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

Arbiter formæ—Judge of beauty.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. Washington.

Arbore dejecta qui vult ligna colligit—When the tree is thrown down, any one that likes may gather the wood. Pr.

Arbores serit diligens agricola, quarum aspiciet baccam ipse nunquam—The industrious husbandman plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see. Cic.

"Arcades ambo," id est, blackguards both. 30 Byron.

Arcana imperii—State, or government, secrets.

[Greek: Archê andra deixei]—Office will prove the man.

Architecture is petrified music. Schelling, De Staël, Goethe.

Architecture is the work of nations. Ruskin.

[Greek: Archôn oudeis hamartanei tote hotan archôn ê]—No 35 ruler can sin so long as he is a ruler.