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

A refusal is less than nothing. Platen.

Arena sine calce—Sand without cement, i.e., speech unconnected. Suet.

Arenæ mandas semina—You are sowing grain in the sand. Pr.

A republic is properly a polity in which the state, with its all, is at every man's service; and every man, with his all, is at the state's service. Ruskin.

Ares, no ares, renta me pagues—Plough or not 50 plough, you must pay rent all the same. Sp. Pr.

A rez de chaussée—Even with the ground. Fr.

Argent comptant—Ready money. Fr.

Argent comptant porte medicine—Ready money works great cures. Fr. Pr.

Argentum accepi, dote imperium vendidi—I have received money, and sold my authority for her dowry. Plaut.

Argilla quidvis imitaberis uda—You may model 55 any form you please out of damp clay. Hor.