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

Apage, Satana—Begone, Satan!

A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the land encumbers him with help. Johnson.

[Greek: Hapax legomenon]—A word that occurs only once in an author or book.

A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom. Pr.

A pedant is a precocious old man. De Boufflers. 25

A penny hained (saved) is a penny gained. Sc. Pr.

Aperçu—A sketch. Fr.

A perfect woman, nobly planned, / To warn, to comfort, and command. Wordsworth.

Aperit præcordia liber—Wine opens the seals of the heart. Hor.

A perte de vue—Beyond the range of vision. Fr. 30