Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed sæpe cadendo. The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling. Quoted in the Menagiana, 1713. Probably first to use it was RICHARD, MONK OF S. VICTOR; Paris. (Died about 1172. Scotchman by birth.) In his Adnotationes mystica in Psalmos he says: "Quid lapide durius, quid aqua mollius? Verumtamen gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed sæpe cadendo." See MIGNE'S Patrologia Latina. Vol. CXCVI. P. 389. Said to be by CHORILUS OF SAMOS, by SIMPLICIUS-Ad Aristot. Physic. Auscult. VIII. 2. P. 429. (Brand's ed.) Same idea in LUCRETIUS I. 314; also in IV. 1282. Trans. of a proverb quoted by GALEN Vol. VIII. P. 27. Ed. by KÜHN, 1821, See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. POPE-Windsor Forest. L. 111. 21 PHILADELPHIA They say that the lady from Philadelphia who is staying in town is very wise. Suppose I go ask her what is best to be done. LUCRETIA P. HALE-Peterkin Papers. Ch. I. 22 Hail! Philadelphia, tho' Quaker thou be, In this country belongs; 'twas thou caught the flame, That crossing the ocean from Englishmen came Like two cathedral towers these stately pines And I will pu' the pink, the emblem o' my dear, For she's the pink o' womankind, and blooms without a peer. BURNS O Luve Will Venture In. 22 The beauteous pink I would not slight. GOETHE-The Floweret Wondrous Fair. St. 8. |