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

Arma pacis fulcra—Arms are the props of peace. M.

Arma tenenti omnia dat, qui justa negat—He who refuses what is just, gives up everything to an enemy in arms. Luc.

Arma, viri, ferte arma; vocat lux ultima victos, / 10 Nunquam omnes hodie moriemur inulti—Arms, ye men, bring me arms! their last day summons the vanquished. We shall never all die unavenged this day. Virg.

Armé de foi hardi—Bold from being armed with faith. M.

Armes blanches—Side arms. Fr.

Arm in Arm mit dir, / So fordr' ich mein Jahrhundert in die Schranken—Arm in arm with thee, I defy the century to gainsay me. Schiller.

Arms and the man I sing. Virg.

Armuth des Geistes Gott erfreut, / Armuth, 15 und nicht Armseligkeit—It is poverty of spirit that God delights in—poverty, and not beggarliness. Claudius.

Armuth ist der sechste Sinn—Poverty is the sixth sense. Ger. Pr.

Armuth ist die grösste Plage, / Reichtum ist das höchste Gut—Poverty is the greatest calamity, riches the highest good. Goethe.