest with an ass, and he will flap you in the face with his tail. Pr.
Jest with your equals. Dan. Pr. 30
Jesters do oft prove prophets. King Lear, v. 3.
Jesting brings serious sorrows. Pr.
Jesting lies bring serious sorrows. Pr.
Jesting Pilate, asking, "What is truth?" had not the smallest chance to ascertain it. He could not have known it had a god shown it to him. Carlyle.
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. 35 He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, He lived in it, and had His being there. Emerson.
Jesus hominum salvator—Jesus the Saviour of men. M.
Jesus of Nazareth, and the life He lived and the death He died;—through this, as through a miraculous window, the heaven of Martyr Heroism, the "divine depths of sorrow," of noble labour, and the unspeakable silent expanses of eternity, first in man's history disclose themselves. Carlyle.
Jesus of Nazareth was not poor, though He had not where to lay His head. (?)
Jesus speaks always from within, and in a degree that transcends all others. In that is the miracle. Emerson.
Jet d'eau—A jet of water. Fr. 40
Jeter le manche après la cognée—To throw the helve after the hatchet. Fr. Pr.
Jetzt giebt es keine Riesen mehr; Gewalt / Ist für den Schwachen jederzeit ein Riese—There are no more any giants now; for the weak, force is a giant at all times. Schiller.
Jeu d'enfant—Child's play. Fr.
Jeu de hazard—Game of chance. Fr.
Jeu de mains, jeu de vilain—Horse-play, or 45 practical joking, is vulgar. Fr.
Jeu de mots—Quibble; pun. Fr.
Jeu de theâtre—Stage-trick; clap-trap. Fr.
Jeune chirurgien, vieux médécin—A surgeon (should be) young, a physician old. Fr. Pr.
Jeune, et dans l'âge heureux qui méconnait la crainte—Young, and at that happy age which knows no fear. Fr.
Jeune, on conserve pour sa vieillesse; vieux, on épargne pour la mort—In youth men save for old age; in old age, they hoard for death. La Bruyère.
Jewels five words long, / That on the stretch'd forefinger of all time / Sparkle for ever. Tennyson.
Jo ædlere Blod, jo mindre Hovmod—The nobler the blood, the less the pride. Dan. Pr.
Jo argere Skalk, je bedre Lykke—The greater 5 knave, the better luck. Dan. Pr.
Jo mere af Lov, jo mindre af Ret—The more by law, the less by right. Dan. Pr.
Joan is as good as my lady in the dark. Pr.
John Gilpin kiss'd his loving wife; / O'erjoy'd was he to find / That, though on pleasure she was bent, / She had a frugal mind. Cowper.
Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. Carlyle.
Join hands with God to make a man to live. 10 George Herbert.
Joindre les mains, c'est bien; les ouvrir, c'est mieux—To fold the hands (in prayer) is well; to open them (in charity) is better. Fr. Pr.
Joke at your leisure; ye kenna wha may jibe yoursel'. Sc. Pr.
Joke with a slave, and he'll soon show his heels. Ar. Pr.
Jong rijs is te buigen, maar geen oude boomen—Young twigs will bend, but not old trees. Dut. Pr.
Jonge lui, domme lui; oude lui, koude lui—Young 15 folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk. Dut. Pr.
Jouk and let the jaw (or jaup) gae by, i.e., duck and let the dash of dirty water pass over you. Sc. Pr.
Jour de fête—Holiday. Fr.
Jour de ma vie—The day of my life. M.
Jour gras—Flesh day. Fr.
Jour maigre—Fish day. Fr. 20
Journal pour rire—Comic journal. Fr.
Journalists are like little dogs; whenever anything stirs they immediately begin to bark. Schopenhauer.
Journeys end in lovers' meeting, / Every wise man's son doth know. Twelfth Night, ii. 3.
Jove tonante cum populo agi non est fas—When Jove thunders there must be no parleying with the people. Cic.
Jovis omnia plena—All things are full of Jove, 25 i.e., of the deity. Virg.
Joy? a moon by fits reflected in a swamp or watery bog. Wordsworth.
Joy and grief are never far apart. Willmott.
Joy and sorrow / Are to-day and to-morrow. Pr.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Jean Paul.
Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs 30 men of reason. Platen.
Joy, in a changeable subject, must necessarily change as the subject changeth. S. Bern.
Joy is a guest who generally comes uninvited. Schopenhauer.
Joy is a sunbeam between two clouds. Mme. Deluzy.
Joy is as a raiment fine, / Spun of magic threads divine; / Which as you are in act to don, / The wearer and the robe are gone. Sophocles.
Joy is buyable—by forsaking all that a man 35 hath. Ruskin.
Joy is like the ague; one good day between two bad ones. Dan. Pr.
Joy is more divine than sorrow; for joy is bread, and sorrow is medicine. Ward Beecher.
Joy is the best of wine. George Eliot.
Joy is the mainspring in the whole round of universal Nature; joy moves the wheels of the great timepiece of the world; she it is that loosens flowers from their buds, suns from their firmaments, rolling spheres in distant space not seen by the glass of the astronomer. Schiller.
Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. 40 Coleridge.
Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate. Horace Greely.
Joy must have sorrow; sorrow, joy. Goethe.
Joy never feasts so high as when the first course is of misery. Suckling.
Joy ruled the day and love the night. Dryden.
Joy shared is joy doubled. Goethe. 45
Joy surfeited turns to sorrow. Pr.
Joy wholly from without is false, precarious and short. Joy from within is like smelling the rose on the tree; it is more sweet, and fair, and lasting. Young.
Joy's a subtle elf; / I think man's happiest when he forgets himself. Cyril Tourneur.
Joys are for the gods; / Man's common course of nature is distress; / His joys are prodigies; and like them too, / Portend approaching ill. The wise man starts / And trembles at the perils of a bliss. Young.
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs. 50 Jean Paul.
Joys carried too far change into sorrows. Justin Bertuch.
Joy's recollection is no longer joy, while sorrow's memory is a sorrow still. Byron.
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed. Pr.
Joys, tender and true, / Yet all with wings. Proctor.
Joyful to live, yet not afraid to die. Prior. 55
Joyfulness (Freudigkeit) is the mother of all virtues. Goethe.
Jubilate Deo—Be joyful in the Lord.
Jucunda est memoria præteritorum malorum—The recollection of past miseries is pleasant. Cic.
Jucunda et idonea dicere vitæ—To describe what is pleasant and suited for life. Hor.
Jucunda rerum vicissitudo—A delightful change 60 of circumstances.
Jucundi acti labores—It is pleasant to think of labours that are past. Cic.
Jucundum et carum sterilis facit uxor amicum—A wife who has no children makes (to her husband's heirs) a dear and engaging friend. Juv.
Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur—The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted. Pub. Syr.
Judex non potest esse testis in propria causa—A judge cannot be a witness in his own cause. Coke.
Judge before friendship, then confide till death, / Well for thy friend, but nobler far for thee. Young.
Judge me, ye powers; let fortune tempt or frown, I am prepared; my honour is my own. Lansdowne.
Judge not according to the appearance, but 5 judge righteous judgment. Jesus.
Judge not of men and things at first sight. Pr.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. Jesus.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, / But trust Him for His grace. Cowper.
Judge not the play before the play is done; / Her plot has many changes; every day / Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play. Quarles.
Judge not the preacher.... Do not grudge / 10 To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. / The worst speak something good; if all want sense, / God takes a text and preacheth patience. George Herbert.
Judge of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Bacon.
Judge thou me by what I am, / So shalt thou find me fairest. Tennyson.
Judge thyself with a judgment of sincerity, and thou wilt judge others with a judgment of charity. Mason.
Judges and senates have been bought for gold; / Esteem and love were never to be sold. Pope.
Judges are but men, and are swayed, like other 15 men, by vehement prejudices. D. Dudley Field.
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Bacon.
Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. Carlyle.
Judgment is forced upon us by experience. Johnson.
Judgment is not a swift-growing plant; it requires time and culture to mature it. H. Ballou.
Judgment is turned away backward, and justice 20 standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Bible.
Judgment must sway the feelings and keep them in their right place, or harm will be done where good was intended. Spurgeon.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. Bible.
Judgments that are made on the wrong side of the danger amount to no more than an affectation of skill, without either credit or effect. L'Estrange.
Judicandum est legibus, non exemplis—Judgment should be given according to law and not precedent. L.
Judicata res pro veritate accipitur—A matter 25 that has been adjudged is received as true. L.
Judice te mercede caret, per seque petenda est / Externis virtus incomitata bonis—In your judgment virtue needs no reward, and is to be sought for her own sake, unaccompanied by external benefits. Ovid.
Judicia Dei sunt ita recondita ut quis illa scrutari nullatenus possit—The purposes of God are so abstruse that no one can possibly scrutinise them. Cic.
Judicio acri perpendere—To weigh with a keen judgment. Lucret.
Judicious persons will think all the less of us because of the ill-judged praises of our silly friends. Spurgeon.
Judicis est innocentiæ subvenire—It is the duty 30 of the judge to support innocence. Cic.
Judicis est judicare secundum allegata et probata—It is the judge's duty to decide in accordance with what is alleged and proved. L.
Judicis est jus dicere non dare—It is the judge's duty to enunciate the law, not to make it. L.
Judicis officium est, ut res, ita tempora rerum quærere—It is the judge's duty to inquire into not only the facts, but the circumstances. Ovid.
Judicium a non suo judice datum nullius est momenti—Judgment given by a judge in a matter outside his jurisdiction is of no legal force. L.
Judicium Dei—The judgment of God (as by 35 ordeal).
Judicium parium aut leges terræ—The judgment of our peers or the laws of the land. L.
Judicium subtile videndis artibus—A judgment nice in discriminating works of art. Hor.
Jugez un homme par ses questions, plutôt que par ses réponses—Judge of a man by his questions rather than his answers. Fr.
Jugulare mortuos—To stab the dead; to slay the slain. Pr.
Juncta juvant—Trivial things when united aid 40 each other.
Junctæque Nymphis Gratiæ decentes—The beauteous Graces linked hand in hand with the nymphs. Hor.
Junge Faullenzer, alte Bettler—A young idler makes an old beggar. Ger. Pr.
Junger Spieler, alter Bettler—Young a gambler, old a beggar. Ger. Pr.
Jungere dextras—To join right hands; to shake hands. Virg.
Jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis—Titan 45 commands the swift-flying Hours to yoke the horses of the sun. Ovid.
Juniores ad labores—The younger men for labours, i.e., the heavier burdens.
Jupiter est quodcunque vides, quocunque moveris—Whatever you see, wherever you turn, there is Jupiter (Deity). Lucan.
Jupiter in multos temeraria fulmina torquet, / Qui pœnam culpa non meruere pati—Jupiter hurls his reckless thunderbolts against many who have not guiltily deserved such punishment. Ovid.
Jupiter tonans—The thunderer Jove.
Jura negat sibi nata, nihil non arrogat armis—He 50 says that laws were not framed for him; he claims everything by force of arms. Hor.
Jurado ha el vano de lo negro no hacer blanco—The bath has sworn not to wash the black man white. Sp. Pr.
Jurare in verba magistri—To swear by the words of the master.
Juravi lingua, mentem injuratam gero—I have sworn with my tongue, but I bear a mind unsworn. Cic.
Jure divino—By Divine right, or ordination of heaven.
Jure humano—By human law, or the will of the people.
Jure, non dono—By right, not by gift. M. 5
Jure repræsentationis—By right of representation. L.
Jurgia præcipue vino stimulata caveto—Above all, avoid quarrels excited by wine. Ovid.
Juris utriusque doctor—Doctor of both laws, civil and canon.
Juristen, böse Christen—Jurists are bad Christians. Ger. Pr.
Jus civile—The civil or Roman law. 10
Jus civile neque inflecti gratia, neque perfringi potentia, neque adulterari pecunia debet—The law ought neither to be warped by favour, nor broken through by power, nor corrupted by money. Cic.
Jus commune—The common or customary law.
Jus devolutum—A devolved right, specially of a presbytery in Scotland to present to a benefice, the patron having failed to do so. L.
Jus et norma loquendi—The law and rule of language.
Jus gentium—The law of nations, as the basis 15 of their international relations.
Jus gladii—The right of the sword.
Jus in re—A real right. L.
Jus omnium in omnia, et consequenter bellum omnium in omnes—The right of all to everything, and therefore of all to make war on all. Hobbes.
Jus mariti—The right of a husband. L.
Jus postliminii—The law of recovery of forfeited 20 rights. L.
Jus primogenituræ—The right of primogeniture. L.
Jus proprietatis—The right of property. L.
Jus regium—Royal right, or right of the Crown. L.
Jus sanguinis—The right of consanguinity, or blood. L.
Jus summum sæpe summa malitia est—Extreme 25 law is often extreme wrong. Ter.
Jusqu'où les hommes ne se portent-ils point par l'intérêt de la religion, dont ils sont si peu persuadés, et qu'ils pratiquent si mal?—To what excesses are not men carried in the interest of a religion of which they have little or no faith, and which they so badly practise? La Bruyère.
Just a kind word and a yielding manner, and anger and complaining may be avoided. Spurgeon.
Just a path that is sure, / Thorny or not, / And a heart honest and pure / Keeping the path that is sure, / That be my lot. Dr. W. Smith.
Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Bible.
Just are the ways of God, / And justifiable to 30 men; / Unless there be who think not God at all. Milton.
Just as a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. St. Chrysostom.
Just as "dirt is something in its wrong place," so social evils are mainly wrong applications of right powers. H. Willett.
Just as gymnastic exercise is necessary to keep the body healthy, so is musical exercise necessary to keep the soul healthy; the proper nourishment of the intellect and passions can no more take place without music than the proper functions of the stomach and the blood without exercise. Plato, interpreted by Ruskin.
Just as the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can wake into life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems which prosperity or negligence would cause for ever to lie hid. Billings.
Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, / When 35 thought is speech, and speech is truth. Scott.
Just enou', and nae mair, like Janet Howie's shearers' meat. Sc. Pr.
Just hatred of scoundrels, fixed, irreconcilable, inexorable enmity to the enemies of God; this, and not love of them, is the backbone of any religion whatsoever, let alone the Christian. Carlyle.
Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, / A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. Cowper.
Just laws are no restraint upon the freedom of the good, for the good man desires nothing which a just law will interfere with. Froude.
Just plain duty to know, / Irksome or not, / 40 And truer and better to grow / In doing the duty I know, / That I have sought. Dr. W Smith.
Justa razon engañar el engañador—It is fair to cheat the cheater. Sp. Pr.
Justæ causæ facilis est defensio—The defence of a just cause is easy.
Juste milieu—Right medium. M. of the government of Louis Philippe.
Justi ut sidera fulgent—The just shine as the stars. M.
Justice always is, whether we define or not. 45 Everything done, suffered, or proposed in Parliament, or out of it, is either just or unjust; either is accepted by the gods and eternal facts, or is rejected by them. Carlyle.
Justice and humanity have been fighting their way, like a thunderstorm, against the organised selfishness of human nature. God has given manhood but one clue to success—utter and exact justice. Wendell Phillips.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of God's throne. Bible.
Justice and reverence are the everlasting central law of this universe. Carlyle.
Justice and truth alone are capable of being "conserved" and preserved. Carlyle.
Justice and truth are two points of such exquisite 50 delicacy, that our coarse and blunted instruments will not touch them accurately. Pascal.
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving no offence. Cic.
Justice consists mainly in the granting to every human being due aid in the development of such faculties as it possesses for action and enjoyment,... taking most pains with the best material. Ruskin.
Justice gives sentence many times / On one man for another's crimes. Butler.
Justice (such as Giotto represents her) has no bandage about her eyes, and weighs not with scales, but with her own hands; and weighs, not merely the shares and remunerations of men, but the worth of them; and finding them worth this or that, gives them what they deserve—death or honour. Ruskin.
Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes. Daniel Defoe.
Justice is blind; he knows nobody. Dryden.
Justice is conformity to what the Maker has 5 seen good to make. Carlyle.
Justice is lame as well as blind among us. Otway.
Justice is love's order. J. M. Gibbon.
Justice is not postponed. A perfect equality adjusts its balance in all parts of life. Emerson.
Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it. Chateaubriand.
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, 10 and stops the complaints of those who obey. Diderot.
Justice is the freedom of those who are equal. Injustice is the freedom of those who are unequal. Jacobi.
Justice is the great end of civil society. Dudley Field.
Justice is the keynote of the world, and all else is ever out of tune. Theod. Parker.
Justice is the whole secret of success in governments; as absolutely essential to the training of an infant as to the control of a mighty nation. Simms.
Justice is truth in action. Disraeli. 15
Justice, like lightning, ever shall appear, / To few men's ruin, but to all men's fear. Swetnam.
Justice may be furnished out of fire, as far as her sword goes; and courage may be all over a continual blaze. Addison.
Justice must and will be done. Carlyle.
Justice of thought and style, refinement in manners, good breeding, and politeness of every kind, can come only from the trial and experience of what is best. Duncan.
Justice pleaseth few in their own house. Pr. 20
Justice satisfies everybody, and justice alone. Emerson.
Justice, self-command, and true thought are our salvation. Plato.
Justice, the miracle-worker among men. John Bright.
Justice were cruel weakly to relent; / From Mercy's self she got her sacred glaive: / Grace be to those who can and will repent; / But penance long and dreary to the slave. Thomson.
Justice, while she winks at crimes, / Stumbles 25 on innocence sometimes. Butler.
Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny. Pascal.
Justice without wisdom is impossible. Froude.
Justicia, mas no por mi casa—Justice by all means, but not in my own house. Sp. Pr.
Justissimus unus / Et servantissimus æqui—Just and observant of what is right, as no other is. Virg.
Justitia erga Deum religio dicitur; erga parentes 30 pietas—The discharge of our duty towards God is called religion; towards our parents, piety. Cic.
Justitia est constans et perpetua voluntas jus suum cuique tribuendi—Justice is the constant and unswerving desire to render to every man his own. Just.
Justitia est obtemperatio scriptis legibus—Justice is conformity to the written laws. Cic.
Justitia et pax—Justice and peace. M.
Justitia nihil expetit præmii—Justice seeks no reward. Cic.
Justitia non novit patrem nec matrem, solum 35 veritatem spectat—Justice knows neither father nor mother; it regards the truth alone. L.
Justitia tanta vis est, ut ne illi quidem, qui maleficio et scelere pascuntur, possint sine ulla particula justitiæ vivere—There is such force in justice, that those even who live by crime and wickedness cannot live without some small portion of it among them. Cic.
Justitia virtutum regina—Justice is the queen of virtues. M.
Justitiæ partes sunt, non violare homines verecundiæ non offendere—It is the office of justice to injure no man; of propriety, to offend none. Cic.
Justitiæ soror fides—Faith the sister of justice. M.
Justitiæ tenax—Tenacious of justice. M. 40
Justum bellum quibus necessarium, et pia arma quibus nulla nisi in armis relinquitur spes—War is just to those to whom it is necessary; and to take up arms is a sacred duty with those who have no other hope left. Livy.
Justum et tenacem propositi virum, / Non civium ardor prava jubentium, / Non vultus instantis tyranni / Mente quatit solida—Not the rage of the citizens commanding wrongful measures, not the aspect of the threatening tyrant, can shake from his firm purpose the man who is just and resolute. Hor.
Justus propositi tenax—A just man steadfast to his purpose. Hor.
Justus ut palma florebit—The just shall flourish as a palm tree. M.
Juvante Deo—By the help of God. M. 45
Juvenile vitium regere non posse impetum—It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. Sen.