O ingenia magis acria quam matura," said Petrarch, and with truth, about the wits of the Florentines; for it is their property by nature to have more of liveliness and acumen than of maturity or gravity.
Mathieu Magis I keep many secrets in my strong box, senora.
It is knocked down to Senor Mathieu Magis for ten ducats, six maravedis.
Mathieu Magis Listen, I wish to have nothing to do with this matter, and if you will come to an understanding with Don Ramon, a most excellent man, I will yield all my rights to him.
Mathieu Magis I must go and tell Senora Brancadori, she comes from Venice.
Mathieu Magis I have a heart, away from my business.
Mathieu Magis I am your most humble servant, my dear Senor Fontanares.
Aloud) I have spoken to you in the language of genuine philosophy-- Mathieu Magis (to Monipodio) Can you tell me who this remarkably learned man is?
Mathieu Magis Senora would have wished-- Faustine I would have wished that you were in the clutches of the Inquisition.
Mathieu Magis I am always filled with admiration at the sight of your struggle.
Mathieu Magis I lend it on good security--diamonds or gold--a very poor business.
Mathieu Magis Such a sum could not be raised from all that you have here, if it were sold by authority of government, counting the costs.
Mathieu Magis I have brought Don Ramon to you, for I wish to do nothing without his sanction.
Mathieu Magis When a man comes and asks us to discount a bill, we cannot say: "Wait a bit; we have a man of genius at work trying to find a gold mine in a garret or a stable!
They do not use table-cloths nor towels; they are more natural than neat (naturae magis student quam nitori).
Non additur proprie in istis nova obligatio, neque augetur in se prior: sed magis agnoscitur et recipitur a nobis: passive in istis aeque fuimus antea obligati: sed activa recognitione arctius nobis applicatur a nobismetipsis.
Again, the gathering together of the waters of the sea is thus represented-- Tam magis expressus salsus de corpore sudor Augebat mare manando camposque natantis.
Speaking of Sicily as a rich and wonderful land, Lucretius pays his tribute of love and admiration to his illustrious predecessor in these lines,-- Nil tamen hoc habuisse viro praeclarius in se Nec sanctum magis et mirum carumque videtur.
Of these the Roman writers make frequent mention; and their feats are alluded to by Juvenal: [860]An magis oblectant animum jactata petauro Corpora, quique solent rectum descendere funem?
If, then, this magis venenum shall prove itself magis remedium, most assuredly the pars magna of its introduction is his.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "magis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
