 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Страниц: 798
...no plant avails. Dryden. Frag. IV.— This proverb is common almost to every nation. Thus Ovid : i'l magis est durum saxo, quid mollius unda? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. And, Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed sscpe cadendo. Frag. V.— This seems to have been part of »... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - Страниц: 408
...the mild voice of patience attacks melancholy only by degrees, it never fails to overcome at last. " Quid magis est durum saxo ? Quid mollius unda? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua! " " If I were in Greece," replied Colonna, " I should almost fancy, that I heard the voice and the... | |
 | Ovid - 1845 - Страниц: 392
...frena docentur equi. Ferreus assiduo consumitur annulus usu : interit assidua vomer aduncus humo. 475 Quid magis est durum saxo? quid mollius unda" dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. Penelopen ipsam, perstes modo, tempore vinces. Capta vides sero Pergama ; capta tamen. Legerit, et... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1848 - Страниц: 114
...valuere, ruunt. 25. Parva necat morsu spatiosum vipera taurum : A cane non magno sœpe tenetur aper. 26. Quid magis est durum saxo ? quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. 27. Sola gerat miles, quibus arma coerceat, arma. Cantcturque fera nil nisi pompa tuba. 28. Tempora... | |
 | Greek - 1859 - Страниц: 568
...saxum excavat. Lat. prov. — " A continual dropping of water hollows out a stone." Compare OVID : — Quid magis est durum saxo ? Quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. That is, " What is harder than stone ? what softer than water ? and yet hard stones, stones hard though... | |
 | L. Direy - 1859 - Страниц: 210
...argeutum est auro, virtutibus aurum. Horatius. Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue. Quid magis est durum saxo ? Quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. Ovidius. What is harder than rock, what softer than water ? Yet rocks are hollowed by the soft water.... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 540
...saxuin excavat. Lat. prov. — "A continual dropping of water hollows out a stone." Compare OVID: — Quid magis est durum saxo? Quid mollius unda? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. That is, "What is harder than stone? what softer than water? and yet hard stones, stones hard though... | |
 | Robert Fame Hutchinson - 1875 - Страниц: 298
...rolling rocks. The waters wear the stones. These words contain the gist of the old Latin epigram — " Quid magis est durum saxo, quid mollius unda? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqud," and refer to the corroding action of dropping water, rather than to the soil-scouring action... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - Страниц: 136
...arriving.' 17 The everlasting flint. Probably Shakspere has in mind the well-known lines of Ovid — " Quid magis est durum saxo ? quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua; " and means that Juliet's footfall is sofier than the silent touch of passing water. The stream, soft... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1881 - Страниц: 482
...familiar words, and say, "In the midst of death we are in life." Iron is strong, water is weak ; ' ' Quid magis est durum saxo, quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua ; " OVID. encircle the water tightly on every side with an inflexible iron shell : the water, in crystallizing,... | |
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Quid magis est durum saxo, quid mollius unda ? dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. 
