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

Anticipation forward points the view. Burns.

Antiquâ homo virtute ac fide—A man of antique valour and fidelity. M.

Antiquitas sæculi juventus mundi—The ancient time of the world was the youth of the world. Bacon.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind. Ruskin.

Anxiety is the poison of human life. Blair. 15

Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features; any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them. Thoreau.

Any port in a storm. Sc. Pr.

Any road will lead you to the end of the world. Schiller.

Anything for a quiet life. Pr.

"A pack of kinless loons;" said of Cromwell's 20 judges by the Scotch.