Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Absit omen—May the omen augur no evil.

Absolute fiends are as rare as angels, perhaps rarer. J. S. Mill.

Absolute freedom is inhuman. Rahel.

Absolute individualism is an absurdity. Amiel. 20

Absolute nothing is the aggregate of all the contradictions of the world. Jonathan Edwards.

Absque argento omnia vana—Without money all is vain.

Abstineto a fabis—Having nothing to do with elections (lit. Abstain from beans, the ballot at Athens having been by beans).

Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit—It is absurd that he should govern others, who knows not how to govern himself. L. Max.

Abundat dulcibus vitiis—He abounds in charming 25 faults of style. Quint.

Ab uno ad omnes—From one to all. M.