=Certe ignoratio futurorum malorum utilius est= 30 =quam scientia=--It is more advantageous not to know than to know the evils that are coming upon us. _Cic._
=Certiorari=--To order the record from an inferior to a superior court. _L._
=Certum est quia impossibile est=--I am sure of it because it is impossible. _Tert._
=Certum pete finem=--Aim at a definite end. _M._
=Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.= _Byron._
=Ces discours sont fort beaux dans un livre=--All 35 that would be very fine in a book, _i.e._, in theory, but not in practice. _Boileau._
=Ces malheureux rois / Dont on dit tant de mal, ont du bon quelquefois=--Those unhappy kings, of whom so much evil is said, have their good qualities at times. _Andrieux._
=Ce sont les passions qui font et qui défont tout=--It is the passions that do and that undo everything. _Fontenelle._
=Ce sont toujours les aventuriers qui font de grandes choses, et non pas les souverains des grandes empires=--It is always adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. _Montesquieu._
=Cessante causa, cessat et effectus=--When the cause is removed, the effect must cease also. _Coke._
=Cessio bonorum=--A surrender of all one's property 40 to creditors. _Scots Law._
=C'est dans les grands dangers qu'on voit les grands courages=--It is amid great perils we see brave hearts. _Regnard._
=C'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur=--It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. _La Font._
=C'est fait de lui=--It is all over with him. _Fr._
=C'est la grande formule moderne: Du travail,= 45 =toujours du travail, et encore du travail=--The grand maxim now-a-days is: To work, always to work, and still to work. _Gambetta._
=C'est là le diable=--There's the devil of it, _i.e._, there lies the difficulty. _Fr._
=C'est la prospérité qui donne des amis, c'est l'adversité qui les éprouve=--It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them. _Fr._
=C'est le chemin des passions qui m'a conduit à la philosophie=--It is by my passions I have been led to philosophy. _Rousseau._
=C'est le commencement de la fin=--It is the beginning of the end. _Talleyrand on the Hundred Days._
=C'est le crime qui fait honte, et non pas l'échafaud=--It is the crime, not the scaffold, which is the disgrace. _Corneille._