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

As a man makes his bed, so must he lie. Gael. Pr.

As a priest, or interpreter of the holy, is the noblest and highest of all men; so is a sham priest the falsest and basest. Carlyle.

A satirical poet is the check of the layman on 60 bad priests. Dryden.

As a tree falls, so shall it lie. Pr.

[Greek: asbestos gelôs]—Unquenchable, or Homeric, laughter. Hom.

A scalded cat dreads cauld water. Sc. Pr.

As dear to me as are the ruddy drops / That visit my sad heart. Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.

A second Daniel. Mer. of Ven., iv. 1.

A secret is in my custody if I keep it; but if 5 I blab it, it is I that am prisoner. Arab Pr.

A self-denial no less austere than the saint's is demanded of the scholar. Emerson.