Confess thee freely of thy sin;
For to deny each article with oath
Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception
That I do groan withal.
I own the soft impeachment.
CONFIDENCE
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
Benj. Disraeli—Speech. Nov. 9, 1867.
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plus grande partie de celle que Ton a aux autres.
The confidence which we have in ourselves
gives birth to much of that which we have in
others.
La Rochefoucauld—Premier Supplement.
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He that wold not when he might,
He shall not when he wold-a.
Thos. Percy—Reliques. The Baffled Knight.
St. 14.
aged bosom.
Ultima talis erit quae mea prima fides.
My last confidence will be like my first.
Propertius—Elegice. II. 20. 34.
Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence.
Do not go forth to-day.
Julius Cmsar. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 49.
I would have some confidence with you that
decerns you nearly.
Much Ado About Nothing. Act III. Sc. 5.
L.3.
Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both
over them and in them;
The iron will of one stout heart shall make a
thousand quail:
A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn
the tide of battle,
And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had
fled.
Tupper—Proverbial Philosophy. Of Faith. L.
11.
Nusquam tuta fides.
Confidence is nowhere safe.
Vergil—Æneid. IV. 373.
CONGO (River)
Then I saw the Congo, creeping through the
black,
Cutting through the jungle with a golden track.
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay—The Congo.
CONQUEST
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And then they shine.
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Act I. Sc. 5.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
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Jus belli, ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent,
quemadmodum vellent, imperarent.
It is the right of war for conquerors to treat
those whom they have conquered according
to their pleasure.
C^jsar—Bellum Gallicum. I. 36.
In hoc signo vinces.
Conquer by this sign.
Constantine the Great, after his defeat of
Maxentius, at Saxe Rubra, Oct. 27, 312.
A vaincre sans peril on triomphe sans gloire.
We triumph without glory when we conquer
without danger.
Corneille—Le Cid. II. 2.
Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die.
John Home—Douglas. Act. V. Sc. 1. L. 100.
Sai, che piegar si vede
II docile arboscello,
Che vince allor che cede
Dei turbini al furor.
Know that the slender shrub which is seen
to bend, conquers when it yields to the storm.
Metastasio—II Trionfo di Clelia. I. 8.
Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis.
Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding
you conquer.
Ovid—Ars Amatoria. II. 197.
Male vincetis, sed vincite.
You will hardly conquer, but conquer you
must.
Ovid—Metamorphoses. DC 509.
Victi vincimus.
Conquered, we conquer.
Plautus—Casino. Act I. 1.
Victor victorum cluet.
He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors.
Plautus—Trinummus. Act II. 2.
Shall they hoist me up,
And show me to the shouting varletry
Of censuring Rome? Rather a ditch in Egypt
Be gentle grave unto me, rather on Nilus' mud
Lay me stark naked, and let the water-flies
Blow me into abhorring!
Antony and Cleopatra. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 55.
